Ferguson: Paris style
By Mrs. Walter Ferguson
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West: Clothing scarce in Europe
Nation’s churches appeal for help
By Dan A. West, chief of the Branch for Contributed Supplies, UNRRA
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Proves value in uniform
Army nurse heroine throughout service
By Thomas M. Wolf
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Stokes: New phase in peace plans marked by war on cartels
International organization faces task for mapping sound world economic policies
By Thomas L. Stokes, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Allen: Temperature high on coast but Dewey’s on the way
By Gracie Allen
Los Angeles, California –
Well, you Easterners and Middle Westerners can stop complaining about your heat.
Actual photographs of thermometers here in Los Angeles prove that the official temperature last Friday reached 104, with some spots recording 110 degrees. In fact, it got so hot that many were broken before they could be photographed.
It certainly looked funny to see the Chamber of Commerce running around with their little hammers.
Local Republicans are hoping it will cool off before Dewey gets here on his campaign tour.
If not, the weather and Mr. Dewey will make headlines together. And how would that look – “Dewey in California Seeking Voters – Official Forecast 104.”
Industry told it can prevent monopolies
Cartels blamed for many economic ills
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U.S. production held antidote for inflation
Business told to be realistic in job plans
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Ancient fort put into use by Germans
Dry, 15-foot moat surrounds citadel
By Robert Richards, United Press staff writer
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Henry: Former boxer is leader of French Patriot unit
Marcel Thil now a wealthy coal merchant; Yank rescues wife of millionaire
By Thomas R. Henry, North American Newspaper Alliance
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‘Occupied, but not conquered’ –
Shapiro: Burgomaster of Brussels defied German invaders
By L. S. B. Shapiro, North American Newspaper Alliance
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U.S. State Department (September 11, 1944)
Lot 60–D 224, Box 55: DO/PR/18
Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State (Stettinius) to the Secretary of State
Washington, September 11, 1944
Subject: PROGRESS REPORT ON DUMBARTON OAKS CONVERSATIONS – NINETEENTH DAY
Meeting of the American Group
The only meeting held today was the regularly scheduled meeting of the American group. This meeting was continued in the afternoon in order to complete consideration of the revisions made in the draft proposals at the meeting on Saturday of the Joint Steering Committee.
Meeting of the Joint Steering Committee
The Joint Steering Committee did not meet owing to the fact that the Soviet group had not yet received instructions from its Government which would permit further consideration of the bracketed sections of the draft proposals. A meeting of the Joint Steering Committee has been scheduled for Tuesday, at 11:15 a.m.
Lot 60–D 224, Box 59: Stettinius Diary
Extracts from the Personal Diary of the Under Secretary of State
Nineteenth Day, Monday, September 11, 1944
Midnight Telephone Conversation with Gromyko
At midnight Gromyko phoned me at home. He was in a good humor and said he had had a good day of rest on Sunday. He then said that we must finish our conversations with them before we start with any other country and said we had agreed to this on Saturday. I replied that he was entirely correct and asked if anything had appeared to make him feel we were planning to do otherwise. He said, “No, nothing has happened.” My answer apparently completely satisfied him. I was mystified, however, by his calling at this hour to make this point, fearing something might have appeared in the press or radio, as a result of taking the Chinese to Virginia, which had made him apprehensive. He then said he expected there would be a little delay in his hearing from home but that it would be unfair to consider this was caused by the Soviet Union, because we were partially responsible for having made so many changes in the text, which his Government would have to study. I did not press the Ambassador to try to pin him down as to exactly when he thought he would have the final instructions from his Government. He inquired whether we would meet today and I said I did not think we could accomplish much until either he or Sir Alexander had something to report. He replied jokingly “Or you have something to report.” It was left that we would not call a meeting but would check with each other during the morning.
Telephone Conversation with Mr. Hull
I called Mr. Hull at 9:00 o’clock. First I spoke to Mrs. Hull and described to her our Sunday trip to Virginia. Then I told the Secretary about Gromyko’s midnight call. I told him that, as I saw it, all we could do at the moment was to stand by and await developments.…
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Meeting with Sir Alexander
I had a private talk with Sir Alexander immediately after lunch. He raised with me the great importance to him of returning to the United Kingdom by the end of this week. In view thereof, he urged us to start with the Chinese immediately and asked if I would have any objections if he spoke frankly to Gromyko about it this afternoon. I, of course, assured him that I would not.…
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Log of the President’s Visit to Canada
Monday, September 11
The trip north was uneventful. We crossed the International Border into Canada at Rouse’s Point at 12:30 a.m. An hour later, at Delson, Quebec, we were joined by a detail of four Royal Canadian Mounted Police who were to accompany us to Quebec and later accompany us from Quebec back to the Canadian Border at Rouse’s Point. These Mounties were Inspector Savoi, Corporal Hudon and Constables Bradley and McArthur.
