Sir Edward Beatty Dies at 65 Rail Chief of CPR
Canadian press obituary notes Sir Edward Beatty GBE KC LL D died Tuesday night at Royal Victoria hospital after a brief illness. The former CPR president, 65, had retired last year but remained chairman of the railway’s executive board. His death ends a famed Canadian business career built from CPR legal staff to lead the world’s largest privately owned transport system by age 40.
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Sir Edward Beatty
G.B.E
K.C
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Sir Edward
Edward
Victoria
B.C
Ross
Royal Victoria hospital
Canada
C.P.R
railway
Axis ships battered off Terschelling in Dutch coast fight
British light coastal forces damaged at least one escort vessel and hit two more off Terschelling Netherlands in early yesterday action. No convoy was attacked. darkness prevented full results from being observed. All forces returned to harbor with one rating slightly injured and two ships lightly damaged.
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LONDON
Terschelling
Netherlands
admiralty compiunique
admiralty
Notable Education Figure Honored by King George VI
The New Year honors include Dr. Frederick Clarke M A Litt D professor of Education and director of the Institute of Education at the University of London. He previously chaired education at Harley University College and McGill University and later led the London University Institute of Education.
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George VI
Frea Clarke
Institute of Education
University of London
McGill University
Harley University College
Southampton
University of Cape Town
South Africa
Clarke
Sir William Macdonald
England
Sir Percy Nunn
London University Institute of Education
Canada
United States
The Sept Hand Continues On Back Page
The Sept Hand continues on the back page with continued notes and details. The fragment references a sweep of a race or event though specifics are unclear.
Alberta approves 1943 44 budget of 21 654 612 dollars
Alberta Legislature endorses the 1943 44 provincial budget totaling 21,654,612 dollars after defeating a motion to slash a 693,130 treasury appropriation. Debate covered debt refund plans with mixed support and questions over interest terms in the bondholder proposal.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
J. C. Mahaffy
Calgary
treasury branches
treasury branch
House
Allied raid on Norway halted by German troops
London dispatch reports Oslo radio said saboteurs landed on the Norwegian coast Monday night by British motor boats. German troops spotted them and drove the raiders off with losses. Reuters recorded the broadcast which British authorities have not confirmed.
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LONDON
Oslo
Reuters News Agency
Spitfire Yields Ground as Typhoon Becomes War Weapon
In southern England March 24 a reader report celebrates the Typhoon replacing the Spitfire as the RAF’s faster, more heavily armed fighter. Pilots praise its speed, power, and ability to outpace Focke Wulf 190s, with one account of Typhoons overtaking and defeating a Luftwaffe pair near the channel.
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R.A.F
ENGLAND
CPF
Squa
N. Beamont
DF.C
Bar
Yorkshire auxiliary squadron
Mrs Rankin Dies in Montreal Hospital
Mrs. Florence Caroline Rankin, 54, wife of Lt Col Alan C Rankin C M G director of hygiene for the Canada Army, died yesterday in a Montreal hospital. She served as a nursing sister with the Canadian army in the First Great War and was a former president of the Overseas Nurses Association.
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EDMONTON
Florence Caroline Rankin
Alan C. Rankin
C.M.G
Canada Army
Montreal
Rankin
Overseas Nurses Association
Potato Shortage Hits Halifax Amid Transport Delays
Halifax reports a serious potato shortage on March 24 blamed on transportation difficulties. Officials say the supply disruption stems largely from delays across the Northumberland Strait from Prince Edward Island, but the shortage is viewed as temporary.
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HALIFAX
Northumberland Strait
Prince Edward Island
Donets Line Stops Nazis In Bitter Front Actions
Soviet forces on the northern Donets river held positions against German attempts to secure the eastern bank while pushing toward Smolensk. The central front advanced capturing villages and neutralizing German forces north of Dukhovshino as heavy fighting and losses continued around Belgorod and Chuguyev. The German air force raided positions but faced return fire amid ongoing 30 mile riverfront combat.
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EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Red army
Donets
Smolensk
Belgorod
Dukhovschino
Chuguev
trent
TCA Plans For Post War Growth Across Canada and Ocean
Trans Canada Airlines annual report to Parliament shows plans to extend to Vancouver Island pending transport board permit and a shorter continent route via Great Lakes to Winnipeg. Revenue passengers rose 23 percent, mail 66 percent, express 109 percent while operating revenue reached 7.94 million and surplus after charges about 404 thousand.
