Tea ration cut to half pound weekly and tea use halved
The wartime prices and trade board announces sugar rations slashed to one half pound per person per week and tea consumption cut by 50 percent while coffee is reduced by 25 percent. Hotels and similar establishments receive special rules. enforcement will include prosecutions for noncompliance as shipping limits reserve stocks.
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UAWA
Donald Gordon
prices and trade board
Gordon
Rev A L Carr Installed 18th Alberta Conference President
Edmonton May 26 The installation of Rev A L Carr of Lacombe as president of the Alberta Conference of the United Church of Canada was conducted by retiring president Rev John M Fawcett of Didsbury. Carr was elected at the conference session last Thursday and becomes the 18th conference president.
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EDMONTON
A. L. Carr
Lacombe
Alberta
the United Church of Canada
John M. Fawcett
Didsbury
Carr
Left Hand Corner Soldier Servant Bonds Earl Hale’s War Service
Earl Haig’s devoted batman Secrett died after 28 years at his master’s side. He served during the South African Campaign and the Great War, guarding headquarters and attending to needs to minimize interruptions. Bequest of £50 revoked after his marriage, yet he remained with the Earl until death.
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THOMAS SECRETT
Earl Hale
batman
London
Ottawa Journal
Cerberus
Hair
Bemersydhe
Soviets Press Kharkov Advance Amid Fierce Fighting
Soviet troops consolidated positions before Kharkov after a night of heavy combat, repelling a German assault with about 150 tanks in the Izyum Barvenkova sector while pushing forward in the Kharkov area. Red Star described German pillboxes broken by infantry and artillery, with Soviet cavalry killing hundreds of enemy infantry and air forces maintaining aerial superiority.
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Henry O. Cassidy
Associated Press
Moco
A.P
Kharkov
Izyum-Barvenkova
Soviet information bureau
Timoshenko
Kalinin
Red Star
Iazyum-Barven
kova
BERLIN
Rationing at a Glance: Canada Announces New Rules
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board chaired by Donald Gordon announced new rationing limits. Sugar is half a pound per person per week, tea must drop by half, and coffee by one quarter. Housewives were urged to enforce the cuts and violators will be prosecuted.
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women of Canada today
Donald Gordon
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Gordon
Senator King Joins Cabinet as Nonportfolio Minister
In Ottawa on May 26 Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced in the House that Senator J. H. King, the government leader in the senate, has been made a minister without portfolio. King replaces the late Senator Raoul Dandurand as government leader in the senate while Quebec remains three underrepresented in the cabinet.
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OTTAWA
CPI
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Inday
J. H. King
senate
King
Raoul Dandurand
Zion. P. J
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British Columbia
Quebec
Dandurand
Bruneval Raid Chief Decorated
Wing Cmdr. Percy Pickard, leader of the Bruneval raid on Stoneval in February, was awarded the bar to the Distinguished Service Cross. The citation praised his courage devotion and duty as an example admired by all.
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LONDON
Percy Pickard
Stoneval
Dominion rules liquor sales state field unchanged
Ottawa May 26. Finance Minister told the House of Commons that the Dominion government has no present plan to enter liquor sale regulation now controlled by the provinces.
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OTTAWA
Miniter Hsiry
house of commons
Dominion
Japs Use Air Torpedo New Bomb Against Raiding Forces
Allied dispatches report Japanese zero fighters adapting to Allied bomber strength by using pear shaped shrapnel bombs against raiders. The Melbourne Herald correspondent cites United Nations units at bases near Rabaul and Lae, with four Japanese aircraft downed in raids on Rabaul and Lac. An Allied fighter and heavy anti air fire contributed to the Lac engagement.
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Australis
Rabaul
Lac
Douglas MacArthur
Stockton
U S Warship Blakeley Damaged by Torpedo Attack
The U S Navy reports destroyer Blakeley damaged by enemy torpedo in the Caribbean. She reached port with 19 crew members missing and six injured. The incident marks a serious wartime setback and raises questions about naval operations in the theater.
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WASHINGTON
United States navy department
Blakeley
Caribbean
bout
Recruitment Brisk in Calgary As 700 Men Arrested
In Calgary on May 26 officials report recruitment for the Canadian Army Actives during the first 25 days of the month was exceptionally brisk with about 700 men arrested during that period, 20 fewer than 720.
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CALGARY
trict recrmting
Floods Hit High River in Alberta's Crow's Nest Pass
Heavy weekend rains drenched southern Alberta lands and swollen streams threaten renewed floods in the Crow's Nest Pass. High River faces a breached dyke and river flooding as water covers Main Street and basements flood. Rail crews widen a spillway to protect tracks.
