Sydney Harbors First Midget Sub Raid Sinks Ferry
Japanese midget submarines likely launched from a mother ship off the Australian coast raided Sydney harbor last night. Heavy gunfire and depth charges probably sank three enemy subs, while an old steam ferry was sunk by their own action. The raid marks a southern Australia touchpoint in the war and stirred Sydney with a tense night.
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YDNEY
Australia
Sydney harbor
pearl Harbor
Sydney
Germans Could Be KO'd By Fall From All-Out Bombing
Allied air experts predicted Germany could be knocked out of the war by fall as vast bomber fleets struck cities and factories. Cologne endured history’s fiercest raid with over 1,000 RAF and RCAF bombers joining in the Rhineland assault, while smoke over the city prevented photography of the damage.
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Germany
Drew Middleton
Associated Press
ONDON
Cologne
Massive Allied Air Raid Over Cologne In 90 Minutes
A wartime description details a 90 minute bombing over Cologne with three quarters of the city aflame and a vast smoke dome. More than 1,000 bombers plus fighter escorts attacked Cologne and the Rhineland Ruhr, estimated at 1,250 planes and six million pounds of bombs in what may be the largest aerial armada used at once. The account notes the scale and devastation, with continued coverage promised on Page Three.
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Cologne
Flaming
R.A.F
R.C.A.F
Royal Canadian Air Force
D. A. R. Bradshaw
London
Ont
Johnny Fulton
Kamloops
B.C
Johnny Fauquier
Ottawa
A.C. P. Clayton
Vancouver
Sqdn
Len Fraser
Winnipeg
Rhineland
Ruhr
GERMANY
Explosions Hit Tanker Cacalilao in Tampico Harbor
Three blasts ripped a hole in the United States tanker Cacalilao at Tampico harbor on Sunday. Four U S seamen were killed and 20 injured. Two nearby ships and the refinery were undamaged. A second item notes Senator Millard Tydings of Maryland criticizing federal news releases as wasteful and patronizing, calling them written for a mental age of ten.
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TAMPIGO
Mexico
United States
Cacalilao
U.S
WASHINGTON
Millard ‘fvdings
Dem
Left Hand Corner explores dairy farming and Laval white tie
The column parodies 1930s politics and Wisconsin dairy experiments. It mentions steam heated barns and open sheds for cattle and cites Pierre Laval's white tie as a symbol amid Europe’s 1930s tensions. The text mixes jokes on farm costs, desertion jokes, and historical tidbits with a fragmentary note about a continuation on the back page.
RCAF to Take Over RAF Training Schools in Canada
Ottawa reports high sources indicate the Royal Canadian Air Force will assume control of the Pearce Alberta RAF school and all RAF training sites in Canada as part of extending the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan to 1945. Delegates view the move favorably while cabling continues with Ottawa London and allied governments. If confirmed, Pearce Medicine Hat and the Vulcan SFTS would become R A schools.
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OTTAWA
Ont
Royal Air Force
Pearce
Alto
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
London
RAF
RCAF
g4 Service
Medicine Hat
Vulcan Service
Safe Calgary Burglary Common Lock Drilled for $1500
Police report a weekend burglary at a Calgary chain store where safe-breakers drilled the safe and obtained at least $1500. No further details on suspects or exact location released.
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CALGARY
iCPI
Parliamentary News Bullets Ottawa Report on Conscription Limits
Ottawa June 1 War Services Minister Thorson said the number of men aged for compulsory service is near exhaustion in one division and will soon be in at least two others. Administrative District No. 3, Kingston, is affected. Hanson suggested the age limit could rise to 35. The selective service plan by lot has not been abandoned and details remain to be worked out. In Ottawa Thomas Reid protested jurisdiction on wartime price control, arguing farmers suffer from low price ceilings, while Finance Minister Miley governs the board. Hanson defended the price controls but urged broader discussion of the policy as losses fall on producers and workers.
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OTTAWA
Jone
C.P
war services
Thorson
house of commons
Kingston
Ont
Hanson
Jean Francois Pouliot Liv
Temiscouaial
Reid
agriculture department
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Reki
Finance
Miley
House
Canterbury Bombers Hit Historic Town In Raid
Canterbury England June 10 three waves of German bombers totalling about 25 planes attacked the cathedral town early today. Many historic buildings were wrecked or burned with fires controlled by daylight. Homes were destroyed, several churches schools and a hotel and newspaper office left damaged. An official London source said Canterbury Cathedral was a likely target but no further damage details were released. By mid morning residents, though homeless, resumed work as emergency work continued.
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CANTERBURY
England
Cologne
London
Canterbury Cathedral
Two Miners Die In Lake Shore Mine Rockburst
KIRKLAND LAKE Ont June 1 Two miners were killed in a rockburst at the Lake Shore mine after being trapped Saturday night. Victims named William Smart 42 and Wilfred Chartland 20. Victor Young 23 escaped with bruises and two others Rox 37 and Rexners shared minor injuries.