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OTTAWA
Trans Canada Airlines
house of commons
Howe
H. J. Symington
Vancouver Island
board of transport commissioners
Great Lakes
Winnipeg
Toronto
North Bay
Ont
Kapuskasing
Five Airmen Die in Hat Crash Near Rose Lynn Alberta
Five overseas airmen were killed when their Anson bomber crashed during a routine night flight at Rose Lynn Alberta. Names withheld until next of kin are notified. A court of inquiry will be held. RCAF bombers also laid mines in enemy waters last night and all returned.
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MEDICINE HAT
Anson
Rose Lynn
Alberta
A. ap Ellis
C.B.E
jcer
No. 34
S.RUI.S
RCAF
LONDON
Cabley -RCAF
bomber command
British Still Hold Mareth Town Area Despite Fierce Fire
Allied communique reports British 8th Army holding Mareth village area after frontal assault breached the line. Axis counter-attacks across southern Tunisia driven back as Montgomery’s forces press toward Gabes with El Tabara and Ward El Hamma advances. American and British units report tank losses and prisoner captures amid ongoing fighting.
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Mareth
Daniel De Luce
Associated Press
North Africa
8th Army
Mareth line
Mareth village
El Guetar
London
Churchill
house of commons
Bernard Montgomery
Sth
Rommel
Marshal Rommel
Tunisia
Bernard L. Montgomery
Maret
iPrime
Gabes
Algiers
Montgomery
Grn
El Tabara
Ward El Hamma
Gubes
Chott
Djerid
Pattan
Gafsa
Maknassy
Kenneth Anderson
1st army
Medjeavl-Bab
Tunis
Sumisia
Rome
Bone
Philippeville
coils
munique
Messina
Sicily
Messina Hard Hit by Allied Bombers Raid
Allied bombers struck Messina harbor at daylight. The Rome based Thalia High Command says 30 American bombers carried out the raid with 10 killed and 32 wounded as buildings were heavily damaged. In San Juan Puerto Rico, U S naval facilities will cost 100 million dollars by year end. Expansion focuses on Isla Grande naval air station.
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CATRO
United States Air Force
Messina
Italy
Thalia High Command
Rome
Associated Press
PORTO RICO
SAN JUAN
Puerto Rico
United States
John H. Hoover
Caribbean
Isla Grande naval air station
Wartime News Board Expenses Total 579162
Ottawa March 4 The Wartime Information Board expenses since its inception total 579 162 The return shows 119 209 dollars go to salaries honoraria and living allowances for board members The prime minister and other speeches of government are distributed by the board in five instances judged of national significance.
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OTTAWA
Wartime Information Board
House of Commons
C. Casselman
Grenville-Dundas
Yukon M P Would Bar Japs From N Am Continent
Yukon M P proposes banning Japanese from North American region as wartime measures loom. In Ottawa debate, Dorise Nielsen argues women on farms bear extra load from higher food production and worker shortages. She cites farm wives rising earlier, milking, feeding livestock, and managing daily chores while supporting war efforts.
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James McCook
OTTAWA
house of commons
Dorise W. Nielsen
Unity North Battleford
United Nations
Nielsen
Churchill acknowledges Nazi counterattacks in Tunisia
Prime Minister Churchill told the House that German counter-attacks have regained much of the Mareth bridgehead and that the Axis defensive line is being restored. He warned against expecting an easy decision but expressed confidence in eventual victory for British and American forces in Tunisia.
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LONDON
Mareh
Churchill
cummons
Mareth line
Tunisia
wester
Arthur Greenwood
orde
Tunis
Tihisia
United States
Mareth front
rat
Japanese Positions Bombarded Near Akyab Burma
A British communique reports RAF bombed Japanese positions at Donbsik on the Mayu peninsula north of Akyab Burma. Kaladan river sampans sunk by fighter patrols. Ywtaungoo road troops machine gunned. Magwe airfield and Ayab town bombed. Japanese sent duties over Arthedamneld in southeast Bengal with slight damage and minor casualties.
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Donbsik
Mayu peninsula
Akyab
Burma
RAF
Kaladan
YTaungoo
sas
Magwe
Ayab
Bengal
Ammunition explosion at Portage depot claims workers
A large blast at the United States Portage ordnance depot killed up to ten workers. Col Raymond A. Brown reported two bodies recovered with the death toll likely not exceeding ten.
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Marek M
United States
Portage
Raymond A. Brown
FERNIE
C.P
East
here
Mike Jacchicz
Matthew Luckas
Jor Casetti
Mike Munduk
Lethbridge
lanter
Nelson
D.C
Westminster
Natal
J. R. Perry
Anne De V Valoix
Perry
ALLIED COMMAND
ATLANTIC
LONDON
Washington
Lord Bruntisfield
house of Lords
OTTAWA
Mackensia King
King
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