Fourth Victory Loan Campaign Launched Small Buyers Launch Drive
Ottawa reports opening of Canada s fourth Victory Loan drive with a 1 100 000 000 objective. Early responses show over quota subscriptions from groups and individuals nationwide including Trail British Columbia Hamilton Ontario and Wawanesa Manitoba as a 20 000 strong team campaigns to back wartime needs.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
British Columbia
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada, Ltd
Trail
West Kootenay
Wallace Returns From South American Tour
Vice-President Henry A. Wallace concluded a 334 week tour of South American countries and returned to Washington.
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WASHINGTON
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt character keys noted in Maclean's article
An Australian News Telegraph piece highlights two Roosevelt traits. First, unwavering self confidence shown after Pearl Harbor. Second, resolute bravery after his bout with polio, reassuring his wife and reviewing troops with calm leadership.
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Roosevelt
R. T. Elson
Maclean’s
Inmself
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Hitler
Hirohito
Fi 4s
Liberia
Barclay
New Labor Regulation Expands Power to Shift Labor
Labor Minister Humphrey Mitchell announced amendments to National Selective Service rules authorizing compulsory transfer of workers aged 19 to 45 from less essential to higher priority jobs, including farm labor. Discharged service members not required for military training may face relocation guidance, with permits limited to special cases.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Labor
Humphrey Mitchell
National Selective Service
Australian and New Zealand MPs Visit Canada for Britain Conference
Seven Australian and two New Zealand parliamentarians depart Vancouver by Canadian National Railways for eastern Canada en route to a Britain conference called by the Empire Parliamentary Association. The delegation is led by David Oliver Watkins and includes Senator John Ignatius Armstrong and others.
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VANCOUVER
New Zealand
Canadian National Railways
Canada
otthey
Britain
Empire Parliamentary Association
David Oliver Watkins
New South Wales hours of representatives
John Ignatius Armstrong
New South Wales
Allan Nichol MacDonald
Weertema Atsaralia
A.O Bedman
Leithjem
Antratia
Bernard Kenry Cor$IT
Bay Destroyer In Spezia Raid
The Italian harbor at Spezia faced a heavy attack by the Royal Air Force on April 18. A destroyer, among Italy’s newest and largest, was sunk during the raid, while 27 naval dockyard buildings were hit and 23 severely damaged. The ship displaced 1 600 tons and carried four 47 inch guns.
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LONDON
Spezia
Royal Air Force
air ministry
Italy
Young Duke of Connaught Dies at Government House
The Duke of Connaught, 28, died suddenly at Government House while serving as guest of the Earl of Athione and Princess Alice. Unmarried, the title lapses with his death. He came to Canada after two years in the Egyptian army and had been in poor health, serving occasionally as aide de camp to the governor general's staff. He inherited the title after his grandfather’s death, the first duke, a governor-general of Canada during the First Great War and a son of Queen Victoria.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Duke of Connaught
Government House
Earl of Athione
Alice
Canada
Egypt
duke
Queen Victoria
Spanish refugees depart Africa for Mexico from Algiers
United States consul-general Samarl Wiley said on Saturday that between 1000 and 15890 Spanish political refugees are expected to leave for Mexico soon. The refugees had been interned in North Africa since the fall of Franco’s Spain.
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ALGIERS
Samarl Wiley
United States
Mexico
North Africa
rembucan
Spain
Ford Plant Strike Ends in Windsor Ontario
The three day stoppage at Ford plants in Windsor and subsidiaries ended with all facilities back on normal operations. A total of 17 560 workers were affected, returning after a mass meeting decided to resume, starting with the night shift. Production also resumed at Essex Wire, Canadian Bridge, and Auto Specialties. Gotfredson truck plant employees returned noon shift. The union, United Automobile Workers Local 200, planned arbitration after charging a lockout while the company cited disciplinary breaches.
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WINDSOR
Alaska Road Traffic Conditions Up On Alaska Highway
Brig. Gen. J. A. O Connor of Whitehorse, commanding the United States northwest service command, reports traffic conditions on the Alaska highway are surprisingly good for this time of year during an interview in Edmonton on April 26.
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EDMONTON
J. A. O'Connor
Whitehorse
United States northwest service command
Alaska
J sear
Reds Break With Poland
Moscow reports the Soviet Union severed relations with the Polish government in London accusing it of allying with Germany over alleged Polish complicity in the execution of 10,000 Polish officers near Smolensk. Molotov delivered the note denouncing Poland as a tool of Hitler while warning of a hostile anti Soviet campaign.
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MOSCOW
Soviet
Russia
London
Smolensk
Molotov
Tass
Soviet Union
Hitler
eals
Ukraine
Lithuania
Duke of Portland Dies at 85 in England
The Duke of Portland died at Welbeck Abbey Nottinghamshire today at age 85 after long ill health. His heir, the Marquis of Titchfield, will become the seventh duke and trigger a Newark by election. The late duke inherited in 1879 and built vast Nottinghamshire estates.
