Farmers Aid Swells Canada's Sixth Victory Loan
Ottawa reports the Sixth Victory Loan nears its $1.2 billion goal as daily sales rise to 76.5 million and total subscriptions reach 791.4 million. Farmers contribute 31.6 million individually, with Quebec and Nova Scotia adding 4.5 and 2.0 million respectively. Armed services progress totals include navy 4.0, army 19.78, air force 13.04 million. Page Three continuation notes tribal talks with Stony Indians.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Quebec
Nova Scotia
navy
army
air force
Music Festival Winners Friday Competition Highlights
In Friday events, Margaret Wing and Katharine Allen won the intermediate piano duet in Raymond 86. Doris Miller won the girls under 16 solo in Lethbridge 89. Adrienne Lane and Reta Erickson claimed the junior piano duet in Raymond 85. Herbert Hayward won the boys under 12 solo in Lethbridge 89. Friday evening featured Vocal ensemble Bysee Glee Singers in Lethbridge 89 and 6 7. Margaret Mitchell and Beatrice Livingstone performed Lieder in Lethbridge 84 and 85.
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Margaret Wing
Katharine Allen
Raymond
Doris Miller
Lethbridge
Adrienne Lane
Reta Erickson
Herbert Hayward
Leth- Bysee
Margaret Mitchell
Beatrice Livingstone
Ostrich Head in Sand Myth Debunked by Lucy Lamprey
The American Mercury critic Louise Lamprey dismisses the popular ostrich head in the sand tale as a myth. She explains young birds crouch and flatten to blend with sand when sensing danger, a behavior shared with partridges and grouse, while noting the bird does not flaunt red plumage in reality. A Banff Crag and Canyon note adds a horse high jump record, mentioning "Smoky" and Dick Sawtell.
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Louise Lamprey
American Mercury
Banff Crag
Dick Sawtell
Pas-de-Calais Guns Raided by Allied Bombers
Allied daylight bombing over Pas-de-Calais, France, marked the twenty second day of pre invasion air offensives. A small force of under 250 heavy bombers and equal escort wings crossed the English Channel amid thick overcast. no German fighters were reported.
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ONDON
Pas-de-Calais
France
English channel
Hitler
Italy
Campina
U.S
Pas-De- Calais
Free Gandhi Released From Detention in Poona
Mohandas K. Gandhi, 74, was freed from detention in Poona after health decline. Col. M. G. Bhandari escorted him to Par nakuti, Lady Vitali Das Thackersey's residence, as friends welcomed the release. The decision, made by the Indian government and Viceroy Lord Wavell, cited medical grounds amid malaria and frail condition.
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
Poona
India
M. G. Bhandari
Gandhi
Parnakuti
Vitali Das Thackersey
Bombay
M.D.T
Japan
Aga Khan
Lord Wavell
The Day In Parliament Monday Action and Senate Sitings
The Canadian House of Commons will consider amending the Bank Act while the Senate will sit. British Columbia MPs discuss expatriate issues after the war as 23,636 Japanese remain in the Dominion. Defence Minister Ralston foresees government plans this session. Resources Minister Creery notes the United States ends its emergency oil search but will share in future Canadian fields. Labor Minister Mitchell tables an order changing wage controls for international railway service employees. The Senate did not sit.
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Dominion
Defence
Ralston
Crerar
United States
Canada
Mitchell
international railway service
OTTAWA
commons
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Col
Mackenzie King
United Kingdom
Labor
external affairs department
house
dhror department
Col. Ralston
A. W. Neill
Tnd
Comox- Alberni
Britsh Columbia
NE LL
Neill
Howard Green
Vancouver South
Yanks Pound Jap Air Base In New Guinea Campaign
Allied pilots intensified raids around Schouten Islands in Dutch New Guinea as Japanese forces mass naval air strength. Ground strikes hit Schouten air bases near Hollandia, Wadke Island, and Wewak while Hollandia invasion forces received surrender reports totaling 155. Dutch Timor, Rabaul, and New Ireland targets saw repeated air strikes with hundreds of tons of bombs dropped on Wewak and Rabaul over several days.
