Sabotage I Aberhart's Ride Rail Shootn Takes His Oath
Fort William May 31. The Ontario Provincial Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police along with railway authorities launched joint investigations into attempts to wreck a Canadian Pacific Montreal Vancouver passenger train near Pawtek Ontario. A sectionman was wounded and spikes removed from track about 50 feet ahead of the train, confirming sabotage. The case remains under inquiry with no arrests yet reported.
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FORT WILLIAM
C.P
Ontario provincial police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
joint
fay
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal Vancouver
Pawtek
Ont
here
W. G. Ingram
Andrew Bosliuk
Pawiek
ctor Ingram
Toronto
W. H. Stringer
Ontario
Five U boats sunk by coastal command planes
London reports the air ministry stating that at least five U boats were destroyed in ten days by giant coastal command aircraft during dawn patrols over the Atlantic. The communique cites bobbing heads of about 105 German sailors and patches of oil and wreckage as evidence of additional possible kills.
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LONDON
United Nations
air ministry
coastal command
Atlantic
War shortages reshaping postwar toy market
The New York toy fair shows wartime scarcities pushing makers to substitute wood, paper and benign materials for metal and rubber. British children face similar limits as American kids receive fewer gifts, while new cardboard and wooden play sets replace metal items. The lively toy trade focuses on updated boards, dolls and nonmetal figures amid shortages.
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Santa Claus
United States
New York
63 Year-Old Engineman Saves Canadian Corvette in Storm
In a northern Ireland port a 63-year-old chief engine room artificer John Griffiths and his engine room crew kept one pump running while waters surged through vents and doors. The Brandon’s captain Lt Cmdr John Litter credited Griffiths with guiding the ship through the gale, as stokers and officers battled 12 hours of flooding to prevent loss of the corvette and crew.
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SCOTT YOUNG
NORTHERN IRELAND
Royal Canadian Navy
Prince Rupert
B.C
John Griffiths
HMC5
Brandon
corvette
John Grimithe
Cmdr
John Litter
Liewt
Tiny Herman
Ottawa
Herd Macarthur
Vancouver
Siva i Kerr
Toronto
Gordon
Briggs
Winnipeg
Caleary
Don Best
omen
Griffiths
Bob Semple
Semple
Bavy
Gritiths
sparta
Lumbering accident in Caledonia claims life of William Butler
In Caledonia Nova Scotia on a Saturday a logging accident killed William Butler of Campridean. A toppling timber felled by workers struck Butler, causing instantaneous death as another log fell. Investigators proceed with standard inquiries.
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CALEDONIA, NS
Willam Butler
Campridean
Buter
Devastated Ruhr Cities Rock Allied Bombing Intensity
Allied air forces resumed a massive offensive across the Channel targeting Dortmund Duesseldorf Jena Essen and Wuppertal amid recordOne week total bombs surpass 7000 tons. Wuppertal suffered a heavy raid with 1500 tons and fires rising three miles. German retaliation earlier damaged Britain with coastal strikes.
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LONDON
English Channel
Boulogne
Cape Gris Nez
Calais
Dunkerque
R.AP
R.C.AF
Germany
Dortmund
Duesseldorf
Jena
Essen
Wuppertal
Hitler
Ruhr
RAF
RCAF
Bernard Sorge
Pincher Creek
Alm
Britain
French Union Is Effected By De Gaulle And Giraud
A seutiran executive committee was set up in Algiers to govern liberated Frenchmen and territory and direct the French war effort until homeland freedom. Gen de Gaulle and Gen Giraud head the body with Massigli Philipe Monnet Georges Catroux including Catroux as liaison. Algiers is effectively provisional French capital as the new governing group forms.
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EDWARD KENNEDY
Associated Press
ALGIERS
A.P
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
de Gaulle
Giraud
Rene Massigli
Andre Philipe
Alphonse Georges
Jean Monnet
Georges Catroux
France
Catroux
Syria
Georges
Massigu
Philipe
Monart
Japanese Troops Reported Bombed in Burma Front
A British communiqué says Jas BReSe forces were bombed at Kalemyo in the Chin hills near the Indian frontier and at Buthedaung yesterday. The report notes no plans for war and mentions ongoing military activity in the area.
