Direct hits claimed on Scharnhorst and Gneisenau at Brest
British air ministry reports direct armor piercing hits on the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during a Brest raid. One bomb burst forepart of Scharnhorst. another hit Gneisenau near her funnel. RAF and anti aircraft defenses claim 36 enemy planes shot down in 24 hours.
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London
Lcharnhorst
Brest
Air Ministry
Gneisenau
St. Nazaire
Bremen
Bergen
Norway
Loire River
France
Ministry
Newa Service
Atlantic
Oval Air Force
Britain
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
Air and Home Security Ministries
Predicts Selective Export Policy
London May 8 Oliver Lyttleton president of the Roar of Trade fore shadowed a selective export policy and control of imports after the war. He said Great Britain will be a debtor country and a boom must be prevented with a gradual relaxation of industry. He cited mobilization of plant raw materials and shipping as war aims while rationing essentials and avoiding inflation were key.
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London
Oliver Lyttleton
Roar of Trade
Great Britain
Red Army Massing Denial From Moscow Front
Tass denied reports that large Red Army forces are being concentrated on the western frontiers. The May 8 dispatch from Moscow states there is no massing on the frontiers as alleged.
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Red Army
Moscow
Tass
Russia
City yard upgrades and local rebuilding projects noted
A casual observation reveals CPR surfacing work at the east station platform with heavier steel on spur tracks. Multiple local repairs and constructions proceed in fits and starts including theatres Woolworth Safeway Astra Roxy Cecil Harvard House of Flowers and new residences. Joe Clump expects a dog house finished by next Christmas.
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CLP
C.P.R
Woolworth
Safeway
Astra
Harvard House of Flowers
Roxy Theatre
Cecil Hotel
Joe Clump
Suez Canal Zone Raided Last Night
British authorities said the Suez canal zone was raided for two hours last night with damage to Egyptian State Railway property but no casualties. Anti aircraft guns fought off the raiders during the attack.
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Cairo
C.P
Suez Canal Zone
Second Try to Demolish Town
NORTHEAST TOWN England May 8 This town is bleeding and smoking after a second German air raid aimed at obliterating it with incendiaries and explosives An ambulance convoy carried plasma for transfusions as people were pulled from wreckage and others buried in scarred blocks Officials cannot yet report casualty figures due to hospital damage and scattered treatment sites The three hour raid likely caused heavy casualties
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England
Hitler
Sneak Day In Medicine Hat Brought Brooks Club Here
Citizens wondered about a ladies convention in the city as The News found the group seen on the street were the Wednesday Afternoon Club of Brooks. Each year members take a day off to go places and do things and call it their sneak day. Medicine Hat hopes they enjoyed their outing and will return soon.
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Brooks
Medicine Hat
Four Die In Seattle Hotel Stewart Fire Tragedy
A hotel blaze in Seattle at the Hotel Stewart killed four people and left at least 12 others injured, several critically. The fire's cause was not stated in the report. Separately, Rev. Thos. Marshall, former head of missions for the United Church in the Maritime provinces and Newfoundland, died in Montreal.
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Seattle
May & (Cp
Stewart
Thos. Marshall
The
United Church
Maritime Provinces
Newfoundland
Montreal
Gen McNaughton Receives Sir John Kennedy Medal
Lieutenant General A G L McNaughton commander of the Canadian corps is presented the Sir John Kennedy Medal by J R Beard president of the British Institution of Electrical Engineers at a London ceremony. The award honors his outstanding contribution to engineering science and was announced previously by the Canadian organization.
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London
A. G. L. McNaughton
John Kennedy
Engineering Institute of Canada
J. R. Beard
British Institution of Electrical Engineers
McNaughton
Iraq Premier Flees Baghdad Amid Demonstrations
Rashid Ali the anti British Iraqi premier hurried from Baghdad after large protests against his government. British planes bombed Baghdad airport and hit a magazine at Washass near the capital. The Middle East command reported quiet at Habbaniyah and Basra after the siege was broken, with raids on Bengasi and Axis air bases at Berka Benin and Derna continuing.
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Cairo
Rashid Ali
Iraq
Baghdad
Washass
Royal Air Force
Middle East
Iran
Habbaniyah
Basra
Habhbaniyah
Bengasi
Berka
Benin
Derna
R.A.F
Egypt
May Out German Occupation Costs
Vichy reports a 25 percent cut in the cost of supporting the German army of occupation. France would pay 300 million francs instead of 400 million, with a relaxation of the demarcation line between occupied and unoccupied zones. London watchers call the move suspicious, fearing new German demands.
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Vichy
Jean Darlan
Paris
Ain
France
London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Unified arms production urged by Liberal MP in Commons
Edgar Granville, Liberal National, told the House of Commons that total war mobilization of Empire resources is needed for victory. He urged a smaller war cabinet with Empire representation and asked President Roosevelt to unify US and British Commonwealth arms production, proposing Willkie or Hopkins as driving forces.
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London
C.P. Cable
Edgar Granville
Liberal National
House of Commons
Commonwealth
Roosevelt
United States
Britain
Wendell Willkie
Harry Hopkins
British Commonwealth
Interpretation of War News Signals Shipping Eases in 1942
British admiralty hints reduced ship losses at sea with a frontal warning that 1942 will be the critical year. Churchill expects US-built ships to meet the crisis while Berlin claims heavy losses since April. Hudson notes a fall of submarines but refuses exact figures amid Navy actions around Brest and U boots crews morale.
