Canadian Ships Will Serve In Pacific Waters
Ottawa reports six Canadian warships will serve in the Pacific in operations described as primal offensive. The force includes Uganda and Ontario cruisers, the Prince Robert, two light aircraft carriers, and tribal class destroyers Haida Huron Iroquois plus Sioux Algonquin Miamac, with 36 new frigates forming part of the fleet.
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Navy
Douglas C. Abbott
Royal Canadian Navy
Admiralty
Abbott
Lkely
Harry G DeWolf
Bedford
Naval Staf
Uganda
HMLCS
Ontario
Prince Robert
Mediterranean
Bay of Biscay
Canada
Royal Navy
Fleet Air Arm
Halifax
Canada Russia mutual aid pact under review postwar shifts
Ottawa reports negotiations between Soviet Russia and Canada over changes in mutual aid after the European war end. The protocol ends June 30 with possible discontinuance. other UN pacts mirror this, while those with Japan remain in force. Canada to March 31, 1944 spent 23,282,292 dollars on goods to Russia.
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Russia
Ottawa
Europe
United Nations
Japan
United Kingdom
Austral China
New Zealand
India
French Committee of National Liberation
Were Prepared Bombproof Shelter For White House
Washington reports that a bombproof air raid shelter lies 50 feet underground beneath the White House grounds. Built after the United States entered the war, the zigzag chamber reportedly has a nine foot thick concrete and reinforced steel ceiling and was widely known locally but until now could not be published.
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White House
Washington
United States
CPR aluminum box car tests at Angus Shops in Montreal
The Canadian Pacific Railway sent an aluminum sheathed box car from Angus Shops in Montreal on test runs to gauge viability as a steel substitute for war transport. The 4,200 pound lighter car aims at power savings for long trains and follows earlier aluminum roof trials since 1925.
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Montreal
Angus
Canadian Pacific Railway
CPR
Lavish Tribute Praises Canada Air Supremacy
The Daily Telegraph lauds Canada's war effort led by the RCAF and RA, noting 12 million Britons built a global air force, detailing the British Commonwealth Air Training plan, Canadian combat fronts, and aces. The piece concludes with pride for Canada and gratitude from Britain.
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London
Daily Telegraph
RCAF
F. W. Perfect
Dominion
Germany
Britain
Lord Haw Haw Boss Dietze Captured by Canadians
Eduard Dietze former chief of German anti Allied propaganda and boss of Lord Haw Haw was captured in northwest Germany by Canadian counter intelligence with the First Canadian Army. The man, 45 to 50, of German father and Scottish mother, was a prewar radio commentator who broadcast the 1936 Olympics and occasionally for the BBC.
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Lord Haw Haw
Germany
Eduard Dietze
Beea
Counter Inf Agence
Dietze
BBC
Prices in China Hit 1 250 Times Prewar Levels
Chungking reports the April 30 retail price index at 1 250 times the July 1937 level as government efforts struggle to curb runaway inflation. The page notes wartime price spikes across commodities and confirms the prewar benchmark.
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Chungking
China
Attlee Urges Worldwide Armament Support for Security Council
London Prime Minister Clement Attlee said nations must ready armed forces for a proposed world security police, a price to pay to prevent another war. He spoke on his return from San Francisco, hoping armaments burden may shrink as civilization grows, and that a global security body will gain acquiescence from small nations wary of stronger big-nation councils.
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London
Clement Attlee
World Security Organization
San Francisco
Security Council
French Policy in Lebanon Sparks Middle East Crisis
A Cairo dispatch reports French Senegalese troops opened fire on demonstrators in Damascus wounding 17 as clashes grow over French forces in Syria and Lebanon. Syria and Lebanon refuse further troop negotiations, aiming to place blame on France. The Arab League called for diplomatic regret amid regional tensions. US Minister George Wadsworth met Lebanese leaders while Iraq sought Egyptian coordination.
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Cairo
Syria
Lebanon
Middle-East
Levant
Legation
Damascus
France
Arab League
George Wadsworth
Bayrouth
International Shut-In Day Observed On First Sunday In June
An annual international day to remember the sick and disabled is set for the first Sunday in June. Ernest Barker, a young Canadian, conceived the idea and formed the Shut-In's Day Association International with friends to promote the observance. The group has clergy and press backing and aims to inspire Christian aid to the sick and maimed in the province and dominion.
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Ernest Barker
Allied denial flags Nazi plot to kill Eisenhower hoax
Allied Supreme Headquarters in Paris says reports of German assassins plotting to kill General Eisenhower during the Ardennes offensive were a German propaganda hoax designed to boost Nazism and sow Allied confusion. The statement rejects the story as enemy misinformation circulated by German forces.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
Paris
Ardennhes
Liszt Home Largely Intact After Weimar Air Raid
The home of Franz Liszt in Weimar is mostly intact despite a blockbuster landing within feet. Some of the composer’s manuscripts were moved to a bank safe following initial Allied bombardments.
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Weimar
Germany
Franz Liszt
German Architect Named Berlin Mayor
Moscow radio reports Dr. Arthur Wener a German architect persecuted by the Gestapo has been named mayor of Berlin, a surprising appointment amid wartime tensions.
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Moscow Radio
Arthur Wener
Gestapo
Berlin
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