Speculation On US Navy Action In Indian Ocean
Washington May 1 Speculation rose in diplomatic circles on possible US navy patrols in the Indian Ocean to protect lend lease supplies via the Gulf of Aden and Red Sea route to Egypt. Roosevelt signaled no objection to material deliveries to a neutral port, with war materials potentially reaching belligerents. Delivery continues on page three.
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WASHINGTON
Britain
Suez Canal
United States navy
Indian Ocean
Egypt
Gulf of Aden- Red Sea
Middle East
Greece
Gulf of Aden
Red Sea
United States
Roosevelt
Axis Troops Penetrate Outer Tobruk Defences
Axis forces penetrated the outer defences of Tobruk near the Libyan port and fighting continued. British headquarters reported the attack, backed by tanks, launched last night inside Axis lines as the siege of Tobruk entered a third week.
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CAIRO
Egypt
Tobruk
Tis
Hnes
Tobrus
Libra
Libran
Egyptien
Selmum
Bri
war bullet s
Dessie
Ethiosia
Royal Force
Libya
Big Bomber Order Toronto Plant Expansion
The Toronto industrial commission announced that machinery and equipment are being installed at the Mallon plant northwest of Toronto to handle a substantial order for a new twin engined bomber. The order totals 13 million dollars. The Mallon plant has increased employment to 2206 workers recently and expansion continues.
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TORONTO. Mary
Toronto industrial commission
National Live. Car company
Mallon
Toronto
T. H. Bartier
industrial commission
Malon
First Privately Financed Slum Clearance Housing Opens
The Left Hand Corner reports the opening of a $150,009 slum clearance project in the US funded privately by Pearl and Benjamin Mason Reid. The Frances Plaza apartments, named after a racing caughter, welcome first occupants from over 300 applicants for 50 South Philadelphia dwellings. About $106,000 of the $150,000 prize financed the project with Reconstruction Finance Corporation and bank loans covering the rest. Rent is $39 monthly for three or five room units. amenities include air conditioning, playgrounds, lawns, a fountain, basement playrooms, a gymnasium, bowling alley, reception hall, and a chapel. The Irish The Left Hand continues on Page Four.
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sweensiases DY
megro
Pearl
Benjamin Mason reid
Woraman
Frances Plaza
caughter
South Philadelphia
Jason
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Yukon Ice Breakup Off Clock as Pool Carries Over
Daw son reports the Yukon River breakup failed to align with the expected time for the second April departure in record. Hundreds who bet on the moment with cash lost their tickets as electric devices at Dawson failed to trigger on time. The $4,000 pool from this year will roll into next year.
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DawSON
Yukon River
Apri
2,000,000 Tons Ships For Britain
President Roosevelt asked the United States Maritime Commission to requisition at least 2,000,000 tons of American merchant shipping to move vital war supplies to Britain. In a letter to Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, he urged prioritizing cargo space to speed munitions across the Atlantic amid port delays.
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WASHINGTON, Mary
C. P
Roosevelt
United States Maritime Commission
Emory S. Land
commission
Atlantic
Britain
British cruiser halts US liner off Honolulu to remove four Germans
A British auxiliary cruiser stopped the liner President Garfield off Honolulu and removed four German aviat ors who had been detained by U S immigration since last August and released April 23 in San Francisco. Their names listed as Exveld Fiesch Werner Naumar Bens Sanckamm and Guenther Raizke. They arrived from Colombia and were held aboard the Nippon Yusen Kaisha line before transfer.
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HONOLULE
Gardiner Revises 1941 Wheat Reduction Rules
Ottawa March 1 7 revised regulations under the 1941 2 wheat acreage reduction program were tabled by Agriculture Minister Gardiner. The changes add penalties up to 100 dollars for false returns and require country elevator operators to provide information on farming operations. Revisions mainly clarify the acreage calculation method and other details.
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OTTAWA
Gardiner
Vancouver March 17 Premier Aberhest Flight to Calgary
Vancouver dispatch notes Premier Wiliam Aberhest traveled by tram to the station and boarded for Calgary after a hurried departure. Local observers describe the journey as a routine political movement with no stated incidents.
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VANCOUVER
Wiliam Aberhest
jasio nigue
Calgary
Queen Applauds King's Tommy Gun Shooting
Somewhere in the South of England on May 1 the king fired a tommy gun for the first time and scored four shoulder shots and several waist shots, overwhelming the target. The queen applauded her husband’s marksman ship in the moment amid the scene.
