Communists Cut Key Rail Line in Manchuria Advance Report
Nationalist sources claim 10 600 to 21 000 Communist troops sever the Tientsin Mukden railway near the Great Wall northeast of Shanghaikwan. Bridges toppled between Chiensuo and Kaoling. Communists push toward Shanghaikwan and Suichang while Soviet forces withdraw except Port Arthur.
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Mukden
Tientsin-Mukden
Manchuria
Great Wall
Shanghaikwan
Port Arthur
Chiensuo
Kaoling
Suichang
Tangshan
Tientsin
Byrnes proposes June adjournment and July peace conference
State Secretary Byrnes urged a four power foreign ministers meeting adjourn to June 15 and a 21 power peace conference convened by July 1 or July 15. He pressed immediate signing of a revised armistice with Italy. The Soviet delegation objected, and the move was placed on the agenda for the second order after the German issue. An Austrian treaty draft was also demanded for June 15 if adjournment is accepted.
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Paris
Byrnes
United States
Italy
Ume
Austria
Doukhobor takeover disrupts Krestova cooperative store
Doukhobor activists occupied the Krestova co operative store protesting religious principles. The site, including a new community school, was wrecked with a silent strike as elders work to counter the incident and align with Canadian laws. About 12 to 20 participants, mostly older, took part beginning May 1. An attempted fire was foiled by sect members.
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Nelson
B.C
Krestova
Confidental Box Aboard Plane Holds Atomic Aftermath Film
A large metal box marked confidential was loaded on a Washington bound plane at Atsugi airfield. It contains captured Japanese film showing the immediate effects of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki last August. The film will aid atomic experts ahead of July Bikini Atoll tests.
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Tokyo
Atsugi
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Bikini Atoll
Dover Begins Mass Building to Relieve Housing Shortage
Dover England turns to Belgian workers as 250 skilled laborers join the effort to rebuild and expand residential areas. The project follows German V bomb and long range gun attacks from the French coast, highlighting wartime housing strain.
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Dover
Eng
London bandleader settles two airmen dinner bill
Carrol Gibbons of the Savoy Hotel orchestra received a cheque from two fight lieutenants four years after he paid their dinner bill for two airmen who had run out of funds. The payment covered the bill plus interest and closes the long affair.
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London
Carrol Gibbons
Savoy Hotel
Heavy Problems Faced By Our Metal Industry
Ottawa reports that the government Bureau of Mines, part of the resources department, led wartime efforts solving 1,600 aircraft, 1,100 vehicle, and other defense problems. Its labs test armor, cables, and minerals like tungsten and molybdenum, aiming to sustain postwar Canadian metal production for world trade.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Mines of the
Resources Department
Canada
Munitions Department
Inspection Board
United Kingdom
British Admiralty Technical Mission
British Air Mission
Bureau
North America
Pensions Extendable for Disability or Death at Home
Veterans Minister Mackenzie announced the government will grant pensions for disability or death incurred on service at home or abroad. The commons veterans committee endorsed restoring the insurance principle by order-in-council, with payments starting soon though not retroactive. About 14 000 cases were in this category.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie
The
Commons
Veterans’ Committee
Canada
David Croll
L. Toronto Spadina
Gift From Royalty Aids Coventry Cathedral Drive
The King and Queen donated £500 to begin an international drive, aiming to raise £1,250,000 to rebuild Coventry Cathedral ruined by a German air attack on November 14, 1940. The initiative seeks global support for the reconstruction project.
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Coventry
Warwickshire
Eng
King and Queen
Coventry Cathedral
Clearing Mine Field Opens Irish Sea Route
British minesweepers begin clearing the large mine field at the south entrance to the Irish Sea to resume overseas and coastal shipping after six wartime years. Fleet units work to reopen the channel for trade and navigation.
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London
Irish Sea
Fish Filleting Plant Planned for Meadow Lake
A portable quick freezing and filleting plant will be built at Meadow Lake this summer. It will fillet and freeze whitefish at a rate of 1,000 pounds per day for local consumption and export.
