Third Fleet Attacks Tokyo Area Amid Pacific Bombardment
U S Third Fleet and British Task Force launched strong strikes against the Tokyo area with HMS Newfoundland taking part. Admiral Nimitz says the action opens preinvasion stages. Halifax Arsenal blast and ensuing fires injure and kill several as 600 B 29s pound four Japanese cities. Mountbatten and MacArthur meet to coordinate future operations.
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St. John’s
U. S
Tokyo
H. M S. Newfoundland
Nimitz
Halifax
Royal Canadian Naval Arsenal
Bedford ‘Basin
Chamber of Representatives
Leopold
Prince Charles
Bia
Halifax Naval Arsenal
R. A
Britain
Rhine
Mountbatten & MacArthur
Japan
Shrinking Japanese Empire Reshapes Pacific War Map
Allied advances across Southeast Asia and the Pacific have driven Japan to the Burma border and captured Rangoon. MacArthur’s forces seized the Philippines while Iwo Jima and Okinawa positions offer bases for attacks on Japan. With Taraken oil center taken, the Allies near complete victory as Japan narrows its targets.
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Southeast Asia
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Burma
Rangoon
Malaya
MacArthur
Philippines
Mindanao
Luzon
Australia
New Guinea
Borneo
Taraken
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Marianas
Tokyo
Yellow
East China
Bomid
R.A.F
Thailand
Japan
Gems for your Scrapbook Art
A compact collection of art quotations celebrates Whistler Brown Eddy Millet and Joubert on beauty, love, and the moral uplifting power of art. The notes emphasize elevation of artist and public through the sublime and the common made noble by feeling.
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Earth
Mary Baker Eddy
J. Fe Millet
Confed Lie Charged With Murder Of Father In Lourdes
Brazil Young an 18 year old resident of Lourdes was arraigned in Corner Brook for the murder of his father William Vievor Young on June 3 1945. The case before Magistrate T Wade remanded to Corner Brook Gaol pending further investigation by Inspector Glendenting and Ranger Terry. A warrant for Brazil Young 17 of Lourdes was applied for as the death at home is described as a gunshot wound in the chest.
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Brazil
Terry
Corner Brook
Furtther
Glendenting
Ranger Terry
Newfoundland ‘Ranger’ Force
St. John's
Brazil Young
Lourdes
Willian Young
Queen Mary Captain Sees Postwar Ocean Liner Trend
Commodore Sir James Biaser notes Britain will likely build a third Queen class liner for the postwar Atlantic. Speaking in New York on Queen Mary’s first U.S. visit since Europe’s war end, he voices optimism for steamships, while acknowledging airplanes may shape future travel.
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Britain
James Biaser Agid
New York
United States
Europe
Cunard
White Star
Codfish Report Regulations 1945 Update
Newfoundland Fisheries Board issues Codfish Report Regulations 1945 replacing 1920 act. Masters must report arrival quantities in quintals within 48 hours, specify fish type and curing intent, with fines from ten to one hundred dollars or up to one month in jail for noncompliance. Privacy of ship names is preserved. Secretary for Natural Resources K J Carter signs.
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Governor Ir Commission
Oder
Newfoundland Fisheries Board
Newfoundland
Labrador
Child asks lesson question as pupils leave school
Little Jill asks Miss Blivens what she learned in school today while the other children depart. She notes her father wants to know what she learned explaining a daily routine in class.
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Jill
Miss Blivens
Woman Overcomes Rheumatism With Kruschen Salts
A reader letter describes severe rheumatism forcing difficulty rising from a chair. After trying Kruschen Salts days, pain moved, then disappeared and the writer reports long relief. The testimonial urges starting at the first warning and taking a daily half to one teaspoon in hot water each morning.
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Weill
Misa A. R
Reading-illiterate prisoner defies writing test
A tough prisoner was asked to write a sentence. He replied that he could not read and wrote in large letters. When asked what it meant he said I dunno indicating his illiteracy.
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Twillingate
The
Twillingate Sun
Eddy
With Eddy’s
Redbirds
Comets
F.M. O'Leary Ltd
Scott
Hareld
Richis & Go
Lad
McCanl Btu Torost
Hosta
Nyalvenicines
Confederation ‘Life
National Gallery
Assurt
James McNeil Whistler
Amiel
Gerald S. Doyle, Ltd
Queen
K. J. Carter
3Wka
Confederation Life
Woood
the National Savings
Newfoundland Savings Bank
Christian Science Monitor
Reouest
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