Jap Balloons Drift Over Prairies Across Canada
Canadian west of the Great Lakes warned to watch for unexploded bombs dropped by unmanned balloons launched in Japan. Defense officials say these sporadic long range balloon attacks pose no military threat though some have reached North America.
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Ottawa
Great Lakes
Defence Headquarters
Continent
Canada
United States
R.C.A.F
Japan
North America
A Lavish Tribute Praises Canada in Air War Effort
The Daily Telegraph lauds Canada's 12 million population and the RC A F in building air supremacy. F W Perfect notes Canada rose to fourth in air operations, with Canadians serving on all fronts, aces and decorations listed, and Britain grateful for their sacrifice.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Canada
R.C.A.F
R.A.F
F W. Perfect
Dominion
Germany
Britain
Attlee urges world security force obligation
Clement Attlee, deputy prime minister, told Britons to prepare armed forces for the proposed police force of the world security organization. He called it the price to save the world from another war and noted hope for gradual armament reduction as global stability grows. He warned small nations may acquiesce to greater power on the security council.
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London
Clement Attlee
World Security Organization
San Francisco
Security Council
Liszt House in Weimar Largely Intact After Raid
In Weimar Germany the home of Franz Liszt survived the Allied raid with only minor damage. A blockbuster detonated near the residence and some of the composer’s manuscripts were moved to a bank safe following earlier bombings.
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Weimar
Germany
Franz Liszt
Canadian Ships Will Serve In Pacific Waters
Ottawa announced about sixty Canadian warships including new destroyers will operate mainly offensively with the British Pacific fleet. The Uganda and Ontario cruisers join the force alongside Prince Robert and two new light aircraft carriers manned by 1,300 crews. The battle group includes Tribals Haida Huron Iroquois Sioux Algonquin Micmac and 36 new frigates.
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Ottawa
Pacific
Navy
Douglas C. Abbott
Royal Canadian Navy
British Admiralty
Bedford
N.S
Uganda
C.S
Abbott
Ontario
Prince Robert
Mediterranean
Bay of Biscay
Canada
Royal Navy
Fleet Air Arm
Halifax
Prices in Chungking Reach Unthinkable Levels
Government figures show Chungking prices for some commodities exceed 10 000 times prewar values. The Chungking retail price index as of April 30 stood at 1 250 times the July 1937 level, despite measures to curb inflation.
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Chungking
China
AID FOR PEASANTS CLAIMED BY USSR TRADE OFFICIAL
Foreign Trade Commissar A T Mikoyan said in Pravda that the Red army has re established free trade to combat famine threats in Berlin and Dresden. German peasants may sell surplus produce at a profit under the new arrangement.
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Moscow
A. T. Mikoyan
Pravda
Red Army
Berlin
Dresden
German Architect Named Berlin Mayor
Moscow radio reports Dr. Arthur Wener a German architect persecuted by the Gestapo has been named mayor of Berlin. The announcement highlights his survival and political rise amid postwar upheaval in Germany.
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London
Moscow Radio
Arthur Wener
Gestapo
Berlin
Canadian Pacific tests aluminum box car at Angus Shops
Canada’s first aluminum sheathed box car built at Angus Shops in Montreal begins test runs to assess its viability as wartime replacement for aging rolling stock. The 4200 pound lighter car promises power savings on long trains as CPR continues 1925 aluminum roof experiments.
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Montreal
Canada
Angus
Canadian Pacific Railway
C.P.R
League of Nations Society in Canada Renamed
The annual meeting in Toronto decided to change the name to United Nations Society of Canada and to back the peace movement born from the San Francisco conference.
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Toronto
League of Nations Society In
Canada
United Nations Society of Canada
San Francisco
French Policy in Lebanon Sparks Middle East Crisis
A Cairo dispatch reports French Senegalese troops firing on Lebanese demonstrators, wounding 17 in Damascus. Syria and Lebanon refuse new French troop talks, the Arab League calls for regret, and U S Minister George Wadsworth meets Lebanese leaders as Iraq coordinates policy with Egypt.
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Beyrouth
Cairo
Syria
Lebanon
Middle-East
Levant
France
The
Arab League
Canadians Capture German Trawler In Biscay Bay Mission
The British port tale recounts the bloodless capture of a German trawler by the Canadian Bangor- Class minesweeper Thunder in the Bay of Biscay before V-E day. Lieut Art Moore of Digby Nova Scotia led the prize crew as they ferried the ship home under Allied escort.
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Bay of Biscay
Navy
Art Moore
Digby
N.S
H.M C.S. Thunder
Cmdr
Herman Mackay
Halifax
Pictou
Thunder
Fo-Castle Head
Lieut. Moore
AB. Dean Smith
Prince Albert
Sask
Weser
Prince Robert
Mexican
Capo Noli
St. Lawrence
Italy
Dietze Captured by Canadian Counter Intelligence
Eduard Dietze former chief of German anti Allied propaganda and boss of Lord Haw Haw has been captured in northwest Germany by Canadian intelligence officers. The 45 to 50 year old broadcaster, of German father and Scottish mother, previously known for radio commentary including the 1936 Olympic Games and occasional BBC work.
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Eduard Dietze
Haw Haw
Germany
Dietze
BBC
Hoax Report On Eisenhower Assassination Plot Debunked
An Allied Supreme Headquarters statement in Paris calls claims that German agents plotted to kill General Eisenhower during the Ardennes offensive last December a pure enemy hoax. The report, spread within the German army, aimed to boost Nazi morale and sow Allied confusion.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
Paris
Eisenhower
Ardennes
RAF Brought Nearly Ninety Five Thousand POWs Home
The RAF bomber and transport commands report that nearly 95,000 British and empire prisoners of war have been liberated in Europe and brought back to England.
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London
Royal Air Force
England
Europe
SHUT-INS DAY Observance grows in Canada and Dominion provinces
The first Sunday in June is set aside as International Shut-In's Day to remember the sick and disabled. Ernest Barker conceived the idea and formed the Shut In's Day Association to promote a Christian response, with endorsements from clergy, press, and leaders nationwide.
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Ernest Barker
Ottawa and Moscow Begin Talks on Postwar Mutual Aid
Negotiations open between Soviet Russia and Canada to resolve matters arising from the end of World War II and the changed mutual aid situation. The Canadian Russia aid pact ends June 30, while other UN pacts with nations at war with Japan remain in effect. Canada spent 23.28 million dollars on goods to Russia up to March 31, 1944.
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Ottawa
Russia
Europe
Canada
United Nations
Japan
United Kingdom
Australia
China
New Zealand
India
French Committee of National Liberation
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Winston Churchill
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Andrew Cunningham
V.C
C. C. L. Merritt
Merritt
Col. Merritt
W. F. English
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Winnipeg
Lord Haw Haw
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