Allies Mop Up In Myitkyina And Naga Attack Reported
Allied forces penetrate southern Myitkyina in north Burma and claim new advances near the main railway station. A Chinese column reaches the city perimeters while another group seizes Charaw north of Kamaing. In India, a Japanese night assault on Naga village is repelled with heavy losses. Dimapur rail line sits as a key supply route. News notes widening Allied operations across north Burma and Indian theater.
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Ceylon
Myitkyina
Burma
southeast Asia
communiqut
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Mogaung
Charaw
Kamaing
Naga
Kohima
Dimapur
India
Chungking radio
Assam- Bengal
Arandura
Tiddim road
Bishenpur
Imphal
Canadians British Mop Up Liri Valley
American tanks moved to the slopes of the Alban hills near Rome as Canadian and British forces pressed German positions. The 5th Army cut the Anzio Albano road and advanced toward Campolione, with Ceprano and the Liri valley area reaching Allied hands. Canadian and British troops, advancing from the beachhead, reported gains near Valmontene and near the Liri and Sacco rivers, while German forces were said to have suffered heavy losses across multiple divisions.
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APLES
Alban hills
Rome
ANZIO-ALBAN
Sid Feder
Associated Press
A.P
5th Army
Anzio
Campoleone
Anzio-Albano
Aprilia
Carroceto
8th Army
Liri
Sacco
Valmontene
Lanuvio
pitterio-defended
Velletri
Sermoneta
Bassiano
Norma
CEPRANO
Ville Santo Stefano
Monte Siserno
8th
Oliver Leese
Pofi
Arce
Monte Creo
Sancto Padre
SACCO Ontario and Maritime infantry
B. M. Hoffmeister
Vancouver
Aprina
Lanvin
Sauinwest
Veiletri
Hermann Creening
ibano
No. 6
Cassino
Ottawa barber strike and 10 cent haircuts clash with standards
The Ottawa branch of the Journeymen and Barbers' International Union condemns the RCMP for allowing a cut rate barber shop in the Justice building charging 10 cents per haircut. They warn this violates the Industrial Standards Act and decry efforts to obtain better wages and living conditions, while RCMP officials insist barbers are required to maintain military-style cuts. Commissioner Wood notes the issue is under review by the Minister.
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OTTAWA
Journeymn and Barbers’ International Union
R.C.M.P
Lim
Wood
eH ye
2200 Planes Hit Germany In Allied Bombardment
A thousand heavy American bombers and 1200 fighters struck Germany and Poland today. Targets included aircraft factories at Poznan Kreisling Leipzig Tutow Cottbus and Sorau along with rail and airfield targets in France and the Danube basin. The operation echoed yesterday's large air raid and involved extensive aerial battles, with several bombers forced to land in Sweden and heavy explosions at Leipzig Magdeburg and other sites.
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Wiener Neustadt
Poznan
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Leipzig
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Cottbus
Serau
U.S
Ludwigshafen
lower Danube
Italy
Sorau
Berlin
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Stockholm
Reich
R.A.F
Angers
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air ministry
Danube basin
Mediterranean
RAF
Bourg-Leopold
Belgium
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Magdeburg
United States
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Merseburg
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Konigsborn
Junkers
Leipzig-Taucha
Zwickau
EISENHOWER
LONDON
C.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
H. D. G. Crerar
EUROPE
France
Austria
Attgerdssdorf
Wiener Neustadt No. 1
Nord and
Wallansdorf
Yugoslavia
Pension increase allows higher earned income for old age and blind pensions
In Canadian Parliament May 29 Finance Minister Ilsley announced amendments raising the allowable income for old age and blind pensions to 125 dollars per year beyond the pension, with maximums set at 425 dollars while the 300 dollar pension level remains. Provinces and Dominion agreed, new residence rules outlined, and age 70 remains, with discussion of lowering to 65 under future consensus.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Ilsley
commons
IlMev
Casualties In Enemy Raid Kill Twelve at South Coast Hotel
London reports a German raid Sunday night killed twelve of twenty six patrons at a south coast hotel. Other nearby towns suffered direct hits as residences were shattered and children trapped. Torquay and Brighton were named targets with fires and explosions observed in harbor areas.
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LONDON
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Torquay
Brighton
dentis
Fourth Battle of Changsha Seized in Japanese Drive toward Canton Hankow Rail
The Chinese high command said Japanese forces drive down the Hankow rail route in northern Hunan with a possible aim to occupy the Canton Hankow line and block Allied landings. Four columns crossed the Sinchiang river near Yoyang as fighting raged north of Tungting Lake and near Changsha, threatening a wider campaign.
