Soviet Offensive Preparations Across Oder Front Rise
Moscow reports sporadic Russian attacks stretch from the Oder mouth toward Frankfurt as plans for a major spring assault take shape. Malinovsky’s 2nd Ukraine Army seizes Zvolen, while the 3rd White Russian Army closes on Koenigsberg, with German observers noting regrouping and Polish reinforcements near Stettin. Berlin cites a sea evacuation of 590,000 refugees from East and West Prussia.
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MOSCOW
the
Oder
Frankfurt
Gregory K
Oder River
Slovakia
East Prussia
Redion Y. Malinovsky
Ukraine
Zvolen
Bron River
Malinovsky
Banska Bystrica
Koenigsberg
Stettin
Berlin
East
West Prussia
Victory near and general election planned says PM
Prime Minister Chur chill told the Conservative conference that victory over Germany could come before summer ends or sooner and promised Britain its first postwar general election after Hitler is beaten. He urged free enterprise, warned against socialist nationalization, and said the party would lead Britain through peace with native genius and risk taking.
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Associated Press
ONCON
Churchill
Germany
Britain
Hitler
Conservative party
Europe
house of commons
tisk
Tari Lloyd George in Wales Remains Critically Weak
Condition of Tari Lloyd George, 82, at his home near Criccieth, Wales, remains unchanged. The bulletin notes his physical weakness persists as he lies ill at his residence.
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CRICCIETH
Wales
CP. Cable
Tari Lloyd George
iil
Britain
Left Hand Corner: Hayward on Pin-Ups and Morale
Actress and actor comments on pin-up photos harming morale noting they set impossible female standards. Hayward recalls marine service Tarawa duty and an inspection over Lupino pictures in his office. He jokes men should pin blueprints for postwar trades instead. Continued on page 10.
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DUIS HAYWARD
Hollywood
Hayward
Tarawa
phoene
Ida Lupino
Gift From Heaven Phrase Triggers BC Legislature Debate
Victoria March 15 The Dominion family ances were called a gift from heaven by Hon George S Pearson provincial secretary in the legislature as British Columbia discussed heritage and loyalties amid the session.
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VICTORIA
Dominion
British Columbia
George S. Pearson
Peace Move Is Rejected
An unofficial British statement confirmed a German approach to Allied representatives seeking an armistice but said it was rejected. A third party, likely a Swedish business man, was approached by a minor Nazi official to mediate talks. Allied officials called it a propaganda ploy. Svenska Dagbladet linked terms to a Bolshevik threat. London British quarters denied knowledge. US embassy also had no comment.
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STOCKHOLM
legation
Germany
Norway
Holland
London
United States
Minor Patrol Clashes on Italian Front Reported
Rome March 15 Allied headquarters said fighting on the Italian front was the lightest in days with only minor patrol clashes and no changes in forward positions. On the British TH Army front two German raiding parties forced Allied withdrawal from a position southwest of Riolo Die Bagni.
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ROME
Riolo Die Bagni
Road to Berlin fronts distance updates
Eastern front reports 32 miles from Zellin, Western front 269 smiles from Remagen bridgehead, Italian front 544 miles from Reno River. These figures summarize travel progress across major theaters as reported by The Canadian Press.
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Zellin
Remagen
Reno River
Hepburn Fails To Defeat Ontario Government In Supply Vote
In Toronto on March 13 Mitchell F Hepburn Liberal leader failed for the third time this session to topple the Progressive Conservative government as the Ontario legislature approved a government motion to go into supply by 66 to 19. The division concerned the payment of school grants.
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TORONTO
Mitchell F. Hepburn
Ontario
house
Alberta legislature defeats Roper budget amendment
Edmonton March 15 Division bells signaled the Albderia Legislature's first division of the session as Elmer E. Roper CCF proposed to send the budget into committees of supply. The 43-110-2 defeat drew opposition from Social Credit and independents with two servicemen withdrawing as the vote occurred. The amendment accused the government of withholding funding for medical dental optical hospital and funeral costs for old age pensioners and mothers allowances and criticized bondholder repayments and Alberta credit. Premier Manning called it cheap publicity while CCF members defended the move as a response to neglected needs.
