Canadian Prime Minister Urges Victory Loan Drive
Prime Minister Mackenzie King warned at a Canadian Club luncheon that Europe could face invasion at any time and urged Canadians to back the fourth Victory Loan campaign with urgency. He cautioned delays may come from unpredictable wartime events and stressed the need to support Allied efforts globally as the fight narrows in scope.
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C. R. Blackburn
C.P
Prie
Mackenzie King
Europe
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
King
Canada
Japan
Germany
Italy
Full support pledged for Fourth Victory Loan campaign
A regional LDS church conference in Cardston pledged full support for the Fourth Victory Loan drive opening next week. Delegates from Alberta Stakes and Canadian church leadership carried the motion unanimously. Attendees included Dr Joseph F. Merl and Elder Clifford Young from Salt Lake, with Alberta officials and bishops present.
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CARDSTON
LDS church
Alberta stake tabernacle
Alberta
church
Canada
Joan
Salt Lake
Joseph F. Merl
Council of the Apostles
Clifford Young
Willard Smith
A E Palmer
Lethbridge
George Wood
Raymond
Dandelion Rubber Research Yields Across Northern States
The Left Hand Corner reports over 18 000 pounds of Russian dandelion harvested in 1942 experimental plantings to test rubber from roots. Forest Service planted 133 acres across Minnesota Michigan Wisconsin and Montana. Agriculture notes potential northern climate yields around 4000 pounds per acre, with unthinned plots near Paul, Minnesota reaching about 5000 pounds per acre. No dandelion seed will be available for farm planting soon.
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United States
Forest Service
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Montana
Department of Agriculture
Vermont
Oregon
Paul
Minn
SINGAPORE
London Evening Standard
LL Renow
Brighton
Royal Artery Heavy Brigade
Detroit Red Wings Star Orlando Indicted on Perjury Charge
James V. Orlando a Detroit Red Wings hockey star was arraigned before federal Judge Edward J Molnet on an indictment charging perjury and violation of the United States selective service act A plea of not guilty was entered and bond of 2000 was set Winslow April 18 Detroit courthouse context notes indicate the case was in federal court.
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DETROIT
James V. Orlando
Detroit Red Wings
Edward J Molnet
Beagle Mystery Mail Mixup Near London Ontario
George S Bees a mail courier in a rural district reported finding mail strewn along the roadside and a starling nest in a mailbox. He observed a starlings removing a telephone bill during the investigation.
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LONDON
Ont
George S. Bees
Canada gasoline use and refinery output in World War II
Figures show total fatal consumption of gasoline in Canada for 1942 at 26 780 572 barrels with aviation fuel included. Crude oil flows and refinery production are detailed for 1940 1942 and 1943 across pipelines and imports. Ministers edge around secrecy while confirming pipe line capacity and wartime supply limits.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
house of commons
munitions department
J. G. Diefenbaker
Lake Centre
Maine
Montreal
Diefenbaker
Graduates of Canadian Army Officers’ Training Centre
A recent class of graduates from the Canadian Army Officers' Training Centre at Brockville includes Crate, Macleod and POI Mclintyre from Lethbridge. The trio are acknowledged for completing the program and earning commissions in the military.
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HOG Crate
Macleod
POI Mclintyre
Lethbridge
rcent
Canadian Army Officers’ Training Centre
Brockwile
Oni
Submarine Offensive Sinks 21 Axis Ships in Mediterranean
London reports British submarines destroyed 21 Axis ships in the Mediterranean during Mareth One preparations. Five large supply vessels and three tankers were sunk or damaged, with at least four vessels believed sunk later. Additional loss details include a naval auxiliary vessel damaged and a Regelo class cruiser attacked. Dutch and Greek submarines also claimed four more supply ships and patrol craft sunk.
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LONDON
Mediterranean
an+miralt
admiralty
aid
Nazis Stiffen Kuban Front In Face Of Red Drive
Pravda reported German ground forces in the Kuban region are bolstered by large air units to hold positions as the Red Army drives toward the Black Sea. Soviet pilots shot down 25 enemy planes in air battles amid renewed German counterattacks. Romanian troops took part in the Kuban fighting, with close combat battles ending in Soviet favor. On the Donets front near Kharkov, Russians gained better positions overnight. Leningrad front dispatches said a base was wrecked by Soviet bombers, signaling increased air activity in that sector.
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EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Kuban
Caucasus
thei
Red army
Black Sea
Pravda
Bussmans
Izyum
Donets river
Kharkov
Leningrad
Raymond Flier In Spezia Raid Details
London April 19 CP reports Canadians among Royal Air Force crews in the Spezia naval base raid last Sunday. Names include Frank Schwan of Raymond Alberta Wally Copeland of Petrolia Ontario and Edgar Albert Anderson of Burnaby British Columbia. A wireless operator, Selman, described the operation as silent but precise.
