Yanks Close In On Mateur Big Jap Ship
Allied reports from Australia and North Africa outline heavy combat in the Tunisian theater with American forces moving toward Mateur and Long Stop Hill near Tunis. British and American units push through Goubellat Bou Arada as Patton’s corps crosses rugged mountains, while aerial attacks total 1,500 sorties with limited losses. A separate Bismarck Sea action notes an 8,000-ton Japanese merchantman sunk by a heavy bomber in a coordinated campaign against Kavieng's shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALLIED
Australia
Kavieng
New Ireland
Bismarck Sea
Port Moresby
New Guinea
New Guinean
Salamausa
Salamaua
North Africa
Tunis
United States
Mateur
Bizerte
Goubellat-Bou Arada
8th Army
Sir Bernard Montgomery
froxit
2nd
U.S. army corps
George S. Patton
Harold Alexander
DOOLITTLE
JAPAN
Horret
James H Doolittle
Tokyo
Yokohama
Nagoya
Osaka
Kobe
Yokosuka navy yard
navy yard
rocky peak
China
Doolittie
Dooliittie
International
Losses Slow Nazi Attack In Caucasus Face Setbacks
Soviet front dispatches report German counterattacks in the Kuban region weakened with several thousand German casualties, heavy losses in aircraft, tanks, and munitions, while Red Army air forces attacked targets including Insterbourg. The article notes renewed Axis reserves earlier and strategic bombing campaigns continuing against East Prussian cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MOSCOW
Kuban
Caucasus
Black Sea
Nov ‘vorossizk
Sea of Azov
Red army
Insterourg
East Prussian
Oldest ages and hoaxes teased in Times death notices
The Left Hand Corner notes repeated eye on death notices in the Times and claims of centenarians. Dr Maurice Ernest investigates people reputed to be over 110, citing Mrs Elen Carroll of Newfoundland at 135 as the oldest verified. The Times Journal recalls Thomas Parr born in 1483, who died in 1633, and mentions a Turkish man said to be 150, with many claims across centuries. Continued on Back Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
sears
Times
Maurice Ernest
Ernest
Elen Carroll
Newfoundland
mos
Carroll
The
St Thomas Times-Journal
Tecalls
United States
Turkey
New York
Times- Journal
Thomas Parr
Wiunington
Shrine to Hirohito at Kiska Island in Alaska
Japanese completion of a shrine on Kiska Island amid wartime radio notes. Enlarged photographs from U.S. Army reconnaissance planes suggest the structure honors ancestors and the emperor, reflecting wartime occupation imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ANDRESNGF ISLANDS
Alaska
Kiska
United States army
Former Wheat King Suffers Broken Neck
EDMONTON April 24 J B Smith of Welle Creek Alberta, once Wheat King champion at Chirven in Ida, was badly injured when a team of horses bolted and threw him under the wheels of a wagon on his farm 125 miles west of here. He was taken to Bacon by a man named Jane and then brought to town by rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDMONTON
J . B. Smith
Welle Creek
Alta
Chirven
Ida
flerty
here
Bacon
amin Jane
Joe E Brown Cartoons Keep GIs Cheer Amid War News
Comedian Joe E Brown visiting U S armed forces across the Pacific theater brought morale to troops from Alaska to New Guinea. The entertainer spoke with fighters, carried on to Alaska, and planned a rest in Hollywood before another tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAN FRANCISCO
Joe E. Brown
Pacific war
Police round up 40 Insh Repatseen suspects in Belfast
In Belfast on April 23 police arrested 40 alleged members of the Insh Repatseen outfit in a pre Easter roundup targeting the outlawed organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BELFAST
Insh Repatseen attnt
Two Die in Fire in Boston Tenement Inferno
A four year old girl and a woman believed to be her mother perished when flames swept through a four storey tenement in Boston's South End early today. Firefighters battled the blaze as residents fled and investigators began work to determine the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOSTON
aire
Bation
Nazis Use Vets as Reserves in War Effort
New York April 24 Germany has tapped veterans of the First Great War for reserves and modern arms. A Berlin radio broadcast recorded by the Associated Press says Berlin plans to mobilize 49 officers and men for future action, signaling a shift to veteran manpower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW YORK
Germany
modern armits
Transocean
Berlin
Associated Press
Yank defied Jap court and was executed for defiance
