Air Bombing Intensifies As Allies Target Northern France
London reports United States heavy bombers hit northern France at dawn on May 15 as part of a final day of two way Allied preparations for invasion. RAF Mosquitos hit Cologne while RAF and Canadian aircraft claim several German planes shot down over England and over eastern France.
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LONDON
A.P
United States
France
Cologne
Brenner Pass
Italy
Berlin
Bristol
air ministry
England
R.AF
Low Countries
R.C.AFP
Great Britain
R.C.AF
Allies Make Big Advance In Italian Front At Cassino
Allied forces thrust across the Gustav line and widened bridgeheads from Cassino to Minturno. French and American units report progress on hills near Liri and Ausonia, with Santa Maria Infante and San Pietro cleared on the Garigliano. The German defense shows strain as allies push toward Route Six and the Cassino road.
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APLES
C.P
Reuters
Algiers
Terelle
San Giorgio
Liri
Cassino
Ausonia
8th Army
5th Army
Rapido
Rome
Santa Maria Infante
San Pietro
Garigliano
Ausente
Spigno
Minturno
San Grigorio
Rapido river
Lireral
Budget Expected Early In June
Ottawa reports that the budget will not be introduced before late May and is more likely in early June. Finance Minister Ashely told the Commons weeks ago he would bring Gowen Ve Gauage sometime after May 15, but a finance official said it would not be this week and likely not the week after.
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OTTAWA
Asley
commons
Gowen Ve Guage
Plane Designer Killed in Leicester Crash
British plane designer A. L. Wykes died when the tiny observation plane he was piloting for acrobatic stunts crashed before a crowd in Leicester England on a Sunday.
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LEICESTER
England
h—A.L. Wykes
Pollock's Toy Theatres Mark London Landmark Closing
The London correspondent reports Pollock's, a dingy Hoxton shop famed for toy theatres and stage sheets, is ceasing operations after decades as a literary shrine noted by Robert Louis Stevenson and visitors including Americans. Louisa Pollock prepares to leave, ending a long era near Britannia Music Hall.
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London
Ottawa Journal
Hoxton
Pollock's
Robert Louis Stevenson
East End
R.L
Pollock
Benjamin Pollock
Louisa Pollock
George Inn
Britannia Music hall
Lethbridge Herald Crop Report Urges Rain Across South
The first 1944 crop report from the Lethbridge Herald warns of widespread drought, noting fair germination but scant moisture. Subsoil moisture is gone, fields show yellowing wheat east of Warner, and only 0.02 inches has fallen this month. Ranges are dry, lambing continues, beet drilling is near complete, and canneries look hopeful, with heavy rains needed before June to avoid a light crop.
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Lethbridge
Warner
Parliamentary News Bulletins From Ottawa May 15
Defense Minister Ralston faces question on Walter Winchell pay for praise of Canada's war effort. Crerar says no direct WIB data, Winchell claimed 1914 visit. board possibly fed data indirectly. Also Jehovah’s Witnesses detention inquiry finds no ill treatment. Internment releases of Lorimer Farr Potter Schneider discussed. St Laurent urged to justify internment timing.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Ralston
house
commons
Walter Winchell
United States
H. A. Bruce
Teronta Farkdale
Winchell
Canada
Wartime Information Board
Canadian treasury
Bruce
New York
Crerar
W.1B
justice department
A. W. Bence
P.C
Saskatoon
Justice
St. Laurent
Bence
Schneider
Lorimer
Farr
Missing Sailor From Valleyfield Sunk In Atlantic Action
Stoker Petty Officer John Emile Blechlinger RC.N.V.R. is reported missing after H M C S Valleyfield was sunk in the North Atlantic by enemy action. His wife Mrs Grace Blechlinger lives at 728 8th Street South Lethbridge.
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Lethbridge
Herad
R.C.N
Stoker
John Emile Blechlinger
RC.N.V.R
H.M. C.S
Valleyfield
North Atlantic
Grace Blechlinger
8th Street
Lethbridge Herald
John Carleton Flath
RC. N.V.R
HM.C.S
revel
King inspects British Navy during major exercise
The King observed Britain’s home fleet at a Northern naval base May 15, witnessing a large air arm mission against German shipping from Norway to the Bay of Biscay. He watched midget submarines, human torpedoes, Corsairs and Barracudas rehearse, and ordered a depth-charges display aboard the destroyer leading the tour.
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Britain
fleet air arm
Norway
Bay of Biscay
Mediterranean
Bombing Begins To Crack Nazis In Germany
Lisbon May 15 reports show heavy bombing of Germany is beginning to crack the Nazi regime. Evidence appears in German reports of rationing and shortages, with propagandists and newspapers indirectly confirming hardships used to sustain civilian morale.
