Liberal Party Wins Canada General Election Amid Quebec Support
Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s Liberal government secures a sweeping victory in Canada, benefiting from strong Quebec backing amid anti conscription sentiment. Early returns show Liberals leading in about 118 of 745 seats, with Conservatives and CCF trailing. independents in Quebec may bolster the government. Fauteux’s Montreal race defeats Houde, signaling Liberal staying power.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Tment
Quebec
Progressive Conservatives
CCF
Dominion
House of Commons
Tiversian
Liberals
Ontario
Eavily
Montreal
Camillien Houde
Montreal St. Mary
Gaspard Fauteux
Five Women Held For Rifling Mail Of Men Overseas
Five women were arraigned before U S Commissioner Garrett W Cotter on charges of rifling undelivered post office packages sent to soldiers overseas. Assistant U S Attorney Harold J McAuley said some packages were returned after soldiers were killed in action. Bail set at 250 dollars each. the women, temporary clerks, allegedly stole perfume cigarette lighters cigarette cases jewelry candy and cigarettes from the parcels over the past month. They waived a hearing to await grand jury action. one posted bail and was released.
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New York
U. S
Garrett W. Cotter
Asst
Harold J. McAuley
Cotter
Meadley
Boston Goes Beanless in Bean City Market Shift
A local observer says Boston food supply changes show baked beans largely unavailable. He notes a bean shortage and government effects on procurement, leaving only alternative legumes like pea and kidney beans in the market.
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Boston
Baseball scoreboard highlights from yesterday
National League results show St Louis 5 Cincinnati 0. American League had no games. Eastern League games saw Albany at Williamsport postponed due to wet grounds while Hartford at Elmira was also postponed. Scranton 4, Binghamton 3. Utica 5, Wilkes Barre 4.
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Westerday
St Louis
Cincinnati
Albany
Willamsport
Hartford
Elmire
Scranton
Binghamton
Utica
Wilkes-Barre
Hopkins Wins Stalin Promise To Renew Polish Talks
Washington reports Hopkins secured Stalin’s pledge to restart negotiations on Poland. A Moscow meeting will form a new Polish government including factions from the Lublin and London groups, with Mikolajczek and Biernat among participants. Invites will come from Britain, the United States and Russia shortly.
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Stalin
Washington
Harry Hopkins
Russia
Moscow
Mikolajczek
London
Kremlin
Boscor
Great Britain
United States
Lublin
Biernt
Mikolajczyk
Jan Stanzyck
Witos
Teacer
Zegmund Zulawski
Adam Kyzyanosti
Cracow University
Stanislaw Kutzrabs
Cracow
Chinese Push Nears Biggest U. S. Airbase
Chinese forces drive toward Kweilin in a three pronged assault within ten miles of the major U S airbase near Chungking. Chiang Kai-shek’s units threaten Liuchow and push from south China while Japanese fronts retreat toward Indo China in a widening campaign.
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Koweilin
Orient
Generehosimo
Chiang Kei-shek
Liuchow
Kyweilin
China
Frontier
Revine
Pingjiang
Hanbi
Kweilin
U.S
Indo-China
Southeast Asia
Court Frees 24 Bund Chiefs in High Court Decision
Twenty four chiefs of the German American Bund convicted of conspiring to aid draft evasion were freed by the Supreme Court in a major opinion day. The court acquitted five to four, including former national leader Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze, citing insufficient evidence. The ruling voided parts of a Florida labor regulation conflicting with the National Labor Relations Act. The court declined to rule on Alabama provisions restricting union payments and supervisory hires, noting lack of relevant facts.
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Washington
Bund
Supreme Court
Bundsmen
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze
New York
Florida
National Labor Relations Act
Alabama
Iit
Soldier Pleads Guilty to AWOL at Fort Devens
Worcester, Massachusetts soldier Pfc Joe McGee pleaded guilty at a Fort Devens summary court martial to an AWOL charge. He received 11 days hard labor at the post guard house and a $33 fine after being previously freed of a war prisoners beating conviction and under restriction for an earlier AWOL.
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Fort Devens
Mass
Joe McGee
Getteai
Ary
Worcester
Arny
McGee
Yanks Poised For All Out Luzon Attack
American forces consolidate positions within a dozen miles of Cagayan Valley as a full Luzon assault begins. Macarthur headquarters report 11th Corps capture Santa Inés east of Manila and Mindanao advances. Leyte described as the largest Japanese reservoir in the Philippines.
