Immigration policy under study in Canada Ottawa discusses policy and refugee intake
The Canadian government reviews immigration policy with a cabinet sub committee and inter departmental panel. Hon J A Giga says selective immigration faces discrimination concerns while refugees and stateless Europeans fall to UN shares. Ships scarce for servicemen families, fianc e es face delays, and 4000 GB refugees plus 4000 Polish soldiers planned for settlement across the Dominion.
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Ottawa
J. A. Giga
House of Commons
Canada
United Nations Organization
Europe
United Nations
England
Glen
British Isles
Peace hinges on western democracies and Soviet Russia
Brooke Claxton, Canadian minister, said world peace depends more on relations between western democracies and Soviet Russia than on treaties. He noted slow progress at the Paris peace conference due to complex issues and translations into French, English, and Russian. He said the 21 Allied nations are divided by a line as strong as the iron curtain, with two totally different views hindering progress.
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Paris
Soviet Russia
Brooke Clatxon
National Health and Welfare
Canada
Claxton
Ondrei Viashinsky
James F Byrnes
Russia
Boston Doctors Test Atomic Energy Cure On Child Patient
The last of three doses of a by product of atomic energy was given to three year old Janice Moschella to treat a liver infection. The dose used a rare radioactive compound prepared at the University of Illinois cyclotron after a blood transfusion. Dr Saul Hertz said results would be known in about three weeks.
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Boston
Janice Moschella
University of Mlinois
Saul Hertz
Will Amend Pensions Act For The Militia
The commons sanctioned a bill to amend the militia pension act aligning it with the civil service act. It requires new forces members to contribute to a pension fund while old members may stay under either provision. Proponents argued the system grants large pensions to young retirees. details set a basic pension tied to last six years pay, years of service, and widow and child allowances with caps.
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Ottawa
The
Commons
Senate
John Probe
C.C.F
Regina City
G. R. Pearkes
V.C
P.C
Nanaimo
Capt. Probe
Port Churchill Route Seen As Second To None
Frank Eliason of Saskatoon, head of the Hudson Bay Route Association, says British port officials misled cargo ship crews about Port Churchill. He cites journals claiming 15 ships faced a hazardous 1932 voyage, while officers claimed the port was ready for entry and “second to none” on the continent.
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Saskatoon
Port Churchill
Frank Eliason
Hudson Bay Route Association
Churchill
Eliason
Wheat payments for 1943 certificates rushed in Ottawa
Trade Minister MacKinnon told the commons that 1943 wheat participation payments are being issued and the work is being rushed to completion. He stated that No 1 Northern wheat is priced at 12.146 cents per bushel, a rate covering about 80 percent of all other grades.
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Ottawa
Mackinnon
German POW seeks lighthouse keeper job in Boston Harbor
Richard Bohnenstengel of Schleswig Holstein, a former German prisoner of war, has written to authorities in Boston requesting a position as a lighthouse keeper in the harbor. He says he passed through Boston as a POW and seeks peace and solitude.
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Boston
Richard Bohnenstengel
Schleswig-Holstein
Sweden bread grain crop climbs to 940000 tons
Stockholm radio reports Sweden’s bread grain crop at 940000 tons, up 75900 tons from last year in a preliminary estimate.
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London
Sweden
Stockholm Radio
Improved radio network links 80 northern Saskatchewan stations
Ronald Hook of Saskatchewan's Department of Natural Resources announced an enhanced radio communication system reaching 80 ground stations including lookout towers. The upgrade allows instant control room access to field staff, boosting forest fire fighting efficiency and speeding fire suppression. Planes with radio gear will stay constantly in contact.
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Prince Albert
Ronald Hook
Department of Natural Resources
Saskatchewan
Mr. Hook
China Civil War Returns to Manchuria Rail Lifeline
Communist forces struck near Tieh ling 45 miles northeast of Mukden and besieged a government garrison outside the city. Reinforcements moved to the armed posts as rival armies march toward battle positions, signaling possible broadening of the conflict into Manchuria and eastern Jehol.
