New Constitution Proposed For Japan By Cabinet
Tokyo reports that Gen Douglas MacArthur announced a drafted constitution abolishing Japan's wartime right to war and making the emperor a symbol of the state. The plan, approved by Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Kijuro Shidehara, sets elected Diet control and outlines imperial functions.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Hirohito
Kijuro Shidehara
Diet
Wataru Narihashi
MacArthur
House of Representatives
No decision yet on Kurt Meyer prison quarters
Ottawa reports no new talks with British officials over permanent prison quarters for Maj Gen Kurt Meyer the German 8 8 division commander sentenced to life for the shooting of Canadian prisoners. He will stay under Canadian military guard until Canadian troops are withdrawn and a disposition decision is required.
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Ottawa
Defence
Kurt Meyer
Britain
Meyer
England
Canada
Riots and deaths in India during election clashes
Fifteen people were reported killed near Ranchi in Bihar province after an election riot and police action. Police firing caused nine deaths, with a further six from a clash between Congress supporters and Aborigine party workers. In Cheyyar North Arcot district one person died when police fired on a crowd of about four thousand attacking a food supply center over rice.
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Bombay
Ranchi
Bihar
Congress
Cheyyar
Arcot
Canada Seen as Training Ground for British Troops
Maj. J. G. Morrison in the House of Commons argued conscription is essential for Britain. He urged Canada as a training site as it was during the war, noting Britain cannot house all training now while also providing vital food.
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London
J. G. Morrison
Salisbury
House of Commons
Britain
Canada
Nassau War Material Committee to ship 2000 canned cases
The Nassau War Material Committee announced plans to send 2000 cases of canned fruits vegetables and honey as a free gift to Britain aboard the first ship.
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Britain
Nassau War Material Committee
Americans May Occupy Germany For Ten Years
Lt General Lucius Clay signaled the United States may maintain a decade long occupation of the American zone in Germany. A new de Nazification law and a 25 page framework will register Germans over 18 and categorize them for trials and potential penalties, affecting up to a quarter of the zone population.
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Berlin
Lucius Clay
Germany
United States
Clay
Hitler
Munich
Bremen
Viscount Montgomery to visit Canada in September
Vancouver barrister D S Montgomery confirms Field Marshal Montgomery plans to visit Canada next September as a guest for the Dominion government. The field marshal earlier announced a spring visit from Aurich Germany, postponed due to his appointment as chief of the Imperial General Staff.
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Field Marshal Montgomery
Canada
Vancouver
D. S. Montgomery
Lord Montgomery
Dominion
Aurich
Germany
Imperial General Staff
Jurst
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Viscount Montgomery of
London Free Press buys five passenger news aircraft
The London Free Press acquires a five passenger aircraft for editorial staff use in news gathering in London Ontario. Official pilot is W E Corfield a reporter with flying experience dating from 1937 when he joined the St Catharines Ontario flying club.
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London
Ont
London Free Press
W. E. Corfield
St. Catharines, Ont
Western Canada to consider winter carnival circuit
A meeting of representatives from major prairie and western coast cities discussed establishing a winter carnival circuit in western Canada comparable to summer fairs. The proposal may form a regional event series across multiple cities.
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Edmonton
Canada
Prairie
Kimberley High Lab Explosion Kills Student
In Kimberley British Columbia a 17 year old student Dorothy Callaghan was killed and chemistry teacher Silao Muraro along with two pupils Richard Sculli and Arthur Christenson were injured by flying glass after an explosion in the school chemistry laboratory. The blast, believed to stem from an experiment, caused minor classroom damage and no fire.
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Kimberley, B.C
Dorothy Callaghan
Kimberley High School
Silao Muraro
Richard Sculli
Chapman Camp
Arthur Christenson
Resistance Weak As Spanish Supporters Rally Behind Note
In Madrid supporters claim their position is secure as the tripartite note from the United States Britain and France is issued. The note leaves the initiative to Spaniards and critics say it offers only moral support while Franco’s opponents remain weak. Some observers link the note to French frontier closures rallying Spaniards against foreign interference.
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Madrid
Pew
Spain
United States
Britain
France
Forview Affairs
Victor Mallet
London
Francisco Franco
Attorney General Reports 1945 Crime Surge
Attorney General Tom Clark announced a 12.3 percent rise in serious crimes in 1945, the largest annual increase in 15 years, marking a sharp jump from 1944 levels.
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Washington
Tom Clark
United States
Two Views Of Churchill Talk Sharply Opposed
London observers split over Winston Churchill speech at Westminster College Fulton Missouri with one side framing it as an anti-Comintern Anglo American bloc and another urging Britain and the United States to seek promptly a joint understanding with Soviet Russia. Paris predicts a cool reception from France's left but expects support for an international air force proposal.
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London
Winston Churchill
Westminster College
Fulton
Missouri
Mr. Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Soviet Russia
Europe
Far East
Paris
France
Russia
Modern touch young Saskatchewan trapper to fly for business
Zane Palmer a 22 year old mink rancher from Meadow Lake Saskatchewan plans to modernize his trapping business. He operates a mink ranch north of Meadow Lake and a winter trapline northwest of town. He bought a cabin aircraft and is taking flying lessons to pursue a private pilot license and later a commercial license. He aims to trap muskrat in Alberta east of Athabaska and return home for visits.
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Edmonton
Saskatchewan
Zane Palmer
Meadow Lake
Alberta
Athabaska
Palmer
Waterhen Lake
Trapline
Gandhi condemns political fasting in Harijan
Mohandas K. Gandhi denounces fasting used for political ends in India. In Harijan he warns that such fasts destroy decency and reason while affirming his right to his own opinion on fasting as a weapon of passive resistance.
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Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Harijan
India
British Farmers Redirect Crops To Combat Famine
British farmers gardeners and allotment holders respond to the dig against famine campaign urging more home grown food. They face manpower constraints and must shift from planned crops to sow wheat as soon as ground dries. The National Allotments Society seeks 10 million pounds worth more food this year amid wartime labor shifts and prisoner of war use.
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London
National
United States
Canada
Women's Land Army
Doenitz seeks sworn Nimitz statement on submarine warding orders
Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz at the international tribunal requests a sworn statement from Admiral Chester Nimitz to prove US submarines operated under sink without warning orders. He also seeks access to British naval files to reveal combat orders for merchant ships.
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United States
Deenitz
Otto Kranzbuehler
Nimitz
Stocks Reduced In Canada Canned Goods
Dominion bureau of statistics reports lower stocks of canned fruits and vegetables held by canners wholesalers and chain warehouses from the previous year. Canned fruit 1 861 422 dozen vs 2 286 514. canned vegetables 8 683 160 dozen vs 10 691 113. Jams jellies marmalades juices and soups also fell.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Viscount Alexander to sail March 29 to become Canada’s governor general
Ottawa reports Field Marshal Viscount Alexander, newly designated governor general, will depart a British port on March 29 and reach Canada about April 4. The acting governor general Earl of Athlone will depart Canada after opening Parliament on March 14.
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Ottawa
Viscount Alexander
Canada
Earl of Athlone
Snowfall to water ratio stated by weathermen
In measuring snowfall, weathermen say 10 inches of snow ordinarily equals one inch of water. This standard conversion guides rainfall equivalent assessments and snowpack estimates for weather reports and forecasts.
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W. Averell Harriman
Young Saskatchewan Trapper
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Doenitz
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