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E. C. Manning
A. J. E. Liesemer
Calgary
C.C.F
Roper
iit
bergers
alberta
Albteria
Lethbridge Pioneer Industrialist Dies
Fritz Sick pioneer Lethbridge industrialist and founder of the Sick memorial fund for a Lethbridge swimming pool died Thursday morning in Vancouver at age 86. He helped establish the first province brewery in Trail BC and later built a Vancouver brewery. Surviving are three sons and one daughter. funeral services set for Vancouver Saturday at 3:30 pm.
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Fritz Sick
Lethbridge
Sick
Vancouver
Gordon Frisby
Air
Sick’s Breweries, Limited
Frieburg
Germany
America
New York
Cincinnati
Boca
New
San Francisco
Tacoma
Washington
Louise Frank
Sicks
Spokane
Trail
BCc
Fred. Courtenay
3.C
Emil
Seattle
Lee
Central
B.C
daugh
New Army in Bridgehead
Allied dispatches report German 15th Army entering action in the east Rhine bridgehead and the Remagen assault thrust, with 100000 troops crossing toward the Ruhr Frankfurt highway. US I Army and 3rd Army gains claim progress along a 30 mile front, while the 9th Army spearhead nears Duisburg and linkage with Canadian forces near Nijmegen as heavy fighting and advances continue on the Rhine and Moselle fronts.
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Associated Press
ARIS
15th army
east Rhine
Remagen
Ruhr-Frankfurt
lower Rhine
Duisburg
ith
1st
Rhineland
von Rundstedt
9th Army
Rhine
Ruhr
MOSELLE
United States
3rd Army
Jower Moselle
Coblenz
west Rhine
Boppard
McNaughton TCA Plane Lands At Swift Current
Defence Minister McNaughton flew by Trans Canada Air Lines to attend a Liberal nominating meeting in Grenfell Saskatchewan after fog prevented landing in Regina area. Passengers will ride by train from Swift Current to Regina. Other attendees include Federal Agriculture Minister Gardiner and provincial legislator A T Procter.
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REGINA
Trans- Canada Air Lanes
Defence
McNaughton
Grenfell
Sask
Ottawa
Swift Current
T.C.A
Qu'Appelle
Mint
tocar
Gardiner
A. T. Procter
Moosomin
Robinson and Maher fined 500 in liquor case
Medicine Hat Alberta March 15 Special to The Herald James L Robinson and Leo A Maher were each fined 500 with no costs for possessing spirituous liquor valued for duty over 200 unlawfully imported into Canada. 102 quarts of American liquor were involved and Robinson’s car was seized and to be returned upon paying an additional 500.
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MEDICINE HAT
Alto
James L. Robinson
Leo A. Maher
J. W. McDonald
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Robinson
Meher
Manyberries
Ala
customs department
MicDonald
Herald
Jameis L. Roberson
soa
R.C.M-P
Maher
Meonyberties
Alberta
W. D. Gow
Western Front Fronts Report From The Front Lines
The Canadian Press reports from the Northern Sector that German patrols advance toward the Rhine while Allied movements intensify. In the Central Sector Belgian radio claims US forces cut the Rohrsuner highway east of the Rhine bridgehead as the 3rd Army crosses the Moselle, threatening Coblenz. In the Southern Sector the Seventh Army launches a renewed assault along a seven mile front reaching the Saar river and pressing toward Saarbrucken.
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Rhine
3rd
Moselle
Coblenz
Seventh Army
Saar river
Saarbruecken
Planes Hit Formosa Said by Tokyo Radio
Formosa was struck by United States planes from the Philippines at midday Tuesday, radio reports from Tokyo said. The broadcast, unreliably recorded, stated damage was very slight.
