30000 Army For Pacific from Canada
Canada will send about 30 000 soldiers 13 500 sailors and an undetermined air force to the Pacific theatre. Only volunteers will go overseas with special campaign pay and 30 days home leave for those returning from active service. King ties participation to wartime policy and allied security.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Canada
Mackenzie King
King
Pacific
United States army
U.S
Lost Sight Of Eye Soldier Returns From Overseas Duty
Cor corporal Tin Gurney of Vancouver lost sight in his right eye near Caen when a bomb blast dug into it. He said medics were busy and he was shipped home after arriving in Vancouver with about 30 other Canadian Army personnel. He describes continuing sight in his other eye and the journey to Holland with the unit.
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VANCOUVER
Tin Gurney
Caen
army
Gurney
Holland
Left Hand Corner explains cerebral hemorrhage in Roosevelt death
The notice discusses the death of President Roosevelt attributed to cerebral hemorrhage. It defines the condition, contrasts it with similar terms, and notes common misperceptions and possible causes, including arteriosclerosis and stress, as explained by medical authorities.
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OMMANDER HOWARD G. BRUEN
U.S. Navy Medical Corps
Pres. Roosevelt
St Thomas Times-Journal
Simonds Likely To Command New Canadian Pacific Force
Ottawa reports a Canadian Pacific war force named the 6th division under Lt General Guy Simonds may be formed for the Far East role. The plan calls for about 30 000 men with an armored brigade and reinforcements, training at Aldershot Camp Borden and Shilo before moving to a U S training ground by Sept 1.
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JACK BRAYLEY
OTTAWA
Pacific
Far East
Guy Simonds
Kingston
Ont
Mackenzie King
Edmonton
C.F.E.F
Aldershot
N.S
Camp Borden
Shilo
Man
United States
6th division
N.R.MLA
Pacific coast
overseas independent armored brigade
C.P.E.P
mm Canada
Naval Navy
Harry G. Dewolf
Bedford
naval staff
C. M ¢Bladt
Mike McEwen
Saskatoon
R.C.AKRverseas
Farm Labor Shortage Seen As Urgent Western Conference Warns
A two day western farm labor conference in Edmonton ended Friday with officials warning the spring labor shortage on the prairies and in British Columbia will be serious. George W. Haythorne chaired the meeting which included federal officials farm labor directors and agricultural employment advisers. Despite some potential lay offs in war industries easing the situation, no immediate relief was expected and essential workers must remain on farms this summer to maintain manpower.
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EDMONTON
prairies
British Columbia
George W. Haythorne
Ottawa
National Selective Service
agriculture, forestry and fisheries
west
Alberta Musical Festival opens with 400 musicians
The 38th Alberta Musical Festival Association competition begins Monday in Galgary with about 400 musicians from provincial elites and towns participating. The event runs through the week under the auspices of the Alberta Musical Festival Association.
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GALGARY
Alberta
Associe- Hun
Victory Loan total hits all time high in Canada
Canada reports a new record Victory Loan total of 1 40 217 200, up 45 197 600 from the previous seventh loan. Individual purchases total 3 460 050, up 554 687 100. payroll savings reach 2179 113.65. Average individual purchase stands at 267.49, as large buyers hold 729 637 190. Prime Minister King lauds the achievement and notes tasks ahead after VE Day.
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OTTAWA
Canada
national war finance commtee
general canuass
bered
ILSLEY
Privnce
Tisley
nas
Chinese Retake Foochow Port
Chinese troops fully reoccupied Foochow, the important east coast port, as Japanese forces withdrew or retreated fleeing south along the coast. Observers noted potential evacuations of Swatow Amoy and Wenchow with the coast exposed to Allied bombing from Philippine bases and the sector cut off from Japan.
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SPENCER MOOSA
CHUNGKING
Foochow
high command
Shanghai
Wenchow
Chekiang
bose
Amoy
Swatow
Hong Kong
Phiippine
Japan
ForMOSH
China
southeast Asia
Yellow River
Burma
Thailand
TA Kung Fao
Hangchow Bay
affecteo
Stalin offers basis to end Polish dispute by Allied unity
London May 19 Premier Marshal Stalin said the Polish question could be solved by Allied agreement only if the provisional government is recognized as the core of a united Polish state. He linked reconstruction to Crimea decisions and required cooperation with the Soviet Union and Polish leaders supportive of the Red Army. He defended arrests of 46 Polish leaders as lawful under protection of the Red Army rear, noting the action followed an agreement with the Polish provisional government and Soviet command.
