Air war cuts German oil and air strength, Allied victories grow
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS reports Allied air strikes severely disrupt German oil production and aircraft output. Since January, U S strategic air forces have hit 51 oil refineries 13 synthetic plants and 89 aircraft factories. German plane losses total 7 655 versus Allied 3 425.
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Work of vandal: Vancouver hotel leather cushions slashed
Police hunt Vancouver's "slasher" after three cushions were cut in two weeks at the Vancouver hotel lounge. Merchants and theatres report similar attacks with suits, coats, and chairs damaged.
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Vancouver
Vancouver Hotel
Ottawa prepares bill to fix farm prices after the war
Reports from Ottawa indicate a bill to set floor prices for agriculture for the postwar period. The measure, to be introduced by Agriculture Minister J. G. Gardiner, remains unrevealed and has not been discussed by cabinet. In Edmonton, University of Alberta President Dr. Robert Newton announced a Russian history course for the next session taught by Prof. R. W. Collins focusing on Russia since 1861.
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Commons
J. G. Gardiner
Edmonton
Robert Newton
University of Alberta
R. W. Collins
Russia
U S Plans Sale of Surplus Liberty Ships to UN at War's End
Vice Admiral Emory S. Land head of the Maritime Commission proposes selling part of the surplus Liberty ships to the United Nations after the war and keeping about 1,000 ships for a national defense pool.
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Baltimore
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
United States
United Nations
Leis s Butter Made Ottawa
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports Canada creamery butter output in June at 45,531,104 pounds, down 2.2 percent from 46,550,623 pounds in the same month last year.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Canada prospers as wartime trade fuels growth says MacKinnon
LETHERIDGE Alta. Trade and Commerce Minister James A. MacKinnon says Canada has surpassed expected growth driven by wartime and expanding export markets. He notes 80 percent of exports from abnormal wartime trade with agriculture set to remain key, aiding relief in liberated Europe. He also predicts the current parliament’s last session.
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Trade and Commerce
James A. MacKinnon
Canada
MacKinnon
Mr. MacKinnonn
Belgium
Netherlands
Norway
Nazi War Economy Warns Germany Faces Defeat Soon
The Foreign Economic Administration warns Germany has a nearly hopeless war prospect by year end 1945 due to Allied bombing, ground offensives, and blockades. Analysts say Germany’s war material in use and in reserve equals less than one year of production, signaling a collapse of supply.
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Foreign Economic Administration
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Joliffe Says CCF Gains Strength in Ontario
E B Joliffe opposition leader told a Fort Frances press conference that the CCF movement is gaining ground in Ontario and its strength is now almost double what it was at last year's provincial general election.
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Ontario
CCF
Caen Suffering and Exodus as German Retaliation Unfolds
The Caen battle aftermath sees 14 French civilians from the resistance killed in the town jail as Germans withdraw. An official estimates 25,000 residents have fled Caen from a 50,600 base population, with 6,000 to 8,000 refugees in Lycee Malherbe and Saint Etienne church and 1,300 wounded at Saint Sauveur hospital. Civil affairs officers begin relief work, reporting 35,000 rations available by nightfall.
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Cadomin Miners Strike Over Lack of Doctor
Cadomin Coal Company secretary-treasurer Colin Campbell said efforts over two months failed to secure a physician for miners and families. Cadomin miners declare a stoppage in protest of no medical practitioner available.
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Edmonton
Colin Campbell
Cadomin Coal Company
Lost U S Submarine During Training Exercise
The 21-year-old 5000 ton U S submarine 28 disappeared in the Pacific during training with about 66 crew aboard. Recovery was abandoned as salvage was deemed impossible and no survivors were found. Also, a Canadian light anti aircraft regiment near the Caen front claimed 33 enemy aircraft destroyed with Bofors guns since D-Day.
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Washington
Caen
How German Troops Are Now Moved Around
London reports outline German force distribution during World War II. Between 60 and 65 divisions are in France and the Low Countries with nine Panzer divisions in Normandy. Reinforcements shift units from Norway Denmark and Russia, while Tito's forces tie down 10 to 12 divisions in Yugoslavia and Russian fronts hold about 180 to 185 divisions.
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Hunter U-boat Killer Walker Dies in London Hospital
Britain's famed U-boat hunter Captain Frederick John Walker DSO with three bars died in Liverpool at 47. Commanding officer of the Royal Navy's second escort group, the deadliest Atlantic U-boat hunting force, he endured constant patrols with little sleep. His ships sank six U-boats in one voyage and total claims reached about 20 destroyed with many more damaged.
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Britain
Frederick John Walker
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North Atlantic
German Surrender Totals Rise Across Fronts
The BBC reports Allied forces have accepted the surrender of nearly 200000 German soldiers since the summer offensives began. The figures include over 359000 in Italy, more than 54000 in Normandy, and above 110000 in Russia.
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BBC
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Normandy
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Italian Premier says armistice terms may be published
Premier Ivance Boremi stated Italy has no objection to publishing the armistice terms and left the initiative to the Allies. He noted the Allies asked if his new regime objected to the publication of the voluminous provisions 2577.
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Ivance Boremi
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