Delegates Pledge Fight To Victory In Air Training Meet
Delegates from more than a dozen nations opened the Ottawa air training conference in the Canadian senate chamber. Prime Minister Mackenzie King welcomed the group and stressed that air training aims at actual combat strength. Air Minister Power chaired as delegations of military and civilian leaders listened to the opening remarks.
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C.P
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Mr. King
senate
Air
Power
BALFOUR
Sharp
Capt
Harold Balfour
West Farm Conference Discusses Three Province Meeting
A May 19 round-table in Edmonton brought five provincial farm groups and Alberta officials to plan inviting Saskatchewan and Manitoba farm bodies to a three province conference on farm debt. Hon. Lucien Maynard and E. W. Brunsden led the press committee in announcing the plan at the close of the one day meeting.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Lucien Maynard
E. W. Brunsden
Calgary
Alberta Federation of Agriculture
Debt could rise to 200 billion to win the war says professor
Professor emeritus Oliver Sprague of Harvard cautions in an interview with The Boston Herald that US national debt might reach 200 billion dollars or more to finance the war if needed. He notes such financing could be acceptable under wartime necessity, contrasting earlier fears during the Great Depression.
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Oliver M W. Sprague
Bank of England
United States treasury
Harvard
ascorted
Boston Herald
Ex Primate Samuel Matheson Dies at 89 in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG May 19 The Most Rev Samuel Pritchard Matheson retired Archbishop of Rupert's Land and former primate of the Church of England in Canada died in his sleep at home in Winnipeg at age 89. He led the church for a generation and retired in 1931.
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WINNIPEG
Samuel Pritchard Matheson
Rupert's Land
Church of England
Canada
Matheson
Australians Hit Two Japanese Transports At Kupang
Allied bombers damaged two Japanese transports at Kupang Netherlands Timor as a raid by 34 Japanese bombers and 15 fighters on Port Moresby, New Guinea, produced limited effects. The communique noted moor damage, while observers said the raid showed invasion forces north of Australia are not yet defeated. Port Moresby interceptors shot down one heavy bomber probable destruction of three more and damage to three fighters. one Allied plane is missing.
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ALLIED
Australia
Kupang
Netherlands Timor
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Koepang Bay
Port Darwin
Lae
Rabaul
New Britain
Four Die In Quebec Crash Near Mont Joli
A bombing plane crashed near Mont Joli Quebec killing four crew members. Three died at once and the fourth died later from injuries. It was not yet clear if the aircraft was operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force or the Royal Air Force ferry command.
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MONT JOLI
Que
here
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force ferry command
Smuts Arrives in Cairo After 2000 Mile Journey
British radio reports Gen Jan Christian Smuts, South Africa prime minister, has reached Cairo after a 10 day trip by plane and car. He visited base camps and hospitals on the journey. Police search for missing 10 year old Vincent Gaudette of Timmins, last seen near Sandy Falls while fishing with his brother.
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LONDON
Jan Christian Smuts
South Africa
Cairo
British Broadcasting Corporation
Smuts
TIMMINS
Vincent Gaudette
Sandy Falls
Parliaments News Bulletins on Gasoline Ration Reduction
Ottawa May 19 Parliament notes a proposed nationwide gasoline ration cut to two gallons per unit, aligning with Maritime limits. Munitions Minister Howe cites tanker losses, maritime supply strains, and naval fuel needs, arguing the move targets use and fairness while avoiding harm to war effort. Further talk on Alberta tar sands development follows, with experts evaluating feasibility and timing.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
Howe
house of commons
Hiewe
McNair
New Brunswick
MacMillan
Nova Scotia
South America
Atlantic
Orr
Maritimes
Ravers
Alberta
Home
Johnsw
Empress of Asia Sunk in Far East Air Attack
Montreal May 19 The Empress of Asia was destroyed by air attack off Sumatra on February 5 while carrying troops to Singapore. The ship, built 1913 in Glasgow, was 570 feet long and part of Canadian Pacific’s Beaver and Montrose losses noted in official reports.
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MONTREAL
Canadian Pacific
Sumatra
Iess
Asia
white
Singapore
Jurury
D. Smith
Sultan Shoal
Smith
Exeter
admiralty
Canadian Pacific Steamships Limited
Far East
Vancouver
Orient
Glasgow
Atlantic
Beaver
company
Beavergate
Beaverburn
Beaverdrae
Beaverfcrd
Montrose
Loss of Empress of Asia: Canadian survivors recount sinking
Canadian survivors describe the 16,909 ton Empress of Asia being bombed near Singapore by Japanese dive bombers while carrying troops. About 80 bombs fell, five direct hits fatally wounding the ship near the bridge and galley, sparking fires. Some 100 lives, plus most of the 2,500 troops aboard, survived.
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lner
Singapore
Owen Gillet
Vancouver
dhe
imperial
Doolittle raid leaders claims range of targets hit
Brig Gen James H. Doolittle, at a White House ceremony, said nearly all bombs from the Tokyo raid fell on major targets April 18. He named a yard south of Tokyo and an aircraft plant near Nagora as key objectives and noted difficulties from Japanese fighters. Roosevelt decorated Doolittle with the Medal of Honor, while 79 others received the Distinguished Service Cross.
