Soviet Spring Offensive Hits Kharkov As Kerch Push Surges
The Red Army launches a major spring offensive toward Kharkov, disorganizing German defenses and pressing a broader push around the Kerch peninsula. Red Star reports heavy losses for Germany while Soviet forces seize the initiative, with fighting continuing near Parpatsch and Kerch.
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Semeon Timoshenko
Kharkov
Keren
Kerch
Parpatsch
Red Star
Boal
Kerth
Red army
Reghar
Snow Arrives As Crow's Nest Pass Flood Recovers
Snow and rain struck the Crow's Nest Pass overnight and into the morning as waters receded. Main street reopened after York Creek break closure, traffic restored between Pass towns with a Frank detour. Trains move, mails return, many families back home though some north side residences remain waterbound and cared for. River has formed a new channel flooding more homes and impacting area residents. AT HIGH RIVER mail famine ends with two deliveries on Wednesday.
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BLAIRMORE
Crow's Nest Pass
Crow's Nest river
York Creek
Frank
HIGH RIVER
Left Hand Corner recalls Carpathia rescue amid Titanic tragedy
London correspondent notes relics from the Carpathia era and the memory of wireless operators saving lives after the Titanic disaster. The piece links Libyan mosquito netting for Allies to wartime industry and headlines from Britain.
Team Runs Away Man Badly Hurt By Seed Drill
John Hrycyk, a farmer, was seriously injured when his horses bolted in his Lamont area field. Thrown from his seat he fell under a seed drill, suffering severe back injuries and possible fractures. He was taken to Lamont hospital for treatment about 55 miles east of Edmonton.
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PAULUS
Alla
John Hrycyk
Lamont hospital
Paulis
Edmonton
Axis Tanks Beaten Back on Libyan Front
Cairo dispatch reports British forces on the central Libyan front dispersed a detachment of 15 Axis tanks in a sharp encounter. A small group of enemy tanks withdrew under British artillery fire, and another convoy near the coast between Tmimi and El Gazala was dispersed by artillery.
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CAIRO
Egypt
Tmimi
El Gazala
Naval College Opens In October At Esquimalt
Ottawa May 14 Naval sources say trainees at the new Royal Canadian Naval College will be fit for postwar naval admin and staff roles after active service and possible sea combat experience. The college will open at Batles Park near Esquimalt British Columbia next October.
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NAVAL COLLEGE
OTTAWA
therm
Royal Canadian Naval College
Batles Park
Esquimalt
B.C
Finish Air Crew Here Finish Air Crew Here
Ottawa May 14 Air training in Canada nears the stage where graduates will be prepared for actual warfare before going overseas the aim is to have operational training here pending enough operational planes and units in Canada The minister indicated resistance to Canadianizing the RCAF overseas and pledged to persist in the policy Washington March 14 17 the House Ways and Means Committee voted to lower personal income tax exemptions to 500 for singles and 1200 for married persons
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OTTAWA
Canada
Power
house of commons
Britain
R.C.A.F. Thesu
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force
air ministry
U.S
WASHINGTON
house of representatives
ways and means committee
Floods Hit High River Majora in Parliament News
In Ottawa on May 14, Rev E G Hanowil described a mayoral telegram reporting flooding in High River Alberta caused by a river direction change. The federal dyke policy and provincial jurisdiction were discussed as Hon J Be Michaud noted initial reports came from Mr Hawell and public works officials. In a Wheat Board Act note, the Agricultural Committee debated brokerage distribution among brokers on the Winnipeg market, arguing the policy reduced costs and kept brokers objective, with 73 to 80 percent of futures brokerage tied to broker group payments and concerns voiced by MPs about farmers being harmed by excessive charges.
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High River
Alta
house of commons
E. G. Hanowil
Macleod
BE Michaud
public works
Hawell
AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE
Wheat Board
Canadian Wheat Board
house of commons agricultural committee
QAI A eerste
George Melvor
santd
McTeor
Wie businesii
John Duffenbaker
Jake Crairs
Robt Palr
Battle Bar
Winnipre exchange
ferl
Mr Yan
Third Ship May Be Lost In St Lawrence U-boat Chase
Canadian press report from Lewis Quebec May 14 says a German submarine that sank two freighters earlier this week in the St Lawrence river may have sunk a third. Survivors say the U boat trailed another vessel for miles before firing a single torpedo. Forty three aboard one ship survived. one died of exposure and 11 are missing. Most were British or Dutch seamen with no Canadians aboard. Censorship blocked the captain’s name.
