Disturbances Inside Germany Reported by Radio
New York radio reported conditions inside Germany with claims of unrest from an antiwar demonstration in Frankfurt am Main to a Berlin typhus outbreak. CBS Stockholm correspondent Charles Shaw cited a refugee from Frankfurt who said SS troops fired on demonstrators, killing several, after a protest at Westhafen and a siege of Eschenheimerstrasse prison. The march included a call to fight Russians as SS forces dispersed the crowd, with reports of deaths and a two day industrial strike in Frankfurt.
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Berlin
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Sweden
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Eschenehimstrasse
Surplus Materials To Be Destroyed In Canada War End
War Assets Corporation outlined plans to destroy surplus Canadian war goods after the conflict ends. Up to 75 percent of war materials, including obsolete training aircraft and 1000 horsepower motors, would be salvaged only as ingots or dumped at sea after extensive testing. Seven hundred children have returned to England from the United States following wartime evacuation.
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Ottawa
War Assets Corporation
Canadian Weekly Association
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Holland
England
Netherland Front
Jack Brown
Coaticook
Que
Joe Wilson
Toronto
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Bill Budd
North Battleford
Sask
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Melita
Man
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Scotty) Stewart Medicine
Soviet Forcing Japanese Forces To Stay On Manchurian Front
London reports the Soviet government has compelled Japan to keep 24 infantry divisions, three motorized brigades, and seven armored brigades along the Soviet Japanese frontier. This ties a large portion of Japanese land forces and fighter strength, even as needs rise in the Philippines and other areas.
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Manchuria
Philippines
Imperial Command
Japan
India Dominion Status Urged by Indian Delegate
Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan urged a scheme granting India dominion status soon at a Claridge's dinner for Commonwealth delegates. He proposed Britain announce an agreed plan to be implemented a year after the war or, if Indians fail to agree, to adopt a provisional scheme effective until an Indian plan is settled.
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India
Muhammad Zafrulla Khan
British Commonwealth Relations Conference
Claridge’s
Viscount Kemsley
United Kingdom
Grain crop value in western Canada set at 425000 to 450000
Edmonton reports that Trade Minister James A. MacKinnon estimates the 1944 45 grain crop marketing value to producers in western Canada will range from 425000 to 450000 dollars gross. About two thirds of this total has already been realized by farmers. Also noted, the Commercial Registration Office has denied Willys Overland Motors exclusive use of the name jeep, declaring the word public domain. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Edmonton
James A. MacKinnon
Canada
World map shows planned German control across continents
Ottawa report says Lieut. Rosenes found a Nazi era map in the Netherlands indicating Germany would conquer large parts of Canada and the United States plus regions in South America Europe and Australia. The map marks Canada and the US as German territories and assigns vast areas to other Axis partners with no clear division lines.
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Ottawa
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New Zealand
Japan
China
First Dominion Air Force Branch Formed in Winnipeg
The air force branch of the Canadian Legion BESS was formed in Winnipeg with about 200 active and discharged air force men attending. The piece notes that three-fourths of the average war plane’s weight is aluminum.
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Wizard Robot War Secret Guarded Since 1930
A disclosure reveals the stant reading gyro-magnetic compass known as the wizard robot, fitted to all RAF long range bombers and dominions air force and USAAF aircraft. It powers automatic pilot George and provides constant corrections to bomb sights and radar, ensuring precise target release under all conditions. Invented at Farnborough in 1930 and kept secret until now.
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London
RAF
Dominions
DRC
Farnborough Research Establishment
England
Gasoline Ration To Continue At Last Year Levels
Ottawa notes no change in the April 1 gasoline ration for motorists with the same allowance as last year and no early increase seen. Munitions Minister Howe warns Allied petroleum demands remain immense, with supply depends on war tempo in Europe and the Pacific. He says rationing is based on stocks and forward estimates, and any relaxations will follow essential demand.
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Howe
Canada
Europe
Pacific
New Air Lines and a Will Now Have Seven Entries
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced two aviation pacts with the United States adding six Canadian entries to the civil and wartime routes. New Canadian lines include Halifax to Boston and Toronto to Cleveland Chicago, Port Arthur to Duluth, Victoria to Seattle, Whitehorse to Fairbanks. US routes cover New York to Quebec New York to Ottawa Washington to Montreal and Ottawa Seattle to Whitehorse. Yugoslav forces report actions near Sarajevo as Tito notes a German column split and retreat. Canada removes rhubarb and crabapples from rationed fruits list easing preserves coupons.
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