Two Cruisers Among Lost
LONDON March 3. The admiralty announced that the cruisers Spartan and Penelope and the destroyers Jann and Inglefield plus five major assault vessels are the price the Royal Navy has paid for the 5th Army beach head south of Rome. Penelope loss confirmed with prior notices for other vessels. Shipping losses in Allied convoys ran under one in 1,000 in late 1943 as the navy estimates were introduced in the commons.
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LONDON
C.P
A. Y. Alexander
admiralty
Spartan
Penelope
Jann
Inglefield
Royal Navy
5th Army
Rome
Alexander
house of commons
Germany
North Africa
Italy
East Kootenay Legal Firm Remembered in Obituary Line
In Cranbrook, F J S recalls Harvey McCarter and Macdonald once the East Kootenay’s best known law firm. A B Macdonald has died in Vancouver, leaving the firm with all members now deceased. A B Macdonald was once a classmate of E A Hill of Cranbrook.
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Macdonald
Vancouver
East Kootenay
Cranbrook Courier
Harvey, McCarter and Macdonald
M. A
A. B. Macdonald
Fink block
Alberta House rejects restoring summer school break plan
In Ottawa Legislative debate Hon Solon Low called restoration of the usual summer vacation impracticable while the Alberta bill seeks a 1944 term from July 16 to Sept 30. J G Mahaffy asked if old terms could return in Calgary urban schools amid wartime schooling changes.
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Alberta
Solon Low
J. G. Mahaffy
Calgary
Day In Parliament Sees Standing Orders and War Budget Talk
The House of Commons to debate the committee on standing orders and industrial development. Yesterday the House approved the RCAF budget of 1 billion for 1944 45. Air Minister Power pledged Canada will be in the war against Japan to the end. Defense Minister Ralston announced a Victoria Cross to Paul Triquet of Cabari o Quebec and St Laurent said RCMP war duty pay will rise for one year. The Senate did not sit. Four Die In Crash Near Windom Minnesota A bus hit a stalled snowplow killing four and injuring others two critically and 11 more less severely.
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house of commons
committee on
R.C.A.F
Air
Power
Canada
Japan
Mri
Paul Triquet
Cabario
Que
Ralston
Justice
St. Laurent
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
senate
WINDOM
Minn
Southwestern Stages
here
Parliamentary News Bulletins From Ottawa March 7
In Ottawa on March 7 Prime Minister Mackenzie King answered in the commons that the Quebec conference was held at Quebec on the invitation of the Canadian government. Other bulletins note an error in a printed bill by Stanely Knowles and a motion by M J Coldwell seeking Saskatchewan deferment documents, plus regular government updates on Canadian prisoners of war in Germany.
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OTTAWA
Mackenzie King
commons
Quebec
Maxime Raymond
Bloc Populaire party
Mr. King
Quebec Liquor Commission
Canada
Stanely Knowles
C.C.F
Winnipeg North Centre
Exchequer Court of Canada
J. A. Glen
Knowles
COLDWELL
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.P
house of commons
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan mobilization board
Dominion
Carl Stewart
Unity
Yorkton
Stewart
C.O.F
Germany
T. 1. Church
P.C
Toronto- Broadview
Air Vote Is Over Billion Air Vote Is Over Billion
The house studied air department estimates totalling 1.09 billion dollars for 1944 45 as it weighs industrial policy changes. Air Minister Power outlined the RC AF strength and training fleet with about 12 000 aircraft and 960 on order, while debates on standing orders may drive legislative speed. The session also contemplates an industrial development bank with up to 10 million dollars in resources.
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OYTAWA
air department
committee on
R.C.AF
Power
R.C.AP
house
2000 Tons Hit Berlin as US Air Force Puts Major Strike
London reports US and RAF air forces hammer Berlin with over 2000 tons of bombs. 850 American bombers hit the city while 93 German planes and 83 fighters are shot down in battles from the Netherlands to Berlin. 68 bombers and 11 fighters are lost. about 7900 airmen killed or missing.
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RICHARD R. KASISCHKE
Associated Press
LONDON
Berlin
army
RAF
Trappes
France
Paris
Germany
Netherlands
U.S
Schweinfurt
Regensburg
reich
Split Main Nazi Armies Split Main Nazi Armies
Soviet forces push toward Rumania as Red Army cuts off Mannstein’s southern Ukraine group. Mud and rail links shape a rapid advance, with Zhukov aiming to push German units back toward Tarnopol and Lwow as routes to Germany and Poland fault. Red Army reports describe regiments advancing 15 to 30 miles daily amid poor roads and heavy rains.
