American torpedo boats sink cruiser near Cebu
The U S war department reported American torpedo boats sank a Japanese cruiser off Cebu in the central Philippines while fighting at Bataan had ceased. Lt Gen Jonathan Wainwright said communication between Bataan and Corregidor was cut off for almost a day as Corregidor remained under siege and a large portion of the U S Filipino force was evacuated to the fortress island.
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ASHINGTON
United States war department
Cebu
Philippines
Bataan
Jonathan Wainwright
Corregidor
Wainwright
war departmentsaid. com
United States navy
Evatt Leaves Ottawa for Quebec Visit
Dr. Herbert V. Evatt Australian minister of external affairs ends a two day Ottawa visit and leaves by automobile for Quebec to be guest of Sir Eugene Fiset lieutenant governor.
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OTTAWA
Herbert V. Evatt
Quebec
Eugene Fiset
Birds washed ashore from oil spill tolls in Atlantic war zones
The east coast migratory bird officer reports rising numbers of waterfowl and seabirds found dead or motionless along the coast. Oil from sunken ships and submarines spreads across wide areas, saturating plumage and trapping birds to drift until cold or starvation ends their lives.
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Atlantic
Department of Mines and Resources
Yorkton man earns wings at Uplands Airport
Kirsch of Yorkton Sask likely to remember April 9 194? as he led aircraft man to sergeant pilot in a graduation at Uplands Airport at 4 29 p m Eastern Daylight Time. One minute later he received his wings and two hours later married Beryl Doherty who came from Yorkton for the ceremony.
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OTTAWA
Kirsch
Yorkton
Sask
Uplands
Beryl Doherty
Nehru Urges Rally For Defence Of India
New Delhi April 10 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru urged Indians to serve and defend India to the uttermost as negotiations with Sir Stafford Cripps near conclusion. Reports of fresh hitches in the talks and changes in proposals circulated among All-India Congress leaders followed talks with Sir Stafford and with Louis Johnson. The Congress indicated readiness to accept a modified offer for a national government with an Indian in charge.
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NEW DELHI
C.P
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Sir Stafford Cripps
India
All-India Congress party
MEEES JOHNSON
Sir Stafford
All- India Congress party
Nehru
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
Congress party
Britain
Two Killed Near Fernie in Coal Creek Mine Accident
From our own correspondent in Fernie British Columbia April 10 two miners Aubrey Snow and Alex Lozza were buried by a cave at the working face after a severe bump. Over six hours of strenuous work by nearby miners cleared debris and recovered the bodies. The fatalities this year include Jos Urban in Michel mine, reaching three in Coal Creek and Kimberley metal mine combined.
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FERNIE
B.C
Coal Creek
Aubrey Snow
Alex Lozza
CNP. Co
Jos. Urban
Michel
Kimberley
Lethbridge Bay Graduates Dafoe Ceremony Honors Air Corps Gunners
In Lethbridge on April 16 members of the Royal Canadian Air Force earned gunners badges at No. 3 Bombing and Gunesty School. Recipients include Alberta names such as E. G. Clif Edmonton Fred Cook Brightview J. M. Far rell Calgary A. D. Glasgow Irmaz Vv L. Jenkins Didsbury J.D List er Lloydminster L G. Mcallister Macleod G 1 Seward Strome C. Simonen Kingman W. T. Wat som Lethbridge.
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DAFOE
Lask
Royal Canadian Air Force
No. 3
Gunesty School
Alberta
E. G. Clif
Edmonton
Fred Cook
Brightview
J. M. Farrell
Calgary
A. D. Glasgow
Irmaz Vv
L. Jenkins
Didsbury
J.D Lister
Lloydminster
L G. Mcallister
Macleod
Seward
Strome
C. Simonen
Kingman
W. T. Watsom
Lethbridge
War expenses tally for nine months to March cited
Canberra officials announced war expenditures for the nine months ended March totaling £207,000,000 and change. The figure reflects Australia’s wartime costs as released by the treasury.
