Bratislava Falls To Reds in Vienna Gateway Drive
Soviet forces reported captured Bratislava and pressed toward Vienna as Tolbukhin and Malinovsky led two Ukrainian army wings. Bratislava siege completed with Prejvoz suburb taken. Russians advanced along the Danube and Neusiedler See approaches. Vienna area rail and highway links were cut as forces closed within miles of the Austrian capital.
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LUONUDUN
U.P
Red Army
Bratislava
Slovakia
Vienna
Stalin
Rodion
Malinovsky
2nd Ukrainian
Austria
Greater
city
Wiener Neustadt
Betefell
Feodor 1
Tolbukhin
Neunkirchen
Glogenitz
Vienna-Venice
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Semmering Pass
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Teitha River
Baden
Weim
Prejvoz
Danube
Neusiedier See
Parndorf
Bruck
Tolpukhin
Canadian cow wins global dairy laurels in record season
Fort William Times Journal reports Donecrest Peg Top Burke, a Canadian cow, as the world’s top milk and butterfat producer. With twice daily milking, she yielded 21 935 pounds of milk and 1 108 pounds of butterfat in a year, averaging 3.47 per cent. Her output exceeded 15 tons of milk, highlighting Canada’s dairy prestige.
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LAURELS Fort
William Times
Canada
Donecrest Peg Top Buree
secord
Doncrest
Peg Top Burke
Navy minister reports Royal Canadian Navy war gains
Ottawa reports Navy Minister Macdonald delivered a box score of wartime Royal Canadian Navy successes. Submarines destroyed 22, submarines probably destroyed eight, submarines probably damaged seven. Surface vessels sunk 44, severely damaged 26, captured one.
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OTTAWA
Macdonald
the
commons
Royal Canadian Navy
Uganda Joins Pacific Fleet in World War II
Uganda the Royal Canadian Navy first cruiser joins the British Pacific Fleet. Commanded by Capt E. R. Mainguy of Duncan British Columbia the Uganda is among veterans with service in Sicily Italy Normandy and North Atlantic. Cmdr Hugh Mullen and Mainguy hold Empire orders and have been mentioned in dispatches. Chief Stoker David Williams earned the DSM for submarine action.
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SYDNEY
Australia
Cable
H.M.C
Uganda
R. Mainguy
Duncan, B.C
Canadian fighting services
Mmvasio
Sicily
Italy
Normandy
Mainguy
Cmdr
Hugh Mullen
Oakville
Ont
Order of the
North Atlantic
Stoker
David Wiliams
Victoria
Eagles Nest Falls to U S Forces in Germany
American troops of the 80th Division cap a rock hewn mountaintop complex once used by Hitler for strategy. The eagle's nest at Zandeheim near Bad Nauheim contains 1000 air conditioned chambers and three miles of rock corridors. Hitler spent much of 1940 there as plans for conquests were formed.
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EDWARD D. BALL
GERMANY
Hitler
France
Zandeheim
Bad Nauheim
Ziegenhain
Two Cruisers to Head Naval Force for Pacific War
Canada’s naval plan for the Pacific states the force will be more than token. Navy Minister Macdonald said two cruisers, Ontario and Uganda, will operate in Pacific waters with Canadians filling naval roles. Two aircraft carriers may be added, with flying personnel from the British Fleet Air Arm.
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Canada
Macdonald
Pacific
Royal Canadian Navy
Ontario
Uganda
Belfast
British
Fleet Air Arm
Canada Eyes Full Pacific War Force Plans Outlined
In Ottawa April 4 Parliament debated war appropriations as Navy Minister Macdonald outlined Canada will send a substantial Pacific force. The Uganda is already in Pacific waters, with the Ontario cruiser possibly joining plus aircraft carriers and destroyers and frigates expected to follow. Prime Minister Mackenzie King may brief on general dispositions in the Pacific theatre.
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UAWA
Mackenzie King
commons
Canada
Pacific war theatre
King
Pacific
Dominion
OTTAWA
Royal Canadian Navy
Navy
Macdonald
defence
Uganda
Ontario
Patton Races On As Ruhr Trap Tightens
Allied armies reach the Weser and Ems rivers pushing through shattered German lines within 48 miles of the North Sea and 38 of Hannover. US 3rd Army bursts into Thuringia. French capture Karlsruhe. US 7th Army nears Nuernberg and Würzburg. British 2nd Army races toward the North Sea. Canadian forces threaten Arnhem and the Zuider Zee. Berlin front within reach as Kesselring’s pocket narrows. high casualties and encirclement reported.
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ARIS
Weser
Ems
North Sea
Hannover
United States
Thuringian plain
Germany
middle Europe
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Karlsruhe
Baden
Rhine
United States 7th Army
Black Forest
Nuernberg
Wuerzburg
lower
Franaawio
Montgomery
Holland
Arnhem
Zuider Zee
England
Dempsey
Osnabrieck
Ruhr
Am Oreat Sth
Wannover
Elbe
KESSELRING
1st
3th
Canucks Enlarge Canal Bridgeheads Near Zutphen
Canadian forces widen bridgeheads over the Twente canal and push toward the Ijssel river. British and Canadian units under Gen Crerar move along the Neder Rhine opposite Arnhem while reports say Canadians may have reached Zwolle and trap up to 90,000 Germans in western Holland.