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Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Moco
Red army
Rumania
Fritz Von Mannstein
Ukraine
Germany
Poland
Odessa-Warsaw
Moldavian republic
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Russia
Red Star
Odessa
Tarnopol
Lwow
Gregory K. Zhukov
Romania
U S Forces Advance on Los Negros in Admiralty Islands
United States invasion troops push north from Momoate airfield on Los Negros Island as Japanese defenses falter. A small American force lands behind enemy lines west of Saidor with units of the 32nd Division aiding the operation.
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ALLIEN
Southwest Pacific
Los Negros
Admiralty Islands
Momote
1st Division
Saidor
New Guinea
32nd Division
Berlin raid labeled catastrophe by Oslo radio
The German controlled Oslo radio described yesterday's daylight raid on Berlin as a catastrophe citing "competent German circles." The broadcast reported Berliners call the day bloody Monday.
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ONDON
Berlin
Oslo
Premier Manning Urges Bank of Canada Debt Takeover
Premier E C Manning urged in the Alberta legislature that the Bank of Canada should assume public debt of every province and major cities to solve Canada’s public financing. He argued refunding is only a stopgap and debt would be reduced if debt retirement funds were redirected to the Bank’s use. Duke echoed calls for free university education funded by the federal government if provinces cannot bear it. Progress reported on two bills. two more acts introduced.
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EDMONTON
Bank of Canada
Canada
E. C. Manning
Alberta
Mannning
Duke
Pincher Creek
Crows Nest
Manning
Lucien Maynnard
Duke Suggests Free University Training
A speaker attacks CCF policies arguing they seek to expropriate industries and land to cure monopolies and exploitation. He warns against a regimented state, criticizes wartime control boards, and asserts no rush on debt while advocating free university training and finance divide tactics.
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C.C.F
U.CF. party
Social Credit
public unity board
C.CF
M.J. Coldwell
finance
Fight Flares At Cassino In Mixed Frontline Actions
Allied patrols clash with Germans inside Cassino as heavy mortar and machine-gun fire fail to yield gains. Rain and mud hinder both sides while Rapide river rises. Canadian artillery disrupts an enemy motor convoy near Ottaviano. British and Indian units report skirmishes with prisoners taken amid continued fighting along the Cassino beachhead and Garigliano region.
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NAPLES
Cassino
al today
Naxi
Cisterna
Rome
Rapide
Carroceto
eth Army
Orsogna
Ottoma
Adriatic
Haminga Kotor Bay
Yugoslav
Dubrovnik
Carroceto am
Carrocets
Garigliana
Fiji Islanders Kill Off Japs on Bougainville Island
A Pacific theater report cites Lt Gen Harmen saying 125 Japanese killed to one Fijian dead and two wounded. The Fiji battalion, led by Maj Geoffrey T. Upton, aided by Pvt Bruce Bent's platoon, engaged Japanese forces in Bougainville jungles and wiped out a major village force while carving an airport for Cub spotter planes.
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FRED HAMPSON
Associated Press
BOUGAINYVILLE
Solomon Islands
A.P
Millard F. Harmen
South Pacific
Bougainville
Bruce Bent
Timaru
New Zealand
Bent
Fiji
Fiji battalion
Geoffrey T. Upton
Cambridge university
London Daily Telegraph
Four-Engine Bombers Hit Rome Districts In Raid
Rome reports heavy casualties after waves of four engine bombers attacked the city. The bombs fell on Ostiense and Trastevere districts with enemy aircraft flying at low level. Casualty numbers are not yet known but are expected to be high.
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LONDON
C.P
Rome
Ostiense
Trastevere
Russians smash eight miles west along railway line
The Red Army captured Pedgolochisk eight miles west on the Dessa-Lwow line and extended control to 26 miles south of We line. Berlin fears Russian drive near Lwow amid World War II chaos.
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LONDON
C.P
Red army
Pedgolochisk
Dessa-Lwow
Moscow
TOULON
ITALY
APJ
Rome
Florence
Maly
BERLIN
STOCKHOLM
Lwow
ARGENTINA
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BUENOS AIRES
New York
berm
U.S
FRANCE
South Wales
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Montreal Gazette
R. S. Robertson
Ontario
Toronto
Britain
8th Army
India
CQMS
Cecil Boyd
Stratford
Ont
HOUSE. TALES
Zhukov
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