Two Big Jobs To Do Yet
Prime Minister King, at 70, vows to stay in office until Japan is defeated and reforms underway. He praises Saskatchewan’s war effort and aims to secure continued leadership for Canada’s postwar transition while addressing Prince Albert constituents. He plans local discussions with Council, Board of Trade, and rehabilitation leaders.
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Japan
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Canada
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Mackenzie King
Prince Albert
government of Canada
board of trade
Houde Says King Should Be Put On Trial
Montreal May 21 Mayor Camillien Houde independent Bloc Populaire candidate in St Mary for the June 11 federal election declared that if there is a trial over responsibility for the conduct of the war Prime Minister Mackenzie King should be put on trial. Houde did not specify whether the charge concerns the war or Canada's role in it. He accused the Liberals of being renegades on conscription and said they are no longer worthy of trust.
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MONTREAL
C.P
Camillien Houde
Bloc Populaire
St. Mary
Gunfire Stirs Prague As Russians, Czechs Clash
Occasional gunfire rattles Prague streets as Russians and Czechs press Germans from cellars and attics eleven days after the capital's aberration. Two days earlier a cemetery exchange of shots interrupted a burial.
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PRAGUE
Ottawa parliamentary press gate political pageant revisited
Ex Communist Harry Binder pivots to Progress to Labor in West Ottawa federal race after recent overseas service. He circulated Communist literature amid a press tour with Tory and Labour allied groups and reports note his controversial activity attracting attention from officials.
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HE Ottaw
Charles Bishop
senate
Harry Binder
West Ottaway
Binder
Brita
Douklas
Saskatchewan
fay Ve Tous
Bentors Masser
Toronto Greenwend
Dayil Croft
Torarite Fada
Prider
Kangateng peas
vaelyton
Dyfener
Canada
Rewihitong ae
Fierce Bombardment Levels Shuri Base on Okinawa
US Marines on Okinawa report Shuri reduced to rubble after heavy bombardment and bombardments. Allied forces push 800 yards through coral ravines toward Shuri northwestern outskirts as Australian veterans seize hill 105 on Tarakan. Australian advance at Brandi plantation near Wewak and near Boram airfield in New Guinea. Navy plane destroys five Japanese ships totalling 17,000 tons off Formosa. MacArthur cites 369,818 Japanese killed or captured in Philippines drive. Mindanao defences weakened as Americans clear pockets on Luzon Balete pass and Ipo pocket near Manila. Continued on Page Three.
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Okinawa
Shuri
Tarakan
Borneo
British New Guinea
Brandi plantation
Wewak
Boram
Formosa
MacArthur
Philippines
Davao
Mindanao
Luzon
Balete pass
Ipo pockt
Allowances Will Stand Under PC Policy
Canadian Press report from Kenora Ontario states the Progressive Conservative party pledges farm prices will not fall while production costs stay high. Leader John Bracken outlines policies to ensure farmers a fair national income share via announced prices before each production season.
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Progressive Conservative
John Bracken
Bracket
Ontario
Neepawa
Manitoba
Bracken
Canadian Pacific Railway
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sears
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Brarken
Roosevelt set San Francisco conference date in April
Ellen Wilkinson, British delegate, claims President Roosevelt chose April for the San Francisco talks because he believed he had little time left and wanted to give to the world. She says Roosevelt knew his days were numbered even before Yalta and that an earlier meeting worsened some difficulties.
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BLACKPOOL
England
C.P
Ellen Wilkinson
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Yalta
Canadian fliers freed from German camps total 1315
Ottawa May 21 The Royal Canadian Air Force released a list showing 150 Canadian airmen liberated from German POW camps, bringing total liberations to 1315. Names include George Rae Annand and James William Guignion with affiliations and parental details.
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R.C.AF
RCAF
Annand
George Rae
G. R
Waterton Park
Guignion
James Wiliam
Jacob Guignion
Edmonton
Ingus
Edward Ross
A. R. Inglis
Minnehik
Bryant
Stanley William
G. J. Bryant
Cooper
David Thomas
Joseph Cooper
Boundary Creek
Cox
Leonard Elder
L. 'E. Cox
Cranbrook
B.C
St. Albert
Scott
Herbert Kenneth
W. S. Scott
McManhon
Wilbur Thomas
J. A. McMahon
Parry
Robert Alan
Robert Parry
Gatsa
Yugoslav Crisis Tests Unity of The Big Three
Ambiguity over Yugoslav territorial claims sparks tension among Tito, Yurcostea, and Allied representatives. The dispute centers on Trieste and Gorizia near the Isonzo, with demands affecting Addarte River fortifications and potential evacuation talks at a forthcoming peace conference. Tito signals willingness to have claims adjudicated. military subordinates stress readiness to resist.
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Laly
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Yuroskoyar
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Yurcostea
uns
tien
Trieste
Gorizia
Tsonzo
Addarte Riere enfort
threwars
Taeid
Marehal Alexater passie
Mediterranean
Tips
Task Force Near Japan Report Sparks War Alarm
A May 21 dispatch from San Francisco cites Japanese broadcasts claiming an Allied task force nears Kyushu while about 80 American B29s raid Tokyo area airfields. No Allied confirmation was provided. Reports note increased carrier air raids on Kyushu and Amami Islands since Thursday with speculation of a new enemy scheme.
