Signs Point To Important Developments In War News
London reports a surge in government communications as Allied forces advance. Churchill war cabinet members ordered to stay near their posts with parliament to meet if needed. Easter plans include skeleton shifts and mass exodus from the city as war plants stay active. A Lisbon correspondent notes Hitler may deliver a significant speech soon amid Allied hopes.
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London
Churchill
Reuters
Evening Standard
Lisbon
Hitler
Drottningholm
Japan
Wehrmacht
Plan One Terminal For All Bus Lines In Vancouver
Vancouver plans a modern $2,000,000 bus terminal to serve all city lines. The project would demolish over a dozen occupied houses in a downtown block, with an application filed at the national housing registry.
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Vancouver
National Housing Registry
Mutiny Report From German Navy Broadcast
London dispatch says a German radio broadcast reported the Graf Zeppelin crew mutinied at an unnamed Baltic port against scuttling orders. Gestapo seized ship and crew, sending them to Kiel. Doenitz ordered all Baltic warships to scuttle if they cannot be safely removed, with prior mutinies in other Baltic ports before capture by Russians.
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London
Napscow
Baltic
Kiel
Karl" Doenitz
Moscow
Red Army Reaches Austrian Border Near Koszeg in Hungary
Marshal Stalin announced a second order of the day reporting the Red Army breached northwestern Hungary and reached the Austrian border at Koszeg, 42 miles south of Vienna. The advance, aided by Tolbukhin’s 3rd Ukrainian army, overran Kapuvar and Szombathely as Pamhagen defenses near Vienna were attacked.
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London
Stalin
Baltic
Konnigsberg
Red Army
Hungary
Danube
Marshal Stalin
Koszeg
Vienna
Sarvar
Kapuvar
Szombathely
Csorna
Bratislava
Graz
Yugoslavia
Italy
Feodor Tolbukhin
Cserna
Pamhagen
St. Johannon
Nationalization Mines Proposed by Advisory Committee
London report outlines sweeping reorganization of Britain's coal industry under a government agency to unify mining operations. The advisory committee led by Charles Reid says drastic changes are needed to cut production costs and meet national needs.
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London
Britain
Fuel Ministry
Charles Reid
Italian Front Remains Quiet Reported at Faenza Area
A German attack on British 8th army positions near Cotignola six miles north of the Faenza front was repulsed while the rest of the Italian front remained quiet. Rain limited visibility on the Allied 5th Army front southwest, with scattered artillery fire and patrol clashes noted near Bologna. A naval communique mentioned new shelling on the Franco-Italian border involving French and British destroyers.
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Rome
8Th Army
Cotignola
Bologna
Hour of Success Near Declared by Churchill in Liberal Race
London report says Prime Minister Churchill in a letter endorsing Liberal candidate Ronald M. Munro for a special parliamentary election declared the hour of success is near. He praised British endurance and fighting services and urged unity to reap rewards of victory for country empire and civilization.
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London
Churchill
Ronald M. Munro
Naval authority warns six weeks more of fighting after war ends
A naval authority said German submarines and surface craft might continue combat for up to six weeks after the European land war ends as supplies could last that long.
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London
Europe
Secret German weapon to halt Allied tank advance
The German D.N.E. agency warned in a home service broadcast that an improvised weapon akin to the bazooka, dubbed the tankfist, could be produced in an hour and used to knock out a medium tank. The broadcast urged citizens to keep their nerve and claimed 13,000 man-hours are needed to make a tank.
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London
D.N.E
Berlin
Okinawa Bombardment Continues As U S Fleet Attacks
Okinawa endures a sixth day of heavy bombardment by the U S Navy as carrier aircraft strike remaining strongholds. Reports claim landings in the Kerama islands near Okinawa with a fleet attempting to supply invasion forces, though fleet confirmation is lacking.
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Guam
Okinawa
Nimitz
Radio Tokyo
U.S
Kerama Islands
Alberta House Adjourns For Five Day Eastern Holiday
Edmonton March 29 Members of the Alberta legislative scattered to their homes for a five day Eastern holiday after last nights adjournment. The session opened debate on the post war reconstruction report and discussed the coal mines regulation act. The appropriations act for the 1945-46 budget of 28 million opens April 1. Gordon Taylor proposed a paid two week holiday after one year of service but the amendment was defeated. Tribute was paid to Taylor by Premier Manning J Percy Page Elmer Roper and Wing Cmdr F C Colborne.
