Red Troops Cut Railway Line Amid Reports of Withdrawals
Semi official Russian sources report Soviet troops fully withdrew from a vital supply corridor. Two bridges between Chiensuo and Kaoling were blown. Communist forces, marching via Shanghaikwan, were said to be well armed with artillery. Tangshan dispatches claim telephone lines to Shanghaikwan aredown.
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Thepea
Chiensuo
Kaoling
Shanghaikwan
Tangshan
Tientsin
Byrnes proposes June adjournment and July peace conference
State Secretary Byrnes urged a four power foreign ministers adjournment to June 15 and a 21 power peace conference starting July 1 or July 15. He asked ministers to sign a revised armistice with Italy at once. Britain and France agreed, the Soviet delegation sought time. A draft Austrian treaty would be on the June 15 agenda if adjournment passes. The Soviet side objected to considering Austria now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Byrnes
United States
Italy
Austria
Doukhobor take over Krestova co op store in wreckage
Doukhobor sect members, 12 to 20 aged elders, seized the Krestova community store protesting operations against their religion. They turned the interior into a wreck, staged a sit down strike, and foiled an arson attempt. Elders had begun a co operative drive toward Canadian laws and customs. The store and a school were opened by the elders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
B.C
Krestova
Doukobors
May aid Tokyo film aboard Washington bound plane
A large confidential box aboard a Washington bound plane at Atsugi airfield contained captured Japanese film showing the immediate after effects of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs last August. The film is expected to provide atomic experts with data before July Bikini Atoll tests.
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Tokyo
Atsugi
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Bikini Atoll
Debt Paid After Four Years for Dinner Bill
Carrol Gibbons, Savoy Hotel band leader, signed a dinner bill for two aircr aftmen out of leave funds. He has just received a cheque from two lieutenants covering the bill plus interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Carrol Gibbons
Savoy Hotel
Heavy Problems Faced By Our Metal Industry
Ottawa report on the wartime achievements of Canada’s Bureau of Mines in the Resources Department. It describes vast facilities valued around five million dollars, tasked with solving mining and metals industry challenges for post war world trade. The article lists hundreds of investigations for munitions, ships, tanks, aircraft, and various minerals, including tungsten and aluminum, plus advances in armor plate and vehicle components.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Bureau of Mines of the
Resources Department
Canada
Munitions Department
Inspection Board
United Kingdom
British Admiralty Technical Mission
British Air Mission
Bureau
North America
Pensions Extended To Disabled or Dead Home Service
Ottawa Veterans Minister Mackenzie announced that pensions may be granted for disability or death incurred on service at home or abroad, expanding prior limits to overseas service only. The plan, backed by the veterans’ committee, seeks swift passage by order-in-council, though payments will not be retroactive. about 14,000 cases fall under the category.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie
The
Commons
Veterans’ Committee
Canada
David Croll
Toronto Spadina
Interdenominational drive to rebuild Coventry cathedral
Funds totaling 2 225 pounds are sought to launch an interdenominational campaign aiming to raise 1 250 000 pounds to rebuild Coventry cathedral, destroyed by a German air raid on November 14 1940. The appeal calls for broad public support and donations.
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Coventry Cathedral
Clearing Mine Field Reopens Irish Sea Entrance
British minesweepers begin clearing the southern Irish Sea entrance to resume overseas and coastal shipping after six wartime years. The operation aims to restore vital sea lanes and safety for vessels entering and leaving the region.
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London
Irish Sea
Meadow Lake to House Fish Filleting Plant
A port table quick-freezing and filleting plant will be built at Meadow Lake this summer, James Gray of the Saskatchewan fish board said. It will fillet and freeze whitefish, handling about 1000 pounds daily for local consumption and export markets.
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Prince Albert, Sask
Meadow Lake
James Gray
Saskatchewan Fish Board
U.S. Program To Skimp On The Use Of Bread
The government plans smaller bread provisions and loaves as cuts cut domestic wheat use for 1946. The policy would halve wheat for livestock feed and halt supplies for brewing and distilling. Exports to famine areas may fall from about 400 to 250 million bushels.
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U.S
Tac
Anderson
Treaty Payments Flight to Northern Indians from Edmonton
Indian affairs officers will depart Edmonton on May 27 for an aerial treaty payments tour. M. McCrimmon of Indian Affairs and Dr. E. L. Stone will visit Peace River, Fort Vermilion, and Yellowknife areas to administer treaty payments to northern Indians through mid July.
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Edmonton
Indian Affairs
Canada
M. McCrimmon
Department of Indian Affairs
Ottawa
E. L. Stone
Indian Hospital
Peace River
Fort Vermilion
Yellowknife
Toscanini Returns To La Scala For Homecoming
Arturo Toscanini, age 79, was warmly welcomed back to Milan’s La Scala after 17 years in exile. He conducted an all Italian program to a packed 168 year old house, receiving sustained applause as he took multiple bows.
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Milan
Italy
Arturo Toscanini
la Scala Opera House
Toscanini
A LUCKY ESCAPE VANCOUVER
Fred Ferand a 26 year old veteran survived a 34000 volt shock while repairing an aerial on his roof. the charge threw him across the roof burned his arms legs and side and started a fire in a nearby house. firemen treated him and he was taken to hospital in fair condition doctors credit the grounded aerial for saving his life.
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Vancouver
Fred Ferand
Ferand
Budget Delayed to Mid June in Ottawa
Finance Minister likely to present the budget in mid June after Prime Minister Mackenzie King returns to Ottawa from overseas. Sources say the government will wait for his return before introducing the budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Rescue Service Saved Thousands in European War Waters
During the European war the Air Sea rescue service saved 5,721 aircrew in waters around the United Kingdom 32,000 aircrew in overseas waters and 4,665 sailors soldiers and civilians in areas other than the seas around Britain.
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London
Air Sea Rescue Service
United Kingdom
Britain
Allied Powers Adjourn Parleys For A Month
Allied powers paused talks as ministers sought a definite date for a pan Europe peace conference and to place the Austrian treaty on the agenda. Russia objected to both while Molotov and others agreed to revise the Italian armistice terms. Byrnes proposed drafting German treaty terms for a conference on November 12.
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Russia
Molotov
Reuters
Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Byrnes
Germany
Bidault
France
Bevin
Britain
Rhur
Rhineland
Saar
Ruhr
Britain Rejects Pacific Bases Cession to U.S.
Bevin told Byrnes in Paris Britain will not cede bases now and favors a regional South Pacific defense plan with the United States, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. London notes emphasize defense over sovereignty while Washington and London progress on disputed Pacific island control as part of postwar base network talks.
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London
United States
Pacific Islands
England
Bevin
State Byrnes
Great Britain
Byrnes
Paris
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Commonwealth
Washington
Britain
Pacific
Dean Acheson
Atlantic
Mayor appeals to cut wheat foods from weekly dinners
New York Mayor William O Dwyer issued a proclamation urging residents to refrain from eating or serving bread cakes pies pastries and other wheat and cereal products at evening meals on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday each week. The appeal targets restaurants hotels and other public eating places as well as households.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
City Hall
Byrnes Proposes Four Power Commission for Germany
State Secretary James F Byrnes reportedly instructed American authorities to Germany to propose to the Allied Control Council a four power commission. The panel would visit all four zones of occupation and study the extent of German disarmament.
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James F. Byrnes
United States
Germany
Allied Control Council
Narcotics seized by RCMP reported near Windsor
Royal Canadian Mounted Police reported a quantity of narcotics abandoned on the roadside about three miles east of Amherstburg, Windsor area, outlining the seizure by police authorities.
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Windsor
Ont
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Amherstburg
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