Coast M P Urges Compulsory Military Service
Ottawa May 2. Howard Green Vancouver South Con member urged government to enforce compulsory military service without restriction based on plebiscite support. He proposed an amendment to the National Resources Mobilization Act limiting service outside Canada. Defence Minister Patton indicated no fixed reply, noting expeditionary force decisions relate to plebiscite and will be addressed when time comes.
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C. BR. BLACKBURN
OTTAWA
house of commons
Howard Green
Vancouver South
Green
Canada
HALSTON
Defence
Patston
Col. Ralston
Housing shortage slows May Day moving across Canada
A general housing shortage kept Canadians from the usual May 1 moving day. Halifax saw little moving as crowded conditions persisted and vacant buildings were scarce. In Quebec City about 5,000 families moved, reflecting strong demand for housing.
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Halifax
Canada
Quebec city
British Columbia Steelheads Aid Milk for Britain Fund
An annual Chilliwack Vedder rivers derby in British Columbia saw 45 anglers donate their captured steelheads to an auction for the Milk for Britain Fund. Bidding was brisk with a top bid of 4 dollars for a single troll, and some steelheads supported wartime aid through a small scheme linked to canned salmon for the United Kingdom.
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Britain
Chilliwack
Vedder
British Columbia
British milk fund
Canadian troops get first issue of trans Atlantic tabloid
Toronto launched the Canadian Press News for overseas Canadian forces in England. The four page weekly, edited in Toronto and printed in Fleet Street, includes Canadian news with a front page on Dominion plebiscite and a back page sport section featuring Stanley Cup, Allan Cup and Memorial Cup finals. The CP London bureau expands copy and handles distribution with cable makeup instructions.
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TORONTO
pewspaper
Canada
England
London
Fleet Street
calle
QUEBEC
Dominion
C P
cablese
C.P
RALSTON
St Nazaire Raid Leader Captured as POW in Germany
London May 2 A C Newman 37 year old commando officer who led the March 27 raid on St Nazaire is reported a prisoner of war His wife was informed Friday night Newman a former middleweight fighter was last seen ashore after he and his men blew up the docks The destroyer Campbeltown played a role at the dock gate in the raid on the occupied French port.
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LONDON
Gal A. C. Newman
St. Nazaire
Newman
Traden
Campbelltown
United States
Labor plan would extend hours and cut holidays in Britain
London report says labor ministry debates orders to lengthen hours for non munitions workers and reduce holidays to a fortnight with some artisans facing a 42 hour week and others longer. Meat dairy and cheese controls may follow to concentrate industry and save manpower while hundreds of smaller importers could be shut. Observers note currency and trade strains amid Roosevelt and Hitler speeches.
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EDWARD ROBINSON
associated Press
LONDON
labor ministry
Airliner Hits Mountain In Sleet Storm
United Airlines sleeper transport crashes on ridge near Salt Lake City airport in sleet and rain. 14 passengers and 3 crew killed. one infant among the dead. Gearhart, inn watchman, first to reach scene, reports scattered mangled bodies and fire. Plane circled the ridge before vanishing from sight with lights visible.
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Otis J. Pusey
Associated Press
ALT LAKE CITY
United Airlines
Salt Lake City
George Gearhart
San Francisco
Gearhart
Nazi Bases Take Beating
British bombing squadrons hit Nazi centres along the French coast at twilight and then returned to base for a second night. Coastal command planes attacked shipping off the Norwegian coast and a destroyer was hit. Airdromes in northern France were bombed by fighter command. Eight craft were reported missing.
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LONDON
French
coastal command
Norwegian
air ministry
France
fighter command
Boston
Douglas
English Channel
Calais
St. Omer
Soviets Sink 115th Axis Transport Near May 2
Soviet dispatch from Moscow reports the Baltic fleet sunk its 115th Axis transport, a 9,000-ton German ship, as Red Army troops on the Eastern Front claim heavy German losses in two days of fighting around Lake Omen and Leningrad. The information bureau cites destroyed planes and tanks, with its April 30 tally noting 38 German planes down and Soviet losses of nine.
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BUIBYSHEV
Russia
Red navy
Hitler
Moscow
Red army
Easlinin
Lake Omen
Joseph Stalin
Leningrad
information bureau
Gas rationing bribe case and army training tour
Royal Canadian Mounted Police witness testifies that a $75 payment was made to a former oil controller employee to aid in filling a high category gasoline rationing form. Glenesk faces five illegal practice charges. Separately, Canada reports over 716,500 visitors to the army train touring the country with 2,369 at Werpurn Sack and 2,529 at Estevan in Saskatchewan.