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Edmonton
Alberta Legislative
Stthe‘assembly
Reconstruction Committee
A. J. Hooke
Department of Economic Affairs
Coal Mines Regulation Act
Gordon Taylor
S.C
Drumheller
Taylor
R.C.A.F
House
E. C. Manning
J. Percy Page
Ind
Elmer Roper
C.C.F
F. C. Colborne
D.F.C
Calgary
Air Force
Finance Minister Says No Position To Confirm New Saskatchewan Talks
Ottawa March 29 Finance Minister Isley said he could not confirm any plan to start new negotiations with Saskatchewan over seed grain payments. A tribunal under Justice Gil landers of the Ontario appeals court will report on whether the Dominion may withhold payments to offset a claimed debt for 1938 seed grain advances. Open hearings are planned in May, with an election possibly delaying the report. The drought cost Saskatchewan farmers about 9.48 million dollars. Isley insisted the government may withhold instalments to avoid paying the province directly. George H. Steer and Prof. Frank R. Scott represent the Dominion and the province respectively on the tribunal.
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Ottawa
Isley
Saskatchewan
J. G. Gillanders
Ontario Appeal Court
Dominion
Tisley
T. C. Douglas
Douglas
Jisley
George ‘H. Steer
Edmonton
Frank ‘R. Scott
Montreal
Prisoner camps near bombing targets in Japan Burma
London reports Allied POW camps in Japan and Burma lie close to bombing targets to shield them from air raids. Arthur Henderson says Japan violated the international convention on prisoners of war despite protests and consultations with Britain's allies.
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London
Reuters
Japan
Burma
Arthur Henderson
War Office
House of Commons
Britain
Henderson
Believe Spring Is Here To Stay In Canada
Temperatures across the east to the Rockies surged to high levels this month with spring flowers and early swimming reported. Ontario and other regions prep for planting despite fear a late frost could hurt fall wheat. Niagara fruit trees show early bud, Great Lakes navigation opens earlier, and Toronto youths swim for the year.
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Eddie Lee
Rockies
Ontario
Niagara
Great Lakes
Toronto
Don River
Dominion
Allied Report: Japanese Resistance Weakened Across Burma Front
Reuters dispatch from Burma reports weakened Japanese resistance across the front. In Kyaukse, 30 miles south of Mandalay, resistance slackened though stubborn pockets remained. Meiktila, a vital supply base 80 miles south of Mandalay, saw Japanese night attacks with tanks against British 14th Army positions.
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Burma
Reuters
Kyaukse
Mandalay
Meiktila
14Th
Allied Forces Race Through Breaks In German Lines
Allied troops including the US 1st and 9th Armies push through detected gaps in German lines across western and northern positions, threatening Ruhr access. Advances reach Langwiesse Frankenberg Haltern Bocholt Emmerich and Lauterbach with Berlin still 214 miles distant as security blackout limits full disclosures.
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Paris
United States
Ruhr
Langwiesse
Hamm
Frankenberg
Berlin
Hannover
Hemm
Germany
Hodges
1St Army
4Th.armored
3Rd
Lauterbach
Leipzig
9Th
Haltern
Bocholt
Emmerich
Rhine-bank
Duisburg
Frankfurt-on-the-Main
3Rd Army
Hamborn
Weisbaden
Hanau
Aschaffenburg
Mannheim
Eisenhower
Westphalia
Ned ‘Nordness
A.P
Muenster
Osnabrueck
Manning Defends Alberta Refund Plan as Not Arbitrary
EDMONTON March 29 The Alberta government defends its 113 200 000 refunding scheme as not arbitrary and aimed at best interests of the province and bondholders Premier E C Manning counters a protest by the Investment Dealers of Canada who say the federal plan is fairer and would pay 24 000 000 more to holders The dealers warned of opposing the provincial plan citing 195 member firms coast to coast and widespread debentures.
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Edmonton
Alberta
E. C. Manning
Canada
Manning
Toronto
Straddle Nazi U Boat With Depth Charges
An RCAF Wellington from the Demon squadron scored a perfect straddle on a German U boat in the English Channel with depth charges, no trace found after explosions. A second U boat was spotted off Scotland by an RAF Liberator crew with near- conning tower explosions and immediate disappearance.
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R.C.A.F
Coastal Command
English Channel
Europe
R.C.A.F. Wellington
Demon Squadron
Channel
Sadan
Ldr
C. W. Taylor
D.F.C
Winnipeg
Fit
K A. Blair
Melfort
Sask
K. S. Goodman
Edmonton
C. D. Myers
New Westminster
B.C
Scotland
FO. G. A. Bergh
Vancouver
RAF Mosquito Raids on Berlin Halted by Weather
London reports a 36 night raids streak on Berlin was broken as weather grounded RAF Mosquito bombers for the first time since February 20. Berlin endured 45 attacks over the period including nocturnal doubleheaders and four daylight raids by American heavy bombers.
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London
Berlin
R.A.F
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C.W.A.C. Brides
Cpl
Sherry Atwell
C.W.A.C
Doris Bliss
Jeff
Jinny Nelson
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