United Nations Initiates Worldwide Relief Effort Montreal
A 44 nation UN relief and rehabilitation program launches in Montreal with expanded authority. Proposals include spending up to 50 million dollars for refugees and displaced persons, extending relief to 80,000 Greek residents, updating epidemic measures, and a combined administration budget of 11.5 million for 1945. Denmark seeks member status contingent on government approval.
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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
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Dodecanese
Iskanda
Sdmission
Denmark
Amery defends India's army against mercenary charges
Secretary of State for India Amery rebutted Drew Pearson's claim that India's voluntary army of two million is mercenary. He said soldiers fight for a just cause, highlighted divisions in Italy and Burma, praised Indian industrial expansion, and argued Indians fight to prevent German or Japanese rule.
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London
India
Amery
Drew Pearson
Britain
Pearson
Lord Haw Haw
Italy
Burma
Stilwell
Germany
Allied air lifts fuel Yugoslav Partisans War Effort
The Allied air command revealed that over 5 000 tons of guns ammunition and other supplies were flown by the RAF in the past two years to Yugoslav partisans and patrols in central and southern European countries With landing grounds in Yugoslavia and other fields in Greece Albania and more the supply runs kept Tito s army effective and would surprise the Germans The first secret operations began in the summer of 1842.
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Rome
Allied Air Command
R.A.F
Yugoslavia
Greece
Albania
Royal Air Force
Tito
RAF
Balkans
Middle East
RAF Transport Command Flies 29000 Wounded to Britain
The RAF transport command reports it has evacuated nearly 29,000 wounded from France and the Low Countries to Britain since D-day without losing a plane. About a third of the casualties flown in three days were American units members.
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Transport Command
London
R.A.F. Transport Command
France
Low Countries
Britain
Canadian Weekly Newspaper Assn Meets in Vancouver
The 26th annual meeting of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association opens in Vancouver on October 5. Lang Sands, BC division president, announced delegates include C. V. Charters of Brampton Ontario as managing director and F. P. Galbraith of Red Deer Alberta as association president.
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Vancouver
Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association
Lang Sands
British Columbia
C. V. Charters
Brampton
Ont
F. P. Galbraith
Red Deer
Alta
Canada Warns Against Easing Controls After War
Finance Minister Isley warned Canadians not to expect a broad easing of controls after Germany's collapse. He spoke to the Canadian Association of Personnel Publication Editors as the Seventh Victory Loan opens October 23 with a $1.3 billion objective. He urged continued spending restraint via victory bonds, high taxes, price controls, and rationing where needed.
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Toronto
Germany
Tisley
Canadian Association of Personnel
Isley
Canada
Peace Memorial Park Planned on Ontario Manitoba Border
Ontario Minister George H. Doucett announced a permanent peace memorial park will be built on the Ontario Manitoba border, in a joint project by both provinces. The site, 30 miles west of Kenora, will include visitor buildings and accommodations for travelers. Doucett recently visited Winnipeg to secure Manitoba approval from Minister Eric Willis.
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Toronto
Ontario
Manitoba
George H. Doucett
Doucett
Winnipeg
Eric Willis
Kenora
Ont
Churchill vows crackdown on war criminals in postwar Europe
London reports that Prime Minister Churchill promised a sharp crackdown on war criminals as Parliament reconvened in a victory session. He warned neutrals not to harbor fugitives and said Spain was not among those promising asylum. Churchill returning from Quebec with Roosevelt suggested a joint UN conference on permanent peace, while Lords debated occupancy and demilitarization in defeated Germany.
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Churchil
House of Lords
Germany
Adolf Hitler
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House of Commons
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Quebec
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United Nations
Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
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Reich
British leaders discuss postwar peace aims after Dumbarton Oaks talks
In the Lords Lord Cranborne argues for consultation with other governments before any unilateral move and says the Allied aim is not a slave world though Germany cannot be wholly blamed for aggression. Lord Strabolgi says Germans must be accommodated and peace not dictated by passion. In the Commons Churchill notes no commitments from Dumbarton Oaks yet.
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Lord Cranborne
House of Lords
Lord Strabolgi
Labor Party
House of Commons
Churchill
Dumbarton Oaks
Canada Shipped 61.4 Million Pounds Beef to Britain
Canada has shipped 61.4 million pounds of beef to the United Kingdom since late last fall and expects to reach 100 million pounds by year end. Purchases on the UK account totalled 76.31 million pounds to September 23. Agriculture officials say the contract under Gardiner's July announcement nears formal completion. A beer purchase contract was also said to be under negotiation in Parliament.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
Gardiner
House of Commons
William Mahbane
Ministry of Food
Stop Prohibited Washington Ships From Argentine Ports
The U S state department announces that after Oct 1 American ships northbound from South America will be prohibited from stopping at Argentine ports.
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Washington
U.S. State Department
South America
Argentine Porta
Vanguard Of Canadian Troops Now In Australia
Melbourne reports nine officers and 63 other ranks of Canadian troops arrived in Australia as the vanguard of a Canadian Pacific force. Hon. T. C. Davis welcomed them and hinted at a possible Pacific theater role, noting Canada’s navy and air force strength and a future contribution to the war against Japan.
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Melbourne
Australia
T. C. Davis
Pacific
Admiral Land backs seizing German, Japanese trade
Vice Admiral Emory S. Land urged the Allies to divide and deny world commerce to Germany and Japan. He testified before a subcommittee that Germany and Japan should have no ships beyond coastwise and harbor use, aligning with Morgenthau on returning Germany to an agricultural state to keep the peace.
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U.S
Allen
Washington
Emory S. Land
America
Admiral Land
Treasury
Morgenthau
Germany
House
Japan
Canadian First Army overruns 300 flying bomb sites in Europe
A Canadian officer reports over 300 rocket site overruns in France by First Canadian Army units aided by British and Polish forces. Additional sites found in Belgium with no total estimate. more expected in Holland. A special tank unit inspected and logged the sites and construction details.
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France
Belgium
Holland
Norwegian saboteurs destroy Norwegian arms factory in Norway
From London circles comes word that Norwegian saboteurs blew up the Konigsberg arms factory in southern Norway on the sixteenth, damaging a major producer of cannons, machine guns, and small arms. The plant, the only facility of its kind in Norway, was largely put out of commission.
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London
Konigsberg
Norway
De Gaulle Says War Won’t End Before Spring On Belfort Front
General Charles de Gaulle briefed French army chiefs and civilian leaders that the European war likely will not end before next spring, warning against hastily conceived hopes. He spoke to commanders at Belfort front and outlined cautious expectations for the conflict’s near-term outcome.
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DE Gaulle
Belfort
Charles de Gaulle
Enny
Edmonton doctor elected CMA Alberta division president
Dr H H Hepburn of Edmonton has been elected president of the Alberta division of the Canadian Medical Association after the annual convention. The announcement followed the gathering and outlined Hepburn’s leadership role and duties within the province’s medical community.
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H. H. Hepburn
Edmonton
Alberta
Canadian Medical Association
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