Allies Drop Back Across Burma River
British forces aided by Chinese troops conducted a fighting withdrawal across the Pinchaung river in Yenangyayng, Burma, with some losses. Combat continues along the Irrawaddy front near Yenangsuang, while Japanese counterattacks target Chinese defenders. Allied actions around Yenangyaung ease pressure on the British right flank. no further details provided.
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NEW DELHI
Pinchaung river
Burma
Yenangyayng
Irrawaddy river
Yenang suang
London
Pyinmana
Sitiang river
Ketrera
Yenangyaung
Baseball scores and line results from a busy league night
National League and American League summaries show multiple games with mixed scores. Koslo, Danning, Hughes, Warren lead New York. Edrickson and McCullough aid Chicago’s 2 0 victory while Brooklyn edges Boston. Be sure to review individual box details for each club.
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New York
Philadelphia
Koslo
Danning
Hughes
Warren
Chicago
Riddle and Bemsley
Gumbert and
Mancuso
asea
Beckman and
Hayes
Chandler
Dickey
Boston
yeeeesss
Washington
Judd
Peacock
Wynn
Evans
St Louis
Cleveland
Muncrief
Swift
Kennedy
Tebbetts
Dietach
Tresh
The Chinchona Bark and the Quinine Boom Chronicle
The discourse outlines Cinchona as the source of quinine, tracing discovery from a viceroy’s fever cure in 1638 to Linnaeus naming Cinchona. It notes the bark’s spread to Spain in 1640, later isolation of quinine, and the 19th century surge in price. Dutch and Dutch-flavored trade routes enabled plantings across Java and similar climates, expanding plantations to tens of thousands of acres and producing vast quinine supplies.
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Luis Geronimo Fernandez de Cabrera Bobadilla
Mendoza
Peru
Spain
Linnaeus
Holyland
Jata
Pert
Countess of
Chinchon
Hong Kong Is Japanese Hell Says Escaped Reporter
Henry Bough, Reuters correspondent who fled Hong Kong, describes the city under Japanese occupation as a hell. He cites murders, rapes in front of officers, women shot after attacks, and widespread starvation. He notes food supplies dropped from nine months to depletion as the army commandeers goods.
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LONDON
Hong Kong
Henry Bough
Reuters
Chungking
China
Australian destroyer Vampire Lost in Bay of Bengal
Melbourne April 22 Premier John Curtin announced that the Australian destroyer Vampire has been lost due to enemy action in the Bay of Bengal. The 1,090-ton leader carried 134 crew. six were killed, one died of wounds, two missing presumed dead, while most of the crew survived. Commander W. T. A. Moran among the missing.
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MELBOURNE
Apri
Bay of Bengal
John Curtin
W. T. A. Moran
Curtin
aes
Vampire
Thanet
cruer
Endau
Singapore
Greet ings from the Beaver Club on CBC broadcast
Ottawa notes a Beaver Club program airing Sunday April 26 from 10 36 to 11 am MDT. Cast includes Alberta LAC N E Olson Evansburg corporal N Wilson Vermilion spr L A Bradley private M H Osio gunner G F Davidson Edmonton gunner M Portfors Drumheller driver A Shelley Glendon and others.
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OTTAWA
Commandos Raid German Coastal Defenses Near Boulogne
British commandos raided the German coastal defenses near Boulogne, driving back guards and withdrawing after two hours. Casualties were "very light" for Britain, while a German trawler was damaged and another set on fire. The raid, the first since St Nazaire, tested defenses and gathered military information across the coast as a cannonade echoed from the Strait of Dover.
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ONDON
C.P
Boulogne
St. Nazaire
Strait of Dover
Kent
England
St Nazaire
Four Die In Quebec Blast At Waterloo Plant
Four men were killed in an explosion at the MacDonald Chemical Works in Waterloo Quebec this afternoon. Several others were seriously injured. The blast occurred in a mixing room and a building was destroyed. Plant operations may be delayed for days. The plant manufactures smoke bombs and pyrotechnic stores.
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OTTAWA
MacDonald Chemical Works
Waterloo
Que
munitions and supply departmett
Defence minister bound with Green over rifle issue in Commons
Ottawa April 22 Defence Minister Ralston clashed with Howard Green over troop rifles in the house of commons. Green pressed why every soldier cannot have a rifle and training. Ralston compared rifle possession to a wife, and noted some active troops lack rifles while some carry revolvers. Green alleged rifles that would not fire. Ralston denied the charge and warned Green to be careful. Green denied making that statement and cited truck drivers and ordnance troops lacking weapons to scan messes.
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OTTAWA
Ralston
house of commons
Howard Green
Vancouver South
Green
Col
Mr. Green
Col. Ralston
ordnance corps
ROSS
C.P
Asley
Donald Gordon
Wartime Tribes and Trade Board
Tisley
George Ross
Calgary East
Tsiex
Gordon
home of commons
ater
Graham Spry To Visit Ottawa
Graham Spry, secretary to Sir Stafford Cripps, will visit Ottawa later this week. He accompanied Sir Stafford on his India trip and has taken leave to come to Canada. Spry is a former Calgary newspaperman.
