Germans to be repatriated from Canada after harvest
The Dominion Department of Labor and Immigration announced that all German war prisoners held in Canada must return to Germany after the harvest. About 5,000 were taken there during the war, with roughly half already sent back to Germany or England.
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Land of
Plenty
Dominion Department of Labor and Immigration
Canada
Germany
England
Department of Immigration and Labor
UNRRA
Europe
Chief Justice Harvey of Edmonton Celebrates 83rd Birthday
Edmonton honor marks Chief Justice Harvey who has served 36 years on Canada’s longest high court bench. Alberta Attorney General Lucien Maynard congratulated him on October 1 on behalf of the government Bar association and courtroom counsel. Harvey corrected a mistaken 84 birthday remark with good humor.
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Harvey
Edmonton
Canada
Alberta
Appeal Court
Lucien Maynard
Maynard
Bar Association
Will Forget Debt Ot tawa ViMy Von Ribbentrop Case
Ottawa druggist Harry Skinner said he would forget a 38 cent debt after reading of Joachim von Ribbentrop s death sentence. Ribbentrop had social prominence in Ottawa, arrived in 1913, left in 1914, and once bought small items in Skinner s store while promising payment next morning.
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Ottawa
Harry Skinner
Joachim von Ribbentrop
von Ribbentrop
Mr. Skinner
Students sell blood for memorial gymnasium fund
University of British Columbia students contract to donate blood at Shaughnissy military hospital. Proceeds from each pint, about $20, go to the memorial gymnasium fund.
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Vancouver
University of British Columbia
Shaughnissy Military Hospital
Spaak Blames Veto For Broken UN Balance
Paul Henri Spaak president of the United Nations blamed the veto for blocking peace. He told the Belgian Socialist party congress that major powers defend sovereignty and no real peace is possible while the veto remains.
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Brussels
United Nations Security Council
Paul Henri Spaak
Insecticide Mix Covers Acre of Foliage
A one gallon concentrated mixture will cover as much as an acre on certain foliage types. The note indicates practical application guidance for pesticide use, highlighting coverage area per gallon under specific conditions.
Harriman Named Secretary of Commerce in Roosevelt Era
W Averell Harriman the U S envoy to Britain is chosen to succeed Henry A Wallace as secretary of commerce. He plans to travel to Paris soon to meet James Byrnes the secretary of state and has held posts in Moscow London and Washington including the National Recovery Administration.
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W. Averell Harriman
Britain
Henry A. Wallace
U.S
Harriman
Paris
James F. Byrnes
London
Moscow
Soviet Union
Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
Canada Faces Lower Wheat Exports in 1946 47 Season
Ottawa reports Dominion bureau estimates total Canadian wheat supplies for 1946-47 at about 510 million bushels, down 54 million from 1945-46, with exports likely well below last year’s 340 million. U.S. crop seen at 1.167 billion bushels, Argentina favorable but locust and drought threaten carryover. Australia forecasts may drop below 155 million.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
U.S
United States
Argentina
New South Wales
Weather adapting furniture for English market in Canada
A reconverted aircraft plant at Collingwood now makes knock down bedroom suites for England. Humidifiers mimic English conditions to suit the 15 000 suite order with 2000 already shipped. the rest are assembled in England.
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Collingwood
England
Fire on Mauretania Extinguished at Liverpool Dock
Fire aboard the Cunard White Star liner Mauretania at Liverpool dock was extinguished within 20 minutes. Initial inquiries point to arson as a possibility, and an inquiry will be held to investigate the blaze.
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Liverpool
England
Cunard
Dustpan care tip for a cleaner surface
If you keep a dustpan waxed it stays looking clean and dust and dirt slide off easily. A waxed dustpan makes sweeping quicker and reduces cling of debris on the pan’s surface.
Danube Free Navigation Endorsed by Balkan Commission
The Balkan economic commission approved the American demand to internationalize Danube navigation despite protests from Senator Arthur Vandenberg. The vote, urged by the Big Four, marked a swift decision five days before commissions must complete all work.
