British Budget Boosts Luxury Taxes In Pivotal Address
London reports Sir Kingsley Wood outlining higher taxes on tobacco beer whisky wines and entertainment seats in a budget to raise domestic revenue. He keeps income tax steady while offering minor relief via exemptions for dependents. Revenue and spending for the last year are disclosed with higher than expected outcomes and increased borrowings.
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LONDON
Kingsley Wood
hig
house of Commons
Kingsley
Kai-Shek Moves To Help Chinese Hit by Famine
General Chiang Kai-Shek ordered a 20,000,000 Chinese dollar relief appropriation for Honan famine relief. He directed military authorities in Honan and Shansi to release army rice stocks to feed starving millions until harvest.
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Kai-Shek
CHUNGKING
Chiang Kai-Shek
Honan
Konan
Shansi
The Left Hand Corner on Rent Law Nuances
A Windsor Star note examines a St. Catharines tenant case about paying excess rent and the legality of landlords charging more than the base date. It highlights a rent control rule to deter under the table deals, urging renters to beware. Also mentions a New York Sun item about starlings seeking heat from a chimney during a cold snap.
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St. Catharines
Windsor Star
New York
ur oherver
Westchester county
speimed
secre
British Submarines Sink and Damage 15 Axis Vessels
The British admiralty reported fifteen Axis ships sunk or damaged in the Mediterranean by submarines. Eight vessels were sunk including two medium supply ships one medium tanker and five small supply ships. Seven other ships including three large supply ships and a large tanker were hit. Bombardment of the Athos Peninsula damaged a resin factory as British submarines attacked shipping near Lipari Islands North African coast South Calabrian coast and Palermo harbor.
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LONDON
Mediterranean
admiralty
Tunisia
ibige farker
Aegean Sea
Athos
Aegean
Lipari Islands
North African
Palmero
Air battle over Oro Bay halts 23 Japanese planes
Allied headquarters report 23 Japanese bombers and fighters shot down over Oro Bay New Guinea on Sunday. The raid dropped 25 tons of bombs and damaged a 2,000 ton merchant ship. A Japanese submarine sank a small Allied vessel off Australia, with survivors rescued.
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Australia
Oro Bay
New Guinea
Allied high command
C.P
southwest Pacific
Timor
New Ireland
Kavieng
Netherlands New Guinea
Timika
Baba
Kaikana
Six Killed by Storm in Hackleburg and Vinemont
Six people died as storms struck Hackleburg and Vinemont in North Alabama. The Hackleburg business district was destroyed with four fatalities, while two others died and at least 12 were injured in Vinemont. Red Cross official Stone J. Crane listed the Hackleburg dead as Mr and Mrs Bud Forwell and Mr and Mrs Walter Mann. Data on Vinemont casualties were not yet released. Also noted is the death of Mrs Emelia Moritz aged 100, who had recently lived with her son Henry Moritz in Olds.
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BIRROINGHAM
Alt
Hackleburg
Vinemont
Birmingham
Stone J. Crane
Red Cross
Crane
Bud Forwell
Walter Mann
OLDS
Emelia, Moritz
Henry Moritz
Taxation debate in Commons over pensions and family exemptions
In Ottawa on April 12 1933 parliament debated income tax effects on superannuated civil servants and families. Hanson read letters alleging tax penalties on large families while Dorion pressed for exemptions. Finance Minister Tisey argued most Canadians earn under 2300 annually and tax rises aid others, sparking claims Hanson defends well to do interests. The speaker ruled no parliamentary point of order existed as Hanson and Jackman argued for wealthier constituents.
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OTTAWA
Tion
Hanson
York-Sunburst today
house of commons
Finance
Tstey
lon correspondente
disiovsland
Frederic Dorion
Ind
Charlevoix-Saguenay
Canada
Hameon
Tiskey
Han’ aon
iso H.R. Jackman
Terenig Roredaley
Giea
Italy Loses Big Cruiser Trieste in Sardinia Raid
North Africa April 12. Italian cruiser Trieste, 10,000 tons, sunk after Saturday raid by United States heavy bombers at La Maddalena harbor. Gorizia severely damaged. both ships hit as munitions depots and submarine base targets burned. Aerial recon confirmed destruction and ongoing fires.
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ALLIED
NORTH AFRICA
Trieste
United States
Sardinian
La Maddalena
Gorizia
Italy
Sardinia
Corsica
French General Welvert Killed Leading North Africa Assault
In North Africa on April 12 a French division commander General Welvert was killed while leading his troops in an attack through Djelovla Pass from Ouvsel toward Kairouan. The announcement described the action as successful and the commander as fallen in battle.
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NORTH AFRICA
Gtneral Welvert
Djelovla Pass
Ouvselto
Kairouan
Sanday
Navy reports Guadalcanal air battle losses
The United States Navy reported 239 Japanese planes lost in the Guadalcanal engagement on April 7. Seven American planes were shot down, but five pilots were rescued, according to Sunday review reports of the battle.
