Germans gain two footholds on Crete in large aerial assault
London reports Nazi paratroopers seized Heraclean Candia and Malemi as German drops fuel ongoing combat on Crete. Churchill says fighting continues with intensity while British air raids on German positions aid the defense.
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Crete
Churchill
House of Commons
Heraclean
Candia
Middle East
Cairo
Malemi
Royal Air Force
Athens
Noland Norgaard
Associated Press
Eskimo Woman Becomes Violent in Murder Probe
Ottawa May 22 A woman among three Eskimos held on James Bay murder charges has grown violently insane. Sources say she became violent yesterday and will be sent to an institution in Toronto, as the Belcher Islands killings tied to at least nine deaths are investigated.
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Ottawa
C.P
Moosonee
Ont
Belcher Islands
James Bay
Toronto
Heligoland Base Bombed in Night Drive
London May 22 British bombers attacked Heligoland naval base and dockyard in a dawn raid. The air ministry said the town lay under a dust filled sky lit by flames as a football match was interrupted and anti aircraft batteries opened fire. Two bombers and six fighters were lost, five German fighters were shot down.
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London
Heligoland
North Sea
Air Ministry
Round Town Holiday causes shifts in public services
A civic half holiday on Tuesday alters local schedules with stores staying open Wednesday. The Red Cross National Salvage Campaign is postponed for a week as Junior Board of Trade members focus on salvage work Wednesday. Boy Scouts will not deliver literature this week.
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Red Cross
Board of Trade
Boy Scouts
Victory Loan
Wevicans
Canada
Public Holiday Declared For Tuesday Afternoon
Mayor Hector Lang announced a public half day next Tuesday afternoon May 27 to maximize participation in patriotic events. The Medicine Hat School Board followed suit and students will have liberty. A 3 pm parade from Currie Barracks to the Youth Training Centre will showcase forces and a recruiting booth. A 7:45 pm parade will end at City Hall at 8 pm with a loyalty pledge and mass sing-along at Y-Tee grounds.
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Hector Lang
Medicine Hat
Liberty
Conneccion
Infantry Training Centre
Currie Barracks
Calgary
2Nd Battalion
Y-Tee
Britain vows to strike the enemy wherever found
London reports Britain warns Vichy France that if collaboration continues Allied forces will strike the enemy wherever located with no distinction between occupied and unoccupied territory. In Chicoutimi fire destroys nearly a dozen buildings in St. Prime village after six hours. no injuries reported.
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London
C.P
Britain
Vichy
France
Germany
Graydon Named As National Chairman
Ottawa May 22 Gordon Graydon Con Peel named national chairman of the Conservative party of Canada at caucus. He will oversee party organization headquarters administration publicity and a proposed nation wide survey. John R. MacNicoll Con Toronto Davenport remains president of the Dominion Conservative Association.
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Ottawa
Gordon Graydon
Con
Peel
Conservative Party of Canada
Graydon
John RR. MacNicollCon
Toronto- Davenports
Dominion Conservative Association
Battle of Crete Threatens Axis Move in the East
War analysis notes Crete’s fall would open a path to Iraq and threaten British lines in the Mediterranean. Holding Crete and Cyprus blocks German access to oil, secures Allied defenses, and may stiffen Turkish resistance while risking Russian shifts. Heavy German losses in initial air invasions are reported, with the likelihood of sustained bombardment if bridgeheads form.
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Crete
Britain
Ion
Iraq
Syria
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Levant
Alexandria
Aegean
Mosul
Germany
Dardanelles - Bosporus
Reich
R A F Planes Withdrawn After Crete Attacks
British fighter planes on Crete were withdrawn after a German parachutist and air assault began. The decision was explained as necessary due to the pronounced disadvantage faced by the RAF and to avoid wasting air forces involved.
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London
C.P
Crete
RAF Steps Up Attack in Libya Desert War
The Royal Air Force launches its strongest desert campaign yet against German concentrations and transport in Libya. In 30 hours eight enemy planes are destroyed four on the ground and four in the air, with ammunition and gasoline dumps exploded. RAF bombers drop missiles day and night as fighters target Axis vehicles, while German aviation stays largely inactive.
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North Africa
C.P
Royal Air Force
Libya
R.A.F
Strikes Banned in Occupied Netherlands Decree
In Amsterdam Berlin's commissioner Arthur Seyss-Inquart issued a decree banning strikes and lockouts in the occupied Netherlands. Penalties included life imprisonment or death for violations, signaling harsh enforcement of labor actions during the occupation.