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Manchuria
Peiping
Mukden
Changchun
Jehol
Tiehling
China
Violence in India Deplored by Moslems
New Delhi. Jinnah denounces as brutal and outrageous the stabbing of a Moslem member of the interim government. The Hindustan Times calls violence a game two can play. Jinnah says the vice regal invitation to join the government is a severe blow to Moslem India and criticizes the appeal as vague. Wavell meets leaders in Calcutta to discuss riots and Gandhi condemns Calcutta violence while noting newspaper trust in reports.
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New Delhi
M A. Jinnah
India
Hindustan Times
Jinah
Shafa
Ahmad Khan
Simla
Jinnah
Lord Wavell
Bengal
Congress
Estevan Flying Club elects first women members
In Estevan Sask Miss Petty Nicholson and Miss Celestine Juno of Torquay become the first women members of the Estevan Flying Club as a 15 member group prompts officials to hire a second instructor. Puerto Rico is noted as densely populated with over two million inhabitants.
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Estevan, Sask
Petty Nicholson
Estevan
Celestine Juno
Torquay
Estevan Flying Club
Puerto Rico
First US bomber flies Vienna to Udine route
A four engine U.S. bomber arrived in Udine Italy from Vienna carrying mail and freight. It marked the first American plane on the Vienna Udine leg since Yugoslav shotdowns earlier this month. The pilot said he would fly to Udine and back with orders to operate daily.
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Udine
Italy
United States
Vienna
Churchill Family Guarded On Swiss Holiday
In Burlinell Switzerland two police guard Winston Churchill and his family as they enjoy a holiday near Villa Choisi. An army launch patrols the lake to deter visitors while two officers watch from a tree top lookout post in the park. The party includes Churchill's wife daughters Mary and Diana and son in law Duncan Sandy.
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Churchill
Switzerland
Burlinel
Winston Churchill
Mary
Diana
Duncan Sandy
Villa Choisi
Defence Lines In The North Under Survey
Operation North, Canada's northern defence exercise, moves along the Alaska highway with a 50 truck convoy from Dawson Creek to the White Horse area. Maj Gen F F Worthington urges free thinking to devise air and ground patrol strategies, aiming to defend the vast northern frontier with rapid response units.
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Edmonton
Canada
Northland
Alaska Highway
Churchill
Man
White Horse
F. F. Worthington
Dominion
Western Army
Dawson Creek
Northwest
Worthington
Escapes Rise Among German POWs in Britain
London reports 73 POW escapes in three weeks amid 40 000 German captives in Britain. Fifteen fugitives remain at large as Britons sympathize, aiding some through underground routes. A petition by 875 churchmen MPs and others urges Attlee to speed release. The most dramatic escape involved ex panzerGrenadier Alexander Todt and a yacht plot linked to Mrs Doris Blake.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
P.O.W
Attlee
Panzer
Turkish government plans to buy 21 ships for fleet
Calgary report notes the Turkish government intends to purchase 21 vessels from Canada and the United States. The war converted CN Steamships Prince David and Prince Robert were inspected and may be considered. Shefik Gogen, marine superintendent for Turkish state shipping lines, announced the plan as he travelled from Calgary to New York. He is among eight officials sent to North America to acquire ships and railroad equipment.
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Calgary
Canada
United States
Prince David
Prince Robert
Shefik Gogen
Istanbul
Said
Gogen
New York
North America
Gloster Meteor crash salvage details unveiled
Royal Canadian Air Force salvage officials report the Gloster Meteor aircraft that crashed at Helen Bar Lake near Sudbury on June 29 had its jet motors embedded fourteen feet in lake mud. The plane piloted by Fit Lt W Mackenzie and Lt Vital dived nose first into the mud with the tail above water.
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Sudbury
Ont
Helen Bar Lake
Royal Canadian Air Force
W. Mackenzie
Vital
Gloucester boatman gears for 15000 mile voyage to Australia
Gloucester shipwright P. W. Horwood completes a 65 foot yawl and plans to sail from Gloucester to Australia. He hopes to finish in four months but will allow up to ten months for the 15000 mile voyage.
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Gloucester
England
P. W. Horwood
Worcester
Australia
May Abolish Passports Between Britain and U S
The Sunday Times reports possible abolition or modification of visa and passport rules between Britain and the United States by next summer. The article notes strong consideration of easing travel restrictions and aligns with broader postwar diplomacy.
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London
Britain
United States
Sunday Times
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