Wider World News Coverage Planned by The Canadian Press
Toronto reports plan to broaden Canadian and world news coverage as The Canadian Press builds on wartime reporting. Senator W A Buchanan commends CP for serving servicemen and domestic needs, noting coverage from London, Italy, and Canada. AP and Reuters aid, while CP pledges objective, impartial news and ethical contributions.
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Toronto
W. A. Buchanan
The
Lethbridge Herald
Ares
Canada
Buchanan
Perative
Senator Buchanan
Sam Robertson
Co-Operative
CAP
London
Canadian Press News
Maple Leaf
Italy
Western Front
Labrador
Newfoundland
Canadian Press
Associated Press
United States
Robert McLean
Philadelphia
McLean
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
J. A. McNeil
News Co-Operative
Reuters
Dominion
Canada Faces Sharp War Labor Shortage This Year
In a Commons review Munitions Minister Howe says Canada's war production runs at peak despite manpower limits. For 1944-45 output is estimated at 2.206 billion, down 12 percent from last year, with a projected 35 percent drop after Europe ends. Demand from Japan will keep capacity high for civilian shift. 675,000 workers in weapon manufacture as of Jan 1, 1945.
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Ottawa
Howe
Commons
Canada
Europe
Mr. Howe
Japan
Department
Nazis Move to Destroy Tirpitz With 120 Tons of Explosives
The Norwegian information office reports demolition experts have been sent to Tromso Fjord to wreck the super battleship Tirpitz beyond salvage. Allegedly 120 tons of explosives are planted in the sunken hull. The Tirpitz was sunk earlier by the Royal Air Force.
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London
Norwegian Information Office
Tromso Fjord
Royal Air Force
CBC Reporter Foresees Food Aid on Liberation Day
Toronto based CBC Europe correspondent Peter Starsburg said that on the day northern Holland is fully liberated some 12,900 tons of food will be moved into the famine area. He noted many districts depend on staple foods like raw daffodil and tulip bulbs due to shortages.
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Toronto
Peter Starsburg
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Europe
Holland
New World Security Stamp Planned for San Francisco
Postmaster General Walker announced a new commemorative postage stamp for the San Francisco world security conference. The first day sales will take place in San Francisco on April 36, the conference opening date.
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Washington
United States
San Francisco
Walker
No Sanctuary in Neutral Eire War Crimes Promise
In the House of Commons Dr James Little asked if no war criminals would find sanctuary in any country within the British Commonwealth. Prime Minister Churchill replied Yes. Eire has not given flat assurances but warned that neutrality would be protected and undesirables would not be admitted.
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London
Churchill
Neutral
Eire
House of Commons
James Little
Belfast
Earl of Athlone to leave Canada as term ends
Government House announces the Earl of Athlone will not extend his term as governor general of Canada past its June expiration and plans to depart the Dominion in the late summer. Appointed in 1940, he will not stay beyond the normal term.
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Ottawa
Government House
Earl of Athlone
Canada
Dominion
Heidel berg Women Urge Wise Peace From Eisenhower
A letter by Heidel berg women found on the Bismarck statue in Heidelberg denounces Nazis and calls on Gen Eisenhower to pursue a peace based on wisdom. It argues his vow to destroy militarism is insufficient and asks for resurrection of common sense and decency as the path to lasting peace.
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U.S. 7Th Army
Heidelberg
Eisenhower
Bismarck
Hitler Takes Personal Command In Germanys Gravest Hour
BBC reporter Chester Willmot says documents show Hitler must approve all German attacks withdrawals or movements as Germany enters its gravest hour on the western front amid Allied reports from London and the front.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Western Front
Hitler
BBC
Chester Willmot
Hitler's Terror Weapon Would Hamper Allies
Hamelin Germany report notes the underground werewolves as a failed terror weapon. It states virtually no sabotage or assassinations by German civilians have occurred, and predicts Allied forces must overrun Europe while confronting chaos. The article warns of future longterm Nazi underground planning and widespread starvation risks.
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Hamelin
Germany
Hitler
Europe
World Court ideas shaped for a new UN system
Jurists from 38 United Nations work on a world court structure to fit the Dumbarton Oaks plan and handle disputes under current international law. They will present mechanics to the UN security conference in San Francisco starting April 25, deciding whether to form a new court or modify the existing one and integrate it with the international organization.
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Washington
United Nations
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
British build airstrip on Crete as Germans hold west
Allied authorities report a British airstrip has been established on eastern Crete while several thousand German troops occupy strong defensive positions in the island’s western end. Germans retreated to the west after Athens and Salonika fell to the Allies. They have limited forays into British territory. Crete fell to Germany in 1941 in a historic airborne invasion.
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Rome
Crete
Mediterranean
Athens
Salonika
Time To Consider Plans For Veterans Return
Maj. J. C. Knowles urges a six month civilian readjustment period for ex servicemen returning from overseas. He backs continued pay and allowances until stable, notes aging postwar vets face limited pensions, and emphasizes practical aid over pampering as Canada honors war roles and civilian effort.
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Regina
Maj
J. C. Knowles
D.a-A.g
Military District 12
Army and Navy Veterans Association
Maj. Knowles
Veterans Guard
Canada
Mrs Churchill lauds Leningrad sacrifice in visit
Mrs Winston Churchill told Leningrad citizens the city is sacred for the lives sacrificed during the siege. Speaking briefly during her visit she and secretary Miss Mabel Johnson hoped to visit hospitals there. She closed with long live Leningrad and long live friendship between our two countries.
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London
Winston Churchill
Leningrad
Moscow
London reports RAF bomber for Japan raids
The London Daily Mail cites a British bomber in development for RAF attacks on Japan. Air correspondent sources say Sir Roy Dobson of A. V. Roe Ltd disclosed the project, builder of Lancasters that currently drops 111 ton bombs on Germany.
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London
R.A.F
Japan
London Daily Mail
Sir Roy Dobson
A. V. Roe, Ltd
Germany
Sweden to Return German Civilians Fleeing War
Stockholm reports that all German civilians who have fled to Sweden in recent days will be sent back to Germany immediately, as announced by the Swedish minister of justice.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Tax deadline extended to August in Ottawa
Acting Revenue Minister MacKinnon announced in the commons that the income tax payment deadline has been moved from April 30 to August 21. He tabled an order in council formalizing the change, noting a similar extension was done the previous year.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
Commons
Seven German deserters land in southern Sweden
Despatches from Malmo report seven German planes landed in southern Sweden with their crews surrendering or admitting desertion. The incident highlights ongoing wartime tensions and the status of captured or defecting airmen in neutral territory.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Malmo
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