Defeat Near Lashio as Burma Road Threatens
British Chinese forces face a Japanese breakthrough with Lashio fallen and the Burma road back door now at risk. Japanese tanks destroyed reach twelve, while fires rage in Lashio and reports speak of incursions, signaling a grave reverse for the United Nations in Burma.
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HUNGKING
Lashio
China
Chinese high command
Burma
SPENCER MOOSA
Associated Press
United Nations
Mandalay
Paris Aero Plant and Rubber Works Hit in Night Raids
Norwich suffers heavy destruction after a brief German raid causing seven deaths and multiple fires. British night fighters and anti-aircraft guns curtailed the attack. Separately over the Channel, RAF and German air forces clash in a large aerial battle over northern France as Gennevilliers rubber and Gnome-Rhone plants are struck in renewed Allied blows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NORWICH
England
C.P
Civil defence service
Folkestone
Cap Gris Nez
Boulogne
Dover Strait
Russell Landstrom
Associated Press
LONDON
R.A.F
Goodrich rubber works
Gnome- Rhone aero
Paris
Gennevilliers
air ministry
102 Killed In Cairo Raid Reported By BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation said a Cairo communique placed the death toll from Tuesday night’s raid by enemy planes at 102. The report emphasizes the renewed casualty figures and confirms Cairo as the source of the update.
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Cairo
LONDON
British Broadcasting Corporation today
Knighted Canadian banker now Jamaica resident
Gilbert C. Wainwright, a former Canadian banker born in Halifax in 1876 and raised in Ottawa, was made a Knight Bachelor. He later moved to Jamaica, led the Banana Industry Aid Board, served on the legislative council, and had previously held multiple bank manager posts across Canada before retiring in 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Financial Post
Gilbert C. Wainwright
Jamaica
West Indies
Halifax
N.S
Sir Gilbert
Ottawa
Bank of Ottawa
Mattawa
Hull
Peterborough
Montreal
Winnipeg
Bank of Nova Scotia
Toronto
Quebec
Banana Industry Aid Board
legislative council
O.B.E
Nazi Spring Division Struck By Soviets On Smolensk Front
Soviet reports say German Fifth Division dubbed the spring division was cut to pieces within 12 hours after entering front lines as Soviet forces claim wiping out about 1000 enemy troops over two days in the Smolensk sector. Planes losses favored the Soviets with 75 German aircraft downed to 14 Soviet planes. German claims say Soviets broke through positions near a large locality but were repulsed by counterattack.
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KUIBYSHEV
Russia
Moscow
Red army
Smolensk
Koenigsberg
East Frussia
BRCHE
BERLIN
Thue
Lake Timen
Sea of Azov
Kursk
Orel
ECharkov
Greek Guerrilla Attacks Pivot in Occupied Greece
A Greek government spokesman in London said small bands of Greek guerrillas have been attacking isolated German Bulgarian and Italian outposts across Thrace Macedonia and the Fei ponnesus. Guerrillas reportedly target Bulgarians amid deportation echoes of the First World War in Thracian farmlands and operate mainly in mountainous areas sheltered from authorities.
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LONDON
Greece
Thrace
Macedonia
Feioponnesus
Bulgaria
Canteen Fund Committee Chooses Leaders in Ottawa
OTTAWA April 30 The house of commons committee on canteen funds chose W. R. Macdonald Lib Brantford City as chairman and J. A. Blanchette Lib Compton as vice chairman. The 57 member panel had 17 absent on active service. The committee will investigate handling of canteen funds profits from supplying members of the fighting forces at home and overseas.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
W. R. Macdonald
Brantford City
J. A. Blanchette
Compton
Canada
Budget offers tax relief to fund base metal prospecting
Ottawa April 30. In the 1912-43 budget the government will grant income and excess profits tax concessions to encourage prospecting for tungsten manganese and aluminum for the war effort. A maximum 50.00 per person or corporation is allowed if expenditures are proven for exploration. Certificates will verify use of exemptions. Labor Minister Mitchell notes removal of Japanese from dangerous west coast areas may require public acceptance. Justice Minister Laurent says labor union intimidation claims in Vancouver are unsubstantiated.
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OTTAWA
C.P.j
Isley
house of commons
Tisley
Canada
Labor
Mitchell
W. K. Esling
Kootenay West
Kaslo
SL. Laurent
Angus Macinnis
Vancouver East
Vancouver
Macinnis
Han ©. Wright
Canadian Congress of Labor
R.C.M P.eficers
Wright
M P s Attack Beaverbrook
Members of the house of commons questioned Lord Beaverbrook's April speech advocating a second European front in New York. Clement Attlee said Churchill's spokesman did not express approval or disapproval as Beaverbrook, in the United States on a mission, spoke his own views.
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LONDON
house of commons
Lord Beaverbrook
New York
Churchill
Clement Altice
dominions
house
United States
Stark Reaches GB for New Post in London
Admiral Harold R. Stark arrived in London by air to take command of American naval operations in European waters. He was accompanied by Ambassador John G. Winant. Stark was appointed March 9 and becomes the highest ranking U.S. naval officer to hold a post in Britain since 1917.
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LONDON
Harold R. Stark
United States Navy
European
Stark
U.S
Britain
John G. Winant
Baseball scores and pitching notes from Major League games
In a compact daily ledger, Harris and Swift lead the Bonham and Boston clash while St. Louis and New York split a doubleheader. Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Washington also post results with names like Newsome, Peacock, Kennedy, and Desaurels contributing to a busy national slate. The National League shows Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and New York tallying runs as Derringer, Owen, Warren, Dietz, Lopez, and others appear in the box scores.
