New Plan For Problem Of India Still Possible
Sir Stafford Cripps said a new plan for India's problems could be devised before the war's end though not as encouraging as hoped. He noted discussions with Indian leaders in Delhi about wartime participation in government as an alternative to postwar dominion plans. Changes to the constitution would take months or years, he said, and US envoy Louis Johnson acted as a personal intermediary, not in an official capacity. Chiang Kai-shek did not interfere, invited by Britain to visit India.
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London
Stafford Cripps
India
Delhi
All- India Congress Party
Louis Johnson
United States
Sir Stafford
Johnson
Britain
Chiang Kai-shek
Ranger Units Form Across Border Colony Towns
Pacific coast ranger units composed of miners ranchers lumber workers and business men have been set up at Yahk and Kingsgate near the international border. An organizational meeting at Yahk drew former officers of the Royal Flying Corps the Swedish navy ex members of the Canadian army and navy a World War I veteran of the French army and a former Royal Scots private. W R Baskerville was chosen to be recommended to Pacific command as officer in charge.
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Cranbrook
B.C
Pacific Coast Ranger
Yahk
Here
Kingsgate
Royal Flying Corps
Postal losses across the Atlantic show small enemy action
Assistant Deputy Postmaster General P. T. Coolican reports only 14 mail losses to enemy action since the war began, out of 750000 bags shipped. Detailed counts list 1989 three bags, 1940 10345, 1941 12947, and year to date 2993, with totals appearing in the London dispatch.
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Atlantic
Ottawa
P. T. Coolican
Coolican
Reign of Terror Reported on Madagascar Under Vichy Rule
A Daily Express despatch from Tananarive cites Pierre Laval orders as Free French sympathizers are jailed under Gestapo directives. Reuters from Port Louis notes anti-British broadcasts from Madagascar while Governor-General Armand Annet arrests Free Frenchmen and dismisses officials dissenting from Japan or Germany.
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Madagascar
Cape
Indian Ocean
Middle East
Vichy
Daily Express
Tananarive
Pierre Laval
Express
Nce
Japan
Germany
Great Island
Reuters
Port Louis
Mauritius
Armand Annet
Dahomey
Africa
Latin America Sends Raw Materials to United Nations
The article notes Latin America as a vast source of strategic minerals and agricultural products for the United Nations. It contrasts Axis dependence on these resources with Allied control of sea routes and wartime trade, suggesting such exports could bolster Allied supply chains in a long war.
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Latin America
United Nations
Rio
Malaya
Netherlands East Indies
Philippines
Axis
Inventor showcases child friendly yet powerful fire extinguisher
J Daniel Pride, former British naval engineer now with Nova Scotia Light and Power, unveils a fire extinguisher claimed to be operable by a child and capable of dousing an incendiary bomb in 60 seconds. Patents are pending in Ottawa and Washington and production may begin soon.
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J. Daniel Pride
British Admiralty
Nova Scotia Light and Power Co
Ottawa
Washington
Pride
Model Planes Urged for RCAF Training in Wartime
Ottawa. George roster president of the Air Cadet League says Canada’s air cadets are to build a vast armada of wooden model planes for war effort. The models will assist in gunnery and aircraft recognition training in RCAF schools. Hundreds of copies of fighter and bomber designs are needed. Mr. Foster stated.
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Ottawa
George
Roster
Air Cadet League
Canada
Air Cadets
RCAF
Foster
Danish King Christian III Resting From Heart Trouble
London radio reports King Christian II of Denmark, aged 71, is suffering heart trouble and has been advised to rest. The monarch's health update follows a period of fatigue and concerns over his condition.
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London
Berlin
Christian
Denmark
Portuguese Troops Reinforce Cape Verde Islands
A contingent of Portuguese troops departed Lisbon to reinforce Cape Verde, expanding garrison forces amid rising tensions and potential trouble in the Atlantic outpost.
