Russians Step Up Air Raids On Nazis
Moscow report says Soviet air forces intensified bombing of German targets on the Leningrad front and Koenigsberg. A raid on a German airdrome destroyed 12 planes on the ground while fires spread to warehouses and port facilities. Soviet land advances recaptured strongholds as German counterattacks near the Donets were repelled.
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EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Red Army
Leningrad
Koenigsberg
Prussia
Dang
Gattensus guid
Donets
doe
Chugney
Iovestia
Whiteside Named Vice Chairman of War Production Card
Arthur D. Whiteside president of Dun and Bradstreet was named vice chairman of the war production board in charge of civilian supply. He will take over duties from Joseph L. Weiner who disagreed with board chairman Donald M. Nelson on civilian supply strategy.
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WASHINGTON
Arthur D. Whiteside
Dun and Bradstreet
war production card
Joseph L. Weiner
Donald M. Nelson
Spiders Offer Surprising Utility and Warn of the Tanana Triangle
The March Hygeia article by Raymond W Thorp and Weldon D Woodson argues most spiders are harmless and even useful, aiding pest control and precision optics. It highlights the tanana spider, a tropical giant crab spider of the Heteropodidae, whose bite can cause pain, noting it is not a tarantula.
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Raymond W. Thorpand
Weldon D. Woodson
Los angeles
Hygeia
health magazine
Thorp
Woodson
Tax Act amendments aim to curb evasion and aid relief
Ottawa reports a House session on April 16 debating rising income tax reforms. Finance Minister Lesley proposed measures to curb evasion by foreign companies, extend war risk bonuses tax exemptions for merchant marines, tax di minimis living allowances retroactive to 1940, tighten employer information returns by Feb 28 each year with 1945 relaxed to May 31, and possibly exempt Canadian RAF air crew salaries from tax.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
Finance Minster Lesley
treasury board
Canada
shell
RAF_ transport command
Osley
Seven Welders Arrested For Sabotage Of Ships
Washington reports seven former Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard welders arrested on charges of sabotage. They admit faulty welding to finish jobs faster for higher pay, using bridge welding and slugging methods that left outer edges fused and inner sections weak. Rusted duties and high salaries cited. arraignments to occur at the nearest federal district court.
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WASHINGTON
F —J. Edger Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bethlehem Fairfield
MLD
Hoover
IMP
Hermen ‘Scherer
Raymond Ashby Burkholder
Hiram Thomas + Via
Farrell Houston Smith
Leonard Lucas
Harley Erastus Miller
Wilfred James Grossman
Burkholder
Hoover salt
Grosaman
federal district court
Alberta to Aid Oil Sands Work
Alberta will fully cooperate with any oil sand development in the north. Federal moves to take title to Abas and Oils Limited without compensation and spend 500000 on plant upgrades were announced in Ottawa. Alberta’s J L Irwin notes 350 tons of sand yields over 175 barrels of oil at Abasand plant.
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EDMONTON
N. E. Tanner
Alberta
miister of lands and mines
Tanner
house of commons
Ottawa
Howe
Abas and Oils, Limited
J. L. Irwin
Alberta department of lands and mines
Parliament Briefs From Ottawa April Session Stalemate Continues
Ottawa reports say government abandons Easter recess hopes and will keep the House in session until at least next Wednesday. Defence Minister Ralston notes unresolved business and uncertain timing for a possible rise. Also Vernon Bartlett arrives for a lecture tour and questions arise over a Gallup poll on annexation with censorship queries.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
Defence
Ralston
Col Ralston
Vernon Bartiett
Dominion
Canada
United States
Chinese Defeat Jars In Scattered Battles
Chinese high command reports scattered fighting across Shantung and nearby regions. Officials say 1 Chinese soldier killed and 600 Japanese captured in mixed actions, with Chinese forces attacking a stronghold and claiming 2 killed, 30 wounded, and 30 captured. Heavy Japanese losses reported north of Hankow and 100 Japanese killed south of Sindhuwane. Chekiang province town about 200 miles south of Shanghal.
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China
Shantung
Hupch
Hankow
Sindhwane
Chekiang province
Shanghal
Air Offensive Strikes Reach French Rail and Air Fields
Allied daylight raids across the southeast coast of England and into France target rail transports airdromes and coastal craft. Mosquito bombers and Whirlwinds claim several enemy aircraft down and trains wrecked. American P-47s in northern France claim two shootdowns with two planes missing. Continued on Pace Three.
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England
France
RAF
Germany
Avord
Nevers
Moulins
French
air ministry
1 Sth
Ambush on Japanese by British forces in Burma mayu hills
British communique reports two Japanese parties ambushed in the Mayu hills with casualties. forward positions consolidated near Maungdaw Baehdaung area as active patrolling continues. Blenheim escorts bombed May Peninsula ridge and machine gunned transport, supply boats, and two ferries. Magne airfield and Akyab attacked. all planes returned.
