Canadians Subscribed Record Victory Loan Total
Canadians subscribed a total of 74,276,150 dollars in the Sixth Victory Loan bonds, $6,000,000 above the Fifth drive. Objective is 1.2 billion, with rapid reporting and strong overseas army participation cited. Notable purchases include Shawinigan Water and Power Co. and Royal Trust among others. Alberta and coast reports show broad support.
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UAWA
C.P
national war finance committee
Dawson
Whitehorse
Yukon territory
tme
Fort Nelson
B.C
mary-Ann Dearrivel
martin
lynx
munk
fox
Medicine Hat
Alta
Fit
Alan G Fairless
R.C.AFP
Britain
Edmonton
Alberta
Calgary
Victory ponds
navy
HM.C.S. Kings
Northwest Atlantic Command
Shawinigan Water and Power Co
associated companies
Brotherhood of Railroad
Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co
New Brunswick
J. B. McNair
London Life Insurance Co
Huron and Erie Mortgage Corporation and Canada Trust Co
Canadian Celanese Limited
Canadian Konaak Co. Ltd
Royal Trust
Yanks Grab Vital Atoll
American forces have occupied Ujelang atoll in the western Marshall Islands, overcoming light Japanese resistance. The base lies just north of the Caroline Islands, 264 miles northeast of Ponape and 644 miles from Truk, with a military government proclaimed the same day. The move raises U.S. control to 21 atolls in the Marshalls.
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WASHINGTON
Ujelang atoll
mid-Pacific
Marshall Islands
United States Navy
Caroline Islands
Ponape
Carolines
Truk
Ujelang
Marshalls
Fresh Allied troops reported to pour into Anzio beachhead
The German controlled Vichy radio said fresh British and American troops continue to pour into the Anzio beachhead in Italy. It noted disembarkations are ceaseless while a preparatory lull persists.
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LONDON
CP -Reuters
Vichy radio
Anzio
Italy
Vesuvius Outburst Wrecks Allied Planes
Naples April 25. Nearly half of 70 Allied airplanes swept by lava and rock dust in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius were wrecked beyond repair. Allied headquarters announced today.
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NAPLES
Mount Vesuvius
Allied
The Left Hand Corner Birds In Britain The Fighting Gurkha
A study traces British bird lore and teaching methods, citing The Fighting Gurkha and Russian knowledge of English as influencing factors in regional perceptions and language learning.
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Britain
Cathedral of St John the Divine Gifts Include World Art Treasures
The New York Cathedral is the epicopal bishop’s chief church in a diocese of about 200 parishes and missions. Its granite, glass, and art come from visitors and patrons, including a Raphael canvas, Barberini tapestries, a Czech crystal chandelier, Siam teakwood cabinets, a Hungarian chalice, and a Swedish altar cloth. Two seven branched menorah candelabra, four tons each, gifted by Adolph Ochs, light the altar. signals a first in a Christian cathedral.
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New York City
Mona Gardner
Coronet
Epicopal
New York
Republic of
Czechoslovakia
Siam
Hungary
Sweden
Solomon's Temple
Adolph Ochs
Night and Day Bombardment of Nazi Heavy Areas Across Germany
Allied air forces hammered Nazi targets in the 11th day of a major skyway offensive. R.A.F. and Canadian night bombers, probably 1,000 strong, struck Munich Karlsruhe and Düsseldorf while Mosquito raids hit Dusseldorf and Paris rail depots. The German radio claimed bomber activity over southern, western, and southwestern France as the raid reported well concentrated. The attack followed 3900 Allied bombers and fighters on Monday targeting Munich Friedrichshafen Priesti and Belgrade, with 152 planes downed in air battles and 49 wrecked on ground.
