Montreal Exchange elects Beaubien as chair
May 18 Montreal stock scene names Andrew S Beaubien as chairman by acclamation, succeeding Raymond Allan after two years. Concurrent AP dispatches note Louis P Lochner's return to neutral Portugal after internment, revealing German wartime hardships and U S war impact. Hitler’s war on the United States triggers sharp rationing rise in Germany.
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Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
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Left Hand Corner Mystery Ties to Lawrence of Arabia
London correspondent of the Ottawa Journal reports at a South Country tank instruction and investigation depot where Lawrence of Arabia spent months of his life. Locals recall his fame and the rumor persists that his death was engineered by authorities. A few former confidants doubt the official account while many at the camp remember him as a clerk in the technical stores.
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Ottawa Journal
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Goering Spends Cash on Italian Art Loot
The report from Lisbon claims Hermann Goering, Hitler’s top successor, is allegedly absorbing German money into Italian art treasures. Italian public opinion says Nazi missions and German tourists bought art abroad at black market rates, fueling a rush to convert funds into gems. A buyer in Italy allegedly purchased about $1,000,000 in pictures tapestries and valuables for Goering, whose business card was seen by an observer.
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RICHARD MASLOCK
Associated Press
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William Lunn Dies A Labour MP Since 1918 In London
William Lunn, labor member of parliament since 1918, died Sunday in London. He began work in coal pits at age 12 and rose to serve as parliamentary undersecretary in several ministries.
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Secret weekly sessions debated in Ottawa parliament
May 18 Ottawa parliament debates secret sessions in the house of commons. Prime Minister Mackenzie King stresses secrecy only when necessary while ministers argue for open sessions to preserve public trust and avoid suggesting an emergency. War Services Minister Thorson counters equality of sacrifice as impossible in war, urging three joint aims: manpower, rations, and munitions.
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Japanese craft bagged in weekend air war over New Guinea
Allied headquarters reported ten Japanese planes destroyed and three damaged during a weekend clash with Allied air forces over New Guinea and the Louisiade Archipelago. No Allied losses were listed. Japanese planes destroyed included nine at Lae during Saturday raids, with ground bombs destroying eight bombers and a Zero shot down.
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Paris
Soviet Army Smashes Desperate Nazi Relief Attempts At Kharkov
The Red Army pushes forward on a broad 100 mile front from Volchansk to Krasnograd as German counter moves falter. Pravda notes mass parachute landings failed to slow the Russian offensive, with 12,000 German dead and 150 tanks used in vain to break Russian lines.
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Harwood to Alexandria in British naval leadership reshuffle
London May 18 Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham named to lead the British Admiralty in Washington. Vice Admiral Sir Henry Harwood arrives in Alexandria to succeed him as commander in chief. Admiral Sir Charles Lattin to Washington. Lattin takes Portsmouth command.
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LONDON
Atorea Cunnigham
Washington
Henry Harwood
Alexandria
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Admira
Charles Lattin
Admiral Lattle
Portsmouth
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Lethbridge Herald Crop Report Promising After Rain
The Lethbridge Herald’s first 1942 crop report notes timely rains across southern Alberta lifting prospects. Five inches moisture in foothills, plentiful reserves into June, and expected higher coarse grain acreage. Wheat sowing at 95 percent districtwide. beets 95 percent planted. sugar beets 27,800 acres above ground.
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Girl Acquitted In Malnutrition Death of Baby
An agitated trial in Nelson BC ends with the acquittal of Mattha Aeon White on a charge of manslaughter in the death of her 10 week old baby. The Crown had alleged the baby died from malnutrition amid conflicting testimony and medical evidence. The case drew attention for its tragic context and the jury’s verdict closes a difficult chapter in the community.
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One Car Out Of 16 Will Get Tires Now
Ottawa report states that fewer than one in sixteen Canadian passenger cars will receive new tires or tubes in the next two years. Supplies controller Alan H. Williamson said no new civilian tires are manufactured and stockpiles may be exhausted by 1944. About 75,000 essential cars will be supplied, while 1,175,000 cars face no tire allowances. 300,000 more are in classes B and C.
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Alan H. Williamson
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Prinz Eugen Torpedoed by Allied Airmen Off Norway
British and Canadian airmen hunted the 1000 ton German cruiser Prinz Eugen for months and engaged her in a running fight off southern Norway last night. Early reports say torpedo hits were scored as the vessel tried to reach a German port from Trondheim where she had sheltered after submarine damage. The Prinz Eugen was said to be heavily damaged and escorted by four destroyers and many German ships.
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Chinese Take West Bank Of Salween Chinese Take West Bank Of Salween JAP-HELD CENTRE GETS R.A.F. POUNDING
Chinese dispatches report the western bank of the Salween river northeast of Lungjing in Yunnan cleared of Japanese forces, denying a threat to Paoshan and noting Chinese advances. A Japanese northward push between the Salween and Mekong in the eastern Shan states was repulsed twice before renewed attacks. British forces withdraw from the Chindwin valley as fresh Indian troops relieve weary units, approaching within 76 miles of Assam. The Chongqing communique confirms progress in the large eastward campaign.
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Yunnan
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Canmore Boy Drowns In Waterhole Near Town
CALGARY May 18 Adam Marshall Baptie two years and 10 months son of Mr. and Mrs. George Baptie of Exshaw drowned in a waterhole at the outskirts of Canmore. The body was recovered at noon on Sunday by RCMP who dragged the waterhole after river overflow. The boy was visiting friends in Canmore and wandered away around 10 am Saturday, last seen toddling toward bushes near the edge of town, about 200 yards from the waterhole where he was found.
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arvay
Himmler Arrives in Holland To Suppress Dutch Resistance
News agency Aneta says Heinrich Himmler chief of the Gestapo has landed in Holland to quell growing anti Nazi activity. Other brief items note British bombers sinking a German vessel in the English Channel, a Tacoma suspect jailed for tire abuse, a fatal bomber crash at Barksdale Field killing nine, progress of the Australian Volunteer Defence Corps, Alberta farmers seeking wheat acreage bonuses, and a Canadian call for compromise in Indian demands.
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