Carrier air attacks press Japan as MacArthur advances
Allied air fleets swarmed over Japan for a third day as ground forces push on two more Philippine islands Panay and Malamaus. MacArthur reports 3,583 more Japanese deaths on Mindanao and Zambales as Nimitz raids strike Kure Kobe and inland sea targets. British troops seize Mokok in Burma near Mandalay Lashio.
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Ove T
Japan
Philippine Islands
Marc A. Mitscher
Kobe
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Panay
Philippines
Malamaus
Mindanao
Reds smash forwards in Hungary and Upper Silesia
Soviet and German dispatches detail renewed Russian offensives across Hungary toward Austria and through Upper Silesia. Altdamm near Stettin fell, liquidating the eastern Oder bridgehead as Marshal Stalin announced a new army command change.
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London
Altdamm
Stettin
Stalin
Berlin
Hungary
Austria
Upper Silesia
Germany
Oder River
Soviet Forces Break Pocket as Braunsberg Captured
The western end of the 18 mile pocket caved in today as Marshal Stalin announced the capture of Braunsberg by the 3rd White Russian army. Braunsberg lies 32 miles southwest of Koenigsberg with Heilingenbeil to the east as the last large town in the pocket. Soviets are within reach.
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Richard Kasischke
Associated Press
London
Hungary
Komarom
Danube
Budapest
Berlin
Red Army
Upper Silesia
Neustadt
Moscow
Stalin
Alexander M. Vassilevsky
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Vassilevsky
Tata
Vienna
Oder
Silesia
Braunsberg
Koenigsberg
Heilingenbeil
Edmontons Municipal Law Approves Charter Changes
Edmonton March 20 Amendments to the Calgary and Medicine Hat city charters were approved by the legislature municipal law committee. Calgary rules bar simultaneous council and school board service and restrict voters under 21. Medicine Hat provisions create a civic pension fund and repeal a rental tax.
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Edmonton
Calgary
Medicine T Hat
House
Board of Commissioners
Medicine Hat
Precision gear moved from Germany to Europe by air
Precision instruments and equipment worth millions are being flown from Germany to Spain and Switzerland. The cargo includes optical equipment industrial diamonds machine tools and photographic lenses.
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Madrid
Germany
Spain
Switzerland
Warns of Danger in Decline of Mark
Western Canada's hog producers face a critical future as marketings decline. Dr. G S I Barton deputy minister of agriculture warns agriculture at a crossroads may retreat to home consumption or push toward global markets. Hog marketings are 32 per cent below early 1944 first quarter with Britain still demanding high bacon and pork supplies.
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Ottawa
Western Canada
Dominion
West
Canada
G. S. I. Barton
Barton
United Kingdom
Britain
United States
U.S
Warner to Join Veterans Affairs Department in Canada
Briz W. P. Warner 47 of Toronto departs as deputy director general of medical services in the Canadian army to become director general of treatment services in the veterans affairs department. No successor named for the medical services post he vacates.
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Ottawa
Briz W. P. Warner
Toronto
Canadian Army
Department of Veterans Affairs
Defence Department
Brig. Warner
Veterans Affairs Department
Bombers Hit Hamm and Recklinghausen Rail Yards
R.A.F. heavy bombers attacked Germany’s Hamm freight yards and Recklinghausen railway junction as part of a broader air offensive. Allied aircraft, including U.S. Eighth Air Force bombers, targeted oil refineries and U-boat yards around Hamburg while US Ninth Air Force flew 1000 sorties from forward bases.
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London
R.A.F
Germany
Hamm
Recklinghausen
Ruhr
United States 8Th Air Force
United States
9Th Air Force
US. 8Th Air Force
Hamburg
Blohm-Voss
Hemmingstedt
Rhine
Montgomery
21St Army Group
Holland
Bocholt
Wesel
Emmerich
Italy
Austria
Amstetten
Wels
Vienna
Munich
Alberta budget progress in 1945-46 estimates
Edmonton March 20 The Alberta legislature moved through about one third of the 1945-46 budget totaling 9,173,000 as it speeds its departmental estimates in committee of the whole. Wealth Minister Cross noted cancer hospital care costs exceed 2,000,000 annually with 2,100 cases yearly. Premier Manning defended education funding showing grants rising from 2,163,116 in 41-42 to 3,117,620 two years later.
