Seek Cut Off British In India
Japanese troops invade China's Yunnan province after driving the Burma road toward Wanting and crossing the Wanting river. Destruction of the Chinese Burma road segment not yet required. China mobilizes, with guerrilla actions near Taunggyl as Free China enacts a mobilization law under Gen Chiang Kai-shek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HUNGKING
A.P
China
Yunnan
Burma
Wanting
Yungchang
Mekong river
Tokyo
Asahi
wild mountains
India
Bhamo
Mandalay
Irrawaddy
Taunggyl
Hitler Calls for Increased War Material Output
A Zurich dispatch quoted in Exchange Telegraph says Hitler’s Voelkischer Beobachter urged Germany to boost production for a final gigantic struggle. The report notes the war has become total, demanding sacrifices and that victory hinges on both armament quality and overall materiel support.
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LONDON
Zurich
Exchange
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Germany
Berliner Boersenzeitung
The Left Hand Corner Bank Clerk Saves Money
A-a bank clerk story from wartime Canada and a rattlesnake episode in South Dakota is sketched. A. M. dackley notes two rattlesnakes found in a windrow, more appearing after each removal as truck vibrations drive them from burrows. The tale shifts to thrift under war taxes and a Canadian banker recalling a Scottish clerks’ training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. dackley
South Dakota
dackley
Toronto
shen
Scotland
Montreal
Can't Fly But He'll Serve Airmen In Africa Mission
Kenneth Webster 21 of Mirror Alberta cannot fly in His Majesty's forces but will support by maintaining aircraft. Rejected previously as an RCAF pilot due to eyesight he left Edmonton by plane for Africa to serve as a mechanic with the British Air Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDMONTON
Kenneth Webster
Mirror
Alta
Britain
RCAF
Webster
Africa
British Air Command
RAF Strikes Skoda Works and Stuttgart in Night Raids
London reports RAF bombers ranged up to 600 miles to strike the Skoda armament works at Pilsen and, in force, Stuttgart southwest Germany. The raids also hit docks at Nantes while fighter squadrons pushed toward the French coast. The Strang bombers previously attacked Pilsen on April 25.
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LONDON
C.P
R.A.F
Skoda
Pilsen
Stuttgart
Germany
Nantes
great heights
Czecho-Slovakia
Stirang
Pulsen
air ministry
Labor Pool Proposed in Okanagan to Harvest 1942 Fruit
Penticton civic labor leaders urge formation of an Okanagan Valley Labor Pool to supply harvesting and packing labor without Japanese workers. F Frank Brant, chair, speaks with T Parkinson, BC regional director, as current orders limit agricultural workers to restricted industries. The plan aims to flexibly move labor between farming and related industries to meet crop demand.
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PENTICTON
Okanagan Valley
unemployment insurance commission
Penticton Civic Labor Committee
F. Frank Brant
T Parkinson
British Columbia
government commission
Parliamentary News Bulletins Show War Expenditures Panel and Student Work
Ottawa reports Alphonse Fournier Lid Hull chosen chair of the house of commons war expenditures committee. Subcommittees may study specific questions. records and press publication are urged. Also notes student permits to work in nonessential industries during summer breaks and calls for timely canteen fund administration in the armed forces.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Alphonse Fournier
Hull
house of commons
E. Johnston
Bow River
CCF
New Democracy
Joseph Harris
Toronto
Danforth
Gordon Ross
Lib
Moose Jax
Fournier
Defence
Ralston
Mackerzie
thouse of commons
tenteen
YMC4
Knights of Columbus
Canadian Lemon and Salvation Arm
regimetal juni board
regiver-central of Canada
British Paratroops Land in Madagascar to Attack Diego Suarez
British commandos marines and infantry landed at Courier bay Madagascar and pushed toward Diego Suarez to seize France's vital Indian Ocean base. Vichy says two British cruisers four destroyers two troop transports and possibly an aircraft carrier support the assault as dawn operations begin led by Maj Gen R G Stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ONDON
C.P
Madagascar
Diego Suarez
Courier bay
Drew Middleton
Associated Press
France
Indian ocean
M.C. T
special services
admiralty-war office
R.G. Stages
Royal Marines
Gallipoli
Madagascar a Potential Axis Pivot in Indian Ocean Threats
The article discusses Madagascar as a 250 mile wide channel controlling shipping around the Cape of Good Hope. It warns that in Axis hands it could threaten troop and supply routes to Australia India the Middle East and Africa. Reports claim Japanese moves and Vichy influence with Free French authorities in Antananarivo under Governor General Armand Annetta.
