Battle for Berlin nears climax in Russian advance
The Paris radio Japan news agency and Associated Press report Soviet forces drive deep into German territory. Seelow and Wriezen fall as Russians penetrate toward Berlin, with Muencheberg and Bucken about 18 miles east of the city.
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BERLIN
Lethbridge Herald
LEIPZIG
U.S
CZECH
Paris
Associated Press
ONDON
Transocean
today
Seelow
Wriezen
Forst
Neisse river
MAMAX
Karl Bluecher
Muencheberg
Bucken
Neisse
Cottbus
Spree River
Spremberg
Bautzen
Dresden
Chemniitz
Surplus Coal Stocks Sent From Drumheller and Lethbridge
Eight hundred tons of coal are being shipped from Drumheller and Lethbridge mines to Ontario. W. J. Taylor of Calgary, regional allocation officer for the coal controller, said 400 tons come from surplus coal stocks at Drumheller and Lethbridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDMONTON
Drumheller
Lethbridge
Ontario
W. J. Taylor
Calgary
Reindeer Antlers as Youth Tonic At Issue Across Nations
The piece surveys reindeer antlers powdered as pantokrin or pantocrine and their claimed tonic and heart stimulant effects. It notes Russia and China trade, Canada’s three farms totaling over 9,000 head, and limited U.S. development with no importation for medical use. It cites Dr. Hadwen and Dr. South on climate, supply, and safety concerns.
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Russia
China
Nortl America
pantokuin
Seymour Hadwen
Walmer Road
Dominion government
Canada
Hadwen
Alaska
Richard’s Island
Husna
American Medical Association
Chicgo
Austed Bouth
Council of Pharmacy and Chemistry
U.S
Smith
Dr. Gershaw New Senator Appointment Push in Ottawa
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced 12 new senators and seven cabinet ministers as part of a late night reshuffle before leaving for the World Security Conference in San Francisco. Three more senators were named, leaving three vacancies in the upper chamber. Names include Capt. Brewer Robinson of Summerside and Hon. F. W. Pirie of Grand Falls.
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OTTAWA
Mackenzie King
San Francisco
senate
C.P
King
Brewer Robinson
Summerside
P.EL
Canadian Legion War Services
London
Eng
F. W. Pirie
Grand Fails
N.S
New Brunswick
George Percival Buchill
South Nelson
N.B
Senate vacancies persist with six more appointments pending
The senate still shows six vacancies with appointees named including Charles Bishop 69 parliamentary press gallery veteran Hon T A Cierar 68 former resources minister W H Taylor 55 from Scotland Ontario former chief R government whip Dr F W Gershaw 62 Medicine Hat Thera] member for Medicine Hat J P Howden 65 St Boniface Manitoba Liberal member for St Boniface C E Ferland 63 Joliette Quebec Liberal member for Joliette L Assomption Montcalm Vincent Dupuis 56 Longueuil Quebec Liberal member for DR GERs haw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
senate
Charles Bishop
parliamentary
T A Cierar
W H. Taylor
Scotland
Ont
F W. Gershaw
Medicine Hat Alta Thera
Medicine Hat
J P. Howden
St. Boniface
Man
C. E Ferland
Joliette
Que
Joliette-L’Assomption- Montcalm
Vincent Dupuis
Longeueil
Churchill Plans Joint Warning on German Atrocities
Prime Minister Churchill said a solemn warning to Germany over prison camp atrocities is being prepared for signature by Churchill Stalin and Truman. Foreign secretaries in Washington and the leaders will issue the warning to hold the responsible to account. A parliamentary delegation will visit Eisenhower to verify findings at camps including Weimar.
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LONDON
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Truman
Washington
Vyscheslav Molotov
Russia
Edward Stettinius
United States
Anthony Eden
Britain
tme
Eisenhower
Weimar
Buchenwald
Holland Faces Catastrophe and Allied Front Floods
The report cites dire warnings as Holland braces for catastrophe while Germans endure new floods. The dispatch notes shifting fronts on the Eastern front about 14 to 20 miles from Ederswalde, the Western front about 45 miles from Tangermuende, and the Italian front around 530 miles from Menate.
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Holland
Ederswalde
Tangermuende
Menate
Nazis Blow Up 300 Yard Dike Holding Back Zuider Zee
German forces blew a 300 yard dike at the Zuider Zee south of the Amsterdam peninsula causing 20 to 30 miles of countryside to flood. British and Canadian units pushed along the Grebbe line and toward Amersfoort while Canadian armor reached Harderwijk. RAF ships were sunk and damaged as German evacuation chances were discussed, with movement noted along the Dutch coast and toward Emden.
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ROSS MUNRO
C.P. Cable
Holland
Zuider Zee
Amsterdam
R.AT
Cresar
Utrecht
Grebbe line
Amtersfoort
49th West fading
Yorkshire
Grehoe line
Veenendaal
Amersfoort
Apeledoorn
Harderwijk
Nuld
Germany
west Holland
Netherlands
Freisian Islands
Emden
Zuiderdee
RAF
South Alberta Medical Man Named to Senate
Dr Fred William Gershaw of Medicine Hat is named to the Canadian Senate to fill the Edmonton seat vacancy after the death of Eng Griesbach. Born April 11, 1888 in Manitoba, he practiced medicine in Medicine Hat since 1910 and led a city clinic since 1927 following 12 years on the local school board.
