H M S Hood blown up by unlucky hit
State Secretary Hull accused Germany of using threats to force the United States from real self defense. He cited Raeder's remarks as a threat aimed at deterring American naval aid to Britain and delaying actions until Hitler controls the seas.
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Washington
Hull
Germany
United States
Erich Raeder
Stephen Early
Berlin
Roosevelt
Raeder
Hitler
Europe
Red Cross Gift Shop Opens Tuesday with Charity Goods
The Red Cross Gift Shop opens at 2 PM on Tuesday featuring Medicine Hat pottery and novelty gifts. All profits go to the Red Cross and buyers aid both the charity and themselves by purchasing. A separate case notes a six week old boy in Doncaster Maland died from yellow jaundice after sucking an infected finger.
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Red Cross
The
South Railway and
Second Streets
Doncaster
Maland
Round Town With Bob Tufts Weather Notes on May 26
The piece describes hot weather with temperatures near 89 and 86, a cold front dropping to 51, drizzle and snow reports to the west, and a forecast of rain through noon. It notes CPR rainfall, wheat growth benefits, and police cooperation with R.C.M.P. on highway safety focusing on speeding dim lights and failing to stop when entering a highway.
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South Saskatchewan
Weathia
C.P.R
R.c.ml.p
Recruiting Campaign Opens Tuesday in Medicine Hat
A 60 day Dominion wide recruiting drive begins with hopes to recruit 2,600 for overseas service and fund Victory Loan. A civic half holiday marks Tuesday with parades from Third Street Armory to Youth Training Ground, then a torch ceremony at City Hall followed by a second display and army songs.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Canada
Ada
Cilrrié Barracks
Third St. Armory
City Hall
Redcliff National Victory Loan
Storage Situation Slightly Improves in Wheat Outlook
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports the May balance available for export or carryover at 562,852,150 bushels, a higher figure than the same period in 1941. Improved export shipments and domestic demand push the outlook toward greater promise compared with previous months.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Experimental Field to Open in Bingville
Lieut. P. Simonds of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals arrives in Bingville and sets temporary HQ at Third Street armories for an experimental field. It will be the empire’s largest of its kind and will begin work soon with civilian and military experts testing new equipment.
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Lieut
P. Simonds
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Bingville
Third St. Armories
British Empire
Simonds
Crash Victims Buried Today With Royal Air Force Honors
Funeral with full Royal Air Force honors for PO Robert Edward Sears 25 London and SAG Colin Higson Wilde 25 Manchester was held. They died Friday night when a North American Harvard trainer crash occurred two miles southeast of No 34 S.F.T.S during night operations. Interment was in the airmen's plot Hillside cemetery. Continued on page ten.
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Royal Air Force
PO Robert Edward Sears
London
England
Colin Higson Wilde
Manchester
Hillside Cemetery
PO Sears
Lac Wilde
No. 34
S.F.T.S
Premier May Come West In June
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King is weighing a Pacific coast trip likely in June after the Sir John A. Macdonald memorial in Kingston on June 7. He would visit prairie and British Columbia training centers and munition and ship plants, and his Prince Albert constituency.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Pacific
West
Ingston
John A. Macdonald
Prairies
British Columbia
King
Prince Albert
De Valera Denounces All Conscription Policy
In Dublin on May 26 Eamon de Valera denounced proposals to apply conscription to Northern Ireland as a grievous attack on a fundamental human right. He spoke in Dáil Eireann during a special session convened on the British plan while noting Eire’s constitution covers all of Ireland including Ulster, though Northern Ireland remains outside Dublin’s legal jurisdiction pending a union of the national territory. Dublin maintains a neutral stance in the war.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Northern Ireland
Dali Eireann
Ireland
Ulster
Bulgarian Forces Seize Fort Rupel and Greek Posts
Bulgarian troops aided by German cavalry capture Fort Rupel and other Greek frontier posts. French forces repel a German assault near Fort Douaumont on the right bank of the Meuse River.
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Fort Rupel
Douaumont
Meuse
German Ship Damaged In Naval Clash Near Greenland
London May 26 The 42 000 ton battle cruiser HMS Hood flagship of Britain was struck by an unlucky hit from the German battleship Bismarck in the waters between Greenland and Iceland. Admlty said pursuit continues with aerial torpedoes already scoring a hit and more than 1300 feared dead. The Bismarck also damaged but extent unknown.
