Dutch Revolt and London Bombing Report Tie to German Struggles
A May 13 Reuters dispatch details heavy Allied bombing of Duisburg and a surge of resistance in Holland and Belgium. Reports describe sabotages, train wrecks, and clashes across occupied Europe as Nazi control weakens and Dutch and Belgian efforts expand.
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Parliament set to discuss mutual aid bill in Commons
The Canadian House of Commons will continue debate on the 1.0 billion mutual aid bill while the Senate is expected to consider government business. Yesterday Munitions Minister Howe said Canada would largely retain title to the war-built freighter Treet for postwar merchant use. Prime Minister Mackenzie King planned to go to Washington next week for talks with Churchill and Roosevelt. The Senate passed 16 divorce bills.
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Lawyers Return to School War Measures Act Education
Toronto lawyers attend after hours classes at Osgoode Hall to study wartime law under the War Measures Act. Lecturers include civil servants and lawyers focusing on price control rental rules foreign exchange and excess profits as part of wartime administration.
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India Status in Far East Discussed by Leaders
Churchill to address U S Congress next Wednesday at 10:30 a m M D T with Speaker Rayburn inviting and planning a joint session. White House says Friday radio address mainly for Britain to honor home guards. Discussion centers on India as a strategic base for operations against Japan.
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Trade Minister MacKinnon Named To Aid UN Program Board
In Ottawa on May 13 the debate on expanding the five man board to administer a 1 million dollar UN aid program continued in committee. Lt Col Ross argued for adding the Trade Minister. board members would include Howe, Ralston, Gardiner, Disney and St Laurent. Diefenbaker questioned conditional pledges tied to future trade and wheat transfers. Overseas postings announced for Defence HQ officers.
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Canada in War Parley with Roosevelt and Churchill
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King will join early next week talks in Washington with President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. The discussions are expected to shape the next Allied offensive plans after Tunisia victory. Canada, with its trained army in Britain, may have key ministers and senior officers at the talks.
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Lord Lyel Killed in North Africa
Lord Lyel Kinnordy second Baron of Kinnordy has been killed in North Africa while serving with the Scots Guards, announced Wednesday night.
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1918 Bond Proves Good Investment for Kamloops Settler
A Kamloops settler who declined Victory Loan salesmen still earned a return on a $1,000 1918 bond after it was found in a local bank with coupons intact. The man had earlier spoken with loan officials, noting no follow up on his purchase. The discovery highlights wartime bond persistence.
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More Ships For Canada
Ottawa May 13 The Munitions Minister Howe outlined plans to retain the bulk of Canada war built freighters for a post war merchant marine with only about 75 vessels to be sold to the United States The aim is a fleet over 200 ships manned by current Canadian naval personnel as debate on a 1 billion mutual aid bill continued with little progress and political friction over the Victory Loan campaign and partisan duties Continuous discussion extended through the three hour sitting.
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Attlee Reports North Africa Victory and Prisoners
Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced the end of the North Africa campaign in Parliament. He said Allies have taken more than 150,000 prisoners and captured over 1,000 guns, 250 tanks and thousands of motor vehicles, calling the victory a classic example of the military art and predicting unconditional surrender for Hitler and his generals.
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Victory Loan totals rise as campaigns near end
Subscriptions on Wednesday reach 74,405,450 pushing the Fourth Victory Loan three week total to 959,707,800 with three business days left and Canada’s Manitoba New Brunswick Prince Edward Island report progress toward separate canvass and payroll goals amid continued sales by corporate special names.
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Axis losses mount in North Africa campaign
London dispatch estimates over 600000 German and Italian troops killed or captured since the Axis advance toward the Nile began. The latest stage is said to add more than 200000 losses, with about 150000 captured and at least 39000 killed or wounded.
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Bomber Command Nerve Centre of Raids Described
Canadian Press report from Britain on Bomber Command's nerves centre, detailing the chain of command from Air Vice Marshal George E. Brookes to Group Captain C R Slemon and Wing Commander D A RL Bradshaw. The piece explains how planners decide nightly aircraft assignments and coordinate navigation, meteorology, and intelligence for Canadian squadrons.
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Italian Monarch's Son-in-Law Taken Amid North Africa Collapse
Allied forces in Tunisia report the capture of German General Von Arnim and indications that a king’s son-in-law may have surrendered with Italian forces. Allied victories seal the North African campaign as Von Arnim is questioned by Gen. Anderson after surrender.
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Bomb raids and fighter actions over occupied France and northern Europe
May 12 reports describe medium bombers striking Boulogne railway yards, while RLF and Spitfires shot down several aircraft in northern France. Canadian fighters swept Abbeville Stomer arcs, destroying multiple Focke Wulf 190s and damaging others. Other items note U.S. House passage of a two year reciprocal trade extension bill and Alberta agricultural and loan updates. Hazeltine named deputy chief of staff for Northwest Service Command. The Pas milk supplies deemed adequate to aid children.
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