RAF Holds Edge in Eastern Hostilities Says London
London dispatch reports the Royal Air Force has the initial advantage in expanding hostilities in the East and plans to target Syrian airfields used by Nazis. Sources say Allied aircraft bombed Damascus, Ravka, and Palmyra, and warn Nazi access to Suez hinges on Syria. Debate grows over France’s stance and Vichy’s collaboration with Germany amid mounting tensions.
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ONDON
C.P
Royal Air Force
Suez
R.A.F
Damascus
Ravak
Palmyra
French mandate
Make More Defend West Hemisphere
United States and the American republics prepare to establish provisional administrations over French colonies in the western hemisphere if the Vichy Nazi collaboration progresses. Officials warn of dangerous potentialities and await clarification on co operation in Europe while Halifax-Hull talks discuss future status of colonial possessions. A Victoria flyer missing in overseas air operations is reported.
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WASHINGTON
State
Cordell Hull
state department
Roosevelt
United States
AMERICAS
LLOYD LEHERAS
Associated Press
western hemisphere
Europe
Atlantic
HALIFAX
HULL
Hall
University Degrees Rule In Parliament The Left Hand Corner
The Ottawa Journal notes a strong tilt toward academic credentials in Parliament. Of 345 MPs, 1409 are university graduates and many hold multiple degrees. Prime Minister ing leads with BA MA LL B plus fellowships and honorary LL Ds from Oxford Cambridge Edinburgh and North American universities. Page Four continues.
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A. R. Sykes
Ottawa Journel
Commons
Dominion
House of Commons
Oxford
Cambridge
Edinburgh
Harvard
Yale
McGill
Toronto
Queen's
Six Thousand and Nine Killed in British April Bombings
London report from the ministry of home security cites 6,065 killed and 6,926 injured civilians in April air raids on the United Kingdom. Of the dead 2,912 men 2,418 women and 680 children under 16. 61 missing believed dead. Total toll since June 1940 rises to 35,756 killed and 47,856 injured.
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LONDON
C.P
United Kingdom
ministry of home security
Britain
Cologne Bombing and Boulogne Raid Reported by RAF
London reports that Cologne endured heavy RAF bombing with large fires in the industrial Rhine area. A small force attacked Boulogne decks, and daylight raids off Norway sank a 2,500 ton supply ship. Nazi sources claim damage in western Germany and coastal England air losses.
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LONDON
Cologne
Royal Air Force
Rhine
Boulogne
France
Norwegian
Germany
air ministre
England
Huge Aluminum Sale From Canada To US Shocks Markets
Montreal May 17 G R E Powell president of Aluminum Company of Canada says Metals Reserve Company of Washington has bought 63 million dollars worth of aluminum. He notes expansion costing about 60.9 million will be needed mainly in Quebec, with no impact on existing empire contracts. Powell says Canada could produce enough to build 50 000 airplanes yearly. Main plants are in Arvida and Shawinigan Falls, Quebec.
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MONTREAL
G.R. E Powell
Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited
the
Metals Reserve Company of
Washington, D.C
Powell
Quebec
Mr. Powell
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canada
enouch aluminum
Aluminum Company of Canada. Limited
Arvida. Que
Shawinigan Falls
Que
Kew Chain Of Air Bases Is Now Speeded
Ottawa officials say the Edmonton to Alaska air route will gain speed this summer with a landing field every 250 miles and planes flying to Alaska before snow. Transport officials credit weather studies and past ministers for picking a feasible northerly route, begun in 1936 with a survey over northern Canada.
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R. KH. CARNEGIE
Wister
OTTAWA
Edmonton horse,T
Alaska
aviation
wansport
British Columbia
C. D. Howe
transport
munitions
United States
Rocky mountains
Charles Camseil
Boston Attorney Returns Legion Medal Over French Nazi Accord
Jud son Hannigan former president of the Massachusetts Republican club and Boston attorney said he is returning the Legion of Honor medal awarded in 1931 by France. He cited France’s collaboration with the Nazis as the reason for surrendering the honor.
