Ace of Crow's Nest Pass: Foss H. Boulton's War Feat
Coleman Alberta residents Mrs James H Boulton and H C McBurney signed a Fourth Victory Bond for 500 for their son Sqdn Ldr Foss H Boulton who serves with a fighter squadron overseas and has five credited enemy planes. He is hailed as the outstanding ace of the Crow’s Nest Pass and began service in 1938 after receiving wings at Trenton Ontario.
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James H. Boulton
Coleman
Alberta
H. C. McBurney
Coleman district
J. K. Hingland
No. 4 Training Command
Ldr
Foss H. Boulton
Ijmuiden
Hollentd
F. H. Boulton
Boulton
R.C. AF
Trenton
Ont
many star
Gushul
Lethbridge Herald
J. K. Ringland
R.C.A
Mr. Boulton
One Car Enough and Pigeon Bombs in War
Across a collage of wartime quips the piece notes a novel pigeon bomb concept and light tube carrying systems enabling pigeons to relay 1000 words. It cites military radio science and the need for typists as war proceeds with a satirical tone.
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air force
signal corps
Toronto Globe and Mail
Strong Polish State Urged By Stalin Letter
Premier Joseph Stalin of Russia urged establishing a strong independent Polish state after the war in a letter to Ralph Parker of the New York Times. The letter, published in the Times, answered Parker’s two questions on the Russian Polish situation.
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NEW YORK
Joseph Stalin
Russia
New York Times
Moscow
Ralph Parker
Parker
eperw
eay
LGADOGN
j—Foreign
Mineuer Eden congerrea Tharlayeth
Ivan Maisky
Ressan
abost
new deretoptenis
Presaer
Thaza
Degree recommendations for two clergy at Alberta University
Ottewell, registrar at the University of Alberta, announced that Rev. Gerald Middleton Hutchinson of Duhamel and Rev. Henry Earle Lorsbach of Edmonton will be recommended to the general faculty council for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity.
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EDMONTON
Ottewell
University of Alberta
Gerald Middleton Hutchinson
Duhamel
Alta
Henry Earle Lorsbach
Canada to Approve $1 Billion for War Supplies Aid
Ottawa May 6 Finance Minister Tsing asked Commons to approve a 1 billion dollar war supplies fund for United Nations aid. A three point plan was outlined to supply Canadian surplus munitions and farm products, with a direct mutual aid framework and a governing board of five cabinet ministers led by Howe. Existing agencies would procure goods under board recommendations.
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OTTAWA
C.r
Tsing
house of commons
United Nations
commons
noring
house
Tiley
Canada
Wansler
Butt
Wists
board
Manitons
Howe
Defence
Ralston
Agriculture
Gardiner
Justice
St. Laurent
Finance
Isley
Isiey
north pacific
United States
house ‘of commons
Ross
Taronta
Rows
Fass
Reds Pushing Nazis To Sea
Soviet forces push northeast of Novorossiysk capturing Krymskaya and nine more towns as they drive Axis troops toward the sea. Massed artillery and air attacks devastate front lines. hundreds of Germans and Romanians killed or captured. Axis supply lines bombed, prisoners flood Soviet rear amid signs of potential spring offensive by Hitler.
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EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Red army
Hitler
Kuban
Krymskaya
British Rout Jap Patrols in Burma and Toungoo Bombings
British R A F Wellington bombers attacked railway installations at Prome and engaged Japanese forces near Mayu Ridge and Buthedaung. U S heavy bombers dropped over 30 tons on Toungoo targets, destroying enemy headquarters and railway facilities at Nyngan, with sightings of oil fires after explosions.
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NEW DELBI
R. A. F. Wellington
Prome
Burma
Mayu Ridge
Buthedaung
Maungdaw
R.A. F
Toungoo
U.S. army air forces
Nyngan
Mandalay
Mers
Pitchforks Replace Fishing Rods On Holiday Menus
Ottawa May 6 large segment of Strewall Down servants plan to use pitchforks instead of fishing tools during holidays after J. H. Leroux urged civil servants to stay on farms to help production and harvesting. Authorities note many employees aided farmers last year and expect more this season.
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OTTAWA
J. H. Leroux
Ontario
farm service
Carleton County
civil service
Tojo Visits Japs In Manila In World War II Era Dispatch
NEW YORK May 6 Premier Hideki Tojo of Japan arrived in Manila on a military inspection trip. The Lory radio said Tojo would meet with Jorge Vargas head of the Philippine executive commission to discuss views. Corregidor fortress had fallen to Japan a year earlier.
