British Reoccupy Salum Axis Casualties Reported
Salum reoccupied by British troops with claims of serious Axis casualties near the Egyptian border. Halfaya Pass and Musaid also reported under British control as RAF planes damaged German Junkers and Italian Fiat craft near Palmyra. Unconfirmed reports said German tanks moved toward Iraq and Turkish waters were declared dangerous to shipping.
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Cairo
C.P
Salum
Middle East
Salam
Halfaya Pass
Musaid
Nairobi
Sciasclamannia
Ethiopia
Palmyra
Syria
Iraq
Istanbul
Turkey
Britain
Mediterranean
London
Admiralty
Istanbil
Aegean
Berlin
Duxbury Case Settled Out Of Court In Calgary
In Calgary on May 36 two years after a fatal gas incident at General Hospital Miss Charlotte Duxbury settled her suit against the City of Calgary Hospital Board and several doctors for 6000 dollars after an earlier 15000 award. The original suit sought 65000 and followed the death of her mother Mrs Alice Duxbury on the operating table. The trial heard that death resulted from a gas machine oxides poisoning due to improper connections.
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Calgary
General Hospital
Duxbury
Charlotte Duxbury
Ally
City of
Hospital Board
Alberta
Miss Duxbury
Alice Duxbury
Corvette launched at Georgian Bay port
A corvette named H.M.C.S Battleford was christened after a Saskatchewan city and launched with a brief ceremony at a Georgian Bay port yesterday.
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Geoorgian Bay
C.p.s
H.M.C.S. Battleford
Saskatchewan
Big Bombers Pound Nazi Industries In Europe
Royal Air Force bombers struck Hanover igniting large fires in industrial quarters. Additional raids hit Berlin Hamburg Cuxhaven Boulogne Dieppe with coastal forces targeting St Nazaire Lorient and Ijmuiden. Four planes were lost and several German fighters were shot down off the southeast coast.
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London
Royal Air Force
Hanover
Berlin
Hamburg
Cuxhaven
Boulogne
Dieppe
Air Ministry
Coastal Command
St. Nazaire
Lorient
France
Ijmuiden
Netherlands
Channel
Chamber of Commerce urges govt to vacate tax fields
Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce urges Alberta to vacate personal and corporate income tax fields for wartime, in line with federal budget proposals. The move aims at fairer interprovincial taxation, admin efficiency, and fewer taxing agencies. The group also backs prairie route exploration for the Alaska highway and notes upcoming meetings.
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C. of C
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Chamber of Commerce
Assiniboia
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
U S Protects Commerce Past Warns on Seazone
President Roosevelt referenced earlier occasions when the United States deployed warships to protect commerce and secure freedom of the seas as Germany declared the Red Sea a danger zone for foreign ships.
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Washington
C.P
Roosevelt
Germany
Red Sea
United States
LAC Yeomans Killed in Night Flight Crash at SFTS
A second fatal crash within three weeks hit No 34 S F T S when LAC S K Yeomans 27 of Leicester England died after a trainer plane crashed about a mile northwest of the base during regular night flying. Funeral services set for Hillside Cemetery at 10 45 a m Pattison Funeral Home conducting. An inquiry at the flying training school awaits findings.
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S.F.T.S
S. K. Yeomans
Leicester
England
Hillside Cemetery
Pattison Funeral Home
Wright Found Driving of Park Free Wrong
Parke Wright paid a one dollar fine after parking overtime in Buffalo New York on May 16.
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Wright
Buffalo, N.Y
Parke Wright
Interpretation of the War News Integrates Franco British Tensions
The piece argues that Franco Nazi collaboration opens hostilities risk in French Syria. Nazi planes may have used the Syrian route, refueled at French stations, with possible French escorts. Britain could attack Nazi planes, signaling a broader war surge in Iraq and the region.
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Syria
Royal Air Force
Iraq
London
Aegean Islands
Petain
Vichy
Britain
Germany
East
Cairo
U.S. Warns Vichy Germany Fleet Jeopardizes Americas
Washington reports President Roosevelt has authority to act without Congress to counter any Nazi Vichy collaboration endangering the United States and the 20 American republics. The concern centers on Vichy potentially ceding France's fleet, including 92 ships and 60 submarines, to Germany, and bases at Dakar Oran and Bizerta.
