Imperial preference urged at empire trade conference
London report says imperial preference won unanimous backing from chamber of commerce delegates across the British Empire. Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa Eire India and others urged expansion of world trade while respecting dominion autonomy in adjusting trade rules. Canada urged broad free enterprise and gradual reduction of government purchasing.
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London
Chambers of Commerce
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Eire
India
Newfoundland
Lord Balfour of
Indirye
Federation of C. of C
B.E
D. P. Cruckshank
Ottawa
Cruckshank
Dominions
Britain
Washington
Chinese in British Columbia plan return home after war
About 20 000 Chinese in British Columbia hope to sail back to China as peace arrives. Leaders say relatives long lost during the Sino Japanese war prompt a homeland visit, with many seeking Canadian or American passage and plans to sell businesses or farms for travel funds.
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British Columbia
Vancouver
China
Canada
Lochman Mah
Nanaimo
B.C
Manchuria
W. H. Tsung
Victoria
Peacetime Use Planned for Colwyn Bay Ducks Bus Service
A North Wales bus firm seeks a license to operate motor coaches modeled on amphibious ducks. The vehicles would not stop at shorelines but would drive straight into water, repurposing wartime equipment for civilian transport.
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Colwyn Bay
Wales
North Wales
Britain's Budget Proposes Tax Relief and Welfare Tightening
In an interim budget, Chancellor Hugh Dalton outlined restoring pre war tax exemptions next April, cutting taxes for low earners while raising sundry rates. The plan includes a graduated tax scale, higher surtax on top incomes, and continued price controls with subsidies amid dollar‑import curbs. Winston Churchill welcomed the cautious survey.
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London
Hugh Dalton
House of Commons
Washington
Mr. Dalton
Dalton
Winston Churchill
Mr. Churchill
Senate creates 11 member panel to oversee atomic energy
The U S Senate voted to form a special 11 member committee to handle atomic energy measures. The panel will study a bill establishing a presidentially appointed commission to govern domestic development and use of atomic energy, a result hailed as moving the issue beyond military control.
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Washington
United States Senate
Made Fast Trip London Mosquito Flight
A British coastal command Mosquito bomber flew from Gander Newfoundland to Cornwall England in five hours and ten minutes averaging more than 445 miles an hour.
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London
British Coastal Command
Gander
Newfoundland
Cornwall County
England
Churchill Honored With Five War Campaign Awards
The King ordered Winston Churchill to receive five wartime campaign medals the 1939 45 Star Africa Star Italy Star France and Germany Star and the Defence Medal His fifty thousand miles of wartime travel justify the honors He becomes the third prime minister to be so honored following Asquith and Lloyd George
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Africa
Italy
France
Germany
Churchill
Herbert Asquith
David Lloyd George
Asquith
Flagship Nieuw Amsterdam Returns to Netherlands
The Holland American Line liner Nieuw Amsterdam, long repatriating Canadian servicemen from Europe, has been turned back to the Netherlands. She sailed for the Netherlands East Indies with Dutch troops on board. Since VE Day more than 24,000 Canadians have been repatriated aboard the ship.
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Amsterdam
Nieuw Amsterdam
Europe
Netherlands
Netherlands East Indies
Alaska Highway To Be Maintained In Peacetime
Ottawa confirms maintenance of the Alaska highway for peacetime use. The $115,000,000 road from Fort St. John, British Columbia to Fairbanks, Alaska was built in 1942 by the United States army. Canada assumes responsibility April 1 and views the corridor as a key northern trade route.
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Ottawa
Alaska
MacKinnon
Edmonton
Fort St. John
B.C
Fairbanks
United States Army
Canada
Ottawa Radio Bureau
Parliament Hill
Alberta
Contiguous Territories
Allied control council tax reforms in postwar Berlin
The Allied control council raised German wage taxes by 25 percent and corporate taxes by 614 percent to curb inflation. It abolished Hitler era courts and proclaimed equal justice for all Germans, guaranteeing due process and equality before the law regardless of race nationality or religion.
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Berlin
Allied Control Council
Hitler
Poppy Fund appeal calls for support from all residents
The Canadian Legion urges every man, woman and child to aid the Poppy Fund which supports servicemen and dependents and runs a Service Bureau. Proceeds from poppy and wreath sales fund the effort, with November 11th as a campaign reminder to wear a poppy or purchase a wreath.
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Service Bureau
Canadian Legion
Prairie bank closures cut chartered banks by half
FEVER BRANCHES OTTAWA. Number of chartered banks in the prairie provinces dropped from 1015 at Aug. 31, 1930, to 528 at the corresponding date in 1945, in a Finance Department return tabled for MP James E. Matthews. Manitoba has 149 banks, Saskatchewan 213, Alberta 166. ten banks operate in Canada.
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Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Finance Department
James E. Matthews
Liberal
Brandon
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Bank of Montreal
Bank of Nova Scotia
Bank of Toronto
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Royal Bank
Dominion Bank
Imperial Bank
Barclay’s Bank
la Banque Provinciale Due Canada
Banque Canadienne Nationale
Frame New National Coal Policy
Ottawa reports a royal commission on Canada's coal industry shaping a fuel policy after a nine month survey. Hearing complete, the three member panel led by Justice Carroll will draft recommendations by early next year. The study notes need for emergency supplies, limits of domestic mines, and calls for aiding Canadian mines to compete with American coal.
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Ottawa
Royal Commission
W. F. Carroll
Halifax
C. ©. McLaurin
Angus Morrison
Calgary
Sydney
N.S
Canada
Dominion
Ontario
Quebec
Maritimes
Commission
Nova Scotia Liberals Sweep 28 of 30 Seats in Nova Scotia Election
Premier Angus L. Macdonald led the Liberal party to an unprecedented victory, securing 28 of 30 seats and wiping out Conservative opposition. Major gains cut deposits for 9 of 30 Conservatives, 15 of 20 CCF, two Labor Progressive, and one Independent. Macdonald called the win unparalleled in Nova Scotia political history.
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Halifax
Angus L. Macdonald
Nova Scotia
C.C.F
Farmers' output key to peace and democracy in Europe
William Wake of Borden Sask told delegates at the moral rearmament world assembly in Mackinac Island that North American farm production will be a deciding factor in peace and democracy in Europe, likening it to how factories tipped victory. He cited the Canadian drought belt where relief was widespread in 1937 and urged farmers to feed people and care for the soil for future generations.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Europe
William Wake
Borden, Sask
World Assembly
Wake
Germany-Naturalized Canadians Barred from Return
State Secretary Paul Martin said thousands of Germans who became Canadian citizens and later returned to Germany in 1933 and 1934 will be prevented from re entering Canada under a new citizenship act to be presented to parliament.
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Ottawa
Canada
Germany
Paul Martin
Dominion
Indian Institute of Science to Produce Penicillin Monthly
In Bangalore India the Indian Institute of Science will manufacture one hundred million units of penicillin each month. The facility is installing plant and equipment to enable this large scale production.
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Bangalore
India
Indian Institute of Science
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