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NEW DELHI
Kalem-~yo
Chin
Burma
Buthedaung
Heavy Bombers Hit Naples And Foggia Port In Raid
More than 150 United States four engined bombers attacked Naples and Foggia in daylight raids from North Africa and Middle East bases. The Naples strike hit an aircraft factory, oil depots, and several hangars. Foggia targeted airfields and barracks. One North African plane failed to return. 14 enemy aircraft were destroyed. A merchant vessel, a tanker, and other targets in Naples harbor were damaged or sunk.
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North Africa
A.P
United States
Italy
Naples
Foggia
North African command
Middle East
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Sicilian
weeges
Cairac
North African air force
iin eee
French Fleet Joins Allies Report From London
Berlin radio broadcast that the French naval squadron at Alexandria has defected to the Allies after negotiations with Gen. Henri Giraud. The force includes the battleship Lorraine and cruisers Duquesne Tourville Souffren Duguay-Tronat plus destroyers and submarines, with repairs and crew rest needed before action.
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ONDON
C.P
Alex- Landriz
Henri Giraud
London
Berlin
Egypsian
France
Andrew Cunningham
Rene Godfrey
Lorraine
Duquesne
Tourville
Souffren
Duguay-Tronat
Richelieu
United States
President of China Shows Improvement
Lin Sen, the 1-year-old president of China, has shown further improvement after a stroke on May 12. Doctors reported today that his condition is stabilizing and he remains in a coma recovery effort. Special medicines sent from Chungking aided the apparent progress, with earlier hopeful forecasts revised.
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HUNGKING
Lin Sen
China
Associated Press
WLMam
New York
Bam
todas
Lin
Hoe
Satciaat
Chungking
Pred G. Reed
Piaworph
Red Cross
Stilwell Arrives in London for Allied War Talks
Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell chief of staff for the Allied forces in China has reached London for military conferences. He had just been in Washington meeting Prime Minister Churchill President Roosevelt and other leaders. Also attending U S and Allied leaders were Wavell Somerville Peirse and Chennault.
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JOSEPH STILWELL
LONDON
Stilwell
Washington
Churchill
Roosevelt
Mackensie Hing
Britain
Far East
Archibald P. Wavell
India
James Somerville
Ceylon
Richard Peirse
Claire L. Chennault
China
Russians Claim Large Luftwaffe Losses in Air War
London dispatch reports Moscow stating Russian airmen and gunners destroyed 456 German planes last week, totaling 2,669 for the month, while Russia admits 18 losses, bringing the monthly tally to 518, amid engagements in Kuben and Leningrad sectors.
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LONDON
Moscow
Kuben
Leningrad
U S Airmen Blast Japs on Canton Hankow Rail Line
U S planes raided two Japanese bases on the Canton Hankow railway and hit a troop train at Yochow station as Chinese forces recaptured Yuyangkwan near Ichang. Reports say 2,000 Japanese casualties in the Fuyang area and a Chinese counterattack along the Yangtse valley.
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CRUNGKING
United States
Canton-Hankow
Yoyang- Kwan
Chongking
Yochow
Linsiang
Lingting Lake
Chungking
Fuyangewan
Yochow station
Yuyangkwan
Yangtse
Ichang
Yuyanghwan
Nazis Stab At Red Lines On Russian Front
German infantry and air forces pressed invasions at scattered Russian front points while planes attacked Leningrad. The Soviet midday bulletin reported 261 enemy dead and considerable materiel seized as attacks in Kuban, Donets, and Sevsk regions were repulsed.
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LONDON
C.P
Leningrad
Kuban
Red army
Ka- Unin
Donets river
Sevsk
Moscow
STORY OF SECTTIONMAN SHOT SHATTERED BY INSPECTOR INGRAM
Ontario police debunk the tale of an ambush shooting by saboteurs claiming Andrew Restink was shot. Ingram says the man could not have been shot as described, debunking the Canadian Pacific Railway sabotage story.
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FORT WILLIAM
C.F
William C. Ingram
Ontario provincial police today
Canadian Pacific Railway
Andrew Restink
ambnah
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Sask
Prophetic Bible Institute
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E. ©. Manning
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