Half Berlin Held By Reds
Soviet forces closed around Berlin as Stalin announced complete encirclement. Zhukov and Konev linked up northwest of Potsdam. German reports said the city faced isolation with key railway lines cut and Elbe reached northwest of Dresden. Berlin described as a wreckage while defenders fought stubborn amid subways combat.
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Berlin
Stalin
C.P
Marshal Stalin
Hamburg
Gregory K. Zhukov
Ivan Konev
Potsdam
Moscow
Unter Den Linden
Red Army
Elbe
Dresden
Americanus
Americanus stood on theulde ‘Titer, east of Leipzig, and 20 miles from the Elbe
Riesa
Torgau
Ketzin
Canadians Clear Entire Dutch North Sea Coastline
Canadian Press war dispatch reports 18th Canadian Army troops reach Oudedijk and Nieuwe-Sehans near the Dutch German frontier as Gen Crerar’s forces seal off the North Sea coast to the Ems estuary. The 4th Canadian Armored Division deepens the East Ems canal bridgehead with 500 yards advance and a 1,009 yard widening by infantry amid house clearing.
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WILLIAM BOSS
O.F. Cable
Spijk
Ems
Oudedijk
North Sea
Nieuwe-Sehans
Paris
Crerar
Holland
Ems estuary
north Holland
Ems River
Oldenburg
Eusten Canal
Canada
1st Armored
Toronto Council Debates Loose Dogs And Pound Increase
A Toronto city council meeting tackles the loose dogs problem and raises dog pound fees from $2 to $3. Aldermen clash over a proposed official dog catcher while references to safety and nuisance concerns frame the heated debate.
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Ald
Shannon
Toronto
Innes
Rowntree
Phillips
Timmins
C. N. Boyd
Moscow
Ydaho
atterier
Houde Will Lead Party
Speculation swirled in Quebec about the June 11 federal election as new groups form and a possible lead candidate slate emerges. Mayor Camilien Houde announced plans to run and to lead a provincewide movement, while P. J. A. Cardin kept silent amid rumors. Houde, formerly jailed for breach of Canada regulations, said he is not a member of any party.
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MONTREAL
Uneup
Quebec
P. J. A. Cardin
Camilien Houde
Toude
Montreal St. Henry
J. A. Bonnier
defence of Canada
Canada’s Eighth Victory Loan Subscriptions Reach $142 Million
Ottawa reports total subscriptions to the Eighth Victory Loan at $142,851,750 with $75,066,450 in yesterday purchases as the three week drive continues toward a $1.35 billion goal. The national war finance committee notes the day’s total lags the seventh loan’s second day mark and the cumulative figure trails the prior campaign. Alberta sees strong two day sales totaling $8,252,000 with 11,429 purchases. General canvass shows 20 percent of the objective reached in Alberta and 17 percent overall. British Columbia Yukon sales reach $9,978,350 for 15 percent. Continue on page three.
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OTTAWA
Canada
national war finance committee
F. E. Osborne
Alberta
General canvass
armed forces
B.C.Yukon
World Leaders Begin Great Task At Frisco
Representatives of 46 nations assemble in Frisco to draft a new constitution for a world organization aimed at preventing future wars. Prime Minister Mackenzie King urges focus on creation of the body, not on premature stand on issues, as UK Deputy Prime Minister Attlee notes modern weapons raise urgency. President Truman will address the opening session via radio, outlining limited but vital aims of shaping lasting peace rather than settling postwar boundaries. The Dumbarton Oaks draft process guides the talks toward two related approaches for a preventive international order.
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FRANK FLAHERTY
SAN FRANCISCO
League of Nations
Paris
United Nations
Mackenzie King
tthe
Clement Attlee
Britain
United Kingdom
TRUMAN
P.D
Dumbarton Oaks
Minesweeper Guysborough Torpedoed in Atlantic Losses Shown
Ottawa reports the Canadian minesweeper Guysborough torpedoed in the North Atlantic with 53 missing: five officers and 44 men. Thirty seven survived, eight injured. One officer and one rating from the British Navy among the missing. Survivors reached a Royal Navy port. attack details scarce.
