Britain shifts policy publicity approach in wartime stance
London officials reveal a pivot from minimal abroad publicity to active public relations to present Britain's position clearly and counter misunderstandings. The MOI may press into actual distribution while avoiding direct refutation, amid a rising press war with US outlets and praise for constructive long-term results.
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Laindon
London
Britain
United Nations
Ministry of
Friends of Brita
il-Britain
M.O.I
Briin
Brijash
United States
Economist
America
Whitehall
Fair Dates Set for Western Canada Exhibitions
The Western Canada Exhibitions Association announced the forth coming fairs in the A circuit starting July 2 at Brandon and continuing July 9 in Calgary July 16 in Edmonton July 23 in Moose Jaw and July 30 in Regina. Grant McEwan was authorized as honorary manager to establish a registry for prize winning horses and cattle across Western Canada exhibitions.
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Grant McEwan
Atoon
Canada
Bridge Blown Up Halting Trondheim Rail Traffic
Norwegian paratroopers, flown from Britain, blew a city bridge and another to the north, halting main Adheim rail traffic. A German troop train crossed the span when it exploded. about 180 Nazi soldiers killed and 300 injured as cars plunged into a ravine.
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London
Norway
Adheim
Britain
Orth
Bowlen sells two Alberta ranches in Alderson and Pincher Creek
J J Bowlen of Calgary announces sale of two Alberta ranches. Alderson ranch covers 46 acres, Pincher Creek spread totals about 2700 deeded acres. Sale details remain to be finalized.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Third Estimate of Last Year's Field Crops in Canada
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 1944 wheat production at 435.5 million bushels valued at 460.05 million dollars, with prairie output at 411 million bushels. Oats reach 500 million, barley 195 million, rye 8.5 million, and flaxseed 9.7 million bushels, all with farm prices near 1943 except flaxseed and rye.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces
Bureau
Wheat Board
Roosevelts welcomes Canada's new ambassador Pearson
President Roosevelt accepted L. B. Pearsons credentials as Canada’s ambassador and voiced hope that the bilateral record would gain world notice. Pearson said he assumed office amid a time of advancing Allied victory and urged sustained efforts in body mind and spirit.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Canada
L. B. Pearson
Pearson
Leighton McCarthy
Butter ration unlikely to increase in Canada says Aird
W R Aird of Montreal former National Dairy Council president arrived and said there is little possibility of raising Canada's butter ration. He noted any increase would require cutting cheese shipments to Great Britain and that there is no desire to do so.
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Calgary
W. R. Aird
Montreal
National Dairy Council of Canada
Canada
Great Britain
Bomb thrown at British legation in Strandvaegen
An unidentified man threw a bomb at the British legation wall in Strandvaegen. He escaped on a bicycle. No casualties occurred though window panes were smashed and frames torn from their mounts.
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Stockholm
Strandvaegen
Japanese Protest in Tokyo Demands Action on War Munitions
In Tokyo a rift grows as Chu Funada accuses Premier Koiso of lacking resolute action. Koiso admits munitions shortages after Philippine reverses, while Shigeru Yoshida defends 1944 plane output amid war strain. Domei report relayed via US FCC broadcast.
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San Francisco
Japan
Kuniaki Koiso
House of Representatives
Chu Funada
Koiso
Philippines
Domei
Tokyo
United States
Federal Communications Commission
Funada
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Ledo road to China opens for military convoys
The Burma to China Ledo road is officially open to military traffic. Lt Gen Daniel I. Suitan announced the road is cleared of Japanese forces and ready for convoys after the Wanting border town fell. Convoys will traverse 10 miles of mountains and jungle to Kunming, completing a 262 mile final leg from Ledo with drivers from China Great Britain United States India and Burma aided by native tribes.
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Mystkyina
Burma
China
Kunming
Daniel I. Suitan
India-Burma
Myitkyina
Ledo
Great Britain
United States
India
Belgian King Leopold III Held Prisoner by Nazis
Belgian authorities report King Leopold III of Belgium is being held prisoner in a medieval castle in central Germany. He has reportedly lost considerable weight under brutal treatment and was separated from his wife and family after refusing to denounce the Allies as Anglo American armies crossed the Belgian border.
