Soviet Union cuts armed forces for fourth time
Moscow announced another demobilization reducing the Soviet defense budget by 56.0 billion rubles for next year. The decree sends older land troops home between November and January, excluding air force and navy personnel. Observers see demobilization continuing to free workers for industrial and agricultural tasks as the UN General Assembly opens.
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Moscow
Russia
Supreme Soviet
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Stalin
United Nations’ General Assembly
Prices board says civilian suit access after month end
Ottawa officials expect hundreds of thousands of suits formerly reserved for veterans will be released to the open market by month end as textile shortages ease. Merchants had kept shops focused on veterans due to quotas and priority certificates but now civilian buyers can shop for Christmas suits.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
Canadian Style Moscow Hockey Leagues Planned
The all union sports committee outlined two hockey leagues for this year. The Canadian style league will have six players per team, 12 teams, three groups, and run December to February with squads from Leningrad Moscow White Russia Latvia Estonia Lithuania and Ukraine. The Russian style league will hold a February Moscow elimination tournament featuring eight top teams, with women’s teams also taking part.
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Moscow
All-Union
Eams
Leningrad
Hess acts as Nazi leader after Goering’s death
Rudolf Hess holds de facto top Nazi role following Hermann Goering’s death, and is allegedly drafting plans for a fourth Reich. Col. Bur-Co. Andrus, the prison commander, notes Hess was in good humor during imprisonment. He behaved eccentrically in court but was legally sane.
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Mernberg
Rudolf Hess
Armann Goering
Bur- Co. Andrus
D. Hess
Lhfe
Speculation on Parachute Container Linked to Windsor Theft Ends
In Brest Brittany speculation that a parachute dropped container related to the theft of jewels from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor ended when the French meteorological bureau confirmed ownership of the coin dropped as part of routine checks.
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Brest
France
Brittany
Duke and Heis of
Windsor
French Meteorological Bureau
Ced
Australian war graves care assigned to Mrs L Manson
In Ipswich Queensland the task of tending the graves of servicemen and maintaining the U S and Australian war cemeteries has been allotted to Mrs L Manson. For years she has cared for the graves here alongside wives and mothers of the fallen.
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Ipswich
Australia
United States
Queensland
L. Manson
Bevin Sets Britain’s Foreign Policy in Commons Debate
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin outlined Britain's approach to global trouble spots during a two day Commons debate. He pledged to withdraw troops from Greece and Indonesia by specific dates while guarding Turkey's sovereignty and pursuing cordial ties with a democratic Italy. He emphasized non interference in Iran and ensuring Japan cannot regain aggression. He also vowed to support Middle East independence and pursue a new Turkey-Italy partnership.
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London
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Greece
Iran
Indonesia
Japan
Middle East
Egypt
Dardanelles
Britain
Turkey
Black Sea
Italy
American Davis Cup Team Heads to Australia for Title Match
The American Davis Cup team will depart San Francisco on November 15 by Pan American plane for Australia to contest the challenge round in Sydney during the last week of December. Non-playing captain Walter Pate announced the party should arrive November 18, marking the first time an American team travels to the site of the title match.
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New York
San Francisco
Australia
Walter Pate
Sydney
Britain to need more wheat than Canada contract
Sir Alexander Clut ter TPU, the United Kingdom high commissioner to Canada, said Britain's wheat requirements for this year and 1948 would total about 220 million bushels annually, 6 million more than the Canadian contract. He noted home use plus supplies for the European occupation zone in Germany and said trade recovery in the first postwar year showed promise of breaking even next year as exports could cover imports.
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Edmonton
Alexander Clutterpuck
United Kingdom
Canada
Britain
Sir Alexander
Germany
Terrorists threaten in Tel Aviv amid immigrant ship sidelining
Stern gang agents posted leaflets in Tel Aviv warning that soldiers with guns in Palestine would face death and other measures against British enemies. In Haifa rumors spread that the 800 Jewish immigrants aboard the 300 ton Fenice, lacking entry permits, may be deported to Cyprus.
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Jerusalem
Stern Gang
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Haifa
Moon
Cyprus
United States Price Problems Felt In Canada
Ottawa reports US price and wage controls nearing end while Canada maintains broad ceilings. Canadian officials fear higher US prices for imported goods will lift Canadian costs, prompting subsidy adjustments. Wage controls may ease in 1947 as broader decontrol proceeds gradually.
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United States
Canada
Ottawa
Prices Board
Washington
Birds migrate to and from Canada mainly at night
Many migratory birds travel nocturnally between regions and Canada. The pattern reduces predation risk and helps avoid heat while migrating across the landscape.
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Canada
American School Berlin Opens Under Dr Boyne Staff
A real American style school operates in Berlin led by Dr Edwin Boyne formerly of Michigan State College with 13 American teachers. The combined elementary and high school opened October 14 enrolling 175, including foreign embassy children and many American expatriates while revamping the damaged Gertrauden school. German assistants join to teach German across grades.
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Berlin
Edwin Boyne
Michigan State College
Boyne
Gertrauden School
Soldiers of Three Nations
Gertrauden
Macon
Bellingham
Wash
Halifax sells Hickleton Hall moves to village stables
Lord Halifax former British ambassador to the United States announces the sale of Hickleton Hall a large Yorkshire home near Doncaster. He plans to live in the stables converting them into a residence saying the decision comes with great reluctance and regret and he wants to keep ties to the district.
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Doncaster
Yorks
England
Lord Halifax
United States
Hickleton Hall
Yorkshire
World Saved From Anarchy Through U N
Montreal report quotes Sumner Welles praising the United Nations for averting world chaos in postwar disputes. He warns against immediate world government and urges strengthening practical cooperation, especially giving lesser powers more influence in peace decisions. He cites Iran Spain and Greece cases and cautions about future treaties with Germany and Japan.
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Montreal
United Nations
Sumner Welles
United States
Security Council
Iran
Spain
Greece
Russia
Welles
Paris
Trieste
Danube
Italy
Yugoslavia
Germany
Japan
Molotov Sees UN Peace Efforts Ahead Aboard Queen Elizabeth
Russian Foreign Minister V M Molotov told reporters aboard the Queen Elizabeth that he is sure UN arguments will be settled and difficulties overcome in the interest of peace. He said the Soviet delegation will work for peace as it is in their interests. Gromyko and Vishinsky joined but declined to comment.
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U.S
Alfred Krupp von Bohlen Und Halbach
Krupp Arms Industry
New York
V. M. Molotov
United Nations
Molotov
Soviet Union
Andrei A. Gromyko
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Russia
Gromyko
Vishinsky
Rental Ceiling Increases Considered For 1947 Ottawa
A prices board study suggests a general across the board rental ceiling rise in 1947, while regional controllers handle individual cases. The report notes wage gains and higher price adjustments justify the move, with much of 1947 likely limited to about a 10 percent rise.
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Ottawa
The
Prices Board
Washington
U.S
William G. Reid Fined for Unauthorized Food Coupon Fraud
Seventy-one year old William G. Reid was fined 2000 dollars and ordered to six months in jail for obtaining transferring and possessing unauthorized food ration coupons. The sentence followed his court appearance on the charge.
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Toronto
William G. Reid
Greek soldiers sentenced for desertion and collaboration
In Larissa Greece a Greek military court convicted nine soldiers of desertion and collaboration with leftwing armed bands. Eighteen others received life imprisonment in the same case. The proceedings reflect postwar tensions and political crackdowns in the region.
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Larissa
Greece
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