Abramowicz Pays Penalty For Axe Slaying In Coleman
Peter Abramowicz, 49, a Polish coal miner, was hanged at the Lethbridge provincial jail for the January 25 axe murder of his former common law wife Veronica Zaho rejko, 35, in a Coleman shack. The execution occurred at 12 12 am and was witnessed only by officials. An inquest followed at once, with a Catholic priest present. burial took place in the prison grounds.
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Lethbridge
Peter Abramowicz
wifc
Veronica Zahorejko
Coleman
J. 5
Wray
Abramowicz
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
supreme court
Macleod
K. J. Murray
Mike Radko
Bertram A. Jones
Fred Baldwin
George Midwinter
Calgary
Baldwin
Beatrice Law
Soviets Plan New Offensive on Eastern Front
London dispatch reports Moscow radio says red army massing for a signal to start a new offensive. It mentions liberation of Soviet territory and other European nations from fascist oppressors. Four German attacks northwest of Tiraspol were repelled with 400 German deaths. Russian patrols destroyed 27 German tanks and self propelled guns.
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LONDON
Red army
Moscow radio today
Red
Tiraspo
Dnestr
Vancouver Island tribute to VC wining Major Hoey
Three months after his death in a Burma hillside battle Major Charles Ferguson Hoey is hailed as a hero on Vancouver Island. Born in Duncan before joining the West Kent regiment in Britain, he attended Sandhurst and rose to lieutenant with the Lincolnshire regiment. Hoey earned the Military Cross in 1943 for a Burma raid and was mentioned in despatches. He died after leading a charge against Japanese guns in Nyakyedauk Pass, Burma, on February 3, 1944, leaving a quiet, sports-loving family.
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V.C
Duncar
B.c
Imperial army
Burma
Vancouver Island
Ferguson Hoey
Duncan
Hoey
Duncan grammar school
Britain
West Kent regiment
Royal Military academy
Sandhurst
Lincolnshire regiment
India
northwest
Pacific
Nyakyedauk pass
BBC
London
toon
Mr. Hazy
Hoty
Mungdaw
Rescue launch saves ten crew from damaged bomber near Europe
A high speed air sea rescue launch picked up all ten crew members of an American bomber after it ditched in heavy seas about 150 miles from base. Returning from a mass raid on Berlin the bomber lost two engines to German fighters and ditched in the channel. One gunner was injured.
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LONDON
C.P.Reuters
air sea rescue service
Europe
Berlin
Canadians In Swift Gain In Italy Drive
Canadian corps infantry and western tanks crossed the Melfa river and pressed toward the Liri valley after a rapid advance from the shattered Hitler Line. The drive north west toward Rome netted at least 500 prisoners as Ontario and Maritime units established a firm bridgehead and forded the river. Continuous reconnaissance elements crossed the Meira and Liri, with initial tanks fording the Melfa as infantry moved up in lorries, continuing the march beyond Pontecorvo.
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DOUGLAS AMARON
ITALY
C.P. Cable
Melfa
Pontecorvo
Liti
Hitler
western Canada
Rome
Ontario
Meira
Liri
Lir
Dr McKechnie Dies At Coast
Dr R McKechnie aged 83 chancellor of the University of British Columbia and dean of the medical profession on the west coast died in Vancouver after a lengthy illness He was born in Brockville of Scottish stock and came to Vancouver after McGill and Montreal General Hospital internships He served as assistant surgeon at Wellington Mines and surgeon for the New Vancouver Coal Company at Nanaimo before opening practice in Vancouver in 1903 He was elected Liberal member of the British Columbia legislature for Nanaimo in 1898 and served in Semlin cabinet as executive council president.
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VANCOUVER
R &. McKechnie
University of British Columbia
west coast
Brockville
Mr Kechnie
McGill University
Montreal General Hospital
McKechnie
Wellington Mines
New Vancouver Coal Company
Nanaimo
B.C
Vienna
Semlin
executive council
5500 Planes Out Today
Masses of planes estimated at 5,500 bombed the Germans across north and south France Belgium northern Italy and the Reich in coordinated raids from Britain and Italy. By 5 pm about 7,500 tons of bombs had fallen since midnight as heavy bombers attacked nine railway yards and four airfields in occupied France and Belgium.
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LONDON
France
Belgium
Italy
Reich
Britain
west wall of Europe
Berlin
Aachen
R.C.AF
Mulhouse
Belfor
Sarreguemines
Metz
Thionville
Charleroi
Blainville
Brussels
Liege
Nancy
Bretignvy
Antwerp
U.S
Toulon
Braverard
Lyon
Rhine
Allies Gain In Guinea
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS reports US units moving toward the Japanese air fields near Sarmi in Netherlands New Guinea have crossed the Tor river and are advancing on Maffin Bay. A Pacific air raid on Truk in the Carolines dropped 84 tons of bombs and shot down two to three interceptors as heavy bombers struck from the Admiralty Islands. An American outpost south of Aitape, British New Guinea, repelled a sharp Japanese attack.
