Plan To Direct The Control Of Atomic Energy
President Truman told Congress he would seek an atomic energy commission with broad powers to direct U S atomic energy work and would begin talks with Canada and Great Britain to build international cooperation. He noted the bomb shortened World War II and would not be disclosed while secrecy persisted.
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Washington
Trujan
Congress
Canada
Great Britain
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Truman
King
White House
United Nations Organization
Mr. King
Canadian Wheat Reaches Berlin for Bread Supply
Berlin officials report about 5000 bushels of Canadian wheat arrive monthly as flour or grain for milling. Allied grain stores funded emergency needs and rye bread production failed in many zones. Additional imports to British and American zones are expected though exact figures are not yet known.
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Berlin
Freedom of speech blooms in Tokyo street broadcast
A broadcasting truck roamed Tokyo inviting public opinion on rationing politics and women’s suffrage. The event marked the first real free speech since MacArthur ended government radio control, with many residents speaking out on airwaves.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Secret mission in Ottawa guards eight German prisoners
Internment officials kept secrecy on the movement of eight German prisoners of war to Britain. A Reuters report from Southampton said the prisoners, landed from the Pasteur after leaving Quebec, were closely guarded and sent overseas for an undisclosed mission.
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Ottawa
Britain
Reuters
Southampton
England
Pasteur
Quebec
Germans Join U S War Research Effort Under Army Oversight
The war department announced that a group of outstanding German scientists and technicians is being brought to the United States on a voluntary basis under army supervision to assist in military research. It did not disclose their identities.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Prince Rupert Naval Base Ends War Service
Prince Rupert Naval Base in British Columbia, once on North America's front line against Japan, has ceased operations after six years of war. H.M.C.S. Chatham decommissioned with the white ensign lowered, as the base’s wartime boom defenses and busy patrols near Rupert are retired following Japan’s surrender.
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Prince Rupert
B.C
Royal Canadian Navy
North America
H.M.C.S. Chatham
R.C.N
Japan
British Empire
Metlakatla Island
Berlin Allied Council in Four-Power Occupation
Germany's ruined capital has become a testing ground for Allied understanding as the Big Four powers govern Berlin. The city hosts the Allied Control Council and four occupying zones with frequent high level meetings, shaping postwar relations and admin of Germany amid disputes but overall workable cooperation.
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Berlin
Germany
London
Washington
Moscow
Allied Control Council
Great Britain
United States
Russia
France
Germans Leave Ireland for Germany After Parole Breaks
Amid postwar shifts, 261 German sailors and airmen depart Ireland at British request, to be confined in the British zone of Germany. Nine escapees who feared Russian transfer broke parole. all are sought by military police across five nations. The group had sought to stay in Ireland but was denied.
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Dublin
Eire
Germany
Europe
Manila
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Royal Rifles of Canada
Hong Kong
Oxfordshire
Canada
The
Royal Rifles
C. Tibbitts
Waterloo
L. Firlotte
Jacquet
N.B
R. J. Routledge
Forest
Britain Contributes Vast Sum to UN Relief Fund
Britain has contributed nearly 80 million pounds to the United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration operative fund, compared with about 198 million dollars contributed by the United States.
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Paris
Britain
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
United States
Canadian Bacon Gains Ground in British Market
London reports bacon from Canada dominates Britain's postwar larder with four ounces per person weekly. Food ministry ads promote recipes to stretch supplies as shopkeepers note many buyers are unaware the prized product is Canadian.
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London
Britain
Grace of
Canada
The
Food Ministry
Wiltshire
Time lost due to strikes in eight months
Labor department figures show time lost from strikes through August this year down 63 percent from 1944. There were 128 strikes affecting 44,349 workers, totaling 170,293 man-days lost versus 157 strikes and 464,594 man-days in the first eight months of 1944.
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Ottawa
Labor Department
Ottawa aviation jobs eyed as feeder line study begins
The air transport board is conducting a country wide investigation of feeder line air service potential. It aims to open isolated areas and provide employment for hundreds of demobilizing R C A F personnel.
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Ottawa
Air Transport Board
R.C.A.F
Treasure Trail Tokyo Loot Revealed and Bank Closed
American investigators trace treasure looted from Asia as Japan’s Bank of Japan closes and guards its vaults. Troops seize 21 financial institutions linked to wartime exploitation with plans for liquidation. Fearful citizens reassured their savings are safe under Gen. MacArthur’s orders.
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Tokyo
Japan
Great Bank of
Asia
Siam
Indo-China
Gen. MacArthur
Eisenhower to Proclaim Self Governing German States
Reuters from Frankfurt reports General Eisenhower will issue a proclamation to the German people creating three self governing states in the American zone: Greater Hessen, Württemberg‑Baden, and Bavaria.
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London
Reuters
Frankfurt-on-Main
Germany
Eisenhower
United States Zone of Occupation
Greater
Hessen
Wurttenmburg-Baden
Bavaria
UNRRA Fund Shortages Prompt Call for More Aid
UNRRA reports Canada has already spent its 77 million dollar contribution plus an additional 25 to 30 million in US funds. Nugent says expenditures are US-dollar rough figures. US must approve a 550 million dollar additional appropriation to avoid procurement problems. Canada supplied wheat and Dominions meat while textiles trucks soap farm machinery canned fish and seed aid is ongoing. Australia drought reduces further aid while UNRRA seeks nonallocated meats like blood sausage horse and whale meat.
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London
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Canada
United States
Rolf Nugent
Unrra Bureau of Supplies
International Relief Agency
UNRRA
Nugent
Europe
Dominions
Australia
Prison Camp At Guam Run By Allied POWs
Six hundred Allied prisoners including 150 Canadians managed a Japanese alloy factory near Osaka after the Pacific war ended. They labored in mines and the factory, hauling coal daily while undernourished and underfoot with inadequate socks and footwear. Meltdowns, starvation, frostbite, and missing toes were reported among the men.
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Guam
Oyama
Osaka
Japan
Pacific
Samsuipo
Hong Kong
London Newsprint Shortage Prompts Import Suspension
The Observer reports cabinet moves to suspend Canadian newsprint imports due to dollar shortages. A counter-proposal from Canada could avert action. The Sunday paper warns Australians may face four page papers indefinitely unless the policy changes, noting risk of resold stock to the United States.
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London
The
Observer
Canada
United States
Britain Plans Mass Demobilization By Year End
Labour Minister George Isaacs disclosed plans to demobilize about 1.5 million service men and women by year end and roughly 3 million by next June as part of postwar drawdown.
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London
Britain
George Isaac
Finland halts strike as rail workers mobilized
In Helsinki, all locomotive firemen and drivers were drafted for military training hours before a planned 4 000 strong railway strike. Government sources said the call makes strikers subject to orders to work, potentially keeping Finland's railways moving.
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Helsinki
Finland
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