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NEW DELHI
Mayu
Maungdaw-Baehdaung
Burma
Magne
Akyab
King's Victory Loan Broadcast to be aired by CBC
Prime Minister Mackenzie King's Victory Loan address before a Toronto Canadian Club luncheon will be broadcast. The CBC announced the talk will run on an eastern network from 11:15 to 12:00 MDT and rebroadcast on the western network from 9:00 to 9:45 p.m. MDT.
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TORONTO
Mackenzie King
Briton naval action dents E Boats in English Channel
British light coastal forces and naval aircraft hit about six E-boats in a channel action off the east coast of England. The Westminster set two E-boats afire, one blew up, others fled, with four more hits observed. No losses to the British ships. Berlin claimed sinking a heavily armed Allied freighter, unconfirmed by Allies.
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LONDON
C.P.J
England
admiralty
sterand
Widgeon
The
Westminster
Berlin
Associated Press
Parliament Hears Tax Amendments and Wheat Act Passed
The House of Commons will continue budget and income tax debate as Finance Minister Asiy promises five amendments, including a possible tax exemption for Canadian aircrew salaries in RAF transport command. Labor Minister Mitchell plans to use conscientious objectors on farms from May 1. Hanson says tax clarity rests with the government. The Senate approved the Wheat Acreage Reduction Act amendment at third reading.
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senate
house
Finance
Asiy
RAF transport command
Mitchell
R. B. Hanson
York-Sunbury
Love of Country Aaron and the nine month shipyard stay
A Minnesota Palmer-Laborite cites a California shipyard tale showing a man who believed his pay was a patriotic allowance rather than wages. He and his wife faced unemployment fears, while his foreman explained the steady salary funded by labor. The anecdote contrasts patriotism with pay.
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Aaron
California
Harold Haga
Minnesota
Palmer-Laborite
Hagen
stor
Two Italian destroyers sunk off Sicily by British ships
British destroyers sank two Italian destroyers off Sicily with minimal losses. Admiral Cunningham warned of Axis sea withdrawals from Tunisia. In Tunisia, British 1st Army closed to Tebourba within 15 miles and pushed toward Tunis from the Medjez-El-Bab axis as Montgomery’s 8th Army massed for a climactic northern push. RAF bombers hit southern Sardinia airfields amid heavy fighting.
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North Africa
Sicily
Andrew Cunningham
Royal Navy
Tunisia
Europe
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
1st Army
Tebourba
Medjez-El-Rab
Tunis
Sardinia
Enfiadville
Sir Bernard Montgomery
8th Army
1st
Kenneth Anderson
Djebel Ang
Medjez-El-Bab
Big Raids On Sicily Reported By U S Communique
April 16 1 American heavy bombers attacked Sicilian harbors at Catania and Palermo by daylight. Reports say near the off quay warship dock seaplane station and an off storage depot were observed near Palermo. At Catania large fires were seen in the gas works port railroad station and power station. An oil tanker in the harbor is reported damaged.
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CAIRO
Catania
Palermo
United States
London Air Raid Alert Briefly Holds City
London was briefly held under an air raid alert late this afternoon as two enemy planes moved toward the capital. They were turned back with no gunfire heard and no bombs reported in London or suburbs. It marked London’s third brief alert in a week. The signal was sounded at 5 pm and the all clear followed shortly.
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LONDON
Frontline dispatches report Tuva n front fighting and Rommel’s holdouts
A Transocean News Agency Berlin dispatch claims Axis and Allied actions on the Tuva n front with artillery duelling and local fighting. British casualties and prisoner captures are reported as French forces near Enfidaville hold against counterattacks. Axis supply lines supposedly continue via sea and air as Rommel and Von Armin aim to defend their line.
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Associated Pisce
Seavr
Transocean
Berlin
Tunida
Mediterranean
Djebei Sessous
Enfidarille
Romitel
Jurgen Von Armin
Fire destroys Farion dour mill near Sifton. one injured
A fre destroyed the Farion dour mill at Sifton, 20 miles north of Winnipeg, causing about 70 000 dollars in damage. Mill owner W Farion suffered minor injuries while attempting to save records from the blaze.
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WINNIPEG
Sifton
here
W. Farion
RAF Bombs Ostend and Allied Operations Continue
The RAF with a Canadian squadron conducted a lengthy daylight raid on Ostend Belgium hitting rail lines ships docks and airfields in a 44 hour sequence. Offensive actions against German targets persisted as the war effort continued across Europe.
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LONDON
C.P
RAF
Ostend
Belg
lnes
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