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Southwest Pacific
Schouten Islands
Dutch New Guinea
Schouten
Hollandia
Wadke Island
Wewak
Madang
Dutch Timor
Rabaul
New Britain
Kayvteng
New Ireland
Aerial War At A Glance
The Allied pre invasion aerial offensive figures approximate. In the last 21 days, not including Saturday, Allied airmen have dropped more than 90 000 tons of bombs, flown more than 58 000 planes, destroyed more than 868 German planes, and lost 710 of their own. Since Friday night Allied airmen have raided targets in northern France.
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France
Canadian Press News Morale-Builder for Overseas Troops
Ottawa May 67 The Canadian Press News was praised as a morale builder during the CBC Eyes Front overseas program. Capt. Brian Meredith of Montreal, the program’s commentator, said Canadian troops overseas consider the eight page London tabloid the best reading there is.
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OTTAWA
Canadian Press News
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Bnan Meredith
Montreal
London
Dentist Harold Hodgson Dies in Charlottetown After Long Practice
Dr Harold Cleveland Hodgson a retired Charlottetown dentist died at his home. He was a Winnipeg and Montreal practitioner and long active in politics serving as president of the Manitoba Conservative Association for several years.
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CHARLOTTETOWN
Harold Cleveland Hodgson
Winnipeg
Montreal
Manitoba Conservative Association
Would Send Japs Home Would Send Japs Home
Canada faces postwar policy on 23 636 Japanese residents in the Dominion with Defence Minister Ralston signaling a full statement this session. Western MPs pressed Mitchell for an explicit policy, while Col. Ralston cautioned against premature declarations. The debate touched on removal from protected areas and possible expatriation after the war, with Prime Minister Mackenzie King potentially announcing policy during external affairs estimates.
War Labor Board reserves decision on railmen plea
In Ottawa on May 6 the National War Labor Board finished hearings on a general wage increase request for Canadian railway workers. Decision was reserved. Employers argued the proposed raises would cost from 584.000.009 to 129.000.000 dollars annually and that the figures were grossly inflated.
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OTTAWA
National War Labor Board
Killed Overseas Vancouver Soldier Brisbin Named
Pte Gerry Brisbin 27 was killed in action April 13. He was the son of Mr and Mrs W C Brisbin of Fendal Sask. Brisbin moved to Vancouver in 1938.
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VANCOUVER
Gerry Brisbin
Brisbin
W. C. Brisbin
Fendal, Sask
Sir William Mulock Buys Bonds For Each Year Of Life
Sir William Mulock aged 100 bought 150 000 dollars in Sixth Victory Loan bonds in Toronto. He told canvasser Aubrey Davis that in all his years he has never known a need to support the country as great as the present moment. His total equaled 1500 dollars for each year of life.
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TORONTO
War 6 CO
William Mulock
Aubrey Davis
Allied air strikes target Ploesti and Camopina oil yards
RAF Halifaxes and Wellingtons attacked Camopina Romania, 10 miles NW of Ploesti, in the first raid on that oil field. Kittyhawks and Mustangs, with British Australian and South African crews, hit the Pescara dam, flooding German lines 19 miles downstream toward Pescara. US heavy bombers also hit Ploesti and Turnu-Severin as war intakes report 1,959 Allied sorties with some losses.
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NAPLES
Balkans
Pescara dam
Italy
Camopina
Romania
Ploesti
Pescara
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Turnu-Severin
Nazis Clear Bear Areas in Italy Evacuation Reported
Allied headquarters said German forces evacuated all Italian civilians beyond the Fifth Army front for about 20 miles. Several sizable towns within the 10 mile belt were evacuated. In the Lower Garigliano sector infantry action increased and a rubber boat crossing attempt was repulsed. On the beachhead and Eighth Army front minor clashes occurred. Allied artillery silenced mortars and machine guns at Cassino. Three German tanks and buildings were knocked out on the beachhead.
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NAPLES
Fifth Army
Garighano
Eighth Army
Cassino
Premier Conference Stays Entirely Consultive Across War Policies
London May 6 Special Cable reports the first week of the prime minister conference shows no decisions or policies. discussions focus on war policy foreign policy economic and commercial policies world organization and commonwealth relations. Primemins will resume Monday to tackle monetary policy tariffs immigration and related issues with no official statements expected. Australia New Zealand Canada South Africa in debate over one empire while Curtin, Fraser express satisfaction with current arrangement. Gordon Bennett to join ABC as military commentator after retirement.
