Communist Party Declared Illegal by Ontario Judge
May 15 Ottawa CP report states Justice Chevrier ruled the Communist Party of Canada illegal under Wartime Defence Regulations 62, with penalties for members or advocates. Three Ottawa youths jailed for anti war pamphlets received sentences. Alberta premier said no action until Ontario ruling details.
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Ottawa
Canada
Defence of Canada
E. R. E. Chevrier
Ontario Supreme Court
Communist Party of Canada
Harry Binder
Parliamentary Press Gallery
Toronto
Daffy Clarion
Louis Binder
Arthur Roy Saunders
Dominion
Edmonton
Alberta
Aberhart
Germans Push Motored Columns Near Sedan In France
A wartime dispatch describes German motorized forces breaking through near Sedan and pushing into French defenses as France shifts from static to mobile warfare. Reports note planes supporting advances and a broad battle involving tanks infantry and air power. Switzerland completes mobilization as German divisions concentrate to the north.
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London
Low Countries
Paris
Sedan
War Ministry
Berne
Switzerland
Federal Council
High Command
Germany
Shaunavon Murder Inquest Finds Fatal Knife Wounds
The inquest jury into the May 3 hotel knife battle that killed two Chinese, Charlie Mah Hop and Rudolph Mah Sai, ruled death by wounds from a sharp weapon in the hands of persons unknown. Jack Too Ying, charged with the murders, attended the hearing in court.
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Shaunavon
Sack
Jack Too Ying
Charlie Mah Hop
Rudolph Mah Sai
Chief Two Horses Predicts War Result Using Indian Signs
Rocky Mountain House May 15 Chief Two Horses predicts an Allied victory before the war ends. He says his forecast rests on Indian signs and that white men do not understand them. He arrived to town to buy provisions after winter trapping.
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Rocky Mountain House
Hitler
Chief Two Horses
Two Horses
Second Woman Lawyer In Alberta Dies In Toronto
Libella Mary Gwendoline Duff, the second woman admitted to Alberta's practice, formerly of Edmonton and Toronto, died in Toronto Monday night. A University of Alberta law school graduate, she was admitted to the Alberta bar in September 1928 and moved east in 1938. Her brother Meb Duff of Montreal is an official with Canadian Pacific Steamships. A convention of the Canadian Gas Association, affiliated with the American Gas Association, will be held at Jasper on July 3, 4 and 5.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Libella Mary Gwendoline Duff
Toronto
University of Alberta Law School
Canada
M. Meb
D. Duff
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Steamships
Switchman Killed in Calgary Train Yard Accident
Frederick H. Meade a 49 year old CPR switchman was killed instantly on duty at 9 25 PM Tuesday when he was crushed between the couplings of two cars in Calgary authorities said.
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Calgary
Frederick Herman Frank Meade
Canadian Pacific Railway
Last Minute Flashes Kill Family in Maynooth Loghouse
A lightning strike in Maynooth Ont. killed Mrs. Guy La Fee and her two children and left her husband unconscious in the loghouse bedroom. In Calgary an Ontario case saw Tony Gello and Leonard Hill sentenced to life imprisonment and 20 lashes for assaulting a royal Canadian air force officer’s wife.
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Maynooth, Ont
Guy la Fee
Toronto
J. Keiller Mackay
Tony Gello
Leonard Hill
Royal Canadian Air Force
Dutch Stop Fighting Order In One Dutch Province
London reports an official communique that a war between Germany and the Netherlands continues while the Dutch commander in chief orders a ceasefire in all but Zeeland. Fighting persists in Zeeland as German forces advance near Rotterdam after Moerdijk bridge breaches.
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Loswon
Meyle
Germany
Netherlands
London
Wilhelmina
Zeeland
Hotland
Henri Gerard Winkelman
Netherlands Legation
Moertj
Rotterdam
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Wheat Tumbles 10 Cents on Winnipeg Exchange
Wheat futures on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange fell to the 10 cent limit as selling pressure intensified in a volatile session. May ended at 74 7 8, July at 75 7 8, and October at 78 1 8 cents a bushel amid European war news and broad-based liquidation affecting barley, rye, and flax.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Chicago
C.P
Gunners Trained in Victoria Naval Yard
Naval authorities gather Canadian boys in a British Columbia dockyard to train in seamanship signaling engineering and gunnery for future ships. Five hours daily cover practice and duties across divisions with parade drills physical training and games. The yard also stores provisions supplies and munitions and supports allied services.