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WASHINGTON
Japan
James Ho Doolittle
Tokyo
Nagora
White House
nats
Dooattle
Japanes
Snetaneca iniaelts
Baseball National League Update with Scattered Scores
In a rough summary of National League action, St. Louis edged New York 2 to 1 as Pollet and teammates, including Barres, Schumacher and Great Card, contributed. Brooklyn posted a 4 to 1 win after late runs, while Cincinnati and Pittsburgh faced varied results. Detroit, Philadelphia, and Cleveland also appear in clash summaries with multiple pitchers listed.
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St. Louis
New York
Pollet
Brrres
Schumacher
Grea
Brooklyn
McCullough
Davis
Oxen
Betona
Vander Merr
Hemeiis
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Birtcher
Taps Podeau
Warren
Prinz Eugen Attack Hero Is Missing
A Canadian Press report describes a native of Hove England known as Bi-scat-old animal praised by comrades after the Beaufort torpedo attack on German ships. Details are unclear due to damaged text but indicate a notable incident linked to the Prinz Eugen attack.
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Prinz Eugen
LONDON
Wang
Wiliame
nis
Evnett
Hove
England
China Faces Major Jaw Offensive Looming in Yunnan
In Chunghring on May 19 a Chinese government spokesman warned of a major Japanese offensive against China, citing intensified Chekiang operations, massing of troops in Burma, and a large Burma-Yunnan clash to come. He cited a Tokyo Japanese map and claimed 500 enemy planes in Burma with about 100 in Hankow, urging allied air support.
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CHUNGHRING
China
Burma
Chekiang
Shanghai
Burma-Yunnan
Tokyo
Japan
Siberia
India
Pacific
Gichi Tanaka
heig
Yunnan
Honan
Yellow river
Hankow
Train Kills Stavely Tot
Stavely May 19 A CPR passenger train struck and instantly killed Harry Robert O Connor four and a half years old while he played on the tracks. Coroner orders inquest. RCMP investigate. The incident involved the child and his three year old brother. witnesses describe warnings and an attempted drag to safety.
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STAVELY
Harry Robert O'Conner
W. O'Conner
C.P.R
P. J. Carroll
Claresholm
RCMP
Severe frost hits gardens and flax crops in May area
Garden notes report fifteen frosts removed last Saturday morning in Seven Prrooms with gardens uplifted and concern that catry sown flax may suffer. Weather shows showers and frost in the region amid wartime production mentions in New York and references to the War Production Board.
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NEW YORK
war production board
United States
Cavalry and Tanks Lead Russian Kharkov Breakthrough
Red Army cavalry charged across a pontoon bridge under Nazi fire to recapture a large inhabited locality on the Kharkov front. They were supported by aircraft and tanks, with Germans losing 17 planes in the clash. The recaptured town remained unnamed. Red Star described the pursuit as German forces abandoned equipment while retreating.
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OSCOW
Red army
Kharkov
Red Star
Khatkov
New Front Considered By War Debate Voices
In London on May 19 Clement Attlee said the possibility of opening a western front against Germany is "in our minds" but transport problems condition moves. He noted the UN pledged expanding British Canadian and American offensive action as fresh Allied forces arrive on this front. Churchill did not take part as debate stretched from Soviet battles to Burma and India. Arthur Greenwood urged a determined government attack in the west to aid the Soviet Union and strike German panzer forces.
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LONDON
Clement Attlee
dominions
house of commons
Germany
United Nations
United States
Churchill
Russia
Australia
Burma
India
Arthur Greenwood
Soviet Union
Hitler
SSIA
C.P
Open Trial Of Alberta Farmer For Murder
Alberta Supreme Court opened for Charles H Bennett Prairie Creek farmer aged year old charged with murder in death of son in law Theodore DeWitt on his farm in August 1938 The trial before Justice T M Tweedie and a six man jury adjourned to today Crown counsel John Quigg S Blanchard Red Deer defense J Rose Clure Testimony from Dr Maurice Powers RCMP laboratory Regina Dr J W Macgregor University of Alberta anthropology and James Gordon Bennett 15 son of the accused
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RED DEER
Ann
Alberta Supreme Court
Charles H. Bennett
Prairie Creek
Theodore DeWitt
Bennett
T M. Tweedie
John Quigg
Ad Over
S. Blanchard
Calmary
J. RoseClure
defence counse
Maurice Powers
Royal Canadian Mounted Police scientficaboratory
Regina
J. W. Macegregor
University of Alberts
James Gordon Bennet
Sunk Calgarolite survivor report and wartime briefings
Dispatches from Chetumal Yucatan report 25 survivors from the Canadian tanker Calgarolite reach lifeboats, with 21 others and the captain missing after torpedo attacks on May 9. Other items note rising US material plans, Burma combat updates, gas rationing, Kerch prisoner figures, and RAF losses.
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CANADA
MEXICO
MEXICO CITY
Chetumal
Yucatan
EUROPE
WASHINGTON
Reveveit
BURMA
NEW DELHI
India
So Harold Alexander
United States war production board
office of defence transportation
Italy
ROME
LONDON
Kerch
WALT CVURO
German avcrall yesterday, Middle Hast
BK.VF
Alberta
s. Longman
WWF
TONDON
France
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