British warn of tense Baghdad as Iraq fighting continues
Sir Kinahan Cornwallis reported Baghdad is quiet for now though tensions remain high. Fighting at Habbaniyah airdrome continued into a second day with limited Iraqi artillery silenced and reports of attacked British aircraft and failed attempts to seize another airfield.
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London
Kinahan Cornwallis
Iraq
Baghdad
Habbaniyah
Rashid Ali Gailani
Hitler
Britain
Mediterranean
Planning Express Convoys for Atlantic Battle
London May 3 Britain and the United States are said to be easing pressure in Eire for bases and to be concentrating on a new plan of express convoys to win the Battle of the Atlantic. An American source described Britain's position as pretty grim and stressed the urgent need for quick aid and a swift system of convoys under close British American naval cooperation.
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London
Britain
United States
Eire
Toll Of Withdrawal Report From War Greece Losses
The British withdrawal from Greece ended with two destroyers lost and four transports sunk. One sunk transport carried troops and 700 men were rescued by British destroyers. The destroyers Diamond and Wrynick were later sunk by German dive bombers amid heavy casualties feared. Survivors said they were attacked by machine gun fire from German aircraft while in the water.
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London
Admiralty
Greece
Diamond
Canadian Club Dinner Set for Monday at Cosmopolitan
Members are reminded of the dinner meeting at the Cosmopolitan hotel next Monday evening with reservations urged. Speaker Henry Peterson, author and journalist, will discuss China's Modern Miracle and the Orient's role against Axis domination. Officers from No 34 S.F.T.S. will attend as guests.
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Cosmopolitan Hotel
Henry Peterson
China
No. 34
S.F.T.S
Playwright Walter Reynolds Dies at 89 in London
Walter Reynolds author of the patriotic play Young England a Boy Scouts and Girl Guides burlesque has died at age 89 in London. The work drew attention for its satirical portrayal and stage success in its time.
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London
Walter Reynolds
No. 34 S.F.T.S Busy Morning At Camps And Aerodrome
Airmen watered down grounds to curb dust and aid grass. Ajax spur workers level tracks for the CPR. a steam roller and eight machines operate on the landing field. At Holsom aerodrome trainer planes practice landings. road work links main and auxiliary fields. City clerk receives appeal to form a Smiths fund to buy a bomber for the RCAF costing 22350.
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S.F.T.S
Ajax
C.P.R
Holsom
Germans Claim Tobruk Gains
Berlin reports the German high command says the German African corps seized a great number of casemates and several hundred prisoners in penetrating Tobruk fortifications despite stiff British resistance in the Libyan port.
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Berlin
C.P
German African Corps
Tobruk
Moro Fanatics Attack Post in Sulu Island Clash
A Moro band armed with knives and spears attacked the Taglibi garrison in Sulu province. Twenty one of their own were found dead after the clash, while 42 constabulary men reported no casualties. The band led by Hamjadi withdrew at nightfall as reinforcements were dispatched to the region.
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Manila
C.P
Taglibi
Sulu
Taghibi
Hamjadi
Arab Outbreak Rumors Sweep Palestine Amid Balkan Crisis
Beir ut reports from May 3 cite French sources that travellers in Palestine saw anti Semitic acts and kidnapping of Jewish leaders as Arab reaction to Balkan and Iraqi events. British confirmation was not available.
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Beirut
Palestine
Holy Land
Balkans
Iraq
Luftattacks batter Liverpool as Hamburg raid also reported
German raiders bombed Merseyside in a severe strike feared to cause heavy casualties. London and Berlin dispatches note RAF forces also hit Hamburg and other German targets. Dawn revealed factory and residential destruction along the Mersey with ten killed and many injured. A direct hit killed a policeman, an ambulance driver, and a patient. Four German planes were shot down.
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Liverpool
Merseyside
Hamburg
Germany
Berlin
Royal Air Force
Mersey River
Lech German Freighter Intercepted Off Bahia Sinking Reported
The 3290 ton German freighter Lech, which left Rio de Janeiro five days ago to run the British blockade, was intercepted by a British auxiliary cruiser yesterday and reported sinking off Bahia Brazil. Crew reportedly scuttled the ship. Lech had arrived in Rio de Janeiro in March with air force and chemical products.
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New York
CP i
Rio de Janeiro
Bahia
Brazil
Vote to Finance Acreage Reduction Plan Passes
Ottawa May 3 The House of Commons approved a $35,000,000 vote to finance the wheat acreage reduction program. Debate on the budget to begin Monday, with discussions on acreage allowances to farmers who switch wheat lands to other uses. A private bill on British Columbia Telephone Company capital stalled after two hours.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Department of Agriculture
G. G. McGeer
Lib
Vancouver-Burrard
British Columbia Telephone Company
R. W. Mayhew
Victoria
McGeer
Hanson
Isley
Ontario
26 U S ships reach Suez loaded with arms
Diplomatic circles in Vichy reported that 26 United States merchant ships arrived in the Suez canal loaded to the funnels with arms and munitions. The supplies were destined for Britain’s Middle East forces and prompted no immediate comment from Britain or the United States.