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NEW YORK
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Manila
Lory
Associated Press
Tojo
Jorge Vargas
Philipppies executive commission
Corregidor
Sub Sahib Is Missing In Central Mediterranean
The British submarine Sahib is reported sunk in the central Mediterranean. Lieut JH Bromage and 46 crew members were rescued by the enemy and taken as prisoners of war. An Italian communique claimed sinking an enemy submarine but did not identify it. This marks the third submarine loss announced in two weeks, after Thunderbolt and Turbulent.
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LONDON
C.P
admiralty
Sahib
Mediterranean
JH. Bromage
Ceceacci
Army hospital traffic jam from nurse underwear incident
An Army evacuation hospital near Mateur faced a traffic jam when a nurse’s pink underwear and two red flannel garments on a clothes line between two tents flapped in the wind. Hospital commandant joked about driving visitors away with a club as he described the scene in London.
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U.S. ARMY
MATEUR
Victory Loan progress as Allies push 17 miles from Tunis
Ottawa reports the Fourth Victory Loan reached 564,108,500 of 1.1 billion as corporate subscriptions surge. Officials caution against complacency and urge broad canvass and payroll savings. In North Africa, Allied forces near Tebourba and Tunis advance, with Massicault seized and heavy air and ground operations intensifying against German positions guarding the evacuation peninsula.
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OTTAWA
Guiliuis
Investors Syndicate
Minneapolis
Investors Syndicate of Canada, Ltd
Winnipeg
British Columbia Sugar Refining Co. Ltd
associated companies
Vancouver
Ogilvie Flour Mills Co. Ltd
Montreal
Continental Can Co. of Canada, Ltd
Canada Malting Co., Ltd
Western Air Command
RCAF
Daniel De Luce
Associated Press
Tunis
Cap Bon
Djebel Bou Aoukaz
Tebourba
Medjez-El-Bab
Bivony Dou
Medjerda
Goering
green hills
William B. King
ALLIED
North Africa
United States
Bizerte
Kenneth Anderson
2nd U.S. army corps
Chouigui
Invasion Ere Bizerte Falls Invasion Ere Bizerte Falls
Director Elmer Davis of the Office of War Information said there is no question Allied operations will hit continental Europe this summer. He believes North Africa could be cleaned up in time for invasion and notes a possible Axis pocket at Bizerte might linger under sustained pounding.
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WASHINGTON
Elmer Davis
office of war information
Europe
Davis
North Africa
Bizerte
Germany
Davia
Flying Powder Keg by Jack Brayley Canadian Press
A Canadian press feature profiles a quiet band of chemical scientists at McGill and Toronto who contributed to the Allied war effort by developing a powerful new explosive. The piece, told by a modest doctor reluctant to reveal his name, discusses the risks, the secrecy, and the global impact of this “powder keg” research while noting many details are withheld to prevent enemy replication.
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JACK BRAYLEY
Wiiter MONTESAL
Varanas
Montreal
Geeler
United Nation
Howe hut
idac samhiake
McGill
Toronto university
Atlante
Gay
Axis
England
Allied drive clears skies over North Africa in May opening
Allied forces surged Thursday to drive one cay aircraft from the skies as the North African offensive began. Red Army reports claim deep advances beyond Krimskara threatening German positions with Stalin's message to Ralph Parker. Selfridge Field announces arrest of a soldier under arrest at Peter Geucy Hospital amid a Toronto gunfight arrest and a trooper held in uniform.
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ALLIZ
AXIS
ALLIED
NORTH AFRICA
RED ARMY
LONDON
Krimskara
Caccases
Sertff rattens
Moscow
qenler
SELFRIDGE FIELD
O.C
Midh
United States army aly
Cel Witam
Colman
army
Peter Geucy
Badile Creek
Mick
Fic
Wiliaca McRae
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Novorossisk
Oshawa
vo WONDERS
New York Daily News
selemmly
Stalin
Jess
ARLIAMENTAR
REDS
SUB SAHIB
Ulven
Reuters
Stockholm
Court Howdbold
Canades
Tursday
Saskatoon
Urge
VICTORY
Masshcault
Plain of ‘Lumis Falls
U.S
Lake Achkel
Djebel Achkel
Djebel Chiniti
Ferryville
Lake Bizerte
Sicilian straits
straits
PROM
Bizerte Falls
Atlantic
May
Medjex-El-Bab
Trnis Thursdar
Djebel Bou Aouks
TORONTO
Mar
Canadian Provost Corps
Leonard Gites
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