British Fleet Bombards Tripoli With 15-Inch Shells
London April 22. Heavy units of the British fleet pounded Tripoli with 15 inch shells in a 40 minute bombardment. Six transport or supply ships in the harbor were hit, along with the quay naval headquarters power station and a military stores depot. The railway station was set afire. Four German troop carriers were shot down en route. two destroyers were reported hit. Coastal batteries offered ineffective opposition. Official admiralty communiqué notes further details.
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C.P
Tripoli
admiralty
Jumes
Briish
sik
admiralt
RAF Pilot Returns With Proof Of Bomber Destruction
A Royal Air Force pilot flew back to England with proof of destroying two Nazi bombers. Fragments from the shattered plane were found lodged in the wing of his aircraft after he opened fire over a German airfield and the bomber exploded, scattering burning debris over a wide area.
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LONDON
Royal Air Force
England
Fear 3 Halifax Sailors Lost at Sea
Halifax April 22. Three Halifax men feared dead aboard a missing freighter after sailing from a British port. Bernard Bona 29 Angus Hangsley 24 Tacius McNamee 33 Jamaica native and former Halifax taxi driver believed aboard. Letters to families reported the ship presumed lost.
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HALIFAX
Bernard Bona
Angus Hangsley
Britain
Tacius McNamee
Jamaica
Bona
Kingsley
Skunk Fixatives Boost American Perfume Industry
The Left Hand Corner reports that skunk secretions are rising as a fixative source, supplementing musk and civet long used in perfumery. Charles Sparhawk operates a Sparkhill plant milking skunks, deodorizing the potent fluid, and selling it to perfumers, reshaping supplies for fragrance makers.
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Abyssinia
Toronto
Charles Sparhawk
Sparkhill
N.Y
Sirens Sound Over Athens
Athens awoke to air raid sirens as 80 German dive bombers attacked nearby areas. Anti aircraft fire filled the sky during the April 22 raid.
Six internees At Large Yet
A police search in western Ontario pursued six German war prisoners still at large near the Pic River. After a raft crossing was alleged, four lumberjacks traveling to a lumber camp were identified, revealing the men’s east bank tracks had led to the opposite shore. The manhunt remained active as guards, police, and trappers refocused on the western side where the escapees are believed hiding. An amphibian plane from Port Arthur joined the search at the Ontaro Lumber Company dock.
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HERON BAY
Ont
C.P
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Pic
scovery
Ontario
nigr
almogether
Port Arthur
tig Grumann
Yugoslav Armies Hold Centre Against Axis Attacks
Yugoslav diplomatic sources report five Yugoslav armies, totaling 300,000 to 490,080 men, continuing to resist German and Italian advances in the central region. The force controls a rectangular area bounded by the Belgrade Nis line to the east and Foca Fe to the west, with the 1st and 4th armies surrendering in the north while others form a compact square. Eight thousand troops attempted a southward breakout but were repelled.
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VICHY
France
Belgrade
Canada May Send Fire-Fighters To Aid Britain
Ottawa officials said the question of sending trained Canadian fire-fighters to assist the battle of Britain is under discussion but decisions to send men overseas have yet to be reached. Information here indicated no difficulty in obtaining volunteers.
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OTTAWA
Britain
Tanker Fire Under Control Near Cleveland
Fire at a tanker named Transiter, loaded with 145000 barrels of gasoline, was contained today. The vessel, towed by the City of Toronto, proceeded toward Fort Stanley Ontario, despite the blaze.
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CLEVELAND
Fort Stanley
Ont
Toronto
Plymouth Hit Hard by Nazi Bombs
London reports Plymouth endured hours of Nazi bombing last night with heavy fires and feared casualties. RAF fighters claimed a four engine bomber down over the Channel and Le Havre dock area was attacked at dusk. The government said fires were controlled by dawn and overall damage was not as severe as earlier raids though casualties were feared heavy.
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LONDON
Plymouth
England
Strait of Dover
English Channel
Royal Air Force
RAF
air ministry
Le Havre
France
Berlin
Edmonton Leads War Services Fund Drive
Edmonton reports to the Canadian War Services Fund campaign office that by Monday contributions from the city push its total over 375,000, far exceeding the 75,000 quota set for Edmonton, campaign headquarters announced.
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EDMONTON
C. P.i
Canadian War services Fund
Alberta Bonus For Summerfallow About 10 Million
EDMONING April 22 Farmers in Alberta will receive 1 000 060 of the 35 000 000 allocated by the federal government for its summerfallow bonus plan for the 1941 42 crop year. E L Gray newly appointed director of the bonus scheme estimated in an interview here Monday. Alberta office of the scheme will be opened in Lethmonton this week. The Alberta director a former farmer will be officially named today or Wednesday.