Our train arrived at Quebec – at the Wolfe’s Cove station which is on the banks of the St. Lawrence River just below the Plains of Abraham – at 9:00 a.m. Our train was placed in position for our detraining at once but our arrival was not immediately announced as the President desired to wait here until the arrival of the Prime Minister’s train.
The weather at Quebec, as described by the local press, was “typically fall sunny weather” – clear, cool and most invigorating.
The Governor-General of Canada (the Earl of Athlone), Her Royal Highness Princess Alice (the Countess of Athlone) and the Right Honorable Mackenzie King (the Prime Minister of Canada) called on the President on his train at 9:45 a.m. to welcome him and Mrs. Roosevelt to Canada and Quebec.
The President had left his train at 9:50 a.m. and was seated in his automobile, with the Governor-General, Princess Alice and Prime Minister King standing nearby, when Prime Minister Churchill’s train pulled up alongside our train at Wolfe’s Cove at exactly 10:00 a.m. Prime Minister King went aboard the train to welcome Prime Minister Churchill and a few minutes later, at 10:05 a.m., Prime Minister Churchill and his party left their train, and together with Mr. King, walked over to the President’s automobile where most enthusiastic greetings were exchanged and the cheers of the crowd gathered at the station acknowledged in their typical manners. By now the official welcoming committee had been swelled by the arrival of Major General Sir Eugene Fiset, the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, and Lady Fiset; the Honorable Maurice Duplessis, the Premier of Quebec; the Honorable C. G. Power, Canadian Minister of Air; Mr. St. Laurent, Minister of Justice for the Province of Quebec; Mr. Borne, Mayor of the City of Quebec; and Lieutenant General J. C. Murchie, Chief of Canadian General Staff.
In the Prime Minister’s party were Mrs. Churchill; Lord Moran, the Prime Minister’s Private Physician; Lord Leathers, British Minister of [War] Transport; Lord Cherwell, British Paymaster General; Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew B. Cunningham, First Sea Lord; Field Marshal Sir Alan F. Brooke, Chief of Imperial General Staff; Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Charles Portal, Chief of Air Staff; General Sir Hastings L. Ismay, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister as Minister of Defense; and Major General R. E. Laycock, Chief of Combined Operations. The Prime Minister was wearing a blue uniform – the uniform of an Elder Brother of Trinity House, ancient London pilotage corporation.
After the exchange of greetings at the train, the combined groups motored to the Citadel. The President and the Governor-General were in the first automobile; Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Churchill in the second; and Prime Ministers Churchill and King were riding in the third car. Their parties followed in a long procession that wound up the steep hill to and across the Plains of Abraham above Wolfe’s Cove and on to the Citadel.
The President and Prime Minister Churchill arrived at the Citadel at 10:25 a.m. Here the President was officially received in Canada. A composite guard of honor of approximately one hundred and fifty men, made up of equal detachments of Royal Canadian Navy, Army and Air Force personnel, was drawn up on the parade ground. This guard was under the command of Lieutenant J. C. Eastman, RCNVR, of the HMCS Montcalm. On the President’s arrival on the parade ground, the Royal Twenty-Second Regiment Band, under the direction of Lieutenant Edwin Belanger, played our national anthem, the guard of honor presented arms and our colors were hoisted at the Citadel alongside the British and Canadian colors. No honors were rendered the Prime Minister at this time. On completion of honors for the President, the Prime Minister got out of his car, walked over to the President’s car and the officer in charge of the guard – Lieutenant Eastman – was called up and presented to the President and to the Prime Minister. News photographers and members of the press – some one hundred strong – were present for the ceremonies at the Citadel.
From the parade ground the President went directly to the Governor-General’s summer residence within the Citadel grounds. Here he left his automobile and entered the house. The Prime Minister, Mrs. Churchill, Mrs. Roosevelt, and various other members of the official groups who were remaining at the Citadel left their cars at the parade ground and walked to the nearby residence of the Governor-General. Other members of the combined party left the Citadel at this time for the Chateau Frontenac Hotel where they were quartered during our visit to Quebec.
The President, Mrs. Roosevelt and Admiral Leahy were guests of the Governor-General and Princess Alice at their summer home within the Citadel during our stay at Quebec. The same quarters occupied last year were again assigned the President’s party. The Prime Minister and Mrs. Churchill were likewise guests of the Governor-General and Princess Alice. The Citadel was guarded by its regular garrison augmented by Royal Canadian Mounted Police and our Secret Service men. The special anti-aircraft protection afforded last year was not provided as it was not considered necessary this year.
The President had been preceded to Quebec by the other members of our Joint Chiefs of Staff – General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff of the Army; Admiral Ernest J. King, Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations; General Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General, Army Air Forces; Brigadier General Andrew J. McFarland, Secretary; and Captain Edwin D. Graves, Jr., USN, Deputy Secretary – and their staffs of planners.
