Russians Close on Vienna as Siege Tightens
Reports from London describe heavy shelling and Russian advances toward central Vienna. Russian forces reportedly reached Schoenbrunn Park and Franz Josef railway station while north and south sectors moved within striking distance of the Ring. Analysts caution on the Danube crossing and Vienna’s outer rail lines as the battle intensifies.
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LONDON
Viena
Schoenbrunn Park
eHapsburg
Franz Josef railway station
Danube
Franz Josef
Karlenberg
Vienna
Grinzing
Nittsdorf
Moscow
Klosterneuberg
areneld
ed Pframa
Aspernalt+ port
north bank
Prague
Modern Glass Marvels and a Burma Bridge Across Chindwin
The 1096 foot Bailey bridge in Burma spans the Chindwin River enabling rapid supply and communications. Construction by 500 soldiers took 43 hours with materials hauled from Calcutta over 300 miles and river–based assembly. Enemy air activity was limited with AA fire destroying one aircraft and damaging another.
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Chindwin
Burma
makine
cos
Calcutta
Myitna
King To Give Date Of Vote In 48 Hours
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the commons he would announce the election date within 48 hours after the current session ends. He urged swift adjournment, noting the process requires about two months to issue writs and polling day, with further two months to return writs and form a new parliament.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
commons
King
Gordon Fraser
P.C.Peterborough West
London Editor's Work Recognized
Arthur R. Ford editor in chief of the London Free Press was honored for his outstanding service to The Canadian Press during two years as CP president from 1942 to 1944. Senator W A Buchanan described Ford as a working newspaperman whose daily news contact aided CP's growth. A silver tea service was presented in appreciation, and Ford called the presidency the highest honor for a Canadian newspaperman.
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TORONTO
Arthur R. Ford
London Free Press
national news association
Canada
W. A. Buchanan
Lethbridge Herald
Ford
Paichanan
Paasikivi Seeks Continuation of Finnish Cabinet
Premier Juho K. Paasikivi has handed his government’s resignation to President Mannerheim. The radio reports Mannerheim asked cabinet members to carry on until a new government is formed.
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Finn
NEW YORK
Juho K. Paasikivi
Finland
Marschal Baron
Carl Gustav Von Mannerheim
Mannerheim
Premier King Names Frisco Delegation
Ottawa announces in the commons that a seven five delegation from the commons and two from the senate will represent Canada at the San Francisco world security conference opening April 25. King will head the delegation joined by St Laurent Morand Graydon Casselman Coldwell and others. Ballantyne declined for personal reasons.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
the
commons
senate
Canada
San Francisco
King
St. Laurent
J. A. King
Lucien Morand
P.C
Quebec
Gordon Graydon
Progressive Conservative
house
Cora Casselman
Edmonton East
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F
C. Ballantyne
Parliamentary News Bullets From Ottawa April Reports
Ottawa reports on King's delegation to San Francisco conference with Social Credit leader John Blackmore criticizing opposition exclusion. M J Coldwell of CCF seeks cross party cooperation for lasting peace. Tax delay discussion notes April 30 payments possible. large Victory Loan context. Agriculture Minister Gardiner tabled a letter opposing Major General Pearkes running against Nanaimo Liberal MP Alan Chambers in the next election.
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OTTAWA
CCR
M J Coldwell
CCF
Tiwaa
Pearkes
Nanaimo
tedius
Nazis Blast Dutch Dikes Threaten Meppel Pocket
Canadian forces on the 150 mile front from Arnhem to the Ems River report German positions split into two large pockets near Meppel and the Dutch coast. Flooding and rail lines cut escape routes for 60,000 to 80,000 Germans as armored patrols reach Meppel and Dutch towns brace for further action.
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ROSS MUNRO
U.P
Arnhem
Holland
Ems river
Germany
Meppel
Zuider Zee
Zwolle
Paris dispatch
western Holland
Groeningen
Amsterdam
Hotterdam
The Hague
Utrecht
Tissel
Emden
Wilhelmshaven
Last Stand in Norway Seen
The Norwegian government warned that about 200000 German troops would make a last desperate stand in Norway and urged Sweden to drop neutrality to rescue what can be saved. A Swedish-Norwegian Volunteer Association was granted permission to train 260 volunteers in Sweden. Reports note Sweden’s possible intervention and a Danish relief corps trained by Sweden is ready for duty, though Norway has not formally requested aid.