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KIRKLAND LAKE
British Cruiser Trinidad Sunk
ONCON June 1 The admiralty announced the sinking of the cruiser Trinidad a 3900 ton Fiji class ship completed in 1940. It last attracted attention for sinking a German destroyer in March during an Anglo Russian convoy to Murmansk. Commanded by Capt L Saunders the vessel carried 12 six inch guns eight four inch AA weapons and three aircraft.
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ONCON
admiralty
Trinidad
Murmansk
L. & Saunders
Calm Marks Russ Fronts Losses Heavy
Russian and German forces ended a three week spring campaign with stabilized lines. The front along the Kerch Strait and Kharkov wedges holds. Soviet communique reports nothing new. Russians claimed a Kharkov victory as operations paused amid a stalled offensive on the eastern front.
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wWOSCOW
Crimea
Ukraine
Kerch Strait
Caucasus
Kbharkov
Kalinin
Moscow
Kharkov
Red Army
Air Cadets Move Urges War Support Across Nations
Air Minister Power declared the Air Cadet movement crucial to winning the war in a CBC broadcast. Maj. Power, Rt. Hon. Harold Balfour, and Air Marshal W. A. Bishop spoke on cadet work in Canada and Britain, urging fundraising and public interest to train future air force recruits. About 15,000 boys aged 12 to 18 were organized in 133 cadet squadrons.
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OTTAWA
Air Cadet movement
Power
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Maj
Harold Balfour
air
United, Kingdom
W. A. Bishop
Air Cadet League of Canada
air force
RCAF
Maj. Power
Big Raid on Cologne Tracked by Local Soldier
SGT F CRAIG, son of Mr and Mrs C A Craig, is noted among troops in the Cologne action. The report mentions a large raid Saturday night with veterans and locals aware of the heavy operations.
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SGT. F. ¥. CRAIG
C. A. Craig
Vulcan
abong
Cologne
Promised Nazis What To Expect In War Warnings Survived
Prime Minister Winston Churchill in uniform during an inspection of bomber stations in the northeast of England warned that total war would be delivered to the Nazis. The line is recalled as raids such as the Cologne attack of Saturday night test those promises.
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Winston Churchill
Auxiliary Air Force
England
Cologne
Missing Wing Commander Niven Presumed in Action
Wing Commander Br. H. Niven DFC missing after recent operational flights. His parents Mr and Mrs Andrew Niven of Calgary formerly Lethbridge were informed Sunday morning. Niven, 28, had been named to command the Dawn Patrol squadron attacking factories near Paris and a convoy Cantituce on Page Three.
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Br. H. Niven
D.F.C
Andrew Niven
Calgary
Lethbridge
Paris
Germans Trapped as Rommel’s Africa Corps Encircled
Allied forces drive to crush Rommel’s two German tank divisions in the desert fighting near El Alamein. General Cruewell captured after reconnaissance plane downing. Axis troops reportedly try to breach British minefields to escape encirclement while air and ground pressure intensify.
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ATRO
Erwin Rommel
Neil Ritchie
Ludwig Cruewell
Rommel
Yugoslavia
Sherk to Receive BSC at Sir George Williams College
WENE DEGREE MONTREAL June 1 Eve Marion Sherk Stranaeer Sask will be presented with the degree of bachelor of science at the closing exercises of Sir George Williams College here Tuesday.
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MONTREAL
Eve Marion Sherk. Stranaeer
Sask
Sir George Williams College
Nine British Planes Lost After Night Sweeps
London reports nine British fighter planes missing after daylight raids on Nazi-occupied territories, with German planes destroyed. May 1942 era summaries include Malta claiming 116 Axis planes shot down in May, and King Peter of Yugoslavia and King George of Greece to visit President Roosevelt.
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LONDON
C.P
MALIA
VALETTA
Malta
iland
PETER
ROOSEVELT LONDON
iC.P
Balkan
Yugoslavia
George
Greece
Roosevelt
Washington
BERLIN
IAP
Vladimir Zainov
Sofia
ROMMEL
British Broadcasting Corporation
Cairo
Libya
obsrver
Asis
B.LF
BURMA
NEW DELHI
Jane
Bembers
United States Army Air Force
India
Rangeon
Myitkyina
HEYDRICH
Jane L
Prague
Heinbard Heydrich
U.S
MEXICO CITY
Jones
IAPJ
Tampico
Anackio Lopes
national defence ministzry
Frederick Vincent Williams
David Warren Ryder
San Francisco
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Anne Gare McCommick
New York Times
Pierre Laval
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Herald
New Zealand
Hee
Leager Hanson
Cathedral City
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G. B
AIR CADETS
Bob” Niven
Lethbridge Air Hero
Frisian Islands
BOB" NIVEN
Allied Corps
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