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Lisbon
Cape Verde Islands
Nations prepare for Ottawa air conference May 18
Ottawa hosts a international air conference starting May 18 with representatives anticipated from the United States Great Britain and Australia. Delegations from the Netherlands Norway China and possibly Russia Poland and Belgium may join as training programs progress. A U S officer party is in Ottawa examining the British Commonwealth air training plan ahead of the talks.
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Fed Nations
Ottawa
United States
Great Britain
Australia
Autralia
Netherlands
Norway
China
United Nations
Russia
Poland
Belgium
U.S
Franco to aid Nazis if Russian danger grows
Ramon Serrano Suner quoted Gen. Franco saying Spain would aid the Nazis not with 15000 but 1000000 if Germany cannot hold the Russian threat. The interview also cites Spain's dead comrades left in Russia and praises Pierre Laval as a good Frenchman.
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Madrid
Ramon Serrano Suner
Franco
Germany
Spain
Russia
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Calls for holy war against Japan sparks anti Axis protests
The prime minister of Punjab in India urged a holy war against Japan. Pictures of Adolf Hitler and Premier Tojo were burned in Bombay during anti Axis demonstrations, reported by the BBC in a German language broadcast picked up by CBS.
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New York
Punjab
India
Japan
Adolf Hitler
Tojo
Bombay
BBC
CBS
New Zealand Hails Canada War Supply Ties
Frank Langstone, newly named New Zealand high commissioner to Canada, said mutual war material flows from Canada to New Zealand must rise as Pacific operations widen. He noted Canada’s crucial role in supplying essential war equipment and the need for stronger Ottawa-Washington representations to boost exchange during this critical period.
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New Zealand
Washington
Canada
Ottawa
Dominions
Nazis Said To Send Reinforcements Into France
The Daily Express reports a division of German parachute troops has arrived in occupied France to reinforce the garrison. Unconfirmed tips say Field Marshal von Runstedt could receive 10 to 15 more divisions, lifting his forces in France and the Low Countries toward about one million men.
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France
London
Daily Express
Morely
Richards
Gerd von Runstedt
Low Countries
von Runstedt
Germany
Vancouver High Students Granted Five Month Farm Work Leave
Vancouver school board approves five months off for grades nine through twelve if they work on farms during the summer. The move, aided by recent BC government approval, allows release from June 1 with return on November 1 based on scholastic ability.
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Vancouver
Vancouver School Board
British Columbia
European food situation said to be serious
Washington reports from the U S department summarize cables on European food problems. Germany and occupied countries face shortages with rationing, black markets, and diversion of grain, while Denmark suffers due to late spring and fertilizer shortages.
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Washington
United Stat Culture Department
Germany
France
Europe
Denmark
Russia
Ukraine
Turner Valley Oil Output Reported for Week Ended April 20
Alberta conservation board data show total Alberta production at 27 596 barrels daily with Turner Valley at 26 360 barrels from 185 wells and 25 other Alberta wells at 276 barrels. Turner Valley plants supplied 960 barrels daily of natural gasoline. The board noted 45 Alberta wells, 34 located in Turner Valley.
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Calgary
Alberta
Alberta Conservation Board
Turner Valley
Addion
Sugar Rationing Begins In May Under UPA Plan
The United States will start first sugar stamps May 5 with a one pound allowance valid May 5 through 16. OPA limits for restaurants hotels and similar operations drop 50 percent from last year while bakers confectioners beverage bottlers ice cream and fairy product producers are cut to 70 percent of prior use. Ottawa reports Royal Canadian Air Force HQ says a US Army Navy air services delegation will visit Canada to study the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan ahead of a May Allied air conference.
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Washington
United States
Office of Price Administrator
OPA
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force Headquarters
United States Army
Navy Air Services
Canada
Release of French General Rene Prioux
General Rene Prioux, held by German forces since the retreat at Dun Kerque, has been released on grounds of health. The prisoner’s release ends months of captivity following his army’s rearguard action.
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Vieny
Rene Prioux
Dun- Kerque
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