Heligoland Blasted by Massive Explosive Breakup Operation
April 17 Heligoland prepared for Operation Big Bang the planned detonation of over 6000 tons of high explosive to destroy German fortifications including warship pens coast batteries and underground tunnels. Journalists and 200 former German sailors observed the staggering setup as shells mines and warheads were staged for the blast with observers unsure of the exact outcomes.
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Heligoland
SEAGHAN MAYNES
Reuters
Bikini
North Sea
Heligo Island
Kiel canal
Flaming Texas City Peacetime Parallel to Bombed Plosesti
Over Texas City on April 17 Hal Boyle reports a stark peacetime contrast to wartime bombing. The fire ruined the industrial district while residential areas remain, with winds possibly carrying the blaze. Dozens of raw oil tanks burn amid widespread destruction and raging smoke rising to three thousand feet.
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HAL BOYLE
TEXAS CITY
Texas
Proesti
esaital
Wallace Likens British Labor Gov to Roosevelt Cabinet
London April 17 Henry A Wallace former U S vice president said Britain s Labor government has moral and spiritual strength equal to the Roosevelt cabinet in the early New Deal He plans a tour of Scandinavia and France and regrets not seeing a fuller Conservative viewpoint A letter signed by 111 MPs including Labor and rebel MPs praising him for promoting Anglo American understanding and world peace was handed to him before he left The signers amounted to about one sixth of the Commons and included socialist rebels and one of the two Communist members
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Britain
Roosevelt
Scandinavia
France
Wallace
parlament
Labor M.P.s
house of commons
Break deadlock over Austrian D P s report
Moscow April 17 The four power council failed to break a deadlock over re transfer of displaced persons from Austria. The United States Britain and France rejected a Soviet demand that the displaced be expelled within six months after the Austrian treaty takes effect. Marshall urged processing about 500000 displaced in line with UN resolution. Vishinsky said UN action did not apply to Germany and deniedMarshall’s charge of veto. The council also heard Yugoslav demands to yield southern Carinthia to Yugoslavia and discussed German assets and demilitarization proposals. Two sessions were planned amid predictions of limited progress toward an Austrian peace treaty.
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MOSCOW
council of foreign ministers
Austria
United States
Britain
France
Marshall
United Nations
Andre
Visninsky
Molotov
U.N
Germany
Vishinsky
U.N. general assembly
CARINTHIA
Yugoslavia
marning son
Edvard Kardel
Belgrade
Porelen
Karl Gruber
Gruber
Russia
Hardell
Smoje Simic
Butter Price Hike Possible on May First
Ottawa report from April 17 notes a likely 10 cent or more rise in retail butter prices if the butter fat subsidy is dropped April 20. Agriculture Minister Gardiner told the Commons that dairy price changes would be announced shortly before May 1 and no reduction in farmer returns is planned from May 1. Retail ceilings vary, with butter currently around 44 to 46 cents per pound. cheese and other dairy products may also rise.
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OTTAWA
commons
Gardiner
joerous
tannisters
Quiet and tense in Holy Land after Acre executions
In Jerusalem and surrounding areas a curfew was partially eased with vigilance remaining high as Jewish underground threats loomed. A hunger strike by about 100 prisoners at Acre followed the executions of four Jewish militants. Transit of 2552 uncertified Jewish immigrants from the Guardian proceeded to Haifa, while a death toll rose with Menahem Samet, 28, among the injured dying in hospital. A London bomb scare stirred fears of reprisals linked to Palestine events.
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JERUSALEM
Palestine
Acre
Holy Land
Haifa
Cyprus
Menahem Samet
Guardian
Tel Aviv
Haifg
Petah Tikvah
LONDON
csutaiper
Charing’ Cross
British Overseas Airways opens London Montreal run
Montreal reports the first commercial BOAC flight from London to Montreal landing at Dorval with 20 passengers after 12 13 p m local time. The Constellation Rangoon II flew 15 46 hours with stops at Shannon and Gander, setting a record for the Montreal to United Kingdom crossing. The party included 25 merchant seamen and five Canadian newspapermen returning from a second Atlantic crossing in 68 hours. Flight Engineer Murray McHeffey of Vancouver and Montreal was the only Canadian in the crew.
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MONTREAL
British Overseas Airways Corporation
London
Dorval
lme
Shannon
Gander
New York
United Kingdom
Mureray McHeffey
Vancouver
Little hope for King's recovery in Copenhagen
Copenhagen April 19 207 King Christian X aged 76 remains ill after a heart attack on Easter Sunday with little hope for his recovery. The ailing monarch has been under close medical care as officials monitor his condition and provide updates on his status.
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COPENHAGEN
Christian X
Oil Storage Tanks In Path Of Flames
Governor Beaufort Jester declared a state of emergency in Texas City as explosions and fires continued. Fire crews fought remaining flames and officials reported utilities returning, while the Red Cross listed hundreds dead or embalmed and thousands injured. Clouds of smoke rose as new tanks were threatened and spray planes were planned to ddt the area.
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Texas
XAS CITY
Tex
A.P
Beauford Jester
Texas City
Austin
J. R. Hill
tn Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Hill
Red Cross Revises Texas City Toll To 400 Dead
The American Red Cross reported 400 known dead in the Texas City Texas explosions, revision from earlier figures. An estimated 260 to 375 are believed killed, while about 3,000 injured remain the same. The update followed a recheck of information from Red Cross workers in Texas City and John C. Wilson, Midwest area manager.
