Allied air power crushes 73 Axis planes in North Africa blitz
Allied fighters and bombers destroyed 73 Axis planes in a massive strike credited as the greatest aerial blow since the collapse of German ground forces in North Africa. Twenty-nine enemy aircraft were shot down in dogfights off Sicily and Sardinia, with over 44 more destroyed on the ground at Milo and other Sardinian and Sicilian fields.
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NOLAND NORGAARD
Associated Press
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
North Africa
Ads
Sicily
Sardinia
Tunisia
officis
United States
Milo
Trapani
Monserra
Elmas
Cagliari
BAGS JUNKERS
Milo field
Milas
Villacidro
Italy
Sicilian
Egadi Islands
Apache Indian scouts near Fort Huachuca face dwindling numbers
Arnold Nicholson notes that the Army's Apache scouts at Fort Huachuca near the Mexican border are shrinking from 300 to seven and will be gone in years. The article profiles the scouts, their families, and their veterans lineage, including Sergeant Riley and others, with mentions of sons joining the Navy and future enlistments.
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Arizona trail
Arnold Nicholson
Sinew L. Riley
Jim Lane
Jvan Antonio
Jess Billy
Kessay
Andrew Paxson
William Major
Fort Huachuca
Riley
incer
sporesman
Deadshot
Larry Biury
navy
de jong
army
Under Fire In House
Ottawa May 2 A three hour wartime debate in the house of commons saw the government defend using the war expenditures committee for board investigations while the opposition pressed for public accounts inquiry. The speaker upheld ruling against an alternative referral. vote 119 to 47. Continues on page three.
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OTTAWA
wartime information board
house of commons
house
public accounts committee
Glen
Howard Green
Vancouver South
Capt
George Black
Day In Parliament Faces War Appropriation Debate
The House of Commons will resume discussion on the resolution preliminary to the introduction of the 3.89 billion war appropriation bill. The Senate will consider government business. Yesterday MPs urged investigation by the Public Accounts Committee into war expenditure via the War Information Board. Resources Minister Crerar said the war expenditures committee should probe if formed. The Senate passed second reading of the 1 billion mutual aid bill and third reading of interim supply measures for 1943-44. Poincare’s widow dies in Paris hotel. she outlived the former president and premier Raymond Poincare.
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house of commons
Senate
house
pubic accounts committee
warfire information board
Crerar
finance committee
OTTAWA
C.P
senate today
Elig Beauregard
Lib. Quebec
senate nuance committee
Arthur Marcotte
Saskatcchewan
United Kingdom
Canada
JH King
Toval
Stanstead
Quebec
hors of commons
standing committee
Parliament News Bulletins Ottawa May 20
Senate passes 1 billion mutual aid bill after brief debate with Senators Beauregard and Marcotte noting Canada’s wartime aid capacity. Election writ urged for Stanstead Quebec after Supreme Court nullified Davidson win. Ralston and Canadian generals reach Washington for Allied talks during Churchill visit. Bracken returns to Winnipeg to address Brandon board of trade after prairie tour.
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BRACKEN
WINNIPEG
John Bracken
prairies
board of trade
Brandon
P M s Talk Stops Critics in Anglo American War Talks
Defence Minister Ralston and the heads of Canada s armed services flew to Washington to join Anglo American war conferences. Lt Gen Kenneth Stuart Admiral Percy W Nelles and Air Marshal L S Brinder accompanied him as Prime Minister King met Roosevelt and Churchill at the White House and prepared to attend the Pacific War Council meeting.
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Supreme Court of Canada
R. G. Davidson
Davidson
RALSTON
WASHINGTON
OTTAWA
Defence
J. L. Ralston
rads
Canada
isto
Churchill
Mackenzie King
Ratvon
Kenneth Stuart
Percy W Nebec
naval
staf
Aly Marshal
LeS Breadner
aff
J. F. SANDERSON
C.P
J. Ralston
Raiston
Percy W. Nelles
L. S. Breadner
Mack Kenzie King
White House
Roosevelt
Pacific War Council
armed services
Rockcliffe air station
Mackennie King
Roosevelt seeks vast U S war bill aid to army and navy
President Roosevelt asked Congress to provide about 772 billion dollars for the army in the next fiscal year, boosting January plans by over 6 billion. White House said aircraft expansion drives the rise. Navy bill around 29 billion awaits House action. Total war department requests reach 71.9 billion.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
congress
United States army
White House
Stephen Early
house of representatives
Sam Rayburn
war department
Workman Killed By Falling Rock at Canadian Pacific Bridge
Richard Sauer a 34 year old North Lethbridge resident and CPR bridge crew worker was fatally struck by rock while unloading at the high level bridge over the Oldman River Cant of Conky He was hit by a falling rock from the deck 160 feet above the river suffering a skull fracture He died after failing to regain consciousness An inquest was deemed unnecessary and coroner M J Brayton RCMP Corp Shaw investigated Sauer left behind a wife and one child
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COWLEY
Richard Sauer
North Lethbridge
Canadian Pacific Railway
M. J. Brayton
Corp. Shaw
RCMP
Pincher Creek
Saurr
Oldman river
Dutch Boy Stops Flood in St Peters by Oat Sack
A hole near the floodgate of St Peters was plugged by a townsman using a sack of oats. The oats swelled when wet, halting the leak and averting damage. The May weather note suggests the incident occurred in a period of rising waters.