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TORONTO
Cpl
William Kelly
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Wilam Douglas Glen
esk
Glenesk
GUTAWA
Mar
national defence Department
Werpurn
Sack
Estevan
Sask. IL
Navy Casualties Reach 5436 Dead and Missing in First War Months
Washington May 2 The United States Navy reports 5436 dead and missing in the first four months of naval warfare covering Dec 7 to Apr 15. Included are Marine and Coast Guard personnel as part of the Navy. The four month total is higher than the entire First Great War casualty rate. Pearl Harbor losses cited earlier by President Roosevelt: 2114 Navy dead and 226 Army dead.
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WASHINGTON
United States navy
marine
coast guard
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
NAVY
KNOX
ORLEANS
Frank Knox
craive
Two suspicious planes seen off Townsville as Allies press Japan
United Nations Headquarters reports two unidentified aircraft flying about 30,000 feet over Townsville on Australia's east coast. Intercept attempts failed as Australian and American air forces continue raids on Gasmata and other Japanese bases, warning of heavy odds and need for more aircraft and supplies to defend Port Moresby. Two Japanese planes were destroyed over New Guinea in the same bulletin.
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UNITED NATIONS
Australia
Douglass MacArthur
Townsville
Gasmata
New Britain
Melbourne Herald
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Cape York
Lee
New Gainea
Australa
Texans Nab Peter Krug Nazi flier captured in Texas
Detroit May 2 FBI chief said Nazi flyer Peter Krug who fled Bowmanville prison camp and crossed from Windsor into the United States was captured Friday night in San Antonio Texas He registered at a hotel after its owner grew suspicious Two FBI men and two San Antonio detectives seized him Krug fled with Erich Boehl on April 16 Boehl was recaptured at Niagara Falls NY Krug sheltered by Detroit restaurant operator Max Stephan and Marguenta Bertelmann Stephan held on 5000 bond for harboring an enemy alien.
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DETROIT
John S. Bugas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Liegis Peter Krag
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Krug
FBI
Bugas
Hirug
Bowmanville
Ont
Erich Boehl
Boehl
Niagara Falls
Krux
Windsor
Detroit river
Mier
Marguenta Bertelmann
Max Stephan
Stephan
Cnrtess
Stephen
ahen
Russians Claim 5000 Germans Killed In Ore Lush Defense
Russian guerrillas around Ore 290 miles south of Moscow report killing 5,000 Germans and capturing 345 villages as Red Army directs tank assaults in the Orel Kursk Bryansk triangle. Preparations noted to wedge hedgehog garrisons at Ore and Kursk with strong point seizures in Fatezh region.
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OREL
LONDON
C.P
Ore
Moestow
Moscow
Stockholm
Red army
Orel-Kursk-Bryansk
Kursk
Fatexh
Battered British and Indian forces withdraw near Mandalay
British and Indian units retreat north of the Irrawaddy bend as Japanese advances threaten Mandalay. The retreat disrupts rail and highway lines, with bridges over the Myitnge and Ava spans damaged. Japanese HQ claims Mandalay fallen, while observers doubt full capture.
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DELHI
India
C.P
Kipling
Irrawaddy
Mandalay
Burma
kings
China
Lashio
London
Myitnge
Ava
Mrgitage
Artillery In Libya Active Amid Axis Claims
Italian high command reported Axis forces pressured British armored columns in Libyan engagements with intense artillery fire and air attacks that forced the retreat. Axis planes raided Port Said, fires reported, and German airmen claimed to down three Spitfires during continuous Malta raids.
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ROME
high command
Port Said
Egypt
Malta
Bengast
Canadian travel bureau budget cuts eyed for promotion
Ottawa officials said tourist promotion expenditures by the Canadian Travel Bureau will be reduced this year to well below last year's 509000. The final budget is not decided but a figure between 100000 and 200000 is considered likely.
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OTTAWA
Canadian Travel Bureau
national war services department
Battle near Kipling city fuels invader drive from Lashio
Sighting reports near Ava at the Irrawaddy bend and the Mylinge river flows suggest a widening confrontation as forces push north from Lashio toward Kipling’s city outskirts. The communique notes ongoing activity around Eversee as the campaign intensifies amid disrupted protections for free Ching.
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SORTEWARD DRIVE
Ava
Man- Galay
Irrawaddy
Kipling
Lashio
Eversee
Jail Break Not Due To Negligence
Alberta minister of public works H. W. Fallon said three prisoners escaped from Lethbridge provincial jail on April 24 due to improper protective devices, not staff negligence. Deputy minister G. H. N. Monkman investigated and reported findings. Steps were taken to prevent a repeat and the RCMP promptly recaptured the escapees.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Hom
W. A. Fallon
Alberta
Lethbridge
Fallon
G. H. N. Monkman
Falcon
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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