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LONDON
Norway
Sweden
STOCKHOLM
UPI
Noreway
Denmark
sail
hee
Norweg g
Road to Berlin distances listed for fronts
The article lists route distances to Berlin for three fronts: Eastern front 32 miles from Zeitin, Western front 128 miles west of Brunswick, and Italian front 146 miles from the Rene River.
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Eastern front
Zeitin
Western front
Brunswick
Rene River
CPR Plans $1.5 Million Acquisition in British Columbia
The Canadian Pacific Railway announces in its annual report issued over the weekend a proposed purchase of the Vancouver Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Company and the Great Northern Railway Company for 1,500,000 dollars. The deal covers the line from Princeton to Otter Summit in British Columbia, with service from Vancouver and Montreal.
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MONTREAL
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Princeton
Otter Summit
Vancouver
Victoria
Eastern Railway and Navigation Company
Great
Northern Railway Company
CPR
Blast Way To German Gold
United States 3rd Army engineers mined through a brick wall at the Merkers salt mine exposing a vast gold cache and art treasures captured by American troops. The haul includes more than 50 tons of gold bullion and hundreds of reichsmarks with other currencies. officials said Germany's entire gold reserve may lie there.
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EDWARD D. BALL
MERKERS
Germany
Crermany
Dr. Vieck
reichsmarks
Kesselring Likely To Make Stand Along Elbe
The Allied advance from the Rhineland pushes eastward as German resistance remains fragmented and weak. Field Marshal Kesselring, substituted by Hitler for Rundstedt, struggles with troops and materiel and hopes to slow collapse by delaying losses and possibly forming a defense along the Elbe. The Elbe would separate Eisenhower’s advancing forces from the Russians near the Oder as a final barrier.
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Marshal Kesselring
Hitler
Marshal von Rundstedt
Kraselting
fox day
offtehil
Hitler Youth Service
Lloc
Elbe
Hamburg Smashed by Second Great Air Attack In 24 Hours
Allied air forces launched a second major raid on Hamburg within 24 hours. RAF and USAAF heavy bombers dropped 22 000 pound bombs on U boat shelters and storage plants while other formations hit submarine yards near Hamburg and the Lutze n d orff plant near Leipsig. Allied troops pressed toward northern German cities including Hannover and Bremen within 50 miles of Hamburg and the Elbe.
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LONDON
Reuters
Lancasters
Hamburg
Germany
RAF
B.C.AF. heavies
ARIS
A.P
Holland
Netherlands
United States
Hannover
Bremen
Elbe
Magdeburg
Berlin
Brunswick
Luebeck
Pot Hole Coulee Dam Details Finalized at Regina
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration engineers met Regina to complete details for the Pot Hole Coulee dam near Magrath Alberta. The project, part of the St Mary Milk River water development scheme, aims to relieve water shortages with Alberta government support and rapid construction after a postwar design.
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Alberta
Leth
S. H. Hawkins
P.B.A
Swift Current
W. L. Fees
Calgary
A.kerson
seid mechanics
Saskatoon
will Eegina
Koenigsberg Capture Reported by Russians and War Briefs
Stalin announced the capture of Koenigsberg with 27000 prisoners, including the garrison commander. Krupp works at Essen found pulverized by RAF bombing. Fifty Canadians among British POWs at Dunkerque. Food talks delayed a week while experts prepare memoranda. Churchill term extension forecast. Pearkes and Merritt to run in Canadian elections. Conrad well to be shot to open the silica sand formation. pumping 225 barrels daily.
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KOENIGSBERG
LONDON
C.P.j
Stalin
NAZES DUNKERQUE
Reuters
Tuunkerque
France
war office
WASHINGTON
CONRAD
weils
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Lethbridge
CLETHBRIDGE
Sth
2nd Army
Batter City
Oder
Manchester Guardian
Red Queen
Alice
Denikin
Koltchak
Wrangel
Frisco
PARLIAMENTAR
Kesselring
DEWITT MACKENZIE
Associated Press
Rhineland
eneir
httle
BULLETIN
Paris
ing
9th Army
Ruhr
Essen
Dortmund
Geisenkirchen
P.F.R.A
POT HOLE COULEE DAM
KRUPP
Ninth Army
Krupp armament works
R.A.F
CHURCHILL VICTORIA
Winston Churchill
Britain
Alan Pitt Robbins
Times of London
MERRICT
COAST
G. R. Pearkes
C. C. Merrittt
Vancouver-Barrard
Toronto Telegram
Itawa
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