Wider Coverage For World News Being Planned
Senator W A Buchanan announced plans to widen Canadian and world news coverage at The Canadian Press annual meeting in Toronto. He noted CP’s wartime reporting abroad and at home and outlined efforts to cover peace and rehabilitation, while corporate leaders praised the AP and Reuters cooperative model for timely, impartial news feeding both domestic and overseas audiences.
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Toronto
W A. Buchanan
Lethbridge Herald
Canada
Buchanan
Sam Robertson
Co-Operative
CAP
London
Canadian Press News
Maple Leaf
Italy
Western Front
Labrador
Newfoundlan
Associated Press
United States
Hebert McLean
Philadelphia
McLean
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
J. A. McNeil
News Co-Operative
Assmmated Press
Reuters
Dominion
Canada Faces Its Worst Labor Shortage As War Continues
Munitions Minister Howe told the commons that Canada’s war production runs at peak capacity given manpower. For 1944-45 production is estimated at 2.206 billion dollars, down 12 percent from the prior year, with shortages expected to worsen in the next six months as Europe nears end and Japan demands more output.
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Ottawa
Howe
Commons
Mr. Howe
Europe
Japan
Canada
Department
Rand
End of Tirpitz in Tromso Fjord Demolition Rumor
The Norwegian information office reports Nazi demolition experts have planted 120 tons of explosives in the Tirpitz at Tromso Fjord. The battleship was said to have been sunk recently by Royal Air Force action.
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London
Norwegian Information Office
Tromso Fjord
Royal Air Force
Holland Liberation Food Aid Reported by CBC Correspondent
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation correspondent Peter Starsburg said that on the day northern Holland is fully liberated 12,000 tons of food will be moved into the famine area. He noted that in many districts the staple food was raw daffodil and tulip bulbs.
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Toronto
Peter Starsburg
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Europe
Holland
Postage Stamp Issued For World Security Conference
United States will issue a commemorative stamp for the San Francisco World Security Conference. The first day sale will be in San Francisco on April M, the conference opening day.
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Washington
United States
Walker
San Francisco
No Sanctuary London War Crimes Query In Commons
In the House of Commons Dr James Little asks if war criminals will be barred from sanctuary in any Commonwealth country. Prime Minister Churchill replies yes. Ireland refuses to provide flat assurances to Allies while warning traitors will not be admitted, maintaining neutrality.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
James Little
Belfast
Earl of Athlone to Leave Canada After Term Ends
Governor-General Earl of Athlone will not extend his term and plans to depart Canada in the late summer. Appointed in 1940, his Excellency’s official tenure was due to expire in June and will conclude without extension.
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Ottawa
Government House
Earl of Athlone
Canada
Dominion
Far of Athlone
Seek Wise Rule General Eisenhower Receives Letter
A letter found on Heidelberg's Bismarck statue from Heidelberg women to General Eisenhower denounces Nazis and asks for a peace based on wisdom. It praises his pledge to destroy militarism but seeks resurrection of common sense and decency as the path to lasting peace.
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Eisenhower
Heidelberg
7Th Army
Hitler assumes full army command in gravest hour
BBC dispatch from Willmet reports Adolf Hitler now personally directs all German army operations as Germany faces its gravest hour. Captured documents indicate every attack withdrawal or movement required his prior approval.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
The
Alles
Hitler
BBC
Chester Willmet
Hitler's Terror Weapon Would Hamper Allies
Hamelin Germany dispatch reports Hitler's underground werewolf program as a feared Nazi terror weapon. The piece notes near zero sabotage by German civilians and argues Allied forces must overrun occupied Europe and restore order despite potential chaos. It warns of 80 million Germans facing starvation without civilian administration.
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Hamelin
Germany
Hitler
Europe
PLAN WORLD COURT Jurists Work On Court Structure For UN System
Jurists from 38 United Nations explore mechanics for a world court to fit the Dumbarton Oaks framework. They will decide whether to adapt the existing world court or create a new form as the United Nations security conference opens in San Francisco April 25. Preliminary opinions favor adopting the present court with modifications.
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Washington
United Nations
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
Airstrip Established on Crete as Germans Hold Western Forts
Allied authorities report a British airstrip on eastern Crete while several thousand German troops maintain strong defensive positions on the island's western end. German forces retreated to the western part after Athens and Salonika fell to the Allies, with only sporadic forays into British territory. Crete fell to Germany in 1941 as the first major airborne invasion.
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Rome
Crete
Mediterranean
Athens
Salonika
Returned Men Need Time To Consider Plans
Regina Maj J C Knowles urges veterans to have six months rest after five years at sea to readjust to civilian life. He supports pay and allowances for hospital and outpatient veterans until self-sufficiency or pension. warns against treating returning servicemen as cases and emphasizes practical, respectful reintegration.
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Regina
J. C Knowles
D.A.A.G. Military District 12
Army and Navy Veterans Association
Maj. Knowles
Veterans Guard
Canada
Churchill praises Leningrad during London visit
Mrs Winston Churchill told citizens of Leningrad the city is sacred for its siege sacrifices. The Moscow radio said she spoke briefly in Moscow and, with secretary Miss Mabel Johnson, hoped to visit Leningrad hospitals and foster friendship between the two nations.
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London
Winston Churchill
Leningrad
Moscow
Churchill
Mabel Johnson
Britain to Build Bomber Similar to American Superfortress
The London Daily Mail reports Britain is constructing a bomber akin to the B 29 for RAF raids on Japan. Air correspondent cites Sir Roy Dobson of A V Roe Ltd as the source. In Stockholm, Sweden says German civilians who fled there will be sent back at once.
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London
Japan
London Daily Mail
Roy Dobson
A. V. Roe, Ltd
Germany
Stockholm
Sweden
Tax payment deadline extended to August 31 in Ottawa
Acting Revenue Minister MacKinnon announced in the commons that income tax payment due date has been moved from April 30 to August 31 by an order in council. Similar extension was used last year.
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Tisue
MacKinnon
Commons
Deserting German Planes Reported in Sweden
Deserters among seven German aircraft landed in southern Sweden. The Malmo despatches confirm that the crew of one plane admitted desertion. Noted as a rare development in wartime air movement.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Malmo
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