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BOSTON
Judson Hannigan
Massachusetts Republican club
Alberta to attend Regina conference on inland Alaska highway
Edmonton May 17. The Alberta government will be represented at a Regina May 22 conference to discuss promoting the inland route across the prairies and northern Alberta for the proposed United States to Alaska highway. The event was announced here and called by the Regina Board of Trade.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
Regina
prairies
United States
Alaska
Regina Board of Trade
Hess flight mystery and claim about secret plane
London May 7 reports discuss unknown disclosures about Rudolf Hess and a suggested purge. The BBC disclosed German language broadcasts claiming Messerschmitt aided Hess’s flight from a private airfield near Augsburg to Scotland last week. The machine used was described as a large reconnaissance plane not in Luftwaffe service, with confusion over a Messerschmitt 110 designation and plans to exhibit the plane at Trafalgar Square being dropped.
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LONDON
Rudolf Hess
cesigner
Wille Messerschmitt
BBC
Germany
Messerschmitt
Hess
Augsburg
Scotland
Luftwaffe
Trafalgar Square
Arthur Greenwood
Rangers Defeat Hearts 4-2 in Scottish Cup final replay
Glasgow March 13. Rangers beat Hearts 4-2 to win the Scottish Cup final replay after a 1-1 draw in the first match. Yenters and Smith gave Rangers the lead, Hamilton equalized for Hearts, then Thornton and Johnstone scored late to seal victory before a 60,000 crowd.
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GLASGOW
C.P. Cable
Rangers
Hearts
Yenters
Smith
Hamilton
Thornton
Johnstone
Germans Move Troops Through Bosporus For Syria
A.P. report says Germany began transporting infantry via the Bosporus from Romanian Black Sea ports under Colonel Scholz bound for Syria and Iraq. Britain warns of risks to shipping as Turkey’s straits policy remains defensive and Germany’s moves draw international scrutiny.
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A.P
British Broadcasting Corporation
Germany
Bosporus
Syria
Iraq
Black Sea
Scholz
AGtONesch
BRITAIN
admiralty
Miditerranean
Black Sea of
Marmara
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
David Lisyd
George
Turkey
Churchill
Seven Killed In U S Army Plane Crashes
In southern Ohio during cyclonic wind and rainstorms two Army planes crashed within 15 minutes. Five men aboard a twin engined craft from Barksdale Field Louisiana died when it struck a hillside near Nelsonville. A second plane went down 100 miles west of Nelsonville near Wilmington killing two crewmen.
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COLUMBUS
Ohio
Patterson Field
Darton
saii
Barksdale Field
Nelsonville
here
Wilminston
Petain Annuity Questioned by Bank of England
London May 17 The Daily Express reports the Bank of England held a secret meeting to decide actions regarding income from a small London annuity bought in 1938 by Marshal Philippe Petain head of the Vichy regime.
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LONDON
C.P
The
Daily Express
Bank of England
Marshal Philippe Petain
Memory of Sir John A. Honored in Ottawa Ceremony
Prime Minister announced government plans to mark the death of Sir John A. Macdonald on June 6 with a ceremony at his Kingston Ontario grave. Conservative House Leader Henson and others would cooperate in arrangements for the event following the anniversary.
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OTTAWA
Fuidar
commons
Kins
Jonn A. Meccoenalé
Kingston
Rifle Gift To Hess Captor From Georgia Farmer
Chester K. Brooks of Thomasville Georgia on behalf of the people of Georgia directed the American Committee for Defence of British Homes to send a rifle and 100 rounds of ammunition to David McLean in Strathaven Scotland. The gift follows the 15 year old Scottish farmer who captured Rudolf Hess with a pitchfork.
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NEW YORK
Rudolf Hess
Chester K. Brooks
Thomasville
Georgia
American Committee for Defence of
David McLean
Strathaven
Scotland
Slow House Irks Cabinet Slow House Irks Cabinet
Justice Minister Lapointe voiced dissatisfaction in the House of Commons over progress on tax increases in the budget. The session adjourned for the weekend after approving higher beer and malt levies and some income tax changes amid days of debate. Hanson claimed progress while Lapointe urged continued effort on Monday. Tax on interest lingered as talks weighed the increase from 5 to 15 percent on non residents and corporations.
