Canadians to U S carrier is blasted medals for Canadians
Canadian servicemen and service women in the United Kingdom will qualify for a new Defence Medal and six campaign stars. Prime Minister Churchill announced the change, allowing receipt of both the 1939 43 Star and the Africa Star, with a gilt rose emblem for air crews in the Battle of Britain. Medals include the Atlantic Star Air Crew Europe Star Italy Star France and Germany Star Pacific Star and Burma Star.
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JOHN DAUPHINE
LONDON
C. P. Cable
United Kingdom
Churcha
house of commons
Churchill
Britain
Air Crew Europe
Italy
France
Germany
Burma
mit y
Queen Mary Slices British Cruiser In Collision Disaster
London May 18 Reuters reports a major wartime disaster as the liner Queen Mary collided with the cruiser Curacao in fog off Donegal. The cruiser was cut in two, twenty miles from shore, with heavy loss and a long court case looms over Cunard claims totaling about 750000 pounds.
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LONDON
Reuters
Curacao
United States
Britain
Donegal
Eire
Daily Express
Cunard Company
high court
Hole left in big transport after collision near Clyde
Seattle dispatch describes the Queen Mary striking the cruiser Curacao, creating a large hole in the transport. The Curacao sank in minutes with no casualties on the Queen Mary. Curacao listed among British war losses. the piece notes broad wartime losses including destroyers and submarines and mentions 1500 American troops aboard.
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SEATTLE
Curacao
Donald R. Colvin
American air corps
o day
Admiralty
Ust
Curgeau
Clyde
Trace on Himmler Stirs War Dispatch
London May 18 British sources say Himmler fugitive Gestapo chief has been traced near Lueneburg Germany but not yet arrested. War correspondent Henry Standish notes the whereabouts are known to the British 2nd Army authorities amid the spate of manhunt updates.
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LONDON
Qible
Henry Standish
News Chronicle
totay
Lueneberg
Germany
Heinkic
Himmler
Gestaan
2nd Army
Nomination Typos Trimmed in Dominion List
A telegraph error misidentified Newton Robinson as Newton Robson and listed Earl Rowe as Independent Progressive Conservative in Dufferin Simcoe Ontario nominations. Jules Gastonguay noted the slip reduces the total nominations to 964 from 965 repeating a past mistake. James Allison Glen was listed as James Allison of Glen Russell, Manitoba.
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OTTAWA
Newton Robson
Newton Robinson
Dufferin Simcoe
Ontario
Jules Gastonguay
Earl Rowe
Newton
Ropson
Rowe
The Toothpick Debate In Dining Room Etiquette
An old column laments banishing the toothpick from the dining table. Maitre d Anoldo Momtacutelli argues the toothpick is versatile: tool sharpener poker clip and olive spear. He urges restoration to the table and notes its usefulness in various parlor games.
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ANOLDO MOMTACUTELLI
An de Janeiro
Chicago News
Junior
Mountacutell
Brockville Recorder and Times
inree
German counterfeit flood aimed at Allied economy uncovered
American patrols report evidence of a Nazi plot to flood the Allied economy with counterfeit currency. An officer stated that 3.5 billion marks of spurious German money circulated in southern Germany.
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KUTZBUHEL
Austria
Germany
Veto Power Under Fire
The Dumbarton Oaks veto issue dominates UN security talks with big five permanent members. Australia and New Zealand oppose veto on enforcement actions while Britain United States Russia China and France seek a compromise. L. B. Pearson attended for Canada and will present a submission.
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C. R. BLACKBURN
SAN FRANCISCO
United Nations security conference
Dumbarton Oaks
security council
New Zealand
Yalta
Britain
United States
Russia
China
France
Canada
L. B. Pearson
Washington
Douks On Trial Strip In Court In Nelson
Nine Doukhobors faced court in Nelson British Columbia as several stripped in public places during protests. Mary Tamelin refused clothes. multiple sentences ranged from three months to two years in penitentiary or Oakalla prison farm.
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NELSON
B.C
C.P
Mary Tamerlin
Mary Tamesin
George Soukanoff
Williaia Stupnikail
Efanof
Jal
George Votkin
Solovlett
t wes
monihly
Oakalla
sexander Elanoff
sdmittet
Pete Tamelin
Miners Strike Charleston in West Virginia
More than 1,000 West Virginia coal miners walk off their jobs in Charleston on May 18 amid food shortages for their meals, disrupting local industry and signaling growing worker unrest.
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CHARLESTON
W. VI
West Virginia
Dogs Worry US Woman To Death
A pack of more than 25 bull pit terriers was ordered destroyed after they fatally attacked 39 year old Mrs. Doretta Zinke. The owner Joe Munn 43 of Hialeah faces manslaughter charges as authorities cite possible discrepancies in his account. Zinke was found mauled near Miami Springs and dictated a will naming her son Sgt. FR. M. Zinke before dying. County officials vow prosecution to the full extent of the law.
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MIAMI
Fla
Doretta Zinke
greater Miami Humane Society
Joe Munn
Munn
Hialeah
Leon Shaffer
state attorney's office
Miami Springs
Florida
Taylor
British forces sink Japanese cruiser west of Penang
London reports British ships and aircraft sank a Japanese cruiser from the 1.6 Lon Naui class on May 16, near the Malay Peninsula in Malacca Strait. The cruiser, spotted by escort carrier HMS Shaw, was attacked by naval aircraft and then destroyed by destroyers led by HMS Saumarez with minor British casualties.