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Manila
Cagayan
Luzon
Philippines
Douglas Macarthur
11Th Corps
Santa Inés
Positia
Marikina
Mindanao
Tenth Corps
Jasan
Luzoh
Robert Eichelberger
U. S. Eighth Army
Leyte
Iseland
Richard Bergholz
Associated Press
Highth Ammay
Hichelberger
Sisin
Senator Van denberg Spotted at UN Conference Event
Senator Van denberg of Michigan attended a United Nations Conference meeting in San Francisco wearing a new hat. He remarked that TR may return to Washington soon, as the event unfolded on a warm sunny day.
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San Francisco
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Washington
Lower House Backs Emergency Dictatorship in Japan
The lower house of Japan's Diet approved a revised emergency measure giving the Suzwii government virtual power to rule by decree. Upper house expected to pass the measure soon as Premier Kamaro Suzuki defends the bid amid six hours of debate and warnings it could nominate the Diet. The plan requires government to confer with the Diet wartime emergency measures committee before any major action.
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Associated Press
Toxya
Suzwii
Japan
Diet
House of Peers
Kamaro Suzuki
House
FCC
Suzuki
SAP Diet
Truman Seeks 39 Billion War Budget for Japan Fight
President Truman sent Congress a War Department plan totaling 39 019 700 474 dollars for the coming fiscal year to wage war against Japan. The request cuts from Roosevelt era estimates and reflects Nazi capitulation, with overall war program costs down about 25 percent from 1945. The budget narrows Army strength, funds munitions through year end, and includes 1 000 600 000 for international military aid and civilian relief in occupied areas.
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Japan
Europe
Pacific
Truman
Congress
War Department
Tate
Roosevelt
Germany
White House
British to Pay Dollar for Each Child After First
London national insurance minister Lester Hore-Belisha announced a revised family allowances plan. Every family in Great Britain will receive a universal benefit for each child after the first, regardless of whether the breadwinner is at war. The measure passed last night in the House of Commons.
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London
House of ‘Commons
Great Britain
Lester Hore-Belisha
Commons
National Insurance
Buckner Calls On Japs To Quit On Okinawa
General Buckner urged Japanese forces on Okinawa to surrender as American progress continued on the southern front. Allied troops penetrated Brunei Bay and Labuan Island with MacArthur and Kenney ashore, while Japanese resistance was described as dwindling in the face of air and naval bombardment.
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Buckner
MacArthur
Guem
Simon Boudvar Buckner
Okinawa
Partison
Buchner
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Jeparese
Manila
British
Barnes
Brunei Say
Donglas
Brunei Bay
Pacific
Singapore
Brooxeton
Laduen Island
Seme
Tobruk
Labuan
Maura
Brunei Bluff
Brooketon Town
Renney
Air’ Forces
George’ GC Kenney
U. S. 13Th
Boeseo
U S Airmen Strike Japan for Fifth Straight Day
U S airmen bomb central Japan for the fifth consecutive day as 30 American Mustang fighters attacked Tachikawa and Atsugi airfields near Tokyo. A large aerial campaign included B-29 bombers from the Marianas and Iwo Jima, with significant factory and rail targets hit and one B-23 lost.
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Japan
Tokyo
Offic
Tachikawa
Atsuki
Tokyo-Yokohama
Sitahi
Sukegansa
Tokie
Marianas
Iwo Tims-based
Afustangs
Okinawa
Thunderbolt
OPA Enforcement Shakeup Proposed by Woolley
New York Regional OPA Administrator Daniel Woolley announced shakeups in the New York Regional and District Enforcement Divisions to strengthen enforcement. He spoke before delegates at the New York State Association of Retail Merchants annual meeting and did not elaborate. Albert Wendel, association president, said he was informed the plan aims to take 80 to 90 million pounds of fowl chicken and turkey for the rest of the year affecting civilian inventories.
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New York
OPA
Daniel ©. Woolley
Albert Wendel
Association
Navy reports 469 casualties in loss of four warships
The Navy announced the loss of two destroyers, an auxiliary transport and a landing ship off Gunawa with 69 killed or missing. The Longshaw endured 179 casualties, the Drexler 209, the Estes 60 and the LS3 255 21. Preliminary discussions followed as searches continued.
