Peace Conference Aimed By Big Three After War
Washington reports indicate the Big Three plan a general peace conference after hostilities end, with a separate postwar map and possible security organization. Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin hinted at reviewing German territory at such a gathering. Byrnes notes a definite expectation of a peace conference, distinct from Versailles, with Dumbarton Oaks charter to shape a separate treaty.
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Washington
Paris
Ami Versailles
Japan
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Poland
James F. Byrnes
Versailles
Germany
Dumbarton Oaks
Nazi Leaders Plan To Resist To Last Ditch
London reports Nazi leaders urge the German nation to resist to the last breath amid Crimean conference results. Propagandists declare Bolshevik terror and Jewish revenge terms will be public after arms are laid down and marshal Stalin is a monster aiming to dismember Germany.
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London
Yalta
Europe
Goebbels
D.N.B
United Nations
Soviet Union
Marshal Stalin
Germany
Allied armies advance toward Germany under unified plan
Washington called conference amid a three power master plan to hasten the war’s end and secure peace. Dumbarton Oaks proposals for a new league to govern postwar order will be laid before a United Nations conference at San Francisco on April 25.
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Washington
Germany
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
Postman Helps Capture Escaped German POWs in Village Barn
A Sheffield postman entered a village barn near Mere and found six escaped German prisoners of war in the hay. He returned with two friends and armed them with guns. The Nazis surrendered immediately.
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Sheffield
Eng
Mere
German radio extols Allied endurance as model for Germans
A London broadcast quotes Dr. Rudolf Semmler praising British fortitude in 1940 and Soviet endurance in 1942 as examples Germany should emulate in its current crisis. He argues both nations displayed toughness against overwhelming odds and that Germany should follow suit.
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London
Britain
Stalingrad
France to take part in occupation of Germany
French information minister Pierre Henri Tietgen announced that France will join the occupation of Germany as a member of the Berlin control commission as proposed at Yalta.
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Paris
France
Germany
Berlin
Yalta
Pierre Henri Tietgen
Radium saver of France Mme Cotelle dies from radiation
Mme Jean Cotelle a former Curie associate who saved France’s radium from German capture died after exposure to radioactive material. Her work began in 1940 shielding radium and sealing it for transport with Prof Debienne. She helped Curie’s team for 25 years until health failed after 1919. Canadian forces formed five sixths of UN troops at Dieppe on August 19, 1942.
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Ottawa
France
Mme
Jean Cotelle
Madame Cotelle
Professor Debienne
Mme. Cotelle
Madame Curie
United Nations
Dieppe
Budapest Falls to Red Army After 49 Days Of Fighting
Soviet forces capture Budapest after a 49 day street battle costing about 49 000 German dead and 110 000 taken prisoner. Stalin credits Marshals Malinovsky and Tolbukhin for leading the operation and notes the fall as the 17th European capital lost to the Allies.
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London
Budapest
Red Army
Stalingrad
Stalin
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Feodor Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Vienna
Monor
Danube
Jan. 2
Sweden Orders Civilians to Surrender Weapons
Swedish correspondents report a government decree requiring all civilians to surrender firearms and weapons. The measure aims to supply fronts and curb potential home front unrest amid wartime tensions.
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Stockholm
Parachute Chief Montgomery Named Colonel Commandant
A photo shows Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery in a red beret with the Parachute Regiment badge and parachute jacket. He has been appointed colonel commandant of the Parachute Regiment, linking to the 6th Airborne division’s Normandy night drop.
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Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Parachute Regiment
6Th Airborne Division
Normandy
Hudson Bay route urged to drive western Canada growth
B R Richards of The Pas spoke in Manitoba legislature urging support for the Hudson Bay shipping route to Europe as a path to western development. He claimed Manitoba could reach 1.2 million by 1940 with northern development and called for prairie administration of the Hudson Bay railway. He warned postwar immigration policy could tax port facilities.
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Winnipeg
B. R. Richards
C.C.F
The
Pas
Manitoba
Hudson Bay
Europe
Canada
Date of mystery meeting sparks speculation in London
The Allied leaders set April 25 for the next United Nations meeting in San Francisco. London papers speculate on its meaning with headlines claiming it may mark Russia’s notice to end neutrality in the war against Japan and hint that Germany’s war could end by that date.
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London
United Nations
San Francisco
Russia
Japan
Daily Express
Germany
The
Daily Mail
Tokyo
Mikado
Marlin Spencer
Associated Press
Pacific Front
Hitler
Orient
Churchill
Roosevelt
Malta
Marshal Stalin
Japanese home island aircraft plants being dismantled
Aerial reconnaissance in recent days shows large Japanese aircraft plants in the home islands being at least partially dismantled. Brig. Gen. Louis Norstad, chief of staff of the 20th Air Force, said this confirms prior indications that heavy industries were moving to Manchuria.
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Washington
Louis Norstad
20Th Air Force
Manchuria
Moscow Radio Broadcast Ends With Three Communique
In Moscow the radio aired the full Big Three communique without comment and closed the program with the Soviet anthem, followed by God Save the King and The Star Spangled Banner.
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Moscow
Soviet Union May Join In War Against Japan
London reports belief that the Soviet Union will enter the war against Japan and announce it at the San Francisco conference. Analysts note that Europe’s final phase may accelerate toward the Yalta decisions as the big three plan a decisive battle.
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Soviet Union
Japan
London
San Francisco
Europe
Yalta
Tokyo
Retirement of Two RCMP Officers in Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police announces the retirement and current leave of Assistant Commissioner P. R. Forde and Inspector Ward Carroll. Forde, in charge of the S department, served in the Yukon prairies and eastern Canada. Carroll has a long Halifax background and has been in Ottawa since 1931, mainly in A division.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
P. R. Forde
Ward Carroll
Forde
Yukon
The
Prairies
Canada
Winnipeg
Regina
Vancouver
Carroll
Halifax
Air Force awards Distinguished Flying Cross to RC AF crew
Air force headquarters announced the Distinguished Flying Cross award to 10 members of the Royal Canadian Air Force serving overseas. The list includes Flight Lieutenant L. V. Kirsch of Yorkton Saskatchewan.
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Ottawa
Air Force Headquarters
R.c.af
Fit
L. V. Kirsch
Yorkton
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