President orders immediate coal mine takeovers
President Roosevelt directs Interior Secretary Ickes to seize mines where strikes exist or are threatened and to run or arrange operation for war needs. War Secretary Stimson to aid as needed. The move aims to protect workers and ensure coal production with 250,000 idle miners.
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Associated Press
ASHINGTON
Roosevelt
Harold Ickes
United States
Henry Stimson
White House
B.C.T
Ickes
interior secretary
Left Hand Corner reflections on jungle gear and war lore
In a fragment from The Saturday Evening Fest Captain W. J. Mc Kennan describes jungle warfare details and equipment. The piece contrasts rumors of minimal gear with a practical kit including two pairs of trousers gloves helmets and oddly a cloven hoof boot. The page teases continued discussion on the back page with weather notes from Time Magazine and wartime farming anxieties.
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Sundalcanal
W. J. Mc
Kennan
Four Liberal MPs named as parliamentary assistants
Ottawa May 1 Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the selection of four Liberal MPs as parliamentary assistants to key ministers with effective dates from April 1. The appointees are Douglas Abbott for Finance, Lionel Chevrier for Munitions, William Chisholm Macdonald for Defence, and Cyrus MacMillan for Air. Six more Liberal MPs expected to be named before Parliament resumes.
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OTTAWA
Mackenzie King
house of commons
Isley
Douglas Charles Abbott
Montreal
Montreal St. Antoine-Westmount
Howe —Lionel Chevrier
Cornwall
Stormont
Defence
Ralston —William Chisholm Macdonald
Halifax
Power
Cyrus MacMillan
Charlottetown
GMcGi
Queens
TEL
cabinet council
New Raids On Burma Continue As Air Attacks Persist
NEW DELHI May 1 RAF bomber and fighter planes harassed Japanese ground positions in the Mayu peninsula area of Burma yesterday, with patrol action on the Arakan front. The central situation remained unchanged. British bombers attacked Muongyan on the Irrawaddy near southwest of Mandalay, according to the British headquarters communique.
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NEW DELHI
India
RAF
Mayu peninsula
Burma
Arakan
Muongyan
Trrawaddy
Mandalay
sai
Nixon Chosen Liberal Leader In Ontario Convention
Harry Nixon of Brant county was elected Ontario Liberal leader on the first ballot at the two day convention, winning 418 of 582 votes over Arthur Roebuck T B McQuesten and Walter Thomson. The vote followed calls for unity with federal Liberalism and an end to internal rifts.
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ORONTO
C.P
Ontario
Liberals
Harry Corwh
Nixon
Brant county
arly
BU Kh
Hepburn
Mackenzie King
Gordon Conant
Mr. Nixon
Arthur Rotbuck
federal house
Toronto Trinity
don. T. B. McQuesten
Walter Thomson
Toronto
Roebuck
McQuesten
Thomson
Victory Loan nets $70,351,600 in five days
Ottawa reports that subscriptions in the first five days of the three week Fourth Victory Loan totalled 312,759,350. Friday subscriptions reached 36351,000 from 89.51 percent, a daily record for the campaign and near the Third Victory Loan peak.
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OTTAWA
Reds Launch Kuban Drive In Western Caucasus
A Soviet war bulletin cited by Soviet radio monitor says the Red Army captured several German positions in the Kuban valley with air support, possibly signaling a broader offensive toward Novorossisk. German and Romanian forces reported a defensive success at the Kuban bridgehead and a Donets river crossing near Izyum, with heavy losses on the German side. Russian snipers reportedly killed many enemy troops on the Smolensk front, and Soviet planes hit German troop trains near Szyum.
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LONDON
Kuban
Red army
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Taman
Germas
Associated Press
Berlin
Donets
Izyum
sestern
Kharkov
Voroohilograd
Smolensk
Szyum
Berlin Charges Swedish Boat Hit British Mine
A Stockholm dispatch reported a Swedish vessel named Malmo struck a British mine in Danish waters yesterday. The ship was beached and passengers rescued, per the Beslin Tagio broadcast cited by AP.
