Canadian Navy launches fall recruiting drive
Ottawa reports a push to recruit up to 10 000 officers and men for the peacetime navy. The force now numbers about 7 000 in the permanent cadre with 1 800 reserve already enlisted, pay rates have risen, and new home port postings aim to improve living conditions and reduce ship crowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Navy
Sea Cadets
Royal Canadian Naval College
Pacific Coast
Uganda
South America
New Allied Directive Bans Criticism of Potsdam Rules
German newspapers and politicians in all four occupation zones are barred from criticizing Potsdam decisions or future Allied conferences on Germany. The directive also prohibits spreading nationalistic or pan Germanic ideas and rumors aimed at disrupting unity among occupations. Within military bounds, it allows limited discussion of German political issues and commentary on occupying powers policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Potsdam
Germany
Allied Control Authority
British crop yields fall in 1946 forecast
The agriculture ministry forecasts show lower yields due to unusually wet August and September. On 2,000,000 acres sown to wheat the expected output is 17.7 hundredweight per acre versus 19 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Agriculture Ministry
Constitution Proposed for France's Fourth Republic
Paris reports a draft constitution for France's fourth republic is presented for public approval. The document outlines a new legislative framework and seeks popular endorsement to shape postwar governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Continental
Bolivia's Indians Make Up Majority of Population
A concise demographic note states that more than half of Bolivia's people are pure-blooded Indians. The statistic highlights the enduring presence of indigenous communities within the South American nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivia
Britain’s World War II Mutual Aid Totals Revealed
A British white paper states that from 1941 to 1945 Britain aided 14 allies and friendly neutrals with £2.0785 billion in aid, with 60 percent to the United States and about 15 percent to Russia. The report notes aid to France Poland Greece Czechoslovakia Norway Belgium the Netherlands Yugoslavia Denmark Turkey Portugal and China, with UN assistance peaking at about 4.5 million pounds per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hugh Dalton
Britain
United States
Russia
France
Poland
Greece
Czechoslovakia
Norway
Belgium
Netherlands
Yugoslavia
Denmark
Turkey
Portugal
China
United Nations
Nations Prepare For World Trade Conference
London reports seventeen nations begin preparatory work for a forthcoming world trade conference. They aim to draft an agenda aligned with U S proposals including stable employment, tariff reduction, cartel control, and commodity coverage. Britain Commonwealth talks show tensions as developing nations fear loss of tariff protection and empire preferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.S
Australia
New Zealand
Abolition of Marriage Bar in British Civil Service
London. The ban on employing married women in the British home civil service has been abolished, announced by Hugh Dalton, chancellor of the exchequer, to the House of Commons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hugh Dalton
Exchequer
House of Commions
Alberta to Lead Dominion Honey Crop This Year
Alberta will produce about 6.2 million pounds of honey, a new all time record, according to provincial apiarist W. G. Le Maistre. Manitoba is expected to rank second with about 5 million pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Dominion
Alberta
W. G. le Maistre
Manitoba
Retaining Controls Ottawa Meat Prices Stay In Place
Top prices board officials under acting chairman Donald Gordon emphasized that U S meat price controls removal will not alter Canadian policy. They said there is no intention to lift meat price controls now or soon and no expected increase in smuggling of Canadian cattle across Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan borders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Prices Board
Donald Gordon
U.S
Gordon
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
O.P.A
Hereford Bull Sells for 35000 at Wyoming Auction
In Cheyenne Wyoming a top price of 35000 was paid Monday at the annual Wyoming Hereford ranch sale. Buyer was W E Boeing of Seattle Boeing Aircraft company executive who purchased prized bull WHR Roy Helmsman. Stockmen from 40 states attended the auction. Last year’s top bull brought 27500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
W. E. Boeing
Seattle
Boeing Aircraft Company
Roy Helmsman
Temple Bar Heads of Traitors Mark City Boundary
Temple Bar once marked the western limit of the City of London. A stone house stood there where the heads of traitors were set on display, and the landmark was torn down in 1878.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Bar
City of
London
Delays in German reparations plan draw concern
Allied officials worry that slow decisions on dismantling and shipping 700 planned plants will hinder reparations. Most work remains with Germans, while LA R A allocations are stalled by control council disagreements. Authorities urge overhaul to speed assignments and pressure the council for quicker action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Council
La.r.a
Russia
Poland
Control Council
Europeans In Constant Fear Of Another War
Ross Munro reports in Paris Berlin and Brussels show rising war talk and fear of a new conflict between the Soviet bloc and western powers. Officers and elites fear invasion while some optimists say Europe may seek stable settlements after a marathon crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Munro
Paris
Berlin
Europe
Baltic
Adriatic
Brussels
Eue
Brooke Dixton
Brothers Rescued From Channel by Skipper Tony Garner
In Birchington Kent England former Sub Lieutenant Tony Garner 21 used a telescope to spot two exhausted boys clinging to an overturned canoe in the channel He swam to their aid and found them to be his brothers Peter 10 and John 13 The rescue occurred as he reached them over the water network of the coast guard area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birchington
Kent
England
Tony Garner
Peter
John
Also Mentioned on This Page
Canadian Navy
Yugoslvia
Robert Burnup
UNRRA
Independence
Belgrade
George II
Duchess of Kent
Newfoundland
Frankfurt
Gen. Eisenhower
Balmoral Castle
Mrs. Eisenhower
Lady Tedder
Lord Tedder
Air
Pe Hower
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!