Must Unite To Maintain Peace Declares Curtin
Prime Minister John Curtin addressing the Canadian Commons urged unity among Allied powers to sustain peace against Hitler and Axis aggression. He argued for reason over war, emphasized pooling resources among Britain, the United States, Russia, China, and the British Commonwealth, and praised Allied fighting men while stressing shared responsibility to prevent future calamities.
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Keeman
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Russia
British Commonwealth
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Living allowance increase for workers redirected to new jobs
Ottawa authorized higher supplementary living allowances for workers sent to new jobs. The order in council, tabled by Labor Minister Mitchell, amends selective service rules to pay up to $7.50 per week when workers must live away from dependents, up from $5 previously.
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Commons
Labor
Mitchell
German POWs Describe Treatment As Fair In Camps
A German war reporter broadcasting from Calais said repatriated prisoners described their treatment in English camps as on the whole correct and fair and in accordance with the Geneva convention. He added the same view applied to prisoners’ camps in Canada.
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London
Calais
Canada
Royal Navy Gains Mastery Of Arctic Ocean
London reports the Royal Navy has secured Arctic mastery by gun and bomb, shielding Allied shipping for over a day and pushing German surface forces toward a weakened threat. Carrier aircraft and naval escorts support operations while RAF and RCAF bomb German bases in Norway and supply lines.
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London
Russia
Wegian
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F. J
Johnny) Walker
Walker
Road to China Must Be Built in Six Months
In Vancouver, Most Rev. Paul Yu Pin, bishop of Nanking, warns that Allies have six months to complete a critical road to supply China. He says Japan may cut China in two, raising the stakes for the drive to push Japanese forces from China during his year-long world tour.
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Vancouver
China
Paul Yu- Pin
Nanking
Yu-Pin
Montreal bomber crash victims seek $66000 in damages
Relatives of 15 people killed when a Liberator bomber crashed in downtown Montreal on April 25 filed damage claims. Special commissioner Mr. Justice Orville S. Tyndale will hear the demands.
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Montreal
Orville S. Tyndale
Advocates Fair Canadian History Textbook
Senator Rupert Davies urged in the senate that a Dominion provincial conference appoint a committee to prepare a history textbook acceptable to all provinces. He argued Canada uses over 20 different histories in public and high schools, including Quebec French schools.
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Rupert Davies
Ontario
Senate
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L. A. David L
Quebec
Dominion
Canada
German Gestapo launches a new wave of terror in Europe
London reports a fierce Gestapo campaign across France the Netherlands and Belgium with mass shootings and arrests of patriots. French sources cite bombed towns such as Riberac and Brantome where hostages and civilians were killed or burned, plus retaliatory executions in St Quentin.
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London
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Europe
Britain
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Riberac
Brantome
St Quentin
Washington
United States
James Forrestal
United States Navy
Hitler
Allied Says 5000 Japanese Dead in New Guinea Sectors
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports over 5,000 Japanese killed in two New Guinea invasion sectors Hollandia and Wakde Toem. Hollandia area tally 3,782 deaths, Wakde Toem sector 1,347, located over 100 miles NW of Hollandia. Also note London union urges withdrawal of gas-producer road passenger vehicles.
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Netherlands New Guinea
Hollandia
Wakde Toem
Wakde-Toem
London
Transport and General Workers’ Union
Allied Admiral Sees Heavy Pacific War in NZ Visit
Admiral Halsey, visiting Auckland, says Japanese strength in the south Pacific is wrecked with about 150000 killed and 4800 ships lost. He claims only about 15000 Japanese remain in the theatre, with fewer than 20 effective. He notes Bougainville established as beachhead and hails New Zealand troops as top fighters.
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Pacific
South Pacifc
New Zealand
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South Pacific
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Bougainville Island
Halsey
the Solomons
Tokyo
Canada Likely Posts New Trade Record In 1944
Trade Minister MacKinnon forecasts Canada could surpass 5.0 billion dollars in total trade for 1944 based on January to April imports and exports. He notes last year’s record 4.796 billion and a first four months surplus of 198.868 million versus 245.125 million a year earlier, with later months typically stronger.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
Canada
Wheat shipments to Greece reach Greek people says MacKinnon
Ottawa officials report Red Cross assurances that Canadian wheat shipments have all reached Greece. By April ninth over 17,000,960 bushels had been shipped and observers say the grain has not fallen into Nazi hands, saving many from starvation.
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MacKinnon
Commons
Red Cross
Canada
Greece
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