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Clarence Quinn
J. C. Trahan
Red Cross
WASHINGTON
American Red Cross today
Texas City
Tex
national
John C. Wilson
St. Louis
Control Bill Is Approved By 125 To 43
OTTAWA April 17 The Commons approved the omnibus wartime controls bill by a 125 to 43 vote after a lengthy second reading debate. Opposition by Progressive Conservative and two Quebec independents. ministers and backers argued for continued controls while critics warned of a police state and inflation if controls end too quickly.
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OTTAWA
Cummons
house
Progressive Conservative party
Quebec
John Diefenbaker
P.C
Lake Centre
St. Laurent
Isley
Progressive Conservative
Diefenbaker
C.C.F
Ross Thatcher
C.CP
Moose Jaw
Wiam Bryce
Canada
T. J. Bentley
Swift Current
Prices Board for the control of
Milch Sentenced To Life In Prison For War Crimes
Field Marshal Ehard Milch was sentenced to life in prison for drafting slave labor into Germany's aircraft factories and using POWs in the armament industry in violation of laws of war. Defence counsel said an appeal was planned. Milch, 55, heard the verdict in the same room as Nazi leaders previously tried.
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MERNBERG
Ehard Milch
Germany
Robert M. Toms
United States
hich
Luftwaffe
Milch
Hermann Goerinz
Privy Council Criticized Over Quebec Debate
April 17 Quebec assembly resumes debate on a bill to abolish all rights of appeal to the Privy Council. Albert Lemieux argued the council, as constituted, tends to favor the Dominion government over provinces, urging action to end what he called its tutelage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
QUEBEC
Quebec legislative assembly
Albert Lemieux
Beauhare Nols
privy council
srf
Dazed and weary citizens stunned by twin blasts in Exas City
Eyewitness recounts a massive explosion at 1 a.m. and another blast 13 hours later in Exas City. Debris and crumpled steel filled streets as searchlights scanned the night. Smoke blanketed the area while oil refinery fires flared, trapping and injuring hundreds.
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WILLIAM C. BARNARD
EXAS CITY
Tex
Aj i
High Flyer
World Agreement on Wheat Sought
London reports unfulfilled pressure for a world wheat price accord as three large exporters led by the United States push for a five year deal while importers demand four years and resist a $1.80 ceiling amid price fears and potential continued free market sales.
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LONDON
International wheat conference
United States
Britain
Importera
Halifax Blast Recalled In Extra Editions
Halifax readers recalled the Dec 6 1917 Halifax explosion that tore through the north end, killed more than 1 500 and remains the era’s worst man made calamity. The Mont Blanc carrying TNT collided with Imo in Halifax harbor producing a massive blast.
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HALIFAX
Texas City
Imo
Mont Blanc
Zachar Guilty in Petras Case Remanded for Sentence
Michael Joseph Zachar of Minneapolis and formerly of Lethbridge was found guilty of manslaughter in the Petras case. A six member jury convicted him of unlawfully slaying Matthew Petras, a 62 year old Lethbridge coal miner, in 1941. The verdict came after one hour fifty eight minutes of deliberation with two recalls for explanations. Chief Justice W. E. Howsen presided at the Alberta Supreme Court trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Joseph Zacher
Minneapolis
Lethbridge
W. E. Howsen
Supreaman Court of Alberta
Zachar
Matthew Petras
Feronte man pleads guilty to manslaughter in court
Lorne Edward Allen age 25 of Feronte pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the May 26 1941 death of 62 year old Matthew Jett a coal miner of Lethbridge. He was remanded until Friday afternoon at 2 o clock for sentence.
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Lorne Edward Allen
Feronte
lawson
clear ples
Matthew Jett
Lethbridge
Verdict Delivered in Zachar Case at Trial
The verdict was delivered erect as Chief Justice Howson surrounded by a calm courtroom. Foreman Robert Lethbridge and Chef Stes Howe reported Zachar guilty after a 15 minute jury deliberation. The convicted Zachar will be remanded until Friday at two, while Mrs. Catherine Petras attended the court as the widow of the man Zachar was convicted of singing. Police Constable George Harvey of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police testified to the incriminating confession.
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Robert Lethbridge
Stes Howe
Zachar
Catherine Petras
Zacharies
Gillurn
Howson
George Harvey
Toronto
F P. A. Beocdnibh
Royal Canadian-Mounted
Edmonton
Allen
ovesanes
Bodies recovered of two Canistom residents from Hes Lake
Royal Canadian Mounted Police disclosed the bodies of Jack Elthen and Ryerson Christie, both Canistom residents, were recovered from Hes Lake south of Magrath. They drowned last October when their boat capsized after deck sheeting failure during a fishing trip. An intensive search had previously proved futile.
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ROMBOSS LAKE
Jack Elthen
Ryerson Christie
Canistom
Hes Lake
Magrath
Royal Canadian” Mounted Police
BARNWELL
Thursda
C.P.2
CANADA
OTTAWA
C.FJ
Moscow
geSling
Germany
LAKE SUCCESS
Capaga
United Nations atomic energy commbcion
N.Y. TIMES AND LIFE
CHURCHILL
LOSDON
APJ
Winstein
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EVELYN
S. N. Behrman
New Yorker
Evelyn John St. Loc Strachey
Oxford
Beck
New Deal
D.P
BO ALC
DOUGLAS AMARON
Mpeco
W. H. Boucher
Goose Creek
Teyas
DAZED AND
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Erie
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