Wider Coverage For World News Being Planned
Senator W A Buchanan of the Lethbridge Herald outlined plans to widen Canada and world news coverage by The Canadian Press. He noted the need to cover peace and rehabilitation after the war and praised CP war reporting while stressing objective, impartial news as a key ethical contribution.
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Toronto
W. A. Buchanan
Lethbridge Herald
Canada
Buchanan
Sam Robertson
Co-Operative
CAP
London
Canadian Press News
Maple Leaf
Italy
Western Front
Labrador
Newfoundland
Canadian Press
Associated Press
United States
Robert McLean
Philadelphia
McLean
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
J. A. McNeil
News Co-Operative
Reuters
Dominion
End of Tirpitz London Demolition Efforts Reported
The Norwegian information office says Nazi demolition experts go to Tromso Fjord to wreck the battleship Tirpitz beyond salvage, with 120 tons of explosives planted. The Tirpitz was sunk last fall by the Royal Air Force.
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London
Norwegian Information Office
Tromso Fjord
Royal Air Force
Holland Needs Poop Toronto
CBC Europe correspondent Peter Starsburg said that on liberation day 12,000 tons of food would be moved into the famine area in northern Holland. He noted some districts rely on raw daffodil and tulip bulbs as staple food.
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Toronto
Peter Starsburg
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Europe
Holland
New San Francisco Stamp Issued for World Security Conference
Postmaster General Walker announced a United States postage stamp to commemorate the San Francisco world security conference. The first day sale will be held in San Francisco on April 2, the conference opening day.
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Washington
United States
San Francisco
Walker
Canada Faces Her Most Acute Labor Shortage
Munitions Minister Howe told the commons Canada's war production runs at peak capacity for manpower and will likely stay through Europe’s war end. For 1944-45 output is estimated at 2.206 billion dollars, down from the prior year, with 675000 workers in war equipment as of Jan 1 1945 and expectations of a major shortage in six months.
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Ottawa
Howe
Commons
Canada
Europe
Mr. Howe
Japan
Department
No Sanctuary in Neutral Eire Warned by Prime Minister
In the House of Commons Dr James Little asked if war criminals would be barred from sanctuary in any country within the British Commonwealth. Prime Minister Churchill replied Yes. Eire has not given flat assurances to Allies about Axis war criminals but says it will refuse admission to anyone jeopardizing neutrality.
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London
Churchill
Eire
House of Commons
James Little
Belfast
Earl of Athlone to leave Canada this summer
Government House announced that the Earl of Athlone will not extend his term as governor general of Canada and plans to depart the Dominion in the late summer. Appointed in 1940, his term would have expired in June and will end without extension.
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Ottawa
Government House
Earl of Athlone
Canada
Dominion
Heidelberg Women Urge Wise Peace From Eisenhower
A letter by Heidel berg women to Gen Eisenhower condemns Nazis and asks for a peace based on wisdom. Found on the Bismarck statue in Heidelberg the note says Eisenhower’s vow to destroy militarism and the Nazi party is not enough and calls for resurrection of common sense and decency as the path to lasting peace.
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U S. 7Th Army
Heidelberg
Eisenhower
Bismarck
Hitler Takes Full Command Amid German Crisis
BBC correspondent Chester Willmot reports from Germany that Adolf Hitler has assumed direct control of the German army in the gravest hour. Allied documents show all attacks withdrawals and movements must be approved by Hitler in advance.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Western Front
Hitler
BBC
Chester Willmot
Hitler's Werewolves Threaten German Civil Order
Hamelin Germany reports that the Nazi underground werewolves have shown limited efficacy against Allied forces. Despite terror acts, sabotage and assassinations remain scarce across occupied Europe. Allies must crush resistance and overrun territories while neutralizing chaos as Nazi leaders plan long-range sabotage from underground. The piece notes global population growth since 1800.
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Hamelin
Germany
Hitler
Europe
PLAN WORLD COURT Jurists Work On Idea For Security Conference
Jurists from 38 United Nations begin drafting mechanics for a world court to fit the international organization planned at Dumbarton Oaks. They will decide whether to form a new court or modify and adopt the existing world court as part of the UN system, with recommendations due to the San Francisco conference opening April 25.
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Washington
United Nations
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
Allied establish airstrip on eastern Crete amid German defense lines
Allied authorities report a British airstrip built on eastern Crete while several thousand German troops hold strong positions on the island's western end. German forces retreated to the west after Athens and Salonika fell to Allied forces. They conduct limited incursions into British territory. Crete was seized by Germany in 1941 during a major airborne invasion.
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Rome
Crete
Mediterranean
Athens
Salonika
Returned Men Need Time To Consider Plans
Regina. Maj. J. C. Knowles urges returning veterans to have six months rest after five years at sea to readjust to civilian life. He advocates continued pay or pensions for hospitalized veterans and notes older 1939 veterans face limited postwar support. He praises civilian war effort and Canada Cargo contributions.
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Regina
Maj. J. C. Knowles
D.A.A.G
Military District 12
Army and Navy Veterans Association
Maj. Knowles
Veterans Guard
Canada
Mrs Churchill Calls Leningrad Sacred and Pleads for Aid
Mrs Winston Churchill, visiting Leningrad, said she regards the city as sacred for the lives sacrificed during its siege. She and her secretary Miss Mabel Johnson hoped to visit hospitals there and she concluded with a pledge of friendship and a rallying slogan.
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London
Winston Churchill
Leningrad
Moscow
Britain to Build New Bomber for Japan Raids
The London Daily Mail reports the RAF will use a bomber of the same class as the American Superfortress for attacks on Japan. Sir Roy Dobson of A. V. Roe, Ltd. announced the first news of the plane, whose Lancasters currently drop 11 ton bombs on Germany.
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London
R.A F
Japan
London Daily Mail
Sir Roy Dobson
A. V. Roe, Ltd
Germany
Swedish to return German civilians to Germany
The Swedish minister of justice announced that all German civilians who have fled to Sweden in recent days will be sent back to Germany immediately.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Tax payment deadline extended to August 31 in Ottawa
Acting Revenue Minister MacKinnon announced in the commons that the income tax payment deadline has been extended from April 30 to August 31. He tabled an order in council to make the change, noting a similar action was taken last year.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
Commons
Deserters Reported as German Planes Land in Sweden
Despatches from Malmo report seven German aircraft landed in southern Sweden with one crew openly admitting they were deserters. The incident underscores tensions in the region.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Malmo
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