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Berlin
LONDON
Beslin Tagio
DNB
nets
Stockholm
Malmo
Danth
Associated Press
Axis Ships Sunk By Subs
London May 1 C P Ten more enemy ships have been sank in the Mediterranean by British submarines, the admiralty announced today. Loss of the British destroyer Bever ley was also announced. Among the ships sunk was a large tanker near Marittimo Island escorted by surface craft and air craft. Another tanker was sunk off Italy's west coast and a large ammunition ship was blown up off Monte Cristo. Sinks were reported off Corsica and Sicily areas and near Tunisia. Five submarines carried out the attacks, commanders named as Wingfield and Daniell Turner Lumby Crawford.
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LONDON
C.P
Mediterranean
admiralty
Marittimo
Funis
Italy
Monte Cristo
Corsica
Sicily
Tunisia
Cmdr
M. R. G. Wingfield
A. R. Daniell
DSG
H. B. Turner
M. G. R. Lumby
DS.c
MLC. Crawford
Beverley
north Atlantic
RAF Bombs Essen Ruhr In Fourth April Raid
London reports RAF strikes on Essen and Ruhr targets in a heavy attack last night. Halifax squadrons from RCAF participated. One Canadian aircraft missing. German communique says substantial damage. RAF losses this year reach 602. Spitfires damaged a minelayer off Brittany and Mustang aircraft attacked a northern France transport.
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RAF
Essen
Ruhr
Halifax
R.C.AF
RCAF
Berlin
Germany
Huhr
Duisburg
Brittany
army co-operation command
Ads
France
Laval Hurt By Time Bomb Reported In Paris Flight
New York May 1 report from the United States foreign broadcasting service says Pierre Laval, French head of government, was injured by a time bomb explosion while returning to Paris from a conference with Hitler. The claim comes via war information office broadcasting intelligence.
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NEW YORK
Equatorial
Av‘tica
office of war information
United Stats
Unai
Pierre Laval
ehie
Paris
L& conferenc
Hitier
Stalin Promises Allied Air Blows Foreshadow Invasion
London dispatch reports Stalin declaring that heavy Allied air attacks in the west foreshadow a second front in Europe. He demanded unconditional surrender of Hitlerite Germany and praised Allied gains in Africa. He warned the German camp leaders that peace talks are idle and emphasized the necessity of a crushing victory to end the war. The speech highlighted Red Army successes and predicted fresh Allied strikes to force Germany toward submission.
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Europe
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Roopevelt im
Germany
Hitler
Stalin
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Red Army
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WITLER
Ayia armes gid
Britain
United States
Allied forces gain and lose ground in Tunisia fighting
Allied headquarters said heavy fighting continued in Tunisia with both gains and losses. African air forces scored a major strike on Axis shipping off Cap Bon, sinking a destroyer and a second craft while damaging several vessels. Bombers routed enemy ships, with cap bon area left smoking as Axis fighters attacked but were repelled, eight enemy planes downed and twelve damaged.
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Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Aes
NORTH AFRICA
Tunisia
Cap Bon
Ras El Milah
Ras El Fortress
Gulf of Tunis
Churchill's sharp wit at London theatre during wartime
Prime Minister Churchill, after a performance of Arsenic and Old Lace, shared sherry with Dame Lilian Braithwaite. He quipped about elderberry wine, then drank it, adding his wartime humor to a London audience.
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LONDON
Churchill
Lilian Braithwaite
Lilien
Brewster sisters
Chinese trap surrounds Japanese force in Taihong mountains
CHUNGKING May 1. A Japanese force has been surrounded by Chinese troops and faces immediate annihilation in the Taihong mountains of northern China, the Chinese high command announced Friday. Two Italians slain at Grenoble France.
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CHUNGKING
Taihong
Ching
BERNE
Grenoble
France
Iishan
News Bulletins Highlight Unclear Miner Strike Response
United States coal miners showed no clear reaction to government takeover plans after President Roosevelt announced government control. Other items note Johnny Franklin's serious illness in Spokane, Calgary loan totals reaching 3 350 000, Ocean Wave eyed for Kentucky Derby, Japan claiming US planes downed, Alberta liquor stores closing on Arbor Day, Riverland winning the Dixie Handicap at Baltimore, and Moose Jaw loan progress toward Victory Loan goals.
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United States
Roosevelt
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SPOKANE MACLEOD
Johnny” Franklin
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Liquor Control Board
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