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Crow's Nest Pass
High River
Baker creek
Highwood
woaded
Canadian Pacifi Railway extra
PASS
Crow’s Nest
Japanese Fail to Storm Kinhwa Amid Heavy Losses
Chinese spokesman warned the fight around Kinhwa the Chekiang provisional capital remains grave with heavier battles expected next week. He said air force and transport are urgently needed as Asia’s summer battles intensify. British withdrawal from Burma noted as troops face unequal odds without air support and new transport routes. Fighting in Yunnan and Burma continues as India’s defences are strengthened to aid Allied communications.
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CHUNGKING
Kinhwa
Chekiang
Asia
India
Burma
Yunnan
RAF report on Libyan base incident with fires visible far
British planes hit Martuba Libya in a sudden air raid causing fires visible for 70 miles. RAF Middle East command said the raid occurred Sunday night near Sengest Derna and Tmimi. One German aircraft was shot down and two British planes were missing.
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Egypt
Martuba
Libya
RAF Middle East command
Tibven
Hema
Tmimi
Sengest
Derna
National Resources Mobilization Act Bill Urges Faster Debate
Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the House of Commons he hopes to take up next week the second reading of the Mobilization Act amendment to grant unlimited conscription by order in council. He said progress depends on passage of current legislation, including the net appropriation bill, with the mobilization act amendment to follow. Opposition questions on funding supply and parliamentary procedure spark debate on fiscal controls and rule reforms. The Commons also passed the wartime damage insurance bill, despite protests.
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Max
Mackenzie King
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King
Hanson
Beck
ILSLEY
Anne Howe
isader Hanson
M J Cridwell
CCP
houw
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Teley
Manson
Laval offers to negotiate demands amid Axis maneuvers
Canadian Press reports parallel accounts that Italy seeks Nice and Corsica while Laval agrees to train German seamen at French naval bases. Germany and Italy use each other’s needs to pressure Vichy, which tries to play both sides. The piece notes Italian territorial ambitions and German leverage to claim the French fleet, with continuation on Page Three.
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ONDON
Italy
Nice
Corsica
Pierre Laval
Germany
Vichy
Legion Demands Draft For All Citizens But Fails
Winnipeg March 26 An Australian style total war draft bill failed at the Canadian Legion bi annual convention as delegates sent the resolution back to committee with an amendment. The proposed plan would compel national service for all fit men and women on a selective basis. Col Tarenis proposed the change arguing current voluntary service is wasteful and insufficient, while defence minister J L Ralston stressed capable leadership. Local Beaver Club broadcasts include Alberta Sgt D McGaus land C H Hyland and more from Edmonton and Calgary.
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WINNIPEG
Canada
Canadian Legion
J.t.Col. Tarenis
Col Cockeram
Conservair
South
Oni
J L. Ralston
National Defence
Leon mild
Canacy fertharth Biihewat
dnstitue
Two Die In Blast At Fisher Body Plant Lansing
An explosion at the Fisher Body Corporation plant in Lansing Michigan killed two workers and seriously injured three others. The blast damaged sections of the facility and prompted an investigation by local authorities and plant officials.
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AL Feast tne
Fisher Body Corporation
Raid by Royal Air Force Bombers in Burma
Royal Air Force bombers attacked enemy targets in Burma. The strike occurred in late May near front lines with no deaths reported. Exact coordinates and units were not disclosed in the brief release.
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Royal Air Force
pitad
Burma
Draftees Train At Sartee CALGARY May 26
Saccee military camp added to Canadian army training centres as 219 trainees called up under the National Registration Mobilization Act report to the 11st Alberta Reconnaissance Battalion for four months training before home defense unit assignments. Only 25 rejected for medical reasons with some placed in D category for future call. a. 0 GRANT DIES VANCOUVER May 25 P. W. O. Grant 52 manager of Empire Life Assurance Company died here after coming from Regina 15 years ago and residing in Calgary for a time.
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Saccee
Alberta Reconnaissance Battalion
GRANT
VANCOUVER
O. Grant
Empire Life Assurance Company
Regina
Sunk submarine off Recife cited in brief war update
An Allied bomber reportedly sunk another enemy submarine off Recife, Brazil, cited by a high-source report. The day’s dispatches include Australia calling up 318,000 more into war industries, Paris street fighting among Petain Youth and police, Hitler’s talks with generals, RAF raids on Burma shipping, and Japanese forces pressing near Kinhwa with heavy casualties.
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