Russians Reach Near Baltic Coast in Pomerania Front Drive
Soviet forces under Marshal Rokossovsky push along the Stettin Danzig corridor in Pomerania, cutting Danzig from Germany and threatening the Baltic coast. Russians advance 22 miles from Bablitz, with major actions near Arnswalde and along the Ihna river as Soviet radio notes large scale offensives.
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London
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Stettin-Danzig
Koéslin
Schlawe
Pomerania
Baltic
Bablitz
Danzig
Germany
Northerwestern Poland
Rattie
Gulf of Danzig
Stettin- -Danzig
Arnswalde
Ihna
Stargard
Stettin
Odar
Stettiner Haff
Tyan Konev
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Kironev
Schwaidnitz
Breslau
Sudeten Mountains
Rummellsburg
Stolp
Rokossovsky
Bublitz
Neustettin
Belgard
Moscow
East Prussia
Silesia
Lewis Springs new demand hands miners a political fund
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers unveiled 18 contract demands as talks opened with bituminous coal operators. A key proposal would fund a $50 to $60 million annual royalty to support medical and rehabilitation benefits, while giving Lewis power to halt shipments during legal strikes and limiting foreman roles to non nonunion staff.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
U.M.W.A
T Lewis
U.amew.a
Alexander and Tolbukhin Meet in Yugoslavia and Hungary
Field Marshal Harold Alexander Allied commander in the Mediterranean met Marshal Feodor Tolbukhin commander of the Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Army during visits to Yugoslavia and Hungary. Staffs participated in the conferences and talks with Tito concluded with agreement on all points discussed.
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Rome
Isshal
Harold’ Alexander
Mediterranean
Feodor
Tolbukhin
Russia
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Marshal Alexander
Hengary
Belgrade
Alberta farmer declares he will be Canada's next prime minister
Wil liar T R Smith 39 year old building contractor and founder of the New Democratic Party addressed 133 here at its Vancouver meeting. He pledged to run in Vancouver Centre in the next federal election and claimed 65 percent of Canadians support him. He urged rapid population growth and a merged Canada United States republic with open immigration and jobs for all, including the royal family.
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Vancouver
Williar T R. Smith
Alberta
Canada
New Democratic Party of Canada
Smith
Vancouver Centre
North America
United States
Transfer Camp to Dundurn Sask
Regina March 2 report that No. 181 Canadian Infantry Basic Training Camp will move from Camrose to Dundurn Saskatchewan. Military District 12 says arrangements will be finished next week to receive and start training 500 reinforcements. Dundurn had been idle since the Canadian Reconnaissance Training Centre shifted eastward a few months ago.
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Regina
Camrose
Alfa
Dundurn
Sask
Military District 12
Canada
Raid Positions south of Bologna
Fifth army troops conducted a large scale raid east of the Castiglione Sasso Bolognese highways south of Bologna and silenced enemy machine guns in a two hour fight. Allied patrols continued with limited activity while the 8th army faced German probing along the Senio with skirmishing near Contignola and a German raiding party dispersed southeast of Bianconigo. Prisoners were taken in the Contignola area.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna
8Th Army
Senic River
Adriatic
Contignola
Senio
Biancanigo
Parliament 7 OTTAWA session to open March 19
Parliament will convene a brief session starting March 19 to fund war efforts and civil costs. Prime Minister Mackenzie King may announce the plan tonight and his broadcast will address whether to extend the life of parliament beyond April 1. The debate will focus on war appropriations and foreign policy, with potential early dissolution. The date of a general election remains uncertain, aiming to avoid clashing with the San Francisco conference and the spring Victory Loan.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
House ‘of Commons
King
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F
External Affairs Department
London
San Francisco
United Nations
Commons
Canada
Allied air offensive pounds Cologne and Dresden
London dispatch reports near 2,500 heavy bombers from Italy and Britain striking German and Austrian targets including Cologne and Dresden. American and Canadian formations press the assault front while 1,700 fighters protect the fleet as the Rhine battles and rail routes face heavy bombardment.
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London
Italy
Britain
Cologne
Dresden
Germany
United States
1St. Army
Chemnitz
Silesia
Lisiz
Austria
Berlin
List of 138 Ganuck Internees Reported in Philippines
Ottawa reports the wartime information board released a list of 138 Canadians said to be in the Philippines before the U S invasion. The list includes eight named by external affairs as released from the Sadito Tomas internment camp near Manila. Addresses for interned and non interned Canadians were deemed unreliable.
