Japanese Prisoner Abuse Accounts From Rangoon to India
Relates reports of Japanese mistreatment of Allied airmen after capture. Canadian pilots Lt Kenneth Wheatley and Lt Haakenson describe beatings, slappings, and denial of medical care while prisoners in Rangoon and central jail. Others including Lt Ivens and officers from Canada and the US recount similar interrogations and coercion, with guards using clubs and relentless questioning.
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Calcutta
India
Rangoon
Kenneth Wheatley
Banff
Alta
Lam OC Haakenson
Berwyn Alta
Hortheast India
Ivens
Frt
Haakenson
Ottawa lifts bus restrictions to ease transit demand
Munitions Minister Howe announced Ottawa will remove transit controller limits on schedules and routes. Operators may resume restricted routes and extend service to underserved areas subject to provincial rules. The relaxations follow a policy started last July when the 50 mile limit was removed.
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Ottawa
Howe
Flying ceiling bylaw proposed for Calgary
Ald Brown proposes a civil bylaw to set a minimum flying ceiling of 1000 feet over Calgary. The move follows a fatal Mosquito crash in Calgary where both crew members died and aims to spare veterans from publicity stunts. The legislative committee will review current regulations and the city's authority to enact such rules.
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Calgary
Ald Brown
Freddie
Brown
Cobham Post Office Stays Open After 900 Years
In Cobham Kent England the village post office remains active far beyond its medieval origins dating back over nine centuries. It served as a stamp ink and paper shop and as a manuscript posting point for Charles Dickens era readers and writers.
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Cobham
Kent
England
Charles Dickens
Record of RAF Fighter Command’s World War II deeds
An air ministry briefing chronicles Fighter Command's six decade history from the 1939 baptism of fire through the Battle of Britain era to the counter offensive into Germany. It notes 155 German planes shot down in a single day on Sept 15 1940 and describes RAF pilots destroying thousands of enemy aircraft and V weap ons while sustaining losses.
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London
Fla.f. Fighter Command
Britain
Luftwaffe
Air Ministry
Firth of Forth
Germany
Austria
Will Servicewomen Stay In Uniform For Pacific War
Plans for 48000 Canadian servicewomen hinge on personnel needs for the Pacific war and postwar occupation. No policy change. Wrens may be sent if required but current plans do not promise Pacific service. Work in France and Belgium continues with potential Germany occupation duties.
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Ottawa
Canada
Germany
Jon
Wrens
Navy
RCAF
CWAC
Air Force Blue
France
Belgium
Great Powers Dominate Early UN Peace Organization Talks
In San Francisco reporters note that the Big Five China France Britain Russia and the United States guide early UN discussions as small nations lose key votes. Mexican New Zealand and Canadian proposals face defeat or subcommittee review while Britain pushes labor office and Stettinius urges an international bill of rights as first task.
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San Francisco
World Organization For Peace
China
France
Britain
Russia
United States
General Assembly
Security Council
New Zealand
New World League
International Labor Office
Stettinius
World Organization of United Nations
Holland
Denmark
Germany
Athony Eden
U.S
Edward Settinius, Jr
V. M. Molotov
T. V. Soong
Trials Begin in London for Romanian War Crimes
The Bucharest radi reported that the first trials before a peoples tribunal opened with 25 former Romanian officials and officers named as accused. Charges cover four categories: crimes during the Odessa occupation, crimes against anti Fascists, crimes against Russian prisoners and deportees, and crimes against civilians on Russian soil.
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London
Bucharest
Radi
People's Tribunal
Odessa
Russia
German Prisoners Surpass Four Million Says War Secretary
London War Secretary Sir James Grigg told the House of Commons that Allied forces have captured more than four million German prisoners since and including the Battle of Alamein. He added that from November 1942 to April 1945 about 100 German divisions were destroyed.
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London
James Grigg
House of Commons
Alamein
Allies impose rules in occupied Germany language and curfew orders
Flensburg radio via BBC reports Allied military government announces English as the official language in occupied Germany. Posters reveal measures including banning Nazi party, abolishing propaganda ministry, prohibiting publications and media, and a curfew restricting German nationals from 10:15 pm to 6:30 am until May 15, with tighter hours after May 16. Repeal of Nazi era laws on party creation, party state unity, state protection of German blood and honour, and Hitler Youth law.
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Germany
London
Flensburg
Britain Will Await Victory Parade Until Japan Defeated
Prime Minister told the House of Commons that no formal victory parade or celebrations would be held in Britain until Japan is defeated. He emphasized restraint and unity as Allied forces push toward final victory.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
Japan
Demand for Speedy Trial Of War Criminals
London announces an international conference on German war crimes starting May 31. Allied forces in Paris conduct broad investigations of Nazi crimes against military personnel and civilians as criticism grows over the treatment of top war criminals. The British press g possibile public consternation over coddling Nazi leaders prompts debate and protests.
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London
United Nations War Crimes Commis Son
Paris
Allied Supreme Headquarters
European Theatre Judge Advocate Section
News Chronicle
War material to be sent from Europe to the Pacific
Allied Supreme Headquarters in Paris announced that usable American war matériel no longer needed in Europe will be transferred to the Pacific theater as quickly as possible, mostly shipped directly. Canadian Army equipment will largely stay in Europe while redeployment plans favor Pacific needs and rearmed liberated forces.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
Paris
Europe
Pacific
Morris W. Gilland
Ross Munro
Munro
Canadian Army
China
Far East
Gilland
United States
War Department
Plan to fly 160 Lancasters back to Canada discussed
In London and Ottawa a plan is discussed to repatriate 160 Canadian Lancasters and crews now in the United Kingdom as the war in Europe ends. The decision has not been finalized.
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London
United Kingdom
Canada
Europe
Ottawa
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