Mass escape from Dresden camp prompts report on deaths
Foreign Secretary Eden told the House of Commons that 47 RAF and Canadian officers were shot after a mass escape from Stalag Luft III near Dresden on March 22. Fifteen recaptured alive, 14 at large. six Canadians identified and to be released after next of kin informed. Some shot resisting arrest or during a second escape attempt. Eden seeks a full German report via the protecting power.
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ONDON
C.P. Cable
R.A.F
dominion
Dresden
Eden
house of commons
Ottawa
Mr. Eden
St. Laurent
commons
R.C.A.F
empire
house
Gordon Graydon
Progressive
Allies Break Through to Myitkyina Airdrome Advance
Allied infantry with airborne reinforcements have penetrated near Myitkyina after seizing the town airdrome two days earlier. Chinese and American troops poured into the field from the south and north as ground forces pressed toward Myitkyina while another column blocked the Nawraw Sakan road. The airfield remained largely intact under siege with glider and transport landings aiding the assault as Chinese drive from Yunnan links to the Burma campaign.
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KANDY
Ceylon
C.P
Myitkyi
todz
hes two mies
Joseph W. Silwell
Nawraw Sakan
Mogaung-Myitkyina
Myitkyina
Yunnan
Salween River
Burma
Singapore
Canadians in Offensive as French Break Hitler Line
Canadian and British troops with armor push through the Liri valley toward the Hitler line while French forces with American tanks drive toward Sant Oliva. Allied advances threaten the key Appian way junction at Itri and the Tyrrhenian supply road from Formia. A front report notes German retreat, with disorganization in the Liri valley. Canadian infantry are in offensive action for the first time since the Moro river campaign, potentially expanding to include the armored division and named regiments.
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APLES
C.P
Hitler line
Liri
Doug How
the &th Army
Cassino
8th Army
Sant’ Oliva
Appian way
Itri
Formia
Pico
Pontecorvo
Asperia
sea
Fondi
Terracini
Anzio
5th Army
10th
Moro river
Adriatic
B. L. M. Burns
1st Canaan Army
1st Canaan Army Tank Brigade
Sicily
Italy
Perth Regiment
Cape Briton Highlanders
David M Dnesie
Poronte
AIC
Chims Vokes
Ital
Hoffmeister
Vanecouser
ne Canadien
Waved Red Flag Captured Nazi General in Crete
British raiders in Crete captured Gen. Karl Heinrich Kreipe, the German commander of the 22nd Panzer Grenadier division, after halting his car in Heraklion on April 26. He was escorted to a awaiting naval vessels, while leaflets warned locals of reprisals if he was not returned. The raid was kept secret until now.
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CAIRO
C.P.Reuters
Karl Heinrich George Ferdinand Kreipe
Crete
Heraklion
Sevastopol
Kreipe
p.S
Embarrassing Moment for Mother Interplanetary Flu Escalator Crossings
In a New York Times themed feature, nutrition experiments reveal Malta residents’ poor vision during bombings improve after orange juice. Separate studies link retina rods and cones to vitamin A and point to intestinal bacteria producing thiamin and interacting with sulfa drugs. Public Health Service work notes folic acid deficiency harms white blood cells in rats.
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New York Times
Thomas Maore
Keith Lyle
R.A.F
Malta
Victor A. Naval
L. Emmett Holt, Jr
C. A. Elvebhjem
Floyd S. Daft
W. H. Seberell
United States Public Health Service
1500 Planes Raid Europe Ends Five Day Lull
Allied air forces resumed a massive strike on Berlin Brunswick and targets in northern France after a five day pause. Up to 1500 planes led a heavy bombardment totaling about 46 000 tons of bombs as German broadcasters reported the raid. The attack followed a big formation seen off the east coast and included RAF Mosquitos Typhoons and fighter bombers.
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LONDON
Berlin
Brunswick
Germany
RAF
Channel
France
Hannover
Brandenburg
RAR
Britain
Mediterranean
BELGIUM
continent
Canada asks full probe into mass prison escape shootdown
Ottawa expressed shock as Justice Minister St Laurent announced Canada has joined in demanding a full and immediate report from Germany on the mass escape from a German prison camp near Dresden. The British and Canadian governments seek explanations after 47 airmen were killed.
International law sanctions shoot ing in attempts to halt escapes
German authorities disclosed to a protective power during a routine April 17 visit that RAF Dominion Allied air force members including RCAF RAAF RNZAF and other groups faced shooting in escapes. The dead hailed from BeeF and Battle of Britain era. names were given to the representative and kin notified. The speaker expressed deepest sympathy for 15 retained.
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RAF
Dominion
Allied air forces
RCAF
RAAF
RNZAF
Britain
Eden
Yugoslav King Peter Seeks Unified Government Shakeup
London May 19 King Peter apparently seeks a united Yugoslavia and has obtained the resignation of Premier Bozhidar Puric and his cabinet. He invited Dr Ivan Subasic to form a new government amenable to Marshal Tito. Subasic, former governor of Croatia, declined comment after meeting the King but said developments may come in days and a condition may bar General Draja Mihailovic from a cabinet post.
