Niven Leads Raid On Convoy And Factories
Five Canadian squadrons joined the RAF in night attacks on the Gnome Rhone engine works at Gennevilliers and a convoy off the Frisian coast. Leaders included Wing Commanders Johnny Fulton D A R meen vor nrmrtennns insperrmeme and E L Wurtele with Navy support, while Wing Commander R H Niven commanded the Dawn Patrol squadron. Bob Niven noted for heading the raid. report continues on page three.
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R.A.F
Pamg
Frisian islands
Johnny Fulton
Kamloops
B.C
Ford unveils synthetic wool from soybeans
Ford Motor Company announces a new synthetic wool made from soybean protein, designed to reduce costs and produced at 1000 pounds per day. The material, initially for upholstery, offers about half the price of sheep wool and could expand into numerous uses as production scales.
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Ford Motor Company
Sunk Ship Delights Crew Amid Three Claims
The U S Pacific Fleet reports a battle craft repeatedly listed as sunk by the Axis. Crew joke at dinner as third claim arrived. Despite multiple declared losses the ship remains intact and in service since the war began. Identity of the vessel remains confidential.
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U.S. PACIFIC FLEET
Axis
amt
Plan Training Paratroops In Canada West
EDMONTON May 30 Definite plans for training paratroops closer army air force cooperation and using Wainwright National Park as an army training centre were announced by Col J L Ralston national defence minister during a western tour. He said an army camp is planned at Wainwright and that Canuck paratroop training is under way though no start date was given.
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EDMONTON
C.P
army
air force
Wainwright National Park
J. L. Ralston
national defence
Ralston
Grande Prairie Alta
Currie Barracks
Sarcee Camp
Red Deer
Camrose
national defence headquarters
Military District No. 13
Calgary
Col. Ralston
Wainwright
Nazi Tanks Take Beating From Soviets
Soviet forces report destroying German armor and inflicting heavy losses in engagements around Kharkov. The Red Army claims multiple tank kills, infantry casualties, and air and naval successes, with Axis ships sunk in the Barents Sea.
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MOSCOW
Izyum
Soviet information bureau
Donets River
Kharkov
Red army
Red navy
Barents Sea
Red sitmen
Torpedo Strikes U.S. Vessel in Gulf. 22 Die
An Axis submarine sank a medium cargo ship in the Gulf of Mexico on May 25. Elling, 22 crewmen died as the entire crew perished aboard. Four lifeboats were blown apart. two men from the boat and 17 others escaped in a second lifeboat and were rescued the next day in New Orleans.
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NEW ORLEANS
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Extremists Sentenced by Special Court in Occupied France
A special court in Occupied France sentenced a 20 year old to seven years of forced labor a 32 year old woman to five years in prison and sixteen others to eighteen years imprisonment for extremist activity.
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France
Royal order alters Strathcona patch after royal command
In England on May 20 the King directs the Strathcona's Horse patches to read LS.1 replacing LS H. After a halt to confirm approvals Lt Gen McNaughton Maj Gen Sansom and Brigadier oversee the change. A Fort Frances sergeant Major Brannan has his patch updated and a liaison embroidered the new letters. The King learns of the change and the regiment receives the new royal command patch.
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ROSS MUNRO
ENGLAND
Lord Strathona
Calgary
Winnipeg
leutenant
Strathcona
Majesty
A. G. L. McNaughion
Z. W. Sansom
kett
Gen. McNaughton
Straths
Tor
H. P. Brannan
Fort Frances
Ont
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London
Ship Torpedoed in Gulf of Mexico
The navy announced a medium-sized United States merchant vessel was torpedoed in the Gulf of Mexico. Survivors have been landed at a Gulf Coast port.
