Allies Hit Mailly Depot as Bombers Strafe Europe
Allied air fleets struck Germanys invasion supply chain last night with roughly 750 R A F bombers targeting Mailly southeast of Reims and Ludwigshafen while heavy American and Royal air forces hit targets in Bucharest and northern France. The raid, part of a two week offensive, left 49 British aircraft lost and included Montdidier Chateaudun and other French targets as gun defenses repelled many planes. The operation followed a major rail network pounding along the Atlantic coast and involved Mediterranean air forces against Bucharest.
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ONDON
A.P
Germany
R.A.F
Mailly
Reims
Bucharest
U.S
air ministry
Ludwigshafen
Montdidier
Amiens
Chateaudun
Orleans
Nurnberg
Mediterranean air force
Mediterranean Allied air force
Britain
Italy
Victory Loan progress in Canada reaches midway mark
Ottawa reports the Sixth Victory Loan total to 641,868,800 with Canadians buying 88,251,250 yesterday. Individual buyers total 259,882. corporate buyers 381,986,000. Navy and Army push totals. Italy campaign notes include a 4,000 bond sale amid enemy fire. Communities compete for a silver bowl donation.
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OTTAWA
Graham PF. Towers
National War Finance Committee
Towers
Armed services
Royal Canadian Navy
Air Force
Army
Canada
Italy
G. P. Cowan
Ernest Rogers
Vancouver
B.C
Tedesci
New York
Former Trapeze Artist Becomes Nun in Local Turn of Life
Former trapeze artist turns nun in a bold career change. The story notes dramatic life shift, religious commitment, and local reaction from the community and former colleagues.
From trapeze star to nun Mary Gordon joins St Marys Priory
Mary Gordon once a top circus performer who dived sixty feet into a twelve foot water tank and crashed autos through a fence has entered St Marys Priory in Victoria to become a Sister of the Love of Jesus OS.B. After a serious fall in 1939 she recovered and spent time in Banff before choosing contemplative life.
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Mary Gordon
St. Mary's Priory
Victoria
Love of Jesus
OS.B
P. W. Luce
Toronto
Banff
Murchie Named Chief of Staff for North American Forces
Maj Gen J C Murchie 48 of Ottawa has been appointed chief of staff with acting lieutenant general rank, replacing Lt Gen Kenneth Stuart who shifts to London. Crerar commands First Canadian Army and Burns leads the overseas Canadian corps in Italy. Murchie will oversee North American forces.
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Stuart
Murchie
UAWA
C.P
J. C. Murchie
C.B.E
Ottawa
Defence
Ralston
Kenneth Stuart
Kingston
Ont
London
defence headquarters
North America
H. D. G. Crerar
Hamilton
Guy Simonds
Canada
Canadian corps
E. L. M. Burns
Italy
Royal Military College
Royal Canadian Artillery
France
England
Edmundston
N.B
J. C. Murchie CBE
army
Empire Leaders Discuss War's Political Phases
London reports the Commonwealth prime ministers, with Eden present, move from military to political war phases in Downing Street talks. They review armistice terms, postwar peace plans, punishment of war criminals, and dominion roles in postwar governance amid an Allied advisory coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
C.P. Cable
Eden
Churchill
war cabinet
Downing Street
Germany
Japan
Britain
United States
Russia
China
Mackenzie King
Canada
John Curtin
Australia
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
Jan Christiaan Smuts
South Africa
William Strang
foreign office
John G. Winant
Feodor Gusev
Spain
Fighting In Old Poland
Moscow reports sharp Russian attacks southeast of Stanislawow and south of Tiraspol kill 600 Germans. Eight tanks and two self propelled guns burned or disabled near Stanislawow with 400 Germans wiped out. Romanian radio notes heavy fighting at Targu Frumos near Iasi and claims Russian forces repelled by Romanian front. About 160 Soviet fighting vehicles were knocked out in that sector.
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LONDON
Stanislawow
Tiraspol
Moscow
old Poland
Bucharest radio
Targu-Frumos
Iasi
Parliamentary News Briefs Ottawa May 4 1940s
Parliament reads a bill to form an air transport board under transport department. S. L. de Carteret resigns as deputy minister for air. H. F. Gordon to succeed. Ashley signals favor for 90 percent loans for low rent housing in Canada. Army notes possible misclassifications of absentees and deserters. next of kin being notified.
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OTTAWA
commons
Michaud
Howe
board of transport commissioners
transport department
DE CARTERET
S. L. de Carteret
air
H. F. Gordon
R.C.A.F
Canadian International Paper Company
Gordon
R CAP
air force
soldier settlement board
finance department
Asley
Illey
Montreal
defence headquarters
Allied heavy raid on Rabaul reported by headquarters
Allied statements say bombers and fighters heavily shelled Rabaul New Britain with two Allied planes lost in a clash during the attack. Casualties included 103 Japanese killed in Hollandia Aitape operations, with earlier totals over 609 in the same sector. Other targets in the Carolines and Schouten islands were bombed. two Japanese patrol torpedo boats were destroyed in Cape Lambert actions. Tokyo claimed a hit and run MTB raid on Rabaul with one boat sunk and another damaged, but no Allied confirmation.
