Fall of Cologne Officially Announced By Soviet Advance
Soviet forces report rapid progress across the Polish corridor and toward the Baltic coast. Marshal Stalin announced captures of Cammin Griefenberg and Grudziadz while advancing near Stettin and the Oder. Zhukov's army is reported along a 40 mile front from Stargard to Friegenberg with Stettin under shelling and Swinemuende near.
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London
Gregory Zhukov
Griefenberg
Baltic
Stalin
Grudziadz
Vistula
Danzig
Stettin
Oder
Griefenhagen
Moscow
Stettin Bay
Swinemuende
Red Army
Berlin
Giefenhagen
Moe
Germen
Irshal Gregory Zhukov
Ussiah
Stargard
Friegenberg
Naugard
Zhukov
Churchill Tours Front Tied to Rhine Drive
Prime Minister Churchill, after visiting the front and conferring with Eisenhower and Montgomery, toured with troops of the 1st Canadian Army and U S 9th Army engaged in the Rhine drive. He fired a 240 mm howitzer shell labeled For Hitler Personal and wrote the chalk message before the shot.
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London
Churchill
Front
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Tér- Ismay
1St Canadian Army
U.S
Rhine
Germany
Hitler
Xanten
Alan Brooke
Imperial Staff
Col Porter Dies Suddenly A Prairie News Pioneer
Gar net C Porter known as the Colonel and editor in Toronto Winnipeg and Calgary died at 79 in Winnipeg. A freelance journalist and longtime correspondent, he wrote The Old Timer column in the Winnipeg Tribune and covered prairie crime for decades. He is survived by three grandsons. his wife and daughter predeceased him.
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Winnipeg
Garnet C. Porter
Canada
Prairies
Cahuila
United States
Toronto
Calgary
Col. Porter
Jand
Dominion
Winnipeg Tribune
Col
Porter
Margins shift as substitutes replace coconut oil during war
During the Second World War era manufactures used cottonseed and soybean oils to replace coconut oil in margarine. The blunted supply prompted a swap in fats for food production and domestic consumption patterns.
Calgary council approves debenture issue after loan campaign
Calgary March 6. City council approved a debenture issue of 1 200 000 dollars effective July 1 by a 5-4 vote. A six dollar monthly pay increase from January 4 was granted. Tenders on refunds will be sought after the Victory Loan campaign, with a council report later on tender basis.
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Calgary
Ell Civic
Emof Precision Secundine
Andrew Davison
Six Japanese Divisions Destroyed on Luzon
General MacArthur announced the destruction of six of the 10 Japanese divisions on Luzon with the rest under continuous attack. About 100,000 Japanese troops remain, reportedly bottled up in the mountains, as U.S. forces push through the Caraballo and Zambales ranges toward the Cagayan valley. Japanese losses on Leyte exceed 125,000, bringing total Japanese deaths on Leyte and Luzon to about 225,000.
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Manila
Luzon
MacArthur
Leyte
U.S
Caraballo Mountains
Balete Pass
Cagayan Valley
38Th
43Rd
Zambales
Lord Bolton dies suddenly at 75 in England
Yorkshire newspaper reports the death of Lord Bolton aged 75 a former Conservative MP and fifth baron of his line. He died suddenly a year after his wife and is succeeded by Nigel A. Orde-Powlett the 44 year old widower.
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Wensle Y
Yorkshire
England
Lord Bolton
Nigel A. Orde-Powlett
Roatta's Escape Triggers Political Crisis in Rome
An escape by Gen. Roatta sparks a national crisis in Italy. Rioters massed in Colosseum Square and Coliséeum area after a mass meeting denouncing the king. A clash left unclear whether casualties occurred from the blast or firearm fire from mounted troopers.
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Bari Mnien
Colossilm Square
Quirinal
Coloisséum
Matt
Explosions Hit Ship at Vancouver Docks
Canadian Pacific Park Steamships freighter Greenhill Park suffered multiple blasts at Burrard inlet docks near Vancouver. Several men believed killed and many injured as flames spread to a second vessel. A guard said crew members trapped include the chef and chief engineer while authorities investigate cause amid shattered windows and panic downtown.
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Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Railway
Varcouver
Henbill Park
Fay
Park Steamships Limited
Burrard Inlet
Michael Giraud
Greenhill Park
North
C.P.R
Dow Tow
Secee
Canadian ‘Shipping Company
Concentrated Allied Attacks Hit Salzbergen Oil Refinery
March 6 report from London notes heavy daylight bombers targeting the Salzbergen oil refinery 27 miles northwest of Munster as part of a sustained Allied air offensive. The 22nd straight day of strikes included night efforts on Chemnitz Berlin and three other cities with Canadian crews participating amid adverse weather and ice formation on aircraft wings.