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LONDON
Peter
Yugoslavia
Bozhidar Puric
Ivan Subasic
Josip Broz
Tito
Subasic
Croatia
Draja Mihaulovic
Parliamentar News Bullets From Ottawa May 19
Finance Minister Ilsley said in the Commons he hoped to present the budget at the end of April. M J Coldwell, CCF leader, accused Fraser Valley industrialists and a Vancouver paper of distortions amid a Commons exchange. State secretary McLarty moved a bill enabling Canadian servicemen and POWs to vote by proxy in wartime general elections.
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OTTAWA
Ilsley
cnet
Gordon Graydon
DENY
C.F
J Coldwell
CCF
Ossiam ECseh
Eraser Wellbs Pits Association
flora Reid
New Westminster
Coldwell
Reid
Vancouver
News-Herald
News-herald Wien
EDREEMA Allidas
mde
Ceidwell
Sr. Beet
Rod
Caldwell
Caoaurtiam
b. George W Sheil- Greke
Shedlatak
Fraser Valley
sec
McLarty
todass commons
commons elections committee
U S Forces Seize Wakde Island in New Guinea
Allied forces using leapfrog tactics hit Wakde island near Hollandia, gaining a beachhead on the Netherlands New Guinea mainland and securing the Wakde airfield. American troops swept the coast near Toem, annihilating small Japanese outposts while sustaining minor casualties.
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New Guinea
sayly
C.P
Wakae ishland
Halmahera
Alles
Philippines
Palau
Carolines
Netherlands East Indies
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Wahde
Netherlands New Guinea
Toem
Hollandia
Insoemanal
Wakde
Nazis Try To Flood Anzio Beachhead Action Described
German forces on the Anzio beachhead released water from the Alban hills reservoir Thursday causing a small flood near Pardiglione in the central sector. The creek rose about a foot as Germans sought to inundate creek bottoms to bog armor and slow patrols. Long-range artillery shelled the port of Anzio for the first time this week.
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anv
Tals
Anzio
Alban hills
Pardglione
Chinese claim heavy losses for Japanese armored column in Henan
Chungking reports Chinese forces inflicted heavy casualties on a Japanese armored column near Chang-hui chen 70 miles southeast of Loyang as they closed in to trap the invaders. Chinese air and Chinese American units conducted extensive attacks while defenders held Loyang, with over 200 Japanese trucks armored cars and tanks said destroyed.
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CHUNGKING
Henan
Loyang
Chang-hiuchen
Shans province
Trang
Heavy raid on Soerabaja advances Allied headquar ters
The Batavia radio reported Soerabaja in Java, Japan’s main base in the Netherlands East Indies, was bombed heavily. Soerabaja lies about 1,300 miles west of Darwin and was occupied by Japan in March 1942.
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New Guinea
Batavia radio
Soerabaja
Java
Japan
Netherlands East Indies
Darwin
Australia
Chinese in Loyang Cut Off by Japs
Chinese defenders of Loyang in Henan were surrounded and cut off, with a spokesman saying 80 to 90 percent of the city’s forces remain and are determined to hold. Japanese forces cut the Lunshai railway west of Loyang and linked with Shangsi invaders, reaching Shanhsien 49 miles from Tungwan gateway near the Yellow River.
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CHRUNGKING
P— 4
Loyang
Henan
Lunshai
Lorang
Shangsi
Shanhsien
Tung4wan
Yellow River
Aid Calls to Aid Service Men in Pension Debate
In Ottawa on May 19, MPs examined a 99 million pensions estimate for veterans treatment and examinations. Proposals urged national insurance to aid dependents and extend insurance principles to all service personnel. Suggestions included loans for veterans starting private businesses and faster rehabilitation legislation.
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OTTAWA
commons
pensions department
veterans
FGn
J. G. Diefenbaker
P.C
Lake Centre
G. S. White
rlastings-Peterborough
P. E. Wright
Melfort
LtCol
Arthur Ross
Louris
Howard Green
Vancouver South
Clarence Gillis
Cape Breton South
Victor Quelch
Green
Mackenze
Editor Succumbs in Kingston Jamaica May 18 CP Cable
Herbert G ceLisser 65 long serving editor of The Danly Gleaner in Kingston Jamaica dies after long illness He was a prominent West Indies journalist and served over 20 years with the paper May 18 report from Kingston Jamaica names CP Cable as source notification
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KINGSTON
Jamaica
CP Cable
Herbert G_ ceLisser
CMG
The
Danly Gleaner
West Indies
World war front reports from Italy and Europe
German radio claimed Allied spearheads pressed the Cassino area with attacks on Pontecorvo and Sant Oliva as French forces broke the Hitler line at Sant Oliva. Roosevelts plan for a world monetary conference was revealed with a date. Canadian PM Mackenzie King called the empire conference a great success while authorities searched for 16 missing Mexican children and two bodies. Alberta health minister announced readiness to adopt federal health insurance under the Dominion plan.
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Esperia
Cassino mountains
Pontecorvo
Sant’ Oliva
ROOSEVELT
WASHINGTON
SANT OLIVA
ITALY
Sth
SANT UOLEtA
MACKENZIE KING
C.P
Mackenzie Xing
MEXICO
APIZACO
A.P
Tlaxcala
ALBERTA
EDMONTON
W. W. Cress
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