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Harris and Swift
Bonham
Boston
St. Louis
New York
Dicker
Detroit
Furch
Tebbetts
H. Newsome and
Peacock
tevelanil
wee
Philadelphia
Kennedy and Desaurels
Besse and
Wagner
Chicago
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Kerlin and Owen
Derringer and Lamanne
Mutsburgh
a Herrst
Warren
Dietz and Lopez
ees
ee cp
tito
Sthumaker and
Panning
Botton
tee
Tobin
Lombard
Passau and McCullough
Twenty Jap Craft Ruined In The Raid
Allied planes destroyed or damaged twenty Japanese aircraft on the ground and started fires at an enemy air base at Lae New Guinea in yesterday’s attack. The UN bulletin also noted three Japanese attacks on Port Moresby and a light raid on Kupang Timor. In Mindanao the Philippines situation showed Japanese reinforcements landing at Parang while Corregidor and surrounding forts endured heavy bombing and shelling with gunfire answered.
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UNITED NATIONS
Australia
C.P
Lae
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Kupang
Netherlands Timor
Philippines
Parang
Mindanao
Corregidor
Luzon
Death of Brig General Harold H. George in Australia Crash
United Nations dispatch reports Brig. Gen. Harold H. George 49 of the United States Army Air Force was killed in a late Monday airplane crash. Also killed was Melville Jacoby of Time and Life magazine, who arrived in Australia from Bataan with his wife last month. George, a World War I hero, served as chief air officer to Gen. MacArthur and accompanied him from Bataan to Australia. He began in the National Guard at Niagara Falls and earned the Distinguished Service Cross in World War I. He sailed for Pacific duty April 21 last year, rising from lieutenant colonel to colonel en route, and was promoted to brigadier-general in January 1942. He served with MacArthur’s forces in the Philippines.
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UNITED NATIONS
Australia
C.P.J
Harold H. George
United States Army Air Force
Melville Jacoby
Time and Life magazine
Bataan
U.S
George
MacArthur
National Guard
Niagara Falls
N.Y
air corps
Pacific
British by election gains mark government tremor
Independent candidates won in Rugby and Wallasey as anti war truce votes rise. W J Brown defeated Col Claude Wolbrook 9824 to 9145 in Rugby, while George Beakes led in Wallasey with 12596, John Pennington 6584, and Maj L H Cripps 1597. Brown blamed party machinery for war errors and urged unity with Russia.
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LONDON
Britain
House of Commons
Rugby
Wallasey
W. J. Brown
civil service clerical association
Claude Wolbrook
Walkasey
George Beakes
John Pennington
L. H. Cripps
Sir Stafford Cripps
Mr. Brown
Russia
Three Die In Ontario Fire In Sault Ste. Marie Tragedy
Darius Jackson and two of his children, a 10 year old girl and an eight year old boy, perished when their home burned in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario in the early hours. A second child, another girl, escaped with cuts burns and bruises as Mrs. Jackson visited a hospital.
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SAULT STE. MARIE
Ont
Darius Jackson
Tornado Kills Twelve in Kansas Near Oberlin
In Decatur County a midnight tornado devastated a farming area south of Oberlin, killing 12 people and injuring 13 others. Entire families were wiped out as livestock and farm buildings were swept away. one four year old was not found hours later. Oberlin itself escaped damage.
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OBERLIN
Kas
Apert
Decatur county
prrcon
Kansas
Tokyo Says Ouce To Meet Hitler
London dispatch cites Hochi stating Hitler and Mussolini will meet in a few days. Tokyo broadcast via Reuters reports Hochi’s source as well informed circles in Berlin. No meeting location specified.
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Tokyo
Hitler
LONDON
Mussolini
Hochi
Reuters
Berlin
Libyan Front Activity Reported By British HQ
In Cairo on April 30 British and Axis forces clashed across Libya amid dust storms. British headquarters said light mobile forces repelled small enemy columns, including tanks and armored cars, as fighting continued in the desert theater.
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CAIRO
Egypt
Libya
Parliament Losing Out
Ottawa April 30 Several MPs protest that parliament loses control over public funds and demands more private member participation while probing expenditures in war accounts. Rev T C Douglas denounces parliamentary institutions as disrepute and mocks lawmakers as talkshop as sessions adjourned after a debate on reorganizing last year's war expenditures committee.
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OTTAWA
CPI
House of Commons
T. C. Douglas
CCF
Weryburn
Soviets Reach Main Nazi Line in Crimea Report
News bulletins note a Soviet force has reached the main German lines north of Kerch in Crimea. Other items include Hitler and Mussolini with Hiroshi Oshima to meet, a US freighter fighting a submarine, a major Soviet victory, a deadly English munitions blast, and an Lethbridge plebiscite result with Yes votes exceeding 11,000.
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CRIMEA
LONDON
high command
Kerch
HITLER
DUCE
O.P
Muschlint
Hiroshi Oshima
Germany
Toksa
Hechi
Reuters
WASHINGTON
sun
United States
Atlantic
MOSCOW
Moscow radio
Red army
ministry of apply
capioden
LETHBRIDGE
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Burma Road
Paris Aero Plant
OLKESTONE
lsted
Ostend
Low Countries
channel
strass
PARIS AERO
Australian Press Union
Austalia
Sydney
TRE
NEWSPAPE
anim
Mountie
Sir Philip Game
Metropolitan police
E. Marshail
R.C.AF
Sir Philip
Marshail
G. Hoben
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
France
Harass
Axis
M.P
Beaverbrook
Lhe
Gen. George
Conunuco
Cripps
Ontario
C. R. BLACKBURN
PARLIAMENT
Parvin
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