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WASHINGTON
navy
United States
Gulf of Mexico
gulf coast
Death ends dramatic life of John Barrymore
Hollywood May 20 John Barrymore the 60 year old stage screen and radio star died after a long coma in his Hollywood hospital room Followed by his brother Lionel he received last rites from Rev John O'Donnell and physician Dr Hugo M Kersten His final collapse occurred May 19 after a painful studio rehearsal and return to his dressing room
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Gay
John Barrymore
Lionel
John
Barry- More
Bas
Hugo M. Kersten
John O'Donnell
whue
Hollywood Presbyterian
Barrymore
Mexico war declaration powers move through Congress
Mexico City May 20 routine senatorial endorsements are needed by President Avila Camacho for a formal declaration of war on the Axis powers and suspension of certain constitutional guarantees to combat espionage and fifth column activity. Bills granting extraordinary powers passed the chamber of deputies 138 to 0. Opposition leader Gen Juan Andreu Almazan offered to defend the country. Freedom of the press would be abrogated for the war duration amid Nazi influence in Mexican media.Attachment details mention submarines and attacks on Mexican merchant ships and the president’s plan to target Nazi aligned publications.
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MEXICO CITY
Avda Camacho
Amis
chamber of deputies
Juan Andreu Almazan
Avila Camacho
Samuel Jackson Dies In Winnipeg
Samuel J. Jackson, 94, former speaker of the Manitoba legislature, died at his son Dr. F. W. Jackson’s Winnipeg home. One of the city’s first aldermen, he won six of seven provincial elections and served 16 years as Liberal MLA for the Rockwood area, including as speaker from 1890 to 1934.
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WINNIPEG
Samuel
J. Jackson
Manitoba
F. W. Jackson
Jackson
Rockwood
Two Escapees From Oakalla Re Captured
Burnaby BC May 20 Two of four men who escaped from Oakalla prison farm yesterday after subduing two guards were captured by police of the lower mainland. Prank Little 17 and Earl William Waddell 18 were found about a mile from the prison eight hours after the break with Albert Macfell 19 and Charles Lava Yee 22.
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BURNABY
Oakalla
lower mainland
Prank Little
Earl William Waddell
Albert. Macfell
Charles Lava Yee
Timing the Firemen in Los Angeles Fire Alarm Delay
Two men watched a large grocery store in Yames as the clock ran and the fire department delayed. After someone finally alarmed, firemen arrived promptly to battle the blaze.
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LOS ANGELES
Mar— O
Yames
John Barrymore's Turbulent Last Years and Fame
Barrymore hailed as a brilliant actor faced mounting health and financial woes in his final years. The stage and radio icon married four times and built a sharp public persona. His late life included a Caliban romance with Elaine Barrie and a jurist's $600 death curtains ruling amid debt and illness.
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John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Dr J B Collip Named Head of Royal Society
Dr J B Collip head of McGill biochemistry was named president of the Royal Society of Canada succeeding Judge F W Toway of New Westminster B C as the annual meeting closed He is noted for insulin hormone research alongside co discoverer Sir Frederick Banting and Dr J J C Best Toronto Also named to lead the society s five sections were Senator L M Gouin Montreal Prof H A Innis Toronto Prof J K Robertson Kingston Ont M B Baker Kingston and G B Reed Kingston
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J. B. Collip
biochemistry
McGill University
F. W. Toway
New Westminster
B.C
Royal Society of Canada
Collip
Frederick Banting
J .C. H. Best
L. M. Gouin
Montreal
H. A. Innis
J. K. Robertson
Kingston
Ont
M. B. Baker
G. B. Reed
French Consular Offices Quietly Set to Close in May
Ottawa May 20 The department of external affairs said French minister Rene Ristelhueber informed that all French consular offices in Canada will close for official business at the end of May. The move comes at the request of the Canadian government.
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OTTAWA
department of external siairs
Rene Ristelhueber
io Canada
Canada
Free French beat three battalions in Libya force request
Cairo dispatch reports Free French defenders at Bir Hachem oasis in Libya announcing victory over three battalions of Halans and call for more troops. The report underscores bold action by Allied forces in the Libyan theater during the campaign era.
