Council to Deliver Fair Grounds for Air Training
Medicine Hat council, with the Canadian Legion and citizens present, discusses the Ottawa backed plan to establish an air training school. Alderman Calder leads a motion to telegram National Defence offering fairgrounds at government recommended price, signaling full cooperation.
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Canadian Legion and
Ottawa
Medicine Hat
Ald. Calder
Department of National Defence
F. W. Gershaw
Ald. Boyd and Warham
German Claim of Brussels Fall Not Confirmed by Allies
British forces in Belgium conducted a strategic withdrawal to prepared positions south of Brussels as a Nazi column advances toward the sea. Berlin claimed entry into Brussels, but Allied dispatches said the British expeditionary force held firm east of the city.
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London
Brussels
Belgium
France
Berlin
Paris
Gamelin
Tenieht
Marshal Joffre
Marne
Air Ministry
Germany
Low Countries
Nazis Defeated By Allied Forces On Front Lines
New York Sun correspondent Willian Bird reports that French and British armies hold the line between order and chaos. Dispatches claim German attacks were repulsed everywhere with the Allies and French executing their plans along the Maginot region and adjacent fronts.
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York
New York Sun
Willian Bird
Sun
Hird
Ukrainian Band Tag Day Rescheduled to June First
The Ukrainian boys and girls band postpones its canvass by two weeks and will hold the tag day on Saturday June 1. Funds support expenses for the All Canadian Ukrainian Musical Festival in Edmonton July 13 and 14.
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Edmonton
J B of T Extends Invite To C M Association
The Junior Board of Trade in Medicine Hat extended invitations to the Canadian Manufacturers Association to visit Medicine Hat on their coast trip. The group also planned a meeting for a proposed water users association on irrigation projects.
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Board of Trade
Canadian Manufacturers Association
Medicine Hat
Nnd
Association of Water Users
Bellamy
Connell
Calgary
A. K. Gibson
War on Germany urged by New York Herald Tribune editorial
The New York Herald Tribune urged the United States to declare war on Germany at once, arguing preparedness requires force and that a German victory would threaten European culture and the world economy. The piece warned against inaction and emphasized airpower and material aid as insufficient without full mobilization.
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New York
New York Herald Tribune
United States
Germany
Low Countries
The
Herald Tribune
Wei
Mahsud Tribesmen Offer to Raise 40,000 for India Defense
In Razmak region SIMA India May 16 reports two thousand Mahsud tribesmen volunteered to fight any Indian invasion. Noted chieftain Mus Khan sent a personal letter to the government offering to raise a force of 40,000 men if required.
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Sima
India
Cp-Reuters
Razmak
Mus Khan
Americans Leave London Advises Departure for Home
The United States embassy in Britain urged American citizens with no pressing reason to remain to go to Eire and await American ships to bring them home.
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London
C.P
United States
Britain
Eire
Dunning Named Chancellor of Queen's University
Kingston Ontario May 17 The Queen's University council announced the appointment of Hon C A Dun ning former Dominion finance minister as Chancellor to succeed James A Richardson who died June 26 1939.
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Kingston
Ont
C.P
Queen's University Council
C. A. Dunning
Dominion — Finance
James A. Richardson
Four Canadians Die In Air Crash Near Cobourg Ont
Four Royal Canadian Air Force fliers were killed when a big Norseman machine crashed near Cobourg Ontario. The airmen were Flight Lieutenant Harvey Jasper of Winnipeg Flying Officer G F E Auld of Toronto Flying Officer J K E Pidcock of Montreal and Aircraftsman John R Kean of Windsor. They had departed from Trenton airbase about 25 miles away and searchers found the wreckage and bodies in a swamp beneath the wreck early today.
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Trenton
Royal Canadian AirForce
Cobourg
Ont
Harvey Jasper
Winnipeg
G. FE. Auld
Toronto
J. KE. Pidcock
Montreal
John R. Kean
Windsor
R.C.A.F
Red Cross War Council Praised at Medicine Hat Meeting
President J. E. Davies commended the Women’s War Council for coordinating 30 plus affiliated Red Cross groups. A tea fundraiser for refugee aid is planned. Mrs. W. C. Campbell reports over four thousand surgical dressings sent to headquarters including pads, bandages, sponges, clothing, and comfort items.
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Women's War Council
J. E. Davies
Medicine Hat
Red Cross
War Council
Davies
W. C. Campbell
U S Could Double Aircraft Output With Expansion
New York May 16 The Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce says U S aircraft plants can reach 50 000 planes per year with a workforce expansion of over threefold and tripling of air frame plant space while engine plant space doubles The industry has grown from about 40 000 to 100 000 workers under Allied orders President Roosevelt slated capacity at over 12 000 planes annually by now.
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New York
United States
Roosevelt
Messare
Congress
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Inpetuia
Allied
Five Die In Ontario Farm Family Massacre
Police say a Scottsville farm family of five was wiped out by murder and suicide. Investigators believe William Hunt 45 killed his wife Elsie 41 and children John 14 June 13 and his mother in law Charlotte Warren about 80 before taking his own life, possibly driven by financial worries.
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London
Ont
Scottsville
Here
William Hunt
Hunt
Elsie
John
Charlotte Warren
Foreigners In Italy Grow Uneasy Over Nonbelligerent Policy
In Rome on May 17 Allied nationals in Italy showed unease about Italy’s nonbelligerency as lines formed at British and French consulates. Americans prepared to evacuate families as a precaution while visa applications surged. Officials kept silent on Roosevelt’s message to Mussolini amid rumors in the Balkans and talk of Axis talks at Brenner Pass.
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Medicine Has Kinsmen Club
Cardston
Bert Shannon
R. E. Bromley
A. K. Gibson
Rome
Italy
United States
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Balkans
Greece
Yugoslavia
West
Il Duce
Adolf Hitler
Brenner Pass
Still-born Baby Found In Box At CPR Depot
A shoe box in the lavatory at the CPR station contained a newly born boy. Two country women opened it about 8 am and alerted police. The body was wrapped in Vancouver newspaper. Coroner said an inquest unlikely but an autopsy would decide if an inquiry is needed.
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C.P.R
Vancouver
S. F. McEwen
Duff-Cooper urges calm and accuracy in wartime broadcasts
Alfred Duff-Cooper says Britons must be ready for bad news and reject rumors. He warns against sensational reports and favors maximum information with accuracy and speed, quoting Lord Haig on news’ reliability. He vows to discipline rumor spreaders to maintain public confidence.
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London
C.P
Alfred Duff-Cooper
Canada
Lord Haig
Duff-Cooper
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Leinweber
Chamber of Commerce
Hitler
Chancellor Dunning
Ontario
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