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Victoria
Royal Canadian Navy
Canada
British Columbia
Army
Air Force
Navy
Trudeau Era War Budget Plans Signal Unemployment Insurance Move
Parliament opens with Canada poised to expand wartime aid to Allies. Government hints at a constitutional route for unemployment insurance via a British North America Act amendment, plus farm, health and education measures. Finance minister to unveil a budget likely revealing a $500 million war bill and possible tax increases.
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Ottawa
Canada
Mackenzie King
Holland
Belgium
Germany
King
Dominion
Lyman Duff
Senate
J. L. Ralston
J A Glen to be The Speaker in The Commons
J A Glen Liberal member for Marquette will be nominated as Speaker of the House of Commons when Parliament convenes Thursday. Thomas Vien Liberal for Montreal Hochelaga named Deputy Speaker with formal endorsement by the House.
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Ottawa
C.P
J. A. Glen
Marquette
House of Commons
Thomas Vien
Montreal-Hochelaga
Glen
Pierre FP
Mackenzie King
R. B. Hanson
Hanson
Commons
Baseball Scores From National League Standings
Pittsburgh and New York games show varying innings with final tallies of 8 to 4 and 5 to 2. Cincinnati tops Brooklyn 5 to 2 in a nine inning contest. Chicago to Boston 7 to 2 and St Louis 3 to 1 with Philadelphia 6 to 9 in a high scoring stretch.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Brown
Berres
Hubbell
Danning
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Thompson
Hershberger
Wyatt
Franks
Chicago
Boston
French
Todd
Strincevich
Lopez
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Lillard
Padgett
Hirbe
Atwood
Early morning blaze at Baxter Bakery Building
Fire halts quickly after breaking out in the basement of the old Baxter Bakery on Tenth Street. The city owned, vacant building suffered charred joists and stairway but little damage. Fire brigade responded at 12:40 a.m. to extinguish the fire.
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Baxter Bakery
Tenth St
Allied Air Losses Put German Planes Near Six Hundred
London reports Allied airmen and anti-aircraft batteries destroyed nearly 600 German planes in the western war zone over five days. Air ministry notes Allied losses at roughly one quarter of German losses, with 305 downed in air combat, 140 by ground defense, and about 50 destroyed on the ground. Paris dispatches add Germans may have 6,000 to 7,000 aircraft on the Belgian front, with Liege repeatedly bombed.
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London
Air Ministry
Paris
Liege
Ex-Service Men Call For Defense Corps And Internment
A large crowd at Medicine Hat Legion hall approved urgent moves to counter Nazi influence. They urged the Department of National Defence to raise a defence corps of ex servicemen and equip them. to intern enemy aliens without hearing. and to ban public German language use.
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Medicine Hat
Canadian Legion Hall
F. G. Richardson
Canadian Legion
Department of National Defence
University of Alberta Grants 453 Degrees in Wartime Convocation
The University of Alberta held its first wartime convocation in 22 years with 453 graduands receiving degrees diplomas and awards. More than 1500 relatives filled the auditorium as J H Woods spoke on Freedom. Church and government leaders attended as janitors controlled entry and observers lined the streets. Invocation was by Rev D Aubrey S Tuttle.
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Edmonton
C.P
University of Alberta
J. H. Woods
Pioneer Western
The
Calgary Herald
D. Aubrey S. Tuttle
St. Stephen’s College
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E. A. K. Sheppard
Vancouver
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Van
Mr. Sheppard
B.C
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Halifax
8.A.F
Canadian Gas Association
American Gas Association
Jasper
Alyth
Mast
Parliament
J.A. Glen
Thos. Vien
Hansen
Farly Morning Fire Baxter Bakery Building
Eaton
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