Beaverbrook Named Minister of State in Churchill Cabinet
Prime Minister Churchill reshuffles his wartime cabinet naming Lord Beaverbrook to minister of state with broad powers. Frederik Thomas Leathers gains wartime communications. Moore-Brabazon moves to aircraft production. Cress becomes Australia high commissioner. Changes aim to boost efficiency amid Greece and North Africa debates.
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Mar
Churchill
Lord Beaverbrook
BOs
Britain
T. CG. Moore-Brabazon
adamea
Ronald Cress
Australia
eena
wreck
Greece
North Africa
Trouble Brews Over Iraq as British Troops Tangle with Iraqis
An Iraq government clash near Habbaniyah airfield sparked BBC Arabic broadcasts urging Iraqis to reject the Rashid Ali regime while Britain reports fighting with Iraqi forces. Berlin and Axis outlets claim Iraq mobilization and youth loyalty demonstrations amid tense Middle East crisis.
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BEAVERBROOK
Lethbridge Herald
IRAQ
BRITISH AIR
MIDDLE EAST
The Day In Parliament Wheat Program Debated In House
The House will consider Agriculture Minister Gardiner s 35 600 000 wheat financing estimate as the government s plan for wheat in 1841 faces debate. The Senate adjourned until May 13. A Conservative demand for nonfi derence failed 123 to 1044 and a motion endorsing the Saskatchewan legislature s four point wheat program was defeated 134 to 40. Kent was sent to committee on the estimate. The Senate did not sit.
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Gardiner
senate
Saskatchewan
Kent
Laval Most Hated Man In France Hoarding Second Hand Cars
A fragment from a feature with Alfred Neuman quoting about General Charles De Gaulle and French attitudes toward Germany. He notes strong French support for De Gaulle among Free French, and says many fear collaboration after the catastrophe. Continued on page four.
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Laval
France
cetalse
Yast
Marechal
WAVELL REORGANIZES ARMY IN AFRICA FOR WAR MATERIALS
Tobruk fights on as British forces reorganize under Wavell amid new war supplies. The Tobruk outer defences held with tank losses claimed by the enemy. RAF bombed Tobruk frontier areas and hit enemy rail and communications. British and American aid pours into Africa to reinforce Greek losses and prepare for further action.
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Avis
Middle East command
Salum
Egypt
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air command
jase mgnt
Bensasi
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
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Cairo
Africa
Archibald Wavell
Mediterranean
Italian East Africa
SIXE
Red Sea
Roosevelt
Impossible Battle Escape By British Navy From Greece
Associated Press report by Robert St John details a dramatic British naval evacuation from Greece under heavy Nazi fire. Veterans compare it to Dunkirk as ships slipped through to safety despite odds of annihilation. The dispatch notes the mission’s success despite immense danger and fierce aerial bombardment.
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St John
Associated Press
Belgraces
Oslavia Abr
Teachec
Egypt
Balkan war
Cairo
ROBERT St. JOHN
CATRO
Ezspi
May Not Employ Females After Midnight
EDMONTON May 2 the industry relations board announced an order under the hours of work act prohibiting the employment of females between 12 midnight and 6 99 am with exceptions for hospital employees and telephone operators. Exemptions may be made by the board. Clayton Adams board chairman said other orders apply to female workers in hotels and eating places and to delivery or messenger boys up to 18 years old.
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industry relations board
tim
Clayton Adams
Parliamentary News Bulletins Ottawa May 2 1939 debate telephones stock
Parliament approved a 35 million estimate for meat acreage reduction and debated a senate bill to double the capital stock of the British Columbia Telephone Company. Howard Green warned against broad wartime powers for corporations, citing monopoly ties to American interests and potential readjustments in wartime finance.
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house of commers
Bill OTTAWA
Boion Cowmbia
developecn
house of commers today
Gebaie
G. G. McGeer
Lib
Vancouver
Burrarc
Howard Green
Con
Vancouver South
house
McGeer
senate
Green
American Telephone and Telegraph
Hanson Demands Details of Wheat Board Dealings
In Ottawa Hanson presses the Trade Minister to provide full details of the Canadian Wheat Board operations. He cites withholding figures since years past and urges disclosure in the House. An Eastbourne raid meanwhile reports a lone plane dropping bombs and machine-gunning streets with no fatalities.
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Hanson
Wheat Board
OTTAWS
EASTBOURNE
England
Fastbourne
Orefishters Return After Fierce Batting Loss
Four weary orefishters return after hours of batting fires. One man lagged behind as a quarce struggled to burr his clothes and rise in two bins until more could be found.
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOTSE
Ale
bienszez
Wheat plan endorsed amid party splits in Commons
Parliament backed the government wheat acreage reduction policy as debate over farm price parity and related amendments concluded. The vote upheld the 70 cent wheat price and a limited 35 percent 1910 crop quota, while a CCF amendment was defeated and a Liberal abstention occurred.
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OSTAWA
House of Commons
C.C.F
Fort William
house
Change in attitude Iraq govt blamed on Nazi interference
London May 2 The Iran government refused to withdraw troops from near Habban iyah an airfield west of Baghdad creating a tense standoff with Britain Britain pressed Iraq's pro Axis government led by Seyid Rashid Ali Al Gailani to pull back forces around the airport Iraq moved troops to safeguard Mosul oil fields and protect Suez flank while Britain asserts rights under their treaty and vows to maintain them The report notes the Baghdad regime has not yet complied and the story continues on Page Three
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Britain
Germany
G.B
C.P
Iraq
British Broadcasting Corporation
Rashid Ali
Habbaniyah
YORK
A.P
New York
LONDON
Iran
Seyid Rashid Ali Al Gailani
Irac
Briem
Mosul
Turkey
Suez
Rachid Ali Al Gailami
Five transports switched from Haifa to Basra
A Berat Lebanon dispatch reports five British transports with anti air craft guns and munitions landed at Haifa and were ordered to re embark for Basra in Iraq. The report lacks British confirmation. Gibraltar ready to destroy attackers Maj Gen Clive Liddell says Gibraltar can neutralize threats by air sea or land from its tunnel headquarters. President Ismet Inong inspected the Dardanelles area as refugees leave for Black Sea ports. German shipping line between Constanta and Salonika contemplated. Powell River firm fined 10000 in TS Federal judge F. Sure fined 34000 in anti trust actions involving West Coast newsprint firms. Canadian Powell River Sales Co Ltd fined 10000. Former Macleod man dies at Vancouver James Fraser MacLachlan retired contractor buried tomorrow.
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HAIFA
BASRAVICHY
France
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Lebanon
Palestine
Basra
Iraq
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Salonika
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Sudge 4. F. St. Sure
dlimax
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Powell River Sales Company, Ltd
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MACLEOD
VANCOUVER
James Fraser MacLachlan
British Columbia
Alta
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SAUDI ARABIA
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