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Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Mozambique
Good Hope
Australia
India
Middle East
Trussia
Persian Gulf
Africa
union of South Africa
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Mauritius
Tannarine
Armand Annet
Man Slays Son With Rock In Oakland Hills Outburst
An Oakland garage welder named Lyndon Beal seized his three year old son by the heels and smashed him to death against a rock during a hillside picnic. Police said Beal told officers his two children argued and he wanted to get rid of them. the other child survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OAKLAND
Calif
Lyndon Beal
Oakland hills
G W Pratt
Beal
Nazis Say Raid On Convoy Beaten
Berlin dispatch reports the German high command says British motor torpedo boats attacked a German convoy at the entrance to the English Channel but the raid was beaten off.
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BERLIN
high command
English Channel
Allies Smash Japs Hard Near New Guinea Bases
Allied air forces hit Japanese island bases north of Australia and repelled a raid on Port Moresby. The New Guinea post at Lae and Rabaul saw ground and air damage as fighters and bombers attacked enemy aircraft and supply dumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNITED NATIONS
Australia
C.P
Port Morests
Lae
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
atta
Canadian Airman Chases Hess Across Scottish Sky
Regina born TO William Cuddie, a Canadian pilot with RAF, pursued Hess over Scotland on May 5. Cuddie reported seeing the Nazi plane vanish into a cloud and later learned Hess escaped, while colleagues recalled a near collision and radio directives.
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SCOTLAND
Rudolf Hers
Germany
Willam Cuddie
Regina
Cuddles
prairie pilot
Alexandria Again Raided By Axis Bombers
Italian broadcasts report raids on Alexandria from May 3 to May 7 with alched air support. Axis forces claim destruction of a four engined American type plane and downing two British Spitfires, while anti aircraft fire claimed another British aircraft over Benghazi.
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ROME
alus
Alexandria
Cirenalca
Bengasi
Soviets Take Offensive Win Sorties
Moscow report states Red army troops waged offensive battles on several sectors and improved their positions as winter mud eases. Red Star notes Germans deployed a new 2230 millimetre trench mortar with explosive force comparable to a large aerial bomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HENRY C. CASEIDY
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Red army
Red Star
United States army
Train 15,000 Men Month
Defence Minister Ralston told the House of Commons that the age classes for compulsory military service will be discussed soon. No decision has been made on who will be called, whether single men over 30 or married men under 30. Currently single men and widowers without children aged 22 to 30 are eligible.
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FRANK PLABERTY
OTTAWA
Defence
Miniter Ralston
house of commons
War updates from multiple theaters including Corregidor and Madagascar
United States War Department reports a Japanese assault on Corregidor and a midnight landing attack in progress. British casualties in Madagascar are light. allied operations continue as Madagascar’s governor-general vows resistance. RAF bombers hit Zeebrugge. German fighters raid an English town. Baghdad court martial sentences three rebel leaders to death. Canada considers drafting reservists for compulsory military training.
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MADAGASCAR
LONDON
admiralty
war office
VICHY
Andrakaka, eix
Diego Suarez
Courrier Bar
BALGOON
NEW DELHI
UXLP
United States
Rangoon
Mingarden
ZEEBRUGGE
RAF
C.B
channel
Zecbrasge im Belghua
ENGLISH
BAGHDAD
Iraq
SPS
pankme
Rashid Vi UW Gailaor
Yunis Sabasi
Wahmud Salman
air force
Fahmi
OTTAWA
zien
petret
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Chungking
Yunnan Province
Spencer Moosa
FIGHTER COMMAND
PLASTERS FRANCE
Okanagan
PARLIAMENTAR
Bear
Henri Petain
Moresby
Aussies
Hess
Nazi
Cwidhie
Cudie
Cuddie
Cuddir
House
Pase Taree
CORREGIDOR
ASHINGTON
United States war department
Corregidor fortress
Manila Bay
Manila
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