Chinese report claims 1500 enemy wiped out in Burma road battle
The Chinese high command says a force of 31 000 Japanese was wiped out and another 1 000 strong unit killed or trapped after a fierce counter blow near Chefang on the Yunnan frontier from Burma. The battle involved two Japanese divisions attacking Chinese lines along the Burma Road, with remnants being cut off northeast of the main action.
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Associated Press
China
Burma
Chefang
Yunnan
Lungling
Big Job For Canada Navy
Ottawa May 8 The Navy Minister Macdonald told the House of Commons that Canada's Royal Canadian Navy shares convoy escort duty with the Unified Kingdom and the United States doing about one third of the work. He spoke during debate on naval matters tied to the wartime appropriation.
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FRANK FLAHERTY
OTTAWA
C.P
house of commons
Navy
Macdonald
Canada
Royal Canadian Navy
Kingdom
United States
Dominion
MADAGASCAR
LONDON
Daily Mail
Madrid
Wiech
Diego Suarez
Mar
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
LENINGRAD
Red army
ARME OTTAWA
Lavy
house of comrdoms
PARIS
France
R—JAPI
Clichy
RUSSELL HAIG
DIMOCK
Lethbridge
jar
Russell Waig
H.C. Dimock
Night Migration Of Birds Observed From Moonlit Skies
The Department of Mines and Resources notes night migration of Canadian northlands birds, including warblers thrushes and shorebirds, with many sparrows. Waterfowl may migrate by night under certain conditions, while some species migrate in daylight. Observers can spot them using a low power telescope against a full moon as they cross the moon’s face.
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northlands
Department of Mines and Resources
Tom Moore II in Canada hospital after stroke
Montreal May 8 doctors reported slight improvement in Tom Moore president of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. He was taken to St Luke's hospital after a paralytic stroke of the left side during a rally in Tasiland Pub Hague hall. At 64 the Ottawa labor leader remained weak but able to speak briefly.
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MONTREAL
Tom Moore
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
St. Luke's hospital
Ottawa
TAsisiand
Hague hall
Quebec
Arthur D'Aowst
Trades and Labor Council
More Japs In Manchuria Move Reported
London dispatch via Reuters notes increased Japanese troop movements into Manchuria from Manchukuo. North China garrisons shift to the Wang Ching Wei puppet regime as Tokyo aims to strike next month. Wane, in Manchukuo capital, visits the emperor. Itagaki is approached during the tour.
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LONDON
Reuters
Manchuria
Chungking
North China
Manchukuo
Winking
Kang Teh
Wane
Heinking
Seishiro Itagaki
Korea
Hsinking
Allied Fleet Sinks 10 Jap War Vessels in Coral Sea Battle
Reported by Associated Press from Australia on May 8, Allied forces claim ten Japanese ships sunk and six damaged as a massive sea clash unfolds east of Australia. Claims cross Allied and Japanese sides with no independent confirmation yet.
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CG. Yates McDaniel
Associated Press
Ep NATIONS
Australia
TOKYO
Superiot
Coral Sea
navy office
ahnane sig tin fay
Conscription debate sparks motion on National Resources Mobilization Act
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Macker O King will introduce a bill to amend the National Resources Mobilization Act. The move aims to remove the overseas conscription ban and give the government power to deploy resources as it sees fit. The bill, set for introduction Monday, follows plebiscite results and includes terms yet to be disclosed.
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OTTAWA
Macker O King
house of commons
National Resources Mobilization Act
Hing
Hanssom
King
owas spearing
Hansimwood
Canada
Canadian
mervier
Russians Repulse German Drive
Soviet battlefront dispatches report a German spring offensive aimed at crossing the Karelian frontier from Finland was repulsed at three points. Ottawa meanwhile notes Canada's cutter production rising, easing supply concerns as Wartime Prices and Trade Board foods administrator Gordon Taggart comments.
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HENRY CASS IDY
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Finland
OTTAWA
Canada
Gordon Taggart
Prices and Trade Board
states
Madagascar Victory and Reinforced Forces in Ceylon
British forces continue mop up of Vichy resistance in Madagascar while Imperial reinforcements bolster Ceylon. The United Nations eye a looming clash with Japan over Indian Ocean supply routes to India, China and the Soviet Union as Western Burma holds strong.
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DREW MIDDLETON
Associated Press
LONDON
Madagascar
Cesson
United Nations
Indian Ocean
India
China
Soviet Union
Burma
Ceylon Receives Reinforcements from Several Colonies
British reinforcements from Kenya Uganda Tanganyika Nyasaland Zanzibar and north Rhodesia have landed on Ceylon. A military commentator says the troops are seasoned fighters who took part in the Ethiopian campaigns of 1940 41 and represent all arms of the service.
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CEYLON
LONDON
May
C.P
Kenya
Uganda
Tanganyika
Nyasaland
Zanzibar
north trn
Rhodesia
Invasion forces near Bengal border push from Rangoon
United States long range bombers sortie anew toward Rangoon, the Japanese holdout used as a staging point for a broader westward push toward Madagascar.
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Bengal
Rangoon
Curtin Reveals Sea Battle’s Crucial Pacific Role
Prime Minister John Curtin spoke from Canberra about the great naval engagement in the southwest Pacific, stressing its importance to the war effort. He said he had no current information on developments but assured continued devotion from Australian and American forces. Continued on page three.
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CANBERRA
Australia
C.P.j
John Curtin
house of representatives
southwest Pacific
Sea battles off New Guinea and Coral Sea threat to Australia
Japanese destroyers failed to save sinking carriers off New Guinea as crews abandoned ships amid smoke and flames. Japanese losses likely in the thousands. Allied fleet halted a potential Australian invasion as the Coral Sea battle raged, a naval spokesman said Australia May 8.
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UNITED NATIONS
Australia
New Guinea
C.P
Coral Sea
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