Allies smash at Rabaul in second day of air battles
Australian report says long range Allied bombers hit Japanese shipping in Rabaul harbor New Britain for a second day. Seven of 17 intercepting fighters were shot down while all Allied bases returned safely. A separate raid hit Deboyne Island seaplane base sinking a seaplane and setting shore installations aflame.
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Rabaul
Moresby
LLIED
Australia
C.P
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Deboyne
Louisiade
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Canadian aircraft industry hits 400 planes a month plan
In Ottawa May 15 Canada’s aircraft industry now produces about 400 planes monthly and will soon operate a seven day week with three eight hour shifts. Munitions Minister Howe detailed progress in parliament while facing criticism over munitions and supply operations. He credited Ralph Bell for factory expansion but joined John Diefenbaker in condemning Bell's morale fund scheme.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
Howe
house of commons
Ralph P. Bell
John Diefenbaker
Con
Lake Centre
Mr. Bell
E. G. Hirst
Might Directories
Inumited
Toronto
Montreal
Vienna Hold Anti Nazi Mood Surges in 75 Percent
From Vienna reports show up to seventy five out of every hundred residents now strongly anti Nazi. Manual workers and the middle class join in the mood as hardship grows. A BBC backed tale of a maid demanding sixty marks monthly sparks talk of extortion and ration timing. The German broadcasts and hunger tone influence the scene as a humorous but sharp slice of life is described.
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Vienna
BSC
BBC
fami
London Evening Standard
12 U S Men Die In North Near Fort St John
Provincial police report 12 United States army men including two officers drowned when a pontoon capsized near Fort St John. Five others escaped. Dragging operations continued. It is believed the group were U S engineering troops on Alaska highway construction.
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VICTORIA
United States arm
Fort St John
United States
Alaska
New World Order Seen As Compromise By Dr. A S Tuttle
Dr A S Tuttle moderator of the United Church of Canada told the British Columbia conference in Vancouver that the postwar order for the Anglo-Saxon peoples would be a compromise between extremes. He warned against uncontrolled individualism and intense competition and urged a middle course to reduce these tensions.
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TUITLE
NEW WORLD ORDER
VANCOUVER
British Columbia
Church of Canada
A S Tuttle
Edmonton
United Church of Canada
British Corvette Lost In Madagascar Campaign
British forces seized Madagascar coastal areas in a May operation. The corvette Auricula was sunk. Troop losses were lighter than feared. East Lancashire Regiment and commandos landed May 5 at Courrier Bay, capturing a coastal battery and Diego Suarez. British terms of surrender rejected, and Antsuraná fell by May 6, with Diego Suarez entered May 7. Admiral Sifret led the expedition. Churchill broadcast remarks followed.
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Madagascar
admiralty
war office
East Lancashire Regiment
Courrier Bay
Diego Suarez
Antsurana
Erish
Edward Sifret
capedition
R G. Sturges
Parliamentarian News Bulletins Ottawa May 15
Ottawa reports on a secret Commons session proposed by J S Roy Find to discuss methods against the St Lawrence River submarine peril. Prime Minister Mackenzie King considered the plan while Navy Minister Macdonald awaited information. Roy urged action and Coldwell supported dedicated sessions.
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OTTAWA
C.P.I
St Lawreace
house of commons
J. $. Roy find
Gaspe
Mackenzie Kine
Row
Navy
Macdonald
Roy
Coldwell
houw leadher
St Lawrence
txyrris
Aberia
Howe
hose of commons
Canadians In Commandos Shake Nazis
Ottawa reports that Canadians in commando raids on German occupied territory are aiding in shaking German morale. Malcolm MacDonald, UK high commissioner to Canada, said the raids are a combined army air force navy project and declined to disclose specifics about Canadian troop participation. He noted airmen have taken part and hinted navy personnel may be involved, but no official Canadian troop announcement has been made.
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OTTAWA
Malcolm MacDonald
United Kingdom
Canada
MacDonald
Royal Navy
Roosevelt: More transport planes needed for war effort
President Roosevelt told reporters that the United States must mobilize all transport aircraft as fighting expands globally. He cited plans to place domestic airline travel on a wartime basis, with the army controlling over 300 transport planes and using every type of aircraft available.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
war department
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Baseball National League clash details and line scores mixed
Fragmented game notes show Pittsburgh and New York scorers with incomplete line scores, different pitchers named Wyat Owen Ciotinnath, Starr, Lamanno, Schumacher, Danning and Klutz. Boston and Philadelphia entries appear garbled with partial scores and postponed games listed in American League section.