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SOUUTH
ENGLAND
Clydeside MPs table motion to replace Churchill govt
In London on May 1, James Maxton John McGovern and Campbell Stephen of the Independent Labour group tabled an amendment to the government war debate resolution. The motion calls for replacing the National government with one that would appeal to Europeans under Nazi rule to back peace on a Socialist Europe.
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LONDON
Mary
C.P. Cable
Churchill
Europe
house of commons
James Maxton
John McGovern
Campbell Stephen
house
Greece
Norway
Parliamentary News Bulletins Ottawa May 1 1942
Canadian debate on wheat policy in the commons features Western farmers and proposals to aid production. speakers discuss a 1941-42 price and possible loans against stored wheat, while ministers defend policies and call for committee study. Prime Minister King states nations cannot enforce calls on Canadians living abroad.
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Perrier
ib Wasim
Saskatchewan
Gardiner
King
OTTAWA
Mackenze King
house of commons
Canada
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F
Non Hungarian Citizens Ordered Move By May 28
Budapest reports a military decree from the Hungarian occupation of Yugoslavia ordering all Serbs Bosnians Montenegrins Gypsies and Jews and their descendants who were not Hungarian steers before October 1938 to relocate within three days starting 8 am May 27. The ordinance cites property removal and expenses but does not specify departure destinations.
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BUDAPEST
Hungary
Mari—P
Yugoslavia
Ferman
Butter Price Order Revoked by Wartime Board
The wartime prices and trade board announced that the December 27, 1940 order fixing maximum wholesale butter prices has been revoked. The earlier cap set on December 12 placed butter at about 3 41/2 cents per pound for first grade creamery solids in Montreal.
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OTTAWA
C.P
rices and trade board
Montreal
German Move Toward Suez May Be Soon Under Way
London dispatch says military circles expect a grand German attack on Egypt and the Suez Canal via Syria and Palestine within days. Observers cite Hitler’s Mediterranean conquest aim and a northern thrust from Romanian bases toward Batum, with a southern push from eastern Mediterranean islands toward Syria.
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Mav i
A.P
Greece
Royal Air Force
Middle East
war office
Churchill
Thermopriae
Piraeus
neavr
LONDON
Mary I
Egypt
Suez canal
Syria
Palestine
Hitler
Mediterranean
Black Sea
Batum
Georgia
Rhodes
Saskatchewan RCMP Chief Joins Active Army as Lieutenant
REGIVA May 1 A Saskatchewan Rural Canadian Mounted Police chief in charge of the Criminal Investigation Bureau has resigned his police commission to join the Canadian Active Army. He has been accepted for commission as lieutenant and posted for duty with reinforcements. In joining the army he reverts from a peace time rank roughly equivalent to major.
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REGIVA
L. B. Nickelson
criminal investigation bureau
Canadian Mounted Police
Saskatchewan
Active
Asmr
Saskatoon
joimme
Canada U K bacon price rise and war notices
Mix of wartime briefings: Canada raises bacon export prices to Britain by one dollar per 100 pounds with Grade A No 1 Wiltshire sides now at 17.10, lowest Grade B No 3 at 13.75. Ottawa reports a new USCanada material coordination committee. Other items note Arnold on peace sentiment, Dover coast shelling, and calls to government take over private elevators for war needs.
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G.B. GETAWA
IC.P
Canadian Bacon Board
Britain
Canada
OTTAWA
United States
Howe
Edward R. Steltinius, Jr
William L. Batt, Sr
Herbert J. Symington
George C. Bateman
Canadian Wartime Industries Control Board
G.C
NEW YORK
A.P.i
Henry H. Arnold
United States army air corns
Europe
DOVER
C.P
M.ST
Dover strait
AMl
E. E. Perley
Qu'Appelle
house of commons
Perley
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B.E.F
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AI EL GAZALA
ASSIS
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metropolis
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miral Evans
Yukon
J. FL. SANDERSON
HONOLULU
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PREMIER ABERHART
Queen
Clydeside
Independent Labor
ARLIAMENTAR
Douglas Ross
Toronto-St. Paw
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merialiowing
Ross
Western
wheat board
WILLIAM W. WHITE
Associated Press
Supt. Nicholson
R.C.M.P
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