One Bomber Lost In Raid
RAF heavy bombers attacked Toulouse repair plants in southern France during a moonlit raid. The mission covered about 1000 miles round trip with only one bomber missing. also US fighters hit Berlin Munich areas and the Picesti oil fields in Romania. Mustangs claimed several ground kills with two Mustangs missing.
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ONDON
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Romania
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Pas-de-Calais
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RCAF
Bombers Down 44 Nazis in Priests Raid Over Ploesti
Allied air forces report heavy bombers and fighter escorts destroyed over forty four enemy planes during the Priests raid. rail yards and adjacent facilities near Ploesti were hit with bomb blasts igniting fires as German oil refineries suffered strikes. Yugoslav railway targets at Nis and Lesnovac also attacked in Balkan operations aiding the Soviet advance, with Rome and Bucharest named as key bomb targets and rail disruptions cited across northern Italy and the Balkans.
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Rumania
Germany
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Nis
Lesnovac
Yarosulia
Aes
Iman
Balkans
Ialy
John C Slessor
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Aled
Middle East
BUCHAREST
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Ploesti
Danube
Balkan
Sofia
Budapest
western front
Proest
Italy
Traly
Rome
Ceeint
Montalto
Three-Way Drive On Big Port Odessa Pushes In
Russian storm troops moved toward Odessa as Malinovsky's cavalry and light tanks pressed from three directions. German and Romanian defenders faced encirclement with Razelnaya and Strassburg falling, while Red Army forces struck along Lake Kuilnitzhi and near Kubanka. Heavy losses reported as bombardment and pursuit continued.
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Ovidepol
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Malinovsky
Razielnaya
Strassburg
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Kubanka
Red Star
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Tarnopol
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Moscow
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Solon Low Named National Leader of Social Credit
Solon Low provincial treasurer of Alberta was elected National Leader of the Social Credit Association of Canada at the three day national convention in Toronto. He won unopposed after Major A ukes of Saanichton withdrew, as the convention voted to form a Dominion wide political party. Low, born January 8 1900 at Cardston Alberta, has a long political career including the Alberta legislature and provincial treasurer role.
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Social Credit
TORONTO
C.P
Jon. Solon Low
Alberta
Social Credit Association of Canda
Low
Major A. Hukes
Saanichton
B.C
TIVE
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Calgary Normal school
University of Alberta
University of Southern California
Warner
William Aberhart
Vegreville
Left Hand Corner Fights at Peace Conference
In a St Thomas Times report heated arguments erupted at a peace conference amid discussion of British funding for colonies. The article notes substantial aid including a potential 190 million loan for ten years for development and various grants for Jamaica, Kenya, British Guiana, Gambia, and other colonies aimed at agriculture, soil conservation, education, and hydrography. Continued on Page Three.
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St Thomas Times
Jamaica
colonies
Orton Tewson
St Thomas
Times-Journalport
Ambush Japs Near Imphal
Allied forces report continued pressure along the Assam front north of Imphal with ambushes on roads north and west of the Indian base causing Japanese casualties. In northern Burma Chinese forces push south in the upper Mogaung valley toward Wahawng as air commandos destroy 24 Japanese planes at Aungkan airfield.
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Imphal
Burma
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Wahawng
Aungkan
Nagorn Sawarn
Moulmein
Drill 25,000 Acres Taber Laber Oilfields Joint Venture
Montreal April 6 British Dominion Oil and Development Corporation Limited announces a joint development agreement with Imperial Oil Company in Canada for 25 109 acres in the Laber oilfields in Southern Alberta. Each company bears 50 percent of drilling costs and shares equally in net production. Immediate drilling planned with spudding expected Saturday.
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British Dominion Oil and Development Corporation Limited
Imperial Oil Company
Canada
Laber
Soutern Alberta
a corporation
Imperial Oil
Norman Quits As Bank Head
London April 6 7 Montagu Norman has resigned as governor of the Bank of England and will be succeeded by Lord Catto. Norman born 1871 served since 1920 a record tenure in the bank's 250 year history. Lord Catto chosen by directors to succeed and to be confirmed at elections April 18. CaTo is 60 financial adviser to the treasury since 1940 began in a shipping office.
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Bank of England
Lord Catto
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Norman
Thomas Sivewright
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No Herald on Good Friday Bulletin for War News
The Friday edition will not be published due to Good Friday as a statutory holiday. Important war news will be bulletined as usual.
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Kidnap Plot Against McLean
Windsor crown attorney said police held definite information that an attempt to kidnap Harry McLean, a Merrickville construction man, might occur during his Windsor visit last week. He approved police guarding McLean after noting suspects in his hotel. McLean reportedly scattered $5000 in cash from his hotel window during the visit.
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McLean
Edmonton leader Henry W. B. Douglas dies at 71
EDMONTON April 6 For mer alderman and business leader Henry W. B Douglas aged 71 died in hospital today after a short illness in his 42 years residence here.
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Britain Moves To End War Time Strike Wave
London April 6 7 full minister Gwilym Lloyd George told the house of commons that strike action in war cannot be justified and the government plans a “big stick” to end stoppages in mining and shipbuilding. He warned the coal crisis is the worst since 1926 and said collective bargaining must not be weakened. Labor Minister Bevin authorized to outlaw unrest under Defence of the Realm Act as the government weighs extra powers to stamp out outlaw walkouts. Bevin vowed to round up strikers using wartime regulations as the fuel ministry reported 60 percent of works now operating while strikes have cost coal and exports. hundreds of thousands were idle in Yorksire and Belfast areas as readers resumed work in some yards.
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house of commons today
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Ernest Bevin
Yorkshire
Belfast
ceroe
Awe
Bevin
London Daily Mail
war cabinet
fuel ministry
Willkie Quits Nominations in 1944 GOP Race
Amid turbulent GOP clashes Willkie withdraws from the 1944 presidential nomination contest. Observers say he yielded the prize to Thomas Dewey, Newark, a rival he had distrusted, as Willkie’s influence waned while Roosevelt’s domestic policies faced critique.
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Willkie
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lade
Wilekie
United State
Allied Air Strikes Hit Wewak and Bevadym Base
Allied headquarters in the Southwest Pacific report U S Fifth Air Force planes raided Wewak New Guinea destroying 13 Japanese aircraft on the ground. Australians advancing toward Bevadym near Madang closed to within nine miles, while bombers claim to have destroyed 18 enemy fighters near a Truk air facility.
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Hollandia
United States
5th Air Force
waz
Wewank New Guinea
Wewak
Madang
Bevadym
South Pacific
Truk
Herald reduces newsprint to fit quota limits
The Herald reports ongoing newsprint economy measures due to quota restrictions in Canada and the United States. Despite fewer landmarks and smaller layouts, the paper pledges to continue delivering the same local and general news with tighter space and reduced headings.
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United States
Bombers hit Pas de Calais in second day raid
United States heavy bombers bomb the Pas de Calais invasion coast for the second straight day under fighter escort. In Asia, Indian troops reach Imphal after 21 days of action against Japanese with heavy casualties inflicted.
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France
Pas-de-Calais
ENDIAS
LMPHAL
NEW YORK
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Imphal
PIERCE
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Prince Lugen
Yugoslav Liberation Army
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Hastings
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