Europe Faces Famine Risk Next Winter, Churchill Warns
London report notes Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that large parts of Europe may suffer famine next winter as Britain’s food stocks fall to about 4.75 million tons by end of June. He cited military needs and aid to liberated areas, and denied US stock claims while stressing foresight and wartime sacrifice.
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Forgotten War on Crete Bottled Up 12 000 Allied troops
Maj. L. G. Williamson describes a hidden war on Crete where 12,000 Axis troops are trapped in the northwest. He notes the garrison kept tanks and guns behind, the Allied force is mainly Cretan and Greek guerrillas, Heraklion port functions, and desertion rising as German morale falters.
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Crete
Maj. L. G. Williamson
South Africa
Maj. Williamson
Greece
Heraklion
Wil Mamson
Germans Prisoners Count Revealed in Commons
War secretary Sir James Grigg told the House of Commons that about 1.5 million German prisoners had been captured by the Allies since September 1939, excluding those taken by the Red Army, up to the present.
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London
James Grigg
House of Commons
Red Army
Canada backs world security plan at Commons debate
In Ottawa Parliament, M J Coldwell and R B Hanson voiced support for Canada joining a world organization to preserve peace, following Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s outline of actions for the San Francisco United Nations conference and the Dumbarton Oaks framework. Hanson warned that peace tomorrow hinges on Britain, the United States and Russia beyond the Dumbarton Oaks pact.
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Coldwell
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Great Britain
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Russia
Butter ration in Ottawa raised to seven ounces weekly
The Prices Board announced a rise in the Canadian butter ration from six to seven ounces per week starting April 1, restoring the January 1 reduction after improved stocks. Dairy administrator K H Olive said the winter cut helped stretch supplies and the new ration aligns with policy to adapt to available goods. Coupon 104 validity moves to April 26 with a weekly thursday redemption in April.
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Prices Board
K. H. Olive
Wheat production forecast by USDA shows 241 million bushels
The Agriculture Department projects 1945 spring wheat output in the United States at 241,000,000 bushels, below last year’s 314,574,000 and above the ten year average of 189,525,000 bushels.
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Agriculture Department
United States
Wartime Medical Service Leader Dr H H Christie Dies
Dr. H. H. Christie aged 68, former Esterhazy Sask. supervisor of medical services in the mobilization section of national selective service since 1940, died at his Chelsea Road home in Ottawa. He received the King George V and Queen Mary jubilee medal in 1935 and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth coronation medal in 1937 for long service in his profession.
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Duke of Gloucester Lands Plane With Retracted Wheel
Canberra report says the Duke of Gloucester governor general of Australia escaped injury when the twin engine plane he was riding landed with its wheel retracted. The incident prompted no serious damage but raised questions about the aircraft’s condition and handling.
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Union Jack Over Mandalay as British Seize Fort Dufferin
British and Indian troops breached Mandalay capturing Fort Dufferin after heavy bombing forced a Japanese retreat. The 19th corps and 36th British division reported advances from Meiktila and Mogok as MacArthur’s force also pushed along Panay and Mindanao with 3,583 Japanese deaths across two fronts.
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Suffolk veteran held many posts and 42 jobs changed hands
Charles Savage, 88, fell ill and was confined to bed in Kelso? Suffolk town. His absence triggered 42 official and semi official posts changing hands in the village, including parish councillor and parish clerk positions.
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Charles Savage
Suffolk
A Vital Problem European relief and reform urge
The Manchester Guardian editorial calls for democracies to intensify sacrifices without recriminations and to disclose ration resources. It urges establishing a European general relief staff to address widespread devastation as the principal outcome of five years of warfare.
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Europe
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Manchester Guardian
Queen Wilhelmina Tours Liberated Dutch Areas
Queen Wilhelmina, first of Europe's exiled monarchs to return home, visited liberated areas of the Netherlands and received a tremendous ovation. She traveled by plane from London to Brussels, recalling her hurried May 1940 flight when German paratroopers invaded the Netherlands.
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Wilhelmina
Europe
Netherlands
Brussels
French Mission Seeks Wheat Supplies Amid Shortage
The French economic mission in Washington reports urgent procurements of wheat and cereals from the United States and Canada to aid France and French North Africa. Ostermeyer travels to Washington then Ottawa as talks with Monnet proceed on lend lease wheat from the U.S. and cash sales from Canada. The goal is about 250 000 long tons of bread wheat with transportation challenges noted by Ottawa and Washington officials.
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France
United States
Jean Monnet
Ostermeyer
M. Monnet
Ottawa
War Food Administration
Canada
International Wheat Council
MacKinnon
Combined Food Board
Trade Department
Seaboard
Allied Transportation Efforts Post D-Day Report
Field Marshal Montgomery announces British army transport and rail operations in Europe. Since D-Day over 5.25 million tons of war material moved, 306000 vehicles repaired tracks rebuilt eight bridges and 55000 wounded evacuated. Casualties include 23 officers and 410 men.
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Sir Bernard Montgomery
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Normandy
Britain
Scholar and poet Lord Alfred Douglas dies at 74
Lord Alfred Douglas of Sussex, scholar and poet and longtime friend of Oscar Wilde, died at his home. He was the eldest surviving son of the eighth Marquess of Queensbury. His 1949 work Oscar Wilde: A Summing Up reflects his literary stature. He advised Prime Minister Churchill against Poland betrayals while ill, and was praised as a master of the English sonnet by critics.
Mrs. Churchill to Visit Moscow for a Month
London Mrs. Winston Churchill, wife of the British prime minister, has accepted an invitation to visit Russia. She expects to spend a month in the Soviet capital, Moscow.
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