War hits Marianas as Eniwetok falls in Pacific drive
Allied air power blasts the Marianas including Saipan and Tinian amid reports of possible naval bombardments. Separately, Alberta Treasurer Solon Low unveils an $24.27 million deficit budget for 1945 with no new taxes, a revenue rise driven by liquor profits and motor vehicle licenses.
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Charles McMurtry
Associated Press
EARL HARBOR
Mariana Islands
Japan
Marianas
Truk
Tokyo
Eniwetok atoll
Marshalls
Mariana
Tanoag harbor
Saipan island
Tinian
Saipan
PARRY ISLE FALLS
Eniwetok
atoll
Parry Island
Nimitz
DMONTON
C.P
Solon Low
Alberta
treasury branch
Low
No New Taxes or Increases In Agriculture Revenue Decline
Mr Low reviews province finances and main industries noting grain yields drop to 271,444,000 bushels and total grain value at 174,788,000 while overall agricultural value falls to 343,891,800 from 366,351,000. Coal output plunges to 1,300,000 tons though coal value rises to 23,585,000 due to higher prices.
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Low
Canada
Smoke Thick Over London During First Daylight Alert
London faced heavy smoke and a rare daylight air alert as German night raid planes and reconnaissance flights over the capital preceded a fourth raid in six nights. RAF and anti-aircraft defenses responded as thousands of incendiaries and high explosives caused deaths and damage, many fires kept in check within hours.
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LONDON
C.P
hae
RAF
France
R.A.PF
Pilot Boat Camperdown Blown Aground in Halifax Harbor
The 108 ton Camperdown pilot boat with undisclosed crew and pilots was blown aground on Thrum Cap reef in Halifax harbor while a large steamship ashore in Bedford Basin. All aboard the pilot boat were rescued. the larger vessel’s fate was unclear. The situation prompted page three continuation.
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HALIFAX
C.P
Thrum Cap reef
Bedford Basin
Statue marks memory of world’s biggest cheddar cheese
A statue unveiled in Lanark County near Perth commemorates the giant 22 000 pound Mammoth Cheese once showcased at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It was formed from 207 200 pounds of milk by 12 factories, weighed 28 feet around and six feet high, and required 200 tons of pressure. The display boosted Ontario dairy prestige during a peak decade of production and export.
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Lanark County
Ontario
Toronto Telegram
Chicago
London
England
C.P.R
Perth
Lanark County Cheese Producers’ Association
Canada
Two Airmen Meet Death at Vulcan
Prom Our Own Correspondent reports two R.C.A.F. student pilots were killed near No 19 GFTS Vulcan when their training planes collided in flight at 4 pm Wednesday. Both were solo flyers and members of a class due to graduate March 9. Next of kin notified. names to be released later.
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Prom
VULCAN
R.C.AF
No. 19
GFTS
Western New Britain Falls in Allied Hands in Pacific Campaign
Allied headquarters announced that western New Britain is under Allied control after a campaign begun December 15 with landings at Arawe and Cape Gloucester. Around 7,000 Japanese troops were killed as U S marines and army troops secured the area west of a Rotock Bay to Arawe line.
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ALLIED
Southwest Pacific
New Britain
United States
Arawe
Cape Gloucester
Rottock Bay
hill 660
Rabaul
Lakunai
Rapopo
NEW IRELAND
Last Of Old Time Harpoon Makers Dies
Edward R. Cole of Fairhaven Massachusetts dies at 84 after a career as shipsmith and last harpoon maker from the whaling era. Born to a family of harpooners he learned the trade from his father and followed the craft until retirement ten years ago.
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FAIRHAVEN
Mass
Edward R. Cole
England
Dutch Jurist Dies in London at 77
Dr. Willem Roosegaarde Bisschop, 77, renowned Netherlands jurist and authority on international Roman and Dutch law, died in London on Wednesday. He was son of the former president of The Netherlands East Indies supreme court.
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LONDON
Willem Roosegaarde Bisschop
Netherlands East Indies supreme court
Raid Gotha Schweinfurt in Fifth Day of Aerial Offensive
American heavy bombers hit Gotha's aircraft factories and Schweinfurt ball bearing works as part of a five day assault on German air power. British Typhoons and American Marauders joined the raid with RAF and Dominion fighters in support, described by the communique as a record breaking offensive against German fighter plants.
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W. W. HERCHER
Associated Press
LONDON
Gotha
Schweinfurt
Reich
Germany
Berlin
R.AF
BONSPIEL Finals Set For 7:30 PM With Fliers And Herald Winners
Finals in the Gas Company and Lethbridge Herald bonspiel start at 7:30 PM. Regular 12-end games. Gas Company finalists: Harry Scott's Fliers Calgary and the Stewart Calder winner from the 3 PM draw. Herald trophy finalists: T Anderson versus Rose winner and Staples versus Price from the 3 PM draws.