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Hankow
Hunan
Canton-Hankow
China
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Changsha
Yoyang
Yochow
Sinchiang river
Lake Tungting
Sinchiang
hich
Tungting Lake
Yangtze river
Tasnaping
Tungcheng
Tsungyang
Chungpao-Siaochaping
Hsueh Yueh
Henan
Loyang
War Money Bill Debate Near End
OTTAWA May 29 The long track of the war appropriation for 1944-45 may end this week with luck the measure providing for special war expenditures of various government departments was presented to the house by Finance Minister Lissey Feb 7 and could be finished by June 2 Last year the pace slowed as budget resolutions were reviewed after March 4 The group bids farewell to the appropriation on July 22 1943 BRITISH EXPERTS SURVEY CANADIAN LABOR PROBLEMS OTTAWA May 29 British labor ministry officials Predenck William Legt and George Tomlinson arrived to survey Canada wartime handling of labor issues.
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Dominion
OTTAWA
Cmnuckshenk
L. Fraser Valier
British Columbia
Cruickshank
Prices Board
Lissey
sir Predenck William Leg t
George Tominson
miinistry of
Canada
Potent beer blast injures Huntington cafe proprietor
T H Diamant, 59, cafe proprietor in Huntington Mass, was seriously injured Saturday when a keg of beer he was opening exploded and demolished the establishment. Police investigated the incident and the cause of the keg blast remained under review.
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T. H. Diamant
caf
Few Know Day Set For D Day
Ottawa reports that only about a score of persons know the likely D Day date. A Canadian officer said Prime Minister Mackenzie King, returning from London, and other senior leaders are unaware. He suggested only a select group involved in planning would know.
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OTTAWA
Europe
Canada
London
Mackenzie King
tmpire
Firth Marshal Smuts
South Africa
ammbr
Nazis Abandon Ruined Tirpitz in Alten Fjord
STOCKHOLM May 29 C P Reuters reports the Germans are not attempting to repair the 42,000 ton battleship Tirpitz and are abandoning the ship on Alten fjord after a dive bombing attack by Barracudas. Stockholm said Sunday night.
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STOCKHOLM
C. P Reuters
Altenfjord
Barracudas
Yanks Grab More Isles In New Guinea Advance
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS REPORTS American 6th Army troops have solidified positions on Bink Island near the Philippines and Mokmer airfield is within reach. Japanese resistance on Biak increases as forces push from Bosnek toward the island airfields. MacArthur calls the Biak drive the practical end of the New Guinea campaign and notes airfields will give command of Dutch New Guinea.
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New Guinea
6th Army
Bink Island
Philippines
Mokmer
Schouten group
Geelvink Bay
Bosnek
towar
Biak
Pacific
MACARTHUR
Douglas MacArthur
southwest Pacific
Dutch New Guinea
Forde Hints Philippines Return And Postwar Migration
Jancis H. Forde acting prime minister spoke at a luncheon outlining aims to push postwar migration, hoping the war returns to the Philippines with a bang and then to Formosa. He urged young Americans to settle in Australia as their land of adoption after the war.
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SYDNEY
C.P.Reuters
Jancis H. Forde
Philippines
Formosa
Lift Wheat Limitation Lift Wheat Limitation
Ottawa May 29 Trade Minister MacKinnon announced in the commons that the 18 bushels per acre limit on western wheat deliveries from the 1943 crop was removed forthwith. He outlined plans to decide on 1944-45 year quotas later as storage space of about 120 million bushels remains. The move follows heavy movement from country elevators amid rising domestic and export demand.
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OTTAWA
MacKinnon
Dominion
Canada
west
Revolution Shakes Quito As Velasco Ibarra Faction Rises
In Quito on May 79 a revolution erupted among troops and civilians. The movement is led by supporters of Velasco Ibarra, the former president in exile near the Ecuador Colombia border.
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QUITO
Ecuador
Velasco Ibarra
Colombia
Soviet Red Air Force Bags Sixty Nazi Planes
Soviet air squadrons destroyed or disabled at least 60 enemy planes in bombing and machine-gunning attacks on Monday. Targets included airfields at Roman and Husi in Romania as reported by the Soviet communique Monday night.
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LONDON
U.P.1
Red air force
Roman
Husi
Romania
ECUADOR
GUAYAQUIL
Chinas coast
NEW YORK
A.P
Brooklyn
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