Reconversion Of Plants Will Create Thousands Of Jobs
Ottawa reports reconversion plans will revive 791 plants with 345000 workers in 1944 and 29000 more jobs expected within a year after new capital spending. Private firms may take over sites like Leaside to add 3000 jobs while areas such as Montreal Vancouver and Winnipeg receive major investment for new products including buses prefabricated houses and chemicals.
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Canada
Hower
Commons
House
Reconstruction Department
Research Enterprise, Ltd
Leaside
Toronto
Howe
Mr. Howe
Montreal
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Canadian horses shipped to France and Netherlands
About 3,000 draft horses bought in Canada up to Oct 25, 1945 for shipment to France and the Netherlands by the federal Agriculture Department. Of 2,936 horses purchased, 1,795 came from Saskatchewan farmers and dealers, with smaller totals from Quebec, Ontario and Alberta. Prices ranged from 80 to 160 dollars each for work and breeding to rebuild populations after war losses.
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Canada
Special Products Board
Federal Department of Agriculture
France
Netherlands
House of Commons
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Hazen R. Argue
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Wood Mountain
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Ontario
Alberta
West African unit maps 300 square miles of Arakan jungle
Nigerian and Gold Coast soldiers in Burma extend effort beyond combat by surveying unsurveyed terrain. The West African division's survey section has mapped over 300 square miles of Arakan jungle, enhancing strategic knowledge and postwar planning.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Gold Coast
Burma
Arakan
West African Division
Tokyo Baron Honjo Shoots Self After Arrest Order
Baron Gen Shigeru Honjo formerly in charge of the Kwantung Army and held responsible for the Mukden incident killed himself one day after Gen MacArthur ordered his arrest. His secretary found his slashed body on the floor.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Honjo
Kwantung Army
Mukden
Gen. MacArthur
Honjo
Rotation Leave For First 200 Men In Europe
Ottawa reports that 200 occupation and administration force personnel abroad will take 30 days rotation leave in Canada as repatriation progresses toward a March target. Officials caution against assuming all servicemen return early, with remaining occupation troops and HQ staff overseas.
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Canada
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Belgium
Holland
Germany
Europe
Britain
Defence
Abbott
Commons
England
Foyce
Air Force
Navy
Naval
London
Army of Occupation
Gibson
U S Bomber Sets World Distance Record from Guam
A B 29 flying from Guam landed at National Airport after about 35 hours and roughly 8000 miles, claiming a world distance record for non stop flight. The existing record was 7158.44 miles set by Britain in 1938 from Egypt to Australia.
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Washington
Guam
United States Army Air Forces
National
Britain
Egypt
Australia
Generous with wealth Sir Nuffield funds Oxford medical scholarships
British motor magnate Lord Nuffield donated a further £10000 to Dorchester College Oxford for medical scholarships. His gifts to the university now total £2800000.
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Oxford
Eng
Lord Nuffield
Dorcester College
Canadian junior farmers win national championships in six projects
National contest at Guelph Ontario features 62 finalists from 35 000 club members across provinces. Teams compete in beef cattle dairy cattle potatoes seed grain swine and poultry with leaders urged to embrace agricultural leadership roles by Prof R G Knox. Fire prevention credited as wartime Canada leads in war plant safety.
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Toronto
Canada
R. G. Knox
Ontario Agricultural College, Animal Husbandry Department
Knox
Guelph
Ont
Agricultural College
Ontario
British Colum
Prince Edward Island
Canadian Delegation Heads to London Coal Conference
A Canadian delegation of at least five will sail from Halifax aboard the Queen Elizabeth to attend a London meeting of the standing international industrial committee on coal mining. The December 5 conference will address global industry problems, with representation from the Dominion government Canadian coal operators and employees, and delegates from coal nations worldwide.
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Ottawa
Halifax
London
International Industrial Committee
Labor Department
International Labor Office
Philadelphia
Dominion
Early TB control urged via Christmas Seals support
Public health officials advocate early tuberculosis detection to curb spread. Donations to Christmas Seals fund Travelling Tuberculosis Clinics and x ray surveys to uncover cases and safeguard communities.
