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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 22, 1945
Page
9
London reports that the pursuit of German forces on the western front tightens as Allied units hold at the forest edge and prepare for a final blow. Eisenhower’s troops push toward Remagen and the Ruhr while the German withdrawal trims manpower ahead of a climactic offensive anticipated next month.
Brazilian weekly reprints quote Conrad Wraos of Inter Allied Service praising Canada as the route to victory in the Pacific. He notes Canada's air and naval defense kept Britain’s lines during the Blitz and predicts a similar, larger role for Canada in future operations against the Nipponese empire.
London reports Moscow radio saying Germany outfits several large U boats for the escape of top Nazi leaders. The German broadcast urged sabotage to prevent their flight. In February enemy air action caused 1635 civilian casualties with 484 deaths and about 1151 injuries, per the Home Security Ministry.
Washington lawmakers vote to extend the lend lease program for another year with a war use only designation by a large margin amid wartime urgency and ongoing military aid.
Navy Minister Macdonald told the Canadian Club of Toronto that Canada's Pacific fleet will be far larger than a token force. He credited civilians and sailors for naval prestige and argued the Atlantic campaign began September 1, 1930 and will continue until peace. He called it the greatest war campaign, surpassing the Pacific effort.
In New York, Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gromyko said the Yalta conference shattered Germany's last hope for breaking the Allied solid front. He spoke at a Madison Square Garden unity rally urging world cooperation and Russia's demand for loot return or compensation in kind. He cited Crimea talks on voting power in a proposed world security council as reflecting the great powers' desire to act together for future peace.
Vancouver report says Pacific command had no knowledge of any in store promotion for Private Smokey Smith of New Westminster. Defence Minister McNaught said he recommended promotion for Smith for actions in Italy where he served with the Seaforth Highlanders and earned the Victoria Cross.
Brig Gen William D Old of the US 1st troop carrier command says Allied leaders are planning new and larger airborne operations. He notes four motor cargo planes will join the troop carrier fleet and that modifications will let the planes tow larger gliders carrying artillery and tanks.
In the House of Commons war secretary Sir James Grigg forecast a further call-up of civil life men for army service. He warned against assuming the war with Germany is over and described a planned redeployment and a three year overseas tour for troops. He noted large Allied support and food relief efforts in France, Belgium, Holland, Greece, and other regions.
Dishonourably discharged war veterans are told they cannot apply for gratuities through the Defence Department board of review. The board, created to standardize interpretations of gratuity legislation, will review cases only at the department’s request. Individual applications will not be accepted by the review board.
Seven people died when a German V bomb destroyed a public house on a main road in southern England. A nearby school and church were damaged. Another V bomb hit residential junctions causing casualties and damage. One field detonation killed one, injured nine seriously and many slightly. Allied signals report rocket firing Beaufighters failed to disable a German occupied site near Brslin west of Zagreb as rockets bounced off. In Winnipeg Labour Minister Mitchell says 100000 jobs exist now and will grow with farmers returning to the farm.
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