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OTTAWA
Lapointe
house of commons
Zeacer Hanson
Mrs Margaret Lewis Ex Factory Inspector Dies at 57
Mrs Margaret Lewis aged 57 former factory inspector died in hospital in Calgary after a long career. Born in Daventry England she moved to Calgary 30 years ago and helped organize the Dominion youth training school chairing the advisory committee since 1937. Surviving are daughter Mrs Leonard Lambert Edmonton two sons Norman and Mervyn Calgary with the RCAF and Bernard lost on the destroyer Margaree husband killed overseas in the last war.
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CALGARY
Mergaret A. Lewis
Daventer
England
Lewis
Dominion youth training school
Edmonton
Leonard Lambert
Norman
Mervyn
R.C.AF
Bernard
Margaree
Heavy Fighting On Egyptian Border Reported In Libya
British troops pressed the Ger mans in the Capuzzo area in Libya and captured over 500 prisoners while disabling armored cars. In Tobruk, British and Australian forces repelled a German counterattack, taking two officers and 60 Axis soldiers prisoner and destroying a tank howitzer and Breda guns. The Basra and Habbinayah areas were reported quiet.
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CAIRO
Egypt
Mar
fort Capuzzo
Libya
Salam
TOBRUK
communiqtie
aAxis
Salum
Moisture Short In Some Northern Districts
EDMONTON May 17 Wheat feeding on sharply reduced acres is almost completed through central Alberta due to lack of moisture. Some fields have two to four inches showing. About 18 percent of wheat seeding remains. Coarse grain seeding has begun over a wide area. Acreage shifts and increased summersfalow noted, but no crop damage yet. Rain needed in Lacombe, Wainwright, Red Deer area.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
Edmonton Journal
Lacombe
Wainsuigat
Red Deer
Forty delegates head to Edmonton East nominating convention
Forty delegates from twenty seven Social Credit groups in Edmonton East Constituency are expected to attend the Edmonton nominating convention Monday evening.
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EDMONTON
Alay
Edmonton East
Conflicting reports on Tibran Desert warfare
Confusion surrounds the Tibran Desert where both sides claim gains. If British troops hold Capuzzo and Axis forces control Salim, each side remains isolated in advanced positions with enemy pressure advancing behind them.
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Tibran
Capuzzo
Salim
St Lawrence Seaway Bill Heads to Congress Soon
The St. Lawrence seaway and power agreement between Canada and the United States is expected to be presented to Congress for ratification within two weeks. Adolf A Berle Jr and aides have completed the legislation. President Roosevelt supports the plan, but passage in the House is uncertain amid a likely extended fight.
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WASHINGTON
Mery
St. Lawrence seaway
Canada
United States
congress
Adolf A. Berle
Roosevelt
New York state
house
Quadruplets Born All Die In Chicago Today
Chicago reports a 20-year-old wife, Mrs Frances Adams, gave birth to a set of quadruplets, the second such birth in the city. All four infant girls died within ten hours after premature delivery at three months early. Adams’s condition was described as good.
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CHICAGO
Frances ,Adams
Abs. Adams
100000 U S Miners Ordered To Strike
AP reports the United Mine Workers ordered 100000 hard coal miners to quit next Monday after failure to reach a new contract with Pennsylvania anthracite operators. Other items include Hess wife not implicated in her husband Rudolf Hess flight inquiry and Roosevelt canceling Canada visit in May.
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NEW YORK
United Mine Workers of America
C.I.0
BERLIN
Francise Hess
Rudolf Hess
Roosevelt
Europe
France
RUSSIA
MOSCOW
Soviet
Far East
Grigori Stern
BUDPATH
TORONTO
Harry Hatch
Woodbine Park
Attrisius
PARLIAMENT HILL
OTTAWA
C.P
Parliament Hl
Mary
A.P
Fernplanc
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