Empire Tariff Preference May Be Reviewed
An official in Ottawa says imperial tariff preferences may be reviewed within months by a Commonwealth conference or staff group rather than a full imperial economic conference. Washington reports stress reducing preferences to aid US-UK financial aid talks, with Canada seeking to trim its empire trade imbalance while maintaining some internal preferences.
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Ottawa
Washington
United States
United Kingdom
Britain
British Commonwealth
Canada
Commonwealth
Ottawa frees eleven thousand RCAF personnel from service
Air Minister Gibson announced that eleven thousand RCAF members transferred to the trained aircrew reserve are now released from service. Their status matches those discharged through normal channels, with no action needed to confirm. Re engagement options remain open for those in the reserve through September 30, 1947.
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Ottawa
R.C.A.F
Air Force
Germany
Gibson
RC A.F
Canadian Fashions Week Showcases Coast to Coast Stores
Over 2,500 retail outlets from coast to coast display Toronto made merchandise in windows and stores for the October first to sixth week. The Toronto Fashion Industries claim Canadian fashions rival the world for quality and style, urging shoppers to inspect the shows as restrictions lift.
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Toronto
Toronto Fashion Industries
Ray Hildebrand
Peggy Anne
Canada to Deliver More POW Drafts to San Francisco
Defence headquarters announced that two more drafts of liberated Canadian prisoners of war from the Far East will reach San Francisco on October 13 and 1M aboard the Joseph Dyckman and the Admiral Hughes. The Dyckman will carry 13 officers and 32 other ranks while the Hughes will carry 13 officers and 47 other ranks.
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Ottawa
Far East
San Francisco
Defence Headquarters
Joseph Dyckman
Admiral Hughes
Allied plan for a Japan control commission discussed in London
The Big Five foreign ministers' council tentatively proposed a December Washington meeting to discuss an Allied Japan control commission. Britain may push for the plan again despite U S pacific suppression and Australian insistence on participation, with Molotov urging a commission.
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London
Allied Control Commission
Japan
Big Five Council of Foreign Ministers
Associated Press
Washington
Britain
United States
Dominions
Australia
V. M. Molotov
Gen. MacArthur
James F. Byrnes
Pacific
Soviet Union
Control Commission
Workers Needed Campaign for Fifty Thousand Woods Workers
Labor Minister Mitchell announced a national drive to recruit 50 000 additional workers for lumber camps across Canada. He cited strong demand in Quebec Ontario and British Columbia with openings also in the prairies and maritime provinces and urged applicants from all regions.
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Ottawa
Mitchell
Canada
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
Prairies
Maritime Provinces
Railway proposal links Peace River to Pacific coast
In Ottawa, Rev. William Irvine of Cariboo urged a railway from Western Canada’s Peace River district to the Pacific. He argued the district needs a line and called for a national railway policy.
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Peace River
Pacific Coast
Ottawa
Western Canada
William Irvine
C.C.F
British Columbia
Cariboo
Canada opens first veterans health and occupation centre
Veterans Minister MacKenzie announces Ottawa facility as Canada's first veterans health and occupation centre. The 280 acre site sits along the Rideau River beside Rideau Park and will be followed by seven more centres in Halifax Saint John Toronto London Cat Winnipeg and Vancouver.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie
Canada
Veterans
Rideau River
Rideau Park
Halifax
Saint John
N.B
Toronto
London
Cat
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Air Force Men Ottawa Repats 36000 In 2024 Plan
Air Minister Gibson reports more than 36,000 Royal Canadian Air Force personnel have been repatriated from Europe since May 1. With shipments full, about 1,000 more expected by Oct 1 and all non occupation force members home by March 31, radar staff included.
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Ottawa
R.C.A.F
Europe
Gibson
Canada
R.A.F
Halsey backs MacArthur free hand in Japan occupation
Admiral William Halsey urged that General Douglas MacArthur be given latitude to run Japan’s occupation. He praised MacArthur’s plan to prevent Japan from rising above a fifth‑rate power while speaking at a civic reception for 20 recovered Allied personnel. He condemned brutal treatment of released prisoners and avoided critiquing his Pacific adversaries.
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Honolulu
William Halsey
Gen. MacArthur
Japan
Admiral Halsey
Pacific
Harvest Delays Hit Prairie Grain Crops In 1945
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports cold wet weather delaying the prairie harvest for 1945. Rains and snow across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta cause postponement with some sprouting and lower grades likely in late crops like corn potatoes and sugar beets. Livestock and pastures remain in good condition but feed grain quality may degrade due to the delay.
