Navy Minister Announces St. Lawrence Submarine Sinking
Navy Minister Macdonald reports a freighter sunk in the St. Lawrence on May 11 in the first official submarine attack there. Forty-one survivors landed. Shipping protection plans are active and further details withheld to deny the enemy critical information. No other sectors report new sinkings.
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Commando unit added to 31st Alberta Reconnaissance Battalion
Calgary May 12 A commando troop will join the 31st Alberta Reconnaissance Battalion now in training at Sarcee camp. Lieut Col C F Smith said the unit’s cavalry and commando spirit tops the reorganized regiment. The badges of the 15th Alberta Light Horse at Calgary and the 19th Alberta Dragoons of Edmonton will be adopted if approved.
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Melbourne company develops concentrated vitamin meal powder
The Left Hand Corner reports a Melbourne firm has developed a powdered vitamin meal containing vitamins A B C and D. Two years of lab work produced a highly concentrated Osio health lunch designed to match a standard meal. If successful, it will be tested with children and families, aiming to improve nutrition while easing meal preparation.
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King Faces Crisis Over Proposed Full Conscription Bill
Ottawa May 12 Prime Minister Mackenzie King faced a critical phase as French Canadian MPs oppose his plan to grant government power to order unlimited compulsory military service. He introduced a bill to amend the National Resources Mobilization Act removing the ban on conscription outside the Dominion and announced Transport Minister Cardin's resignation in protest. The amendment preserves the act as it stood since 1940, enabling action by order in council as needed, but allows full consideration of conscription across theatres. The bill received first reading with no debate.
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Blairmore Flood Loss Valley Reaches Fifty Thousand Dollars
Southern Alberta reports relief as rivers fall and floodwaters recede. Blairmore Mayor Enoch Williams puts residents' losses at about 50 000 dollars with debris clearing underway in Crow's Nest Pass towns. Railways damaged, services disrupted, aid flowing from Lethbridge, Coleman expected to resume later today.
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Air Minister warns of internal rifts ahead of UN air conference
In the Commons, Air Minister Power urged unity as Canada faces internal disputes amid plans for the upcoming United Nations air conference. He noted political divisions within the ranks over the transnational air training program and stressed the need for more aircraft and funding to support coastal reconnaissance, convoy patrols, and anti submarine duties by the Royal Canadian Air Force. Power praised airmen from frontier stations to Greenland, counting 15 000 airmen as essential to national defense.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Admiral Leary Commands Pacific Naval Forces in World War I
Ad miral Leary leads Pacific naval forces during World War I directing fleets in key waters near the Netherlands Antilles and adjacent theaters. The WS fortes battle action and cross wartime orders mark a pivotal global maritime engagement.
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Three British Destroyers Lost in Eastern Mediterranean
The admiralty reports three British destroyers the Lively Jackal and Kipling were sunk by German bombs in the eastern Mediterranean. About 600 officers and men aboard the ships were saved. A force of four British destroyers faced heavy air attack yesterday. the Jackal was towed but later sunk.
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Allies Still Harass Japs After Coral Sea Loss
Allied air units reported damaging two to three more Japanese ships as Gen Douglas MacArthur’s headquarters said scattered invasion forces were hunted down in the Coral Sea aftermath. The tally of Japanese losses reached 23 or 24 ships in eight days, yet Australia faced continued threat of a renewed southward strike.
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Four Day Battle Ends In Repulse
The Kerch peninsula clash on the Crimea cooled after four days of heavy fighting as German offensives near Soviet positions paused. Moscow and London reports conflicted on results with air raids continuing and guerrilla actions behind enemy lines cited as significant.
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British Still Room Greece
In Lisbon May 19 year olds say British troops remain at large in starving Greece. A Greek-born American recounts a Greek officer killing Italian soldiers in Athens and later dying, while Greeks aided escapees. Mos tof the piece details danger and Greek aid amid occupation.
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Liberals Back King in Confidence Vote in Caucus
In Ottawa Liberal MPs and senators voted to express confidence in Prime Minister Mackenzie King. The caucus praised the government’s handling of key legislation and supported present policy while pledging to discuss the Trade Port matter and restriction in the National Resources bill.
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Hollanders Shot in Occupation Led Dutch Secret Group
London May 12 1947 German occupation forces in the Netherlands executed 24 more leaders of a secret anti Nazi organization for alleged complicity in a plot to pave the way for an Allied invasion, raising total executions to 96. Radio reported the action.
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British Broadcastin g Corp says Vinh has no control over Indian French colonies
A BBC spokesman in London stated that Vines lacked authority over the French colonies in India as they had previously aided the Free French for over a year, according to a May 12 report.
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U S Winter Wheat Crop Estimate
The United States Agriculture Department reports this year's winter wheat crop at 656,873,030 bushels as of May 1 conditions, up from 24,983,000 forecast a month earlier. Last year produced 871,293,000 bushels with a 1930-39 average of 368,417 bushels.
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Japs Thrown Back Into Burma Area
Japanese invasion force struck deep into China’s Burma theater and has been driven back to the Wanting frontier near Chefang and Meng-shih, with heavy fighting still in the area. Chinese units advanced in central Burma, capturing Maymyo and pressing toward Mancalar to block Japanese pushes, while another force moved toward Malewa as the Salween river region remains a battlefield.
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Malta defends as 125 Axis planes are reported down
Malta authorities claim 125 Axis aircraft were destroyed or damaged in the last four days in the latest communique. In Canada, Justice Hudson refused permission to appeal a court ruling that quashed a tobacco industry combine. Soviet and Japanese actions dominate dispatches with air, river, and coastal moves across Europe and Asia, while a U.S. mine disaster near Morganvean reports 108 workers trapped.
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