British Army closes in on Madagascar capital Tananarive
British troops press toward Tananarive as six days of landings leave Madagascar’s inland capital within reach. Governor General Annet asks for cease fire terms. radio reports say Vichy France may agree. News from Diego Suarez and Port Louis cites growing imperial activity with French administration left in place in occupied zones.
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LONDON
Armand Annet
Madagascar
Diego Suarez
Port Louis
Mauritius
Tananerive
Mm charge Annet
Tananarive radio
Japs Hint Big Move in East Asia
London dispatch reports BBC monitoring service quotes General Shunroku Hata, Japan’s China commander, saying East Asia war will take a major step with Europe. Possible actions include invasion of India to link with German advances in the Middle East or an attack on Russian Siberia. Hata speaks from Nanlang and mentions Asia cooperating with Europe toward a new world order.
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LONDON
C.P
BBC
Tokyo
Shunroku Hata
Japan
China
India
Middle East
Russian
Siberia
Stalingrad
sari Hata
Nanlang
Asia
Europe
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Feeder Fish Sparks Rising Fur Farm Demand in BC
Feed experiments on fur farms near the Frater River delta boosted demand for culachon or candie fish in British Columbia. Fraser district fishermen landed 1934 hundredweight of oil-rich fish. 430 hundredweight used fresh, 1498 stored for mink feed, with rest exported fresh or frozen. The oil richness underpins the name candie fish and growing use as inexpensive protein.
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Frater River
Fraser district
oulaelands
Britsh Columbia
Yorktown Sunk After Midway Navy Confirms Loss
The U S Navy announced the loss of the aircraft carrier Yorktown after Midway. The 15 900 ton ship was sunk by Japanese bombs and torpedoes, leaving few casualties. The carrier, five years old with 56 planes and 2 072 men, had been put out of action on June 4 and later salvaged then withdrawn toward Pearl Harbor. The communique noted the enemy was not aware of the loss. Continued on Page Three.
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WASHINGTON
navy
United States
Yorktown
Midway
department
South Pacific
Midway Island
Strafed Japanese on Kiska by U S Planes
American fighters have strafed Japanese shipping and troops on Kiska for the first time since occupation. Brig Gen William A. Butler led a low level raid, hitting a four motor destroyer, a beach defense, and a warehouse, with planes returning safely despite anti aircraft fire.
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Kiska
Willam A. Butler
Butler
raigerm
cress
Loss of Sikh and Zulu Destroyers Off Tobruk
The admiralty reports the loss of the destroyers Sikh and Zulu in recent operations off Tobruk. Most of Zulu’s crew was saved. survivors from Sikh may have reached land and could be prisoners of war. The ships were 1870 ton Tribal class vessels built in 1938 with 190 crew and speeds above 36 knots.
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LONDON
C.P
Tobruk
admiralty
Rome
Berlin
Labyan
Britain
Churchill
the
house of commons
Orkney islands
Norway
Morale Of Canadians Very Good Amid War Fronts
Flt Lt Burt Johnson of Windsor reports Canadian airmen in RAF squadrons across Middle East and Far East fronts are maintaining very good morale. His four month tour covered Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, India and Ceylon, with Canadians serving in South African and Royal Australian Air Forces as well. He noted morale remains high in the Spitfire unit in the Middle East led by Lt Paul Pitcher and the Catalina squadron in the Far East under Wing Cmdr Johnny Plant.
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LOUIS V. HUNTER
LONDON
Burt Johnson
Windsor
Ont
Middle
Far East
Windsor Star
RCAF
Johnson
Egypt
Sadatars J.C. Scott
Galt, Ont
Toronto
Allied Raids Over Europe Scare Nazis
Radio stations in central Europe went off the air as Russian bombers operated and air defense tensions rose. Coastal Command planes attacked Cherbourg docks without loss, while German bombers struck south coast England causing one death. Radio stations at Bratislava Luxembourg Bremen Breslau Kalundborg and Calais ceased transmissions. Budapest reported an air raid alarm with no bombs. RAP bombers escorted Cherbourg shipping. other raids hit factories rail yards and targets in northern France.
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air ministry
R.C.A
Cherbourg
Germany
Engsh
Budapest
Bratislava
Luxembourg
Bremen
Breslau
Kalundborg
Calais
Bucharest
France
England
Aussies Raid Jap Bases
Allied headquarters reported widespread Allied air attacks from the Tenember Islands off northwestern Australia to Rabaul and New Britain. Bombers set a large ship on fire at Rabaul and damaged a cargo vessel off Tenember.
