Canadian Army Heads Crerar To Lead Italian Corps
Allied announcements in Naples report Lt Gen H D G Crerar being appointed commander of the 1st Canadian Army, with Lt Gen Kenneth Stuart relinquishing the post. Maj Gen E L M Burns to acting lieutenant general. Lt Gen Guy Simonds to lead Canada’s other corps, likely the 2nd. In Italy fierce fighting continues near Anzio and areas south of the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns
Italy
Jack Braley
UAWA
C.P
H. D. Gererar
Hamilton
Defence
Ralston
Kenneth Stuart
Kingston
Ont
1st Army
A. G. L. McNaughton
McNaughton
National Research Council
defence headquarters
Tommy) Burns
Westmount
Que
B. M. Hoffmeister
Vancouver
Sicily
eral
Canada
Guy Simonds
Britain
Crerar
Simonds
Allied Raids Rock Europe
Allied air offensives across Europe continue for a sixth straight day with British and Italian bases delivering heavy bombers and fighters. RAF and US aircraft target Germany and occupied territories, with Monfalcone and central western Germany among recent strikes.
First Anglo American raid hits Hungarian towns
Ankara March 20 Approximately 250 planes raided Hungarian cities in the first Anglo American air attack on Hungary. The Budapest correspondent reported the Pest alert lasted about an hour and a half with no planes sighted. It named Kaposvar as among those hit and noted rail junctions and nearby airdromes. Reconnaissance planes reportedly flew over Pec Szlonok and Gyor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ANKARA
Hungary
Budapest
Anatolian
Kaposvar
Croatia
Pec
Szlonok
Gyor
Finnish government moves to temporary capital northward
Finnish ministries are packing records for movement to a prearranged temporary capital north of Helsinki. Reports from Helsinki say the city is empty of children who have been moved to the countryside, as residents return home on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
STOCKHOLM
Helsinki
Bears Under Bounty Trigger New Brunswick Policy
The Saint John Telegraph Journal discusses drastic cuts to New Brunswick bear bounty and doubling the dead bear payment to ten dollars. Rural residents push to eradicate bears now labeled as nuisances alongside wildcats and porcupines, to protect farms. Concerns about cross border killings and double dipping are noted as the policy shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
Saint John Telegraph Journal
Bruin
Maine
Parliamentarian News Bullets Ottawa March 20 Vote on Nielsen Motion
The commons rejected a motion to table correspondence on the internment and release of Alois N Schneider of St Walburg Sask by 92 to 51. Nielsen and allies argued for transparency while government and others opposed. A separate first reading introduced by CCF's Angus MacInnis would amend the criminal code to curb material likely to cause race or religious dissension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
commons
Dorise Nielsen
Unity
North Battleford
Alois N. Schneider
St. Walburg
Sask
C.C.F
New Democracy
Bloc Populaire
house
Nielsen
Schneider
OTTAWA
The
commons today
Angus MacInnis
Vancouver East
MacInnis
Alberta Delegation Plans Coal Claims Push to Dominion
EDMONTON March 20 Alberta will submit its coal relief demands to the Dominion government April 3 via two joint delegations representing the province operators and miners Hon N E Tanner minister of lands and mines will join the delegation He notes personnel is not yet complete and unions have agreed to send reps March action followed a Drumheller resolution calling for a national coal policy to aid Canadian mines and miners Tanner plans eastward travel March 31 with other delegation members likely departing then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDMONTON
Alberta
Dominion
N. E. Tanner
lands and mines
LAC
Gordon Taylor
S.C
Drumheller
the
Tanner
east
Missionary says defenders killed 18000 Japanese troops at Hong Kong
Rev. Charles Murphy, recently repatriated from a Japanese prison camp, reported in Toronto that British and Canadian defenders of Hong Kong killed an estimated 18,000 crack Japanese troops before the enemy secured no beachheads on the crown colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TORONTO
Charles Murphy
Hong Kong
Bill Thompson Ex Mayor of Chicago Dies
Chicago obituary notes William Hale Thompson also known as Big Bill Thompson died at 75 after a heart attack. A three term mayor famed for flamboyant campaigns and his aim to make Chicago the most talked of city, he once threatened to punch King George of England in the snoot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CHICAGO
William Hale
Big Bill) Thompson
Thompson
King George of England
British sloops sink six Uboats in 20 days at sea
Five naval sloops Kite Magpie Starling Wild Goose and Woodpecker battered 20 U boats in 20 days in the Battle of the Atlantic. Four survivors returned to Liverpool to a gala welcome as Edward Alexander hailed the escort group’s cruise as a Trafalgar of the war. Only Woodpecker was lost with all hands saved, and one U-boat was forced to surface before sinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDWARD D. BALL
Associated Press
LONDON
H.M.S
Woodpecker
Liverpool
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Kite
Magpie
Starling
Wild Goose
Trafalgar
Nazis Occupy All Hungary
Ankara reports confirmed German occupation of Hungary while Regent Horthy and the Hungarian staff met with Adolf Hitler. The BBC quoted an Ankara broadcast saying German troops seized strategic points as Horthy and his commander were at Hitler’s headquarters. The Turkish report also says Hungary refused Hitler’s demand to resist the Russian advance.