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ALLIED
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Hollandia
Aitape
North New Guinea
Woleai
Carolines
Schouten islands
Solomons
Duke of York Island
Cape Lambert
Gazelle peninsula
ike
TOKYO
NEW YORK
Tokyo radio
Allies Repel Jan Attacks In Burma And India Fronts
Allied forces repelled Japanese raids near Kohima India and beat off two counter-attacks in northern Burma. They hold high ground near Maungdaw suthe road and drove Japanese from a position at Buthedaung. Imphal area unchanged. RAP bombers sank a submarine southwest of Socotra. Widespread Allied air activity continued with no losses.
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KANDY
Ceylon
C.P
Kohima
Burma
Lord Louis Mountbattens
Maungaaw-suthedaung
Socotra
Allied Bombers Hit Bucharest and Italian Rail Hubs
Napl es May 4 Allied four engine Halifaxes Liberators and two engine Wellingtons bombed Bucharest rail yards and repair shops setting freight cars afire. Medium and light bombers hit bridges and dumps in Italy from Marseille to Ventimilia while Indian troops repulsed a small enemy attack in the Adriatic sector. three Allied planes and two enemy planes notches reported. total sorties 1250.
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NAPLES
Bucharét
Toggia
Riviera
Marseille
Genoa
Balkans
Italy
Bucharest
Rome
Ventimielia
Adriatic
Mrs Alfred Smith Dies In New York
Mrs Alfred E Smith wife of the former governor of New York died in St Vincent s hospital New York city from virus pneumonia after five weeks illness authorities said the death occurred early today
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Alfred Smith
New York
Alfred E. Smith
New York State
St. Vincent's hospital
Halifax officer awarded DSO for Haida actions in Channel
Cmdr. H. G. de Wolf of Halifax receives the DSO for leadership aboard H.M.C.S. Haida in three recent English Channel actions. Haida and Athabaskan helped sink a German destroyer and forced another ship to beach in flames, with Haida rescuing survivors and Avenging her sister ship. De Wolf had prior mentions in dispatches in the war at sea.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
D.S.Q
H. G. de Wolf
Halifax
English Channel
Cmdr. de Wolf
H.M.C.S. Haida
OTTAWA
Cmdr
H G. de Wolf
D.S.O
Haida
Music Festival Winners and Participant List Recap
Wednesday events feature city and Central school choruses in multiple grade divisions with scores from 86 to 99 and winners including Jacqueline Anderson in girls solos. Thursday morning showcases include boys and rural school solos and the RA Wrigit Challenge trophy contest with participants from Westminster, Kent Twells, Bowmen, and White schools.
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Bowman
Central school
Bowman school
Jacqueline Anderson
Galbraith school
city
David Howell
Westminster school
Kent Twells
RA Wrigit
White school
Wiltson school
selo
Kay Salmon
Raymond
Patricia Stamp
Italian Patriots Clash With Fascist Troops Near Genoa
The Bari radio reported 300 Fascist police and troops killed or wounded in a clash with Italian patriots on the border between Genoa and Alexandria provinces in northwest Italy.
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NEW YORK
Bari
Genoa
Alexandria
Italy
Japs Renew China Drive
Japanese forces push along the Peiping-Hankow railway in Henan and nearby areas, narrowing the gap to 75 miles with advances toward Yenchen and Lavang. Chinese resistance holds at Chenghsien and Yencheung as air raids by American bombers hit Amoy harbor and Tangyang airfield, with Japan striking from north and south.
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CHUNGKING
Peiping-Hankow
Henan
Minkiang
Singang Minkiang
Yencheng
Chengnden
Hauchang
rau
Chenghsien
Yencheung
Lavang
Tengteng
Amoy harbor
east China
14th Air Force
Tangyang
Ichang
Yangtze river
Bomb Tonnage Figures Don’t Tell The War Story
London reports air war observers caution that total tonnage misleads on effectiveness. A single precise 500 pound bomb can outperform vast tonnages landed off target. Weather and pattern matter, with clouds reducing impact. Final results await Allied advance, tonnage only partially indicative.
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LONDON
R.A.F
Berlin
Ottawa Time-Gun Operator Retires After 40 Years
Ottawa on May 4 reports Ernest Snow don, 79, retired from firing Ottawa's neon time gun after four decades of service. Only twice did the noon boom fail, both due to faulty detonators. In Grandview, a northwest wind felled Harry Brandiski's flour mill, causing about 1500 in damage.
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OTTAWA
Ernest Snowdon
Parliament Hill
GRANDVIEW
Harry Brandiski
Allied air offensive report via Canadian press
The Allied pre invasion aerial campaign shows 19 days of heavy bombing. Over 88,000 tons dropped by more than 56,000 planes. More than 840 Nazi planes destroyed while Allied losses exceed 684. Since Wednesday night Allied airmen raided a German airfield in the Netherlands and Nazi installations in northern France.
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Netherlands
France
Submarine Stonehenge Missing Presumed Lost
London reports the British submarine Stonehenge is missing and presumed lost under Admiralty notice. Commanded by Lieut. Verschesle-Campbell, one of the youngest British submarine captains, who qualified at an early age. Other briefs note Allied bombers raiding Truk, Budapest air alerts, Roosevelt requesting UN relief funds, King George visiting invasion HQ, Churchill hosting Commonwealth leaders, and Japanese loss of two vessels in a double torpedoing.
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LONDON
admiralty
Verschesle-Campbell
TREK
WASHINGTON
Truk
BUDAPEST
C.P
Mediterranean air force
Balkans
ROOSEVELT
UNNRA
Rooeevelt
congress
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
KING GEORGE
BRAF
R.A.F
second tactical air force
Arthur Coningham
CHURCHILL
Downing Street
NEW YORK
A.P
Indo-China
Saigon
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