Allies Strike German Targets In Cologne Dresden Raid
Allied air forces from Italy and Britain mounted a major offensive against Cologne Dresden and other targets in Germany while American Russian forces advanced. Up to 2,500 heavy bombers participated and German air opposition engaged for the first time in days. RAF and US formations hammered southeastern Germany with large bomber forces.
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Associated Press
ONDON
Italy
Britain
Cologne
Dresden
RAF
United States
1st Army
Germany
Chemnitz
Silesia
Linz
Austria
Berlin
Allied Forces Break Rhine Barrier and Capture Ruhr Edge
United States 9th Army penetrates to the western Ruhr and seizes Krefeld and Neuss as Cologne comes under fire. The 3rd Army takes Trier, opening the Moselle valley toward Coblenz Mainz and Frankfurt. Venlo Roermond fall with minimal resistance as Canadian and Allied troops advance toward Bonn Euskirchen and Dusburg. The Rhine breakthrough widens to 36 miles, threatening German parachute and tank forces.
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ARIS
United States
9th Army
Rhine
Ruhr
Krefeld
Neuss
Duesseldorf
Germany
Trier
3rd Army
Moselle
Middle Rhine
Coblenz
Mainz
Frankfort
Cologne
Rhineland
R.AF
Bonn
Euskirchen
Venlo
Roermond
Netherlands
Maas
Meuse
Bitter Opposition Halts German Withdrawal Near Weese
British troops occupied Weese four miles south and slightly east of Gech as Germans retreated from the western sector of the Canadian army front. Across the Hochwald positions to the east the enemy fought hard to hold pivot positions while Canadian forces engaged in heavy combat. A separate dispatch noted Canadian armor and infantry advancing through German positions in a Friday action.
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Br ROSS MUNRO
GERMANY
Cable
Weese
Gech
Hochwald
Montreal man dies on gallows for girl’s murder
In Montreal a prisoner identified as Plouffe, age 25, was hanged in the city jail for the murder of his 21 year old girlfriend Jeanne d Arc Marie Joliette, three years ago. A 66 hour manhunt through wooded country in the Joliette Ste Elizabeth district followed the arrest aided by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police dog.
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MONTREAL
Maren
Plouffe
Jeanne_d’Arc Marie
suiside Jolette
here
Joliette Ste. Elizabeth
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Rockets in warfare through the ages and modern use
The article argues for rockets' important role in current warfare, noting their deployment by the United Nations and enemies across naval, land, and air forces. It recalls D-Day usage, tank destroyers like the bazooka, and debates whether rockets are precision ordnance. It traces historical uses from Napoleon to early 1805 Woolwich experiments, highlighting enduring interest.
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SHERE
United Nations
England
Saint John Telegraph- Journal
Normandy
Waterloo
Asia
Europe
Woolwich laboratory
Sir Sydney Smith
Boulogne
Opposition Polish Plans Resigns Post in London
London March 2 Reuters Henry Strauss parliamentary secretary to the ministry of town and country planning resigned from the post over opposition to the government's policy toward the Crimea conference solution of the Polish question. Prime Minister Churchill accepted the resignation.
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LONDON
Reuters
Crimea
Henry Srauss
Churchill
Alberta Legislature flare up in CCF-Hooke clash
EDMONTON March 2. In the six day old Alberta Legislature a debate over the Throne speech turned sharp when Provincial Secretary A J Hooke challenged CCF leader Elmer E Roper to repudiate or explain a book he cited Social Planning for Canada Hooke read a passage and Roper urged a full paragraph to be read Other speakers included H B Macdonald B E Debolt and Ira McLaughlin amid calls for a Dominion provincial conference to discuss welfare across Canada Continued on Page 123
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EDMONTON
Alberta
A. J. Hooke
Elmer E. Roper
CCF
Hooke
a_C.C.P
Social Planning for Canada
C.C.F
Roper
H.B. Macdonald
ind
Calgary
Canada
B. E. Debolt
SC Spirit River
Ira McLaughlin
SC-Grande Prairie
Macdonald
Justice Crocket Dies In Ottawa
Ottawa, March 2. Mr Justice Oswald Smith Crocket, a leading Dominion jurist and former Supreme Court of Canada justice, died here at 76. A Chatham NB native, he served as Conservative MP for York from 1904 to 1913 before joining New Brunswick’s Supreme Court and was elevated to Canada’s highest court in 1932, retiring in 1943. He married twice and is survived by his widow, two sons and a daughter.
