Debris Slows Cassino Breakthrough Amid Heavy Bombardment
In Naples March 16 Associated Press reports 5th Army infantry and tanks pushed into Cassino amid German resistance and debris from a record air raid. Despite the ruins hindering armor, steady progress was seen in the city and in nearby hills as artillery pounded positions. On the Rome beachhead Allied forces seized two German defense points amid counterattacks. Allied air forces also bombed targets in Sofia.
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EDWARD KENNEDY
Associated Press
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5th Army
Cassino
Rome
Italy
Sofia
Bulgaria
Alberta minister to attend prairie fisheries parley
Hon. N. E. Tanner minister of lands and mines will represent Alberta at a commercial fishing conference of prairie province representatives in Ottawa April 11. He will be accompanied by E. S. Huestis provincial fish and game commissioner and Dr. R. B. Miller from the University of Alberta zoology department. The conference, called by Dominion Minister of Fisheries E. Bertrand, will study a report by a committee set up last year to examine commercial fishing problems in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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EDMONTON
N. E. Tanner
Madame Kollontai noted as brilliant diplomat in Stockholm
The Ottawa Journal’s London correspondent lauds Alexandra Kollontai the Soviet envoy to Stockholm as among history’s most brilliant women. Once a czarist stage beauty turned activist, she endured exile and aligned with Bolsheviks. Her career spans Norway, Mexico, and Stockholm with Stalin’s confidence in her diplomatic flair.
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ADAME Kolldntay
Sweden
Stockholm
London
Ottawa Journal
Lenin
Norway
Mexico
Russia
Madame Kollontay
Red Army
Marshal Stalin
Minesweeper rescues 44 from floating hulk of tanker
An eastern Canadian port recalls the January 1943 rescue of 44 sailors marooned on the stern of a split tanker after its forward section sank, 11 perishing. HMCS Goderich, under Lt Cmdr R R Kenney, located the stern after a three day search. crew praised for courage amid bitter storm.
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navy
Goderich
R. R. Kenney
Halifax
Order of the British Empire
William J. Franklin
R.CN.VR
Toronto
John J. Muir
Owen Sound
all hands
Cmdr
Kenney
Henry Deacon
Victoria
Wewak Hit by 174 Tons in Pacific Raid
Allied bombers struck Wewak New Guinea for a fourth day dropping 174 tons and downing eight planes pushing the four day total to over 600 tons and more than 170 planes. Australians in Mintjim valley near Madang reached a road to Bogadjim while raids hit Boram airdrome and Brandi plantation.
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Southwest Pacific
Wewak
New Guinea
Japan
Madang
Mintjim
Bogadjim
Boram
Brandi plantation
Daumoina
Air Observer School Managers In Conference
Managers of air observers schools across Canada meet in Edmonton for a five or six day conference starting today. Western supervisor W R May of Canadian Airways Ltd and manager of No 2 A O S announced the gathering. This is the first meeting held in Edmonton and occurs every six months.
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EDMONTON
Canada
W. R
Canadian Airways Ltd
No. 2
A.O S
De Valera to Broadcast From Dublin Friday Night
London reports Premier Eamon De Valera will broadcast to Eire Friday night from Dublin. Speculation centers on possible Irish stance if Allies isolate Eire. The London Evening News suggested retaliation could include closing the Foynes trans Atlantic air terminus in western Eire.
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LONDON
C.P.Reuters
Eamon De Valera
Eire
Dublin
De Valera
London Evening News
Foynes
Empire air board proposal urged by Eye MP
Edgar Granville independent member for Eye gave notice in the House of Commons urging an empire air board to supervise civil air route development across the empire. He asked the dominions undersecretary to place the suggestion for discussion at the coming conference of dominion premiers.
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EMPIRE AIR BOARD
LONDON
C.P. Cable
Edgar Granville
Eye
Empire
house of commons
dominions
Mutual aid deals with UK Australia and Soviet Union to be tabled
Ottawa March 16 Parliaments news bulletin says Canada will table mutual aid agreements with the United Kingdom Australia and the Soviet Union at the Commons tonight. Prime Minister King plans to seek leave to discuss the measures simultaneously in Ottawa and other capitals. The pacts authorize Canada to supply war materiel to other United Nations from funds set by parliament for the mutual aid act.
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OTTAWA
United Kingdom
Australia
Soviet Union
commons
Mackenzie King
Canada
United Nations
MCTAGUE
Justice McTague
Sofia's Rail Yards Ruined
Naples March 16. R A F Wellington bombers attacked Sofia in force smashing the rail yards that connect the capital with Belgrade. Thousands of bombs including two ton blockbusters severed the line. Weather was clear with good visibility aiding the raid.
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NAPLES
R.A.F
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Red army
Wellingtons
Col Elliott Roosevelt Is Sued For Divorce
Col Elliott Roosevelt is under separate filing for divorce in Fort Worth district court. Ruth Goggins Roosevelt, through attorney Robert K. Hanger, said a routine petition would be filed and waivers for contest sent to Col Roosevelt, who is serving in the European war theatre. The couple, married 11 years, have three children.