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CANBERRA
Aussivalis
Maren wtal Ted
Hermes Sunk Off Ceylon as Japan Claims Victory
London report says Britain's first aircraft carrier Hermes was sunk about ten miles off Ceylon by Japanese planes as part of a broader Japanese effort against India defenses. The admiralty called Tokyo's victory claims exaggerated and noted concurrent losses of Dorsetshire and Cornwall, crippling sea protection to India. The Japanese claimed additional cruiser success in the same fleet actions.
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Britain
India
Admiralty
ONDON
C.P
Japan
Ceylon
Bengal
Hermes
Dorsetshire
Cornwall
Royal Navy
Allies Face Tough Battle On High Seas
An informed naval observer warns Britain and the United States face a desperate three month struggle to retain sea dominance as Axis advances erode Allied edges. He cites Bataan and potential Manila Bay openings as part of a broader Axis plan to link with Germany in the Middle East.
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IFONDON
Great Britain
United States
Bataan
Manila Bay
Japan
India
Germany
Middle East
Bay of Bengal
Christmas Island Captured by Japanese Forces
Tokyo broadcasts claim Japanese forces completed occupation of Christmas Island on March 31. The British possession, 225 miles south of Java in the Indian Ocean, measures about 60 square miles with a population near 1,300, mainly Chinese and Malay. The base would allow strikes at sea lanes between Australia and India.
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TOKYO
Imperial headquarters
Christmas Island
Java
Indian Ocean
Australia
India
Moresby Suffers 24th Raid In New Guinea Harbor
Melbourne reports New Guinea Port Moresby bombed by Japanese bombers escorted by fighters for the 24th time. One enemy bomber believed shot down. Initial reports note no damage or casualties. Raid lasted about 20 minutes. Allied fighters intercepted the attackers, seven bombers and escort.
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MELBOURNE
C. P
New Guines
Port Moresby
George H. Brett
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Brett
Australia
A. S. Drakeford
Japan
Form Emergency Car and Motor Boat Units at Coast
Vancouver Island motorists and small power boat owners are urged to join emergency transportation squadrons to aid civilian and military authorities during enemy action. Harold Husband of the federal transport control department announced squads will be based at key island points, manned by volunteers, and available to naval military and air force authorities.
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VICTORIA
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Harold Husband
federal transport control department
Canadians In Bengal Action By ALAN RANDAL
Canadian air fives manning big fixing cats over the Bay of Bengal have performed heroic air operations against the Japanese. The Canadian reconnaissance crew helped Colombo, Ceylon, prepare for a raid. roughly 27 of 25 enemy aircraft were destroyed. Names of the Canadians were not available.
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ALAN RANDAL
LONDON
acro
Mail Service to North Increased to Tri Weekly
Edmonton reports air mail service to Fort Nelson via Yukon Southern Air Transport Co. in the Canadian Pacific system will be increased to a tri weekly schedule starting April 13. Postal authorities announced the change Thursday.
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EDMONTON
Yukon Southern Air Transport Co
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Fort Nelson
Soviet Units Cross Into White Russia
Soviet forces reportedly crossed the frontier into White Russia between Vitebsk and Nevel, an action seen as threatening the Vitebsk defenses and the Smolensk spearhead toward Moscow. In Kalinin front fighting, Soviet officials said 4,470 Germans were killed in one sector alone, with over 1,200 more killed in other engagements as German reserves reinforced their lines.
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ONDON
Li Vichy
Stockholm
White Russia
Vitebsk
Nevel
Smolensk
Reuters
Moscow
KUIBYSHEV
Russia
A.P
King Denies Fast Change
Ottawa reports quote Prime Minister Mackenzie King denying plans to elevate the Canadian legation in Washington to an embassy. His office issued a statement stating the government is not considering any such action, despite speculation earlier in the week.