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Ottawa
Wartime Information’ Board
Philippines
United States
External -Affairs Department
Sadito
Tomas
Manila
W UB
Three Japanese Admirals Reported Dead in Action
The Domei agency said three more Japanese admirals, Takéji Yamada Shigetaka Amano and Kameshiro Takahashi, died in action, raising the total to 92 in ten months. The method and location of their deaths were not detailed.
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San Francisco
Domei
Federal Communications Commission
Takéji’ Yamada
Shigetaka Amano
Kameshiro Takahashi
Americans Reach Rhine Front at Neuss in Rhine Campaign
Allied forces push toward the Rhine and Ruhr front as US Ninth Army seizes the western Ruhr edge including Krefeld and Neuss suburb Duesseldorf. Canadian and US units advance toward Bonn, Koblenz, and the Moselle valley with air and artillery support.
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James M. Long
Associated Press
Paris
United States
9Th Army
Rhine
Ruhr
Krefeld
Mainz
Frankfort
Cologne
Rhineland
1St Army
R.A.F
Bonn
Kuskirchen
Venlo
Roermond
Netherlands
Maas
Meise
Germany
Duisberg
Rhine Plain
Widen
Zucelpich
Neuss
Berlin
Public Works eyes emergency plane landing strips in north Alberta
Edmonton March 2 CP Public Works Minister W A Fallon announced the department is considering spot emergency plane landing strips through northern Alberta along well travelled routes. The strips would be built beside existing or planned roads and tied to road construction to aid post war aviation.
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Edmonton
Public Works
W. A. Fallon
Department of Public" Works
Alberta
Justice Oswald Crockett Dies at 84 in Ottawa
Ottawa reports the death of Justice Oswald Smith Crockett a distinguished jurist and former Supreme Court of Canada justice at the age of 84 Born in Chatham New Brunswick he served as Conservative MP for York from 1904 to 1913 and joined Canada’s high court in 1932 retiring in 1943 He was educated in Fredericton and New Brunswick University and was the son of William Crocker and Marion Crockett.
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Ottawa
Oswald Smith Crocket
Dominion
Supreme Court of Canada
Justice Crocket
Chatham
N.B
House of Commons
Supreme Court of
New Brunswick
Fredericton
University of New Brunswick
Supreme Court of New Brunswick
William Crocker
Marion Crocket
York
Singapore Hit By Superforts Bombardments Reported
Washington dispatch says 150 U S Superforts from India bases struck Singapore dock area and enemy naval base again as part of repeated attacks on major installations. Operational reports awaited for full details.
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Washington
Singapore
U.S. 20Th Bomber Command
Bay of Bengal
India
Sworld
Alberta extends free maternity care to out of province cases
Alberta moves to extend free maternity hospital care to residents who must seek admission in neighboring provinces when Alberta hospitals are distant or inaccessible. The amendment empowers the government to strike agreements with hospitals outside Alberta to ensure free maternity services for residents in remote areas.
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Edmonton
Alberta
British Columbia
Walking Out Uniforms Being Turned In by Soldiers
Soldiers in Canada are returning walking out uniforms issued since 1942 under military district orders. The belted tunics with open collars, nicknamed zoot suits, drew disapproval. When allowed to wear battledress open at the collar with a black tie, use of walking out uniforms declined.
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Regina
Czechoslovakia to Get 15 Million in Credits
Ottawa reports Finance Minister Isley announcing an agreement to provide 15,000,000 credits to the Czechoslovak government for rehabilitation and reconstruction after liberation. The loan, first under the exports credits insurance act, bears 2.5 percent interest for five to nine years, repayable in five annual installments.
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Ottawa
Isley
Sheen
Czechoslovakia
Tisley
Frantisek ‘Pavlasek
Missister
Canada
Tank thrusts drive Japanese to northern Iwo Jima edge
United States forces hammer ahead on Iwo Jima’s northern tip aiming to crush the remaining Japanese garrison. In fierce fighting, the 3rd division occupies Motoyama airfield No. 3 while western and central sectors advance under heavy artillery and naval fire.
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United States
iWarites
Iwo
Jim
Motoyama
Submarines Overdue Navy Faces Inspection
In Washington on March 2 the AP reports two newer submarines the Escolar and the Shark are overdue and the Navy has sanctioned the delays as ongoing issues.
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Washington
Escolar
Shark
Navy
Americans seize Palawan Island in western Philippines
General MacArthur announced that veteran units of the 41st division landed near Puerto Princesa on Palawan, seizing the capital and two airfields with light resistance after bombardment and air pounding. The coast landing opened through mangrove swamps as American infantry moved inland. Puerto Princesa was reportedly deserted.
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Manila
41St
Phili
Palawan
Japan
East Indies
MacArthur
Philippines
Puerte
Eesa
Puerto Princesa
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