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OTTAWA
North Atlantic
Guysborough
Navy
Abbott
Germans Fall Back In Italy
Allied forces push north of the Po in Italy as the 5th and 6th Armies advance past Bologna and Modena. Thousands of prisoners, including two generals, are taken amid intense fighting. The 19th American Mountain Division gains a foothold beyond the Po while Ferrara and La Spezia fall to Allied forces.
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ROME
Sth
Montova
Bologna
Alps
8th Army
6th Army
Modena
Ferrara
La Spealo
Ligurian
Ferrata
Sti
La Spezia
RAF Lancasters Rain Massive Bomb Strike On Berchtesgaden
British and American aircraft attacked Hitler's Berchtesgaden complex using six ton earthquake bombs and deep penetration ordnance. The raid targeted Hiller's chalet, the U r U.S. barracks, and the Kehlstein summit fortress atop a mountain near Berchtesgaden. It is unclear if Hitler was present. escorts included RAF and U.S. fighters as the operation continued.
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C.P
R.A.F. Lancasters
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
eagle's nest
Kehlstein mountain
Latae ONDON
Ene CIBIEL
Alpine lair
Fuehrer
Tirpitz
Britain
air ministry
Hiller
U.S
RAF
United States
British Commando Held At Dachau Camp
April six report from Flossenburg describes Cal Jack Churchill, famed British Commando, captured while with Yugoslav Partisans, transferred to Dachau. U S troops freed 1,600 political prisoners. camp nine miles northeast of Weiden. Survivors and 12,500 others reportedly starved or killed since 1938.
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FLOSSENBURG
Germany
United States
Cal
Jack Churchill
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Dachuy
Weiden
Red Vanguards Not Yet Sighted By 9th Army
NEW YORK April 25 CBS correspondent Howard K. Smith reported from central Germany that Red Army vanguards south of Berlin have not been sighted by U S troops and no wakeup is expected on this front today.
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NEW YORK
Berlin
CBS
Howard K. Smith
Germany
U S Third Army Advances Near Austrian Border
Paris dispatch reports U S Third Army within 18 miles of the Austrian border and 79 miles from Berchtesgaden as Americans together with Seventh Army push toward a corridor to seal off Czechoslovakia. The Danube front strengthens with the 11th armored division reaching near Haibach, 18 miles from Austria, amid a broad Allied push toward Munich.
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PARIS
United States
Berchtesgaden
Czechoslovakia
7th
Fresich Ist
long
enn
Munich
2rd
Danube
Germany
Haibach
Austria
Russians request delaying three power Berlin join announcement
The Daily Mail reports that the Russians have asked that the formal three power declaration of joining forces with the United States be postponed until the occupation of Berlin is complete. The note, dated April 25, notes the suggestion amid ongoing Allied plans in the area.
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ONDON
C.P
The
Daily Mail
Berlin
Emden Coastal Guns Open Fire On Allied Advances
Giant coastal guns at Emden swung inland for the first time on a large scale to shell Canadian and Polish forces advancing from the south. The bombardment signals a major escalation from the northwest German naval base as Allied troops push toward the Austrian border.
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EMDEN
CANUCKS
Reuters
NEW YORK
Basel
BBC
CBS
MESSOLINION
Vittorio Mussolini
Duce
Switzerland
Rome
Zurich
AUSTRIA
U.S
ith Armored
United States 3rd Army
Germany
B.C
VANCOUVER
C.P
S.C
ALBERTA
EDMONTON
Social Credit Association of Canada
Salem Low
Social Credit
SAN FRANCISCO
A.P
United Nations
Coumminar Molotov
Russia
Secrutory Stetuetm
Reem
Eritab aml
China
Soong
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whaler
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Mimsy Carley
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