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OTTAWA
Oswald Smith Crocket
Supreme Court of Canada
Crocket
Chatham
house of commons
supreme court of New Brunswick
Fredericton
University of New Brunswick
William Crocket
New Brimswick
Marion Crocket
the
Montreal Gazette
Victor Podolski
London
Eng
Ottawa gaze on Dalhousie post for Macdonald
The Ottawa Evening Citizen reports Navy Minister Macdonald being prominently mentioned as the new president of Dalhousie University Halifax. Dr Carleton W Stenley resigned as principal on February 6 and the resignation was accepted February 28.
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OTTAWA
Ottawa Evening Citizen
Navy
Macdonald
Dalhousie University
Halifax
Carleton W. Stenley
Co-operative Union Pleads Tax Exemption For Incomes
Moncton March 2 G Yne. Co operative Union of Prince Edward Island representing 15 co operative and 503 credit unions urged that incomes of co operative enterprises remain tax exempt in a brief to the royal commission on taxation of co operatives.
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MONCTON
N.B
G— Yne. Co-operative Union of
Prince Edward Island
royal commission on taxation of co-operatives
German Drive Annihilates Five Nazi Divisions at Rhine
Report from Neuss Germany dated March 2 notes five German infantry divisions were destroyed or heavily damaged by advancing Allied forces along the Rhine. The assessment claims major losses and significant disruption to German defense lines as Soviet and Allied units push toward central Europe.
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NEUSS
Germany
Rhine
maalea
Germans Tighten Strip Defense as Rhine Duel Rages
Americans pressed 290 miles toward Berlin with limited progress in the week long offensive. Advance goals reached 2 miles from the Roer toward Neuss and across the Rhine from Duesseldorf. German holds restricted to a 21 by 10 mile strip between Venlo and Roermond as Gustav von Zangen’s forces retreat. The 83rd Infantry Division fought through Neuss while heavy artillery roared across the Rhine near Düsseldorf. Continued coverage on Page Three.
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Berlin
Roer
Neuss
Rhine
Duesseldorf
Venlo
Roermond
Gustav von Zangens
Sth
Krefeld
Germany
Ruhr
Calls Selective Service Nazi Importation Calls
PORT ARTHUR March 2 Ernest Ingles of London Ontario a labor union official said here that national selective service in the Dominion is an abomination lifted bolus bolus from the Germans to control the workers. Ingles fraternal delegate of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers told the eighth annual convention of the Northern Council of Pulp and Paper Mill Unions that national selective service has not increased the efficiency of the Canadian war effort.
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PORT. ARTHUR
Ernest Ingles
London
Ont
national selective service
Dominion
Ingles
International Brotherhood of Epectrical Workers
Northern Council of Pulp and Paper Mill Unions
Superforts Bomb Singapore Again Reported
U S bombers raided Singapore today attacking major industrial sites and the naval base. It marked the third strike since February 1 by the Pacific Fleet Bomber Command, with additional operations anticipated as reports arrive. Earlier, B29s hit a floating drydock there and forces moved from India to strike the dock area.
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WASHINGTON
Singapore
U.S. Wth
Bay of Bengal
India
Cripps Rejoins Labour Party After Six Year Exile
London March 2 Sir Stafford Cripps minister of aircraft production has rejoined the Labour party six years after being expelled for organizing a popular front with other parties including Communists.
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LONDON
Jon Kimche
Reuters news agency
Stafford Cripps
Labor party
Eisenhower’s Rhine push seen as vast western victory
Dewitt Mackenzie notes Eisenhower’s offensive advances toward the Rhine as a tremendous feat, promising a great and far reaching victory. He explains the aim to breach western defenses, link with Soviet forces, and threaten German positions from the Reich’s heart. The article discusses risks of security blackout and strategic implications for northern Holland and V bombs.
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DEWITT MACKENZIE
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Rhine
Montgomery
Feld Marshal von Rundstedt
Reich
perth
erm Holland
England
Allied Push Advances Across Rhine Corridor In War Report
In the western Ruhr area the 1st Canadian Army threatens to break in and link with American forces. British pilots report German flight over the Rhine. In the central sector the U.S. 8th Army enters Neuss after seizing Mönchengladbach and crossing the Rhine, with Cologne heavily bombarded by RAF and RCAF. Trier reportedly falls to U.S. forces as the advance concentrates on Cologne. Southern sector reports no new developments.
