Jap Balloons Drift Over Prairies Warning Issued
Ottawa reports Canadians west of the Great Lakes are urged to watch for unexploded bombs from unmanned Japanese balloons. Defence HQ says the raids are sporadic, not a military threat, and advises not to panic. Balloons drift at 80 to 100 miles daily, carry small bombs, and may start fires.
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Ottawa
Great Lakes
Canada
United States
R.C.A F
Defence Headquarters
Japan
North America
Lavish Tribute Credits Canada’s Air War Role
The Daily Telegraph lauds Canada and the RCAF for their key part in air supremacy. F. W. Perfect praises a Dominion of 12 million people rising to fourth in air operations in five years, highlighting the BCATP, Canadian aces, casualties, and decorations, and noting Britain’s gratitude.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Canada
R.C.A.F
RAF
F. W. Perfect
Dominion
Germany
RCAF
Britain
Attlee urges world unity and armament burden
Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee told Britons on returning from the Francisco conference that Britain must prepare to arm for world unity. He argued the price must be paid to save the world from war and hoped future armament could decrease as civilization grows. He backed creating an international security body and noted small nations need strength to check big powers on a future security council.
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London
Clement Attlee
Vole
World Unity Organizations
Francisco
Weimar Bombs Spark Liszt House Damage Near Bank
The Liszt home in Weimar remained standing but was near a blast from Allied bombing. A nearby safe containing several of his manuscripts was moved to a bank safe after the attack.
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Weimar
Germany
Franz Liszt
Canadian Ships Will Serve In Pacific Waters
Ottawa reports about sixty Canadian warships to operate offensively in the Pacific under Navy Minister Douglas C. Abbott. The force will include destroyers from Britain, two new light aircraft carriers, cruiser Uganda now in action, sister Ontario, anti aircraft ship Prince Robert, and 36 newest frigates. Capt. Harry G. DeWelf may command.
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Ottawa
Pacific
Navy
Douglas C. Abbott
Royal Canadian Navy
Admiralty
Bedford
N.S
Uganda
H.M.C.S
Abbott
Ontario
Prince Robert
Mediterranean
Bay of Biscay
Canada
Royal Navy
Fleet Air Arm
Halifax
Prices in Chungking Skyrocket as War-Era Levels Surge
Government notes Chungking retail price index April 30 shows 1,250 times prewar levels set in July 1937. Some commodities now exceed ten thousand times the prewar price, despite efforts to curb inflation.
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Chungking
China
Mikoyan Says Free German Trade Restored
In Pravda interview, Foreign Trade Commissar A. T. Mikoyan states the Red Army has re established free trade to help famine threats in Berlin and Dresden. German peasants may sell excess produce at a profit now.
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Moscow
A. T. Mikoyan
Pravda
Red Army
Berlin
Dresden
German Architect Appointed Mayor of Berlin
Moscow radio reports Dr. Arthur Wener, a German architect persecuted by the Gestapo, has been named mayor of Berlin. The dispatch notes his exile status and confirmation from Soviet sources.
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Arthur Wener
Gestapo
Berlin
Canadian CPR builds aluminum-sheathed box car for test runs
Canada's first aluminum-sheathed box car built at Angus Shops for CPR test runs to assess replacing aging rolling stock in war transport. The model weighs 4200 pounds less than steel versions and features aluminum sides doors roof running board and brake components remained unpainted for contrast with painted steel ends.
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Montreal
Canada
Angus
Canadian Pacific Railway
CPR
United Nations Society of Canada Formed in Toronto
The League of Nations Society in Canada will be renamed the United Nations Society of Canada at the annual meeting in Toronto. It will support the peace cause emerging from the San Francisco conference and align the group with the broader United Nations effort.
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Toronto
League of Nations Society In
Canada
United Nations Society of Canada
San Francisco
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Winnipeg
French Policy in Lebanon Triggers Middle East Crisis
In Beirut and Damascus clashes erupt as Senegalese troops fire on demonstrators wounding 17 in Damascus. Syria and Lebanon jointly refuse to negotiate further French troop landings while the Arab League calls for regret and U S Minister Wadsworth meets Lebanese leaders. The Iraq government consoles Egypt to coordinate policy if events widen.
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Beyrouth
Cairo
Syria
Lebanon
Middle
The
Arab League
Union
France
U.S
George Wadsworth
Iraq
Bayreuth
Lord Haw Haw Boss Captured in Northwest Germany
Eduard Dietze former chief of German anti Allied propaganda and Lord Haw Haw's boss is captured by Canadian counter intelligence in Northwest Germany. Dietze aged about 45 to 50 has a German father and Scottish mother and was a well known radio commentator who broadcast the 1936 Olympic Games. On occasion he broadcast for the BBC.
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Eduard Dietze
Maw Haw
Germany
Dietze
BBC
German Hoax Claims Plot to Kill Eisenhower
Allied Supreme Headquarters in Paris declared the December Ardennes tale of German assassins plotting to kill General Eisenhower a counter propaganda hoax. The official statement said the report was circulated within the German army to boost Nazi morale and sow Allied confusion.
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Eisenhower
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Paris
Ardennes
Empire Prisoners Return From Europe
Royal Air Force bomber and transport commands have brought back nearly 95,000 British and empire prisoners of war liberated in Europe, an official report states.
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London
Royal Air Force
England
Europe
Canadians Capture German Trawler in Bay of Biscay
The Canadian Ranger class minesweeper Thunder captured a German trawler in the Bay of Biscay, sailed the prize home under its own steam, and delivered it to a British harbor. Lieutenant Art Moore of Digby Nova Scotia led the prize crew, two bombs were found and tossed overboard, and the German crew were taken as prisoners of war. The event marks the fourth enemy ship brought to port by the Canadian navy in this war.
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Bay of Biscay
Art Moore
Digby
H.m.cs. Thunder
Cmdr
Herman Mackay
Halifax
Pittou
Thunder
Fo-Castle Head
Lieut. Moore
AB. Dean Smith
Prince Albert Sask
Weser
Prince Robert
Mexican
Capo Noli
St. Lawrence
Italy
International Shut In Day Observed Nationwide
The first Sunday in June marks International Shut In Day conceived by Canadian Ernest Barker. The Shut In Day Association promotes remembrance of the sick and disabled with clergy press and leaders supporting observance across the Dominion and province alike helping the infirm.
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Ernest Barker
Canada Russia mutual aid pact ends June 30
Ottawa and Soviet representatives begin talks on changing or ending mutual aid commitments as World War II ends. The Canadian Russia protocol ends June 30, while other UN pacts with UK, Australia, China, New Zealand, India and the French Committee of National Liberation remain in effect. Canada had spent 23.282 million on goods to Russia through March 31, 1944.
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Ottawa
Russia
Europe
Canada
United Nations
Japan
United Kingdom
Australia
China
New Zealand
India
French Committee of National Liberation
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V.C
C. C. J. Merritt
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Lord Haw Haw
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