Clean Up Of Iraq Rebels Proceeding
London dispatch reports RAF air dominance and Iraqi retreat from Habbanisah air drome nine days of fighting. RAF bombs rout Iraqi troops from Rutbah airport and reoccupies air base. Britain insists on cessation of hostilities before mediation. Ankara rumor about Turkish mediation denied. Casualties and further advances noted in Ethiopia and near border areas.
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LONDON
C.P.i
Iraq
Royal Air Force
Habbanisah
Cairo
RAF
Rutbah
Britain
Ankara
Iraq defence
Madyi Shefket
Turkey
TRAQIS
CATRO
Mar
eset
Habpaniyah
British Midle East command
Royal Air Force air base
Basra
Saium
Alaji
Ethiopia
Gojjam
Low And Manning Arrive In Ottawa
Solon Low and E C Manning of Alberta arrived in Ottawa to confer with Finance Minister Tisler on the Dominion plan for provinces to take over income and corporation taxes and receive celia grants. Low would not comment on the Alberta alliance until talks with Mr Tissey, with another conference expected tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Solon Low
E C Manning
Alberta
Tisler
Dominion
Low
Mir Tissey
Bid for Senate Seat Sparks Texas Campaigners
A set of contenders including Lindon Johnson Martin Dies Gerald Mann and A B Cyclone Davis Jr vie for the seat of the late Senator Morris Sheppard amid a quirky backdrop featuring Texan landmarks and colorful personalities. The Trinity river channel near Dallas is noted as about 25 feet wide with candidates spotlighting platforms from prohibition restoration to aggressive regional development.
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Trinity river
Texas
United States senate
Lindon Johnson
Martin Dies
Gerald Mann
Morris Sheppard
A. B
Cyclone) Davis Jr
Dallas
B. M. Hatfield
Fort Worth
Trinity
Hal H. Collins
ims
Sam Morris
Del Rio
Sheppard
Hatfield
Strawberries 20 Cents Each In London
London housewives today found price tags on edibles. Strawberries 20 cents each, cucumbers 50 cents each, tomatoes 30 cents each, lettuce 20 cents for 2 small heads, mushrooms 60 cents for 2 pounds.
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London
Mar
Collusion In Divorces Is Charged By MP Neill
In the Commons, A W Neill charged that collusion exists in many divorce actions, claiming a third or more are manipulated. He criticized procedures and urged intervention by the king's proctor in such cases, noting irritations over private bills and delaying Alberta provincial bank incorporation.
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C. R. BLACKBURN
OTTAWA
House of commons
A. W. Neill
Comox-Alberni
Neill
Mrr
Neil
hun Tegiver
Ganson
senate
house
Alberta provinial bank
Alberta Wheat Acreage Declines Amid Shifts In Planting
Edmonton May 10 The Alberta wheat acreage this year is about 6 770 300 acres a reduction of around 22 percent from 1940 levels. A government report by Hon D Bruce Macmillan notes preliminary surveys by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and the Department of Agriculture show several changes in seedings for field crops. Oats are up about 20 percent barley up 35 percent, spring rye up 10 percent, flax sowing up 73 percent to 73 500 acres, and land in summer fallow is expected to exceed last year by about 22 percent.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
Bruce Macmillan
sniciumtey
agriculture
Gevermime
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
department of agriculture
Ship Loss 4 734 000 Tons U S Planes Helping G B
Washington reporting on Britain's aerial war effort, military authorities credit United States aid for greater RAF airpower. Officials point to rising U S plane production, exports to Britain, and increased ship transfers as key factors in heavy bomber losses inflicted on Berlin and other target cities.
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WASHINGTON
Mar
Britain
United States
Royal Air Force
Berun
Hamburg
Bremen
Belen
U.S
Maren
ian
France
British War Losses Detailed by Admiralty Statement
Britain and its allies and neutrals lost 1,058 ships totaling 4,734,407 tons since Nazi invasion of the Low Countries. April losses reached 489,124 tons, with 187,004 tons from the Mediterranean. Totals for 12 months end April show British ships lost 3,810,541 tons and allied and neutral vessels 2,130,503 tons. Overall 5,961,004 tons sunk.
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LONDON
Mar
Britain
Low Countries
admiralty
Greece
Br? linge
Mediverranean
cos
Apri
Mer
Berlin Sees United States Entering War Scene
Berlin crowds discuss the possibility of U S involvement in the war with intense speculation. The press weighs a united Europe concept opposing the Anglo Saxon world and considers France as part of a continental bloc.
