Dominion Provincial Conference Meets Aug 6
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the 20th parliament will meet Aug 23 and outlined post election plans. The Dominion provincial conference will open Aug 6 for a week, then adjourn for study of proposals. King and St Laurent to sign UN charter in San Francisco. Hours of civil service work reduced by a half hour. Visitors expected include Smuts Cranborne Soong. Appointment of Saskatchewan lieutenant governor due soon.
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Mackenzie King
Wing
Dominion
St. Laurent
San Francisco
Canada
Truman
Washington
Smuts
South Africa
Viscount Cranbourne
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T. V. Soong
China
Saskatchewan
Mayhew's total reduced in Victoria riding recount
June 21 official ballot tally in Victoria riding shows R W Mayhew Liberal candidate's margin trimmed to 364. Final figures list Sir Henry Drayton PC and M F Lougheed SCi among contenders with specific vote counts. 238 ballots were spoiled.
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VICTORIA
Sidney Child
R. W. Mayhew
Sir Henry Drayton
arou FC
M.D Biyce
M F
Lougheed
Parliament in Wartime London Moves to Shelter from Bombing
The article recounts how during World War II the British parliament faced heavy air raids and planned evacuation to Stratford on Avon. Parliament met in shifted locations including Church House and the Lords in the King's Robing Room after the 1941 London blitz, with meetings disrupted by further bomb attacks.
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Stratford-on-Avn
Shakespeare Memorial theatre
Lenedan
Landen
Church House
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Chinel
Ireland
house of comimens
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house of Lords
Kings Rabine
Quisling Taken From Jail to View Mass Grave Bodies
Norway's wartime leader Vidkun Quisling was pulled from jail to witness mass graves in Trandum Forest. He and accomplices were shown 90 bodies and then eight more graves were found as officials and guards conducted a planned yard-by-yard dig in the damp woods north of Oslo.
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Norway
Vidkun Quisling
Trandum
Quisling
wnen
dank woods
Oslo
Tax Problems To Dominate Dominion Provincial Meet
Ottawa June 21 The Dominion Provincial conference to meet Aug 6 will tackle how to equitably and efficiently divide Canada tax revenues between Dominion and provincial governments amid enlarged postwar expenditures. A prior 1941 effort failed as Ontario Alberta and British Columbia rejected the proposed basis. The conference also aims to plan wartime reconstruction full employment and social security with memoranda outlining objectives: assess postwar needs, outline policy lines, and allocate responsibilities across governments for financial and jurisdictional purposes.
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FRANK FLAHERTY
OTTAWA
Canada
Dominion
Ontario
Alberta
British Columbia
Ten Independents Back Government in Quebec Vote
A Canadian Press survey from Montreal on June 2 shows ten of the 15 Independents and Independent Liberals elected in Quebec will support Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s government. Five Independents, plus a few Trade Independents, remain undeclared or split, with one Conservative independent in the province, F. Heon, saying he will not oppose the government unless unforeseen events arise.
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MONTREAL
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Mackenze
Soullis
Ben
Arsonneautt
Bonaventurer
Wiltiid Garippy
Rivers
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Ge Fi
Heon
Arentenby
PGT
F D R Designed Own Tombstone
In New York on June 21 a white Imperial Danby marble tombstone cut to Roosevelt's handwriting will mark his grave in Hyde Park rose garden. A memorandum dated December 26, 1937 describing the stone was found among the president’s effects, Basil O’Connor’s office said.
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NEW YORK
Franklin D.Roosevelt
rose garden
Hyde Park
Basil O'Connor
Sign Peace Pact Monday
Canadian press report on a near complete charter for a new world peace league. Signing by the United Nations delayed to Monday afternoon amid Soviet request for three days to submit the final draft to Moscow. Truman to speak Tuesday. Canada and other delegates to attend. general assembly powers outlined in the draft.
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C. R. BLACKBURN
SAN FRANCISCO
Junich
world league
United Nations
Moscow
Russia
TRUMAN
Tate
praident
Secrtary
Stelling
Chympic
Wash
gagierd
United States
Mackenny King
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Canada
Maneada
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Miller Rites In Victoria Monday
Funeral services for Miller, a Saskatchewan lieutenant governor candidate, will be held Monday at Tarst United Church in Victoria. The Rev Wuerh A McLead pastor of the county will lead, with speakers including Themis Miller, Theyon Watson, and Mr Miller’s family in attendance at Royal Gok cemetery following the service.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
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Theyon Watson
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Canadian Pacific Army commander visits Kenyon Field en route to Vancouver
General Bert M. Hoffmeister, commander of the Sixth Canadian Division, and his chief of staff Colonel W. C. Dick visited Kenyon Field briefly before noon Thursday on their way from Ottawa to Vancouver. Hoffmeister plans a 30 day leave with his wife and daughter as he praised Canadian troops for their war efforts in Europe.
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Japan
Kenyon Field
Vancouver
Ottawa
Bert M. Hoffmeister
W. C. Dick
Toronto
Hoffmeister
Herald
Trans- Canada Airlies
Europe
Naval Volunteers For Pacific 32 000
Ottawa reports 32 000 volunteers for combat duty in the Pacific with 15 560 needed to fight ships and 8 500 in reserve. Total naval personnel target for the war against Japan is 37 000, with 10 000 surplus to home establishments and 5 000 from non volunteers. Demobilization and reallocation of manpower proceed as Pacific fleet is organized.
