U S Troops in Japan Seen Shaping Democratic Future
Gen. Douglas MacArthur praised U S troops in Japan as exemplary and said their presence could decisively shape the country’s future. The War Department report covers September and October, noting slow political reform due to food and shelter needs and centuries of feudalism. It cites an education drive on war crimes and atrocities and growing public acceptance of the truth.
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Washington
MacArthur
United States
Japan
War Department
Hned
Merchant Navy Heroes Honored in New Year Awards
The King’s New Year honors list awards 26 medals to Merchant Navy crews. Engineer Frank Rosendaal of Transcona Manitoba earns M B E and B E M for joining a submerged compartment to rescue injured Louis Girard and Robert Korogi. Seamen Edgar Proctor John Slade and Robert Korogi receive B E M for bravery and endurance after torpedoing and a nine day open boat ordeal.
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Ottawa
Mount Pleasant Park
Frank Rosendaal
Transcona
Man
Order of the British Empire
Edgar G. Proctor
John Slade
Robert Korogi
Toronto
Louis Girard
Pointe Au Pic
Que
Rosendaal
Proctor
Slade
Girard
Korogi
Sail for Homeland Ships Carry Japanese Homeward
Aboard the General W. H. Gordon at Yokohama port 4500 Japanese passengers depart for homeland rights of repatriation. Among them many have never seen Japan and hold mixed beliefs about the war’s outcome with propaganda shaping their views. Kazuhiro Yoshida comments on captive propaganda and misconceptions.
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Portland
Ore
Yokohama
W. H. Gordon
Japan
Kazuhiro Yoshida
Stockton
Calif
United States
Shanghai Rolls On Right Side Of Road For First Time
Traffic in Shanghai shifted to driving on the right as most vehicles now use left hand steering wheels. The change occurred without serious accidents after a month of adjustment schooling.
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Shanghai
China
Canada Dominates New Year Honors List With Viscountcies
In Britain's New Year honors, Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, Canada’s governor general designate, is named viscount. Canada reports 1241 honorees, led by 488 from the RCAF, 410 from the army, and 258 from the navy. Churchill receives the Order of Merit as part of a vast, multifaceted list honoring wartime contributions.
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London
Sir Harold Alexander
Canada
Isley
St. Laurent
Imperial Privy Council
RCAF
Canadian Army
Navy
Britain
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Winston
Royal Air Force
Lord Portal
R.A.F
Alexander
Italy
1St Canadian Corps
Harold
Montgomery
Europe
el Alamein
Berlin
Lord Alanbroocke
Imperial General Staff
Far East
Lord Cunningham
Mediterranean
Lord Southwood
Odhams Press, Ltd
London Daily Herald
Red Cross
House of Lords
Train Wreck Near Lichfield Kills Fifteen
A freight train telescoped a four coach passenger train at a station near Lichfield England killing fifteen people. More than fourteen passengers were injured and rushed to area hospitals as engines and several coaches were derailed. Breakdown cranes were dispatched to clear the tracks.
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Lichfield
Staffs
England
London, Midland and Scottish
Britain
London
Building contracts rise in Canada in 1945 totals
Canadian construction awards increased by 117 million dollars in 1945, totaling 409.03 million compared with 291.96 million in 1944. Saskatchewan posted the largest gain at 181.5 percent, reaching 15.99 million in contracts.
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Toronto
Canada
MacLean Building Reports Ltd
Saskatchewan
Successful farmer Andrew Anderson dies in Alberta
Canada's famed farmer Andrew Anderson died at his Innisfail home aged 74. Born in Sweden, he arrived in 1895, built the Fogelvik show farm at Alsask then Calgary and Innisfail, known for Creeping Red Fescue seed and hog raising. He earned the MBE and was a pioneer of prairie lawn grass.
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Andrew Anderson
Innisfail
Calgary
Canada
Andrew, Anderson
Innnisfail
Alta
Andy Anderson
Sweden
United States
Alsask
Sask
Fogervik
Prairies
E. Cora Hinds
James Gardiner
John Bracken
Fogelvik
Byrnes Announces Moscow Big Three Meet In Washington
Secretary Byrnes said Molotov and Bevin agreed to hold the next Big Three foreign ministers meeting in Washington with no date set. The quarterly plan from Yalta implies a possible start around March 15 if kept to schedule. Michael McDermott said no date was fixed.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
United States
Molotov
Russia
Bevin
Britain
Michael McDermott
State Department
Yalta
Costliest War Ends As UN Formed And Atomic Age Dawns
The 1945 end of World War II ushers in the atomic era and the United Nations. Germany capitulated May 8 after Allied advances from east and west. Japan followed August 14 after atomic bomb devastations on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Leaders discussed sharing atomic knowledge under safeguards as Moscow hosts talks.
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United Nations Organization
League of Nations
San Francisco
United Nations Charter
Security Council
General Assembly
Germany
Elbe
Japan
United Nations
United States
Britain
Canada
New Mexico
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Russia
Moscow
Washington
Eisenhower
Poland
Hungary
Rhine
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Italy
Montgomery
Holland
Denmark
Von Ribbentrop Letter Published From WWII Archives
A long secret letter from Joachim von Ribbentrop, then German foreign minister, quotes Adolf Hitler predicting his own fate and urging a British German friendship as a basis for peace. The document, captured in Hamburg last summer, contrasts with the publicly released German cabinet document and notes Hitler’s regret over war with the United States.
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Mernberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Ribbentrop
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Hamburg
Hitler
British Empire
Churchill
Eden
United States
Fuehrer
Soviet Union
Stalin
Red Army
Karl Doenitz
Reich Marshal
Goering
Heinrich Himier
England
Europe
Great Britain
Gift From Canada For Vimy Memorial Church Repair
The Canadian Council of Churches announced a gift of 10 000 dollars raised by congregations across Canada for repairs to the Canadian Vimy Memorial church in Lens France. The church honors Canadians who fell in the First World War and suffered bombardment during the war just ended. In August 1944 the manse was destroyed the minister and his wife were killed and the church roof pierced.
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Toronto
Lens
Canadian Council of Churches
Canada
Luton approves £3.5 million housing project for 2493 homes
Luton town council approves a £3,500,000 scheme to build 2,493 houses over two years on three estates. The largest estate will include its own shops, library, school, and church.
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London
Luton Town Council
Allied Forces Break Japanese Holdings Across Asia Pacific
Allied forces from the Pacific, Britain, India and Africa advance across Burma capturing Mandalay in March and Rangoon in May. American units seize Manila on February 24 and push through the Philippines. Iwo Jima falls March 17 and Okinawa with nearby islets on June 21. Australian troops take Balikpapan area in June and July. The British Pacific fleet joins the US in a campaign culminating in Tokyo-area strikes in July.
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Burma
Mandalay
Rangoon
Luzon
Manila
Philippines
Japan
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Borneo
Balikpapan
Pacific
Tokyo
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War Activities Committee
Kenneth Thompson
Hollywood Victory Committee
Alberta
Betty Kreller
Medicine Hat
Alberta Tuberculosis Associations
A. E. Walford
C.B.E
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