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Admiralty
Austin Hudson
Britain
Churchill
United States
Berlin
London
Hudson
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Brest
France
Royal Air Force
Atlantic
Gopher Poison Kills Woman in Saskatchewan Farm
Mrs. Otto Hansen of Whitewood died after eating bread contaminated with gopher poison. She had spread poison on the farm and did not wash her hands before preparing a meal.
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Whitewood
C.P
Otto Hansen
Regina
Navy seeks 58 more auxiliary ships for 350 million
In Washington on May 8 the House Naval Committee approved a bill to authorize the Navy to acquire 58 additional fleet auxiliary vessels at an estimated cost of about 350 million dollars. Rear Admiral Samuel M. Robinson testified that rapid developments could not be foreseen, necessitating the increase.
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Washington
House of Representatives Naval Committee
United States Navy
Samuel M. Robinson
Bureau of Ships
Say Barter Is Return To Barbarism
Sydney May 8 8 (AAP) Sir Searle Page Australian Minister of Commerce said Japan sought increased wool supplies and offered barter payments which Australia and Britain refused. Officials condemned barter as a return to barbarism as Britain controls export sales during the war and Japan currently buys about 70 million pounds of wool annually.
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Sydney
Sir Searle Page
Japan
Australia
Doriot Sees France Not Crushed Forever At Congress
Jacques Doriot head of the Popular Party tells a Paris congress that France cannot be crushed and repressed. He urges a firmer stance toward the United States, urges war against Britain after the Oran battle, and notes many delegates have shifted from Communism to anti Communism. An annual Fish and Game meeting is set for Saturday at 7 30 pm at the Assinsibola hotel.
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Vichy
A.P
Jacques Doriot
Popular Party
Paris
Doriot
United States
Britain
Oran
Frrench
Germany
Fish and Game
The
Fish and Games Association
AssInsibola Hotel
Two Nazis Held In US For Deportation
Attorney General Robert Jackson announced Manfred Zapp and Guenther Town were arrested and held without bail on deportation charges. They face indictment for failure to register as foreign agents in connection with a Nazi news agency and were taken to Ellis Island, NY. The action cites loss of treaty merchant status under which they entered the United States and continues legal proceedings against Transocean.
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Washington
A.P
Robert Jackson
Manfred Zapp
Guenther
Jackson
Zapp
Tom
Ellis Island
N.Y
Justice Department
United States
Tonn
Transocean
Labor conciliators busy in the east
Labor department conciliators worked across eastern Canada to avert delays from strikes. At Minto New Brunswick 300 Minto Coal Company workers resumed a strike over overtime pay. A board of conciliation for L McBrine Company Limited in Kitchener Ontario was to be approved. About 60 riggers at Hamilton Bridge Company sought higher wages. A Halifax carpenters strike of about 600 workers was postponed 24 hours with a conciliation board ready.
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Owtawa
Labor Department
Canada
Minto
N.B
Minto Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
L. McBrine Company Limited
Kitchener
Ont
Hamilton
Hamilton Bridge Company
Halifax
Carpenters’ Union
U S May Consider Wheat Import Restrictions
Washington May 8 Canadian wheat imports for internal U S use could be limited if parity price legislation passes. A proposed annual cap of 500000 bushels would cover typical cross border flows of durum and hard wheat, due to ongoing price disparities between Canada and the United States.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Canada
Quebec Denounces Raymond War Speech as Enemy Aid
Justice Minister Lapointe told the House that Maxime Raymond did not reflect Quebec views and that his remarks criticizing Canada's war role aided Quebec’s enemies. Raymond said Canada entered WWI to aid England, not for humanitarian reasons, prompting provincial rejection.
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Ottawa
Lapointe
House of Commons
Maxime Raymond
Mr. Lapointe
Raymond
Quebec
Cost of Living Bonus Hearing Opens for Railway Workers
A Canadian conciliation board in Montreal began hearings for about 125,000 employees of the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways seeking a wartime cost of living bonus denied by the companies. J. B. Ward, head of the unions, argued the issue is whether a cost-of-living allowance should apply to the railway industry to avert wage disputes during the crisis.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian National Railways
J. B. Ward
General Conference
Three Calgary Boys Hurt In Car Upset
Calgary youth ride ends in tragedy as a skidding car leaves the Banff highway at Fletcher's Corner. Nicholas Wojtuk, 15, dies from internal injuries and brain injuries. Jorden Ross, 14, and John Ster, 16, are seriously hurt with skull and head injuries. The accident occurred at 5 20 p m Wednesday.
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Calgary
Banff Highway
Fletcher's Corner
Nicholas
Nicky” Wojtuk
4Th Ave. E
Jorden Ross
2Nd Ave. E
John Ster
1St St. E
Seed potato certification urged for good harvest
The local office warns that without certified seed potatoes harvests are unlikely to be good. Wholesalers are prepared to offer genuine certified stock to ensure quality.
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C. of Cy
Ito
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U.S. Navy
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Yomiuri
Royal Billiard Room
South Railway Street
T. Kinnaird
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