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ALLIED
Australia
Tenember Islands
Rabaul
Japan
New Britain
Tenember
Owen Stanley Range
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Aled
Buna
north shore
Missing bomber crew of seven killed in Oregon crash
Spokane report says seven crew members aboard a bomber based at Geiner field died in a crash near Enterprise Oregon last Thursday. Public relations officer released no further details on the incident.
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SPOKANE
Geiner’ field
feild
Enterprise
Ore
Seven Japanese raids on India total seven so far
New Delhi report shows India endured seven raids by Japan, all small scale, in April and May. Defence secretary N. V. H. Symons told the legislative assembly the death and injury toll reached 285, with targets mostly military or believed military. Locations included Pot Vizagapatam, near Gocanada, near Chittagong, rural eastern Assam, and a reconnaissance plane that fired machine guns at tea workers in east Bengal.
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NEW DELHI
India
N. V H. Symons
legislative assembly
Symons
Pot Vizagapatam
Gocanada
Chittagong
Assam
east Bengal
Jap Troops Again Smash At Solomons
Reinforced Japanese forces with stronger sea and air support intensify efforts to drive U S Marines from the Solomon Islands. U S air forces counter attacked bases north and northwest of Guadalcanal, as the enemy pressed with increased strength. 21 Japanese planes were shot down in five days of fighting while attempts to land reinforcements at night succeeded and the airfield was attacked.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
navy
Allies Prefer Kittyhawks To Jap Zeros
Nova Scotia born General G C Kenney, newly named commander in chief of Allied air forces in the southwest Pacific, says American and Australian pilots would not trade their Kittyhawk fighters for Zeros. He notes Kittyhawks are better armored with durable tanks enabling close combat, while the Zero is more maneuverable.
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AUSTRALIA
G. C Kenney
United States army
Allied air forces
southwest Pacific
George H Brett
Germans Make Slight Advance In Western Lines
The indomitable defenders of Stalingrad held their lines despite a grinding Nazi assault. The Soviet command reported a small westward advance by Nazi tanks and infantry, likely only a few hundred yards, as heavy bombings persisted. Winter began to bite Moscow and Stalingrad as Marines repelled Axis coastal advances and Soviet pilots claimed success against enemy aircraft.
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Mozdok
Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
OSCOW
Stalingrad
Volga
Red army
Red Star
Russia
Moscow
In Arms Report From Southwest of Stalingrad
Red army men repulsed attacks destroying two tanks and several guns, wiping out about a battalion of German infantry. In another sector, a unit killed 200 Hitlerites, destroyed five tanks, ten trucks and an artillery battery. Mortar batteries held a narrow sector, destroying 40 German tanks and many infantry. Armament plants maintained production as smoke rose from Volga city chimneys. German tanks pulled light cannon behind them as assaults continued. German troops were driven from two settlements in the Mazdok area. invaders lost 1000 men and seven tanks near the Don front.
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Stalingrad
Red army
Moscow radio
Volga river
Mazdok
central Caucasus
Don basin
Voronezh
Lancaster named to command Canadian army training centre
Command confirmation announces Major G R J Lancaster aged 39 from Melfort Sask appointed to head a Canadian army basic training centre in Saskatchewan with the rank of acting lieutenant until formal approval is issued by Defence Minister Ralston.
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OTTAWA
G. R. J. Lancaster
Melfort
Sask
Saskatchewan
Defence
Bracia g Collieries faces negligence charge after Nordegg disaster
News briefs from Calgary report Braciag Collieries Ltd charged with criminal negligence in city police court over the Nordegg mine disaster that killed 29 miners on October 1, 1946. Preliminary hearing held before Magistrate L F Fitch. trial to proceed in Red Deer at a later date. In Ottawa, Howe signals possible changes to gasoline rationing.
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BRAZEAU
CALGARY
Nordegg
Braciag Collieries, Ltd
L F. Fitch
supreme court
Red Deer
HOWE
OTTAWA
Evenme Journal
Canada
CHUNGKING
Chekiang
Wesi
Kinhwa
Chinese high command
BIG US
ST. JOHNS
Anz
APJ
St. LOUIS
BROOKLYN
BOSTON
CPI
St. Lewis
C. H. Millard
U.S.W.A
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Jumel inon
Teazby
CBS
Windsor R.C.AF
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Solomons
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comoy
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