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OTTAWA
dGraham Spr
Stafford Cripps
Spry
Stafford
India
ghen
Canada
Calgary
War Risk Insurance Bill Introduced in Ottawa Debut
Finance Minister Ilsley announced in the house that provisions for civilian war damage insurance are being prepared and will be enacted by order in council. The bill sets up insurance up to 3000 dollars for war damage to property and covers personal injury plans to be drawn by the treasury board.
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OTTAWA
Ilsley
house of commons
Asley
treasury board
house banking and commerce committee
British Navy Moves Into Mediterranean Via Gibraltar
Reuters reported that a British naval force consisting of two battleships and six destroyers passed Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean early yesterday afternoon, per German Vichy radio from Morocco.
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Reuters
Vichy radio
Morocco
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Man serves eight months after wife testifies of sleep talk
In Roxboro North Carolina on April 22 a man who had talked in his sleep was found to be living with his second wife. wife one had learned of the marriage when the husband spoke in sleep. The testimony by the second wife helped secure the sentence.
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ROXBORO
Govt Must Be Free to Carry an All-out War Effort
Ottawa April 22. CCF leader M J Coldwell urged a yes vote in the manpower plebiscite on Monday April 27 in a radio address. He warned that Hitler and Japan dominate, the stakes are high, and the Axis must not win, signaling a world revolution and big changes ahead.
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Govt
OTTAWA
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F
Bis
Hitler
Japan
Dunkirk
United Nations
Air Battle Over Port Moresby Reported By UN News
United Nations headquarters announced that fighter planes defending Port Moresby New Guinea shot down four Japanese Zero fighters in a raid on that strategic port yesterday. Allied planes attacking Rabaul New Britain caused numerous fires. Continued on Page Three.
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UNITED NATIONS
AUSTRALIA
C.P
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Soldier Farmers Plan Greater Vegetable Rations for Army
Canadian Army gardeners in Britain aim to boost vegetable production to daily rations of up to 5 SH0L0 daily. Under Col Clark, about 16 008 acres may be cultivated by troops, part of a 1942 offensive to supply a larger share of field rations. Last year officers and soldiers, from Lt Gen McNaughton to Lord Tweedmouth, participated in growing programs at corps headquarters.
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ALAN RANDAL
LONDON
Britain
Cel J. Clark
army agriculture
Canawman Corps
Lord Tweeksmuir
Canada
corps
Naughton down
Col Clark
Soviet Seige of Smolensk Reports Heavy Fighting
Soviet forces press Smolensk siege with heavy artillery and urban fighting as Zhukov’s troops resume advance from the northwest. reports say 1,800 Germans killed in two days and several counter-attacks repelled. Finn battles intensify on the Aunus Isthmus as Siberian troops reinforce Finnish lines.
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KUIBYSHEV
Smolensk
Germany
Russia
Moscow
Zhukov
Aunus Isthmus
Siberia
Imholm
Red Star
More Going Chief Tells India Press
Louis Johnson heads the U S advisory mission in New Delhi saying U S troops are already in India and more will come to aid the defense. He notes the air force has struck at the Japanese and promises the United States will apply its technical skill to the problem. Johnson deflects Cripps mission details and urges unity of Allied fronts.
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NEW DELHI
India
C.P
United States
Louis Johnson
U.S
Johnson
Lewis Brereton
Stafford Cripps
Britain
United Nations
Britain Forms Brain Trust
London April 22 Oliver Lyttelton minister of state for production announced forming a panel of leading industrialists and labor experts to advise supply ministries and war production on factory output. Robert Barlow named chairman. Ivor Spens to head the industrial division. Conference attended by Bevin Alexander Liewellin and others.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
Oliver Lyttelton
house of commons
war production
Mr. Lyttelton
Robert Barlow
Metal Box Company
Ivor Spens
supply ministry
Ernest Bevin
A V. Alexander
the
Admiralty
Andrew I Duncan
Col
id. J. Liewellin
Axis raids on Valetta dimly report Malta base raids
Consolidated dispatches from multiple fronts note daylight raids on Valetta Malta by Axis planes destroying or damaging 17 Bloombere and LZ fighters. Paris item says reprisals in France with executions and arrests over recent attacks on German forces. Also reports release of French general Rene Prieux from a Nazi camp. US merchant ship torpedoed in Caribbean and rescued crews landed. Burma front sees heavy fighting near Lickawa. Canada notes relations with Vichy remain unchanged as Paris regime shifts continue.
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III
VICHY
Rene Prieux
Dunkerque
CARIBBEAN
WASHINGTON
United States
east coast
Gulf of Mexico
BURMA
CHUNGHRING
Lickawa
Thailand
CANADA
OTTAWA
C.P
Layal
France
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Punjab
Adolf Hiller
Tojo
Bombay
BBC
CBS
Quebec
Graham Spry
Malta
Kingsway
Axis
COLDWELL
Axis powers
Moresby
Chief
India Press
Brain Trust
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