Guardian Critiques US Policy On Italian Prime Minister Mention
London editorials accuse the United States State Department of abrupt wording and urge Britain to avoid international blunders. The Guardian notes Washington’s stance on Count Sforza and liberated territories, arguing for tact and timely free elections for liberated peoples, while praising but questioning US policy.
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London
Manchester
United States State Departments
The
Guardian
Count Sforza
Italy
Guardian Meid
United States
Soviet Russia
Yorkshire Post
Washington Declaration
State Department
Washington
United Nations
German Bombers Curtailed By Fuel Shortage
Lt General Mrs Faker, commander of the Mediterranean air force, reports drastic German fuel shortages from Allied bombing of refineries. Training centers closed and bomber operations nearly abandoned as Proest oil field battles rack up heavy losses. Germany’s daily petrol intake fell from 26,000 tons to about 3,000, with only a small share reaching the Nazi regime.
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BOME
Germany
Faker
Mediterranean
Baker
Reamania
German leader Himmler plots quiet rule over Hitler in exile
Indications from London report Heinrich Himmler, Germany's top Nazi, may have forged a political military truce with alarmed generals as Adolf Hitler withdraws from public power. Himmler could keep Hitler under cover while limiting his role in military affairs, allegedly citing his supposed poor health and fear of assassination to confine him.
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London
Germany
Heinrich Himmler
Adolf Hitler
Himmler
Hitler
Western provinces reject Canadian type jeep for farms
J P Gledhill of Toronto, head of the War Assets Corporation division, said provincial agricultural departments in the western provinces have rejected the Canadian type jeep as a post-war farm implement. He cited the Mark 3 Jeep as unsuitable due to limited capacity of 600 pounds and poor gasoline mileage.
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Vancouver
J. P. Gledhill
Toronto
Consumers’ Goods
War Assets Corporation
Gledhill
Alberta oil sands progress and field prospects
NE Tanner Alberta minister of lands and mines told a Toronto gathering that oil extraction from mineral sands is advancing. He cited Turner Valley production peaking earlier and now declining, with several fields offering limited future gains. Large scale exploration proceeds in multiple fields including McMurray and Oil Sands Limited. A ton of sand is estimated to contain about one barrel of oil.
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Toronto
Alberta
NE. Tanner
Promotion of Lieut-Cal Lawrence Edmund Mc Cavey in Ottawa
Lieut Cal Lawrence Edmund Mc Cavey of Ottawa has been promoted from acting major to special assistant to the chief of the general staff. He succeeds Coy. BH Cameron, OBE, recently named military secretary to the minister of national defence. Col McCovey is a permanent force officer residing in Ottawa Ontario.
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Cal
Lawrence Edmund McCavey
Ottawa
Coy
BH. L. Cameron
O.B.E
National Defence
Col. McCovey
Reserve Army Will Continue After The War
Ottawa reports that Canada will keep its 100000 strong home guard reserve army after the war. Navy Minister Macdonald told MPs the reserve is the modern non permanent militia and will form the backbone of the postwar military, with mobilized veterans returning and units maintaining continuity of service and tradition.
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Ottawa
Canada
Home Guard
House of Commons
Navy
Macdonald
Gordon Graydon
Graydon
Taxation probes in Ottawa target co operatives and annuities
Two royal commissions are being organized in Ottawa. One, led by Justice Erron Mc Dougall of Montreal, will examine taxing cooperative organizations. The other, headed by W C Ives, former Alberta supreme court chief justice, will study annuities and succession duties related to income.
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Ottawa
Erron McDougall
Montreal
W. C. Ives
Supreme Court of Alberta
World Wheat Outlook Shows Canada Leads Export Surplus
The Dominion bureau notes Australia faces a tiny 50 million bushel crop the smallest in 25 years. Argentina’s new harvest could add 80 to 160 million bushels to exports. The United States may export up to 100 million bushels in 1944-45. Canada’s surplus exceeds domestic needs with total supplies over 648 million bushels.
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Australia
Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
United States
Argentina
Negrin Calls Uniting Anti Franco Forces Abroad
Spanish Republican leader Juan Negrin breaks silence to announce a program to unite anti Franco forces and external supporters outside Spain. The move signals efforts to consolidate opposition as the civil conflict continues.
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London
Juan Negrin
Spain
Letters All Alike Call For National Conscription
Ottawa reports a flood of mass mail to MPs from British Columbia supporters urging technocracy and total national service. Letters promote conscription of people machines and money with profits to none and claim MPs receive up to 100 daily while about 50 000 pieces have reached Parliament.
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Ottawa
British
Ottewa
Wartime cost of living index edges up slightly
The Living Cost Up of statistics reports the official cost of living index using 1935-39 as 100, rising from 118.6 on October 2 to 118.5 on November 1, marking about an 18 percent wartime increase.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Eisenhower Says Germans Must Rely On Own Resources
New York Gen. Eisenhower declares to the German people that they cannot count on food fuel or clothing from the military government and must strive to keep farms and production intact as Allied forces advance. He warns Nazi plans to destroy property will worsen suffering and that resistance will invite continued Allied attacks.
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New York
Eisenhower
Europe
Germany
Plan Opposed as NHS Vote Rejected by Doctors
The plan for an all in national health service was rejected by over two hundred doctors and surgeons at a conference in London. They cited a doctor shortage and fear of making the profession a government department as chief objections.
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London
British Medical Association
Shortage of Farm Labor Predicted in 1945
Ottawa reports indicate farmers may face serious labor shortages in 1945 unless farm groups act on call-up regulations. Western wheat growers have consolidated markets. recommendations include cutting acreage, storing surplus wheat, and using best hogs to match prewar Denmark quality. Suggestions call for flexible food program, boosted feed grain output, and sustained 1944 production levels with more oil crops and seeds.
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Ottawa
Gardiner
Dominion Provincial Conference On Agriculture
Canada
Longman
Alberta
R. H. M. Bailley
Edmonton
Dairy Farmers of Canada
J. G. Taggart
Canadian Meat Board
Denmark
Britain
Jaimpunk
H. H. Hannam
Duke of Windsor Urges Bahamas Legislature Reform Move
The Duke of Windsor re opened the Bahamas legislature after a two week recess and urged the house to reconsider secret ballot labor and social legislation they rejected last session. He said his insistence on necessary changes stems from sincere concern for the colony’s welfare and preparation for a fast changing world.
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Duke of Windsor
Nassau
Bahamas
House Assembly
Tire shortage threatens 10 percent of Army vehicles
General Eisenhower warned Paris that American armies fighting along the German border face a serious tire shortage. He said the shortage could strip up to 10 percent of all Army vehicles by early February, urging officers and men to conserve tires and use them only as necessary. He blamed excessive wear from theater conditions and warned the war could be needlessly extended without extra mile per tire.
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Eisenhower
Paris
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