Riots Leave Halifax with 200 Arrests and Damages
Halifax police say over 200 people were arrested after Tuesday downtown riots. Eight women were among those detained for drunkenness with some facing illegal possession charges. The clashes caused up to 5 million in losses as civilians and service members clashed, with two naval personnel dying and several injured.
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Canned Meat Stock Frozen Under Canadian Prices Board
Ottawa reports a Prices Board order will freeze and buy over 90 percent of canned meat for armed forces and allied Europe. Domestic sales by processors and wholesalers halt, with a 1000 pound retail storage cap and glass containers banned.
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Alberta Victory Loan drives reach new highs after VE Day
Alberta units push over top totals in the Victory Loan drive as 10 more units report success. Alberta now has 54 completed objectives and a Wednesday tally of 2 195 500 bringing the province to 39 202 700 in bonds and subscriptions, 82.9 percent of the overall quota. Voluntary pledges and canvass totals exceed prior campaigns despite VE day holidays.
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Churchill says tense big three talks persist in London
Prime Minister Churchill warns of continued tensions among the big three in diplomacy. He hopes to issue a statement after Foreign Secretary Eden returns from the San Francisco world security conference and discusses the Polish issue with Molotov and U S views. Four German POWs escape from a work camp near Port Colborne Ontario.
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Miners Die in Utah Coal Mine Blast
In Sunnyside Utah a blast at Utah Fuel Company's No 1 mine killed twenty one miners with two more missing and presumed dead. Seven were injured and three escaped. Rescue teams in gas masks searched three miles underground through last night and today, flames and carbon monoxide hampering efforts.
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Tarakan City Falls and Api Hill Seized in Allied Push
Allied forces report control of Tarakan City and the seizure of Api Hill on Tarakan island near Borneo as part of a broader push. Tokyo radio claimed American troops were aiding the Tarakan assault, but Allied sources gave no confirmation.
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Goering to Be Brought to Trial Soon
Marshal Herman Goering is expected to face trial soon before a tribunal of western Allied and Russian representatives. A source linked to the U S war crimes commission says his case will fall under multi country claims and dates back to his surrender to Brig Gen Robert J Stack at Berchtesgaden. Goering reported a split with Hitler would not affect his treatment. The final tribunal formation was postponed at San Francisco and discussed by Eden Molotov and Stettenius. Hess status remains uncertain with Germany’s war office calling him a prisoner of war.
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Bodies of Top Nazis Found in Berlin Ruins
Russian forces in Berlin have found at least four burned bodies possibly including Adolf Hitler among them. Propaganda Minister Goebbels and his family, Martin Bormann, and other high-ranking Nazis were identified with fair certainty. Authors note uncertainty about Hitler’s definitive identification.
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Hold-Out Garrison At Dunkerque Give Up
German holdout garrison in Dunkerque surrendered as Allied forces announced a landing on the Channel islands. The surrender ends five years of German occupation, following the Allied push from Normandy and the fall of Lorient La Rochelle and St Nazaire. Dunkerque had been isolated since last September after the Canadian advance along the Channel coast.
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Arrest of General Weygand Shocks Paris
Gen. Maxime Weygand, last French army commander before 1940, was arrested in Paris at night. Charges remain unspecified. Also detained was former tennis champion Jean Borotra, recently freed from German camps. Weygand led French forces in 1940 and later served in North Africa. Borotra headed sports under Vichy and was a top Davis Cup player with Lacoste Brugnon and Cochet.
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Iienry Cochet
Conference Deliberates Canadian Proposals at UN Security Talks
In San Francisco May 10 CP report says UN security committee nears decisions on Canada’s amendments to Dumbarton Oaks draft. Key points include strengthening the economic and social council and allowing nations to sit and vote on matters affecting them. Prime Minister Mackenzie King leads Canadian handling of the security council measures. Gordon Graydon and M. J. Coldwell attend related committee sessions. The economic and social cooperation committee approves inviting expert advisers from existing agencies and observers from the world trade union congress.
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Remnants of German Fleet Surrender Across Europe
London reports the last German fleet units including Prinz Eugen and Nürnberg surrender after shelling Copenhagen. U boats follow with six subs surrendering. Weymouth Bay hosts U249 escorted by British ships. Crete and Milos garrisons also surrender after Allied terms signed in Athens. Crete housed about 10,000 Germans and 4,000 Italians.
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Benes Returns Home to Prague from exile
Eduard Benes, president of Czechoslovakia, has returned to Prague from exile begun after the Munich crisis in 1938, according to the Prague radio.
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Eduard Benes
Prague
Munich
Russian troops land on Bornholm island in Denmark
Fifteen hundred Russian soldiers have landed on the Danish island of Bornholm off Sweden's southern tip, according to AP reporting from Copenhagen on May 10.
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