Delays in German reparations slow postwar plant transfers
Potsdam splits and eurozone tensions stall the Allied reparations plan as only 14 of 609 plants slated for transfer have been processed. Disputes among four powers, halted dismantling in the western zone, and Russian delays in delivering consumer goods hinder policy clarity and quota allocations.
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Brussels
Germany
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Inter- Allied
Control Council
Potsdam
Reich
United States
Russia
Poland
Efforts To Ease Entry For Immigrants In Canada
Ottawa reports renewed efforts to expand inspection facilities in western Europe for immigrants to Canada. An officer was sent from London to Paris to speed processing, with plans to reopen northern Europe inspection points within months. Travel across continental Europe remains restricted, ships to Canada carrying service personnel limit immigrant routes, and conditions hinge on rail and frontier controls.
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Ottawa
J. A. Glen
Mines and Resources
Immigration
House
Europe
Canada
Mr. Glen
London
Paris
Glen
United Kingdom
Planned 10 000 mile flight to Cairo in B 29 bomber
United States Army Air Forces officers disclosed a planned non stop flight over 10 000 miles from Honolulu to Cairo for a B 29 Superfortress. The aircraft is being prepared at Oklahoma City Oklahoma with no start date set.
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Washington
Honolulu
Magnetic North Pole
Cairo
Egypt
United States Army Air Forces
Oklahoma City
Okla
Problem Solved Edmonton Veterans Acquire House Move
Two Edmonton war veterans George G. Boogie and Barney O'Connor bought a 10 room two and a half story house on a removal basis. They moved it to a nearby lot by tractor pulling the structure on skids as electricians cleared crossings, claiming cash and carry was the first chance.
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Edmonton
George G. Boogie
Barney O'Connor
London House of Commons Rebuild Aims for 1949 Completion
The bombed 1941 House of Commons could be rebuilt by 1949 for current MPs to use before the 1950 term ends. If about 400 workers double shifts, the target is met. otherwise completion shifts to 1951. Oak from Warwickshire's Arden is being prepared, with 800 to 1,200 trees supplying about 30 000 cubic feet of timber, plus timber from dominions.
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London
House of Commons
Big Ben
Forest of Arden
Warwickshire
Shakespeare
England
Britain to raise bread ration for children under 18
Food Minister Strachey announced an extra ounce of bread per week for all children up to 18, while adults keep a nine ounce weekly basic ration. The shift is expected to lower overall savings from rationing to seven percent from ten percent.
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London
Strachey
Britain
Uniform signs adopted for western provinces
Representatives from Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia agree on uniform highway traffic signs to aid motorists. Signs will align with the American Association of State Highway Officials standards and use varied shapes and colors to warn drivers ahead of near signs, such as an octagonal shape indicating stop.
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Calgary
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
al Berta
British Columbia
American Association of State Highway Officials
After Effect Animals Surviving Atomic Bomb Concessions
Bikini atomic test fallout reportedly caused greater animal casualties than initially described. An officer said animals that endured the blast may deteriorate suddenly with normal readings one day and die the next, raising questions about post mortem studies and whether specimens would be moved to the United States.
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Kawjalein
Bikini
United States
New RCAF Unit Formed in Winnipeg Fighter Bomber Squadron
Air Minister Gibson announces the formation at Winnipeg of an auxiliary RCAF squadron as a peacetime fighter bomber unit. The unit will field 600 to 800 men and be serviced by a permanent force detachment of about 100 men.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Gibson
Russian Agents Examined Over Halifax Vancouver Naval Intel
Ottawa report details Russian interest in Canada's coast ports Halifax and Vancouver and a 200 page naval report. It cites Col. Nicolai Zabotin and Motinov in Ottawa meetings and references Surensen and Gouzenko's cipher context.
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Ottawa
Halifax
Vancouver
Canada
Royal Commission On
Nicolai Zabotin
Russia
Pantzerney
New York
Zabotin
Surensen
Naval Department
H. I. Sorensen
Motinov
Naval Forces
Gouzenko
Igor Cgouzenko
Zahotin
Gouseev
Prices Up In Ottawa For Children’s Clothing
The prices board authorized a two percent rise in maximum prices on certain children’s clothing to offset a fifteen percent jump in labor costs in the industry. Retail prices likely to rise in the fall, the announcement said.
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Ottawa
Four Year Wheat Contract to Be Signed in Ottawa
Ottawa reports the Anglo Canadian wheat agreement in the final stage with signatures expected within two weeks. The deal sets a fixed 1.55 dollar per bushel price for the first two years and a floor of at least 1.25 dollars for Canadian wheat exported to Britain thereafter, covering about 150 million bushels annually. Cabinet members push for similar contracts on other farm products while opponents cite potential conflicts with international free trade commitments.
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Ottawa
London
Britain
United Kingdom
Canada
United Nations
Decision on Japan surrender timing and atomic impact
Washington report says Japan would have surrendered by 1945 end without atomic bomb Russia's entry did not hasten surrender and air power was the decisive factor in timing. The survey notes Emperor Hirohito and top advisers decided by May 1945 to end the war on any terms.
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Washington
Truman
Japan
Russia
United States Strategic Bombing Survey
Hirohito
Frost blamed for Manitoba spruce damage say forestry official
Manitoba forestry chief C. B. Gill told British United Press that frost rather than bugs harmed spruce in the north, disputing trapper Charles Dunn’s report of a vast winged insect army. Dunn described a 115 mile inland area from Hudson Bay, reaching near The Pas.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
C. B. Gill
British United Press
la Pas
Charles Dunn
Hudson Bay
Pas
British rocket survey urges central Australia test range
A three month old British mission recommends establishing the world's largest rocket and atom bomb testing range in central Australia. The plan estimates a cost between 28 million and 32 million dollars for the project.
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Sydney
Australia
Canadian crude petroleum and gas output falls in April
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports Ottawa crude petroleum and natural gas output declined to 644 434 barrels in April from 663 537 in March and 692 889 in April last year. Saskatchewan produced 8 644 000 barrels and Alberta 3 263 439 000.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Japan Faces Smaller Wheat Harvest Than Normal
Tokyo based Nippon Keizai estimates Japan's new wheat crop at about 12 000 000 koku, roughly 40 percent below normal, signaling a tighter domestic supply for the season.
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Tokyo
Nippon Keizai
Japan
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