Mountbatten Secret Chief Commandos
Lord Louis Mountbatten named chief of Britain's combined operations led raids on Vaagso Lofoten Bruneval and St Nazaire after pressure to authorize them He played a central role in planning the raids and commanded support from Canadians and other forces while earning praise from troops and officials alike
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LONDON
Lord Levis Mountbatten
Churchill
Britain
Vaagso
Lofoten
Bruneval
St. Nazaire
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Mountbation
Lord Love
Lord Louis
A. G. L.McNaughton
Roger Keyes
Louis
Europe
Vangso
unti
LORD MOUNTBATTEN
crack commandos
Nazaire
Budget likely early in May
Ottawa reports Finance Minister Tissey is preoccupied with the budget due early in May. He notes last April’s personal income tax hikes were as high as possible with no major increases expected this year, though some bracket additions or luxuries and life necessities may be considered.
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OTTAWA
Tissey
Tisley
Auctions on Ontario farms show high demand and strong prices
The Woodstock Sentinel Review notes farm auctions reflect wartime impact with attendance up and prices strong. Machinery remains premium, buggies scarce, horses selling low, and antiques fetch high sums while a manure spreader and a cross-cut saw command notable gains amid rationing talk and wartime policy debate.
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Woodstock Sentinel Review
Ontario
Three Battleships and Five Carriers Used by Japan
Prime Minister Churchill disclosed that Japanese naval forces in the Bay of Bengal included at least three battleships and five aircraft carriers with heavy and light cruisers and several destroyer flotillas. He noted Hermes Dorsetshire and Cornwall were sunk by Japanese bombs as Somerville defended a position near Ceylon, aided by weather that hampered British counterattacks.
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Churchill L
Bay of Bengal
house of commons
Hermes
Dorsetshire
Cornwall
SOMERVILLE
Ceylon
James Somerville
Dunkerque
Bismarck
Atlantic
admiralty
Nazi Planes Harass Russ With Floods at Bryansk Front
Nazi planes harassed Soviet lines around KuiByshev and Bryansk as German air power supported light counterattacks. Soviet aviators reportedly gained altitude on some engagements while Germans were driven back. Floods altered river courses, aiding Soviet sappers in forcing Germans from a fortified village along the front.
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KUIBYSHEV
Russia
Bryansk
Moscow
Germans Seek Control of Italian and French Fleets
MOSCOW April 13. A news agency report from Geneva says Germany plans to take command of the Italian navy and use it in the eastern Mediterranean while directing the French fleet to operate in the western sea. Italian naval officials object, but Mussolini has yielded. Tass declared.
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MOSCOW
Germesis
Mediterranean
tme
Geneva
Switzerland
Mussolini
Tass
Bataan Speaking and Rising US Farm Land Values
A chaotic wartime dispatch cites General MacArthur naming Australian HQ "Bataan" in Sydney and notes callers responding with "Bataan Speaking" while reporting US farm real estate values climbing to 26.9 billion dollars, a seven percent rise over 72 months amid wartime food demand and a booming land market.
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SYDNEY
Australis
Philippines
Bouglas MacArthur
Bataan
United States
King Going To Washington
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King plans to depart by Tuesday afternoon for Wednesday’s Pacific council meeting in Washington. Canada joins the Allied effort in the Far East as air units defend Ceylon, with King set to discuss war strategy with UK US Australia New Zealand the Netherlands and China. He aims to return for Commons resumption April 20 and is expected to broadcast on the plebiscite before April 27 voting.
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Mackenzie King
Pacific council
Washington
Canada
Ceylon
King
United Kingdom
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Wetherlands
China
house of commons
Java Prince Denounces Japanese War Claims in Australia
Melbourne dispatch reports Prince Eades Leman Djaja biningrat former Javanese education chief in Batavia and now Netherlands East Indies commissioner in Australia argues Japanese claims of capturing vast Java materiel are a fake. He cites minimal artillery and planes destroyed. asserts remaining guns were wrecked before capture as Japanese counts of 177 aircraft and 1,059 tanks are false. Continued on Page Three.
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Eades (Price
Leman Djajabiningrat
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Australia
New Zealand
Java
H. Sapoor
NET
Bandung
Netherlands
Japan
Malta Bathers Enjoy Short Axis Skies
Axis air siege on Malta eased on Sunday as sun lovers crowded Valetta beaches. The brief harassment included one sharp attack on Valetta harbor and two reconnaissance flights. One German bomber and one Nazi fighter were destroyed and two other bombers damaged by anti aircraft fire.
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VALETTA
Malta
Axis Arsenals Suffer Heavy R A F Attacks
British bombers attacked Axis arsenals in Germany and Italy in a large offensive aimed at destroying munitions before they leave factories. Targets included the Royal Arsenal at Turin and the Krupp works at Essen, with reports of minimal planes lost on the Turin raid and a 45th raid on Ruhr targets.