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Ottawa
Prairies
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Citizenship bill would let Canadians choose national status
Ottawa expects a citizenship bill this session that would not strip Canadians of British citizenship. Canadians could describe themselves as Canadian rather than British in censuses and passports would gain new significance. The change would let Canadian women married to non Canadians choose to remain Canadian or take their husband s nationality.
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Ottawa
Eisenhower Orders Dismantling of Five German Plants
General Eisenhower ordered dismantling of five major German industrial facilities for reparations. Included are Kugelfischer Georg Schafer in Schweinfurt, Europe’s largest ball bearing plant, and the Bremen shipyard Bremen, among Germany’s largest.
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Frankfurt-On-Main
Eisenhower
Kugelfischer Geor Schafer Company
Schweinfurt
Europe
Bremenwesser
Bremen
Germany
Railways In Europe A Great Problem Of War Damage
London reports European railways suffer severe war damage from bombing looting and occupation. Allied and provisional bodies coordinate civilian reparations while France leads recovery with Paris links restored though Paris London boat train now 16 hours. Total French damage estimated at 300 million dollars with sabotage and other wartime losses adding tens of millions.
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London
Europe
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Holland
Norway
United States
Britain
Paris
Arab League Rejects Truman Palestine Immigration Plan
Abdul Rahman Azzam Bey, Arab League secretary general in Cairo, rejects a plan reportedly backed by President Truman to admit 100000 Jews into Palestine. He says Palestine is an Arab unit and vows no cooperation, urging aims through cooperation and peace. Reuters reports Britain plans to refer the Palestine question to the United Nations council.
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Cairo
Abdul Rahman Azzam Bey
The
Arab League
Harry Truman
Palestine
Azzam Bey
Britain
Council of the United Nations
Reuters
London
Good Conduct Badge Expands to WRNS Ratings
The navy allows the good conduct badge to be worn by members of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service Wrens after three years of good conduct. The badge carries no extra pay allowance for Wrens, unlike men.
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Ottawa
Navy
Royal Canadian Naval Service
Wrens
Equal Rights in Peace Talks Pressed by Evatt and Allies
Australian Foreign Minister Evatt urged that all active belligerents share in drafting the peace, not just the five powers on the council. He demanded equal rights for Australia in the peace process, noting Canada New Zealand and South Africa support similar representations, while Ottawa reports discuss a possible Allied control commission for Japan.
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London
H. V. Evatt
Council of Foreign Ministers
Evatt
Australas
France
Russia
Peace Council
Australia
Ernest Bevin
Italy
Dominions
Canada
New Zealand
South Africa
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Allied Control Commission
Japan
House of Commons
Attlee
Bevin
Europe
Canadian POWs to Return Home as Ship Facilities Pool
Col. R. S. Malone said hospital ship SS Letitia is en route to the Far East to repatriate Canadian liberated prisoners of war. He noted most men would be back in Canada within weeks and that Canadian and U.S. hospital ship facilities are being pooled to expedite returns.
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Montreal
R. S. Malone
Army Public Relations Branch
Letitia
Far East
Canada
Progress in disarming Japanese POWs in South East Asia
In KandY, Ceylon dispatch reports smooth progress in disarming 480000 Japanese POWs in South East Asia. Some units finished ahead of schedule. Allied forces also aim to recover prisoners and internees before orderly withdrawals from Java Sumatra Siam Indo China Borneo Celebes Timor.
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South East Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
South East Asia Command
Java
Sumatra
Siam
Indo-China
Borneo
Celebes
Dutch Timor
Ships from Orient Routed to Bypass Panama Tolls
Britain’s Ministry of War Transport said New Zealand and Australian ships will bypass the Panama Canal to avoid dollar tolls. New Zealand vessels head south around Cape Horn with some via Suez. Australian coal ships go around the Cape of Good Hope while oil burners pass through Suez.
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London
Ministry of War Transport
New Zealand
Australia
Panama Canal
Cape Horn
Suez Canal
Cape of Good Hope
Suez
China to send occupation forces to Japan
government spokesman P. H. Chang announced that China will send occupation forces to Japan. He said the size of the force remains to be worked out based on future necessities as agreed by cooperating nations.
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China
Japan
P. H. Chang
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Korea
John R. Hodges
24Th Army Corps
U.S
MacArthur
Barrow-in-Furness
Liverpool
Tojo
Roy Gold
U.S. Army Medical Corps
Hideki Tojo
M. Gold
Capt. Gold
Glace Bay
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