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FORT WORTH
Tex
Robert K. Hanger
Ruth Goggins Roosevelt
Col
Elliott Roosevelt
Hanger
Roosevelt
Roosevelts
Soviet Drive Advances Toward Romania in Russsian Front Collapse
Moscow reports the central German front in southern Russia has collapsed as Marshal Konev's 2nd Ukrainian Army pushes toward Romania. Soviet units near Nikolaev and Odessa threaten key ports while Red Army air forces press the line. German forces defend along the Bug and Dniester rivers as their retreat risks cutting rail access to Bessarabia.
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EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Russia
Ivan S. Konev
2nd Ukraine
Rumania
Bessarabia
Red army
Bessarabian
Nikolaev
Odessa
Black Sea
Bug Lake
Slobodzeya
Odessa-Lwow
Red Star
Konev
Bug River
Dniester
Dnieper
Bug
Two Air Aces Reported Lost in New Guinea Action
Two United States air aces are reported lost in action over New Guinea Col. N Kearby of San Antonio Texas listed missing in action and Lt Col Thomas Lynch of Catasaqua Penn reported killed Kearby had 21 confirmed air kills Lynch 19 kills OTTAWA March 16 Some 510000 raised in Canada for tuberculosis prevention via 1943 Christmas seals with about 300000 Canadians participating R E S P E C T E D
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ALLIED
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
C.P.Reuters
United States
New Guinea
Col
N. Kearby
San Antonio
Texas
Thomas Lynch
Catasatqua
Penn
Kearby
Lynch
OTTAWA
G. J. Wherrett
Canadian Tuberculosis Association
Treasury Bill Issue Ottawa March 16 1944
Finance Minister Ilsley announced tenders were accepted for the full amount of 65 million dollars in Dominion of Canada treasury bills due June 16 1944. The average discount price of the accepted bids was 99 and 90 five tenths, with an average yield of 3 8 percent.
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OTTAWA
Ilsley
Dominion of Canada treasury
Chinese Take Jap Post in Burma
New Delhi reports Chinese troops have captured Tainghawk Sakan twelve miles south of Walawbum as they push south to drive Japanese from Hukawng valley in northern Burma. Mountbatten's command says Stilwell's forces reach the edge of Mogaung valley near Kamaing and Mogaung on the Mandalay railroad. Japanese reportedly move northward from the Kaban valley to the southeast.
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NEW DELHI
Tainghawk Sakan
Walawbum
Hukawng valley
Burma
Louis Mountbatten
Joseph Stilwell
Mogaung
Kamaing
Mandalay
Kaban
O Connor To Head Board In Wartime Labor Panel
Ottawa announces a new wartime labor relations board with Mr Justice G B OConnor of Edmonton as chairman and Mr Justice J N Francoeur of Quebec City as vice chairman. Ten members include A R Mosher Fred Molineux W L Best and R Harmengies. Employer reps include H Taylor W H Brown A Deschamps and A J Hills. The board will administer the wage control code and operates separately from the National War Labor Board. Continued on Page Three.
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Ottawa
national war labor board
C.P
Mitchell
wartime labor relations board
Justice G. B. O'Connor
Edmonton
Justice J. N. Francoeur
Quebec City
King
Justice CO. P. ‘McTague
A. R. Mosher
Canadian Congress of Labor
Fred Molineux
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America
AFL
Hamilton
W. L. Best
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Toronto
W. H. Brown
Moore Corporation Ltd
A. Deschamps
Montreal
A. J. Hills
Canadian National Railways
Release of beer to public immediately in Edmonton
Edmonton March 16. Solon E. Low provincial treasurer announces all available beer will be released to the public at once. Breweries face a three month aging requirement and bottle-top restrictions remain. March output forecast around 230000 dozen pints for 225305 permit holders with further registrations possible. draught beer quotas to hotels may rise about 10 percent in April.
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EDMONTON
C. P
Solon E. Low
Low
Mackenzie King
A P P Vet Dies in Victoria Veteran Police Officer Dead
Victoria March 16. David Evan Jones aged 71 former Alberta Provincial Police member for 13 years died here Tuesday. He resided in Edmonton 24 years before moving to Victoria seven years ago. A First Great War veteran he also served in the Boxer Rebellion India the Mediterranean and South Africa.
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VICTORIA
David Evan Jones
Alberta Provincial Police
Jones
Edmonton
India
Mediterranean
South Africa
RAF Massive Night Raid Pounds Stuttgart with 3360 Tons
RAF and Canadian heavy bombers join in a major night assault on Stuttgart dropping more than 3,360 tons of bombs. American bombers aided strikes on Brunswick and Amiens while RAF forces hit Munich and other northwest German targets. Forty RAF aircraft were lost in the operation amid limited visibility from weather.
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Gladwin Hill
Associated Press
ONDON
A.P
Reich
R.A.F
Stuttgart
R.C.A.F
Berlin
London
Munich
Germany
Amiens
France
BRUNSWICK
air ministry
United States
Morrison Urges Aid To Old Age Pensioners
Alberta Legislature debates old age pension payments amid calls for clear party positions at the Dominion provincial conference. Morrison (Lab., Edson) says some pensioners face penalties from regulations and appeals for government action. Estimates approved total 4.551 million, with criticism of fuel oil tax on farmers and discussions of medical cost schemes for pensioners.
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Morrison
EDMONTON
Alberta
Angus J. Morrison
Lab
Edson
assembly
committee of supply
Dominion
E. Low
Mr. Morrison
Low
Elmer Roper
C.C.F
British Columbia
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MacLachlan
U.S
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Novaya-Odessa
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WASHINGTON
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