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Fred William Gershaw
Medicine Hat
Senate of Canada
Kins
Ottawa
Eng Griesbach
Edmonton
Alberta
Gershaw
Buchanan
Lethbridge
Dan E Riley
High River
Michener
Rea Deer
Sweator Wodl Aacuier
A Blas
atamerson, Man
Theodore Gershaw
West
Manitoba University
Canada
senate
jhat
Baseball scores from American and National Leagues
Baseball results show Boston 3 New York 4 in the American League and Chicago 8 Cleveland 2 plus Detroit 0 St Louis 0 in progress. In the National League Philadelphia 2 Brooklyn 2 and St Louis 2 Chicago 2, New York 5 Boston 6.
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Boston
New York
seeehinigtany
Philadelphia
Detroit
St Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
Brooklyn
Germans Told Not To Scuttle Fleet
London reports Allerdt supreme headquarters warned German merchant seamen not to heed Nazi orders to scuttle ships. Britain said Germany must rely on its own fleet for outside supplies and that no Allied shipping would be available for German needs. Eisenhower's name was used in a broadcast.
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LONDON
Allerdt supreme headquarters
See Changes FOR Cabinet See Changes FOR Cabinet
Roosevelt era cabinet reshuffle rumors surface as Truman eyes new heads in labor and agriculture. Potential labor pick Sen Hartey Kilgore faces AFL/CTO acceptance. Wickard to depart with Marvin Jones and Boutéau among possible successors. Byrnes not expected to return to Washington after rest in Spartanburg.
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JACK BEEL
WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
Truman
labor department
Perkins
Sen
Hartey Kilgore
W. Va
Sen Kilgore
CTO
AFL
Wickard
Marvin Jones
court of claims
Boutéau
war mobilization office
Trumans
Hutson
James FP Byrnes
STETTINIUS
Byrnes
Spartanburg
Fairbairn Named Judge South Alberta District Court
Fairbairn named to the Alberta bench with four other appointments to the Exchequer Court of Canada and Alberta appellate and district divisions. The new judge, born in Napanee Ontario, served in World War I and was wounded twice, with family ties in Victoria BC and Saskatchewan.
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Fairbairn
South Alta
District Court
USTAWA
Mackenzie King
Alberta
exchequer court of Canada
Gerald O'Connor
Edmonton
puiane
Harold H. Parlee
Supreme Court of Alberta
Clinton
Ford
Calgary
Southern Alberta
Kalipairn
Lethbridge
Alta
judicial district of
district court of
JUDGE FAIRBAIRN
Napanee
Ont
A G. Fairbairn
Saskatchewan
Victoria BC
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles
the
Royal Flying
British advance nears Hamburg as Leipzig and Ruhr fall
The 1st American Army reports the capture of Leipzig the fifth German city and the Ruhr pocket seized by the 5th Army. British forces close on Hamburg from the north within six miles while reaching the Lower Elbe on a 20 mile front. A German foray from Stendal involved 1000 men with two tanks penetrating the British sector briefly.
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Hamburg
Palnis
United States
Leipzig
Germany
Sth
Ruhr
Lower
Elbe river
Stendal
iselat
German Civilians Cheer U S Troops Into Leipzig
American forces from the 2nd and 88th Infantry divisions breached Leipzig’s last strongholds and began clearing snipers. More than 20 000 prisoners have been taken and over 1000 88 mm guns captured as the city center and key refuges were secured.
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DON WHITEHEAD
LEIPZIG
Germany
Leiperg
Russians Reach Hoyerswerda and Nuernberg Fronts
Wartime dispatches state Russian forces reached Hoyerswerda 31 miles northeast of Dresden and 55 miles from American lines near Kemnitz. U S troops fully entered Nuernberg, crossing the Regnitz and clearing about half the city. Reports also note German casualty records captured and Polish forces aiding the advance toward Berlin.
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LONDON
Hoyerswerda
Dresden
Kemuvitz
BEART
NUERNBERG
1th
United States
7th Army
Regnitz
SAALEFELD
Germany
AITLEE
MONTREAL
ICPJ
Clement Attice
Britain
Labor party
wir
San Francisco
Maj
Atties
U.S
12th ARMY GROUP
Reuters
Walter Darre
food and agriculture
Prussia
NEW YORK
Warsaw
Oder
Neisse
Berlin
Federal Communications Commission
PILSEN
PARIS
Bef
Cucheslovakia
Bad Elster
Karlspad
D.N.B
ire
Prague
Skoda
Filscm
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SETH
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aune
Estatione
Apr
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Toronto
Dr. Gershaw
Leipsic
U.S. 1st Army
Saxony
Canadian Press
South Alberta
SENATOR GERSHAW
L, E, FAIRBAIRN
Napoleon
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