Canada Sixth Victory Loan nears one third of goal in first week
Canvassers begin the second week of the three week drive for 1.2 billion dollars as sales in week one reach 419,332,550. Individuals invest 165,289,850 while businesses buy 254,042,700. Saturday sales lagged last autumn's pace at 70,933,700. Armed services total exceeds 28,000,000 with army leading at 16,520,100 and a 20,000,000 army quota targeted. Canada. Renfrew address by Defence Minister Ralston urged weekly savings in Dominion bonds. Leading centers include Prince Albert 53 percent and Moose Jaw 53 percent.
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OTTAWA
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Canada
Renfrew
Ont
Defence
Ralston
Dominion of Canada
Renfrew armories
national war finance committee
armed services
R.C.AF
navy
army
Prince Albert
Sask
Moose
New Russian Attacks Promise Fresh Offensive
London May 1 Soviet government newspaper Izvestia said a lull on the Russian front would end soon and a new offensive would strike with hurricane force. The bulletin reported local Nazi attacks repulsed southeast of Stanislawow and north of Iasi, while Soviet ships in the Black Sea sank several German transports. It also noted bombers caused fires at Idritsa rail junction near the Latvian border. Evacuation of Lublin, Poland began as German authorities moved to clear the Kiev Warsaw and Odessa Warsaw rail hubs.
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LONDON
Izvestia
Stanislawow
Carpathian
Iasi
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Idritsa
LUBLIN
Poland
Kiev- Warsaw
Odessa-Warsaw
Kowel
Lwow
Wartime dining and gravy spot trends in American wear
New York man Phil Cooper reports from 40 000 cleaning establishments on stain patterns in wartime. The sixth yearly survey shows 250 000 gravy spots in 1942 5 500 000 in 1941 reflecting prewar abundance and meat consumption while 1943 yields more vegetable and liquor stains.
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NEW YORK
Phil Cooper
St. Thomas Times Journal
United States
Canada
Lethbridge Bay Mourns Loss of Athabaskan Seaman
Chief Petty Officer Ross Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Thompson of Lethbridge, served on the Canadian destroyer Athabaskan sunk in the English Channel. No definite news yet. Thompson, educated in Lethbridge schools, joined the navy in 1939 after serving in the reserve army. He married recently and had been seeking active posting aboard ship since January.
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CPO
ROSS THOMPSON
J. E. Thompson
English channel
Thompson
Atlantic
Athabaskan
Lethbridge
navy
reserve army
Blast Genoa Third Night Bombed As Allied Raids Hit Northern Italy
Allied bombers pounded Genoa for the third straight night after more than 500 heavy bombers struck Milan railyards and other targets in northern Italy. The campaign also hit Livorno Monfalcone and Trieste areas while rail and airfield facilities at Milan Castelmaggiore Allessandria and Reggio Emilia were targeted during 1 750 sorties with five Allied planes missing. Twelve enemy aircraft were destroyed and ground fighting was limited to patrols and artillery duels.
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Genoa
Milan
Italy
Livorno
Leghorn
Monfalcone
Adriatic
Trieste
Bressa
Barese
Castelmaggiore
Allessandria
Reggio Emilia
Rome-Florence
Bank Bill Proposes Bank Act Revisions in Commons
Ottawa May 1 The Bank Act revisions introduced by Finance Minister J L Ilsley propose a six percent maximum interest rate a Bank of Canada note sole issue a chartered bank right to make unsecured one year personal loans at five percent and a separate farm improvement loans act for agricultural borrowing.
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OTTAWA
Bank
commons
J. L. Tissey
Bank of Canada
Ilsley
Irrigation Projects Far West Are Strongly Urged
In Ottawa the Dominion reconstruction committee advocates strong Dominion action to speed prairie irrigation. Premier E C Manning and Premier W Patterson testified, urging large scale fertility via irrigation to create construction work and support soldier settlers on farms.
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UAWA
C.P
Dominion
prairies
commons
E. C. Manning
Alberta
William Patterson
Saskatchewan
reconstruction committee
First all American tank unit sees action in Burma
U S tanks join fighting in northern Burma attacking positions north and west of Inkangahtawng near Mogaung as Stilwell's drive toward Mogaung and Myitkyina advances. Allied reports place Chinese spearheads at Manpin and forces near Inkangahtawng, with Kohima and Imphal areas seeing continued operations and a push to reduce Japanese resistance.