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Canada
Pacific butthe
Navy
Abbott
Japan
Montret
Povifie
Vancouver
Uginda
Pacific
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RCN
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Far East
End of Okinawa Campaign Declared by Nimitz
The Okinawa campaign ended 21 June as Admiral Nimitz announced organized resistance ceased. More than 90 901 enemy troops were killed or captured. Lt Gen Stilwell was named to command future operations of the 10th Army. Japanese defenses held until late in the battle with scarce ammunition and supplies, despite stubborn resistance.
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Associated Press
UAM
Okinawa
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
U.S. 19th Army
Japan
Adm
Nimitz
Stilwell
10th army
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Tegment
One Dead in Truck Auto Collision Near Okotoks
Calgary June 21 One woman is dead and six persons are in Calgary hospitals after a head on collision between a delivery truck and a freight lorry on the South Highway seven miles north of Okotoks at 10:20 p m Wednesday Mrs Marcel Bischell wife of Kashell merchant of Lhrone near Coronation Alberta died in hospital at 4 am today She had a fractured skull broken leg and other injuries In hospital also are Mrs James Bord of Calgary James Pebets Caleday Finest Blighes Okotoks Col Bricher hospital Corporal Hooper ROAP two sections and others The two wounded left for Calgary today Bureau of Police and Fire station attempted to identify missing passengers
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Okotoks
Marcel Bischell
Kasehell
ot ‘Lhrone
Coronation
Aire
lee
Caljary Tayertal
James Bord
Marcaret Pebets Cale eay
Finest Blighes Okotoks fy
Bricher hespal
Limit Rationing To 25 Farm Items
OTTAWA June The Prices Board announced starting July 1 rationing of agricultural farm machinery and equipment will be limited to 25 items still in short supply.
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OTTAWA
Equal Running Rights for Railways Urged at Milfort Board
Milfort Board of Trade urged the Hudson Bay Railway to secure equal running rights with Canadian National Railways in a national section resolution. The plea supports fair competition and accessibility for Canadian rail services in the region.
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H.B. Railway
MELFORT
Sask
Hudson Bay
Canadian National Railways
Milforp Board of Trade
Defeats King Edward Peru Vododeur Oo BF Candidate
In a tight vote among service personnel, Markenzh Kany loses to an acting candidate. The defeat signals a shift in leadership dynamics within the party and highlights tensions surrounding the Prime Minister’s role.
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Edward Peru Vododeur
Oo BF
Markenzh Kany
Japan defense claims trigger Kyushu invasion fears
In a Tokyo broadcast picked up in Melbourne, Kyushu regional commander Kyusuchiro Totsuki says residents believe enemy forces will land on Kyushu soon. Australian radio cites a Manila report that a new Armed Forces of the Western Pacific command under Gen. MacArthur will manage supplies for an assault on the Japanese homeland, signaling invasion planning.
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Reuters
Kyushu
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Kyusuchiro Totsuki
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Melbourne
Manila
Armed Forces of
Western Pacific
Gen. MacArthur
Invasion Of Japan Is Next On Cards On Tokyo Radio
Tokyo radio broadcasts claim invasion of Japan is next, citing air reconnaissance over Kyushu and southern Honshu. Reports say Wake Island raid by 300 carrier planes and Allied forces sweeping Balikpapan mines as preparations continue, with Tokyo and Osaka cited as key targets.
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Plane Hits Truck Killing Two Army Men in Kingston
Kingston report names two men killed when a low flying plane crashed into an army truck. Capt. R. W. Hardy of Kingston and Frt. Lt. J. W. Frizelle of Toronto identified as the deceased. The plane, piloted by Freville, struck Hardy on the truck roof as he signaled the pilot during bombing practice.
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J. W Frizelle
Toronto
Frivole
Twelve Poles Sent to Prison by Soviet Court
Twelve of sixteen Polish defendants convicted of subversive activities behind the Red Army were sentenced to four months to 11 years in prison by a Soviet court. Three acquitted, one case postponed. The heaviest eight year term handed to Gen Okulicki, former commander of the underground Home Army, and Jankowski, deputy prime minister of the London Polskie government. Sentences to date from arrest, with appeals possible. The trial, reported from Moscow and London, included other officials from the Polish underground and Peasant Party.
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London
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oth Peasant Party
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Darroch Will Demand Recount
Darroch files for recount after June 2 election, alleging irregularities in the tally. He claims the result was a mere plurality and basis for challenge centers on ballot handling and vote counting procedures.
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Darroch
Chinese Forces Close on Liuchow Amid Battles Near City
Chinese high command reports forces converging six miles southwest of Liuchow and another from the west reaching 10 miles away on the rail line. Battles rage as linked units move toward the suburbs, with observers unsure of Japanese plans to abandon Liuchow. Japanese counterpressure from Limkong seeks to shield lines to Heingn Island.
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lichow
Koweichow- IKhwangsu
messeng
Liuchow
Liuchhow
Liuchow surfield
hiwh
Limkong
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Heingn Island
Weather and war updates in early Lethbridge bulletin
Mercury hits yearly high in Lethbridge with hot west wind. Reports claim Nazi invasion orders and Hitler activities near Hamburg. British “Desert Rats” to occupy Berlin sector. Canadian election vote returns delayed. budget talks hint at tax cuts and relief for low income earners.
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