Canadians In Big Triumph
A Canadian armored brigade, veterans of Italy and Sicily, helped smash the German Gustav line after crossing the Rapido on May 12. The Shermans advanced over two miles in two days, seizing Sant Angelo and Pignataro with Indian infantry support and taking 400 prisoners. The 1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade, from Ontario Ontario Regiment Oshawa Three Rivers Calgary Regiment, led the action.
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Doug How
ITH
8TH
ITALY
C.P. Cable
Sicily
Gustav line
Rapido river
Sant’ Angelo
Pignataro
1st
Canadian Army
Ontario Regiment
Oshawa, Ont
Three Rivers
Calgary
Cassino falls as Gustav line dissolves and Formia seized
Allied forces report the capture of Cassino fortress ruins and the Benedictine monastery as British and Polish troops seal the Gustav line. American units take Formia on the Tyrrhenian coast, with a major casualty and withdrawal dispute following a decisive pincer movement along highway 6.
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Monte Cassino
8th Army
Gustav line
Cassino
Italy
3th
Sth
Liri
Tyrrhenian sea
Aurunel
Monte Ruazzo
Formia
Allied forces press on in New Guinea and Bougainville battles
Allied headquarters reported continued combat around Aitape New Guinea where invasion forces since April 22 engage a Japanese unit 34 miles southeast after contact last Saturday night. Aitape 150 miles southeast of Hollandia saw ongoing patrol clashes while Wakde island faced its fourth day of heavy air raids and Schoutens currents extended into a 13th straight day. In Bougainville 250 Japanese corpses were found near Empress Augusta Bay as garrisons remain cut off from supply routes by Allied Green Islands forces. Also announced Winnipeg wartime labor board chair appointed Justice S E Richards of Winnipeg to lead Manitoba board.
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ALLIED
New Guinea
Aitape
Hollandia
Netherlands New Guinea
Wakde island
Philippines
Clinic to study and guide inebriates postwar
Yale University and the Connecticut Prison Association sponsor a diagnostic and guidance clinic for inebriates, first of its kind in the United States. Dr. Howard W. Hageard of Yale will oversee, with Dr. Ralph Banay as medical director. The program focuses on assessment and community rehabilitation rather than immediate sobering, with psychiatrists psychologists social workers and volunteers from Alcoholics Anonymous and the Salvation Army aiding. A Hartford clinic is planned, aiming to model similar efforts in other states after the war.
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Yale Univer Sitty
Science Service
U.S
Hartford
Ralph Banay
New York State Parole Board
Sing Sng
Alcoholics Anonymous
Salvation Army
Canadians and Indians Assault German Lines at Liri Crossing
Canadian regiments and Indian brigades battled across a 4000 yard front from Sant Angelo to the Liri river in Italy. Despite mine scarcity and limited anti-tank support, armor crossed a narrow stream, aided by fog and darkness, destroying tanks, self propelled guns and anti-tank guns. Co operation between Canadians and Indians was high as armor provided fire support and two bridges were built to sustain the advance.
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Sant’ Angelo
Liri
Moro valley
Adriatic
Rapido
Forrestal Confirmed As Navy Secretary
Washington May 18 James V Forrestal was confirmed as secretary of the United States Navy to carry on the sea war. He told a press conference that Japan's outer Pacific defenses have been beaten down to a line of defence in name only.
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WASHINGTON
James V. Forrestal
United States navy
Japan
Pacific
U S Bombers Raid Balkans In World War II Action
U S heavy bombers hit Ploesti in Romania and Belgrade and Nis in Yugoslavia with fighter escorts. Weather hindered observation at Ploesti. Berlin and London reports describe intrusions over Romania and Serbia and claims of enemy losses.
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NAPLES
United States
Balkans
Ploesti
Romania
Belgrade
Nis
Yugoslavia
LONDON
Britain
Three Years For "Hot-Foot" Death in Detroit Plant
DETROIT May 18 A Recorder's Judge Christopher E Stein Wednesday imposed a three year probationary term upon Herbert Pomeranke whom a jury convicted last week of manslaughter in connection with the hot foot death of Lluis Marino a fellow worker in a Continental Motors Corporation plant. Marino died Jan 2 of burns suffered when a match inserted in his shoe as a practical joke ignited his oil soaked work clothing.
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DETROIT
Christopher E. Stein
Herbert Pomeranke
Lluis Marino
Continental Motors Corporation
Marino
Rainfall Boosts Prairie Crop Prospects In May Report
Winnipeg Free Press crop report notes wheat acreage across the prairie provinces up 13 percent to almost 19 million acres, with 2.2 million more than 1943. Moisture is low but germination is fairly good. Alberta rainfall up to an inch aided newly sown grain, while oats and barley acreage are expected to drop 3 to 5 percent and flax about 18 percent below 1943.