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Washington
C.P
Germany
Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Vichy
Dakar
Oran
Bizerte
Hull
Drive For Men Gets Under Way
Ottawa May 16 The campaign for 32000 recruits for the Canadian active army is expected to peak in about a month Air Minister Power said there is no limit on the number if more than 32000 are available they will be accepted The drive lasts two months with many recruits to join the armored division Campaign committees operate in all military districts under the district generals Power noted a rise in recruiting figures He indicated other age groups than 21 may be drafted for home defence before older plans are recalled Twenty one year olds now face four months training and will go on active service after training but there are not enough 21 year olds to meet this year’s needs
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Ottawa
C.P
Air
Power
National Defence
Maj. Power
Armored
Canada
Pepper proposes 100 mile spacing to solve convoy issue
Senator Claude Pepper of Florida suggested as an amateur strategist that spacing aircraft carrying ships 100 miles apart across the Atlantic from the United States to Britain could be the solution to the convoy problem.
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Washington
Claude Pepper
Dec
Fla
Atlantic
United States
Britain
Armed guards placed aboard French ships in U S harbors
Coast Guard announced that armed guards would be aboard about 10 French vessels in U S ports. Ships listed include the Normandie in New York and other vessels in New Orleans San Pedro and San Francisco with destinations such as Fort Royal Isle of Yeu Mont Everest Anguleme Michi gan Touraine Vannes Alecon. Officials gave no reason beyond implications of German-Vichy collaboration.
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Washington
A.P
Coast Guard
United States
New York
Normandie
New Orleans
San Pedro
Calif
San Francisco
Germany
Marshal Petain
Fort Royal
Isle of Moirmoutier
Mont Everest
Anguleme
Michigan
Touraine
Vannes
Wisconsin
Alecon
Japs Make Fourth Raid On Chungking
More than 50 Japanese planes attacked Chungking in a fourth raid since May 3. Bombers rocked the city and damaged press offices including the Associated Press, as the Chinese capital endured renewed air assault.
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Chungking
C.P
Associated Press
Chicago and New York rally in late innings to split
In baseball action the Chicago team scored five runs in the fifth to defeat New York after a slow start, while New York also staged a late rally but fell short at nine hits and five errors. Detroit edged Philadelphia with a late comeback as Rowe earned the win and Beckman the save.
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Chicago
New York
Lee
Tresh
Breuer
Rosa
Detroit
Philadelphia
Rowe and
Sullivan
Beckman
Hayes
Important Battle Under Way In China
A Chinese military spokesman in Chungking said the south Shansi battle will bear on the Sino Japanese war. The Japanese have deployed strong forces to mop up Chinese troops near the Yellow River, but there is no sign they have crossed into Honan.
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London
C.P
Chungking
Shansi
British Broadcasting Corporation
Yellow River
Honan
Hess Not Gift From Heaven
London readers weigh Hess arrival as a German plot with opinions labeling him a murderer not a saintly gift from heaven to Britain. Some letters claim a dark scheme to deter U.S. involvement, or to organize fifth columnists should Nazi forces land.
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London
Rudolf Hess
Theorld
Bevin
Hess
United States
Germany
Photo survey to photo record Scotland landmarks
The British Broadcasting Corporation plans a photographic record of all Scotland's famous buildings. The effort aims to create a valuable archive in case buildings are damaged by enemy air attacks.
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London
C.P
Scotland
British Broadcasting Corporation
Increased N. D. Tax Adopted After Prolonged Debate
Ottawa May 16 The House of Commons approved steep increases in the national defence tax after a heavy protest across parties. It raises the rate for single earners to 660 and married to 1200 while considering higher incomes and broader exemptions. Finance Minister Ilsley defended the measure as fairer than a sales tax and said no delay would help. Opposition labeled the move a burden on low salaries. the debate paused on some income tax questions as the committee moved to drafts on non resident dividends.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Ilsley
Hanson
Air Training Plan Costs Across Canada Hit $531 Million
Ottawa reports total Commonwealth air training costs through March 31 1943 at $824.9 million with Canada paying about $531 million Canada’s share is 80.64 percent of $510 million for advanced trainingand Australia and New Zealand share the rest The plan runs for three years beginning April 1 1940 and may require an additional $28 million if extended beyond the agreement
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Ottawa
Canada
Power
Maj. Power
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Italian May Be Offered Throne
Diplomatic circles in Rome report a rumor that a prince of the Savoy house could be enthroned as King of Croatia in Zagreb. Names mentioned include the Duke of Spoleto the Duke of Aosta and possibly King Victor Emmanuel, though no confirmation exists.
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Rome
Italy
Savoy
Zagreb
Croatia
Spoleto
Duke
Aosta
Victor Emmanuel
City Glances and Town Weather Notes
Farmers in to city market today report a windblown scene as horse and buggy arrivals persist. Grass planted at No 34 SFTS shows promise with a paved road reducing dust, while Central Park logs timber cuts as aging trees fall. A southwest gale forecasts an air base arrival around five miles per hour.
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