Churchill demands Commons showdown over claim he lied
Prime Minister Winston Churchill challenged Richard Stokes to repeat his charge in the House of Commons after Stokes accused ministers of deceiving the country. Stokes apologized for unparliamentary language and withdrew the word lie, with Churchill accepting the withdrawal and noting the matter’s conclusion.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Mansard
Richard Stokes
Labor
Ipswich
Sickes
Tragedy in Toronto as Three Girls Die from Gas Leak
In western Toronto early today three sisters Betty Boothe 7 Peggy 5 and Carol 8 were found dead in their beds when illuminating gas leaked from an uncapped pipe in their cottage. Their mother Mrs William Boothe 30 was unconscious and rushed to hospital. neighbors report a cap had been fixed days earlier but inspectors say it was tightened so tightly only a wrench could remove it.
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Toronto
William Boothe
Vancouver
Betty Boothe
Peggy
Carol
Gas Company
Arthur McGowan
Japanese Forces Drill for Invasion at Irago Point
Tokyo broadcasts intercepted by the FCC report three days of anti landing rehearsals by the Japanese army. Firing practice targeted Irago Point at the entrance to Nagoya Bay near Honshu’s industrial hub. Premier Koiso and ministers warned of an imminent homeland invasion.
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San Francisco
Koiso
Tokyo
Irago Point
Honshu Island
Nagoya
Federal Communications Commission
Panic grips western Germany refugees flee to border
From Stuttgart Karlsruhe and Pforzheim long columns of civilians rush westward as panic spreads through Baden and Württemberg. Armed S S troops attempt to turn them back while refugees press on along country paths and byways near the Alsace sector.
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London
Baden
Wurttemberg
Germany
Stuttgart
Karlsruhe
Pforzheim
Brussels
Alsace
S.S
Home Oil reports strong growth and large landholdings
The Home Oil Co. annual report shows gross income of 2,187,949 and net income of 303,850 with a 15 cent per share dividend paid June 15, 1944. It lists 19 producing wells and 11 producing interests across 25,000 acres in Turner Valley and 175,000 acres in Brazeau plus a third in Folding Mountain near Jasper. Home Oil is Canada’s largest independent producer with over 6.5 million barrels produced since the war and more than a million dollars of income taxed.
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Calgary
Home Oil Co
Turner Valley
Brazeau
Jasper
Home
Canada
Forty Percent of Red Cross Appeal Collected in Canada
Toronto March 14 Forty per cent of the national objective of ten million dollars has been collected by end of the eighth canvassing day in the Canadian Red Cross annual appeal. Returns show four million thirty nine thousand four dollars versus three million five hundred eighty nine thousand one hundred forty nine last year. Alberta passed halfway mark with two hundred thousand from a four hundred thousand quota. Manitoba totals stand at four hundred twenty five thousand for seventy one percent with Saskatchewan one hundred eight thousand seven hundred, sixty one percent and British Columbia four hundred seventy nine thousand one hundred ninety one, sixty percent.
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Toronto
Red Cross
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Jerusalem observes fast day closing schools and traffic halt
Jewry marks a day of mourning for European victims with a week of mourning. Jewish schools close and traffic stops from 10 to 11 a.m. The protest aims to press for admitting survivors of European Jewry to Palestine.
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Jerusalem
Europe
Palestine
Wariness urged on veterans after Europe victory
Camp Borden Ontario chief Maj. Gen. Worthington warned that Europe would require years to restore order after Germany's defeat. He cautioned against over confidence and said veterans must not expect a quick return to peacetime. He noted a prolonged Pacific war lies ahead and urged men not to rest on their laurels.
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Camp Borden
Ont
Europe
Germany
F. F. Worthington
C.B
M.M
Canadian Army Service Corps Training Centre
Pacific Command
Worthington
Pacific
Canada
Break Through Hun Line West of Oder Says News Report
London reports say Red Army forces under Marshal Malinovsky captured Zvolen Altsohl about 75 miles north of Budapest in southern Slovakia, as German defences along the Gron river are described. Zhukov’s army overran a main German line on an 18 mile Oder front near Kuestrin toward Frankfurt, with Berlin front still officially silent.
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London
Reuters
Red Army
Rodion Malinovsky
Zvolery
Altsohl
Budapest
Slovakia
Stalin
Zvolen
Carpathians
Gron
Berlin
Oder
Moscow
East Prussia
Lebus
Frankfurt
Gregory Zhukov
Kuestrin
Stettin
Guben
Forst
Neisse
Ivan Konev
Germany
Bruno von Hauenschild
Stockholm
Gurkha and Welsh troops capture Maymyo and press toward Mandalay
Gurkha and Welsh units of the Indian 19th Division after a 40 mile forced march seized Maymyo 35 miles east of Mandalay and push into Mandalay’s southern city area. Tanks and artillery blast Japanese nests as Fort Dufferin is ringed and Japanese HQ holes are shown by shelling.
