British Pacific Fleet Mobilizes for Invasion Campaign
A Tokyo broadcast via Radio Tokyo and British United Press in San Francisco reports a large British fleet with several aircraft carriers moving through the Triton Ocean for a coordinated assault on Andaman Nicobar, Sabang, Langkawi, Puket, and northern Malay Peninsula. It notes British warships heading from European waters via the Red Sea toward the Indian Ocean and confirms Uganda joining the Pacific fleet with HMCS Ontario expected to sail soon.
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London
Tokyo
Malay Peninsula
Rumatra
Burma
Thailand
Red Sea
United Prena
San Francisco
Port Said
Sydney
Uganda
Australia
Sir Bruce Fraser
Brahh
Pacific
Andaman
Micobar Islands
Indian Ocean
Sabang Band
Sumatra
Puket
Lang Kewi
Ottawa
Angus J. Macdonald
House of Commons
R.C.N
HMCS
Ontario
Maliguy
Atlantic
Tustrious
Victorious
Formidable
Furious
Canada’s Navy in Pacific War to Be More Than a Token Force
Navy Minister Macdonald told Commons that Canada’s Pacific plan for the Royal Canadian Navy aims for a substantial contribution. The second cruiser Ontario will join Uganda in Pacific waters, with two aircraft carriers possible and entirely Canadian naval personnel. The year’s wartime strength rose to 370 fighting ships, 550 auxiliaries, and 95,000 personnel, with Canadian crews defeating 16 U boats and earning many decorations.
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Ottawa
Canada
Macdonald
Commons
Pacific
Royal Canadian Navy
War Council
Defence
Japan
Ontario
Uganda
Belfast
British
Fleet Air Arm
West grain movement to load 1150 cars daily
Canada plans a grain and flour program to load about 1,150 freight cars daily on the prairies from April to December 1. The aim is to move 460,000,000 bushels from the Head of the Lakes to eastern ports and unload 11,000 cars daily at Fort William and Port Arthur, amid a Western Canada grain bottleneck.
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Montreal
Grain Transportation Committee
Prairies
Apri
Lockwood
Western Canada
United States
Canada
Lakes
Great Lakes
Maritime Provinces
Fort William Jand
Port Arthur
Head of the Lakes
U.S
Duluth
Buffalo
Lake Erieporta
Grain Movement Committee
J. J Liewellin
Furness
Great Britain
Combined Food Board
Washington
Europe
Mediterranean
General Maurice Rose Killed in Germany Surrender Incident
Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose of Denver commanded the US Third Armored Division and was killed after surrendering to German captors in Germany. Rose, who reportedly had offered his pistol, was shot by a Nazi Tiger tank crew with a burp gun, according to aide Maj. Robert Ballinger of White Plains New York.
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U.S
Germany
Maurice Rose Denver
Colo
Third Armored Division
Rose
Robert Ballinger
White Plains
N.Y
Admirals Reported Dead in Japanese Losses
A report from Duni's agency states 14 more Japanese admirals killed in action, bringing total flag rank officer deaths reported by the enemy since May 14 to 108. The latest casualties include Vice Admiral Noritada Yahi and 18 rear admirals.
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San Francisco
Duni
Noritada Yahi
Edmonton Girl Regains Sight After Eye Operation
Lillian Cameron, once partially blind, now has normal vision after surgery by Dr. Ramon Caes-straviejo at Columbia Presbyterial Medical Centre in New York. Upon bandages removal she noted screws on ceiling shades. previously she could not clearly distinguish faces of lifelong friends.
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Edmonton
Lillian Cameron
Ramon Caestraviejo
New York
Columbia Presbyterial Medical Centre
Britain Seeks Food Supply Deals For Postwar Period
Ottawa reports Britain will take all beef bacon ham and eggs Canada will supply through 1946 under new contracts. Talks in Washington with Col J J Liewellin British foods minister Gardiner aim to guide possible resumption of meat rationing. Canada to focus on shell eggs with 500 million eggs in current plan. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Ottawa
Washington
Canada
Briain
Cel
Jo J. Liewstin
Agriculture
Gardiner
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Col. J. J. Liewellin
Oliver Lyttleton
Britain
Raid on Shipping London Aims at Wilhelmshaven Dockyards
The U S Eighth Air Force bombed Wilhelmshaven and Bremen port facilities on March 30. Four ships were set afire including the light cruiser Koln, a liner likely used as a troopship, and a 370 foot motor ship was sunk. The raid involved 1400 heavy bombers escorted by 900 fighters, marking the largest coordinated assault on enemy ports to date, with at least three shipyards and buildings receiving direct hits.
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London
Koln
U.S. Eighth Air Force
Wilhelmshaven
Bremen
German teacher killed after offering services to Allies near Monschau
London report says Trans-ocean claims a German teacher and his whole family died when a house exploded. The man had offered his services to the Allies as mayor of a village near Monschau.
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London
Trans-ocean
Monschau
RCAF record in war described by Ottawa minister
Air Minister Gibson presented interim estimates of 453.876 million in commons detailing RCAF activities and a postwar program. Highlights include 72,728 trained Canadians among 191,000 air crew, 5,168 honors, bomber group totals of 7,355 sorties, 13,639 tons dropped in 1943 and 25,353 sorties, 86,502 tons dropped last year with low four‑motored aircraft loss. Fighters logged 10,575 sorties with a major August Normandy victory destroying 1,074 vehicles and sinking 91 damaged, plus 1,929 damaged and 3 tanks destroyed. Proposals cover training, surplus disposal, strength reduction, police squadrons for postwar Germany, Pacific squadrons, and voluntary Pacific service with Canada leave.
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Ottawa
Gibson
RCAF
Canada
Germany
Pacific
British Bomber Command
Bomber Command
Normandy
R.C.A.F
R.A.F
War Assets Corporation
Air Ministry
Europe
RAF Fighter Pilot Warnes Missing After Channel Bailout
Squadron Leader Geoffrey Warnes, inadvertently commissioned as an RAF fighter pilot due to a clerical error, gained fame as a train-buster using contact lenses to hide poor eyesight. He was forced to bail out over the English Channel and is missing presumed dead, having earned the nickname Strafer for destroying trains and convoys.
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RAF
London
Geoffrey Wares
English Channel
Evening News
Warnes
Lenges
R.A.F
German Pilot Lands At Allied Airfield Near Frankfurt
An astonished Allied force on an airstrip near Frankfurt watched a German pilot land his fighter under heavy anti aircraft fire. He stepped out, fired a brief warning, then declared he had come to fight with the Allied air force. Authorities determine his fate.
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Frankfurt
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