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ANKARA
Hungary
Bucharest
Anadolu Ajans
Nicholas Horthy
Adolf Hitler
NEW YORK
BBC
Hitler
Edmanson Named Alberta Judge in New Sect of Appointments
Ottawa dispatch reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King announcing Chief Justice E A McPherson of Manitoba to lead in Manitoba Court of Appeal and Hugh Amos Robson to head the Court of King's Bench there. Also seven judicial postings across Alberta Manitoba and British Columbia including R M Edmonson of Calgary named southern Alberta district court judge and J C McDonald as chief judge of southern Alberta district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Mackenzie King
E. A. McPherson
Manitoba court of King's bench
court of appeal for
Manitoba
McPherson
J. B. Prendergast
King
Hugh Amos Robson
court of King’s bench
St. Laurent
Alberta
British Columbia
H. A. Bergman
K.C
Winnipeg
Manitoba court of appeal
S. A. Smith
Supreme Court of
John Owen Wilson
Cariboo
B.C
Smith
Lucien Dubuc
district court of northern
J. L. Crawford
northern Alberta district court
J. C. McDonald
Edmonton
J. W. McDonald
Southern Alberta district court
R. M. Edmonson
Calgary
Macleod
McDONALD
EDMANSON
Vesuvius Eruption Ravages Naples Rail Line
Mount Vesuvius erupted in the worst flare since 1906 sending three lava streams down the slopes. The lava wiped out 100 feet of the scenic railroad and villagers on the south slopes faced possible evacuation.
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NAPLES
Mount Vesuvius
Seize Base of Lorengau Captured by Allies
Allied forces seized Lorengau, the enemy headquarters in the Admiralty Islands, after breaching pillbox defenses. The 1st Cavalry Division reported completing the occupation of vital Admiralty areas on Manus Island, with seventy five enemy bunkers destroyed and substantial material seized. Many Japanese dead left in the town while remnants fled into surrounding hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Lorengau
Admiralty Islands
Admiraltys
1st Cavalry Division
Manus Island
Burma Base II Expanded
Mountbatten’s air commandos widened a jungle beachhead behind enemy lines southeast of Myitkyina in northern Burma after heavy hand to hand fighting. Allied forces report light losses as Japanese positions were driven from a strong point. A second front faces the Chin Hills as Japanese forces cross the Chindwin River in force, signaling a major Burma battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RICHARD G. MASSOCK
Associated Press
NAPLES
rmans
Lynn Heinzerling
Fifth Army
Anzio
5th Army
NEW DELHI
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Burma
Myitkyina
southeast Asia
Mandalay
Chin Hills
India
Chindwin
Hukawng
Air Cadet League Seeks 250000 Fund To Perpetuate Work
Air Cadet League of Canada launches a coast to coast drive beginning March 26 to raise 250000 for a new four point program of national objectives. The league sponsors 376 squadrons and 29000 air cadets, aims to foster pre enlistment instruction and ongoing aviation training for Canadian youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Cadet League of Canada
League
Canada
Air Cadet League
B.C.A.F
air cadet movement
Arthur L. Melling
Montreal
jon
Melling
War Charities Act
Ornl
Frankfort bombers strike Nazi targets in Europe
Allied and American air forces conduct wide raids across Europe on Monday. U S heavy bombers hit Frankfurt area while RAF and American planes target Rome and northern Italy. Reports say 1,200 to 1,700 aircraft participated with several enemy aircraft shot down and losses listed. Russian fronts expand in Poland as Red Army presses toward Lwow and surrounding railway hubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AUSTIN BEALMEAR
Associated Press
LONDON
Dover Strait
Europe
Britain
Italy
R.AF
R.A
Monfalcone
Trieste
Hitler
FRANKFURT
U.S
Zurich
SWEDEN
HUNGARY
STOCKHOLM
MARSHALLS
WASHINGTON
United States
Mili Island
Marshalls group
navy department
ROME
C.P
Tiburtina
Frankfort
R.A.F
POLAND
Lwow
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bk ob
Red Army
Dniester
Rumania
Stuart
Danube
Russia
Vinnitsa
Lees
Odessa
Black Sea
Moscow
Kremenets
Berlin
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Pskov
Baltics
Mogilev- Podolski
Dniester east bank
H. D. G. CRERAR
Geo. Brown
John Carling
Liberal party
M. J. Coldwell
Bill Thompson
vance
R. M. Edmanson
McDonald, Macleod
VESUVIUS
Chindwin River
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