Soviets Win Air Battles Over Caucasus Front
Soviet and German air forces clash northeast of Novorossisk as tank and infantry actions intensify in the Caucasus. Red Star reports heavy German losses and Russian gains, while Berlin cites renewed Russian assaults at the Kuban bridgehead.
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Red army
Berlin
Red Star
Red Army Organ
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Caucasus
Associated Press
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War appropriation bill debate continues in Commons
The House of Commons will continue debate on the 3.89 billion dollar war appropriation bill resolution. The Senate stood adjourned until June 8. Yesterday members urged free transport for service personnel on leave. Defence Minister Ralston promised only to consider their representations. The Senate did not sit.
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senate
house
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Ralston
Left Hand Corner reviews replica Tripoli Times issue
The article notes a replica front page printed for British troops after Tripoli’s capture and published in an Italian office two days later. It highlights the British confidence, logistics, and cooperation with Italian staff, with a brief Australian news wire snippet about cash shortages.
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eewapeepeetanet
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lhe
Correre i Tripoli
Unknown Rifleman Killed East Soldier
A coroner's jury found Pie. D. O Bennett Ontario soldier died of gangrene from a bullet fired by an unknown rifleman during a May 6 camp riot between Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles and the Voltigeurs de Quebec in Sussex New Brunswick. Four soldiers identified firing rifles. The jury urged further investigation by the attorney general.
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N.B
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attorney-general’s department
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Speansayeet
Bennett
McKellar, Ont
Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles Regiment
Voltigeurs de Quebec
Americans Capture Attu Ridge in Key Japanese Stronghold
U S troops seized Fishhook Edge on Attu Island, the main remaining Japanese position, now contained to a mountainous three to four square mile area north of Chichagof valley. The capture secures American lines extending north along Attu’s base toward the Chichagof harbor region as fighting shifts toward the Chichagof Hertz Bay sector.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Fishhook Edge
Alin Island
Navy department
Fish hook Ridge
Attu
Chichagef harbor
navy
Fishhook Ridge
Chichagof valley
Chichagof harbor
Lake Cories
Chichagef-Hertz Bay
Navy Fliers Sink Six Nazi Craft
Allied air forces claim a major raid on the European continent with heavy bombers returning from a mid afternoon mission. Royal Navy Albacores reportedly sunk six German motor gunboats near Cherbourg Peninsula while RAF and RCAF pound Ruhr cities Dortmund and Duesseldorf, driving weekly bomb totals to new highs.
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ONDON
C.P
United States
Folkestone
R.A.F
air ministry
Germany
Ruhr
weereont
BOVEY
aease
soaesaer
Dortmund
Mohne
Eder dats
Duesseldorf
agein
Exsen
Kripp
Zee
Eight Nazi POWs Try Escape From Eastern Canada Fort
Eight German prisoners of war captured in Africa attempted to escape from a ship en route to an eastern Canadian fort. They squeezed through portholes into the water but were swiftly intercepted by eight naval craft and returned to the ship before reaching shore.
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Africa
Stalin Says Red Order Ends Moscow Interventions
In a letter to Harold King Reuters chief correspondent Stalin states that dissolving the Communist International ends the claim Moscow intends to intervene in other nations and bolshevize them. He calls the dissolution proper and timely to aid collective action against Hitlerism and to expose enemies of freedom.
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MOSCOW
Reuters
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Communist International
bolshevize
Harold King
U.S.S
King
comintern
Hitleriso
STALIN
Ralston Hints Rail Travel Rationing
In Ottawa a Canadian House of Commons debate examined free rail leave and travel accommodations for service personnel. Defence Minister Ralston said travel would not require rationing and that while it would be desirable to extend civilian-like benefits, he could not guarantee them. MPs from multiple parties urged for free transportation and better accommodations, with Ralston promising only to consider representations.
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C. R. BLACKBURN
OTTAWA
C.P
house of commons
Defence
Raisten
the
Chinese Hold Jap Assault and Chungking Alarm
Chinese high command says it has readjusted its central positions in Hupeh as Japanese forces press toward Chungking the provisional capital. In Hupeh severe fighting rages along the front while Japanese gains on the Yangtse are reported with heavy losses in one sector. Chungking faces a two hour air raid alert after 36 Japanese planes crossed into Szechwan to attack Liangshan, though none over the capital.
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Chongking
Yangtse
Tehang
Shanghai
National Herald
foreign office
Herald
Szechwan
Liangshan
Edmonton to be central air control hub for western Canada
Deputy minister C P J Edwards said Edmonton will be the central centre for air control for about 1 000 000 square miles in Western Canada and the Northwest. He noted Edmonton may cover the Alaska route up the Mackenzie and west to Prince Georges as part of a broader transport department plan.
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C P
Canada
Northwest
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Alta
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Cmdr. Edwards
star
Alaska
Mackenzie
Prince Georges
Government Renews Alberta Loan for One Year
Ottawa reports the Dominion government renews a loan of 2,448,000 dollars to the Alberta government for another year. The renewal spans from June 1, when the current loan matures, and is authorized in an order-in-council tabled Friday.
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OTTAWA
Alberta
Invasion Talk Dominates London Headlines
London newsrooms on May 29 echoed invasion talk with front page series speculating Allied blow imminent. Reports emphasized landing craft concentrations in North African ports and an enormous naval buildup as Britain and allies prepare for a major assault on Europe.
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DOWARD D. BALL
Associated
LONDON
Washington
Axis
Rote radio
Europe
Expres
susault
Germany
Tsiy
Devastation Hits Leghorn and Foggia Docks in Allied Bombing
United States heavy bombers struck Leghorn and Foggia in Italy from North Africa. Bombers hit oil refineries docks and shipyards at Leghorn while 80 tons of bombs hit Foggia air base. RAF Wellington raids targeted Sardinia and Sicily air fields and railway areas.
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United States
Italy
Leghorn
ofl
Rome
Cairo
Foggia
Naples
R.A.F
Sardinia
Sicily
London
Livorno
Landrum Commanding Attu Troops Photo Portrait
Major General Eugene M. Landrum leads U S Army troops on Attu Island in the Aleutians. The image shows him in working clothes during his brigadier general rank, with prior command in the Andreanos Islands and preparation for the Attu assignment.
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Eugene M. Landrum
Aleutian
Att
Landrum
Andreanos Islands
Attu
Memorial Service Sunday in Edmonton for Late Premier
Memorial service for the late Hon. Willan Aberhart, premier of Alberta, will be held Sunday at McDowall United Church in Edmonton. The service starts at 3 p.m. and will be attended by Alberta cabinet members, legislators, high court officials, civic and military leaders. Lieutenant-Governor J. C. Bowen, accompanied by Capt. Richards, will represent the Crown.
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C.P
Willan Aberhart
Alberts
McDowsall United church
Alberta
lérisiaturt
J. C. Bowen
Capt . Richards
Bers. Bower
Dutch Die in Nazi Internment Camps Reported
A Dutch underground report reaching London states 280 Dutch prisoners died in German operated camps in the last five months. The article notes Netherlands judges threatened to curb sentencing amid worsening conditions in the penal system.
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Netherlands
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