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GRANT DEXTER
LONDON
John Curtin
Australia
South Africa
Canada
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
British Gain On Kohima In Eastern India Offensive
British and Indian forces press in a general offensive in the Kohima area clearing Japanese positions and advancing. Chinese troops forge south of Inkangahtawng in the Mogaung valley as Stilwell’s forces push toward Kauri, with progress noted along the Burma front.
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Kohima
India
Inkangahtawng
Mogaung valley
Burma
Lahkraw
Mogaung
Inkangantawng
Kamaiga
Joseph W. Stilwell
Manpin
Kamaing
Stilwell
Kauri
Arakan
Jap Pincers Move toward Peiping Hankow Rail Line
Japanese forces push along the Peiping Hankow railway narrowing Chinese hold to about 40 miles. A second column advances toward Loyang near the Lunghai junction, 65 miles west of Peiping Hankow. A third column threatens southeastern Henan through Anhwei after taking Fon Yang on the Yellow River.
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Lunghai
Loyang
Peiping- Hankow
Henan
Anhwei
Fonyang
Yellow river
Honan
Hankow
China
Lovang
Sian
Szechwan
Orlemanski Holds Two Hour Talk With Stalin in Moscow
Rev Stanislaus Orlemanski of Springfield Mass met Premier Stalin and Foreign Commissar Molotov in Moscow for two hours. He called Stalin friendly toward the Roman Catholic Church and said Catholicism would stay in Poland's region. He also described a flight route from Chicago to Moscow via Alaska and Siberia and gave no return date.
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Stanislaus Orlemanski
Springfield
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Stalin
Mol+otov
Soviet Union
Poland
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Canada
205 Long Service Medals For Canadians
The Defence Department released a list of 205 long service medals and decorations for Canadian Army personnel both at home and abroad. It includes the Canadian Efficiency Medal and Decoration, the Canada Medal for Long Service, and various first and second clasps to the Efficiency Medal.
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OTTAWA
Defence Department
Russians Mass Forces in Poland Aimed at Berlin
Reports from Stockholm say the Red Army concentrates in old Poland near Kowel and Kolomyja as part of a planned drive toward Berlin. A Tass commentator stresses strategic railways near Stanislawow, and a Soviet bulletin claims 300 Germans killed in a two hour battle. Russian air and sea units also sink five German and Romanian escape ships off Sevastopol amid the siege of Sevastopol.
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Stockholm
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Czech
Tass
Poland
Sevastopol
Crimean
Allied fliers push invasion front with 138,000 airmen
London reports Capt H H Balfour says about 138,000 Allied airmen have opened the invasion battle. He notes air destruction along occupied Europe speeds a coast to Berlin advance while Rommel warns of imminent attack and praise for German vigilance.
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LONDON
H. H. Balfour
air
Europe
Berlin
Balfour
Erwin Rommel
Rominiel
ministry of information
Major Buchanan Wounded in Italy Overseas
Word reached Medicine Hat that Major W. O. Buchanan has been slightly wounded in action overseas. Mrs. Buchanan resides in the city, and the family is awaiting further word.
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ITALY
the
Herald
MEDICINE HAT
W. ON. Buchanan
Bombers Hit Five Romanian Cities In Balkans Raid
American heavy bombers may number 50 to 750 attacking rail sites and an aircraft factory in five Romanian cities on a Saturday strike. Mosquito aircraft damaged targets in northern France, while German forces push in eastern Bosnia around Sarajevo and Vlasenica. Two Alberta airmen die in bush fires near Lesser Slave Lake. another parachuted to safety near Edmonton. Mussolini’s son Vittorio arrested in Rome for aiding deserters. Roosevelt seeks 3.45 billion dollars for lend lease. Alberta liquor inquiry opens in Edmonton. Gandhi has no definite plans after release. doctors to examine him Monday.
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C.P.Reuters
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IC.P.i
Bosnia
Vlasenica
Sarajevo
Uzice
Josip Broz
Tito
ALBERTA
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C.P
Raphael Kline
Wilfred Derocher
Webster
Grande Prairie hospital
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Wilmette
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Scranton
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Mohandas Gandhi
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