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ANDY
Ceylon
Burma
Inkangahtawng
Mogaung
Joseph W. Stilwell
Stilwell
Manpin
Wararup
Myitkyina
Myithkyina
India
Imphal
Manipur
Kohima
Kanglatongbi
eithis
southwest Pacific
Arakan
Dimapur
Bengal-Assam
Six Spies Executed by Allied Court in Naples
Six Italian spies, part of a German espionage ring, crossed into Allied lines in Italy and were executed after trial by an Allied military court, officials announced. The executions underscore sectored intelligence operations during the campaign in Italy.
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NAPLES
C.P.Reuters
Italy
Sinking of American Ship in Mediterranean Claims 498 Missing
The war department announced the sinking of an American ship in the Mediterranean with 498 military personnel missing. The date was described as recent and the cause as undetermined, with no details on whether submarine or air attack was involved.
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ASHINGTON
A.P
Mediterranean
war department
Manpower Demobilization Plans Sought in House Debate
In Ottawa J G Diefenbaker urged government to publish demobilization plans outlining the order of service members leaving and a 30 day timetable for those to be drawn from industry. He emphasized equal application of laws and swift manpower action as 1944's overriding issue.
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C.P
J. G. Diefenbaker
P.C
Lake Centre
commons
labor department
house
Canada
ATHABASKAN
English Channel
H.M.CS
Navy
Macdonald an
Athabaskan Goes Down in Night Naval Battle
London May 1 The frontline report describes HMCS Athabaskan a 1900 ton Tribal class destroyer split in two by a torpedo and sinking after firing at two German destroyers near the French coast. HMCS Haida rescued 46 survivors from about 200 aboard Athabaskan as flames spread and the action continued. One enemy vessel was driven ashore in flames while Haida faced the other destroyers in the night ashore fog.
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Gordon Grasdon
Macdonald
Cmdr
J H. Stubbs
Athabaskan
Haida
commons
H. B. McKinnon
Kenora-Rainy River
LONDON
C. P. Cable
H.M.LC.S. Athabaskan
Admiralty
HM.C.S Haida
William Sclaver
H. G. de Wolfe
R.C.N
J. H. Stubbs
Victoria
Stubbs
Sclater
Japs Launch New Attack Across Peiping Hankow Railway
Japanese forces push westward from Anhwei toward Yingshang and threaten the Peiping Hankow rail line while American planes assist Chinese troops around Chenghsien. Chinese reports say fighting continues in Henan and the Hulao Pass has fallen after an eight day battle.
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Peiping-Hankow
United States
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Anhwei
Yingshang
Hankow
Henan
Lunghai line
fallen Chenghsien
new 38
Minsion
Cherghaen
Hning Pass
HULAO PASS
CHUNGERING
Loyang
Yellow River
1500 Planes Raid France
About 1,500 American bombers and fighters struck German installations in northern France as part of a 17th day Allied air offensive. RAF and RCAF contributed in attacks on Maintenon and Somain, with notable explosions and continued activity into the night.
Allied air offensive figures in last days outline
The Canadian Press reports Allied pre invasion air action in a nutshell. In the past sixteen days excluding Monday Allied airmen dropped about 75 000 tons of bombs from over 19 700 planes destroying 830 Nazi planes and losing 614 of their own. Since Sunday night Allied airmen raided German installations in France.
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France
U S Extends Pacific Raids
Allied sea and air forces directed attacks against Japanese air bases west of Hollandia in New Guinea. Bombers hit Moekmer airstrip on Bink Island, near Manokwari, with several Japanese planes downed and at least 15 parked aircraft destroyed. Allied forces also hit Wakde installations with 75 tons of bombs, while 51 tons fell on coastal positions northwest of Hollandia.
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New Guinea
Alled sea
Hollandia
Schouten Islands
big Geelvink Bay
toa tae
Moekmer
Bink Island
Manokwari
Suntday
Wakde
Allied raids hit French targets in six coordinated attacks
Allied planes launched at least six synchronized assaults on invasion–era sites across occupied Europe. Up to 500 American heavy bombers and fighters attacked Pas de Calais targets, with no bomber losses reported. Additional strikes hit rail yards at Brawls Riems Troves Metz and Sarreguemine in France, joined by RAF and Allied medium squadrons on rail yards in France and Belgium. Evening raids over the English coast followed, conducted with strong fighter escort.
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Maintenon
Paris
R.C.A.F
Somain
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Britain
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Haine St. Pierre
German transocean agency
R.A.F. 2nd tactical air force
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LONDON
Hitler
Pas-de-Calais
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Riems
Troves
Metz
Sarreguemine
English
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CARDSTON
Rex Forsyth
Neil Forsyth
Edmonton
MEDICINE HAT
Mediterranean
Aegean
BREST LITOVSS
C.P
Brest Litovsk
Poland
Cowichan lake
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