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ROBERT CLARKE
LEWIS
Que
C.P.1
St. Lawrence
sonk
Montreal
Baseball Scores and War Policy Debate Report
Baseball results from the National and American Leagues show mixed outcomes with varied pitching and batting, including Pittsburgh, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, St Louis, and Chicago games with postponements noted. A separate Ottawa report states Angus MacInnis criticizes government war post appointments tied to big business in the commons.
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Brooklin
Wilkie
Phelps
Higte
Owen
Cincinnati
New York
Continue Hunt For Missing Killam Man
Killam Alberta police widened the search for EH Morgan a Killam district farmer missing since a fire destroyed a rented shack. No foul play evidence found. Foster son Bruce 12 who stayed with the Morgans was briefly missing during the sweep but found resting in a straw stack as about 80 men scoured the farm area under RCMP Const. Graves.
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KILLAM
Alta
EH Morgan
Morgan
Bruce
Morgans
RCMP
Edmonton
Const. P Graves
Newton Heads University of Alberta President
Edmonton May 13 Dr Robert Newton appointed president of the University of Alberta by Premier Aberhart. The act names him to hold office at government pleasure. he has served as acting president since August 1941 after Dr Kerr’s resignation. At 53, Newton is a Montreal native and McGill graduate who served as a captain in World War I earning the Military Cross.
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Robert Newton
Unversity of Alberta
Aberhart
tocar
Newton
W . R. Kerr
Montreal
McGill University
BSA
Canarian field artillery
Ballantis
Ure verity of
Alberta
Ration Categories in Tire Order Issued by Munitions Minister Howe
Ottawa May 14 The new lire rationing order details three classes of vehicles eligible to buy tires and tubes under permit or certificate. Class A includes vehicles necessary for medical and clergy use, ambulances and funeral services, firefighting police and postal rail services, and private vehicles operated by police or fire personnel. The document lists conditions for proof of need and authorization through rationing representatives and purchase certificates.
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Howe
Prices and Trade Board
gardages
sposal
mall
tre
police
Berlin fears gas in London war news
A Stockholm dispatch cited Dagligt Allehanda reporting Berlin fears a gas attack in London. The Swedish note suggests uncertainty about war status and possible masking as authorities react, with a Berlin correspondent noting mixed signals from papers.
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BERLIN
LONDON
Rewe
Stockholm
Dagist Allehanda
sas
Billy the Kid in Battle Dress in English War Feature
A garbled wartime feature profiles a Canadian commando nickname Billy the Kid. It depicts a lone fighter in battle dress, detailing his disguise, gear, and implied daring actions, with vivid but unclear phrasing about training, arming, and combat readiness during May in England.
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Billy The Kid
A MAY
Indictment Irrelevance Cited In New York Court
In New York General Sessions Court Hagish Sterling, age 30, questioned the murder indictment tied to a decade old mistaken identity slaying of a patrolman. He stated the only important life event was his appendix removal, dismissing the murder case as unimportant.
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NEW YORK
Hagish Sterling
neero
Will Intern Riating Japs In Ottawa May 14
Japanese participants in a Vancouver fracas are to be interned immediately, Labor Minister Mitchell told the Commons. Guards will be increased at the holding site, and others moved east of the Cascade mountains. The Hastings Park camp will not be permanent and will be used by the defence department after moves. The Vancouver upset included smashed windows and an iron grate missing as military guards used hoses on demonstrators. quiet returned by today, with protests over talks through barred windows. Canadian Forestry Corps broadcasters list Calgary and Vancouver recruits for CBC Saturday.
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C.P
Vancouver
Labor
Mitchell
house of commons
Cascade mountains
George Cruickshank
Fraser Valley
Mittchell
Hastings Park
national defence department
News bulletins flow from wartime fronts and actions
Immobility of French warships at Martinique disclosed as a joint French American operation. Britain’s Burma defenders near escape into Assam, while Berlin claims a Russian counterattack west of Kerch. An earthquake in Guayaquil kills at least ten, with four Americans among the dead. Japan claims five battleships under construction or on order. Allied casualties from the Coral Sea reach Australia. A Japanese merchant ship is reportedly sunk. A German bomber off Iceland is driven away with uncertain damages.
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WASHINGTON
BERLIN
Kerch
high command
GUAYAQUIL
Ecuador
USP
United Saztes citigins
John M. Slaughter
Guaxagull
Gerard Edward Temby
South American Development company
ISPAN
LONDON
TOKYO
APIA
South China sea
war and
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May & NZI
ICELAND
REYKRAVIK
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