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LISBON
Germany
Boiler Explodes Killing Three Trainmen near Cayuga
Hamilton Ont May 15 Three crew members from a Wabash Railway freight train were killed at noon when the locomotive exploded two miles west of Cayuga on a steep grade. The dead are engineer F Sherman Robinson fireman John H Pickering and head end brakeman Wesley H Irwin all Wabash employees. The boiler was hurled into the air and landed beside the tracks while the cab was blown across the line.
Chinese Push Into Burma Offensive Across Yunnan Front
Chinese high command reports a May 10 night offensive in western Yunnan crossing the Salween over a 100 mile front to link with Stilwell in northern Burma. Casualties are heavy. American air units support the drive with bombers and fighters striking bridges warehouses and Japanese targets in western Yunnan and Burma.
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CHUNGKING
Yunnan
Salween river
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Wanpahsa
Burma-Thailand
Mangshih
Luneling
Tene-Cnung
Tatang
MYITKYINA KANDY
Ceylon
Tarongyang
Kamaing
Tangpu
Myitkyina
Magaing
Manvin
Yarongyang
Kohima
India
Imphal
Potsangbam
U.S
Meitkila
Heho
Allied Bombers Hit Netherlands New Guinea Airdromes
Advancing Allied air forces launched a fresh harrying strike against Japanese positions along the northwest coast of Netherlands New Guinea. Wakde airfield near Hollandia was bombed with 2000 tons of bombs causing fires rising 6000 feet. Mafik Bay and nearby installations received 134 tons. Schouten Islands and Noemfoor Island targets followed with airfields attacked and supplies set ablaze. Dive bombers and fighters sank 40 enemy barges near Rabaul. Wewak Hanea Kavieng and Buka coast areas also hit by Allied bombs.
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New Guinea
Netherlands New Guinea
Wakde
Hollandia
Maffin Bay
Schouten Islands
Noemfoor Island
Schoutens
Ravaul
New Britain
Wewak
Hanea
Kavieng
New Ireland
Buka
Bougainville
Hitler Seizes Adoration of the Lamb Masterpiece
ICNDON May 15 Adolf Hitler has become owner of the looted Van Gogh painting The Adoration of the Lamb, one of Europe’s greatest art treasures. It was moved from Belgium to France for safety and then handed over to Fred Matsna and Hermann Goering, according to a leading European authorities quoted in the Daisy Mail.
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ICNDON
Reuters
Adolf Hitler
Van terk
Adersen
dhe Lamb
Europe
Belgium
France
Fred Matsna
Hermann Goerng
Daisy Mail
Unknown Artillery Shells Town in England Kill Two
A Sunday shelling from a distant artillery battery struck Steyning Sussex five miles south of London killing two civilians and a home guard private and wounding five others. Civil defense officials could not reach the army units involved as shells, likely anti tank rounds, fell intermittently for nearly two hours. A military court inquiry was ordered.
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STEYNING
Sussex
Tus od
London
military cour
Valleyfield Sunk by Nazi Submarine on Atlantic Run
Ottawa reports the Canadian frigate HMCS Valleyfield torpedoed and sunk during an Atlantic convoy escort. Minister Angus L. Macdonald confirms the loss. 38 survivors, 5 dead, 121 missing or unaccounted, including Captain Lt. Commander D. T. English. Names of survivors and missing list Normand William Anderson, William Lawrence Edwards, Jack Praser Law, Richard Samuel Snider, John Emile Blochlinger, and others. Prime Minister Mackenzie King sent condolences. Valleyfield, first Canadian destroyer to sink, joined service in December after Quebec Shipbuilding.
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OTTAWA
H.M.C.S. Wadlesfield
North Atlantic
Angus L. Macdonald
National Defence
Naval Services
Lethbridge
John Emile Blocolinger
Elighth Street South
Macdonald
Walles
D. T. English
RC.N.R
Halifax
N.S
E. J. C. Watson
R.C.N.V.R
Montreal
A.B. BE. G. Garrioch
Toronto
Royal Navy
KING
W. L. Mackenzie King
England
H.M.C
Valleyfield
H.M.C.S
Morton Division
Quebec Shipbuilding, Ltd
Alberta
Ratings ANDERSON
Norman William
Betty Anderson
Wetaskiwin
Alta
EDWARDS
William Lawrence
Stoker
Irene McKenzie
Calgary
Alita
LAW
Jack Praser
Eva Law
SNIDER
Richard Samuel
Mae Snider
Edmonton
Victory Loan Sets Record Near 1.4 Billion
Canada’s Sixth Victory Loan subscriptions reach 1,292,105,500 by Saturday with officials predicting a final total near 1.4 billion, as delayed returns from payroll savings could add millions. Progress reports will follow Wednesday and Saturday. Montreal Island and Quebec hit their 60 percent objectives. Lt General A G L McNaughton urged patience as forces face the war’s toughest operation.