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Amsterdam
Berlini
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Netherlands
First Canadian Tank Rolls Off Line in Montreal
The first Canadian built heavy infantry tank rolled from the Angus Shops in Montreal on May 22. Government and general staff officials inspected it as Munitions Minister Howe and Defence Minister Ralston observed the unveiling.
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Montreal
C.P
Gosh
Howe
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Defence
Ralston
Goebbels Admits RAF Raids Hit Reich Hard
London reports that Goebbels tacitly acknowledged the effectiveness of RAF attacks on Germany. In a speech quoted by the BBC he said RAF raids blur the line between home and battlefront noting Kiel Bremen and Hamburg as front line cities where citizens endure dangerous night raids. He added German air defense has shifted from ridicule to serious labor.
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London
C.P
Goebbels
Royal Air Force
Germany
British Broadcasting Corporation
Kiel
Bremen
Hamburg
Canadian tanker crew reports capture by German forces
Ottawa reports word from the International Red Cross in Geneva that 40 members of the Canadian tanker Canadalite crew have been captured and interned at Henwick. Canadalite, registered in Montreal, sailed from Freetown on March 22. feared sunk off the West African coast.
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Ottawa
Iexternal Affairs Department
International Red Cross Committee
Geneva
Ehenwick
Montreal
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Africa
London
West African
Stimson Criticizes Neutrality Act Freedom of the Seas Clash
War Secretary Stimson denounces the U S neutrality act as injuring freedom of the seas and blocks munitions to Britain. He speaks as an individual, not as secretary of war, urging careful consideration of the policy impact.
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Washington
Stimson
Navy
Knox
Britain
Vichy Regiment Desertion Report From Syria
A French regiment in Syria deserted to join Free French forces advancing from Palestine. The move, linked to Gen. Dentz's Lebanon push, left Vichy authorities in Syria facing hostility within the arriving troops as De Gaulle's forces secured the front.
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London
Syria
Palestine
Reuters
Independent
A.F.L
Brazzaville
Equatorial Africa
Henri Dentz
Lebanon
de Gaulle
Hess plane chased by fighter in Hess escape
May 10 Rudolf Hess bailed from his Messerschmitt after hot pursuit by an RAF Defiant fighter over Germany. Air Secretary Sinclair told Parliament the chase may explain bullet holes in Hess wreckage tail. Duke of Hamilton, an RAF air commodore, denied meeting Hess before his capture.
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London
Rudolf Hess
Germany
Royal Air Force
Sinclair
House of Commons
Hess
Archibald
Duke of Hamilton
Fuehrer
Air Secretary
Navy Patrol Picks Up French Tanker
British naval patrols intercepted the French tanker Sheherzade in the Atlantic bound for Casablanca with oil from a United States port. Officials said navicert issued earlier allowed the voyage, and cited Vichy actions in Syria as provoking harsher measures in London and Washington.
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London
Atlantic
Sheherzade
Casablanca
North Africa
United States
Syria
Washington
Jury Rules F. J. Hall Death Accidental
A coroner's jury at the city police court ruled Frederick Charles Hall died accidentally on May 20 1941. He fell from the unfinished roof of Maple Leaf Milling Company's weigh shed at Medicine Hat Alberta injuring head and neck, with witnesses detailing the incident at the weigh scale.
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City
F. McEwen
Frederick Charles Hall
Maple Leaf Milling Company
Medicine Hat
Alberta
R. E. Keating
C. B. Porter
JI. D. Fairless
J. D. Tuffordd
HS. Jordan
J. L. Trotman
City Glances and Street Sights Pick Up Local News
The column notes Christmas trees at No. 34 SFTS may flourish. Patrol officials roam town on business. Sparrows chase bread crumbs at Sixth avenue and Second street each noon. A prominent local businessman pedals a lady's bicycle downtown. Weekly clearings reach $305,897 this week versus $267,305 last week and $219,780 a year ago.
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S.F.T.S
Rcm,p. Highway Patrol
Sixth Avenue
Second Steet
Italian Rear Guard Taken in Ethiopian Campaign
Cairo report says British Middle East command announced the capture of 5,000 Italian troops with 42 guns and 19 tanks in southern Ethiopia and 300 more in Gondar, while southern Ethiopian rear guard was overwhelmed with a 4,400 prisoner tally including brigade HQ and three colonial battalions.
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Cairo
C.P
Ethiopia
Middle East
Gondar
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