On our arrival at the Citadel, we found Colonel Richard Park Jr., USA, Captain Boyce Price, USA, and Lieutenant Ogden S. Collins Jr., USNR, who had come to Quebec in advance of us and had set up a map room for the President at the Citadel. The same room was used as was used for this purpose during the 1943 Quebec Conference. The Prime Minister had his own map room at the Citadel, with Captain Pim, RNVR, in charge and assisted by Lieutenant Colonel Hughes-Reckett, Lieutenant Commander Murray, RNVR, and Flight Officer Lyttleton.
Major DeWitt Greer’s Signal Corps crew had the communications set-up functioning on our arrival at the Citadel, so that the President was never out of instantaneous touch with the White House. War and governmental reports for the President had come to him by radio while on the train en route from Washington to Quebec. At the Citadel we had our own telephone exchange, called “Amco.” At the Château the U.S. Army maintained a private telephone exchange, called “Victor.” Both exchanges had direct wire service to Washington and the White House. Direct telegraph wire service was also available between the Citadel and the White House.
The Chateau Frontenac Hotel had been requisitioned by the Canadian Government for the duration of the conference, as it was in 1943, and all conference representatives of the three nations – Canada, Great Britain and the United States – were quartered and subsisted there as guests of the Canadian Government. The hotel was closed to the general public and was policed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A part of the hotel opening on the Terrace was closed off from the remainder of the hotel and was used as Conference Press Headquarters and telegraph room.
The Official Conference Headquarters and conference rooms were in the Chateau Frontenac and it was there that the various Staffs met daily for conferences. Plenary reports by the Combined British and U.S. Chiefs of Staff were made to the President and the Prime Minister at the Citadel.
Secretary Early, Mr. A. D. Dunton, of the Canadian Press Bureau, and Mr. R. J. Cruikshank of the British Ministry of Information held a joint press conference at Conference Press Headquarters at 11:30 a.m. More than 150 newsmen, representing the world’s press, were present. Daily press conferences were held here by these spokesmen of the Canadian, British and United States governments.
The President, the Prime Minister, Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Churchill and Prime Minister Mackenzie King were luncheon guests of the Governor-General and Princess Alice at the Citadel at 1:30 p.m.
After lunch the President visited his map room in the Citadel. He was joined there by Prime Minister Churchill for a review of the latest war news. Before leaving Washington, the President had directed the map room to prepare charts, organization tables and graphs in order to demonstrate quickly the tremendous size of our naval force now stationed in the Western Pacific, with statistics giving an outline of the enormity of the logistics problem. This preparation was made in order that from the very beginning of discussions at Quebec there should be a common understanding of the naval problems and the difficulties of supply. With the help of the charts the President outlined the problem to the Prime Minister.
During the afternoon the Honorable Ray Atherton, United States Ambassador to Canada, called on the President.
At 8:30 p.m., the President and Mrs. Roosevelt attended a viceregal dinner at the Citadel as guests of the Governor-General and Her Royal Highness Princess Alice. The guest list also included Prime Minister and Mrs. Churchill; Prime Minister Mackenzie King; Cardinal Villeneuve; Right Reverend Philip Carrington, Anglican Archbishop [Bishop] of Quebec; Premier Duplessis of Quebec; Honorable Ray Atherton and Mrs. Atherton; Admiral William D. Leahy; Admiral E. J. King; General George C. Marshall; General H. H. Arnold; Honorable Stephen T. Early; Lieutenant General B. B. Somervell, Commanding General, Army Service Forces; Rear Admiral Wilson Brown; Vice Admiral Ross T. McIntire; Major General Edwin M. Watson; Miss Malvina Thompson; Right Honorable Malcolm Mac-Donald, United Kingdom High Commissioner to Canada; Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew B. Cunningham; Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke; Marshal of the Royal Air [Force] Sir Charles Portal; Major General R. Laycock; General Sir Hastings L. Ismay; Field Marshal Sir John Dill, Chief of the British Joint Staff Mission to the United States; Admiral Sir Percy Noble; Lieutenant General G. N. Macready; Air Marshal Sir William Welsh; Lord Cher well; Commander C. R. Thompson, Naval Aide to the Prime Minister; Mr. John Martin, Secretary to the Prime Minister; Sir Eugene Fiset, Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec, and Lady Fiset; Dr. E. H. Coleman, Canadian Under-Secretary of State; the Canadian Chiefs of Staff Air Marshal R. Leckie, Lieutenant General J. C. Murchie, and Vice Admiral G. C. Jones; Major General Maurice Pope, Military Aide to Prime Minister King; and Colonel D. B. Papineau, Aide to Prime Minister King.
After the dinner the President turned in.