May Best Month for U Boat Sinkings as War Progresses
London reports Admiral A V Alexander said Allied convoy escorts sank more submarines in May than any prior month. He cited improved equipment, RAF and US air bombing of U-boat bases, and a 25 percent higher destruction rate in the last half year. He noted fewer U-boats in Atlantic waters, likely due to intensified Allied action.
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ONDON
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Morale boost idea from de Florez uses old newsprint
U S naval commander Luis de Florez proposes a morale device based on wrapping supplies in old newspapers instead of new kraft paper after observing soldiers shredding a newspaper wrap for a Scotch gift. The odd tale from Guadalcanal led to this thrift a morale scheme amid wartime shortages.
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U.S. Bureau of Aeronautics
Guadalcanal
de Florez
CHINA
Omaha World-Herald
Charles H Day
tne
Marda-Nebraska
Escape of General Georges Leads to Algiers Command Role
General Alphonse Georges fled France and arrived in Algiers where he was named to a seven member executive committee. The panel, under joint presidency of General Charles de Gaulle and General Henri Giraud, will govern liberated Frenchmen and territory until France is freed.
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France
Algiers
North Africa
Charles de Gaulles
Henri Giraud
Government Wins in Hartlepools
London June 2 The government captured the Hartlepools parliamentary by election as Col T G Greenwell Conservative led a four candidate field with 13 433 votes. Elaine Burton Commonwealth 3 634 Alderman Oswald Lupton People s candidate 2 351 and S R Hipwell Independent Progressive 1510. The seat became vacant by the death of Conservative W G Howard Gritten. Wartime electoral truce kept Labor and Liberal from contest. The by election results pale beside 1935 general election totals.
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House of Commons
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Elaine Burton
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people's
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J. Goathher
Scott-Cowell
High Tension In Algiers Sees Museilier Named Deputy Chief
Gen Henri Giraud appointed Vice Admiral Emile Museilier deputy and ordered him to keep order in Algiers as France wrestles with a political crisis. The move deepens rifts among Fighting French leaders as de Gaulle calls the crisis a bad dream but vows victory for Paris. Museilier, once allied with de Gaulle then at odds, had been under house arrest in London after leading the occupation of St Pierre Miquelon.
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Associated Press
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Emile Muselier
Marcel Peyrouton
Charles de Gaulle
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Newfoundland
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Argentina
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Britain
Marjorie Crawford
Buenos Aires
Ethel Walker
John Milne Barbour
Northern Ireland
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Lord Snell
House of Lords
F. W. Hives
Rolls Royce
Joseph Westwood
Scotland
Bath
Sir Bruce Praser
Home Fleet
St. George Lister
North Africa
MAMED K.C.B
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Alexander Hood
Army
Med
Calgary Man Faces Manslaughter Charge In Death
Angus Cameron, 59, of Calgary, is to face a manslaughter charge in city police court over the death of John Brown, 63, who died at Holy Cross hospital after injuries from a street fight on Sunday evening. Cameron also previously faced an assault charge and reserved his plea. An inquest is planned for this evening, coroner Dr. G R Johnston stated.
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Angus Gameron
Holy Cross hospital
John Brown
ard Avenue East
Cameron
1st Street West
12th
13th Avenues
Brown
G. R. Johnston
Parliamentary News Briefs From Ottawa June Updates
Ottawa reports note unanimous House resolution greeting King George VI for his birthday. Prime Minister Mackenzie King announces Mme Chiang Kai-Shek may visit Ottawa mid June to address a joint Senate-House meeting. A redistribution bill will be introduced after the current year’s appropriation. Discussion covers postwar aviation plans with no UK approach on representation for Canada. Benes invited to speak. housing plans include 20 permanent houses in Edmonton and 200 in Sarnia. Justice Botha appointment noted. King escorts Queen and Princesses to a theatre party in London for the king’s birthday.
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George VI
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Czecho- Slovakia
Hewe
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Edmonton
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Moowmin
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British Air Chief Awarded Barony
The King's birthday honors list includes Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, former RAF Fighter Command head, receiving a barony. Dowding led the defense in the Battle of Britain and retired in 1942. Canada lists 25 honorees including two baronets and three women named Dames of the British Empire.
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LONDON
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Hugh Dowding
RAF
fighter command
Britain
Sir Hugh
odd
Canada
British Empire
Anne Loughlin
Trades Union Council
Albertans In Honors list
OTTAWA June 2 The following Albertans were included in the long list of honors awarded on the King's birthday NAVAL Order of British Empire AB BE & Binnie R.C.N. of Edmonton Mention In Despatches OS Richard A. Reddon ROME of Calgary CIVILIAN commander O.B.E. Dr A E K Archer Lamont president of Canadian Medical Association Alex Walker Calgary Dominion president Canadian Legion Dr William Harmon Fa S i Lethbridge for valuable public services In connection with scientific research in agriculture Member of O.B.E. Andrew Anderson Innistail valuable public service in connection with agriculture Matthew Blackwood Edmonton chief of police for protective services Rev R J Burton Calgary for patriotic and philanthropic work Bits Mary H Conquest patriotic and philanthropic work J B Corley Calgary district di cator of poset services Wilfred Eggleston Ottawa chief telegraph censor one of the censors of publications Formerly of Lethbridge George Hamilton Gooderham Gleichen Alta Indian agent William HB Hargrave Calgary senior assistant engineer civil Department of National Defence for Air FEL Sartison Vancouver senior labor conciliation officer Labor Department Formerly stationed in Alberta C 5S Noble Nobleford Al valuable service in connection E Trowbridge Edmonton Civil Service Alberta Mr Trowbridge has for more than 25 years been Alberta's deputy provincial secret British Empire Medal Civil A W Sharp postmaster Dawson Creek BC ALBERTANS Continued on Page Three
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O.B.E
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Innistail
Matthew Blackwood
Edmonton
Rev
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Calgary
Bits
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J. B. Corley
Wilfred Eggleston
Lethbridge
George Hamilton Gooderham
Gleichen
Alta
Wiliam HB. Hargrave
Department of National Defence
Air
FEL Sartison
Vancouver
Labor Department
Alberta
Noble
Nobleford
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Civil Service
Trowbridge
A. W. Sharp
Dawson Creek
B.C
Actor Leslie Howard Missing Plane Crash
A British Overseas Airways spokesman said a Lisbon to Britain passenger airliner with 13 aboard disappeared yesterday. Actor Leslie Howard was listed among the passengers per Lisbon reports. The craft reportedly was shot down in the Bay of Biscay during a storm, with no hope of passengers abandoning ship. The German claim noted Allied losses in the Atlantic.