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CAIRO
Bir Hachem oasis
Libya
French Volunteers Return From Russia Parade At Station
In occupied France on May 30 about five hundred French volunteers returned from the Russian front for an 18 day furlough. They paraded through the station area amid city crowding and mounted guards.
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RUSSIA
VERSAILLES
France
Werle
Chinese Quit Kinhwa After Great Fight
Chungking May 30 Chinese withdrew from Kinhwa on May 28 after repeated assaults by Japanese forces. Kinhwa, capital of Chekiang, had been attacked in a major campaign. Japanese claims to have captured Tam May 28 were disputed by late dispatches. Also, American Volunteer Group airmen bombed Japanese positions west of the Salween River with marked success and returned to base.
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CHUNGKING
Kinhwa
Kirhwa
Chekiang
Tam
American Volunteers Group
Salween River
Ten Czechs Die In Prague Report Drives Reprisals
New York reports relay BBC transmission claiming ten Czechs executed in Prague and tallying Norwegian hostages killed in reprisal for a German official's death. CBS recorded BBC broadcasts noting possible duplication of earlier totals and raising doubts about Rein hard Heydrich’s condition. BBC cites a Stockholm correspondent on Quisling restricting Norwegian paper details of deaths in Gestapo camps.
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BBC
Prague
Bergen
CBS
Reich
Reinhard Heydrich
Heydrich
Stockholm
Quisling
Oslo
Arctic Circle
Reconstituted 1st Battalion Peg Grenadiers Formed
WINNIPEG March 30 A smartly stepped full strength unit, newly equipped, trained and retrained since the original battalion was lost at Hong Kong last December, the reconstituted 1st Battalion of the Winnipeg Grenadiers moved out of the city by train last night for a westward destination. The new unit includes veterans of the original unit in the West Indies, men trained in the reserve battalion, and recruits.
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Winnipeg Grenadiers
Wiounipessers
Winniper
West Indies
Bombs Hit English Cemetery in London and Coast Town
In London on May 30 a bomb exploded near an English cemetery blowing stones into neighboring houses. A south coast town woke to a marble fragment crashing through a bedroom ceiling as debris shattered ceilings and walls.
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LONDON
South Coast
Ong
Rommel's Tanks Suffer Heavily South of Tobruk
British armored and motorized forces heavily counter attacked Rommel's spearhead about 20 miles southwest of Tobruk. Many Axis tanks were destroyed or stranded as RAF bombers and fighters kept pressure on the Axis armored forces. The fighting centered near Knightsbridge and west of Acroma along the Ain El Gazala Bir El Hacheim line.
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Knightsbridge
Acroma
Ain El Gazala-Bir El Hacheim
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R.A.F
Soon Call Up Married Men
FRANK FLASERTY reports that as mobilization nears the pool of single men narrows, War Services Minister Korson says the government will soon start calling up single men up to 35. The shift aims to minimize married men being drafted and reflects a preference for men in their 20s.
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OTTAWA
War Services
Korson
House of Commons
Axis air losses and Allied counterstrikes widen desert and Sicily fronts
The R.A. reports seven Axis aircraft destroyed yesterday and twelve of its planes lost, with fighting centered in a triangle formed by Ain Et Gezala, Tobruk, and Bir Macheim. British HQ notes action east of main positions as tank units push south in a broader desert and Sicily theater.
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Sicily
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Mediterranean
Ain Et Gezala
Tobraz
Bir Macheim
Probe Death Of Girl at Trail
An inquest in Trail adjourned after investigators viewed the body of Thelma Gordon a 25 year old Maple Creek Saskatchewan resident who died in hospital following an unconscious spell in her room. The father arrived to take her back for burial. she had been in Trail a week.
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Thelma Gordon
Maple Creek
Sask
Maple Greek
Trail
Nazis Claim 8 Dead In East Africa Raid On Paris
Nazi estimates put at least 80 dead and about 200 wounded after an East Africa Force raid on Paris industrial suburbs last night. About 200 houses were destroyed in one suburb, five British planes reported shot down.
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