Diamonds to weigh Aga Khan Jubilee in Bombay
Britain lends about 600000 carats of rough diamonds so the Aga Khan can be weighed against them during his diamond jubilee in Bombay next March. The Aga Khan will be 60 as spiritual leader and weighed against gold at his golden jubilee. Diamonds return to London after the ceremony. experts peg value at tens of millions.
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London
Aga Khan
Bombay
India
New York
Soviet awards London for artillery corps war service
The Soviet government awarded orders and medals to more than 1,200,000 Red Army artillerymen for wartime services, according to Moscow radio broadcasts Sunday.
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Moscow Radio
No Large Scale Migration From Great Britain
Lord Croft says Britain will not be a source of large scale postwar migration as manpower shifts to rehabilitation efforts. He notes Canada and Australia still need immigrants, few Britons will emigrate, and suggests controlled settlement with rigid tests and cooperative financing. An inter empire movement is also favored to strengthen ties.
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Great Britain
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Australia
War Office
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R.A.F
Scandinavia
British Columbia
South Africa
Plan Long Trip Whitehorse Business Men Sponsoring 3 000 Mile Dog Team Trek
Whitehorse Yukon plan a 3000 mile dog team voyage to Winnipeg starting December 1 led by G P Belanger Alcaneers Fellowship Club. Five person party will publicize Yukon attractions through lectures and films with seven dog team driven by Charles Caddy and Fred Webber.
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Edmonton
U.T
Winnipeg
G. P. Belanger
Alcaneers’ Fellowship Club
Yukon Territory
Charles Caddy
Fred Webber
Yukon
Otto Berg
Mike Czech
Mr. Belanger
Britain receives Canada aid totaling 2.862 billion dollars
London reports Chancellor Hugh Dalton stating Canada contributed 2.862 billion dollars to the British war effort. The aid includes a 1 billion dollar outright gift in 1942 and mutual aid supplies valued at about 1.862 billion dollars through August 1945.
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London
Hugh Dalton
Canada
Dalton
Britain
India Exports to Australia Rise Sevenfold During War
New Delhi reports India’s exports to Australia surged sevenfold in five years compared with pre war levels. Officials attribute the jump mainly to wartime conditions and the removal of competing suppliers.
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New Delhi
India
Australia
Records Conviction Case Against Nazi Leaders At Nuremberg
The wartime tribunal heard US prosecutors portray Nazi leaders as living symbols of hatred and cruelty. Justice Jackson warned the defendants would be convicted by their own thoroughness, citing records from 1940 to 1944, including orders to treat airmen as criminals and to kill captured officers.
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Germany
International War Crimes Tribunal
Robert H. Jackson
United States
Jackson
Teutonic
Caucasian
Stalin
Justice Jackson
Hitler
Lord Haw Haw Joyce Appeals Treason Conviction
The House of Lords will hear William Joyce’s appeal from a treason conviction on December 10. Joyce, Brooklyn born, was sentenced to hang for broadcasting Nazi propaganda. His German wife visited him briefly at Wandsworth prison. Norman Baillie-Stewart faced trial on high treason charges.
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London
House of Lords
William
Lord Haw Haw
Change will let four preserves coupons replace sugar
Ottawa reports the prices board has declared four preserves coupons valid for December instead of one sugar and two preserves coupons. The change keeps the same overall value of the sugar allotment while allowing more preserves if desired for the Christmas season.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
Roosevelt stamps displayed for later auction
New York reports a million stamps from the late President Roosevelt uncrated for display before a planned auction. The collection is unofficially valued at 75 000 to 100 000 dollars and includes sheets bearing Roosevelt signatures on the margins. The sale is slated for a date after January.
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New York
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
War call-ups leave 10649 men unaccounted for
Ottawa reports Labor Minister Mitchell told the commons that by November 3 this year ten thousand six hundred forty nine men called for compulsory military service in the war remained unaccounted for.
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Mitchell
The
Commons
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