Biggest Day Frigate Bombed and Pacific Blitz Report
War coverage details a major daylight raid on Yokohama with 450 B-29s dropping 3,200 tons of incendiaries on shipyards and industry. Also notes Okinawa claims, Iwo Jima airstrikes against Kasumigura naval air station, and 42 enemy planes destroyed.
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ANILA
Tokyo
Yokohama
Okinawa
United States
Ryukyus
Iwo Jima
Kasumigiura naval air station
Guam
Russia Calls Up Her Youth for Army Training
Moscow reports all Soviet youths of the eighth and ninth grades aged 15 and 16 are called for army training starting June 1. Lt. Gen. N. N. Pronin said the 100 percent mobilization aims to elevate military training beyond wartime levels. The 15 and 16-year olds will train under top veterans of the Second Great War as graduates of the seventh class of 17-year-olds prepare for officer specialty exams on June 1.
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MOSCOW
A.P
N. N. Pronin
Peoples’ Commissariat for Defence
Russi
Pronin
Redbook Magazine Reflects On State Control In Ancient China
An excerpt recounts Wu Di’s efforts to regulate transport and trade in early China, fixing prices, taxing incomes, and funding public works. It notes famines and uprisings, the collapse of the empire, and later revolts as the state sought to manage resources amid crises.
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Willi Durpin
Redbook Magacine
China
Breda
saeco
Japs Raid Tarakan But Unsuccessfully
Japanese planes carried out their first air raid on Tarakan island off Borneo since Allied landings. Eight bombers attacked Lingkas harbor, but the raid failed to hit ships, with bombs dropping in swampy shores.
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MANILA
Tarakan island
Metherlands
Borneo
Lingkas harbor
Judge LeBel to lead inquiry into Jolliffe charges
Mr Justice A M LeBel of the Ontario high court will act as royal commissioner to probe E B Jolliffe's charge that Premier Drew's Ontario government runs a secret political police. LeBel, a 48 year old Sarnia native and Liberal Catholic, will begin after current Windsor assize duties. Jolliffe labeled a liar as Drew denounced the charges as campaign tactics.
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A. M. LeBel
Ontario high court
C.C.F
E. B. Jolliffe
Drew
Ontario
Sarnia
Pembroke
Justice LeBel
Jolliffe
Windsor
JOLIAFFE
Mar
Collingwood
Winnie Throws Party For Men Leaving Govt
London May 29 Reuters Crime Minister Churchill hosted a party for Labor and Liberal ministers exiting the coalition government. The gathering was festive as new caretakers met predecessors, with Attlee Bevin Morrison and other former leaders moving to the opposition benches.
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LONDON
Reuters
Churchill
Nephi
cap
Myr
Labor
all party
Clement Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Herbert Morrison
commons
Matane Damaged in Luftwaffe Glider Bomb Attack
Navy minister Abbott disclosed details of a five minute Luftwaffe glider bomb strike on a Canadian naval patrol near the English Channel in which the frigate Matane was damaged and a crew member died. The vessel withstood the blast after a Carley float and engine room were struck, was towed to port, and returned to service before V E Day.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Eagle Channel
Matane
Navy
Abbott
English Channel
Meion
Carley
John Bates
Stormont
Swansea
Churchill signals Big Three meeting before July election
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons a Big Three meeting with President Truman and Marshal Stalin is in the cards. He said a conference could occur within a week during the election campaign, which is expected around July 5.
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LONDON
ieuterst
Churcin
hose of commons
Truman
Marshal Stalin
Churchill
British Empire War Casualties Reported for First Half of 1945
Prime Minister Churchill announced that British Empire forces suffered 1,128,915 casualties in the first six months of 1945, including 907,201 killed. He noted deaths were only about one third of the first war’s empire-wide toll, with additional figures for armed services and civilians across fronts.
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LONDON
Churchill
Fampire
Bowlin Street
house of curious
Britain
Church
America Broadcasts Bohle Capture Report By U S Forces
New York May 29 The American Broadcasting Station In Europe Absiet said that Ernest Wilhelm Bohle former under secretary and leader of all Germans in foreign nations had been captured by the US aid army. The broadcast was heard by NBC.
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NEW YORK
America
Europe
Absiet
hit
Ernest Wilhelm Bohle
forme
Germitt
N.B.C
Air Force Plans Scale Down to 100000 Men Says Gibson
Air Minister Gibson announced a demobilization plan cutting the Royal Canadian Air Force from about 165000 to 100000 personnel. The 106000 remaining would provide units for the Pacific and Europe, plus training and administration in Canada, under a first-in first-out policy.
