Soviets Close In On Novorossisk and Three Towns
Soviet troops announced advances along the Black Sea coast near Novorossisk with three more villages recaptured. Front activity was otherwise minor as Air duels continued and German losses were reported. Other battles mentioned include Donets river, Kharkov arc, and Smolensk fighting as winter thaw impacted operations.
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War decisions loom over pension demands in Ottawa
Finance Minister told the House of Commons a choice faces government between a total war effort and offering higher federal disbursements to civilians, warning increased spending would boost consumption. He said old age pensions are largely provincial, urging provinces to act as federal deficits mount while provincial surpluses grow. Continued on Page Three.
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Death of Sir Arbuth Bnot Lane Revives Plastic Surgery Legacy
The London correspondent of the Ottawa Journal notes the death of Sir Arbuth Bnot Lane, a leading British surgeon linked with Guy's and Great Ormond Street. A pioneer in aseptic techniques, he shaped modern plastic surgery with work alongside Gillies and Tonks, and contributed to medical health debates including colon absorption. He also served as a wartime colonel at Aldershot ANS and ran a Sidcup facial injuries clinic.
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Danes Collaborate With British Dynamiting Vital Nazi Factories
British parachute troops operate in Denmark and Norway amid claims of Danish sabotage and restrictions. Reports say British cutists attack factories in Denmark while Germans tighten curfews on the Baraanger Vidda plateau in Norway. Stockholm dispatches note British and Norwegian troops reportedly base on mountains as Terboven leads a hunt for Britons and Norwegians. Lithuanian revolts grow with thousands of peasants and students joining protests, while Soviet aid and Lithuanian executions are reported. Greece notes sabotage damage to German planes in an Athens repair shop. Street fighting in Istanbul reports 18 DANES.
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Japs Not Anxious To Come To Beet Fields
Ottawa reports Selective Service Director Arthur MacNamara said it is hard to induce Japanese workers to leave the Pacific coast for sugar beet fields in Southern Alberta. He noted Alberta growers requested special measures and advised potential Japanese workers might be brought in if accommodations and wages are guaranteed, while expressing hope to overcome reluctance over time.
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Parliamentary News Bulletins Ottawa Air Policy Remarks
Ottawa April 2 The house heard Prime Minister King outline Canada s postwar air policy and the role of international negotiations with United Nations governments. He said temporary international arrangements would guide policy until a broader framework is agreed and that Canada aims to influence international air transport toward cooperation and development.
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Roosevelt vetoes Farm Price Bill in inflationary move
President Roosevelt vetoed the Bankhead bill aimed at raising farm prices by excluding benefit payments from parity formulas. He called the measure inflationary and dangerous to the stabilization program and war effort. The administration warned it could add about 1.5 billion dollars to the annual food bill. override would require a two thirds vote in both houses.
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Typhoid and Tetanus Beaten
GTTAWA April 29. The director of medical services says immunization drives have reduced typhoid and tetanus in the force. He notes no tetanus cases in the RCAPV since the current war and only four typhoid cases among recruits, a small portion of communicable diseases to date.
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Canadian Alpine Battalion Readied for Tunisia Attack
London reports via Daily Express quote that a German source says a Canadian alpine battalion has been brought up for action on the Tunisian front. Ottawa comments note the defense department spokesman calling the expedition a Nazi fishing expedition.
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Daily Express today
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London Daily Express
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Japanese Survivors Captured on Goodenough and Trobriand Islands
Allied Australian patrols on Goodenough and the Trobriand islands reportedly captured hundreds of Japanese survivors from a smashed convoy in the Bismarck Sea. More than 160 Japanese were killed resisting, while earlier Allied air forces destroyed a 22-ship convoy in the Bismarck Sea.
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Reuters news agency
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Papua
Allies Together Can Win War And Peace
Anthony Eden urges allied unity in a broadcast calling for full cooperation of the United Nations. He vows to stand with Canada and Britain to secure a just peace and a strong postwar world, recalling wartime sacrifices and pledges.
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United Nations
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World leaders greet visit to Government House and talks
An Ottawa morning report notes Amil's visit with the Governor General and Princess Aloe at Government House after a three day trip. NATO discussions touched on continued alliance strength and war aims as leaders pledged support to the end.
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Anderson Presses Nearer Mateur
British 1st Army moves east and north of Sedjenane while Americans engage in central Tunisia fighting. Montomery pressure keeps up on new German Italian lines north of Gabes. Patton’s forces active with possible junction with 8th Army. Mateur advance from Sedjenane toward the Tunisian naval base at Bizerte. Bombers strike Bizerte docks and El Maou airfield at Sfax. nine enemy aircraft destroyed, four Allied planes missing. SICILY RAIDED.
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Algiers Hints At Big Doings
London dispatch says Algiers radio will broadcast an important declaration at 2 15 pm CBT today. The exact nature remains undisclosed. The statement may concern Tunisia battles or North African political action.
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Air Policy Is Announced by Canadian Government
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced in the house of commons that Canada favors international collaboration in air transport. The government will support negotiations deemed best for national interests and the aim of creating an international order to prevent another world war.
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Bombers Hit Japanese Destroyers Off Solomon Islands
American bombers attacked a Japanese force of five destroyers southwest of Holomyangars while fighter planes battled 36 to 40 Zero fighters, shooting down 165 enemy planes. Navy reports say 51 US planes were lost NW of Guadalcanal, with two pilots rescued, and two more strikes on Kiska in the Aleutians were announced.
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Rommel Joins Von Arnim Forces in Africa
Berlin radio reports Rommel’s forces near Tomisiz joined Axis units under Col Jürgen von Arnim with no details provided. Bulgarian saboteurs reportedly sank three Nazi submarines. two Germans died. Neville Chamberlain’s sister D155 dies in Hampshire after heart trouble. A request in Washington seeks a halt to the Qued power project financing. Allied HQ denies joint British American North Africa advance. contacts with Montgomery’s forces continue.
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