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LONDON
Penang
Malay Peninsula
Admiralty
Malacca Strait
wrchaft
H.M.S. Shaw
H.M.S. Saumarez
shorty
Royal Navy
Venus
Virago
Vigilant
Ver
HM.S. Saumarex
Nothing But Generals In His Establishment
A May 18 report from Rhineland Resort recounts Lieut. Harry B. McArdle of Salt Lake City expelling a German colony and declaring his establishment will host only generals. He claims 77 generals already, with prisoners’ rationed meals and rooms assigned to guests, while noting covert wartime talk and postwar tensions in Europe.
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RHINELAND
McArdie
Germany
Lieut
Harry BE. McArdle
Salt Lake City
Utah
McArdle
Bare Plot To Kill Eisenhower
Allied reports confirm the capture of Lt Otto Skorzeny by U S troops in the Ark Valley. The Austrian operative led raids including the Mussolini rescue and alleged plans to assassinate General Eisenhower before and after the Ardennes period.
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Eisenhower
WES GALLAGHER
Paris
Cal
Otto Skor- FONY
Skorzeny
hateneiman
Gestapo
Henrich Himmier
U.S. 7th Army
Alied Supreme Headquarters
Skorzenk
Benito Mussolinirom
Alfie
Italy
Ark Valley
western front
Ardennes
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Skerzeny
Himmler
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Benito Mursolini
Admiral Horthy
Mungaclan
Calgarian's Beard Draws King’s Attention at Awards
London May 18 The King publicly praised Canadian soldiers and airmen as Brig J W Allard Lt Cob Gordon Hanna and others received the Distinguished Service Order Officer of the British Empire and Distinguished Flying Cross for service in Italy and World War II. A notable moment was Lt Cob Gordon Hanna, Calgary, whose beard drew remarks while he accepted his award.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
Ortona
Italy
J. W. Allard
Three Rivers
Que
Cob
Gordon Hanna
Calgary
Order of
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William, Mckinnon
Delburne
Halifax Council objects to Fines abatement in Regina remarks
Halifax officials led by Attorney General Macquarrie object to Mr. Fines abatement and condemn remarks made in Regina on May 15. The address quotes the Regina man sentenced to three years without proper trial and Mayor Butler calls Fines statement irresponsible.
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HALIPAX
o-Flairfax
Pines
trease katebewan
erfollian
Hailefas
evploretiois
Frise J. Ho Macaquarrie
Nova Sconia
Fines
Regina
Alan Butler
Crop Loss Heavy From Rain Expected Across Ontario
Ontario Minister of Agriculture T L Kennedy says ongoing rains threaten crops with losses to farmers. He estimates total financial impact above 50 million dollars, with current losses between 25 and 35 million and fruit losses potentially reaching half of the expected crop.
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TORONTO
T L. Kennedy
Ontario
Sees No Jap Surrender
Analysis notes Japan is beaten but will not surrender unconditionally. Japanese leaders seek peace loopholes while promising fierce resistance. Okinawa battle shows grim determination. Moscow's war intentions remain unclear as Reds factor.
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DEWITT MACKENZIE
Associated Press
Japan
Germany
Mikado
Okinawa
Tokyo
Protest Black Markets Parade In Paris
Paris on May 18 witnessed a noisy protest along the Champs Elysee against black markets. Demonstrators cited wartime scarcities and complained that residents must rely on open black markets to survive under rationing controls.
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PARIS
Germany
Champs Elysee
ratomus
Nazi Military Papers Passed by Churchill Moments of Curiosity
London dispatch reports Nazi officers, before surrender, were furious over documents marked Passed by Winston Churchill and Approved by British military censors. FO David Rosenthal, a former Calgary nurse now in a released prisoner camp, described how he and others recovered the papers from a German officer’s car and returned them after marking.
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LONDON
C.P
Germany
Winston Churchill
David Rosenthal
Calgary
Britain
Rosenthal
Drowned in Sink Corinith NY Man Dies in Home Sink
A coroner's verdict found Ols Pike age 52 died from accidental drowning in his kitchen sink in Corinith New York. Coroner Frederick T. Eglon stated Pike had slumped over the sink blocking the drain after turning on the faucet.
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CORINTH
N.Y
Ols Pike
Frederick t. Eglon
Pike
Three Doukhobor Women Try in Court in Nelson
In Nelson on May 18 three Doukhobor women protested publicly during final hearings for 13 sect members charged with disrobing in public. Mary Tametin, who stripped in court Thursday, repeated the act and received a two year sentence.
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NELSON
C.P
Mary Tametin
John Pupoff
British Columbia
Doukhober
Prince Albert
K.CLM. P
Lethbridge
Winfield
Alfa
Jaxt
Popoff
Karl Gluth
Alberts
H. Bloom
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WASHINGTON
Truman
Georges Bideault
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Germany
Truffan
Be Gaulle
HALLE
LONDON
Luxembourg
G.B
CHURCHELL
Britain
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Churchill
Japan
United States
Russia
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