The Daily News quotes an American pilot captured in the Tokyo raid who defied a Nipponese court and declared plans to bomb towns again. Lowell Limpus reports three aviators were executed for their bold statements, with details of trials said to have occurred last September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REW YORS
The
Daily News
Washington
today
Tokyo
Lowell Limpus
Limpus
Athlones to Visit Lethbridge May 25
An invitation from President Roosevelt to visit Seattle Portland and Vancouver was accepted. The royal visit outlines travel by sea to Seattle May 3 arriving May 3, then travel to Portland Victoria and Vancouver with stops at military and naval facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ATHLONES
LETHBRIDGE
OTTAWA
Roorewell
Seattl
Portland
Vancouver
Wash
Pacific coast
Puneersy Alice
Seattle
Adione
Ore
Victoria
Lirgynamt-Govrnor
W. C Wood
ike Vancouver
U S Occupies Funafuti In Ellice Islands Advance Base
American forces move a base hundreds of miles closer to Japan in the Gilbert area, occupying Funafuti in the Ellice group unopposed. The base lies midway between Fiji/Samoa and Gilbert positions, with a Japanese raid causing light damage and no reported casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
south Pacific
Japan
Gilbert group
United States
Navy department
Funafuti Island
Bluce
Fiji
Samoan Islands
Gilbert
Ellice group
Funafuti
Ellice Island
End To Ford Strike Nearing Settlement In Windsor
Labor Minister Mitchell said the Windsor Ford Motor Company of Canada dispute appears on the eve of settlement after a conference between UAW official George Burt and Ford Canada president Wallace Campbell. The Ford plant had closed with 17500 workers affected and additional plants idle after the shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Mitchell
Fort Motor Company of Canada
Windsor
George Burt
United Automobile Workers of America
CTO
Wallace Campbell
Ford Motor Co
Canatz
labor department
Ford
One Dead in Ottawa Building Fire Blaze Fatal at Regi Building
Ottawa reports a top floor blaze gutted a downtown Regi building killing Col. Inkster, 59. Origin of fire unknown. Damage over 100000. Inkster last seen amid flames at a fourth floor window. Firemen later found his body in the officers’ mess of the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion on the fourth floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Regi
BL Enkster
Inkster
Anishad
4th Reconnaissance Battalion
Princess Louise Dragoon Guards
Canadian Sailors Rescued After Ship Sinking
The Spanish steamer Cabo Huertas rescued one Canadian and ten American sailors after their 10,000 ton steamer sank. They were taken to Las Palmas, according to Reuters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Cabie
Reuters
Priday
sup
Cabo Huertas
Lis Palmas
Rommel Leaves Tunisia as Allies Make Advances
Army dispatches report captured documents indicating Marshal Rommel has exited Africa. French forces push toward Bizerte, advancing north from Cap Serrat and nearing the town. British submarines reportedly sink or damage several Axis ships in the Mediterranean. American bombers strike Munda, expanding operations in the Solomon Islands theater. Major oil surveys planned in southeastern Alberta with large acreages and a noted move of Howe through the city en route to Calgary for oil discussions. Sacred Heart Convent fire in Ganville destroys building with $50,000 loss. several Sisters and pupils escape unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ROMMEL
TUNISIA
North Africa
Marold Alexander
Erein Rommel
Africa
BIZERCE
LONDON
Cap Serrat
Tunis
Bizerie
TLN
admiralty
Mediterranean
MUNDA
WASHINGTON
Manda
Setemen
United States navy
ALBERTA
Pominien Ol Co. Ltd
island Pacific OA Co. Ltd
dare companies
Standard OW
British Columbia
HOWE
CALGARY
C.D. Howe
Uethbridge
Caiars
Ottawa
Howett
ONTARIO
Sacred Heart conreet
Grey Sisers
Pembroke
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yanks
Long Stop Hill
Bou Arada
Tabatca
Didet Murata
Djebal Aln Ghouna
Djebel mel
Oued Zergs
Djebel Ahmera
nave
Medjez-El-Bab
wax
isl
Medjez- Fl-Bao
Tebourba
Guch E! Oued
EDDY GILMORE
Asociated Press
Hiroshito
CPL
Dall Exerers
Stockholm
Naw
armed services
Boeing aircraft
St. John Ambulance Brigade
Kamionym BC
ticinis
Calvary
Firirs
RCAF
Princess Alch
air ROAR
Claretholm
Macleod Leith
bridge and Vulcan
Alla
Therail trave Calgam
Sydbun
Mathes Vi
International Nickel Oo
Sudbury
Vera Grenfell
Shuldham
Alan Leseson-Gower
Pacific Island
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!