Training Planned for Pacific Force Under Canadian Command
Maj Gen Bertram M Heffmeister, commander of the Sixth Canadian Division, says the force will begin Pacific war training in September at Fort Breckinridge Kentucky. The unit, about 40,000 strong, will be largely infantry with some tanks, under American command with American equipment. Canadian veterans recently returned from Europe will join after 30 days furlough. air support will come from American fliers. Replacement training will occur at U.S. centers. several dozen Canadian instructors will assist. Heffmeister, returning to Vancouver, notes strong bilateral cooperation and enthusiasm for the task.
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Washington
Bertram M Heffmeister
Bia
Fort Breckinridge
Ttn
Europe
Pacific
Canada
Hoffmeister
Breckinridge
Royal Canadian Air Force
R.A.F
Vancouver
Japanese Canadian volunteers aid war effort in Toronto dispatch
Twelve Japanese Canadian soldiers who volunteered for overseas duties left Toronto last March, The New Canadian reports. The paper notes undisclosed numbers in training at various points and says their work is invaluable to the war’s end, reflecting long waits since 1939 and mixed feelings among older Japanese and disillusioned Nisei.
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Kasso
Toronto
New Canadian
British weigh fate of Krupp empire in postwar plan
An informant says the British cabinet will decide if the Krupp steel empire should survive its life or death sentence. Production resumption in the Ruhr and other zones rests with London, not field officials, after Krupp petitioned for peacetime manufacturing rights. The U.S. 15th Army granted Ruhr control to British occupation, a move the informant calls a waste motion.
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21St Army Group Headquarters
Germany
Krupp
Ruhr
London
United States
15Th Army
Senate backs tariff cut authority for Truman
The U.S. Senate granted President Truman authority to reduce tariff rates by 50 percent below January 1 levels, marking a major foreign policy victory for the administration.
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Washington
U.S. Senate
Truman
Plan for Return of Overseas Men
A new pool of 30 000 overseas personnel will be formed in England to use shipping allotments and extra facilities. Drafts of about 285 ranks each will head to Canada districts, commanded by majors, with a fixed officer to other ranks ratio. Selection, via troop questionnaires, envisions service in the Pacific, occupation forces, or return to Canada for discharge. Maj Gen Chris Vokes' 3rd division will absorb volunteers for occupational service as others are rotated out.
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Nijmegen
Hoelland
Canada
England
Europe
General Headquarters 2Nd
Chris Vokes
Worth-While Prize Montreal Play Contest Announced
The Canadian Art Theatre Inc with the Canadian Authors' Association sponsors a Canadian playwrighting contest for the best play. A $100 war bond prize will be awarded. Judging is split 50 50 between manuscript quality and staging. Submissions must be full length about two hours, with up to 15 speaking parts and no more than four scene changes. The CAT describes itself as an experimental theatre and invites ideal social political fantasy melodrama or pure entertainment styled works.
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Montreal
Canadian Art Theatre Inc
Canadian Authors’ Association
C.A.T
Teheran Hosts International Medical Congress July 1 9
The government of Iran invites delegates to a nine day international medical congress in Teheran from July 1 to July 9. Participants include representatives from United States Britain Russia France China Egypt Iraq Syria Palestine India Turkey and Afghanistan.
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Teheran
International Medical Congress
Iran
United States
Britain
Russia
France
China
Egypt
Iraq
Syria
Palestine
India
Turkey
Afghanistan
Sweden Grants Allied Access to German Property Records
The Swedish government said Allied powers may inspect German property and records in Sweden in response to a note from Great Britain the United States Russia and France. This action follows diplomatic exchanges among the major powers during the wartime period.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Great Britain
United States
Russia
France
Fate of aircrews inquiry set up in wartime
The air ministry announced a research and inquiry service with dominion authorities to trace air crews reported missing over Europe. It is active in France, Luxembourg, Belgium and will cover Holland, Norway, and Germany next. A similar Balkans project already exists.
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London
Europe
Air Ministry
France
Luxembourg
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Germany
Balkans
Death Sentencehanded in Absentia for Marcel Deat
Marcel Deat, a notorious Vichy collaborator, was sentenced to death by the high court of justice after a brief treason trial. He remains at large somewhere on the continent, with the sentence passed in absentia.
