Nazis Organize Defences East Bank Rhine
Canadian forces on the Rhine front report German defences strengthening on the east bank and increased shelling as the Siegfried line in the Rhine-Maas corridor yields ground. Five German divisions fight a rearguard action while Canadian troops push toward Sonsbeck and Geldern, tightening control along the Geldern-Wesel road.
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ROSS MUNRO
RHINE
C.P. Cable
Rhine-Maas
Kieve
artllery
Crerar
Xanten-Wesel
Xanten
Orsey
Rheinberg
Sonsbeck
Santen
Geldern-Wesel
Geldern
Eisenhower Urges German Surrender Across Europe
An Allied broadcast from Eisenhower’s headquarters urges German officers to reconsider Germany’s situation and surrender. He says the end is a matter of time, Germany’s future will be hard, but reconstruction is possible, and Allies do not intend to destroy Germany while the politicians’ power wanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DERENDER
Ger
Eisenhower
Europe
Germany
Alles
Americans For Rhine battle as forces roll through Cologne
American troops forced their way into Cologne on the Rhine tonight, with the 3rd Army lunging 25 miles toward the Rhine near Coblenz. US 1st Army tanks and infantry moved past Cologne Cathedral, while heavy fighting pressed German defenders in the city’s older quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cologne
Rhine
United States
Coblenz
Germany
3rd Armored
Ringstrasse
Four blasts rock ship at Vancouver docks injuring many
At noon four explosions rocked the S S Greenhill Park tied at the Canadian Pacific docks near Vancouver's downtown. About 150 men aboard, including the chef and chief engineer, were feared dead or trapped. A smaller vessel burned nearby while a second 10,000 ton ship was moved to Burrard Inlet as glass and office windows shattered downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.S. Greenhill Park
ANCOUVER
C.P
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver
Vancouver Sun
Dominion’ government-owned
Park Steamships Limited
Burrard Inlet
Michael Giraud
Greenhill Park
Vancouvers
North
CPR
The Left Hand Corner and the Riddell Memorial
The Hamilton Spectator essay by Hector Charlesworth recalls Justice WR Riddell and notes his sister in law was the late James Crossen's daughter. Crossen kin include Rev R N Burns and C C James, prominent figures in Methodism and Canadian agriculture, deaths described with pathos and tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WR. Riddell
Hamilton Spectator
Hector Charlesworth
James Crossen
Cobourg
Crossen
R. N. Burns
United Church
Burns
c. C. James
Canada
Ontario
Ottawa
Niagara penimsuta
Hamilton
Heroic Returned Flyer Shovels Snow in Ottawa
An RCAF officer described as typical of the men who fought for Canada arrived at the Ottawa Selective Service office after landing in Ottawa. He had worked shoveling snow to earn a living and sought a permit for the job. Placement officers were surprised by his choice. The officer had recently left Cairo and is 23 years old.
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Ottawa Journal
Cairo
OOttawa
R.C.AF
Ottawa Selective Service office
Selective Service office
Japanese Losses Reported in Luzon and New Guinea Campaigns
General MacArthur announced heavy Japanese casualties on Luzon and nearby areas. Some 90,000 troops from six divisions were destroyed with materiel, while forces in the mountains around Manila were under continued attack. British New Guinea advances brought Allied forces within seven miles of the airstrip at Butua. North of Manila, American units closed in on Japanese positions in the Zambales Mountains, and tallies exceed 125,050 more killed on Leyte and nearby zones, pushing total Japanese dead on the two islands past 215,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MANILA
Luzon
MacArthur
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Britsh New Guinea
Philipines
Wewak
Butauirfield
British New Guinea
Levne island
empire
Cagayan valley
Zambales
London fire chief back on the job after army leave
London Ontario March six to May R C McDonald resumes duties as fire chief. He returns to duty after nearly three years in the army and is called out on an alarm within two hours of resuming desk duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Ont
R. C. McDonald
Cologne Cathedral Suffers Damage in War Reporting
In Cologne suburb Germany on March 6 a fragment of the 13th century cathedral shows a small chunk missing from a side. A German sergeant said the cathedral received a direct hit about three weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
COLOGNE
Germany
Churchill Is Front Visitor at Allied Command Posts
Prime Minister Churchill returns to London after visiting the front. He conferred with General Eisenhower and Field Marshal Montgomery, touring German territory and discussing military matters with allied commanders. He also visited troops of the 1st Canadian Army and the US 9th Army aiding the Rhine drive.
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WESEL
Rhine
Duesselgorf
Neuss
Churchill
LONDON
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Su Hastings Ismay
9th Army
the
Crossing Of Rhine Major Amphibious Operation
DEWITT MACKENZIE reports Allied plans for the Rhine crossing stressing German vulnerabilities. Propaganda figure Semmler warns of dire straits, while von Rundstedt shifts heavy first line troops east of the river for a stiff fight as Eisenhower readies multiple amphibious crossings.