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BERLIN
United States
Europe
France
British ships bomb Bengasi harbor in Libya raid
British naval forces attacked Bengasi harbor in Libya early Thursday and destroyed a 3,000-ton supply ship and an ammunition carrier, which was blown to bits, after intercepting the vessels approaching the harbor, the admiralty announced.
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ONDON
C.P
Bengasi
Libya
admiralty
No Damage to British Naval Forces in Axis Mediterranean Raid
The admiralty said German and Italian planes attacked western Mediterranean British naval forces near the Straits of Sicily. No British ships were damaged, while Axis losses included four planes destroyed by warship anti-aircraft fire and three by naval fighters. Two British naval aircraft were lost.
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C.P
admiralty
Mediterranean
Straits of
Sicily
Decide Soon On Convoys
Washington March 19 6 President Roosevelt moves toward decisive action on the convoys issue as cabinet members Hull Knox and Stimson advocate naval aid to Britain. Observers note a cabinet push to shape public opinion and expect a formal pronouncement when timing is right. Churchill’s House of Commons speech signals possible reference to US attitudes as Atlantic aid debate continues.
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J. F. SANDERSON
Cannsdian
Sia
WASHINGTON
Mer
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Navy
Frank Knox
Henry Stimson
Brita
SENTIMEND
Churchill
house of commons
United States
Amore
Hiefers
Ex King Carol of Rumania Arrives in Bermuda Aboard Excambion
Bermuda March 10 The United States liner Excambion docked this morning with former King Carol of Rumania and Mme Lupescu aboard the royal party. The Romanian flag flew from the bow as crowds watched a quiet arrival with little excitement. In London, Frank Joyce, brother of German broadcaster Lord Haw Haw, was released after a year of internment, with no reasons given for confinement or release.
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HAMILION
Bermuda
United States
Excambion
Carol
Rumania
Mme. Lupescu
royal evile
LONDON
Max 110
Frank Joyce
Germarn
Lord Haw Haw
British Broadcasting Corporation
Stork Outflies Plane Near Nome in May Flight
In Nome Alaska on May 10 a stork outflew a plane with Pilot William Menz at control as it neared the Sawtooth mountain range twenty minutes from Nome. Reports say Mrs Munz and the baby were doing nicely in a Nome hospital while Munz and two other passengers remained a bit shaky.
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NOME
Alaska
William Menz
Sawtooth mountain range
Munz
babe
Dutch Fliers Join Attack Upon Norway
Dutch airmen flying United States built Hudson planes joined British coastal command in a raid on Norwegian airfields at Kristian sand and Mandal in southern Norway on the eve of the German invasion anniversary. The operation marked the first Dutch formation strike against targets in enemy territory. Fires and bombardment reported. Dutch crews said high explosives and incendiaries caused extensive damage.
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LONDON
Netherlands
Nezairdromes
Norway
Low Countries
air ministry
RAF raids strike Mannheim and Ludwigshafen docks and plants
London reports a concentrated RAF attack on Mannheim the Rhine’s industrial hub and Ludwigshafen with extensive fires in docks and factory districts. Berlin was also bombed as Polish and other crews targeted invasion ports Calais Ostend Boulogne and Kristiansand Norway.
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LONDON
Mannheim
Germany
Ludwigshafen
Rhine
Royal Air Force
air ministry
Berlin
Mannhein
ornce
ministry
MESSERSCHMITT
Messerschmitten
Calais
Ostend
Boulogne
Kristiansand
Norway
France
Clippers Now Serve Singapore
The American Airways California plane arrived in Singapore this afternoon from Manila, extending trans Pacific service to the westernmost point and inaugurating a two week schedule between the United States and Britain. A Royal Air Force squadron of Brewster Buffalos greeted the arrival overhead.
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United States “navy
Britain
cretary Stimson
Stimson
SINGAPORE
American Airways
California
Singanore
Maniia
trans-Pacific air service
United States
Royal Air Force
Darlan May Be Conferencing with German Contact
Unconfirmed reports from Paris say Vice-Premier Jean Darlan went incognito to meet “a high personality” on France Germany talks, with possible venues in Nazi occupied France or Germany. Other items note a US denial of Darlan’s alleged warning and a May 31 wheat quota referendum order.
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France
BERNE
Switzerland
United States
Jean Darlan
William Leahy
Vichy
Europe
AAA
WASHINGTON
Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
LONDON
Britain
Hitler
Royal Air Force
Labor
Ernest Bevin
Leeds
N.S.W
SYDNEY
Australia
Labor party
New South Wales
United Australia party
Alexander Mair
G.B
MALAYA
SAIGON
Indo-China
Singapore
India
ADDIS ABABA
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
C.P
air and
nome
England
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