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Navy
Washington P
Gunawa
Longshaw
Drexler
Estes
Rensselaer and Saratoga lead in E Bond sales race
Rensselaer County tops the district Seventh War Loan E Bond drive by a slender margin of four tenths of a percent, with Barnard Townsend reporting Rensselaer at 7 8 percent and Saratoga only a tenth behind. Albany leads the state with 7 7 percent, while Rensselaer stands second at 6 29 percent.
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Rensselaer County
Totel
Barnard Townsend
County War Finance
Saratoga County
Albany County
Rensselaer
Longshaw Destroyer Hit On Okinawa Reef Tragedy
On Okinawa near Naha a destroyer ran aground on a reef and its magazine exploded within seven minutes. The Longshaw suffered 179 casualties from a crew of 250 to 350 with Cmdr Clarence W. Becker reportedly missing. Japanese shore batteries attacked as rescue efforts began and many sailors were injured or killed amid burning debris.
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Okinawa
Naha
Navy
Washington
Long Shaw
Clarence W. Becker
Salem
Mass
Army telegraph refuses furlough extension at Fort Riley
An urgent telegraphed request from a troop commander at Fort Riley asks for a ten day extension of furlough due to foul odor from polecat contamination. The response denies the extension and orders return by cattle car if needed.
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Fort Riley
Kus
Berlin Torch Singer Introduces Postwar Anthem
German night club performer at Cafe Leon and Kabarett der Ronniker premieres a Dixieland style song Berlin Will Rise Again promising revival of Berlin’s landmarks and life despite Adolf Hitler. The show draws hopeful cries and wowed audience, with varied acts and a starry, emotional finale.
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Eddy Gilmore
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Leon
Kabarei der Ronniker
Pigha
den ‘Linden
Reichstag
Brandenburg Gates
9th Infantry Division Breaks Through Okinawa Escarpment Heights
The 9th Infantry Division, led by Maj. Gen. James L. Bradley, breached a heavily fortified escarpment on Okinawa after intense counterattacks by Japanese forces using phosphorous shells. Bradley’s units, aided by tanks, seized key positions near Yunagasake and Hill 95, marking a significant advance across the rugged terrain amid heavy artillery and machine gun fire.
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Sundey
Taejip Dake
Yunagasake
Bradley
Grnd
Seventh Infantry Division
Hateeusaku
British Will Quit Levant If French Do
The British proposed simultaneous withdrawal of French and British forces from Syria and Lebanon as a path to a rapid settlement of Levant crises. Sir Edward Grigg urged American participation in peace talks, while denying British involvement in provoking fighting near Damascus. Reports from Damascus noted a Bedouin desert police revolt killing ten Frenchmen.
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Beyrouth
Syria
Lebanon
Levant States
Edward Grigg
Middle East
Paris
France
Britain
Sir Edward
Oliva Roget
Dalmascus
Damascus
Wimth
Siria
Russia
Far East
Levant
Ceiling prices set for new electric stoves in mid-Atlantic
New York OPA Administrator Daniel P Woolley announced maximum ceiling prices for new unbranded single and double burner electric hot plates. Effective in New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland and DC the set wholesale and retail prices include tax with single burner units at 65 cents wholesale 83 cents retail and double burner at 1.25 1.75 respectively. Woolley noted recent wholesale sales of single burners at 2.59 and double burners at 5.58.
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New York
Daniel P Woolley
OPA
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Woolley
Intests Son
Eisenhower's Mother to Visit Kansas City for Reception
Mrs. Eisenhower, mother of Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower, will travel from Abilene Kansas to Kansas City on June 2 to join in a welcome and reception honoring the unified Supreme Commander in Europe. She will attend with four other sons and their families before returning to Abilene for a hometown welcome.
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Brassas
Tea E. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kansas City
Europe
Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
Jhome
MacArthur Leads Allied Forces Ashore on Labuan Island
General Douglas MacArthur waded up a blazing beach road with scouts and troops shortly after the first Allied landing on Labuan Island near Brunei Bay. He moved ahead of tanks, met resistance, and calmly directed the advance while Australian Ninth Division troops cheered and followed.
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MacArthur
Labduian
Brunei
Ber
Disrich
Borneo
Wen
Douglas MacArthur
Ninth Division
Desert Rats
Tobruk
Zl Alamein
Africa
Patgatge
Ralsy
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