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London
Britain
H.M.S. Hood
Greenland
Iceland
Admiralty
Royal Navy
Ith
More Business For C N Urged
Ottawa May 26 The Commons standing committee on railway reported steps should be taken to allocate a larger share of government controlled business to Canadian National Railways CNR in line with its greater track mileage and employee count compared with Canadian Pacific Railway CPR The report noted the large differences in track length employees and fixed charges and urged a rational division of government business between the two systems based on responsibility.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canadian National Railways
Commons
Standing Committee On Railway
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railway
Railway Committee
Crete Battle Tests Sea and Air Power in WWII
The Crete invasion fails or succeeds will shape Nazi invasion plans of Britain. The narrow Dover Straits versus Crete’s sea span tests invasion logistics and air support. Britain’s enhanced day and night air strength could alter outcomes and Axis propaganda signals may frame the defeat as a ruse.
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Crete
Britain
Dover Straits
Germany
Berlin
Rome
Hitler
Goering
Victory Torch Dedicated in Canada for Churchill
A Royal Canadian Air Force bomber carried the Victory Torch from Vancouver to Calgary and Lethbridge en route to Britain. The torch, part of Britain's war effort, will travel across 27 Canadian cities to honor the bond with Prime Minister Churchill as Canada's Victory Loan drive opens June 2. Bishop Francis Heathcote officiated the Vancouver ceremony.
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Vancouver
Royal Canadian Air Force
Alberta
Canada
Winston Churchill
Victoria
D. E. Galloway
Atlantic
Britain
Calgary
Lethbridge
Churchill
Great Britain
Francis Heathcote
New Westminster
Heathcote
Boothby Seat Declared for Dr. Grenfell Price in By Election
In Adelaide on May 26 the Boothby seat was conceded to Government candidate Dr. Grenfell Price after a by-election with national interest. Price leads Lawton by over 7,000 votes with 63,390 counted and about 5,000 remaining, as Prime Minister Menzies returns from a world tour.
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Adelaide
South Australia
AAP
Boothby
House of Representatives
Grenfell Price
Price
Thomas Edgar Lawton
Dr. Price
Lawton
Menzies
United States
British Bomber Sweep Hits Dutch Coast Shipping Losses
British bomber attacks on two convoys and other vessels Sunday along the Netherlands coast were reported by the air ministry. Debris from a 6,000 ton ship flew into the air after a bomb hit and a 4,000 ton vessel was left in smoke after direct hits. Four planes were lost in the operations.
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London
Netherlands
Air Ministry
Crete Battles Renewed As RAF Presses German Positions
British fighters and bombers report destroying at least 24 German aircraft on Crete and damaging air bases at Malemiairdrome while New Zealand forces counter attack in the west. Fierce fighting continues around Canea and Malemi as German reinforcements arrive.
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Cairo
Crete
Royal Air Force
Iraq
Ethiopia
Malemi
Canea
Middle East
Suda Bay
Candia
Retimo
Urge Resignations Be Not Accepted at Alberta University
A unanimous university staff meeting urged the Alberta government not to accept the resignations of Dr. W. A. R. Kerr president and H. H. Parlee board chairman. The group submitted its resolution to Premier Aberhart. Kerr and Parlee have resigned, while the cabinet awaits clarification before acting.
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Edmonton
Alberta
W. A. R. Kerr
University of Alberta
H. H. Parlee
Aberhart
Kerr
Parlee
City Glances and Local Happenings Snapshot
Umpire Walter Charles was nicked on the ankle by a pitch and cooled off with an ice tub after the game. Seven stores banks and private dwellings were asked to cooperate in decorating for the Victory Loan drive by Tuesday evening. Red Cross Gift Shop stocking up for summer. A fire yesterday involved a garbage box with no further damage.
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Walter Charles
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A. E. Arscott
T. R. Tudhope
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de Valera
C.N
Kirkel, Simpson
Associated Press
Australia
R.A.F. Batters
Nazi Shipping
National Victory
Hector Lang
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