British bombers strike Baltic ports and Berlin raid
Heavy British bomber forces attacked the German Baltic ports of Stettin and Rostock with Mosquito bombers striking Berlin. The RAF and RCAF operations included mine laying and attacks on railways, transports, and coastal shipping, with 31 planes missing and at least one Canadian bomber lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
C.P
Baltic
Stettin
Rostock
Berlin
theeir
RCAF
France
Germany
RAF
air ministry
eveir
Channel
Folkestone- Dover
Henkel and Neptune
Holland
Belgium
Floatable salvage dock proposed for sunken ships
The piece details divers method by Lieut. Harry B. Riesberg to salvage wrecks using a 500 foot long floating dock with a 460 foot central well and 16 grapplers driven by 30 hoisting machines. It claims the device could lift ships up to 40 000 tons from depths around 3900 feet and notes many sunk ships may hold valuable cargo including gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry BE. Riesberg
Thomas Times- Journal
Fighting widens near Novorossiisk amid German reinforcements
A heavy, daylong struggle for a key height above Novorossiisk saw fresh German troops thrown in to regain ground, but Russians reported no ground gained. Artillery and air bombardment intensified from the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov as two German torpedo boats were sunk. The battle surrounds a possible spring offensive with claims of 3000 German dead on a separate frontline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDDY GIILMORE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Kuban
Novorossisk
Red Star
Black Sea
Sea of Azov
Pravda
alinin
Gulletin
Parliament actions push tax and budget bills across rooms
The House of Commons will open debate on income tax measures while the Senate reviews government business. Yesterday the House advanced steps to appoint 10 parliamentary assistants for cabinet ministers and cleared 13 of 33 income tax act amendments. The Senate passed three budget bills to amend the War Revenue Act the Excise Act and the customs tariff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
senate
house
Man Killed By Axe Wife Leaps From Window
Vancouver police report Edward Chapman about 32 found dead at home with a deep head wound and blood stained axe nearby. They say no disturbance suggests he slept while attacked. Agnes Chapman about 32 leaped two stories from her mother's second-floor window after the incident. she survived and is in fair condition with a two-year-old daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VANCOUVER
Edward Chapman
Chapman
Agnes Chapman
Parliamentary news bulletins from Ottawa April 21
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Mackenzie King said several MPs have assisted cabinet ministers as parliamentary assistants and ten more appointments remain. He noted remuneration is not yet passed by the house. An order-in-council also details sending more compulsory service troops to Alaska under wartime acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
K-PI
Mackenzie King
house of commons
J. R. Mac
Nicel
Toronto Davenport
King
Ussey
Douglas abbot
Montreal St. Antoine-Westmount
Tiskey
Abbot
George Gruickshark
Ltd
Fraser Valley
Issey
H. R. Jackman
Toronto Rovedale
Jackman
ALASKA
Nationa Resources Mobilization
House Likely Rise Today in Ottawa Budget Fight
Ottawa April 21 The House of Commons meets at two o clock aiming to finish budget legislation before the Easter adjournment at six. Progress noted on measures to appoint ten parliamentary assistants and on income tax act amendments but a further postponement seems likely if royal assent cannot be secured before the recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
house of commons
Mackenzie King
Malden Sergeant Photoshop Snafu Before World War II
Sergeant Worden F Lowell of Malden Massachusetts, a U S Army photographer, courted trouble in Tunisia when a Jeep dash to join an Eighth Army unit stalled for directions. A hasty exchange with a soldier led to a blunt remark and a mistaken identity as Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worden F. Lowell
Malden
Mass
United States Army
Eighth Army
Gabes
Tunisia
Lovell
Montgomery
New Menace To Australia In Pacific Warfront