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Pittsburgh
Brookis
Sewell
Phelps
Wyatt
Owen Ciotinnath
New York
Starr
Lamanno Schumacher
Danning Strows
Boston
Gumbert ana O Dea
Jatervand Klutz
Red Army Breaks Through Near Kharkov On 50 Mile Front
Soviet forces smashed across multiple sectors along a 50 mile front near Kharkov driving German troops back toward the city. Reports from Moscow and London indicated the Red Army penetrated inner defenses seven miles west of the Donets and pressed to within about 20 miles of Kharkov, with German reinforcements expected. The Kerch defense held as Russian armor struck Volchansk and Chuguyev, while Axis reports claimed a Russian attack near Pokrovsk was repelled.
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ONDON
C.P
Donets
Semeon Timoshenko
Red army
Kharkov
London
Hitler
Tokyo
Japan
Russia
Siberia
Reuters
Timies
Lopan
KERCH
Volchansk
Chuguyev
Dotets
arkov
Pokrovsk
Rostov
Taganrog
HENRY C CASSIDY
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Permits Required For Sending Steel to Mills
Ottawa reports steel shipments of sheet plate bar or structural steel may be blocked by mills without authorization from Steel Controller F B Kalbourn slowing nonessential wartime production. Department statement says steel for tanks guns ships railways and other war needs will be prioritized, civilians secondary. In London Bevin notes surprising capabilities of a 72 year old man in response to calls to question men over 72 and women over 60 in labor offices.
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OTTAWA
F. B. Kalbourn
department of munitions and supply
Kalbourn
CLNSTERS
LONDON
Ernest Bevin
house of commons
sas teces— samy
Escape On The Highwood High River Report
Our Own Correspondents describe the High River flood scene as residents endure days and nights on high ground. Mrs Elmer Pratt recalls the march to safety and the toll of rising waters, with families trapped, supplies scarce, and hope lingering amid the danger.
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Elmer Pratt
Husband
Tiny Knoll
R.C.A.F
HIGH RIVER
Standardize Air Training for UN pooling aims
Air Minister Power says standardizing air training methods could allow pooling of aircrews among the United Nations. He noted human nature language and national pride pose difficulties, but believes a method can be found with allowances for these factors. Continued on Page Three.
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OTTAWA
United Nations
Power
Clue Sought In London Baby Kidnapping Case
Hamilton and London police pursued an anonymous call to the Hamilton Spectator as a possible lead in the kidnapping of Barbara Ann Wood, six months old, in London Ontario. A well educated woman claimed the baby would be returned by the Children's Aid Society when the London child is recovered. The caller did not identify herself and the trace failed. Officials from Children's Aid Societies in both cities would be interviewed for records that might illuminate the case.
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HAMILTON
Ont
Hamiton
Landon polce
Hamilton Spectator
London
Barbara Ann Wood
Herry Wood
Children's Aid Society
A J. Chamberlay
Gavin Monaghan
Children's Aid Societies
Thetis Bays Seven Ships Thetis Bays Seven Ships
The Thetis, later renamed Thunderbolt, sinks in 1939 Liverpool Bay with 99 lives lost and is said to have returned from a crisis, sinking two Avis submarines and five supply ships while rescuing 43 merchant seamen in the Mediterranean. Berlin reports Allied losses on Arctic supply routes and British shipping in a wartime communiqué.
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LONDON
Thetis
Liverpool
Thunderbolt
Avis
Mediterranean
BERLIN
high command
todar
Mung
oattle
Arcic
Russia
United States
Englisi
Diegos Suarez battle report amid Pacific War news
Reports from Diego Suarez say about 150 French soldiers were killed and 500 wounded in the British assault. Other items note five fatalities in New Zealand's first airline crash near Mount Richmond, and attacks on Axis powers plus U S Navy losses near the Mississippi mouth.
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DIEGO SUAREZ
PORT LOUIS
Mauritius
Corbon
Vichs
Tananarive
Madagascar
NEW ZEALAND
AUCKLAND
C.P. Cable
airlines
Mount Richmond
Marlborough
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Churchill
Conunert
ADMIRAL E. N. SYFRET
PARLIAMENTAR
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Fort Norman
Ile Northecet
U.S
Sais
Family Robinson Bay
FRANK FLAHERTY
MEXICO
MEXICO CITY
Menean congress
Senate
Leon Garcia
permanent congressional commission
MISSISSIPPI
United States navy department
Miereappi river
New Carleans
Hovd
Hon. W. Fallow
minster of public works
N. W. Macpherean
tpairen. cP
Cherbourg
CHANNEL
FOLKESTONE
England
strait of Dover
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Messerschmitt
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