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Holland
U.S
Berlin
Gotha
ROGS MUNRO
twente Comat
Zutphen
Ijssel river
Crerar
Neder Rhine
Arnhem
Ijsselmeer
Zuider Zee
IJssel
Westervoort
Faris
Zwolle
Tisselmeer
49th
Arnhem Island
British food contracts signed in Ottawa for 1946
In Ottawa dated April 4, Agriculture Minister Gardiner announced three British food contracts signed yesterday by Col J J Llewellin. The deals cover bacon and hams for 1946, eggs on a new basis, and beef volumes with price parity to prior years. Benefits and bonuses across provinces were discussed, with proposals mirrored in Ontario and considered in other eastern provinces.
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OTTAWA
Gardiner
house of commons
J. J. Llewellin
Canada
delver
Marx Senn
Haldimand
Gargainer
E. E. Pericy
Qu'Appelle
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Alberta
War Services Minster LaFleche
board of governors
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Prince Albert
Gravelbourg
Edmonton
GBC
UBC
Joan Diefenbaker
Lake Centre
Diefenbaker
CEC
Kesselring Believed Trapped in Ruhr Pocket In Germany
April 4 report says Field Marshal Kesselring may be trapped in the Ruhr pocket between U S forces' 1st and 9th Armies in Germany. The pocket reportedly holds 120000 to 150000 Germans, with the possibility he could be evacuated by air, though Allied air and gun power along a 10 mile perimeter raises hazards.
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U.S
GERMANY
Fiest
Kesselring
Ruhr
west
last monch
Tinta Marshal von Hundstedt
Lethbridge Board of Trade Pitches Alberta Coal Use at Calgary
A brief from the Lethbridge Board of Trade to the Canal coal commission urges coal processing plants to produce synthetic oils plastics dyes and textiles. It traces coal mining history from 1868 Nick Sheran to today and notes a four to six foot seam with about 800 hoge cog tories. The witness Harold G. Long presented the history and field applications Wednesday in Calgary.
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Lethbridge Board of Trade
Canal coal ‘commission
Calgary
Lethbridge
Nick Sheran
Harold G. Long
Royal Commission on coal
Dominion of Canada
Nova Scotia
Vancouver Island
Old Man river
Argentina signs acts of inter American conference in Mexico City
Mexico City on April 4 reports Argentina signed the acts of the inter American conference. The ceremony formalized commitments among member nations and charted cooperation steps for regional issues.
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MEXICO CITY
Argentina
3000 Planes Hit Germany in Allied Bombardment
United States heavy bombers estimated at 1400 to 3000 aircraft attacked Kiel and Hamburg submarine yards and airfields across northern Germany. British Lancasters hit Nordhausen. Mosquito planes bombed Berlin and Plauen. Churchill met the king on the eve of a Commonwealth conference.
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LONDON
U.P
United States
ams
onermany
Kiel
Hamburg
Germany
Nordhausen
3rd Army
Kassel
Berlin
Plauen
air ministry
U.S. sth cir
Kielwaid
Netherlands
Allied Forces Drive Deeper Into Germany from West Front
In a widening push, Canadian troops reach Zutphen as 90,000 German troops are believed encircled in Holland. British forces seize Osnabrueck and Muenster while Ninth Army clears Hamm and American units close on Ruhr pocket estimates. Seventh Army reaches Aschaffenburg and nears Nuremberg. French seize Karlsruhe.
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21st ARMY GROUP
Tisxelmeer
Holland
Zutphen
Osnabrueck
Muenster
9th Army
Hamm
U.S
Ruhr
Gotha
Czechoslavikix
Berlin
Kassel
Sth
Seventh Army
Aschaffenburg
Wherzburg
Nuernberg
Karlsruhe
Civil War Reported in Vienna and War News Across Europe
The Stockholm Morgen tidningen reports civil war breaking out in Vienna. Soviet broadcast claims all of Hungary freed of Germans and Tolbukhin’s forces near Vienna. Kassel falls to U S Third Army, ending Nazi control of an air and tank hub. British and Canadian patrols cross the Neder Rhine near Arnhem then withdraw. U M W A urges Dominion fuel board to regulate coal industry for Carroll commission. April storm wrecks Lakehead area with five inches of snow as coats and rubbers return.
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VIENNA
NEW YORK
Stockholm
Morgentidningen
HUNGARY
LONDON
ailso
Tolbukiin
Baden
KASSEL
U.S
Germany
NEDER RhtINE
HOLLAND
C.P. Cable
Neder Rhine
Arnhem
DOMINION FUEL BOARD
U.M.W.A
CALGARY
C.P
United Mine Workers of
lakenead sréa
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India
Natural History Society
Auk
the American ‘Ornithologists’ union
American Airlnes
Dayton
Ohio
JOURNAL of the Bombay
HM.C.S
R.C.N
Army Force For Pacific
Pacific title
Pacific service
R.C.AF
Scen
Pacific Area
Patton
Rennie te
ange Reuters
Lister hand die vision
Canucks
LaFleche
CBC
Winnipeg
prairies
Coal Inquiry
Nicholas Sheran
North West Territories
Canadian Historical Sites Board
Galt Gardens
Great Falls
Fort Benton
Montana
old Fort Calgary
Canadian Pacific Railway
Duyn
CHURCHILL
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