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Edmonton
Alberta
W. W. Cross
Department of Education
Public Health Department
Department of Municipal Affairs
Provincial Secretary's Department
Attorney-General’s Department
Education Department
A. J. E. Liesemer
C.C.F
Calgary
E. C. Manning
Air Force Awards Seven Decorations Overseas
Ottawa reports six RCAF members awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross overseas with two posthumous. Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying) awarded to another service member abroad. Recipients include Flt. Lt. R.S. Harrison of Vancouver Flt. Lt. W.J. Hartrick of Vancouver PO. C. E. Hightower of Beverly Alberta, now presumed dead.
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Ottawa
Air Force Headquarters
Rcaf, Overseas
D.F.C
Df.c
Vancouver
No Great Changes On Italian Front
On March 19 Allied patrols probed German lines along the 5th army front while artillery hit enemy outposts and routes. An American patrol moved into La Torre and clashed with Germans before withdrawing. British 8th Army fought for ground along the Senio south of Cotignola, while Allied forces gained ground on the dike bank before a German night attack pushed them back.
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Rome
5Th
Latorre
Batogha
8Th Army
Senio
Cotignola
Fort Dufferin Falls to Allied Forces in Mandalay Drive
Mandalay fortress Fort Dufferin, a Japanese holdout, is captured after heavy bombing. Refugees exit as a white flag and Union Jack fly over the fort. British Indian forces press south and east in central Burma with Allied units advancing from Ava and Meiktila toward Mandalay and surrounding roads.
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Mandalay
Reuters
Dufferin
Burma
Mandalay Rangoon
Singaingomyo
Zangyin River
Meiktila
Ava
Amarapura
Maymyo
Tonbo
Trrawaddy
Sagaing Hills
Armies Jockey for Saar Junction Amid Rhine Drive
Allied forces in March 20 reports press Patton’s 3rd army past Kaiserslautern toward Mainz and Worms while the 7th army advances through Saar and Palatinate. Berlin and London briefings note a possible joint junction as German defenses crumble along the Rhine corridor.
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London
Luxembourg
United States
Saar Salient
Paris
Saar
George S. Patton
Kaiserslautern and
Wastess
Ith
Alsace
3Rd
Worms
Mainz
Kaiserslautern
Reuters
Berlin
East Rhine
Cologne
Frankfurt
U.S
Rhine
Bonn
James MM. T
Saay Basi
Palatinate
Ludbergshaven
Alexander M. Patch
7Th Army
Provost Corps Men Attacked Near Gatineau Mills Que
A military court of inquiry is convened to probe injuries and losses to three Canadian provost corps men after a gang of 40 to 50 attacked them in Gatineau Mills Que while escorting two deserters. The RCMP also investigates. A bottle shattered near the van and uniforms were torn as the assailants attacked.
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Ottawa
Provost Corps
Gatineau Mills
Que
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Lance Caporals
Cpl. P. Dorsch
Ralph, Sask
Finland Proclaims Alignment With Soviet Interests
In New York and Helsinki dispatches, Finnish leaders signal policy shift toward the Soviet Union. Premier Paasikivi says Finland will not act against Soviet interests, while Finnish parliamentary polls show Communist-Democratic party leading with about 50 seats as Social Democrats and Conservatives are reduced. A potential leftist Social Democrat coalition could command a narrow majority in the 200 member assembly.
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New York
Soviet Union
Premiser
Juho K. Paasilivi
Finland
Federal Communications Commission
Paasikivi
Helsinke
Communist Democratic Peoples Union Party
Social Democrats
Russia
Germany
Bolivia to establish relations with Soviet Russia
Foreign Minister Gustavo Chacon announced that Bolivia will establish diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, signaling a shift in international ties as of March 20 in La Paz.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Gustavo Chacon
Russia
Provost Stays Silent as Caller Is Confronted
A man who phoned in an incident is followed by the provost who sits in his car and laughs. He makes no effort to aid, offering no information to the callers.
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Tack
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