King Leaves Ottawa On Visit to Roosevelt
Prime Minister Mickenzie King announced a bipartisan Canadian delegation to the San Francisco world security conference as he left Ottawa for Washington to confer with President Roosevelt. He also named leaders for defence and finance posts and outlined temporary cabinet arrangements during his absence.
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King
Ottawa
Roosvelt
Maret B
Mickenzie Kirng
Canada
San Francisco
Washington
Douglas Abbott
Finance
Defence
Naughton
J. A. Mackinnon
Trade and Commerce
National Revenue
Mr. King
Crerar
Ilsley
Justice
St. Laurent
Pierre Dupuy
Belgium
Netherlands
Refunding Debate Marking Alberta Legislature Proceedings
Alberta lawmakers debated refunding the 146 million provincial debt during the throne speech discussions. Calgary figures Andrew Davison and Fred Anderson urged the move to attract industry, while William Masson supported cancer hospital construction as a key factor in Social Credit gains.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Andrew Davison
Ind
Calgary
Canada
Fred Anderson
William Masson
Sc——Wainwright
Social Credit
Urges Increase in Hog Output for Canada
Edmonton reports an emergency campaign to boost hog production sponsored by federal and provincial governments. H W Allen of Aldorta Livestock Co-operative warns 1945 hog output declines across provinces threaten August lows. He calls for immediate action beyond education to stabilize year end marketings.
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Edmonton
Canada
H.W. Allen
Aldparta Livestock Co-operative
Reaymnen
Allen
Moe
Three Children Die in Scarboro Fire
Three children were burned to death in a suburban Scarborough township house fire. Details were not immediately available.
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Toronto
Scarboro Township
Raid Jap Ships Across Wide Area In Pacific War
Allied air forces pound Japanese shipping along the Asiatic coast while land forces advance on Iwo Jima and in the Philippines Burma and Bougainville. Philippine bombers sink a destroyer and a lugger near Hong Kong and damaged freighters off Indo China and in Formosa sterilization. US Marines drive two 500 yard salients into northern Luzon as American armies reach southern Luzon shores.
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Japan
Asiatic
Philippines
Iwo
Burma
Bougainville
Hong Kong
Indo-China
Formosa
Bonin Islands
United States
Luzon Island
Russians Near Berlin Drive to 25 Miles as Front Bolsters
British and Allied reports say Soviet forces under Zhukov and Rokossovsky push toward Berlin, reaching Seelow on the Oder and within about 25 miles of the city. Other advances include Kuestrin, Danzig approaches, and river crossings near Stettin amid intense fighting.
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London
Reuters
Stalin
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Koscierzyna
Danzig
Berlin
Kuestrin
Seelow
Oder
Danzig Free State
Zhukov
Ivan Konev
Neisse
Baltic
Stettin
Russia
Catherine the Great
Maduc
Stepenitz
Gollnow
Massow
Dammscher Lake
Stettin Bay
HMS
Worthington Named Pacific Coast Commander in Canada
Maj Gen F F Worthington 54 named Pacific coast commander succeeding Gen G R Pearkes. Worthington formerly led Camp Borden and overseas armored division. Pearkes status disputed as defense HQ gives different account of relief. Worthington praised as father of Canadian tank warfare and a veteran of 30 years.
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Ottawa
F. F. Worthington
Camp Borden
Pacific Coast
G. R. Pearkes
V.C
Mc.Naughton
Worthington
Pearkes
Pacific
Defence Headquarters
D.R. Sargent
Terrace
B.C
Frank” Worthington
Barrie
Ont
Pioneer J I Frizzell Dies After Slipping From Train
J I Frizzell aged 70 a Lacombe Alberta pioneer was killed at Blackfalds after slipping while trying to board a moving train. Blackfalds lies about 80 miles south of Edmonton. No further details were immediately available.
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Blackfalds
Alta
J. I. Frizzell
Lacombe
Edmonton
Market Price For Wheat To Be Paid
Ottawa reports government to pay open market price for wheat bought by the Wheat Board for mutual aid or UN relief. Farmers gain about 18 cents a bushel above the $1.25 guarantee. US sales lift price to $1.43. Government’s policy contrasts with earlier wartime precedent on bonus payments.
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Toronto
Financial Post
Ottawa
Wheat Board
United Nations
Wheat -Board
United States
Confidence Vote Backing Bonomi After War Crime Protests
In Rome on March 8 AP reports shots at a clinic guarding Lt Gen Francesco Jacomoni on war crimes charges as demonstrations challenge Premier Ivanoe Bonomi. The cabinet expressed confidence, promising a swift purge while a commission reorganizes the war crimes punishment commissariat. Gen Mario Roatta had escaped during his trial.
