Global upheaval and unity signals dominate wartime headlines
The report details multiple undercover Russian networks in Canada with aims that stretch to the United States and Britain. A Russian attache allegedly shipped a uranium 235 sample to Moscow. Canadian steel strikes disrupt three plants, with production uncertain at Algoma and Dominion works while Steel Company of Canada hopes to continue. British North Borneo joins the empire as Malcom MacDonald arrives. The United States approves a 3.75 billion loan to Britain to rebuild postwar trade, with Britain expected to spend much on machinery and materials.
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Russia
Canada
Royal Commission
The
Commons
United States
Britain
United Press
Ottawa
Moscow
Algoma Steel Corporation
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation
Sydney
N.S
Steel Company of Canada
Hamilton
Newsprint Price Hikes Again for Canadian Publishers
Newsprint costs rise for the second time in ten weeks. The rate increases to $69.80 per ton, up $15.80 this year and about 40 percent above the pre war price of $50. The latest hike follows a $9.00 per ton increase effective May 1, 1946.
Byrnes cites 14 billion reparations from Germany to Russia
United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes estimated at the final day of the Paris Foreign Ministers conference that Russia had already received about 14.0006 billion dollars in reparations from Germany. Earlier in the week Molotov had demanded 10 billion.
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United States
James F. Byrnes
Paris
Russia
Germany
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Reds Attack Seaborne Offensive Near Tsingtao
Reports say 20,000 Communist troops using fishing boats attempted to seize strategic points on the Shantung peninsula for a new attack on Tsingtao where the U S Seventh Fleet is based. An amphibious assault hit Yintao Island in Kiaochow and another attack near a village 12 miles north of Tsingtao.
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Shantung Peninsula
Tsingtao
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Yintao
Kiaochow
Dutch Indies Forces Resume Control Over Most of Archipelago
Dutch headquarters in Batavia announce that Royal Netherlands Indies forces have resumed control of the entire Netherlands Indies except Java Sumatra and the Riouw Archipelago during the weekend. Dr Hubertus J van Mook the Lieutenant Governor General took over from British administration on July 14 at Macassar Celebes, the eastern command center.
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Royal Netherlands Indies
Netherlands Indies
Java
Sumatra
Riouw
Batavia
Hubertus J. van Mook
Lietiaaytenant
The
Indies
Macassar
Celebes
N.E.1
Bank Clerks Strike Closes Northern Ireland Banks
A strike by 1,450 bank clerks across Northern Ireland led to the closure of 100 banks as workers demanded wage increases and better working conditions.
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Northern Ireland
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