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OTTAWA
C.Pi
Canada
National War Finance committee
Victory
Regina
A G. L. McNaughton
Montreal Island
Quebec
Norse and Russian Guerrilla Fight Germans in Norway Fjords
Stockholm reports small scale guerrilla actions by partisans in Norway. Private sources say Soviet submarines slipped past German defenses through fjords as Norwegians and Russians conduct covert operations against German forces in the region.
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STOCKHOLM
Norwedian
Ruastart pitison
Nora
Tranimgen
Ceday
neaspaper
aaig
Fire Destroys Mail Car En Route to Saint John
Saint John New Brunswick May 15 Nearly all contents of a mail car attached to a Canadian Pacific Railway train were destroyed by fire early today as the train approached Holb Me en route to Saint John from Montreal The car carried letters parcel post newspapers and magazines from Quebec Ontario and the western provinces for overseas and the Maritimes Postal officials said the fire was believed to have started in flammable material in a parcel addressed for overseas.
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SAINT JOHN
N.B
C.Po
Canadian Pacific Railway
Holb
Montreal
Quebec
Ontario
overseas
Maritimes
Brian O'Leary Missing Ottawa Airman Reported
Patrol published notice from Ottawa stating Sgt Brian O'Leary RCAF son of Chattan and Mrs O'Leary is missing after overseas air operations. He is the second O'Leary son missing on active service. his brother PO Owen O'Leary has been missing since August 18, 1943. Mr. O'Leary is associate editor of the Ottawa Journal.
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BRIAN O'LEARY
OTTAWA
R.C.A.F
Chattan O'Leary
O'Leary
Owen O Leary
O’Leary
Ottawa Journal
Buchan Escapes Parachute Jump Over Ceylon Jungle
May 15 report that Cable Flight Lt William Buchan son of the late Lord Tweedsmir, ex governor general of Canada, bailed out of a high altitude plane over the Ceylon jungle after engine trouble. He landed unharmed.
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BUCHAN
RANDY Cevlon
CP. Cable
William Buchan
Lord Tweedsmir
Canada
Cevlon
Commander Is Among Missing
Lieut.-Commander D. T. English of Halifax commander of H.M.C. Valleyfield, torpedoed and sunk on convoy duty in the North Atlantic. Valleyfield, commissioned last December, was the first Canadian frigate sunk and the first Canadian escort of HM.C.S. St. Croix in September 1943. English was born in St. John's Newfoundland.
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D. T. English
R.CNR
Halifax
H.M.C
Nazis fear landing to cut off Rome London
A Rome warning cited by Walter Seydlitz says another Allied landing in Italy is imminent and Rome may be cut off. Other brief items note Orlemanski sent to monastery, Alberta Power Commission heads named, French capture San Giorgio, German recapture claim, Curtin secretariat talk, Clyde Shoun no hitter, Soviet airmen sink transports off Kirkenes, and Gen McNaughton welcomed home.
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ROME
LONDON
C.P
Reuters
Italy
Walter Seydlitz
Transocean agency
ORLEMANSKI
PRINGFIELD
Mass
A.P
stanislaus Oriemanski
Moscow
George A. Shea
Springfield
SALDER
ALBERTA POWER COMMISSION
EDMONTON
W. D. King
trade and industry
Alberta
power commission
E. C. Manning
Vernon Pearson
department of public works
P. M. Lauder
Lethbridge
agriculture department
SAN GIORGIO
C.P.Reuters
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Liri
Cassing
high command
Santa Maria Infante
DNE
CURTIN
SECRETARIAT
Cabie
John Curtin
Australia
empire
CLYDE SHOAN
CINCINNATI
Clyde Shean
Reds
Boston Braves
Chuck Aleno
Shoun
Jim Tobin
baseball
hall of fame
Brooklyn
Kirkenes
McNAUGHTON
MOOSOMIN
Sask
A. G. L. McNaughton
Monday
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Herald Crop Report
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Hitler
FLATH
John Carleton
Nina Flath
8th St. N E
Medicine Hat
SUTTON
Kenneth Roger
Mary Priscilla Sutton
Ratings BLOCHLINGER
John Emile
Stoker PO
Grace Blochlinger
Lethebridge
RUDD
Joan Sydney
WOOLRIDGE
George Leslie
Gertrude Woolidge
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B.C. Sartivors
VALLEY FIELD
Norway Fjords
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