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WINNIPEG
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Swift Current
southa
Medicine Hat
Drumheller
Red Deer
Edmonton
Caleary
Saskatoon
Manitoba
prairie
FREE PRESS REPORT
Winnipeg Free Press
prairie provinces
Burial at Coast Victoria for Harold Harman former land official
Burial was held Wednesday for Harold Frederic Harman 61 a former Hudsons Bay Co land commissioner at Winnipeg and former CN Railways townsite manager Born in London he came to Canada in 1902 Harman arrived in Victoria 14 years ago upon retirement Surviving are his widow two sons and a daughter in service
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VICTORIA
Harold Frederic Harman
Hudson's Bay Co
Winnipeg
Canadian National Railways
London
Eng
Canada
Harman
Two Nazi Air Aces Are Listed Killed
London report states on May 18 that Berlin radio lists the deaths of two German aces. Captain Zwipt, former Stuka instructor and eastern front commander of a dive bombing squadron, and Captain Kurt Knaack, holder of the Knights Cross and Iron Cross.
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LONDON
Berlin
Zwipt
eastern front
Kurt Knaack
Soviets Raid Polish Bases In White Russia and Poland
London May 18 Soviet long range bombers continue to hit Nazi rail hubs in White Russia and old Poland with attacks on Minsk Baranowicze and Chelm. Berlin says Soviet forces face annihilation around Grigoripol and Stanislawow as heavy fires erupt at Minsk and Baranowicze.
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LONDON
White Russia
old Poland
Minsk
Baranowicze
Chelm
Warsaw
Kowel
Moscow
Stanislawow
Berlin
Grigoripol
Dnestr
Tiraspol
Jitter Coffee Term Reported in Berlin News Flow
In Lisbon May 186P German usage expands war lexicon with sittermokka a term for the exhaustion of coffee amid heavy bombing. The word blends sitter tremble and miokka for strong black coffee, reflecting wartime strain on civilians.
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LISBON
blitzkrieg
ersatz
Trap Japs In New Guinea
Allied forces enclose thousands of Japanese troops in New Guinea as Australian troops near Wewak and American scouts advance along a coastal corridor from Aitape. The battle has run into its sixth day, with US units maneuvering back from by passed territory toward Nippon.
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New Guinea
Wewak
inon
Aitape
Madang
Bunabun
Burma airfield at Myitkyina falls to allied troops
Chinese American forces captured the Myitkyina airfield in northern Burma in a surprise assault. Glider landings and airlifted troops followed the breach as Stilwell’s advance neared major Japanese bases in the region. The operation marked a major step toward reoccupying northern Burma, with Myitkyina described as the largest site in the area.
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Burma
Myitkyina
Martkvina
Mogaung
Mvrtkyina
im Burma
British 8th Army Captures Cassino in a Week
Naples May 18 Allied dispatches say the British 8th Army seized the Cassino fortress ruins in under seven days, beating the American 5th Army’s five month attempt. A decisive pincer cut the Rome highway, trapping German defenders after Allied bombing of the town failed to end resistance.
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NAPLES
8th Army
Cassino
5th army
Bth
Italy
Rome
Ottawa Lawyer Russel S. Dies at 58
Ottawa May 18 Russel S KC prominent lawyer and real property administrator for the Prices Board died in hospital at 58 His death draws attention to his work with property matters and wartime price control policies in Canada.
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RUSSEL SMART
OTTAWA
Russel S. , KC
the
Prices Board
Premiers Declare After Moscow Pact Conference
A special cable report notes the prime ministers endorsing an international organization to maintain peace. Four powers signing the Moscow pact plan further talks to draft a world organization, with exploratory work and postwar policies reviewed.
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GRANT DEXTER
world organization
LOTE
Landon
Raids on Ploesti and Balkan targets reported by UN radio
News from May 18 states the United Nations radio reports about 750 bombers and an equal number of fighters raid Balkan targets led by Ploesti oil fields in Romania. Liri Valley forces join the Sth and Sthacases advance. A crash near Barcelona kills the British minister to Madrid and an attache. Australia adopts a new censorship code defending defence and security. Airgraph rates for forces drop to five cents, civilians to ten. The Yugoslav government’s fall appears imminent with King Peter ready to dismiss Premier Puritch within 24 hours.
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PLOESTI BALHKAN
ALGIERS
V.P
United Nations
Balkan
Ploesti
Komania
LONDON
C.P -Reuters
Nigiers radio
Liri
BREGISH
MADRID
BARCELONA
vWF
Yeorkeen
Samuel Hoare
here
Sqdn. Ldr
A.C. Caldwell
AUSTRALIA
SYDNEY
Francis E. Forde
OTTAWA
C.P
Mulock
commons
Cal
XYUGOSLAV
Reuters news agency
Peter
Dozhidar Puritch
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Liri River
Mt Cairo
Mt Trocchioli
EIGHTH ARMY
Citadel
Noland Norgaard
Associated Press
APLES
al sino
Bertin
New Zealand
highway 6
CASSINO BATTLEFIELD
WARTIME LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Justice 5. E. Richards
wartime labor relations board for
J. O. McLenaghen
Saturday Review of Literature
Vermont
Maine
New Hampshire
ARPULYF
Forrestal
Navy
Free Press
JITTER COFFEE
Foreign Exchange Control Board
Misley
tod
Unite States
Aster
Gusinue
Canadian Vickers Ltd
Howe
Judas
Chinas
Yunnan Province
Stilwell
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