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Paris
Balkan Economic Commission
Arthur Vandenberg
R. Mich
Europe
Balkan Commission
First BC Apples to Halifax Shipment Sets Sail
The Pacific Enterprise will load about 80 000 boxes of British Columbia apples for the United Kingdom at Halifax this month. The freighter will also carry 20 000 barrels of Nova Scotia apples as part of the first shipment through Halifax this year.
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Halifax
British Columbia
Pacific Enterprise
United Kingdom
Agenta
Nova Scotia
Nor mandy people eager to tend Canadian war graves
The people of Normandy want to adopt and care for the graves of Canadian war dead in Europe, a French information service report said. The gesture aims to provide relief to Canadian relatives and honor those who died in the invasion.
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Ottawa
Normandy
Europe
French Information Service
Jobs Are Offered Swift Current
Some Polish war veterans allocated to the Swift Current district have been received by D A Kane employment officer here. About a dozen farmers and ranchers have applied to hire the men. Federal rules set a minimum pay of 45 dollars per month and a one year contract.
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Swift Current
D. A. Kane
Record non-stop flight by Tru culent Turtle reaches 11,237 miles
Port Columbus welcomes the navy patrol bomber after an 11,237 mile non-stop flight from Perth Australia. The P2V carried four crewmen and a baby kangaroo, surpassing the previous 7,916 mile ARMY B29 mark by 3,321 miles with an unofficial 55 hour 18 minute elapsed time.
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Columbus, O
Port Columbus
Perth
Australia
Army
RCAF Lancaster plans Arctic photography from Churchill and The Pas
RCAF Lancaster bombers based at Churchill The Pas and Fort Smith will next summer photograph Arctic Canada north of the 64th parallel. In the past summer three Mitchells logged 250000 miles of uncharted territory across the northwest territories and northern tips of the three prairie provinces.
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Pas
Man
R.C.A.F. Lancaster
Churchill
Fort Smith
Arctic Canada
64Th Parallel
Northwest Territories
Prairie Provinces
Canada’s peacetime army and air force formed
Canada’s peacetime army aims for 35,000 members but has only about 12,000 to 13,000 personnel with 2,800 officers. The RCAF targets 16,100 officers and men and has over 9,100 enlisted. Recruiting runs 400 to 450 per month and full strength may take a year.
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Canada
Ottawa
Air Force
Medical Corps
Engineers
R.C.A.F
Accord Needed Has Become Urgent Necessity For World Peace
In Paris Prime Minister Smuts of South Africa said that while Stalin's assurances are welcome a firm accord among the great powers on general policies is an urgent necessity. He warned war on an international scale is unlikely for a generation but did not foresee lasting peace without a new spirit and policy shifts.
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Paris
Smuts
South Africa
Stalin
U.N. Security Council
Marshal Smuts
BBC
United States
Sale of 10,000 former Canadian Army vehicles ends in Bordon
The month long sale in Bordon Hampshire concluded with proceeds of £817,477 ($3,269,908) for 10,000 former Canadian Army vehicles, auctioneers announced.
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Bordon
Hampshire
England
Britain Increases Old Age Pensions And Related Benefits
Britain raises old age pensions to 26 shillings for single and 42 shillings for married couples, costing the government about £80 million yearly. Death and disability payments rise for workers, with higher rates for men and women, and extra bonuses encourage working beyond pension age up to 70. Affected pensioners may see adjustments after means testing.
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London
Post Nuernberg Verdict Leaves Allies to Resolve Nazi Ties
After the Nuernberg verdict the Allies face decisions on tens of thousands detained Nazis. The ruling defines criminal organization membership and limits punishments to personal war crimes, leaving two groups outside international jurisdiction and urging a German law solution.
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London
Nuemburg
Germany
S.S
Nuernberg
Gestapo
Security Service
Manitoba wheat harvest exceeds expectations in 1946 report
Manitoba districts report threshing returns better than expected in 1946. Grain quality and quantity were high with the bulk of wheat grading No 2 Northern and some No 1 Northern. Harvesting concluded earlier and more satisfactorily than in several years.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
MacKenzie King names McNaughton to atomic energy board
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton as president and three other Canadians named as members of the Atomic Energy Control Board, created under the Atomic Energy Control Act passed in the last session of Parliament.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Gen
A. G. L. McNaughton
Atomic Energy Control Board
Atomic Energy Control
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