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LONDON
Marshal Stalin
pa Monal
Moscow
res
Crimea
Poland
Suvier Union
ordur santaare
Poley
Urs
Marshal
Okulloski
Red army
Polsh
Rosenberg Arrested as Nazi Education Director
May 19 report states Dr Roven berg, once in charge of German education, was arrested by Allied forces. News circulated via BBC and NBC coverage, with initial broad broadcasts confirming his capture and detention.
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NEW YORK
Rovenberg
Germany
BBC
NBC
10 P.C. Sign For Far East 10 P.C. Sign For Far East
Canadian first war correspondent reports that about 10 percent of Canadian soldiers in Germany and Holland have volunteered for Far East service or occupation duty. Infantry units show higher voluntary rates than headquarters, with estimates suggesting around 20 000 volunteers for the Pacific theatre if the final figure holds near ten percent. Prime Minister Mackenzie King says about 30 000 Canadians will serve outside Canada in the war against Japan.
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ROSS MUNRO
FIRST CANADIAN ARMY
C.P. Cabiel
Germany
Holland
Far East
Edmontons
Canada
Canadian Army
C.P.EF
Mackenzie King
Edmonton
Japan
Ultimatum to Japan Reported by Turkish Commentator
A Turkish radio political commentator said Moscow would issue an ultimatum to Japan warning the Soviet Union will enter the Pacific war unless Tokyo accepts Allied conditions. The broadcast quoted diplomatic circles claiming Moscow demands Japan cede all occupied areas to remove the risk of Japanese attacks on the Soviet Union.
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LONDON
C.Pi
Japan
Soviet Union
Tokyo
Moscow
hayes
Malone Succeeds Jennings as D P R
OTTAWA May 19 Col Richard S. Malone 35 of Toronto and Owen Sound Ont who served as brigade major in Iiely and helped publish Maple Leaf the Canadian army newspaper has been named director of publications to the army replacing Col Frank Dene ngs. George heddauasters ins nulnetd today.
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OTTAWA
Richard S. Malone
Toronto
Owen Sound
Ont
Iiely
Maple Lead
army
Cou FX denengs
Alberta pays farmers under 1944 act
Edmonton May 19 Payments for Alberta farmers under the Prairie Farm Desistance Act of 1944 totaled 2,759,448 dollars. City administrator Arnold said the figure reflects about 200 applications. Officials noted payments ranged from 2 dollars to 400 dollars, with some discrepancies due to processing.
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EDMONTON
Alberta hermers
Arnold tahtsen
smd
Howe
Je fisan
Stiff Resistance By Okinawa Japanese
American forces push toward Shuri fortress as US 10th Army closes on Naha with tank led assaults. Japanese defenders of Ryukyu Island, estimated at 34,900, put up stubborn resistance in the hills west of the capital. Marines patrol toward the city while the valley and approaches remain contested.
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China
Brehon Somervell
Japan
Nimitz
MANILA
Fulpino
fantiyamen
United States
10th army
Shuri
Pokinane
Naha
Ryukiot
halls
ely
Vicious dog pack killed in Florida attack
A pack of 28 pit terriers killed in Miami after they mauled Mrs. Coretti Zinke, a 30 year old globe trotting lecturer, in a mass attack late Wednesday night. Police state stomach analyses show human remains in some dogs. fragments of a woman's shoe were found among the dogs.
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MIAMT
Fla
Coretti Zinke
Bere
W. M. Hudson
Dade county
Yugoslav Army Presence in Istria and Trieste Cited by Tito
Belgrade quoted Marshal Tito asserting the Yugoslav army must remain in Istria Trieste and the Slovene coastline, saying their presence does not prejudice postwar decisions. Other items note Pacific theatre pay rises for Canadians, a Nazi U-boat in Portsmouth, and Allied occupation bounds in Germany.
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NDS
Belgrade
Marshal HONOR DE LONDON
Tito
Britain
United States
Istria
Trieste
PACIFIC OSTAWA
Ganadhin
wnr
defence headquarters
Valladians
DOLES
PORTSMOUTH
NUH
harakiri
Navy
Ulrich Ressler
NAZL
BOSTON
Fritz Steinhoff
Massachusetts general hospital
US. ath ARAIY
GERMANY
ARVARS
Usth Army
Saar
Ruhr
B.C
VANCOUVER
C.P
Arthur MacNamara
LESHBRIDGE
OTTAWA
Dough Quayle
Lethbridge
Jack Weaver
Matal
8.C
Elizabeth A. Quasie
Mberta
BLAIRMORE
J. A
Jack” Smith
Rocky Mountain
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurey and Mason
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