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LONDON
R.A.F
Spezia naval base
Haly
Frank Schwan
Raymond
Alta
Wally Copeland
Petrolia
Ont
Edgar Albert Anderson
Burnaby
B.C
Selman
Chinese Kill 600 Japanese Near Ichang in Yangtse Fighting
Dispatches report Chinese troops repelled a Japanese assault southeast of Ichang in Hubei Province after 7 000 Japanese forces hit Chinese fortifications. Three thousand shells were fired, but the attackers were driven back to their lines. The action is described as part of a mopping up operation amid ongoing harassment of Japanese positions near Ichang.
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CHOUNGKING
Apri
Yangtse
Ichang
upeh
Ich
Gable Arrives in Britain for Air Force Duty
Capt Clark Gable arrived in Britain assigned to a United States Eighth Air Force bombing station in England. The actor, once a private in 1938, was commissioned as a second lieutenant last October 28 following his life with Carole Lombard.
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LONDON
Clark Gable
Britain
United States
8th Air Force
England
Carole Lombard
68 Troop Carriers Crash Into Sea
Allied air forces claimed a major victory over Axis transport, downing 68 transports and 28 other planes across Sicily, Sardinia, and Tunisia in two days. Transports carried enemy personnel. crews damaged Palermo yards, air fields, and harbor facilities as bombers hit Palermo and Porto Torres.
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Daniel De Luce
Associated Press
ALS
North Africa
A.P
Azs
Sicilian straits
Sicily straits
Harold Alexander
18th army group
Enfidaville line
Palermo
Cairo
Sicily
United States
Sicilian
Tunisia
Sardinia
Porto Torres
Submarine Ulven Trapped Crew Believed To Endure Week
Rescue efforts off Sweden’s west coast try to reach 33 sailors aboard the submarine Ulven lie in 120 to 180 feet of water. Rough seas hinder operations while signals from within suggest the crew may survive a week on limited air and food.
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STOCKHOLM
Sweden
Brazilian denial on troops in French Morocco
Rio de Janeiro April 9. Foreign Minister Antônio de Oliveira Salazar? Actually Aranha denied a Vienna radio report that Brazilian troops had landed in French Morocco. He said Brazil has not sent troops and a Brazilian unit is at the North African front, clarifying no landing occurred.
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OTTAWA
Mitchell
house of commons
United States
Canada
Gordon Grayson
Progressive Conservatio house
New York
New England states
comertis
Mitchel
Howe
United Kingdom
BoB Hanson
York-Sunburys
AFRICA
RIO DE JANEIRO
F —Ornaldo Aranha
Brazil
Vieny radio
French Morocco
Montgomery Wins A Bet On Fortified Triumph
London dispatch reports Gen Bernard Montgomery won a wager with Gen Dwight Eisenhower over the capture of a fortress town, tied to Allied advances in North Africa. The bet promised a Fortress aircraft for Montgomery if he seized the city by April 7, with the exchange arranged at a dawn airfield and the first flight already prepared, valued around £100,000.
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LONDON
Bernard Montgomery
art Tegion
Flying Fortress frost
Dwight Fleenhower
North
f- Fea
Stav
Alan Monrehrad
Daily Express
dinwny dash
Montgomer
Montgomery
Eisenhostr
Moorehead
Fortress
ccreen
aneone
Fleets Strike Rommel’s Supply Targets In Sahara Air War
United States and South African RAF pilots hunted Rommel’s aerial shipping across the western desert and near Sicily as a massive Junkers formation with strong fighter escort threatened inland ports. Spitfires clashed with enemy fighters in the continuing attack as reports of heavy losses filter in.
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RAF
United States
western desert air force
Sicilian
Erwin Rommel
Junkers
Sicily
transi
Bombers Strike Spezia Base In Second Raid In Six Nights
British home based bombers flew across the Alps to hit Spezia naval base for the second time in six nights. RAF fighters attacked Lorient as planes returned, with one bomber missing. RCAP actions targeted Pi sen im Czech cities and Mannheim Ludwigshafen. RCAF group did not take part in Spezia raid.
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LONDON
Alps
Spezia
fighter command
Lorient
French
RAF
Speza
Ursula Home After Adventures
LONDON April 19 CP Cable The British submarine HS Ursula returns to its home port after a six day blind patrol in the Mediterranean. A charging Italian destroyer tore away its periscope and bridge touches, forcing the sub to rely on instruments. Earlier, Ursula fired three torpedoes at an Italian troopship between Sardinia and Italy as survivors were seen in the water.
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LONDON
Mediteranean
admiralty
Ursula
Mediterranea
Sardinia
Italy
Peg-Leg Wins Jitterbug Contest At Mare Island Yard
A United States marine recently returned from Guadalcanal won a jitterbug contest at Mare Island yard. After the strenuous event he relied upon buff trousers and displayed an artificial tower jeg.
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SAN FRANCISCO
United States
Guadalcanal
Mare IM
mall yard
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