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Brussels
Leopold
Germany
Prime Minister and Eden Take Largest Staff to Big Three Talks
London sources say Prime Minister Church and Foreign Secretary Eden will travel with an unprecedented large team of political, economic, and military experts to the big three conference. The disclosure highlights the scale of Britain’s delegation for the crucial talks.
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London
Churchill
Eden
Germany Faces Big Problem On Eastern Front
London reports the Russian eastern offensive pushes lines toward Allied air support as Germany struggles to stabilize. 50,000 Allied prisoners from Poland and Silesia were moved to central Germany amid Russian advances, while Himmler and other leaders were given full press to rally German strength on the eastern front.
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Germany
London
Red Army
Stockholm
Poland
Silesia
Stalag Luft 7
Kreuzburg
Upper Silesia
R.A.F
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Eastern Front
Himmler
German Home Army
Oldest Canadian ex-soldier Captain Robert Reesor dies at 102
Capt. Robert Reesor, 102, reputed Canada’s oldest ex-soldier, died at his Markham Ontario home. Commissioned in 1871 as a lieutenant with the York Rangers, he rose in 1872 and retired in 1882. He later served as Louise County warden and was a director of the Emerson and Turtle Mountain railroad.
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Toronto
Canada
Robert Reesor
Markham
Ontario
York Rangers
Louise County
Manitoba
Emerson and
Turtle Mountain Railroad
Germans Dig New Trenches To Guard Berlin
London reports Germans have built fresh trenches around Berlin and Himmler orders all able bodied men to join a east front defense. Moscow notes civilians evacuated from Silesia and Warthegai while a German prisoner cites Reichstag sessions amid claims Red Army nears Krakow.
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London
Berlin
Gestapo
Himmler
Moscow
Silesia
Pomerania
Warthegai
Poznan
Transocean
Reich
Paris
Volkssturm
Eastern Front Defence Council
Heinz Guderian
St. Vith
Reichstag
Red Army
Krakow
Volkssturmers
Sinking of the Princess Marguerite Announced
Censorship rules were eased to admit the sinking of the S S Princess Marguerite in the Mediterranean in August 1942. The Canadian Pacific Steamships vessel known as a British Columbia coastal passenger liner was torpedoed with several casualties. A fire broke out after an oil tank was hit.
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Canadian Pacific Steamships
Vancouver
Mediterranean
British Columbia
Vatican reports prisoners in Nagoya healthy and cheerful
The secretariat of state released a long report from the Apostolic delegate in Tokyo after visiting war prisoners at Camp Nagoya Japan. It states that British Canadian and American prisoners there totaling various thousands were in excellent health and spirits.
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Vatican City
Secretariat of State
Apostolic
Tokyo
Camp
Nagoya
Japan
Return of clothing allowance for discharges and recall
The Vancouver Province notes a policy that men discharged from the RCAF must repay a $100 clothing allowance if recalled within six months under the National Resources Mobilization Act for service with the Canadian army. This rule applies to those called up again.
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Vancouver
R.C.A.F
Mussolini assassination attempt linked to Milan visit
A Geneva despatch reported to the United States Office of War Information said it was increasingly certain that an attempt was made on Mussolini's life during his December Milan visit, though the Fascist government kept the fact hidden from the population.
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New York
Geneva
United States Office of War Information
Mussolini
Milan
National Parks Pamphlet Urges Early Postwar Expansion
A pamphlet issued by the standing committee on national parks chaired by Sir Norman Birkett urges a first instalment of about six parks by the end of the war and recommends adding three more parks each year thereafter.
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London
Standing Committee On National Parks
Norman Birkett
Parachute Training Camp Shilo Names New VP
Lieutenant Gordon E. Henderson from Regina has been elected vice president of the AS5 Canadian parachute training centre officer's mess at Camp Shilo Manitoba marking a leadership role at the facility.
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Camp Shilo
Saskatchewan
AS5
Canadian Parachute Training Centre
Manitoba
Gordon E. Henderson
Regina
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