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LONDON
C.P
Germany
R.A.F
Munich
Karlsruhe
Dusseldorf
Hitler
Flench
Dussele
Chambly
Paris
air ministry
arlsruhe
RAF
Britain
Italy
Fredrichshafen
Bucharest
Priesti
Belgrade
St Bernard Dog Tops Parapooch At Maroc Army Base
Major the 130 pound St Bernard at MAROC ARMY BASE in Cal aims to aid stranded personnel by parachuting from planes. He has made seven high altitude jumps with a regular parachute and wears a specially fitted oxygen mask, per Col Ralph A. Snavely.
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MAROC ARMY AIR BASE
Cal
St. Bernard
army
Ralph A. Snavely
Nine Die In Army Plane Crash In New Hampshire
Nine bodies were recovered from the wreckage of an army plane that exploded after crashing into Delight Mountain on Monday. Officials at Grenier Field said ten men were known to have been aboard the craft.
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EPSOM NH
Delight mountain
air transport command
Grenie Field
Tax deadline extended for quarterly income tax payments
Ottawa April 25 Revenue Minister Gibson clarified that taxpayers using a quarterly instalment plan may pay until August 31 without interest on any additional tax beyond what was estimated. The extension covers those on the quarterly plan and pay-as-you-go filers alike. The previous deadline was April 30. A separate note confirms charter voting provisions for prisoners of war and a proposal to publish party manifestos for overseas voters.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Gibson
the
commons
commons committee
Dominion
Jules Castonguay
Cardston Woman Harriet Bradbury Dies At 87
Mrs Harriet Bradbury, a long time Cardston resident who came from England in 1909, died this morning at 87. She was predeceased by her husband in 1935 and is survived by a daughter, Mrs Elmer Ainscough of Woolford, and a son, Bradbury, of Vancouver. Funeral arrangements are not completed.
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Prom
CARDSTON
Harriet Bradbury
England
Bradbury
Elmer Ainscough
Woolford
Vancouver
Day In Parliament Report And Debates In Senate
The Canadian Press notes the House of Commons will study the standing orders report while the Senate sat yesterday. Prime Minister Mackenzie King outlined the government's legislative program amid sharp debate over payments to Miss Helen Doherty. War Services Minister LaFleche's aide questioned lump payments to Doherty. LaFleche cited four overseas representatives as highly recommended. The Senate did not sit.
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house of commons
committee on
senate
house
Mackenzie King
Helen Doherty
War Services
LaFleche
G. K Fraser
Peterborough West
Doherty
Ottawa session debates long legislative trail and salaries
In Ottawa on April 25 the Commons opened with talks on a long legislative trail ahead and salaries for women workers. Finance Minister Ashton pledged a budget early in May while Prime Minister Mackenzie King promised housing family allowances farm price support export credit guarantees war assets and health insurance or old age pensions. Health measures and air transport board reforms were planned as the session forecast to end no earlier than August. The house reviewed standing orders and examined the Canadian Legion educational services for servicemen as part of war services programs. War Services Minister LaFleche announced $1,162,000 this year for Legion courses for armed forces members and POWs.
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OTTAWA
commons
Asley
Mackenzie King
house
Canadian Legion
war services department
King
London
G. Hansell
Macleod
LaFieche
Reds Smash Nazi Attack Near Lwow and Sevastopol
Moscow reports a Red Army counteroffensive west of Kubno driving Germans from two localities. Over 400 Nazis killed. 37 German aircraft destroyed near Sevastopol as battles widen. Soviet air force bombards Sevastopol port and rail yards, while transports and small craft are sunk or damaged.
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MOSCOW
Red army
Kubno
Lwow
Carpathian
Stanislaxon
E&xcept
Redair
Sevaswpol
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Romanian
Berlin
Lnow
Four-Motor Bomber Crashes in Downtown Montreal
A Royal Air Force four engine bomber plowed into old brick homes in downtown Montreal killing at least 12 people and possibly rising to 15. The crew of five perished. The crash collapsed 14 houses in a block bordered by Shannon Smith Colborne and Ottawa Streets near Bonaventure station. Victims include Edgar Forget of Farnham and Montreal Constable Philippe Le Mieux.