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Royal Arsenal
Turin
Italy
Krupp Works
Essen
Ruhr
ONDON
C.P
Britain
Germany
Berlin
Cripps Still Hopeful on Indian Agreement
London April 13 Sir Stafford Cripps told Reuters in Karachi that there are always chances for India to reach an agreement. He travels back to London from New Delhi after Indian leaders rejected the British plan. He warned the outcome depends on Indian parties and leaders. In London the government said no statement would be made until Cripps returns and within a fortnight a government statement would follow.
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LONDON
C.P
India
Sir Stafford Cripps
Reuters news agency
Karachi
Sir Stafford
New Delhi
Ghurerdll
house of commons
Stafford
Grow More Produce More in Wartime Wheat urged by Gordon
Derald Gordon chairman of Canada's Wartime Prices and Trade Board spoke to a Canadian Club meeting in Winnipeg urging western farmers to grow crops vital to the war effort. He stressed wheat is not wasted but other crops and vegetable oils are needed, and urged converting wheat lands to sew CORTE grains to boost hogs cattle sheep eggs and dairy production. He rebutted claims the board cut payments to wheat farmers and said Western farmers deserve full recompense while focusing on crops crucial to wartime needs.
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WINNIPEG
Derald Gordon
Canada
Getdem
Prices and Trade board
darmer
Parmers
Bevin predicts US warplane output to match Axis total
Royston Yorkshire April 13 Labor Minister Ernest Bevin said US warplane production within five to six weeks will equal the total output of Germany Italy and Japan. He noted British manufacture has reached parity with Germany and Russia on the UN side, adding the tide is on the turn and Britain will shift from defence to attack.
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ROYSTON
Yorkshire
United States
Germany
Italy
Japan
Ernest Bevin
United Nations
Bevin
Axis Arsenals Continues on Page Threed
France and airfields in France and the Low Countries cost the RAP as 10 bombers and one fighter were reported. Bomb blasts roared across the channel heard on the English shore while Italian high command claimed localities in northern Italy were attacked with no major damage detected. British air power over Italy triggered alarms in Berne and other Swiss towns, as Kent residents heard the final plunging bombs across the Dover Strait under grey morning skies.
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Low Countries
channel
Italan high command
Italy
Berne
Switzerland
Kent
Dover Strait
Dust Blankets Libyan War Grounds Operations
Heavy dust in the Libyan desert hindered British and Axis patrols as a British communiqué reported. Air raids on Crete and Libya were restrained and no further details were released. German planes were shot down Sunday morning, with three more Axis fighters accounted for by anti aircraft fire on Saturday afternoon and night.
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Egypt
Crete
Libya
Malin
Goerman
Allied air offensive raids Rabaul and Timor bases
Allied forces pressed an aggressive air campaign from Timor to the Solomon Islands in a 2400 mile arc, focusing on Rabaul New Britain and Kupang Timor. The battles involved heavy anti aircraft fire and aerial duels as raids damaged ships and airfields, with extensive claims of enemy aircraft destroyed or damaged over two days. Army Minister Francis Forde warned Australia to mobilize resources for an immediate attack scenario.
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Rabaul
United States
Lae
New Gainea
Falsi
Solomon Islands
FORDE
Francis Forde
Nazi Vichy Demarcation Line Reported Closed
Berne April 13 German dispatches said the demarcation line separating occupied and unoccupied France was closed awaiting developments from Vichy on collaboration talks between Marshal Petain and Pierre Laval. Indications pointed to Laval's possible return to the Vichy cabinet and a potential postponement of the Riom trial as negotiations continue.
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BERNE
Switzerland
Prance
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Pierre Laval
Laval
Riem
France
Crack Down On Three Tire Dealers OTTAWA
The munitions and supply department ordered three Canadian tire dealers to cease all tire or tube dealings and to stop retreading or repairing tires or tubes until further notice. The action, announced by controller Alan H. Williamson, targets Jones Brothers of Port Stanley Ontario William Berkas of Fork River Manitoba and John Falangio of North Bay Ontario. Dealers must submit statements detailing exact inventories to date.
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OTTAWA
icf
munitions and supply department
Canada
AlanH. Williamson
Jones Brothers
Port Stanley
Ont
William Berkas
Fork River
Man
John FPalang
Barons Farmers Start Seeding Across District
From Barons, April 13 farmers in the Barons district have begun seeding wheat. Tractors working both early and late fill the common sound as some farmers continued field work this past week, with seeding only general since Monday.
Stalin Rewards Four Inventors Case From Kuibyshev
Four Russian inventors were awarded the Stalin prize for a naval gun claimed to fire farther than any known weapon. Each recipient received 30,000 rubles. The announcement was made in Kuibyshev in April 1947, noting the prize awarded Sunday.
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KUIBYSHEV
Russians encircle Bryansk as Desna crossing reported
From Stockholm the Desna crossing near Bryansk is claimed by Russian radio as completing the encirclement of Bryansk, located about 200 miles southwest of Moscow. Other dispatches note FBI raids in California ski country seeking German aliens and a training exercise accident in southern England killing several soldiers including Home Guard members.
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LONDON
Exchange
Stockholm
Red army
Desna river
Moscow
SAN FRANCISCO
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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IC.P
war office
air ministry
England
Home Guard
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HILLSPRING
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VICHY
French Riviera
RAF
ad ministry
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Far East
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Petain
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