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LONDON
C.P
Duke of Portland
Welbeck Abbey
Nottinghamshire
Marquis of Titchfield
house of commons
Newark
Nothinghamshire
William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentwnck
Japs Attack British in Burma Front Reported by British
New Delhi April 26 British communique says Japanese forces attacked positions between the Mayu hills and the Mayu River south of Buthidaung with fighting continuing. Buthidaung lies about 65 miles north of Akyab. No major front changes noted. RAF members raided Rangoon freight yards and Japanese troops were bombed near Lear Pinbon in the upper Chindwin district.
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NEW DELHI
Mayu hills
Mayu River
Buthidaung
Akyab
RAF
bembers
Rangoon
Lear Pinbon
Chindwan
COVERING INVASION BY CANADIAN TROOPS
Canadian army public relations moves to aid war correspondents during the European invasion. Plans include mobile transmitter vans and overseas facilities to ensure rapid reporting from the front. Major Clifford Wallee and J W G Clark discuss progress and future arrangements.
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Canadian Army Overseas
Europe
ROSS MUNRO
ENGLAND
bere t
Canada
North
Aflica
pnman
starkes adil
Tao
CRC
striice
Canagen
London
CBC
Clifford Wallee
Toronto
PCR
1st Canadian Arms
Mare Wallace
J W G Clark
Oasa
armed fone
Germans Retreat as American Tanks Press North Africa Front
Allied dispatches report German forces pulling back on the US led northern Tunisian front after losing mountain posts in the south and facing British 1st Army pressure in the center. American and French units advance, capture key heights near Sidi N Sir and Sedjenane, while Djebel Mansour and other hills change hands amid heavy tank battles and air support.
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William B. King
Associated Press
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west wall
1st Army
2nd
19th
Jurgen Von Arnim
Goubellat
Sidi N’Sir
Mateur
Tunis
Bizerte
Djebe Nechant El Mazi
Sedjenane
Harold Alexander
18th army group
Djebel Mansour
Djebels Artogu El Hanech
Bou Krin
Menassir
Wainhal
grand dorsal
8th Army
Djebel Terhouna
Enfidaville
Pont Du Paris
Algiers
Medjez-el-Bab
United States
Corps
Sidi N‘Sir
Heidous Valley
Djebel Tanngouche
arca
Sexbret El Krouzia
Asis
hich command
Berlin
Tunisian west front
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Saar
VITAL HILLS
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Apo
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tantas Dyredel Tanngourha
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Tidoutba
Wounded McNair Wounded on Tunisian Front
Lt Gen Lesley J McNair top U S Army leader wounded on Tunisian front. War department gave no detail of Friday incident but said injuries not serious. Lt Gen Ben Lear called to Washington to take temporary command. Lear due for retirement May 31 but to be recalled to duty.
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WASHINGTON
Lesley J. McNair
United States army
war department
U.S. army
McNair
Ben Lear
2nd Army
Memphis
Lear
Gut
Africa
army
Quiet Front in Kuban Delta as War Drags On
German forces pressed counter attacks along the long Russian front in the Kuban delta of the western Caucasus, though reports noted no significant engagements. Both sides conducted active patrols and scouring ops across nearly all sectors, with mid day communique claiming a quiet day overall.
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MOSCOW
Apri
Kuban
Caucasus
Italians Go Home Report From Bari Landing
Paris radio Said 1 200 wounded Italians were landed at Bari from Italian hospital ships in exchange for British prisoners. Broadcast recorded by Associated Press.
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LONDON
Paris
Iwiiams
Atlantic
Bari
Associated Press
Lethbridge Fourth Victory Loan Starts Strong as Subscriptions Hit 65400
Lethbridge reports a vigorous launch to the Fourth Victory Loan with 65 400 in subscriptions by 3 30 p m and a steady influx of bond applications. Edmonton covers a Victory Loan luncheon noting challenges but optimism from business leaders about Canada’s war effort. Chiang Kai-shek’s wife to visit Ottawa in June and Churchill planned statements on Tunisia and war outlook loom in the same dispatch. Moose Jaw reports 106 500 in subscriptions on the Local Fourth Victory Loan drive and a goal of 7 100 000.
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LETHBRIDGE
TWLSLEY
CANADA
EDMONTON
Finance Ministries
Alberta
Nalispa
War Finance Committee
CHUNGKING
Taihheng
MME
CHIANG KAI-SHEK
OTTAWA
Jaime
Ollaws
Senate
CHURCHILL
LONDON
CP. Cablet
Churchil
bense of commons
MOOSE JAW
Sask
focal committee
Moo Jaw
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