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London
Salzbergen
Muonster
Chemnitz
Berlin
United States
de Minitz
Séaie
Moose
Edmonton
Ghost
Tiger
Dock Strike Expands as 10000 London Waterfront Idle
London dock workers strike widens with about 10000 idle and 7000 reported idle yesterday. Government assigns hundreds of soldiers to move cargoes as union leaders pressed men not to return to work. Main issue is the hiring system and absentee treatment.
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London
Derailment injures 89 on CP Rail line near London
A Toronto to Chicago passenger train derailed 20 miles east of London Ontario injuring 89 passengers. Yesterday 58 remained in hospital with only two in serious condition as CPR workers cleared tracks and reopened the main line after a rail flaw caused the derailment sending two locomotives and a baggage car down a 15 foot embankment.
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Zorra
Pacific
Torornto-to
Chicago
London
C.P.R
Final Assault on Japs Near Guam Advances
Marines press toward Japanese positions as supplies pour ashore on both coasts. After 16 days of brutal fighting, U.S. forces have suffered over 2,000 deaths and killed more than 12,000 enemy troops as they prepare for a full-scale assault on the island.
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Guam
United States
Air Losses Reduced Says Air Secretary
London March CP Sir Archibald Sinclair air secretary said Allied air forces have cut German oil production and reserves are nearly exhausted. He noted RAF bomber losses dropped from 4 percent in 1942 to 1.7 percent last year and 11 percent in early 1945, and that Bomber Command suffered over 10,000 casualties between April and September 1944.
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London
Archibald Sinclair
R.A.F
House of Communi
Bomber Command
Third Army Pushes 25 Miles Toward Rhine Near Coblenz
A Paris report datelined March 6 says American forces in Germany reached the Ringstrasse in Cologne and 3rd Army units advanced twenty five miles toward the Rhine near Coblenz. The 1st Army moved into Cologne’s vicinity and the Wesel pocket faced Allied pressure with German defenses collapsing on the Rhine front.
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Coblenz
James M. Long
Associated’ Press
Paris
Cologne
Rhine
United States
3Rd Army
Famou Dom
Germany
3Rd Armored
104Th
Ringstrasse
9Th Army
Duesseldorf
Neuss
Wesel
Churchill
Fenty
U.S
Bonn
Kyll River
Kyllburg
Rhineland
Réakroy Rhi
Henderson named Calgary arbitration board rep in dairy dispute
W S Henderson of Calgary has been named representative of four Calgary milk companies on the arbitration board over the union dispute with the Dairy Employees Union. Gordon Cushing of the Trades and Labor Council represents the union. The two board members will meet this week to choose a chairman. if no agreement, the provincial government will appoint.
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Calgary
W.S. Henderson
Dairy Employees Union
Gordon Cushing
The
Trades. and Labor Council
Whese
Suffocated in Coal Hopper Tragedy at Red Deer CPR Yard
Twenty year old Herbert Alexander Nelson son of Harvey Nelson a Red Deer carpenter was killed in CPR yards when he fell into a large coal hopper while at work. He was buried under falling coal and is believed to have died of suffocation.
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Red ‘Deer
Alta
Herbert Alexander Nelson
Harvey Nelson
South Red Deer
C.P.R
CCF Debate In Alberta Legislature Attacks CCF Leaders
The Social Credit leader in Alberta’s throne speech debate assaulted the CCF and its leaders over views in pamphlets and books. He challenged Elmer E. Roper of Edmonton to explain the party’s platform. A verbal clash with A J Hooke preceded Colborne’s call for dominion provincial cooperation on rehabilitation plans.
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AON
C.C.F
Canada
Solon
E. “Low
Alberta
Social Credit Association of Canada
Elmer E. Roper
Edmonton
People of Canada
Roper
A. J. Hooke
Hooke
Rover
British 8th Army rounds Comacchio spit as Allied forces seize Biscpra
March 6 report from ROMI notes British 8th Army probing the Comacchio spit between Lake Comacchio and the Adriatic while Allied 5th Army troops seize the hamlet of Biscpra, 13 miles southwest of Bologna. Italian troops cleared German forces from coastal woods after a weekend attack. Allied fliers report movement in German rear areas and heavy traffic along the Po valley highway toward Bologna.
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Romi
8Th Army
Lake
Comacchio
Adriatic
5Th Army
Biscpra
Bologna
Eighth Army
Po Valley
Shortages to Persist. No Panic Buying Urged
Donald Gordon Prices Board chairman warned Canadians of ongoing supply shortages into the postwar period. He urged self restraint and public cooperation to ease scarcities, saying rationing would only be used if conditions worsened and that rumors could trigger unnecessary consumer runs.
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Toronto
Donald Gordon
Women’s
Canadian Club
Gordon
CBC
Mm Gordon
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U.S. 1St Army
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C. A. Palmer
Boylan
Boyli
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