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British Overseas Airways
Britain
Lisbon
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Boemy
Kenneth Stonehouse
Washington
Reuters news agency
Stonehouse
Netherlands
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Atlantic
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Howard
Quintuplet Doctor Allan Roy Dafoe Dies in Callander
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe famed for tending the Dionne quintuplets died in hospital here at age 8? The report notes pneumonia as the cause per Dr Campbell of North Bay. Dafoe, known as the Little Doc, returned from Toronto recently and had been in ill health for months. Funeral plans await Dr William Dafoe’s arrival from Terente.
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OATH BAY
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D. A. Campbell
North Bay
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Callander
Toronto
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Daler
Terente
Dafee
William A. Dafee
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Delay Choice Of D C Party Whip
Edmonton reports that the Social Credit caucus decided not to name a new party whip, a move tied to the crowning of Premier Manning who succeeds Aberhart. The meeting ended with changes to cabinet posts and the Social Credit Board chair, while A J Hooke may retain the board chair until a new leader is named.
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C. £. Gerhart
Acadia
Coronation
E. G. Manning
Manning
Aberhart
Social Credit Board
A. J. Hooke
Rocky Mountain House
Hooke
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Protest Over Butterfat Price Cut Hits Prices Board
United Farmers of Alberta announced in Edmonton that they protested to Prices Board Chairman Donald Gordon about a butterfat price reduction. President Robert Garminder cited a five cent drop since May 1, with a two cent bonus cut and another one cent cut on May 17.
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Prices Board
Donald Gordon
Gordon
Robert Garmiiner
Tragic Verandah Rope Incident Kills Two Year Old
In Moncton New Brunswick two year old Hugh Mackense died after being left alone with a rope around his waist. The rope tangled and the child climbed the verandah railing and fell. Rescue attempts failed.
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Hugh Mackense
Pantelleria Shelled Again by Allied Forces
Allied forces bombarded Pantelleria for a second time in 48 hours, targeting harbor areas barracks and batteries. United States heavy bombers joined the air offensive along with other strikes on Sicily and Sardinia as warships fired from the harbor. A Allied headquarters communique said the shelling met with no losses reported, despite some shore retaliation.
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Daniel De Luce
Associated Press
North Africa
Pantelleria
United States
Tunisian
Sicily
Sardinia
Pantelleria Bombardment Reports From Italian Command
The Italian communique recorded by AP says a late afternoon bombardment on Pantelleria hit barracks and battery areas with some shore retaliation. Allied air raids followed, causing heavy destruction as bombers targeted the island and nearby regions. The Italian fleet reportedly failed to counter the Royal Navy and air attacks.
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Paola
Sicily
Sardinia
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Palermo
Marsala
TALIAN
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Nazis Fight In Caucasus From Berlin to Moscow Battles
The Nazi battle for the Kuban bridgehead intensified as German broadcasts report Russian forces deploying new tank brigades and life divisions at dawn after Monday night bombardment. Front-line dispatches say stiff fighting continues near Wavorossis as Soviet defenses repulse counter-attacks seeking to relieve the encircled bridgehead.
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International Information Bureau
German propsgands agency
Berlin
Kuban
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Wavorossis
Caucasus
Ontario forest fire hazard low says minister
Lands and Forests Minister Norman Hipel announced Ontario’s forest fire hazard had ended in May after a cool damp spring and heavy winter snow. A total of 52 fires occurred this year. In Orillia a blaze in a seven unit building forced 17 people onto the streets early today. David Jeffries, 70, was injured assisting his grandson Ivan, 12, from a smoke filled stairway.
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TORONTO
Lands and Forests
Norman Hipel
ORILLIA
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David Jeffries
Ivan
U-boat sunk by U S coast guard in Atlantic patrol
Wallington reports the sinking of a German submarine by the U S Coast Guard cutter Spencer after depth charges and gunfire. Forty crew members were captured, and the sub was sunk in the Athentic area while a convoy headed for an important port. President Roosevelt plans to address the coal strike with Ickes and the War Labor Board. The Chinese claim a new breakthrough near Ichang, while RAF fliers hit targets in northern France and Holland. A Stockholm briefing notes German fear of an Allied invasion this summer. A bank robbery in Ottawa yields most of its loot before capture. U S daylight bombing pressure continues with British air support.
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United States war labor beard
White House
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Yangtee river
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Alex Walker
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