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ST PETERS
St. Peters
100 Tons of Bombs Hit Jap Bases
New Delhi May 20 heavy and medium bombers of the 10th United States air force dropped more than 100 tons of bombs on Japanese supply bases and communications in eastern Burma. The force said the day’s total surpassed any prior effort with 67 tons from heavy bombers and cooperation with medium bombers pushing the total beyond 100 tons. Targets included Minbu near Magwe Prome Thayetmyo Langwa and Chauk with rail and supply installations attacked.
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NEW DELHI
10th United States air force
Burma
10th Air force
Minbu
Magwe
Prome
Thayetmyo
Langwa
Irrawaddy river
Chauk
NEW DEL
Bunna
Singu
Mager
Padaukkan
Thatsumye
Prayer
Alberta
FRANCE
ALGIERS
North Africa
allan petyreer
Tharday
HOUSE
WASHINGTON
A.P
United States
enaniment Thoreday
hoew of representatives
EDMONTON
United Church of Canada
Reds Smash Nazi Attacks on Kuban and Donets Fronts
Reds report heavy losses crippling seven German counter-attacks in the Kuban valley and Izyum area as Red Army artillery and armor repelled the assaults. Front action spans from the Karelian Isthmus to Novorossisk with air and ground clashes. Russians claimed gains while German reports spoke of troop movements in the Taman Peninsula.
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EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Kaban
aiver
Kuban
Karelian
Berlin
Taman
Caucasus
Kursk
Leningrad
Izyum
Donets River
Kharkov
French Boat Torpedoed Off French Coast
London dispatch reports the German controlled Paris radio says the mailboat General Bonaparte between Corsica and Nice was torpedoed yesterday 40 miles offshore with 192 passengers and 50 crew. A later broadcast said all aboard were rescued by two German destroyers and taken to Nice.
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LONDON
Paris
General Bonaparte
Corsica
Nice
French
Freight train passes. man sustains only a scratch
Lucky Lad Downey California May to forty cars of a freight train. Glen Robertson aged 19 stood on a depot platform and was pushed by a companion. He fell in front of the receding caboose but instead wedged between the rails and escaped with a scratched leg.
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DOWNEY
Cal
Glen Robertson
Robertson
Berlin Hit In New Raid
London May 20 Air ministry announced speedy RAF Mosquito bombers attacked targets in Berlin last night. It was the third attack on Berlin since May 13 and followed Sunday when the Mohne and Eder dams were breached. All bombers returned safely. The raid resembled a swift brief stab by high flying planes as repayment for German attacks on London. Whirlwind bombers also attacked enemy air bases at Poix Amiens Giusy and Crecy en Penthien and raided rail targets at Gamaches and Eu.
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LONDON
RAF
Berlin
air ministry
Europe
Netherlands
France
R.A
Poix
Amiens- Giusy
Crecy en Penthien
Gamaches
J. H. Ashton
Virden
Man
Attu Battle Reports Japanese Casualties Heavy
Tokyo radio, relayed by the OWI, said Japanese casualties on Attu exceeded 66 percent in one engagement as U S landing parties moved beyond Holtz Bay and Massacre Bay after eight hours of bombardment. The broadcast claims enmesh strong American naval gunfire, air strikes, and failed Japanese counteractions amid late May fighting.
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NEW YORK
Tokyo radio
Attu island
Aleutians
United States
office of war information
federal communications commission
Attu
Holtz Bay
Tokyo
Holtz and
Massacre Bays
O.W.I
hesshhead
Holts Bay
Ayan ann
Massacre Bay
King Attends War Council in White House Meeting
Prime Minister Mackenzie King joined a Pacific War Council session at the White House lasting about ninety minutes. The review covered the Aleutians campaign at Attu and the southwest Pacific, with Churchill and Roosevelt detailing the theatre. Leighton McCarthy said the leaders surveyed the situation from joint points of view.
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J. F. SANDERSON
WASHINGTON
C.P
Mackenzie King
Pacific War Council
Aleutians
Attu
Churchill
Roosevelt
Pacific
Leighton McCarthy
Canada
McCarthy
White House
Viscount Halifax
King
Benes to Visit Ottawa In June
Ottawa reports that President Eduard Benes of the Czecho-Slovak government in London is expected to visit Ottawa during the first week of June. The announcement came from official circles amid preparations and scheduling details.
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Benes
Ottawa
Eduard Benes
London
Allied Fleet At Gibraltar Report Sparks German Broadcasts
Berlin radio claimed 72 ships were in Gibraltar including carriers Argus Parmidadie and battleships Nelson King George V. The Associated Press reported the claim as unverified and noted damage to two British and one American merchant ship and a damaged British destroyer.
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YORK
Berlin
Argus
Parmidadie
Nelson
King Grorse V
Gibraltar
Prive
Mediterranean
crugers
Ube
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