Farmers May Produce More Coarse Grains
Winnipeg reports the weather favors more coarse grain acreage in 1945 while wheat seeding is delayed by showers and snow flurries. Grain sources estimate Manitoba seeding may be the latest in 18 years with delays in Saskatchewan and Alberta until early May. Agricultural officials urge oats and barley to secure meat production for postwar needs.
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Winnipeg
the Weatherman
Dominion Agriculture Department
Leas Wheat
Aureaay
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Gardiner
Red River
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Prairies
Prairie-FRA Provides Water For Saco Sugar Beets
Regina based PRA announces 2000 acre feet of water from Cypress Hills reservoir will flow down Frenchman River to Saco Montana for irrigation of sugar beets and alfalfa. Canada United States share waters 50 50 with PRA diverting half of river flow. The move follows a new agreement amid dam delays and neighbor policy aims.
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Regina
P.fra
Saco
Montana
George Spence
Pfr.a
PFRA
Cypress Hills
PRA
Canada
United States
Frenchman River
First Polish Army Unit Leads Into Berlin
First Polish army unit stormed Berlin after aiding Russians from the Vistula. Commander in chief Rola Crimiersky announced the victory in Moscow as Poles celebrated at the Polish embassy in War saw.
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Moscow
Berlin
Vistula
Rola Crimiersky
Warsaw
Canadian minesweeper Guysborough torpedoed in North Atlantic
The Canadian minesweeper Guysborough was torpedoed with 53 missing, including one officer and one rating of the British Navy. 37 survivors, eight injured, and a Royal Navy rescue ship recovered the crew. The attack occurred in the North Atlantic amid a grim 19 hour battle with icy seas.
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Ottawa
North Atlantic
Guysborough
Abbott
Royal Navy
Britain
Canada
End of the German Air Force Emerges After Allied Attacks
Allied reports indicate the German air force is effectively directorless after two weeks of heavy Allied bombing. Evidence from multiple sources shows the once-dreaded Luftwaffe has been knocked out and no longer functions as a coordinated force.
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London
BEGINNING OF SAN FRANCISCO PEACE LEAGUE DISCUSSION
Delegates view the current conference as only a beachhead in the longer peace process. They acknowledge the struggle for peace will be long and multi dimensional, with economic and political aspects. No ideal league or parliament will be built in this session, but hope remains that the league will grow and adapt to a changing world.
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San Franciso
San Francisco
Stassen
League
Eisenhower Says French Government Takes Over France Supply
General Eisenhower announced that starting May 1 the French provisional government will assume responsibility for the entire French supply program. Previously Allied supreme headquarters supplied essential civilian needs for Britain and the United States.
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London
Eisenhower
France
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Britain
United States
First Canadian Army Cares For 10500 Displaced People
Since crossing the Rhine into Germany the First Canadian Army has processed about 10 500 displaced persons from many European nationalities. Most worked in factories or on farms for the Germans before liberation and are now cared for by Canadian and British detachments under Allied Army command.
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Rhinesd
Germany
Empires
First
First Canadian Army
Europe
Poland
Russia
Balkans
Goon Ag
Army Leave Rules for Returning Overseas Personnel
Ottawa published army orders detailing return rules and leave categories for personnel abroad. Rotational duty, long service, and miscellaneous leave determine who goes home, with quotas set by defence headquarters. The example shows four front-line soldiers returning for every Briton’s return. London bases prepare evacuees to move back to Belgravia homes.
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Ottawa
Western Hemisphere
Canada
Defence
Laison
London
Britain
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Prairie Provinces
Aon Af Cantlon
Assocation
Saskatoon Star Phoenix
STV
Miles Dempsey
2Nd Army
Omar Bradley
12Th Army Group
Bernard L. Montgomery
21St Army Group
William H
CPR
Saskatoon
Canadian Pacific Railway
R. C. Wheeler
Air Force
Lloyd A. Carley
D.F.C
WO. G. F. Booth
RAF
Belgravia
City of Westminster
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