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ALLIED
New Guinea
Sarmi
Netherlands New Guinea
Tor river
Maffin Bay
Truk
Carolines
Admiralty Islands
Tor
Matffin Bay
Wakde-Toem
Aitape
British New Guinea
Canada and Chile to elevate diplomats to ambassadors
In Ottawa on March 25 Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced Canada and Chile will upgrade their diplomatic ranks to ambassadors. Peru will follow with ambassadorial posts for Canadian and Peruvian envoys. no change to current Chilean representation. Warwick Chipman remains Canada’s envoy to Chile with Edouard Grove as Chile’s representative in Canada.
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Mackenzie King
commons
Chile
Canada
Peru
King
Warwick Chipman
Edouard Grove
Howe
Russia
The
minster
United States
Howard Green
Vancouver Sourh
Resources
Crerar
Alberta
Berlin Alibis Withdrawal In Anzio Beachhead Combat
Allied troops landed behind German lines at Anzio and joined the front. Berlin claimed Germans withdrew into mountains near the Appian Way to regroup, with heavy fighting near Pontecorvo and Piedimonte. Canadian and Polish forces reported actions around Pontecorvo and Piedimonte.
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LONDON
Anzio
Berlin
rnse
Terracina
Cisterna
DNS
Velletri-Cisterna
Melfa
Lin Valley
Pontecorvo
Piedimonte
Via Cassilna
$15 Ceiling On Soldiers' Fares
Ottawa reports the defense department set a $15 ceiling on railway fares for armed forces members traveling home on annual or embarkation leave in Canada. Railways and federal government to cover the balance of the cost. Nearby Portage la Prairie notes funeral services for Kenneth Stewart, five, son of Lipdt and Mrs G A Stewart, following drowning in a five-foot cooler.
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OTTAWA
defence department
Canada
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE
Kenneth Stewart
Lipdt
G. A. Stewart Tuevaungarer
Allied drive in Rome region links fronts near Anzio
British and American forces push from the Anzio beachhead toward the Cassino line. Canadian and American units seize Pontecorvo on the Liri river as the 60 mile advance continues. French and Polish troops press toward Pico and Aquina while Germans retreat along the Tyrrhenian coast.
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Hitler
Lirt
Gari River
90th Motorized Grenadier
1éth motorized Grenadier
Pico
Pastena
Pren
8th Army
Aquina
Bnie
Polish unis
Churchill Urges Overwhelming Military Power To Keep Peace
Prime Minister Churchill urged in the House of Commons a postwar world organization with overwhelming military power to deter aggression. He outlined a plan for a future council of great powers and all states to maintain security, while affirming unconditional surrender for Nazi Germany and Japan, and stressing unity with Britain’s allies.
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TANDON
house of commons
Germam
saving world
Spain
Turkey
Britain
Russia
MinGP
commonwealth prime ministers
United States
Japan
Germany
Nazi Germany
Chinese Make New Gains in North Burma and Imphal Stand
Allied forces push toward Myitkyina in northern Burma with steady progress as Chinese divisions advance along the Mogaung river. British Indian troops hold a rear roadblock at Imphal facing Japanese assaults along the Tiddim and Tramu Palel routes.
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CHUNGKING
iPi
Myitkyina
Burma
Mogaung river
Joseph W
Tatangtzu
Tentchung
Burma Road
Horn front
China
eny
Lovang
acre
T war
Honad halled
RANDY Devion
Imphal
Tiddim
India
Tramu-Palel
Discovery of a New Comet Reported by Harvard Observatory
A terse notice claims May 25 sightings of a new comet labeled BGSTON, observed via strong telescopes in Europe and Copenhagen. The Harvard College Observatory is cited, with sources described as an anniversary stream of information from European astronomy houses.
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BGSTON
Poe
Harvard Coudege
European cinarig house
streamleak informarttur
Copen- Laget
Denmark
Yugoslav Front Engulfed in Heavy Fighting Across Regions
London's May 25 report says the regular Yugoslav front erupted into mass battles with many German losses. Tito’s forces claim major advances in Hercegovina defeating enemies near Ceimerna and Gaexo. The 29th Yugoslav Division reportedly attacked Sta lac Sector, with 6300 Germans and Chetniks engaged and ongoing clashes along Montenegro and Sandak borders.
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LONDON
Marsha
Josip Brom 'Titov
army of liberation
Hercegovina
bngage
Ceimerna
Gaexo
Stalac
Yugoslavia
Montenegro
Sandak
Croatia
Bastar
Slovrrua
Wake Islands heavy air raid by American carrier task force
An American carrier task force attacked Marcus and Wake islands, closing within 1,209 miles of Toksa and 900 miles southeast to strike Japanese held Wake. Admiral A. F. Montgomery led the raid, destroying a small cargo ship and downing one medium bomber. Six thousand planes were used with eight thousand tons of bombs reported.
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MARLES
WAKE ISLANDS
WASHINGTON
LONDON
A.P.1
Italy
Berlin
ivasion
France
Belgium
R.A.F
Europe
SLAV
BARE
Podgorica
Yugoslavia
George Lasic
Draja Mihailovic
CISTERNA
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