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Lethbridge Herald
Harry Scott’s
Fliers
Calgary
Stewart
Results 7 AM Thursday Herald Stapies and More
Results listed for 7 AM and 9 AM and 11 AM Thursday across multiple events. Notable scores include McConachie 3, Price 10, 20th Battery 6, Rose 9, McIvor 7, Eaton's Myers 9, Farenholz 8, Dickinson 9, Gunning 2, Ellison and Anderson 6, Nunn 6. Subsequent times show McKay 11 Greenway 8 Axelson 12 Row 8 Trimble 8 Bowie 7 T Anderson 12 Hood 10, Haimes 11 Blaxall 9 Walker 7 Rea 6. At 11 AM Scott's Fliers 10 Crow 8 D L Anderson 8 Miller 7 T Paterson 16 Dewar 9 Kerr 12 Morrison 4 Stewart 11 Ros 3 Nunn 10 Ross 9.
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Herald Stapies
McConachie
Price
20th Battery
Rose
McIvor
Drowned RCAF Crewman Lorne Dixon Identified in Nova Scotia
YARMOUTH NS February 24 RCAF officials report Lorne Dixon a 21 year old Victoria BC crew member of an air force crash boat drowned accidentally here last Friday. His body was recovered Saturday Dixon a motor mechanic in the marine division of the RC AF was believed to have fallen while reaching the wharf from his boat which had put in to weather a storm No witnesses to the accident
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YARMOUTH
N.S
R.C.AF
Lorne Dixon
Victoria
B.C
air force
Dixon
marine division
R.C. AF
Allies Halt Nazi Rushes On Anzio Front In Italy War Update
Allied forces on the Fifth Army sector repulsed German probes west of Cisterna and southwest of Carroceto while artillery disrupted attackers. Bomber and fighter operations over Steyr and the Austrian plant area inflicted losses, with Allied aircrews downing 32 enemy planes. Lieutenant General Carl A. Spaatz visited Mediterranean air operations to discuss ongoing coordination with British efforts.
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Richard G. Massack
Associated Press
APLES
A.P
5th Army
Anzio
Cisterna
Carroceto
Austria
Stayr
Italy
Yugoslavia
air command
Steyr
Soviets Take City Of Dno In Baltic Front News
London dispatch reports Nazi evacuation of Dno the last east Baltic base as German and Red Army clash in bitter street fighting for the fortified city. Other Soviet forces push near Pskov while Rogachev and Gomel area evacuations press back Nazi lines as casualties rise. Continued on Page Three.
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LONDON
C.P
Berlin radio today
Dno
Baltic
Pskov
Moscow
Baltics
Rogachev
Gomel
Berlin
Slavs Tie Up Rails In Yugoslav Fight Near Ljubljana
London Feb 24 Yugoslav Partisans derailed a train near Rakek paralyzing traffic on the Trieste Ljubljana line for two days. In another action the 1st Partisan Brigade beat 600 Germans at Nova Mesto, while a garrison between Kamnik and Sostanj northwest of Ljubljana was wiped out by Tito’s forces.
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LONDON
Trieste
Ljubljana
Rakek
Josip Broz
Tito
Adriatic Sea
Slovenia
Nova Mesto
Zagreb
free Yugoslav radio
Kamnik
Sostanj
Tite
Battleship Gneisenau Lying in Gydnia Port
Air reconnaissance reports the 26 000 ton German battleship Gneisenau with bows and gun turrets dismantled in the Polish port of Gydnia. No repairs have been attempted in the last 18 months, according to the air ministry.
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LONDON
Gneisenau
Gydnia
air ministry
Bombing Britain and Allied Actions Sweep Across Europe
Nazi bombing strikes London for the sixth night as rescuers seek victims. U S heavy bombers from Italy hit Steyr Austria for the second day. A large U S Marauder force strikes Germany and Holland, hitting Deelen Leeuwarden and Gilze Rijen. U S casualties total 157 365 with 36 005 dead. Stalin reports Regachev taken and a Baltic gateway bastion captured. Argentine war minister allegedly resigns signaling possible cabinet collapse.
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LONDON
C.P
U.S
ITALY
AUSTRIA
NAPLES
A.P
United States
Steyr
9th Air Force
Britain
Europe
Germany
Holland
Deelen
Arnheim
Leeuwarden
Gilze-Rijen
WASHINGTON
Robert Patterson
U.S. army
STALIN
Marshal Stalin
Regachev
Pskev
Baltics
MONTEVIDEO
Buenos Aires
Edelmire Farrell
cabineh
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nape
Kusal
Carolines
Nissan island
Victory
education department
strategic air force
Nazi Germany
Brunswick
Oder
vepa PERRALALY
New Britain Falls
WESTERN
Eaton’s
Myers
Farenholz
Dickinson
Gunning
Ellison D. L. Anderson
Nunn
Mediterranean theatre
Carl A. Spaatz
Mediterranean
OTTAWA
MacKinnon
house of commons
Wheat Board
house agriculture committee
E. BE. Perley
P.C
Qu’Appelle
the
commons committee on
Hughes Cleaver
L. Halton
house
ARMY
Stanley Knowles
C.C.F
Winnipeg North Centre
commons
T. C. Douglas
Weyburn
Knowles
Defence
Ralston
Alfred Bence
Saskatoon
Bence
Mitchell
SOVIETS
Gdynia
Teer
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