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Vichy
Suez Canal
United States
Britain
Middle East
Labor Tension Rises With Possible General Strike in Kitchener
In Kitchener Ontario Arthur Williams of the Canadian Congress of Labour warned a general strike could end the labor standstill across local industries. The McBrine Company leather foods workers briefly walked out, 150 of 200 involved, as talks stalled. Dominion Truck and Equipment saw a second walkout after union disagreements, while Waterloo Manufacturing Company near Waterloo also faced stoppages.
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Kitchener
Ont
C.P
Arthur Williams
Canadian Congress of Labor
Leather Foods
Williams
McBrine
Shoe and Leather Workers’ Organizing Committee
C.C.L
Dominion Truck and Equipment Company, Limited
Dominion Track
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Eaton's Buy Hull Block Modernizes Medicine Hat Store
The T. Eaton Co Western Limited completes details to purchase the Hull block. The site will be fully remodeled into a modern up to date departmental store after work begins soon in Medicine Hat. Australia plans to boost domestic cotton production due to shipping difficulties.
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Hull
T. Eaton Co. Western Limited
Medicine Hat
Italian Post Is Captured
South African headquarters says a small Italian outpost at Fike in southern Ethiopia fell. In the engagement 30 Italians were killed 135 captured and 100 natives captured, along with 50 guns.
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Nairobi
Kenya
C.P
Fike
Sciasci Mana
Ethiopia
Axis Tobruk attacks lessen as British press in Egypt
May 3 report from Cairo says Tobruk assaults slowed with heavy enemy losses as British forces in Salam area captured prisoners after a surprise maneuver. The bulletin notes reduced Axis pressure at Tobruk and reports Italian and colonial troops totaling 1,235 captured near Amba Alaji, with Waldia 50 miles north of Dessie taken in Ethiopia.
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Cairo
Tobruk
Salam
Egypt
Salum
Ethiopia
Amba Alaji
Waldia
Dessie
Quota Restrictions Will Depend on 1941 Yield
Ottawa May 3 Trade Minister MacKinnon told the House that western wheat acreage cut to 65 per cent of 1940 levels and an average yield could allow a high proportion of 1941 42 production to be marketed. He cautioned no single figure on per acre marketing is certain and final decisions may come in August. If acreage remains at 65 per cent and yields are high, the Wheat Board may limit marketing from 65 per cent of 1940 acreages on a pro rata basis depending on 1941 sowing and yields.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
House of Commons
Hansard
Canadian Wheat Board
Pick Up Tourist Literature Tonight
The Medicine Hat Junior Board of Trade urges citizens helping the drive for American tourist dollars to Canada to obtain literature at Boylan's drug store. The J.B.T. tourist committee asks residents to pick up the material this evening and write letters over the weekend, aiming to complete the task now.
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Medicine Hat Junior Board of Trade
Canada
Boylans
J.8.t
Four Irish rebel leaders executed in 1916 trials
The Canadian Press reports that four Irish rebel leaders were tried and executed. A Commons bill seeks conscription for married men in Great Britain while a Zeppelin is wrecked on the Norwegian coast. German airmen raid Deal on the Kent coast as a German note to the United States promises to limit sinking ships without warning. Fierce fighting erupts at Hill 304 near Verdun.
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Great Britain
Norwegian
Deal
Kent
United States
Hill 304
Verdun
Holy War in Iraq Complicates British Position
The axis backed holy war in Iraq challenges Britain as Iraqi forces trained by British troops shell the RAF base at Habbaniyah. Uncertainty remains over Britain's available forces and the potential for German help or Italian bombers to target oil pipelines feeding Allied war machines.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Iraq
Britain
London
R.A.F
Habbaniyah
Pori
Near
Middle East
Mediterranean
Basra
Iroq
North Africa
British bombers sink destroyer and merchant ship
The Royal Air Force said three direct hits hit a destroyer and one hit sank a merchant ship in the central Mediterranean. Reconnaissance confirmed both vessels sunk after the action, believed to have occurred yesterday.
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Cairo
Mediterranean
Royal Air Force
Tok
Danger To U S Pointed Out
British high commissioner to Canada Malcolm MacDonald warned in Washington that if Britain falls the battle of North America could follow. He said invasion of the British Isles would be repelled, but declined to predict Commonwealth US intervention. He spoke after lunch with President Roosevelt at the White House.
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Washington
C.P
Malcolm MacDonald
Canada
North America
Britain
Atlantic
British Isles
MacDonald
United States
Roosevelt
White House
Viscount Halifax
Manitoba appoints James McLenaghen as attorney general
Premier John Brackenteddy announces James McLenaghen minister of health and public welfare will succeed W J Major who has been appointed to the King’s Bench court in Winnipeg Manitoba.
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Winnipkeg
John Brackenteddy
James McLenaghen
W. J. Major
King’s Bench
Manitoba
City Glances from Sixth Avenue to Lethbridge
Peanuts and popcorn mark a Kiwanis gathering as fifty plan a trip to Lethbridge for an official visit by P. L. F. Richers the lieutenant governor. Joe Fisher spoke at a Kinsmen dinner. He favors the Detroit Red Wings over the Boston Bruins next season. The city bought a new yellow road patrol grader to improve thoroughfares, replacing the old machine sent to Taber.
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Kiwanians
Lethbridge
P. L. F. Richers
Kiwanis
Alberta, Company
Joe Fisher
Detroit Red Wings
Boston Bruins
Joe
Taber
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Suez
Waterloo Manufacturing Company
Waterloo
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