Poland braces for provisional government amid land hunger push
Soviet backed Polish national council leader Boleslaw Berut urged a provisional government to satisfy eight million landless peasants as Moscow signals moves to install it at Lublin. London regime head Raczkiewicz names an acting deputy premier and three ministers from underground Poland while unity talks proceed.
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Boleslaw Berut
Polish National Council
Poland
Berut
Lublin
London
Wladyslaw Raczwiewicz
Big Three meet to solve postwar Europe policy clashes
London reports diplomacy tight as Churchill and Roosevelt near a potential pre year end meeting to align Allied plans for Germany postwar, coordinate across liberated nations, and clarify Russia position, with censor restrictions on dates and locations.
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London
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Europe
Germany
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Mr. Churchill
Great Britain
Middle East
Canada
United States
Greece
Italy
Far East
Russia
Postwar Plans in London for German Occupation Control
Allied officials in London draft long range recommendations for Germany's control after war and discuss economic treatment amid Washington cabinet debates. The European advisory commission’s occupation plan faces approval by Britain Russia and the United States while France joins late. Moscow reports say De Gaulle discussed Germany plans with Stalin.
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Washington
London
Germany
European Advisory Commission
Britain
Russia
United States
Berlin
France
Moscow
Gen
de Gaulle
Stalin
Canadian film board draws world attention in Vancouver
John Grierson head of the National Film Board said its motion pictures are gaining global notice. Enquiries have come from Britain, the United States, Belgium, France and the U.S.S.R. He urged education to focus on real national needs. The board runs about 170 travelling theatres and schedules across towns, villages, schools and factories with chambers of commerce, unions and industrial management.
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Vancouver
Canada
National Film Board
John Grierson
Board of Trade
Great Britain
United States
Belgium
France
U.S.S.R
Grierson
Chambers of Commegre
Trades Unions
Induswil Management
Plans Made For Control Of Nazi War Industries
London reports reliable informant details American plans to abolish German war industries and wipe out aviation enterprises. Comprehensive control of other sectors aims to prevent future German dominance in Europe. Ambassador Winant discussed memoranda with Roosevelt and the state department during his Washington visit. Proposals also target blocking chemical weapon production.
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London
United States
Germany
John G. ‘Winant
European Advisory Council
Mr. Winant
Roosevelt
State Department
Washington
Secret German V weapon hints target Belgian cities
The German radio hinted a new secret weapon, possibly V-3, was ready to fire at Antwerp and Liege. It claimed projectiles differ from London flying bombs, being shorter and thicker. Berlin had suggested V-3 readiness and mentioned New York as a possible target. The program may be propaganda or a search for information.
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London
Berlin
Antwerp
Liege
New York
Mass murder tally: Nazis killed over thirty-six million civilians
New York report cites True Magazine editors with a tabulation claiming 36,350,000 civilian deaths in Nazi occupied Europe. It lists 10,000,000 Russians, 5,000,000 Poles, 1,000,000 Jugoslavs, 145,000 Dutch, 83,000 Greeks, 60,000 Czechoslovakians, 50,000 French, 15,000 Belgians, 750 Norwegians and 75 Danes, excluding some groups and French child deaths per de Gaulle and Greek famine.
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New York
Europe
True Magazine
France
Charles de Gaulle
Allied planes pound Leyden railyards in V-2 attack
In a concentrated strike, Belgian based Allied aircraft hit Leyden in the Netherlands targeting railway yards and stockpiled V-2 bombs. The bomb storage and transport infrastructure were among the primary aims of the operation, with multiple trainloads reportedly damaged.
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New York
Netherlands
Leyden
Bec
Relief ships get safe conduct to Channel Islands
London reports Germany grants safe conduct for relief ships to supply Channel Islands occupied since 1940. About 60,000 to 70,000 island residents face shortages of food and medical supplies as the Allies’ invasion bypassed the islands in 1944.
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Channel Islands
London
Herbert Morrison
Europe
Only One Way Melbourne
Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser warns that Britain’s Pacific command will win the war with superior sea power. He claims the Japanese are losing theirs and discusses island hopping as the conflict sharpens.
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Melbourne
Bruce Fraser
Britain
Pacific
Bernard Montgomery
Liberation of Channel Islands Delayed in War Context
British troops will likely delay liberating Guernsey Jersey Alderney and Sark until the war’s end while main efforts focus on invading Germany. The German garrison is about 15 000 strong and attack would risk casualties among the 65 000 Britons remaining on the islands.
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London
Britain
Channel Islands
Guernsey
Jersey
Aldereney
Sark
Cherbourg
Germany
Tripartite Pact Ministers Toast Endurance on Third Anniversary
German radio said Germany, Japan, and Fascist Italy exchanged fight-to-the-end messages on the pact's third anniversary marking continued alliance and resolve in Europe Asia and the Mediterranean.
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London
Germany
Japan
Italy
New Appointment for Canadian Army Medical Services
Major General Charles Philip Fenwick M C 53 receives appointment as Director General of Medical Services and is promoted from brigadier He has served overseas as Deputy Director of Medical Services at the First Canadian Army HQ in North Western Europe and will arrive soon to assume duties Born in St John s Newfoundland he studied at the University of Toronto and the University of London Mrs Fenwick lives at 230 Rosedale Heights Toronto
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Charles Philip Fenwick
M.C
Fenwick
First Canadian Army
Europe
St. John’s
Newfoundland
University of Toronto
University of London
England
Rosedale Heights
Toronto
Pacific Fleets Could Shorten War in Pacific, Fraser Says
Canberra reports Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, leader of Britain's Pacific fleet, believes allied fleets in the Pacific can shorten the war against Japan by focusing Britain on sea and air support. He plans to meet Admiral Chester Nimitz. Australia will offer dock and depot facilities including a $26 million grav ing dock at Sydney and a Brisbane river dock.
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Canberra
Pacific
Japan
Bruce Fraser
Britain
Sir Bruce
Curtin
Melbourne
Bruce
Chester Nimitz
CC. St. Daniel
Fraser
Australia
Sydney
Brisbane River
Allied Works Council
Royal Australian Navy
United States
Southwest
Old Governor General to Celebrate Christmas at Rideau Hall
The governor general and Princess Alice plan a quiet Christmas at Rideau Hall. It is likely their last in Canada as the governor general's term ends next April. The message also urges regular purchase of War Savings Stamps.
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Ottawa
Rideau Hall
Princess Alice
Canada
London voice marks war length since two great conflicts
A London report notes World War I is now more time than the First Great War, with December 11 marking five years, 14 weeks, and two days. It contrasts German resilience with a later armistice, reflecting on morale and home front conditions in 1918 versus 1918 armistice terms.
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London
Germany
Marshal Foch
Compiegne Forest
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Rocket raids London shape Allied bombing aim
Foreign Secretary Eden stated Allies will keep targeting German military sites despite Nazi V weapon raids on England. He recalled Churchill’s 1942 warning on gas and said targets in Germany are chosen to destroy Germany’s power to wage war as quickly as possible.
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London
England
Eden
House of Commons
Churchill
Germany
Butter stocks fall in Canada from Nov to Dec
Canada held 52,298,446 pounds of creamery butter on December 1, down from 63,857,537 pounds on November 1, according to a Dominion Bureau of Statistics report. The drop exceeds 11.6 million pounds.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
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