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EDMONIGN
G—Albterta
E. L. Gray
Alberta
Zémonton
Mr. Gray
Premier King More Hopeful On War Outlook
Ottawa April 22 Prime Minister Mackenzie King, back from the United States, said a talk with President Roosevelt leaves him more optimistic about the Allied war effort. He noted Americans are eager to cooperate, which also raises Roosevelt’s optimism.
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King
OTTAWA
Mckenzie King
Canada
United States
Budget date to be announced Thursday in Ottawa
Ottawa April 22. Finance Minister Tisley will announce on Thursday the date for bringing down the budget, Prime Minister Mackenzie King said at a press conference Monday.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Tisley
Mackenzie King
Churchill Silent On Military Position in Greece and Libya
London April 22 Prime Minister Churchill refused to discuss the military position in Greece or Libya amid ongoing operations. He confirmed Allied naval bombardment of Tripoli harbor and strikes on Nazi troop transports. He suggested German forces may occupy Samothrake Island near the Dardanelles as a remote possibility.
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Greece
Libya
Tripoli
Samothrake Island
HAROLD FAIR
LONDON
North Africa
Winston Churchill
Triates et Gaxn Soncay
SAMOTHRAKE
Churchill
craver
Samothrake Islane
Dar- Ganelies
Black See
Samothraxe
Derdéanelies
Axis Ships Torpedoed by British Air Attack
London dispatch reports British naval aircraft torpedoed a 19 03 ton tanker a 9000 ton supply ship and a 7000 ton ammunition ship carrying Axis forces supplies to the Balkans. The ammunition ship blew up with a tremendous explosion and fire rising 3000 feet. One plane was lost.
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LONDON
IC.P
Belkans
admiralty
Belfast Air Raid Toll Rises in Northern Ireland
Belfast reports say about 500 killed and 1562 injured in a mass German raid on Tuesday night. Officials in the house of commons announced the toll may rise as recovery operations continue.
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BELFAST
C.P
Atost
Northern Ireland
house of commons
home security
Pressure mounts on Britain to ditch dubious neutrals amid war drift
Canadian Press reports a shift in British policy toward Vichy France Spain and the Soviet Union as calls grow for firmer stance against collaboration with Germany. Observers warn conciliatory moves yield no gains while Laval’s influence rises and talks of German troop passages through unoccupied France to attack Gibraltar surface.
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Sia
Rey meuiais
Britain
Brr
United States
Vichy
France
Spain
Soviet Union
Germany
Norn
West Africa
Pierre Laval
Lavel
Gibraltar
Serrano Sumer
Tangier
Mediterranean
Russia
Washington
Pacific
Hyde Park Declaration To Face Canada United States Co operation
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King says President Roosevelt likely to visit Ottawa in May and Canada can expect capacity orders under the Canada United States agreement for closer anti Axis cooperation. King notes London speculation on British requests for leaders to meet is pure speculation. He invites Roosevelt to Ottawa. the president hints at a visit around May 10 or 15, subject to change. Kings also praises stronger US Canada cooperation.
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OTTAWA
C.P.1
Mackenzie King
United States
Roosevelt
Kng
Canada
United Kingdom
London
Britain
King
Prepare To Make Stand On New Front THENS
British imperial forces report completing line adjustments with light enemy interference. Air activity remains intense with enemy losses to RAF and anti aircraft defenses. In Greece, Empire forces occupy defensive positions south of Lamia as they prepare to stand near Thermopylae Pass. Prime Minister Churchill silent on Britain's military position in Greece. British forces reportedly withdrawing through Lamia though future plans unclear. Germans claim Lamia held, Greeks facing Trakian and German elements endure rough terrain and limited coms. Cairo HQ confirms Greece positions not yet defined.
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Royal Air Force
AIRO
Egypt
Lamia
Greece
Middle East
Thermopylae Pass
Athens
Britain
CAIRO
Lamiz
Tibyra
Major Highway Surfacing Plans Announced In Alberta
Hon W A Fallon announces final bituminous coating for No 3 highway from Macleod to Monarch, 17 miles, this spring. No 2 highway from Medicine Hat east to Walsh to be hard surfaced, main surfacing machine in operation. Part of a broad provincial program.
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EDMONTON
Monarch
W. A. Fallon
public works
Medicine Hat
Walsh
ENGLAND
WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
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BERLIN
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United States agriculture department
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C.P. Cable
OTTAWA
C.P
Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities
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