Hess Flight Boosts British Defences Press Says
British broadcasts claim Rudolf Hess is writing material to pressure the German high command as Hess lands in Britain after bailing out over Scotland. Churchill-Hess meeting anticipated for possible disclosures as Hess recovers in hospital. Britons expect a potential peace push and new revelations from Hess.
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London
Rudolf Hess
British Broadcasting Corporation
Germany
B.B.C
Hess
Hitler
Churchill
Glasgow
Scotland
Active army units to use CA with RA prefix in orders
The Defence Department announced that the abbreviation C.A. will denote active formations, units or personnel of the Canadian active army. To distinguish reserves, the bracketed letter R will appear before CA in official orders.
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Ottawa
C.A
Defence Department
Reinforced Turks push Russians in Caruensus theater
May 14 1916 report from The Canadian Press notes Turkish reinforcements force Russian retirement in the Caruensus sector as Austrians renew offensives against the Italians in Trentino. British artillery harasses enemy positions north of Mochy au Bois and west of Vermieres.
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Caurensus
Trenting
Mochy-au-Bois
Wise
Vermieres
Rains Boost Alberta Crops and Kiwanis Hearing Plan
Heavy rains across south eastern Alberta eased drought fears with up to half an inch recorded in Bow Island Walsh Hilda and Schuler. Dr B C Armstrong seeks fall 1941 Kiwanis hearing tests for schoolchildren using Winnipeg equipment. April totals show war savings stamps purchases of 372 in public schools and 188 75 in the high school with April attendance 1724 versus 1741 in March.
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Alberta
C.E.R
Bow Island
Walsh
Hilda
Schuler
B.C. Armstrong
Lowval Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Club
Winnipeg
Manitoba
P. L. F. Riehes
Butter price rise set for summer under dairy board order
Ottawa reports the Dairy Products Board will raise butter prices each month from May through October, adding half a cent per pound at delivery to protect producers during peak production. Officials say the increases will raise costs for housewives this summer, with wartime price controls lingering as a possible safeguard for future winters.
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Ottawa
Dairy Products Board
Prices and Trade Board
Montreal
Trade Board
Axis Forces Chased Back to Salam and Tobruk Actions
British headquarters announced Axis troops on the Egyptian front retreated to positions south and west of Salum after being harassed by British forces, about 40 miles. In Tobruk Libyan siege area a limited offensive destroyed two German tanks and caused many casualties. The Iraq front remained quiet.
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Cairo
Salum
Tobruk
Libya
Iraq
Tampered water gauge sparks rain read of over three inches
City glances report a possible tampering at the weather bureau water gauge and an overnight rainfall estimate exceeding three inches. Observers note activity near Granada Hall excavation and a line of metal barrels by Alberta Linseed. Local truck drivers report canvasses used to shield merchandise from rain.
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Weather Bureau
Sweden trains youths in wartime skills during neutrality
In Sweden both boys and girls receive military training with boys learning grenade throwing and rifle shooting while girls study first aid as part of a neutral effort.
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Stockholm
Neutral
Sweden
Not Britain's Fight Alone Says Winant
United States ambassador to Britain John Winant told the English speaking Union that the freedom loving and peace loving peoples realize this is not Britain's fight alone and that destinies may depend on how navies are used. He urged Britons and Americans to consider the broader impact of sea losses and warned that totalitarians have been alarmingly successful in keeping threats and breaking promises.
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London
John Winant
United States
Britain
America
Franco German Pact Approved in Vichy Cabinet Meeting
The Petain government approved terms negotiated by Hitler and Darlan, signaling European cooperation to halt American entry into the war. Official details were scarce but a communique promised effects would be felt soon, with expectations of both economic and political collaboration between Vichy France and Germany.
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Vichy
France
Petain
Hitler
Darlan
United States
Will Direct Recruiting to Build Canada’s Active Army
Ottawa May 14 The officers commanding in each military district aided by a central committee at National Defence headquarters will direct the campaign to provide 32 000 recruits for the Canadian active army Defence Minister Ralston announced Sunday.
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Ottawa
Canada
National Defence Headquarters
Defence
Ralston
Defence Headquarters
Premier Abartiart cites possible convocation address change
Edmonton May 14 Premier Abertiart will not give the convocation address at the University of Alberta graduation on May 19. University president Dr W A R Kerr said a statement is expected tomorrow and it is possible there will be no address. The premier had no comment today.