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Paris
Marcel Deat
High Court of Justice
Deat
Continent
Movement Of Westen Grain Going To Europe
Grain for Europe moves across the prairies toward lakehead ports in a record Western shipment. About 14 500 box cars carry 25 000 000 bushels with 1 500 cars daily each 1 850 bushels. Export volumes rise as railways meet wartime demand.
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Europe
Winnipeg
Prairies
Lakehead
Canada
Train saves woman from stalled car in Utah incident
Mrs Wanda Carlei of Provo Utah sat terrified as a train bore down. Crossing Watchman R W McComb ran to the car yanked open the door and pulled her free. The engine struck the auto and shoved it 63 feet denting a door and a fender before she resumed driving away. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Salt Lake City
Wanda Carlei
Provo
Utah
R. W. McComb
Britain to India air lift boosts war effort
R A F transport planes ferry troops from Britain to India for the finish-off the Japs offensive. Vanguard reinforcements reach Karachi as air travel changes morale with families soon able to reunite and trips shorter than sea voyages. The air shuttle will soon expand dramatically, aiding swift victory in Asia.
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AIR Command Headquarters
Southeast Asia
R.A.F
Britain
India
Karachi
Tropics
Japan
Discover Loot Paris From Regensburg Cache
American troops of the 12th corps report finding securities gold and jewelry valued at more than five billion dollars hidden by the Germans in Regensburg. The hidden vaults of the Regensburg Reichsbank also held Bavaria and Austria wealth, valued more than the Merken salt mine find of April 7, which contained 200 tons of gold.
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Paris
Regensburg
Regensburg Reichsbank
Bavaria
Austria
Merken
Hindu Front protests Gandhi over Wavell plan
The Anti-Pakistan Front, a Hindu group, plans demonstrations outside Mohandas Gandhi’s residence in Bombay or Simla to protest Gandhi’s alleged support for Lord Wavell’s proposals. The group frames Pakistan’s demand for separate Hindu and Moslem states as backdrop to the dispute.
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Bombay
Lord Wavell
Mohandas Gandhi
Simla
Gandhi
Pakistan
India
U S and Canada Move on Stock Fraud Extradition Treaty
Ottawa and Ottawa foreign affairs clash over US and Canadian rules in a long stalled extradition treaty aimed at halting fly by night sales of mining and oil stocks. Canadian sources blame the US act for complex reporting while Canadian brokers fear cross-border prosecutions.
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Ottawa
U.S. State Department
Department of External Affairs
U.S
Canada
Federal Exchange and Security Act
Montreal
Toronto
New York
Demobilized British Soldiers Return Home After VE Victory
Hundreds of soldiers in Great Britain leave camps and stations as partial demobilization begins after Europe victory. The first batch includes men aged 48 and over, many veteran servicemen from the First World War, who are returning to civilian life.
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London
Great Britain
Britain
Europe
Forty U.S. Army Hospitals Closed in Britain After Surrender
The War Department reports forty United States army hospitals in the United Kingdom have closed since Germany's surrender halted battle casualties. Most were 1000 bed facilities. Surviving wounded and ill service members have largely recovered and returned to units or flown to the United States.
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London
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Britain
Federal grant policy on municipal airports to be revealed
R A C Henry, chairman of the civil aviation board, told Toronto mayor Robert Saunders at the federation conference that the federal policy on grants to municipal airports will be disclosed shortly.
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Toronto
R. A. C. Henry
Civil Aviation Board
Robert Saunders
Canadian Federation of Mayors
Justice Jackson Returns to London to Lead Nazi Trial Prosecution
Justice Robert Jackson, chief U.S. prosecutor and son of the Supreme Court, travels to London to accelerate the pursuit and trial of major Nazi war criminals. The move signals intensified Allied efforts to secure legal action against wartime crimes.
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London
Robert Jackson
United States Supreme Court
United States
Import Plans For Pulp And Esparto Grass
Production Minister Lyttleton says arrangements are under way to import large quantities of Sweden wood pulp for paper making and to bring in esparto grass from North Africa for similar use.
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London
Sweden
Lyttleton
Esparto
North Africa
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Harold A. Innes
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