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OTTAWA
Mackenzie King
Washington
King
pitas
United States
Royal Air Force Wireless School chiefs to move posts
Allan Walmeley chief instructor at the No 4 Wireless School in Guelph Ont announced today he will take over the No 2 Wireless School at Calgary. The move seeks to strengthen training as programs expand across bases in Canada.
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GUELPH
Ont
Sgan
Allan Walmeley
Royal Canadian Air Force No 4
British Subs Bay Four Axis Ships In Mediterranean
British submarines sunk four Axis ships in the Mediterranean, including two schooners and two supply vessels. One schooner carried sugar and stores bound for Tripoli. In Libya, Cairo reported British columns seizing the initiative and engaging two Axis units, setting some tanks on fire as Axis forces held back from closer clashes after an earlier push.
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ONDON
C.P
Mediterranean
admiralty
Tripoli
Libya
Cairo
Egypt
Nazis Fear British Drive Proclaimed Siege in Brest
German authorities in Vichy announced Brest on the English Channel must be ready for a state of siege without prior notice. The measure aims to curb subversive activities and any potential to aid Allied raids, stating the proclamation could last indefinitely.
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VICHY
Brest
Depeche de Brest
Ontario Budget Adopted Without Division in Legislature
Toronto reports the Ontario legislature passed the budget address by Premier Hepburn without a roll call. Welfare Minister Farquhar Oliver hailed $44,000,000 returned to municipalities since 1934 via subsidies, old age pensions, mothers allowances and farm bonuses, calling it the greatest redistribution of wealth in Canada with no fanfare.
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TORONTO
Ontario
Hepburn
Farquhar Oliver
Oliver
Canada
Evades Destroyers and Luftwaffe Withdrawals Move Rommel Forces
Axis forces reportedly deployed 20 tanks in a single engagement, with some struck by British fire and casualties cited. A separate axis column fought north of Tengeder as enemy vehicles were set ablaze. RAF Middle East announced nighttime bombing of Crete targets Hengasi and Martuba. Two supply ships sunk by a submarine under Lt Cmdr P S Francis, ramming with two torpedoes on a large ship and sinking another of medium size. Analysts warn Rommel may accelerate offensives in eastern Libya, per a London source.
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Tengeder
Crete
Hengasi
Martuba
RAF
Middle East
P. S. Francis
Mediterranean
Erwin Rommel
Libya
London
Rommel
Argentine Flier in RCAF Wins Distinguished Flying Cross
Royal Canadian Air Force headquarters announced the award to Pilot Officer Frank Malcolm Benitz of La California Argentina for great courage in a night raid on Naples last October. The citation notes he remained over the target for an hour as the port engine failed.
Doing Best To Feed Britain In Wartime Restaurations Open
London readers heard Food Minister Lord Woolton pledge government restaur ants in the East End will feed the public through the war. He warned some would be thinner but asserted British efforts outpace German provisions.
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LONDON
Lord Woolton
East End
All-India Congress Rejects British Plan for Independence
News wires report the All-India Congress party's final, unfavorable reply to British independence proposals. Concurrently Canada and the United States announce two agricultural aid accords to boost joint production and ease cross-border farm labor and machinery movement. In Canada, 17 English boys go missing near Fairbridge Farm School, triggering search by starch parties and RCMP planes. Wireless links with Cebu halt as Japanese forces gather offshore. In Burma, fighting flares near Toungon as Japanese renew attacks north of the town.
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ALL-INDIA CONGRESS
India
C.P
All-India Congres party
CANADA-US
OTTAWA
Mackenzie King
United States
Canada
B.C
DUNCAN
CP.1
Royal Canadian Air Force
Fairbridge Farm
Wild Deer Lake
CEBU
SAN FRANCISCO
add Corporation of America
BYRM
TOUNGOO CHUNGHING
Chincor
Burma
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