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MONTREAL
Royal Air Force transport command
United Kingdom
Poland
rus
school for
Shannon, Smith, Colborne
Ottawa
Canadian National Railway
Bonaventure
Edgar Forget
Farnham
Que
Philippe Lemieux
C.P
British Tanks Attack Japs Near Kohima Front
British 14th Army tanks and infantry push toward Kohima on the Assam Burma front. Dive bombers harry retreating Japanese HQs while artillery pounds concentrations. Allied losses tally over 4,900 Japanese killed around Imphal since the offensive began. Mountbatten reports an Imphal roadblock cleared and British forces advancing to restore the Kohima Imphal link as cautious contact with the enemy continues.
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KANDY
Ceylon
Kohima
hur
Assam-Burma
Imphal
India
Louis Mountbattens
Kohime
Jats
Kohima Imphal
Chhrul
Bishenpur
Silchar
Ottawa to Direct Army Doctors to Areas Needing Them
Health Minister Dr W W Cross said Ottawa is drafting agreements with Dominion and provincial governments to place army doctors in rural municipalities without practitioners. The Dominion has no objection to Alberta making similar agreements, with provinces covering equipment and traversing expenses. Alberta already has Municipal Districts Act provisions for rural medical services.
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EDMONTON
W W . Cross
Dominion
Ottawa
Cross sid
Alberta
Yanks and Dutch Sweep Inland After Hollandia Capture
Allied forces closed in on three airfields in a 350 square mile Dutch New Guinea area after landing at three beachheads near Hollandia. Air power, naval gunfire and dive bombers aided the advance while heavy mud slowed movements. At Aitape, a smaller force secured Tadji field as fighting continued around surrounding airstrips.
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CYATES McDANIEL
Associated Press
New Guinea
Dutch New Guinea
Hollandia
Aitape
Chester W. Nimnits
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Mindanao
Munlin Spencer
Tanahmerah Bas
Humboldt Bay
Holjlandia village
Asahel Bush
Tadji arfield WEWAK
Hollandia village
Pim
Tami
Lake Sentani
Cyclops field
Japanese trap tightens around Chenghsien in China
Japanese shock troops close the pincer around Chenghsien, with fronts narrowing to less than 15 miles. Chinese high command reports bloody fighting across Chenghsien area and northern Henan as Japanese push from Lunghai and Peiping Hankow lines. Chinese counterattacks claim hundreds of Japanese deaths and destruction of an artillery company.
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CHUNGKING
Chenghsien
Yellow river
Lunghai railway
Minsien
Peiping-Hankow
Lunghai
Chenghsen
Hulao Pass
Lovang
Henan
Lunghal
Jungyang
British Cost-of-Living Up 29 Percent And Rising
London reporters record Sir John Anderson stating personal incomes in Britain rose by about £600 million over 1942 while stabilization expenditures kept cost of living at 39 percent above pre war and rising. He warned the index may reach 30 to 35 percent above pre war, not 25 to 30. He cited tax shifts, subsidies, and the need to sustain stabilization through transition to peace, noting wage growth outpaced inflation by 1 percent. Canada’s aid to the UN was praised as Ottawa pledged further support.
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LONDON
John Anderson
house of commons
Britain
John
Kingsley Wood
house
Sir John
Axis Troop Losses Accumulate Across Southern Russia
News bulletins report over 500,000 Axis troops killed or captured in southern Russia over 42 months, with Sevastopol shrinking and heavy raids on Munich and Karlsruhe. British Indian forces take Kangiatongbi near Imphal, while Japanese push on Chenghsien. Dominion coal royal commission formation advances. Montreal plane crash yields at least 12 dead and multiple injuries with search for additional victims.
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LONDON
Russia
Moscow radio
Crimean
Sevastopol
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COF
Cape Breton South
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fwo
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National Wartime Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company of Canada
United Automobile Workers of America
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Liberator
Wewak
Madang
Wewak-Hansa Bay
Geelvink Bay
CANADA
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