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Mandalay
Burma
Maymyo
Lashio
Frank L Martin
Associated Press
Pagoda Hill
Fort Dufferin
Canada Shares Role in Plan for United Nations
Canadian officials helped shape a draft charter for a United Nations organization emerging from prewar diplomacy. From the Atlantic Charter through Moscow and Dumbarton Oaks, Canada participated with Britain, the United States, Russia, and China in forming an expanded postwar world body with a stronger executive. The San Francisco conference opening April 25 will mark Canada entering the process as a smaller state contributing to the framework.
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Frank Flaherty
Ottawa
San Francisco
United Nations
Canada
League of States
Roosevelt
Churchill
United Nations Organization
Mos
United States
Russia
United Kingdom
Mackenzie King
Dominions
Eden
Dumbarton Oaks
Regina Co op Workers Vote to Strike Over Grievances
Regina Saskatchwan Federation Co operatives officials said they will meet representatives of the Wholesale Retail and Distrib utive Workers Union after the unions strike vote. The Regina division faces an ultimatum and a walkout could halt operations of 325 Co-ops in the distribution area with about 80 employees not working.
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Regina
Saskatchewan -Federated Co-operatives
Co-op
Board of Directors
Ten Ton Bombs Fall on Reich
London reports RAF Lancaster sorties dropping 10 ton bombs on northwestern Germany railways and benzol plants at Bochum and Recklinghausen after 1250 US bombers hit rail targets oil refineries armament plants and submarine pens in continued Allied air offensive on Germany marked by large payloads and dense manpower.
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London
R.A.F. Lancasters
Germany
Bochum
Recklingshausen
United States
Rai F
8Th Air Force
Fires rage as Superforts hit Osaka and Japanese cities
The Canadian Press reports Superfort bombers burned large industrial zones in Osaka after three major raids, with Tokyo and Nagoya also hit. Allied forces press advances at Iwo Jima and in the Philippines, while French Indo China is reported contested by Japanese and French troops. Philippine campaigns continue with U S forces pursuing retreating Japanese.
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Mandalay
Iwo Jima
Philippines
Japan
Iles
Tokyo
Nagoya
Cambodia
Indo-China
France
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Kama Rock
Rock Island
Iwo
Mindanao
United States 41St
Zamboanga
London
U.S. 14Th Air Force
China
Langson
French Indo-China
Chungkineg
San Francisco
U.S
Formosa
Fukyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Yanks Storm Into Hills Toward Ruhr Frontier
American forces of the 7th Army push into German hills near Saarbruecken crossing the Saar river and advancing toward the Saar district as fighting continues along the Remagen bridgehead. Patton's 3rd Army reportedly massing divisions for a major crossing effort near Coblenz.
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Ruhr -Frankfurt
James M. Long
Associated Press
Paris
United States
1St Army
Remagen
Frankfurt-Ruhr Autobahn
3Rd Army
Moselle
Coblenz
George S. Patton
Broettenbach
Hatzenport
LhawtAan
6th Army Closing In on Vergato
AP dispatch from Rome reports the 5th Army advancing toward Vergato a key highway town 14 miles southwest of Bologna. Allied forces reached a point north of Vergato and pressed from multiple directions while repelling German counter-attacks near Mount Spigolino and in the town area.
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Rome
Vergato
Bologna
5Th Army
Pisteia
Spigolino
Alberta House Delays Co op Tax Debate
In Edmonton the Alberta legislature postponed a vote on a resolution opposing federal taxation of co operatives. Legal motions included a request to withdraw an amendment and clarify meaning before re introduction.
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Edmonton
Alberta
A. J. E. Liesemer
C.C.P
Calgary
Solon £. Low
Elmer Roper
C.C.F
Canada
Legislative Assembly
Five-Pronged Allied Air Assault Targets German Industry
British Lancasters escorted by fighters bombed benz al plants near Bochum Recklingshausen and other Ruhr targets as the RAF and US Eighth Air Force press a 30th day of unbroken bombing of Germany. Remagen bridgehead protected. Berlin raid runs were 22nd in a row. seven Allied planes were lost.
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Staktharinen
Remagen
Ruhr
London
Reuttrsg
R.A.F
Haly
Western Front
Berlin
Germany
Reich
Benzal
Gelsenkirchen
Herne
Bremen
Frankfurt
Rhine
United States
9Th Air Force
Italy
Treviso
Venice
Saddle Mare Sets Record Price At Alberta Horse Sale
In Calgary on March 14 a four year old saddle mare sired by Gay Somers and consigned by W E Renard, director of the Alberta Light Horse Association, sold for a record $300 to Professor W J Walker of Cayley Alberta during the Tuesday morning session of the annual horse sale.
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Calgary
Gay Somers
W.E. Renard
Alberta Light Horse Association
W. J. Walker
Cayley
Alta
Japanese Diet Kept In Session In London March 14
A Berlin dispatch says the Japanese diet, summoned for a one day, is kept in session to address problems from American air raids. It reports discussions on air raid protection measures and mobilization of seamen for internal water traffic.
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London
Transocean
Berlin
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Low
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