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Gibson
OTTAWA
U.P.I
army
R.C.AF
Pacific
Europe
Canada
navy
Syria Crisis Background Story by Dewitt Mackenzie
Foreign affairs commentary recounts French troop presence in Syria and Lebanon amid postwar sovereignty pressures. It notes U S and UN efforts to contain conflict while discussing nationalist demands for independence and clashes between French forces and local fighters.
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ROMNEY WHEELER
Associated Press
ONDON
Syria
Lebanon
Arab League
France
London
Washington
Middle East
Frege
Damascus
oo Syliv
Jamil Mardam Bey hid
Homs
DEWITT MACKENZIE
United Nations
San Francisco
Soyria
United States
Svan ty
Turkey
Tiberise
1300 Prisoners of Germans Killed When Nazi Ship Sunk off Hamburg
Peter Jackson, 18, reports his father Dr Sumner Jackson and about 1200 German prisoners died May 3 when an American naval force sank a small enemy warship off Hamburg after it ignored halting orders. The ship sank within ten minutes. Jackson was saved by another boat.
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PARIS
Sumner Jackson
Hamburg
Peter Jackson
U.S
Notorious Lord Haw Haw Captured in Germany Amid War News
William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw was shot in the thigh and captured near Flensburg as British troops pressed the German border. The 39 year old American born broadcaster, allied with Goebbels, faces possible treason trial in Britain and is being moved by ambulance to Luenburg with his wife.
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NEBURG
Germany
William Joyce
Haw Haw
Goebbels
Flensburg
lerting
Joyce
Luenburg
2nd army
seucer
guderanne
Willam Joyce
New York
Soldiers Told to Vote in June Elections by Gen Crerar
Gen Crerar, commander of the 1st Canadian Army, urged soldiers to vote in the upcoming federal and Ontario elections. He emphasized duty and warned against electioneering while ensuring units facilitate voting. The message urged use of the free secret ballot and questioned wartime sacrifices if Canadians neglect their civic duty.
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Cobley Inn
alicera
Cherar
Ontario
Dominion
Canada
secord
Utilities Disrupted by Raids in New York City
Tokyo radio reports serious raids on Medo Thursday and Saturday disrupted New York public services. By Saturday night water and power were restored in parts of the city and municipal transit began returning to normal by Monday morning.
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NEW YORK
Tokyo radio
Conscription Continues as Election Issue in Campaign
The article reports on the conscription debate in the federal election campaign with leaders from the Progressive Conservatives and the CCF focusing on manpower drafts versus industry preservation. John Bracken accuses Liberal policy of disunity and partiality to Quebec, while M. J. Coldwell emphasizes postwar job aims and cautious use of conscription for the Pacific war. Lib err notes charge Bracken sought to avoid Quebec provings, Bracken denies the accusation.
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Canarlian
C.C.F
Vancouver
John Bracken
nasional
Pacific
Mackenzie King
Quebec
Bracken
King
Canada
M. J. Coldwell
national CCF
Souder
Montreal
OCF
Candi
Maurice Litonde
pachiment
Labelle
Chorge Bracken
Gorge Bracken
teder
Ste
Japs Pulling Back In China
Reports say Japanese forces are withdrawing from Liu Chow in Kwantung province as Chinese troops attack Nan Ning and push toward Pinang and Linchow. Chinese advances from Hwalvuurchen threaten Liu Chow from the west while planners discuss a broader retreat to north of the Yan and possibly north of the Yellow River.
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CHANGEING
Liu~chow
Kwiangsi
pat road
Nanning
Yungning
Pinang
Linchow
Liuchow
Hwalvuurchen
Yang river
Ishan
Liu«chow
Yellow river
China
ie mai
Joie Noldcut carnsons
Shanghi
Hong Kong
Eden urges caution in Levant dispute in Commons
In London on May 4 Reuters reports Prime Minister Eden warned of a serious situation in Syria. He urged all parties to act with restraint and prudence as the Levant dispute unfolds amid calls for calm and measured action.
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Judge Le Bel
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England
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NAZT
British petroleum warfare department
qOuod BIV
Labor for Peace
Frisco
Lord Haw Haw
GORBBELS
Gerbbels propane
GEN. CRERAR
Gritaria
CRERAR
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house of commons
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AuLion
pradenes
ay MICRO
Willem Achermerhorn
Dery
Netherlands
Peiter
Gerbrandy
a. REIL
state department
wie
Fukyo
Asia
UNRRA
ASHINGTON
Everett Dirksen i Rey His
house of representatives
United Nations Kelle and Rehabilitation Administration
Dirksen
RHI
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