Allied officials in Australia warn Japanese air and ground strength in the southwest Pacific is growing rapidly and menacing the Australian front. MacArthur’s forces celebrate recent raids and sinkings at Wewak and nearby New Guinea harbors as the war shifts toward future victories. A Japanese raid over Morobe and Salamaua is noted with light damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VERN HAUGLAND
Associated Press
AUSTRALIA
Japan
southwest Pacifice
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Wewak
New Guinea
Morobe
al Salamaua
Wahoo’s Dudley W. Mar ton returns with record eight ships sunk
Lt Commander Dudley W. Mar ton commander of the submarine Wahoo reports a second patrol in which eight Japanese ships were sunk and a ninth damaged along with a trawler and two sampans, all in enemy waters. The total for Wahoo’s patrols reaches 13 ships sunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PEARL HARBOR
Dudley W
Mush) Marton
Nazis Attack British Airliner Reported From Lisbon
A daylight attack by German Meinkers on a British passenger airliner flying from London to Lisbon caused slight damage. The plane landed safely in Lisbon, with the incident described as the first such attack in the war. The aircraft belonged to British Overseas Airways Corporation and operated amid wartime service between London and Lisbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
C.P
Meinkers
Lisbon
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Three Stills Found in Georgia State Prison
Warden H R DuVall said three whisky stills were uncovered inside Georgia's state penitentiary before a mass escape of two top convicts. A 50 gallon still was found in the canning plant wing of the main building, with two smaller stills located elsewhere in the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REIDSVILLE
Georgia
H.R. DuVall
Duvall
British 8th Army Pushes North in Tunisia Advance
British 8th Army drives about two miles north in the Djebel Gard area west of Enfidaville amid very severe fighting as they press after taking Enfidaville. They repulsed four counter-attacks while air operations target Axis fields and 151 enemy planes are claimed downed in three days of fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
LLIED
North Africa
8th Army
Djebel Gard
Enfidaville
Bernard Montgomery
Rommel
Tunis-Bizerte
Jurgen. Von Arnim
northwest African air force
Takrouna heights
Tunis
Diebel
Gard
Norgaard
Montgomery
Qued Kebir
Ben Arada
United States
Roosevelt and Camacho Resume Talks in U S After Monterrey
In a gala Monterrey visit, President Roosevelt and President Avila Camacho extended talks in the United States. They spoke of general friendship and shared security amid World War II, addressing mutual interests and rejecting resource exploitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Camacho
U.S
Monterrey
Avila Camacho
Mexico
Reest- Welt
United States
Washington Bates Details Of American Raid On Tokyo
War department revealed the Tokyo raid of April 1 1942 by US Army Air Forces from USS Hornet. Flew about 900 miles to targets in Tokyo Yokohama Nagoya Kobe Osaki including armament plants dockyards and oil refineries. Several planes failed to reach China landing in Russian territory or in water off China. Of 60 men, five interned in Russia and three presumed prisoners of Japan. Maj Gen James H Doolittle selected the mission and trained crews at Eglin Field Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
war department
Teochlay
Tokyo
Hornet
Bania Cravel
army air forces
Yokohama
Nagoya
Kobe
Osaki
China
daring yard
Russia
Japan
tao ars
department
James H. Doolittl
strategic air force
Mediterranean air command
North Africa
Eglin Field
Fla
Roosevelt
Wednedar
barbarams
Corpus Christi
Tex
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
R.AF
Ice Tong
SFAX
signal corps
1st Army
Medjez-el-Bab
Sicilian
Mexica
Mr. Roosevelt
Washington Bates
Fuch
otl
tage Thieves
MOROCCO
REPORIS
DIEBEL GARCI
CPI
Morocco radio
Associated Prem
Wemesday
Diedbel Garci
Srithi Sth
QUEENSTOWN
VULCAN
April L
Wiftten Zaytwolf
Vulcan hospital
Senroal Wm. Zaytecdl
Queeenstown
ALBERTA
CALGARY
United Mine Workers of America
CINCINNATI
CLEVELAND
NEW YORK
Johnny Vander Meet
St. Louis
Cardman
Cleveland Indians
Detrete Tigers
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!