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Rome
Francesco Jacomoni
Ivanoe Bonomi
Mario Roatta
Royal Palace
Bonomi
Italy
Commissariat
Roatta
Expected tax payments by Canadian farmers rise for 1944
Ottawa reports 1944 income tax payments by farmers likely to top 10 million dollars, with 1943 totals showing 24,153 farmers paid 7.245 million yet to be finalized after returns are examined. In 1943, 37,560 farmers reported income below taxable level. Western province figures include Manitoba 6,930 payments totaling 2.079 million, Saskatchewan 7,692 and 2.308 million, Alberta 3,315 and 940,500, British Columbia 2,277 and 683,100.
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Ottawa
Revenue Department
Western
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Albert
British’ Columbia
Rail and Oil Targets In Heavy Allied Bombing
London reports Allied air raids strike seven oil plants and five rail yards serving the Ruhr. 1,350 American bombers plus 1,250 RAF planes hit Essen Siegen Betzdorf Dillenburg Giessen and nearby oil centers with 350 fighters providing cover. Dessau and Harburg refineries also attacked as heavy bombers deployed in the 24th straight night raid.
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London
R.A.F
Ruhr
Essen
Upper Rhine
Siegen
Betzdorf
Dillenburg
Giessen
Henzol
Gelsenkirchen-Dortmund
Bomber Command
Dessau
Berlin
Germany
Harburg
Hamburg
Heide
Schleswig- Holstein
Kiel
Jamaica Family Sets Course for Montreal via Pan American
Mrs J R Ascoli and her 14 children of Kingston Jamaica will fill the passenger seats of a Pan American Clipper on the trip to Miami en route to Montreal.
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J. R. Ascoli
Kingston
Jamaica
Miami
Montreal
U S Forces Cross Rhine South of Cologne in Bold Move
U S Army 1st crossed the Rhine south of Cologne and secured a bridgehead on the east bank amid censorship. Lt Gen Hodges pushed more infantry across 4:30 PM yesterday and rapid moves toward Bonn and Bad Godesberg followed as German resistance collapsed.
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Howard Cowan
Associated Press
Across the Rhine
United States 1St Army
Coogne
Courtney H. Hodges
Cologne
Newfoundand
Hodges
First Army
Explosions Trap Two at Hamilton Dye Plant
Two employees are unaccounted for and believed trapped after a series of explosions that set fire to the Canadian Aniline Dye Company plant on Hamilton's Barton Street. Eight people were hospitalized as firefighters planned a hourslong ruin search.
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Hamilton
Ont
William Murdoch
Barton Street
Baltimore
Benjamin R. Milan
Locust Point
William Youngman
John Hoffland
Five Official Inquiries Into Blast Under Way
Vancouver authorities launch five investigations into the harbor disaster after the S S Greenhill Park explosion. A third body is recovered while salvage crews search for at least six more. Missing crew members include Donald Munn and Julius Kun with other stevedores also unaccounted for.
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Vancouver
S.S. Greenhill Park
W. T. Lewis
Michael McGrath
Admiralty
Canada Shipping Co.,, Ltd
Greenhill Park
Royal Canadian Navy
W. G. Brodeur
Pacific Coast
Canada Shipping Co., Ltd
Donald Munn
Julius Kun
Steward’s
Lewis and McGrath
Don G .Bell
Montague Mun
Walter Peterson
J.” Brooks
France aims to raise birth rate with new population plan
Paris March 8 AP France faces a baby shortage as Gen de Gaulle heads a nine member population and family commission to reshape lives for more children. The plan promises better housing education and medical care and hints at higher taxes on unmarried men to curb depopulation. Also noted is a Canadian obituary for George L. Bustin former Vernon resident.
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Paris
de Gaulle
France
Liberation
Gen. de Gaulle
Urge All Germans To Rise And Fight
The German press and radio urged all citizens to rise up as the war nears its end. An editorial broadcast claimed every man woman and child must be a fighter and that there is no time for weaklings. Moscow radio reported disorders flaring in Berlin Munich and Dresden with S S and police intervention.
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London
Germany
Moscow
Berlin
Munich
Dresden
S.S
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U.S. Navy
Lieut
C. C. Waylor
J. E. Netstad
Colin Gibson
National Defence
Alr
C. G. Power
The
Canadian Press
Prem. Bonomi
Millard Harmon
Strategic Air Forces
U.s.war Department
U.S
Gross River
S.chen
1St
Bonn
Bad Godesberg
Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Justice Sidney Smith
Govt. of
Robert C. Wilson
George L. Bustin
Vernon
Uxbridge
George McGuire
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