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Prince Albert, Sask
Meadow Lake
James Gray
Saskatchewan Fish Board
U.S. Wheat Program Extends Restrictions Through 1947
Washington report says a government wheat program will curb bread meat and beer supplies for 13 months, keeping bread dark and possibly smaller. Restrictions on wheat flour and related goods remain through summer 1947, with exports to famine areas cut from about 400 million to 250 million bushels.
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Washington
United States
Anderson
Officials To Travel By Air For Northern Indian Treaty Payments
Edmonton May 27 officials from Indian affairs will fly to visit Canada's northern Indians. M. McCrimmon and Dr. E. L. Stone will travel through Peace River Fort Vermilion and Yellowknife regions to disburse treaty payments, with gatherings coordinated at specified northern points through mid-July.
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Edmonton
Indian Affairs
Canada
M. McCrimmon
Department of Indian Affairs
Ottawa
E. L. Stone
Indian Hospital
Peace River
Fort Vermilion
Yellowknife
Toscanini Returns to La Scala in Homecoming Triumph
Arturo Toscanini is warmly welcomed back to La Scala in Milan after 17 years in exile. The 79 year old maestro conducted an all Italian program, receiving a roaring ovation as his white hair shone and his bows multiplied before a packed 168 year old theatre.
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Milan
Italy
Arturo Toscanini
la Scala
Toscanini
A Lucky Escape in Vancouver Fire and Electric Shock
Fred Ferand a 26 year old veteran survived a 34000 volt electric shock while repairing an aerial on his roof. He hurled across the roof when a wire touched a high tension line, ripped a shoe off, and started a fire in a nearby house. Firemen treated him and he was hospitalized with burns, doctors say grounding saved his life.
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Vancouver
Fred Ferand
Ferand
Budget Delayed Until Mid June in Ottawa
Finance Minister will delay the budget in the House until mid June. Officials say Prime Minister Mackenzie King will be back in Ottawa from overseas around June 12 to 15 before introducing the budget. The move follows his return timeline and ongoing government plans.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Air Sea Rescue Saves Thousands Across UK Waters
In wartime Britain the Air Sea Rescue service saved 5 721 aircrew in waters around the United Kingdom, 32 000 aircrew in Overseas Waters, and 4 665 sailors soldiers and civilians in non‑sea areas, reflecting large rescue efforts during the European conflict.
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London
Air Sea Rescue Service
United Kingdom
Britain
Allied Powers Adjourn Parleys For A Month
Paris reports say the foreign ministers of the four major allied powers agreed to meet again on June 15 and to adjourn for a month while seeking to resolve ongoing disagreements. Byrnes proposed drafting terms for a German peace conference for November but no action was taken. Molotov Bidault and Bevin clashed over Ruhr occupation policies and France pressed for Rhineland Saar control.
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Paris
Byrnes
United States
Foreign Ministry
Russia
Molotov
Reuters
Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Mediterranean
Enc
Germany
Bidault
France
Bevin
Britain
Rhur
Rhineland
Saar
Mr. Bevin
Mr. Molotov
Ruhr
Britain refuses Pacific base cession until defense plan agreed
Bevin told Byrnes no ceding bases now, preferring a regional South Pacific defense framework with UK Australia New Zealand and the United States. Washington and London say talks progress on island control as postwar base network discussions continue.
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London
United States
Pacific Islands
England
Bevin
State Byrnes
Great Britain
Byrnes
Paris
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Commonwealth
Washington
Britain
Pacific
Dean Acheson
Atlantic
Mayor Appeals to Cut Wheat at Evening Meals
New York Mayor William O'Dwyer issues a city hall proclamation urging residents and public eating places to avoid bread cakes pies pastries and other wheat cereal products on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday evenings each week to conserve resources.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
City Hall
Byrnes Proposes Four Power Commission for Germany Disarmament
State Secretary James F. Byrnes reportedly instructed American authorities in Paris to propose to the Allied control council a four power commission. The panel would visit all four occupation zones to study the extent of German disarmament.
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Paris
James F. Byrnes
United States
Germany
Allied Control Council
Narcotics Seized Near Amherstburg
Royal Canadian Mounted Police report a stash of narcotics valued at 75000 dollars found abandoned on a road two miles east of Amherstburg Windsor Ont. The seizure highlights cross border drug activity and RCMP investigations continue.
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Windsor
Ont
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Amherstburg
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