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Edmonton
Abertiart
University of Alberta
W. A. R. Kerr
Girl Fatally Struck After Bus Exit Near Dauphin
Helen Sytnick aged 15 died after stepping from the rear of a bus into the highway near Dauphin Manitoba on a Saturday night. The incident occurred when she walked into the path of an oncoming car.
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Dauphin
Man
Helen Sytnick
Manitoba
Interpretation of a Hess flight signals war news shifts
The article weighs Hess’s flight from Germany and its potential impact on the war. It suggests Britain gains a needed morale boost and hints at possible rifts within Nazi leadership, while noting Berlin’s conflicting, uncertain explanations and the lack of clear intra-Nazi friction.
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Germany
Britain
Hitler
Goering
Hess
Berlin
Fragmentary clue on fugitive whereabouts and motive
Fragment ends with a note that authorities know where he fled and why. The line hints at continued coverage on page seven, implying ongoing criminal pursuit and investigation.
Eden warns Japan on China rights and Syria’s independence
Foreign Secretary Eden told the House of Commons that British restrictions on Japan would not ease without Japan recognizing British rights in China. He said instructions had been sent to the British ambassador in Tokyo and voiced sympathy for Syrian aspirations for independence amid concern Syria could route a German drive toward Suez via Asia Minor.
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London
Eden
Japan
China
Tokyo
House of Commons
Britain
Syria
Suez
Asia Minor
Nazis Try to Discount Hess Story in Britain
Berlin reports Nazi spokesmen claim Rudolf Hess carried no documents to Britain and flew to contact the Duke of Hamilton who supposedly belongs to a pacifist group. They say Hess’s peace move lacks leaders’ backing and he would return with gasoline supplied by Britain. They describe Hess as politically incompetent and report two day timeline.
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London
Rudolf Hess
Germany
Scotland
Duke of Hamilton
Hess
Berlin
Britain
Glasgow
Royal Air Force
Hitler
Churchill
RAF officer wins DSC for 18 enemy planes
London May 14 Acting Squadron Leader Mark Henry Brown of No. 1 Squadron Royal Air Force receives the Distinguished Service Cross for destroying 18 enemy aircraft.
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London
Suuidron
Mark Henry Brown
Svo. 1 Squadron
R.af
Those Placid Sheep Return to Hyde Park War Summer
Unworried by bombings, Charlie Low's sheep and two shepherd dogs have returned to Hyde Park for a wartime summer.
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London
Charlie Low
Hyde Park
Nicks Moving Between Alberta Posts in CPR Transfer
Calgary May 14 The Canadian Pacific Railway Alberta district announces transfers of three assistant superintendents effective May 15 A P Thompson shifts from Bassano to Medicine Hat F W Nicks from Medicine Hat to Macleod J R Strother from Macleod to Bassano in identical roles.
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Calgary
Territories
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Alberta
D. Cotterell
A. P. Thompson
Bassano
Medicine Hat
F. W. Nicks
Macleod
J. R. Strother
Unclean lines replaced by plain speech in health circulars
London dispatch reports a Ministry of Health push to drop euphemistic phrases in official circulars. The reform aims to avoid misinterpretation by using direct language in public health communications.
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London
RAF Pounds Heligolard Weege LONDON Raid Details
May 14 report describes a successful low level RAF raid on the German North Sea island base at Helgoland. A Sarge hangar at Ostend burned after an explosion. Bombers attacked shipping off Holland France and St Nazaire as German raids over Britain remained small with limited damage and few casualties. A Nazi bomber was shot down.
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London
Royal Air Force
Hell Land
North Sea
Sarge
Ostend
Bomber Command
Holland
France
St. Nazaire
Britain
Air Ministry
King and Queen survey damage in London ruins
King and Queen toured Westminster Abbey and the damaged House of Commons after German raids. They viewed piles of rubble and charred bricks, walked among wrecked clergy houses, and paused beside the Speaker's dais in the Debating chamber.
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London
Westminster Abbey
House of Commons
Westmminster Abbey
Sper
Contributions Doubled Quota in Medicine Hat District Drive
War Services Fund treasurer H J Noble reports final totals show contributions and pledges exceed the district quota. The $6,000 target was surpassed with $12,092.95 raised, distributed across Medical Hat City and surrounding districts with multiple captaincies and village and town contributions.
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H. J. Noble
War Services Fund
Medicine Hat
M. H. Stone
K.C
Medicine Hat City
Charles Beny Jr
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