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Ruhr
Rhine
U.S. 8th Army
Neuss
Duesseldorf
Muenchen Gladbach
U.S
Cologne
R.AF
R.CAF
Trier
Rhine crossing threats and troop movements reported
London dispatch notes U S troops in the Rhine region as forces push Germans back to near Santen while fighting along the Maas to Rite. 9th Army troops move up from the south on a 30 mile front. Infantry and tanks attack along the rail line to Kanten and Pauleshof as Canadians push a German strongpoint within Hochwald line defenses.
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Rhine plain
Paris
Berverheim
Weeze
Santen
Rhine
United States 9th Army
Maas
Rite mans
Hochwald
Hoch
Kanten
Pauleshof
Hochwald line
Restrictions On All Building Are Tightened Ottawa
Ottawa March 2 Munitions Minister Howe announced that construction control restrictions on small building projects have been tightened due to faster war production increasing demand for materials. Under a new order by Construction Controller J Mackenzie any project costing over 500 dollars to build repair or alter or install equipment requires a construction control license. Houses duplexes and apartment houses fall under the order.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Howe
J. ?. MacKenzie
Road to Berlin distances update from front lines
The report lists distances on three fronts: Eastern front 32 miles from Zellin, Western front 298 miles from Düsseldorf suburbs, and Italian front 344 miles from Reno River. It reflects wartime progress indicators with no further context provided.
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Allied score in 24 hours Paris plan war map
Paris reports major German cities captured in the last 24 years list includes Krefeld 170,900 prewar, Muenchen Gladbach 127,05, Eheldt 88,000 a twin city, Trier 3,000, Neuss 45,000, Vierson 32,000, Duelken 11,490 and Netherlands cities Venlo 27,602 Roermond 12,000.
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PARIS
Krefeld
Muenchen Gladbach
Eheldt
Trier
Neuss
Vierson
Duelken
Netherlands
Venlo
Roermond
Japanese Brutality Claim At Tarawa Reported by French Priests
Two black-bearded French priests freed from Japanese domination claim Japanese forces bayonetted and burned two Englishmen, a New Zealander, and an Australian on Tarawa. They allege the brutality followed an incident on the island as independence from Japanese control was affirmed.
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TARAWA
GS. warshiss
Lewis As Labor Czar in New Coal Contract Fight
Washington March 2. Bituminous coal operators reported John L. Lewis seeks to become a labor czar with a $50 to $60 million annual fund to influence politics and economy. His 18 demands include a 10 cent royalty on every ton mined and placing most foremen under UMWA membership.
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WASHINGTON
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
ora
Lewis
UAL WA
leack
U.MW.A
C C F Nominee Portage La Prairie
Portage La Prairie March 2 7 Frank Ogletree a former RCAF member seeks the Portage seat for the O C F party in the next federal general election.
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PORTAGE. LA PRAIRIE
Max
Frank Ogletree
RCAF
Portage
O.CF
Premier King to Announce in Radio Broadcast
Canadian Press reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King is expected to announce in a radio broadcast tonight. Parliament will convene March 19 for a short session lasting two weeks, possibly extended two more in April to fund wartime expenditures. Debate likely on war appropriations and foreign policy.
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UAWA
Mackenzie
King
house of commons
MM. J. Coldwell
C.C.E
London
Commonwealth
Francisco Jowell
United Nations
commons
will’ press
Canada
Hold Praca Gay
Field notes state two officers attended the conferences. Marshal Alexander fixed Tolbukhin's headquarters in Hungary from Belgrade, where plans for the headquarters were discussed. An agreement on all points under discussion was concluded with both Marshals.
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Gay
Alexander fiex
Tolbukhin
Hungary
Belgrade
Tio
pukhin
Armored truck raid disrupts Wilsil Limited offices
Early today armed robbers disarmed two Brink's Express guards outside Wilsil Limited offices as they seized a $15,000 payroll en route to a night shift pay run. The incident underscores a bold theft at a commercial site before workers could be paid.
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Wilsil Limited
Brink's. Express company
SAN FRANCISCO
Domei agency
Fukeji Yamada
Shigetaka Amano
Kameshiro Takahashi
SANTIAGO
Lazzare
LONDON
CORREGIDOR
Douglas
MacArthur
Corregidor sedas
United States
OFTAWA
Tikes
Czechoslovakia
Canada
RHINE
GERMANY
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
Sydney Grasen
Tecente
Canadian Press
New York, Times
Gordon Gammach
Des Moines 'Register and Tribune
Victor Jones
Boston Globe
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