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WASHINGTON
Guadalcanal
United States navy
Unite States
navy
Rommel's Mauled Army Humbled as Tunis Push Gains Pace
Allied forces drive Rommel toward Tunis with the British 8th Army entering Sousse at dawn while 1st Army clears gates at Kairouan. Air and ground power leave German columns shattered. 41 enemy planes downed, and over 30 transports and vehicles wrecked. Faid Pass seized, expanding coastal penetration. French units report local advances west of Katrouan as Rommel’s force folds back along a long inland ridge toward Cape Serrat.
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Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
North Africa
8th Army
Sousse
Tunisian
1st Army
German Africa corps
Kairouan
Erwin Rommel
Sicilian straits
United States 2nd army corps
Faid Pass
Fondouk Pass
Sth
Wadi El Akarit
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Envidaville
Mediterranean
Cape Serrat
Bizerte
New Allied Air Drive in Pacific
Allied forces fought off a 45 aircraft Japanese raid over Oro Bay New Guinea and claimed 23 enemy planes shot down. The clash signals a broader Japanese air offensive with bombers hitting Timor New Ireland and Dutch New Guinea bases as Allied bombers counterattack from Timor to Kavieng and Madang.
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Allied Air
Pacific
Baucau
Timor
Madang
New Guinea
Lag
Finschaffen
Oro Bay
Hitler Mussolini Hold Four Day Axis Talks
London reports say Hitler and Mussolini wrapped up a four day conference amid Axis gains and Allied worries. The leaders pledged to crush any future danger to the European African area and cited stern military events especially in Italy. The meeting reportedly occurred at Hitlers headquarters with no Japanese participation.
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LONDON
Hitler
Mussolini
Africa
Ards
Europe
Russia
Brenner Pass
Italy
Germany
Rommel
Africa Corps
Canadians In Heavy Raid
A large Canadian air group joined the RAF in a heavy raid on southwest Germany Saturday night, with Halifaxes and Wellingtons amounting to about a quarter of the force. Clouds hindered observation but reports described extensive fires and glowing areas below. Eight bombers were lost, four of them Canadian, with RCAf squadrons led by Wing Commanders Bradshaw Ottawa Fleming and St Pierre. A Cdn flight engineer recalled minor damage but no injuries.
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LONDON
C. P. Cable
Germany
cadian
R.C.A.F
D. AR. Bradshaw
Ont
M. M. Fleming
Ottawa
J. M. W. St. Pierre
St. Eustache
Que
H. Ebbers
Edmonton
All Part of the Job North Africa Tank Action
Canadian soldiers in the North Africa campaign engage in varied tasks from tank combat to maintenance and support roles. Accounts highlight officers and crew like McCulloch and McKee, aboard Crusaders and Shermans, noting fierce engagements and praise for tank crews amid harbor assaults and desert battles.
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ALGIERS
Delavred
Cable
North Africa
Beth McCulloch
Lord Strathcona
Mary Jim McKee
British Columbia Regiment
Vatecouver
McKee
1st Army
Crusaders
Bomb totals released for Africa air offensive
April 1947 Allied northwest African Air Force reports over 4,000,000 pounds of bombs dropped on Axis targets since Mareth offensive began. North Africa operations include primary air force units, with western desert squadrons not counted in the total.
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Africa
ALDED
NORTH AFRICA
northwest African Air force
western desert
Mareth
Evatt Meets Hull on Washington Arrival
State Secretary Cordell Hull met Australian Attorney General and External Affairs Minister Herbert Vere Evatt on his arrival in Washington on Saturday. Evatt, flanked by Mrs. Evatt, will represent Australia in Washington during Sir Owen Dixon's absence as he prepares to depart for his home.
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WASHINGTON
Cordell Hulk
Herbert Vere Evatt
Evatt
Australia
Owen Dixon
French Advance Near Pichon Area Reported
News briefs detail a French communique stating French and Allied troops cleared a mountain sector near Pichon, while Tunisian fighting intensified further south with a seizure of a pass. Other items include Chinese counteroffensive near Swaiew, a drastic beer ration cut in Alberta, RAF strikes on a Japanese village and Myitkyina railway, Edmonton beer stores sold out until May 1, and Canada unsure on prisoners in exchange talks.
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PICHON
LONDON
IC.P
Algiers
snd
lenzib
CAINESE
AIRIOR
CHUNGKING
Apil
A.P
Swaiew
suthern
Kwangtungs
pristpert
high command
Aberta
RAI
NEW DELNI
RAF
Mayu Penincha
Berma
KING
OTTAWA
Mackenzie King
pause of commons
Spuros
CANADA
C.P
Jannery
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Jurgen Von Arhim
BBC
CBS
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McCulloch
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