U S Wheat Reserve Set to Drop Low This Year
Washington reports the U S wheat reserve may fall below 218 million bushels by July 1 as heavy export demand and a bumper 1946 crop tighten stockpiles. The Agriculture Department notes exports 165 to 175 million bushels in late 1945 and expects Europe to buy up to 225 million bushels in early 1946, with imports easing later.
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Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
Department
Europe
Barges Planned for North Montreal to Haul Pitchblende
Six special steel barges for Hudsons Bay Co will be built in Trenton Ontario to operate in Canada north of rail transport. They will haul pitchblende from Eldorado mines, the uranium source for atomic energy. The barges, drawn for three feet of water, will be shipped in four sections and welded together on Great Bear Lake after transport over rough terrain.
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Montreal
Hudson's Bay Company
Canada
Northland
Trenton
Ont
Central Bridge Company
Eldorado
Great Bear Lake
Needs of Infantry Glider Troops Paratroops Urged
Major General R F L Keller, retired, advocates glider-borne troops and paratroops integrated with Canadian infantry in the peacetime army. He stresses careful study of atom bomb era training and foresees attack as defense. Keller hopes these units join infantry as a strategic force.
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Kelowna
B.C
R. F. L. Keller
C.B.E
Keller
Canada
PLAN ACCEPTED Communists In China Accord With Nationalist Program
Chinese Communists reportedly accept in principle a Nationalist plan to reorganize the government under Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang. The main points include the Kuomintang remaining the leading party with Chiang as president, a provisional interim government, and minority parties sharing power until a national election.
Wind-Driven Balloon Attacks From Japan During World War II
Allied summaries reveal Japan tested wind-thorpe bomb balloons early in 1945 to strike North America. Balloons were released from submarines off the U S West Coast but insufficient sea power limited reach. Records show flights in January 1945 across the Pacific in about 1.38 days, with Canada and U S hosts.
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Tokyo
Japan
North America
Allied
North American
Pacific
Canada
United States
Soviet Assistant Attache To Join Arctic Expedition
Lt-Col P. Domashev the Soviet assistant military attache in Ottawa accepted Canada’s Operation Muskox expedition invitation. The Arctic mission departs from Port Churchill, Man on February 14 with a secretary. Col N Zabotin was invited but will not attend. The defence department declined to confirm all invitations but said foreign attaches were invited and several have accepted.
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Ottawa
Cal. P. Domashev
National Defence Department
Arctic
Port Churchill
Man
N. Zabotin
Col
Donashey
Department
Muskox
Canada
Farewell inspection visit to No. 1 Canadian Wireless Group
High Commissioner T. Davis paid a fare well inspection visit to No. 1 Canadian Wireless Group stationed at Ingleburn camp near Sydney awaiting transport back to Canada.
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Sydney
Australia
T. ©. Davis
No. 1 Canadian Wireless Group
Ingleburn Camp
Canada
Hope To Reach An Agreement On Reparations
Officials report the Big Four are behind schedule in deciding how much German industrial equipment to seize as reparations across the three Western zones. Berlin talks on steel allowances offer some optimism, but a final deal by February 2 seems unlikely. A Paris conference outlined shares, an Allied reparation agency, and gold pooling, with Britain set to receive about 28 percent in both industrial and other categories.
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Washington
Europe
United States
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Germany
Potsdam
Big Four
State Department
Paris
Inter- Allied
Brussels
Britain
Potatoes and Vegetables Grow In Berlin Parks
In Berlin the Tiergarten and other parks will be turned into giant allotments for potato and vegetable farming under an occupation program. Each household with garden space must grow produce with seeds and tools sold at nominal prices. Seeding starts in spring as thousands of allotments already allocated aim to supply a year’s potato needs per person.
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Berlin
Tiergarten
Kaiser's Old Palace
Ottawa vows action over unregistered Canadian small arms
More than 115000 small arms are unregistered in Canada, with about 215600 known to exist as of May 1. Only about 100000 are registered, and prosecutions may follow the July 1945 deadline. A federal cabinet matter, provinces handle prosecutions, while some urge confiscation amid a rising crime wave.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
R.C.M.P
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
United States
Canada
Plan to scatter US forces for world police force
American representatives have brought a plan to London to geographically disperse United States troops as part of a United Nations world police force. Details are being kept secret while negotiations proceed with Britain, Russia, France, and China on the UN military staff committee.
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London
United States
United Nations
Britain
Russia
France
China
Morrison Sees Strong Canada Britain United in Aims
Herbert Morrison, Britain’s cabinet member and lord president of the council, returns from Canada and the United States praising shared aims and unity among Britain, Canada, and the United States. He notes Canada’s war effort, its role in translating between nations, and looks forward to deepened cooperation in the coming years.
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Canada
Herbert Morrison
Council
House of Commons
London
United States
Britain
Morrison
Northolt
Middlesex
Baltimore
Rineanna
Eire
Tractors to Run Winter Freight Trains to Northern Posts
The northland's tractor trains start winter operations freighting supplies to Snow Lake from Wekusko with three tractors moving about 2,000 tons. Liford dispatches three tractors to Lingman Lake for 350 tons, Lingman Lake lies 280 miles beyond the nearest railway. Flin Flon serves as hub for Reindeer Lake shipments and fish from South Indian Lake camps bound for Hudson's Bay Company and others.
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Pas. Man
Northland
Snow Lake
Wekusko
Liford
Lingman Lake
Ontario
Flin Flon
Reindeer
New Foodstuff Produces Artificial Meat From Wood Shavings
Neues Oesterreich reports Dr. Friedrich Berbius Nobel laureate 1931 organic chemist has developed a method to produce artificial meat from wood shavings. Financing steps are under way to manufacture this new product which is oatmealfashioned for soups and gravies and claims identical calories fat and albumen to real meat.
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Vienna
Neues Oesterreich
Friedrich Berbius
Tokyo Governor Hirose Resigns Under Purge Directives
Hisatada Hirose, governor of Metropolitan Tokyo, resigns in line with Allied purge orders banning ultra nationalists from public office. He had served as a director of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association during World War II.
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Tokyo
Hisatada Hirose
Imperial Rule Assistance Association
Canada to Import Size B Potatoes From United States
The prices board announced that Canada will supplement potato supplies with imports of size B potatoes from the United States to assure consumers of a reasonably adequate supply and stable prices.
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Ottawa
United States
the Prices Board
Ukrainians in Winnipeg welcome UN council selections
Ukrainians in Winnipeg express enthusiastic approval after Canada and Ukraine are chosen as members of the United Nations social and economic council. The announcement draws broad support among the local Ukrainian community and reflects international backing for the nations.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Ukraine
Social and Economic Council
The
United Nations Organization
Appointed Ambassador to Canada
Dr. Luis I. Rodriguez former Mexican ambassador to Chile has been named ambassador to Canada by Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Luis I. Rodriguez
Chile
Canada
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Ingeborg Sperr
Hector Willoughby Charlesworth
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