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SAN PRANCISCO
United States
Formosa
Tokyo radio
federal communications commission
Evacuation Ordered for Five Japanese Cities
Tokyo radio reports the Japanese cabinet has ordered evacuation of five major cities including Tokyo Yokohama Nagoya Osaka and Kobe. Evacuation is voluntary and targets all residents except war workers as raids intensify.
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LONDON
U.P
iIn
Tokyo
Transocean
Berlin
Yokohama
Nagoya
Osaka
Kobe
GUAM
Osaka arsenal
Japan
Curtis E.Lemay
1st bomber command
Lemay
Seven Killed in U S Crash Near San Carlos Calif
A Navy report says seven men were killed and 16 injured when an air transport plane crashed near San Carlos California last night. The aircraft carried 23 Navy and Marine personnel traveling from Olathe Kansas to Oakland California. It hit a steep grassy hillside in high wind and heavy rain about 8:44 p.m. and split in half.
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SAN CARLOS
Calif
United States navy
Navy
marine
Olathe
Kas
San. Pedto
Oakland
Super Bombs Rip Germany
London reports a fleet of 1358 American bombers hitting German outskirts including Uraamburs freight yards after RAF used a new 10-ton LT bomb at Oranienburg. Mosquitoes bomb Berlin on the 23rd night as 5000 planes, with RAF and Soviet air support, strike Austrian Hungarian Yugoslav targets. Ground actions destroy viaducts at Bielefeld and Arnsburg while Remagen airfield clashes leave several German planes downed.
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LONDON
Sertin
Uraamburs
R.AF
Oranienberz
Bertim
capittal
MAF
K.Ar
terim-Mubr
Bielefeld
the
Rhine
Cranienburg
Baltic
Stettir
Have river
air force
Oranienburg
Zweibruecken lemburg
Berlin
eaircraft
air ministry
Arnsburg
Dortmund
Germany
U.S
Sh Air Force
Remagen
Cobierr
Hannover
Tjmuiden
Mary-Chase Clark Darrenouses Dies in New York Hospital
Mrs Mary-Chase Clark Darrenouses national secretary of Bundles for Britain Inc dies in a New York hospital following a Tuesday admission. She was active in wartime relief work and connected with Bundles for Britain.
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NEW YORK
Mary-Chase Clark Darrenouses
Bundles for Britain, Inc
Bombs dropped on railway viaduct and oil refinery raid
RAF Lancasters drop a tonolike volcano bomb on a German railway viaduct at Arnsburg and pound the Ruhr oil refinery near Berlin in a major Allied attack. US heavy bombers strike the Ruhrland refinery as Red Army advances to the Baltic coast. Six thousand British and US airmen shuttle to Belgium, and a transport plane crash in Ear One kills sixteen including seven USO entertainers. McNaughton says victory is the aim as he seeks Liberal nomination. Mrs Nina Domiep, widow of A E Dunlop, dies in Victoria with funeral set for Monday.
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LONDON
tkeutersj
R.AF
Arnsburg
Germany
air ministry
RAF
beard plains
Essen
Castrop-Raund
Ruhr
ROME
A.P
United States
Europe
Ruhrland
Berlin
15th Air Force
IC.P
Red army
Frisches f
Baltic
BRITAIN
BELGIUM
United States Army Air Forces transport command
U.S.C
WASHINGTON
United Services Organization
United States war department
England
Paris
Grenfell, Sask
Qu'Appelle
Victoria
B.G
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G.B
Free Enterprise lodge
Wall Lake
JINY
BIG CRUSADER
Mears
Mich
Swift Lathers
GIFT
Italy
DREW
Uedem
Carpon
Creelman, Sask
Canadian Army
ter
J.A. Blair
Gaughier
Helene Ferguson
FRITZ SICK, SR
TCA
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