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Crossing Of
Rhine
Fisenhower
Berlin
Eisenhower
Soldier Given 3 Month Term In Trail B C Case
Franc is James Brown, private in the Canadian army at Maple Creek Saskatchewan, was sentenced to three months hard labor in Trail after pleading guilty to obtaining money by false pretences. He appeared in police court in Castlegar yesterday and was committed for trial on a charge of breaking and entering and theft of an adding machine from a general store. Brown claimed he was on French leave from the army and was returned to Nelson to face county court in the Castlegar theft case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TRAIL
B.C
Francis James Brown
Maple Creek
Sask
Brown
Castlegar
Nelson
county court
Solon Low Attacks CCF As Vicious Party Machine
Edmonton March 6 Hon Solon E Low minister in the Social Credit government denounced the CCF as the most vicious political party machine in Canada during throne debate. He accused the CCF of intending to socialize land and cited pamphlets and books to argue the party’s social planning aims. Roper challenged Low and clashed with A J Hooke as throne debate continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDMONTON
C.C.F
Canada
Solon E. Low
Social Credit
Low
Social Credit Association of Canada
Yamance
cial
C C.F
ROPER
Elmer E. Roper
C.C.Y
people of
A. J Hooke
Basel Hit by Mistake in Allied Bombing
Allied air forces reported that eight United States Liberator bombers bombed Basel Switzerland by mistake on Sunday due to heavy cloud cover. The pilots misidentified Basel near the German border as a target in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
Paris
United States
Basel
Switzerland
U.S. Strategic Air Forces
sani
Germany
Road to Berlin Road to Berlin
Canadian Press brief on war fronts lists distances: Eastern and Western Fronts and Italian Front with locations Zellin Cologne and Reno, noting strategic miles remaining in campaign.
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Zellin
Cologne
Reno mrer
Allied Push Tightens Noose on Rhine German Pocket
In the Western Front Northern Sector, First Canadian and U S Ninth Armies trap thousands of Germans on the Rhine west bank as Allies surround Cologne region. Central Sector reports U S Third Army breach of the Kyll front en route to Coblenz, under blackout. Southern Sector notes American advances beyond Forbach toward Saarbrucken outskirts and the Saar gateway.
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Rhine
west bank
Cologne
Kyll river
Coblenz
Saarbruccken
Forbach
Saar gateway
Tragic Coal Yard Death Near Red Deer
Twenty year old Herbert Alexander Nelson, son of Harvey Nelson a Red Deer carpenter, was killed Sunday night in the PA yards when he fell into a coal hopper and was buried under drifting coal. Believed to have died from suffocation.
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RED DEER
Alia
Herbert Alexander Nelson
Harvey Nelson
south Red Deer
Pull In Belts Says Gordon on Shortages
Canadians may need tighter belts to face ongoing supply shortages that should ease after the war. Prices Board chair Donald Gordon urged self restraint and public cooperation to prevent panic buying and unnecessary rationing, noting rationing could be introduced if conditions worsen. His CBC broadcast echoed Montreal remarks to women’s groups.
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TORONTO
IC.P
Donald Gordon
Frices Board
Women's
Canadian Club
Gordon
CBC
Montreal
Cyrille Vaillancourt
Mrs. Gordon
Russian Forces Reach Stettin Bay and Polish Fronts Advancing
Russian troops reached Stettin Bay and Cammin, with Grudziadz captured as Zhukov’s armies press from Stargard toward the Baltic coast. Moscow reports place Griefenberg near the Baltic and Oder approaches near Griefenhagen. German and Soviet positions tighten as the front advances toward Stettin and Swinemunde.
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LONDON
Stettin Bay
Cammin
Stalin
Grudziadz
Vistula
Banzig
Gregory Zhukov
Griefenberg
Baltic
PORT LONDON
Sretun
Oder
Griefenhagen
Moscow
Prsvatch
Swinemuende
Red army
Stettin
Berlin
Grefenhegen
Warshal
Stergard
Fregenberg
Faltic
Nangard
Zhukov
Gollinow
Stethin Bar
Gornow
Stargard
soph “rt
Naugzard
Ferlin
Serhi
Minscow
Stareard
Stettin end
Naugard
German Refugees Move West Toward U S Lines Near Cologne
German refugees plodded westward toward three American divisions near Cologne as Allied forces claimed one fifth of the city was in American hands. The battered population carried infants and belongings in carts while remnants of German garrison pulled back toward the Rhine to avoid encirclement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HAL BOYLE
Associated Press
COLOGNE
U.S
Altstadt
old town
Rhine
Vancouver Ship Blast Kills One Crewman Missing Painters
A Greenhill Park explosion in Vancouver injured and killed crew members with two missing painters. Bill Lewis is named among the dead as rescuers search amid the blast's front. The vessel, built as a Victory ship in Burrard Drydock Co, Vancouver, launched January 1944. Battles reach Iwo Jima as Marines assault Japanese lines.
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VANCOUVER
C.P
Greenhill Park
Bill Lewis
WO ISLAND
NEW YORK
Tokyo radio
Iwo islands
BBC
Blue Network
WINNIPEG
March
Winnipeg Free Press
John Marshall
Manitoba
C.C.F
Marshall
Burrard Drydock Co
LONDON
Archibald Sinclair
house of commons
Archibald
Europe
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CAPT
pte
Cross Rhine Barrage
CROSS RHINE
GENERAL EISENHOWER
Metropolis
USS
1st ARMY
Middle Rhine
1st Parachute Army
Aanten
Holland
PAPERANLO UWE
DEWITT MACKENZIE
Rudolph Semmier
Naz
Semmler
Semler
von Rundstedt
B. C
Case
Solon Low
HON. SOLON
C.P.B
REDS
Rhines east bank
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