Hope To Find Common Ground At Conference
Reports say Latin American nations want Argentina in the United Nations security conference but face US opposition. US delegates argue Argentina should prove itself a good neighbor before wider participation. The Big Three met to discuss voting procedures and world organization plans.
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San, Francisco
Argentina
United States
Argentizina
Russia
Eden
Stettiniius
Molotov
Opera House
Georges Bidault
France
Indo-China
Pacific
New Caledona
Noumea
Japan
M_ Bidault
Ruhr
Germany
Rhine
Archibald MacLeish
China
Britain
World Organization
A Heavy Price That Was Paid For A Total War
A travelogue through Western Germany shows the stark outcomes of total war. The 506 mile journey from Krefeld to Torgau depicts destroyed industrial sites and shattered battlefront regions while untouched towns host crowded refugees and scarce supplies.
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Germany
Krefeld
Cologne
Bonn
Frankfurt
Leipzig
Torgau
Hudson's Bay Company to Award Scholarships to Canadians and Britons
In London Rt Hon Vincent Massey announced Hudson's Bay Company will fund two Canadian scholarships yearly for study of economic theory and business in Britain and two British scholarships for study in Canada. He said the program will strengthen Canada Britain ties and address urgent economic issues.
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Hudson's Bay Company
London
Hor
Vincent Massey
Britain
Canada
Massey
United Kingdom
Massey Praises Canadian Bombers During U K Tour
Rt Hon Vincent Massey and Mrs Massey returned to London after a five day tour of Canadian air force and naval installations in England Scotland and Northern Ireland. He praised the bomber group in Yorkshire calling their work a super job and said the Canadian people should know of their contribution to the victory. The report notes a separate US lend lease with the Netherlands valued at 242000 4).
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London
Vincent Massey
Very expensive postage from China to Canada noted
Prince George resident Pat Low received a registered letter from Chungking with postage totaling 262 Chinese dollars, about 16 Canadian. He kept stamps valued at 100, 10, 5 and 1 dollar denominations to show the high cost of international mail.
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Prince George
China
Canada
Pat Low
Prince Jeorge
Chungking
Mr Low
Victoria Cross Hero Chats With King After Dieppe Valor
Lt.-Col. C. Mer ritt of the South Saskatchewan Regiment received the Victoria Cross for his action in the Dieppe reconnaissance in force of 1942 and spoke with the King for nearly a minute during the investiture.
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London
Gol.c. Co
L Merritt
South Saskatchewan Regiment
Dieppe
GIVES UP POST New Duties Of Canada's Great Bombing Leader
Johnny Fauquier relinquishes command of the dambusting squadron in the RCAF to return to air duties. The Ottawa airman, aged 36, held the DSO with bar and DF with bar, and will take over from Wing Commander J E Tait who led the attack that sank the Tirpitz last November.
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London
Johnny Fauquier
Canada
RCAF
Ottawa
Coir
J E. Tait
Tirpitz
Announcement on Freezing Order for Teachers Expected
Ottawa reports that Labor Minister Mitchell recommended rescinding the order freezing teachers and an official announcement is due soon. A Victoria despatch earlier said the move would take effect Sept 1, described as premature by MacNamara. In London the Evening News linked Crerar and Vanier as potential governor general successors.
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Ottawa
Arthur MacNamara
Selective Service
Labor
Mitchell
Victoria
London
The
Evening News
H. D. G. Crerar
Georges P. Vanier
France
Lord Athlone
Canada
Postmasters Association Donates to Britain and War Effort
Delegates at the Dominion executive meeting of the Canadian Postmasters Association reported sending 10 000 dollars to Britain to aid postmasters who suffered losses in the war. They also donated 5 000 dollars in war savings stamps to the government. Attendees included Don Tavier, C D Griffith, Nat Gray, BR Arnett, H C Batty, and Ken Price.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Canadian Postmasters Association
Britain
Don Tavier
Vermilion Alta
C. D. Griffith
Estevan
Sask
Nat Gray
Ssanichton
B.C. BR
Arnett Rosetown
Food Supplies For The Stricken Dutch People
The first Canadian Army aids Holland with Lancaster drops delivering about 1.6 million pounds of meat flour yeast salt and other foods for Amsterdam Rotterdam Leyden and The Hague. Relief is limited as only a day’s supply for a quarter of the affected area. eastern Holland faces a surplus unseen market. Canadians buy four to five eggs daily with cigarettes amid the famine.
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Holland
Europe
Amsterdam
Athens
Rotterdam
Leyden
Hague
Apeldoorn
Smuts Arrives in San Francisco for United Nations Conference
Prime Minister Jan Smuts of South Africa surveys the San Francisco skyline after arriving by RAF plane to attend the United Nations conference. Smuts, a key drafter of the League covenant, joins other prominent figures at the world security gathering.
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Jan Smutz
Africa
San Francisco
General Smuts
League of Nations
Mackenzie King
Molotov
Washington, DC
Washington National Airport
U.S
Edward Stettinius
Australian Victory Loan oversubscribed says Chiffey
Commonwealth Treasurer Joseph Chiffey announced that the third Australian Victory Loan of £100 million, about $325 million, has been oversubscribed. He noted the loan drive is proceeding under wartime financing.
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Canberra
Commonwealth
Joseph Chiffey
Canadian Forces To Engage In Pacific War Shift From Europe
Ottawa reports Canada will send navy army and air force to the Pacific on a gradual, voluntary basis after a 30 day home leave. The move aligns with Allied plans, placing the army under US command with British cooperation and the navy and air force to support in bases across the Pacific. Maj Gen Dan Spry is named as a likely Pacific commander with Air Vice Marshal Black Mike McEwen a leading bomber group figure.
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Ottawa
Canada
Germany
United States
al Wil
Pacific
Europe
Japan
North Pacific
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Mediterranean
Italy
Dan Spry
Winnipeg
Halifax
Air Force
C. M
Mike McEwen
Griswold
Man
Regulations Bar Servicemen From Entering Campaigns
King's regulations restrict servicemen to candidates and officers on service votes. Non candidates may not address meetings or wear civilian clothes at rallies. Servicemen cannot handle party funds or act as agents or scrutineers. heckling unclear. Remarks note past Grey North hustings incidents and relaxed candidate leave rules post dissolution. Also mentions looted art valued at $10,000,000 recovered by US forces near Vicenza and rubber production uses 5,000 gallons of water per ton.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Defence Headquarters
Grey North
Florence
Rome
Vicenza
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Mather
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Saskatchewan
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British Columbia
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