Reds Reach Danube Bend
London dispatches report Ukrainian Army punching a hole in German defenses west of Vienna and Soviet armor near Krems Melk within sight of the Vienna border. Moscow says Vienna occupation nearly complete as red forces press toward Linz and Berchtesgaden. A major tank battle unfolds as Ukrainian and Tolbukhin forces push to link with Malinovskys units north of the capital.
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LONDON
Vienna
Moscow
anderlin
Krems
Melk
Berechtesgaden
Bratislava
Vienna-Bruena
LINZ
Berlin
Bavaria
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Greater Reich
Danube
Lundenburg
Bruenn
Brno
Ivan
Malinovsky
Feodor
Tolbukhin
Czechoslovakia
Carpathian Mountains
Allies Cross Elbe Toward Berlin as 3rd Army Advances
United States Ninth Army tanks crossed the Elbe and moved 57 miles toward Berlin as 115 miles of open plain lay to the east. Plans to reach the Brandenburg Gate by tomorrow night hinge on German tank shifts. Reports claim parachute troops may have been dropped near Brandenburg. The U.S. Army neared Leipzig from Saxony and noted American tanks near Halle, with 12 German tanks destroyed nearby. German accounts list multiple cities fallen and the Saale river crossed as operations continued.
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U.S
9th Army
Berlin
Elbe river
Brandenburg gate
eastpen Senn
EEE AL USSA
Brandenburg
LEIPZIG
United States Int
Saxony
Halle
Denny Shipyard Pioneers and Early Aviation Legacy
The Left Hand Corner notes the centenary of William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton, builders of the first Marjorie streamer on the Thames and the early Dover crossing vessel. The firm advanced measured mile trials, mild steel shipbuilding, cellular bottoms, an experimental helicopter, and now collaborates with Blackburn Aircraft Company, shaping future civil aviation. The piece also recalls Rev Francis Cosgrave and a Redemptorist priest’s escape from Manila, hiding under an altar after a brutal massacre.
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William Denny and Brothers
Dumbarton
London
Ottawa Journal
Thames
Straits
Dover
Denny's
Torquay
Froude
Blackburn Aircraft Company
Clydeside
CW. L. Clark
Windsor
Francis J. Cosgrave
Manila
David
Saul
Father Cosgrave
Left Hand Trophy Race at Buck Page Meet
A fragment notes timing of the left hand event at the Buck Page meet with unclear details and scattered text artifacts. No clear competitors or outcomes emerge from the readable portion.
Provincial bond issue matures with sinking fund safety
Edmonton officials say a $750,000 provincial bond issue maturing April 15 will not affect the general public as it is held in the sinking fund. The issue, subscribed in 1940, is earmarked for general revenue and covered by securities in the sinking fund.
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EDMONTON
treasury
Italian Push Progressing In Italy Front Line Gains
Allied forces push across Santerno river barrier as British Eighth Army fights heavy German resistance. American troops aided by Italian partisans seize Carrara, extending momentum near Massa on the west coast. Gen Clark says final battles for liberation have begun but warns coordinated action not yet ready.
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ROME
8th Army
Santerno
Carrara
Seno river
Bth
Massa
Sth
Italy
Clark
federal communications commission
50,000 HOUSES PLANNED IN POSTWAR BUILDING PROGRAM
Ottawa reports in a White Paper tabled in the commons that 50,000 housing units will be released for construction in the first full postwar year after the end of the war in Europe. Materials and equipment will be directed to communities with available workers, with grants for slum clearance and financing to ensure well located, properly managed housing at low rentals.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Europe
Howe
President Roosevelt Dies at Warm Springs
The White House announced that President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage at 3:35 p.m. CDT at Warm Springs Georgia. Born January 30, 1882 he was 63. Elected in 1932 and inaugurated in 1933, he served 12 years and one month, with Truman set to succeed him as president.
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WASHINGTON
C. P
White House
Roosevelt
WARM SPRINGS
Franklin D. Roosevelt
C.D.T
United States
Truman
Canadians Drive Flat Out toward North Sea coast
The 2nd Canadian Division, advancing through northeast Holland toward the North Sea, has covered 22 miles in 15 hours and is now at Bellen, 25 miles south of Groningen. Groningen is 18 miles from the coast. liberation of about 30 towns followed, as the division nears the Polish 1st Armored Division and moves between the 2nd Division and the Ens river. Opposition was light, with cheering crowds as Kangaroo armored troop carriers transport Quebec and western Canadian troops.
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ROSS MUNRO
C.P. Cable
Holland
North Sea
Bellen
Groeningen
Netherlands
Ens river
Quebec
Canadian NRMA men front duty and draft status shifts
Parliament notes disclose that of 1705 NRMA men reaching the front by March 31, 1651 retained draftee status leaving Britain. Earlier, 238 draftees to front by Feb 28 showed only one volunteering for general service. March saw 1467 NRMA men go front, 53 converting to general service ranks.
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OTTAWA
Douglas Abbott
Defence
McNaughton
commons
N.R.M A
Britain
Abbott
NR.M.A
Election Date In July
Ottawa April 12 Canadian Press staff writer Frank Flaherty reports MPs focus on postwar economic reconstruction and veterans rehabilitation after Munitions Minister Howe delivered his report on the munitions and supply department. Howe promised a reconstruction statement for today as debate stretched. Leader Gordon Graydon urged longer sessions while Prime Minister Mackenzie King resisted without assured completion by Saturday.