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Nippon
Tokyo
federal communications commission
dipatch
Amami Atchipelony
Goromy tisk
Mariihae
cinl
warshin
Bennkipe
Faerun
Petshit
Germans Caught By Allies in Postwar Manhunt
Allied forces report captures and detentions of key Nazi figures. Field Marshal Ferdinand Schoerner, who fled Czechoslovakia, was turned over to the U.S. 42nd division after disguising himself and seeking refuge with the German First Army Group. Eduard Ilze and Dr. Alfred Rosenberg are also noted as captured, with Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler still sought. Public opinion in Allied nations presses for faster arrests of war criminals.
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Associated Press
ARIS
Ferdinand Schoerner
Red army
Czechoslovakia
Germany
U.S
Schoerner
1st army group
Ross Munro
Eduard ielze
Alfred Rosenberg
Wisch
Gestapo
Heinrich Hiromler
Neunkirchen
Arthur Grieser
Posiau
Moscow
Carry Out Adolf's Own Death Plan
Berchtesgaden dated report says Hitler planned his own death with an SS colonel in charge of the underground chancellery. The secretary Herrgessel says Hitler was to be killed and his body disposed to keep Russians from finding it, with witnesses at the last birthday conference confirming the account.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Gerhard Herrgessel
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Berlin
Reihs chancellery
tringerman
Guensche
Herriessel
Guensebe
thase
Herrgessel
Ludwag Krieger
Henry Buchel
Karl Thoet
Kurt Meschel
Ewald Reynite
Tans Helting
Plunge to Death From Vancouver Bridges
Two men died by plunging from city bridges in Vancouver on Saturday. One victim, identified by papers in his pocket, was found on Beach Avenue near Burrard Bridge. the other, a middle aged man, was found on the beach below Lawnside Bridge near the harbor entrance.
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VANCOUVER
Aoman
Herma Rothberg
Beach Avenue
Burrard bridge
Praise From Coldwell On Canada's Press At San Francisco
Vancouver observer Coldwell lauds Canadian press handling of the San Francisco world security conference. He criticizes biased coverage and urges reporters to consider truth over sensationalism while defending press independence and accuracy amid divergent views.
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Canada
Frisco
Coldwell
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Mod Coldwell
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United eChigc
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Rebuilding Lidice Village By Czech Authorities
The Czech authorities plan to rebuild Lidice the mining village 30 miles northwest of Uns city that housed 205 families before Nazi destruction in 1942. The village was razed after villagers resisted Allied parachutists, with bombers artillery and tanks used in the destruction.
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PRAGUE
Reuters
Lidice
Uns city
Chinese troops seize Hochih in Kwansi Province drive
Chinese forces recaptured Hochih in Kwansi Province, a key Japanese strong point on the Kwangsi Hweichow railroad, 95 miles west of Liuchow, as new coastal landings and attacks pushed east toward Foochow. Reported gains included Marmol and Lienkens areas with suspected evacuations of Japanese forces from China’s coast.
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Kwang Province
Hochih
Liuchow
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east China
Foochow
Lienkens
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China
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Labor Party Rejects Churchill Plea for Coalition Continuation
The Labour Party conference at Blackpool, May 21, voted unanimously to back Prime Minister Churchill's request to keep the coalition until Japan’s defeat. Miss Wilkins on security urged election policy shifts, while leaders signaled readiness to sustain the government into autumn, amid calls for further parliamentary discussion.
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JOHN KIMUHE
BLALKPOOL
England
Reuters
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Churchil
Japan
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Mr. Churchill
kfle Walkinson
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Laeger party
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diane Mis Wilkinson
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Blackpool
Big Three Meet Sought Over Trieste Adriatic Dispute
On May 21 British press urged an early meeting of the Big Three to settle Europe’s vexing problems as tensions rose over Trieste and its Adriatic port.
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ONDON
Europe
Adriatic
Trieste
Yugoslav Forces Leaving Austria as Tito Talks Loom
Yugoslav troops retreat from Carinthia and Styria in trucks supplied by the British Army with plans to be beyond the Austria border by nightfall. Allied optimism exists for a settlement with Tito on Italy. Belgrade reports warn British and American personnel to prepare for possible evacuation and withdrawal.
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TRIESTE
Carinthia
Styria
Austria
Tito
Italy
EMAND
Daily Sketch
Germany
Daily Telegraph
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Break Up Clash at Coast Sparks Police Action
In Vancouver on May 21 an east end dance hall Happyland erupted into a near clash between civilians and servicemen after an airman reported trouble outside. Four men, including a Royal Canadian Air Force member, faced charges of intoxication in a public place with PO W Ho LaPointe also charged with obstructing a police officer. The suspects were William Campbell Thomas Faichen and David Bain, all of Vancouver.
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VANCOUVER
east end
Happyland
RCAF
PO. W. Ho LaPointe
William Campbell
Thomas Faichen
David Bain
Follee
Representatives vote for posthumous Medal of Honor for Roosevelt
The U S House of Representatives voted unanimously to authorize a special Medal of Honor for Franklin D Roosevelt posthumously after a lengthy debate in which Rep John Robson objected to awarding the medal to the late president.
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