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Mr. Knowles
Karl Homuth
P.c
Waterloo South
OTTAWA
A.D. McRae
P.C. British Columbia
senate
J. W. deB. Farris
British Columbia
San Francisco
McRae
Farris
Canada
Empire
J. H. King
F.C.W. OTTAWA
Germany
Mackenzie King
commons
A. H Bence
Baskatoon
Howe
munitions and supply department
Teadhers
Gordon Graydon
Mackenzie Ring ward
Graydon
Unconditional Surrender Policy Stands Says Churchill
London reports Prime Minister Churchill affirmed that the Allied policy of unconditional surrender for Germany remains in force despite General Eisenhower suggesting Europe could end without a single total capitulation. Churchill added the policy allows piecemeal surrender and is not limited to wholesale surrender, countering Labour questions in Parliament.
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LONDON
Churchill
Germany
Eisenhower
Europe
Rhys Davies
Labor
house of commons
Georgic Salvaged and Transformed into Troop Ship
London reports the Cunard White Star liner Georgic, gutted by fire and sunk in the Suez Roads three years ago, has been salvaged and rebuilt into a premier troop ship after a trial run, announced by the Ministry of War Transport.
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LONDON
Cunard
Georgic
Suez
ministry of war transport
Allied air raids pound German targets in four theaters
British and American air forces report heavy raids across Germany. American pilots strafed fields near Leipzig, destroying 74 aircraft and damaging 18 after exhausting ammunition. RAF Beaufighters and Mosquitos set several German vessels afire off Norway while raids on Nuernberg and Bayreuth caused large fires. Total enemy planes knocked out in five days climbs to 915 with 112 more destroyed in recent operations.
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LONDON
U.S
Leipzig
Berlin
R.AB. Monquites
RAF
coastal command
Norway
Holland
1st tactical air force
Nuernberg
Bayreuth
air ministry
Ontario to vote on June 11 in Ontario election
Premier Drew announced the Ontario general election will be held Monday, June 11 after a cabinet meeting lasting about an hour and 15 minutes. Writs for the date were issued and regulations made for overseas and Canadian active service voting. A detailed method of voting would follow in a later statement as the cabinet resumed its meeting. The day included a Ottawa visit by Attorney-General Blackwell.
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TORONTO
IC.P
Drew
Ontario
Canada
cabnet
Queen's Park
OFTAWA
Ottawa
Blackwell
Road to Berlin positions from fronts reported
Eastern front 32 miles from Zeltin, Western front 57 miles from near Magdeburg, Tislian front 331 miles from Lake Comacchio, as reported by The Canadian Press.
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Zeltin
Magdeburg
Lake Comacchio
Liquidate Hitler and Nazism, given death blow
Associated Press War Analyst Dewitt Mackenzie reports London heard an unconfirmed tale of Hitler’s possible beet red fate and a Nazi split with Himmler contending. He cites U.S. Army Chief Marshall and a British spokesman describing Hitler as possibly still in control, while assessments argue the death of the Nazi leader would likely trigger a collapse of the Nazi state and war machine.
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HITLER
G.B
FUEHRER
DEWITT MACKENZIE
Associated Press
London
Gestapo
Himmler
foreign office
Ger. Marshall
U.S. army
senate military committee
Germany
Allied push across Germany heights momentum drives toward Bremen
In Week of decisive operations the Western Front reports 1st Army advances 22 miles beyond Deventer as Canadians, British push toward Bremen and Hamburg. 12th Army Group says US, 1st and 3rd Armies reach within 15 miles of Leipzig, 100 miles from Russian lines. South Army reefs Elbe crossing 57 miles from Berlin after a 50 mile dash. 6th Army Group notes American forces taking Schweinfurt and continuing mop-up across the area.
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Deventer
Aller river
Bremen
Hamburg
Leipst
city
Elbe river
Berlin
Ruslan
Schweinfurt
War cannot last much longer says Goebbels
The Nazi propaganda minister Goebbels told a Das Reich radio audience that the war cannot last much longer, claiming Germany has sunk very few Allied ships. Other dispatches report 36 men lost when the American tanker St Mihiel collided in an Allied convoy, and Allied troops reaching Vegesack 10 miles northwest of Bremen. Seeding advances east of Milk River continue with plans for broader activity by April 18. Moscow says Russian forces cut Viernes and Hielinen near Vienna Brucen, narrowing Vienna's sea approach.
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GOEBBELS
LONDON
C.P
eh jonger
VANCOUVER
Vancouver Sun
Kenneth Chandler
Vancouver harbor
Greenhill Park
Pier B
Chandler
NEW YORK
St Mihiel
BREMEN
Brussels
Vegesack
Weser
Coutts
C.E.B
WASHINGTON
Germany
LiFsisNES
DON
Apel
Viernes tad Hielinen
Vienna-Brucen
Moscow
Viennne
seeapt
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Bochum
Weimar
Saale
ACor
ITALLA
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
Canadian Pacific Railway
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Stanley Knowles
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