German advance in Crete pushes to Suda Bay and coast
British and empire forces in Crete report heavy German airborne assaults and rapid advances along the coast from Maleme to Suda Bay with hand to hand fighting and high casualties. Axis forces claim capture of Suda Bay and extensions toward Retimo, while British officials say most of the island remains in Allied hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Crete
Canea
Suda Bay
Almyra Bay
Retimo
Heraclean
Candia
Middle East
Malemi
Tande
Plan Big Demonstration To Aid Victory Loan Drive
Under parade marshal Billy Williams a large demonstration is planned for next Tuesday to support the Victory Loan drive. Organizers include 140th Coy Veterans Guard from No 34 SFTS, Bn AR, Girl Guides, Boy Scouts, Red Cross, Salvation Army, and school cadets with six to seven bands. The parade crosses to Arena for a 9 15 pm Victory Concert led by the American Legion. Dorothy Ellen Bromley from Long Beach will headline as drum majorette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Williams
140Th Coy Veterans Guard
S.F.T.S
Girl Guides
Boy Scouts
Redcliff High School
Salvation Army
The
Red Cross
1.C.C.E
American Legion
Blockade Runner Lech Intercepted Off Britain
The German freighter Lech of 3290 tons attempting to run the British blockade from a South American port to occupied France was intercepted by a British ship, per the Admiralty. Lech left Rio de Janeiro on April 28 with fuel oil, cottonseed tides iron mica coffee and other merchandise.
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London
France
Admiralty
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
First RAF and RC A F pilots reach local air training base
Flight Lieutenant T D Ross says the first course of English RAF pilots trained in North American Harvards will receive wings by late first week of June at No 34 SFTS. A second RCA pilots course from Canada arrives and begins training weekend in Oxford twin motor bombers. Red Cross Gift Shop opens with Western Canada life studies and wedding items. proceeds go to the local Red Cross treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
No. 34
S.F.T.S
T. D. Ross
R.A.F
British Isles
Jerry
RC. A
Bt.s
Oxford
Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
Treasury
Red Cross Society
T. R. Osborne
Don Hawthorne
J. W. McLane
M. H. Stone
C. A. Moir
G. 8S. Grant
H.M.S. York Reported Lost in Crete Action
London May 29 Britain loses H.M.S. York the 8250 ton cruiser at Suda Bay after air strikes. Admiralty states the ship is a total loss with two dead and five injured among a crew of about six hundred. The Mediterranean fleet tally rises to three cruisers and four destroyers sunk along with damage to battleships and other cruisers.
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London
Britain
Crete
H.M.S. York
Admiralty
Suda Bay
York
Pilot Bails From Harvard Trainer Plane Crash
A Harvard trainer from No 34 FTS crashed 30 miles southeast of Medicine Hat this forenoon. The pilot bailed out and landed uninjured. Leading Aircraftman R D Rees was flying solo and made a perfect parachute descent.
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Harvard
No. 34
F.T.S
Medicine Hat
R. D. Rees
Hanson Asked To Remain Leader
Ottawa May 29 Hon R B Hanson acting house leader of the Conservative group in the House of Commons has been asked to continue in that capacity for the next session after a Conservative caucus. The request to keep Hanson as house leader was unanimous a caucus spokesman told the press.
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Ottawa
R. B. Hanson
House of Commons
Hanson
Three Hood Survivors Reported After Ship Explosion
London May 29 survivors from the battle cruiser Hood were limited to three—an officer and two seamen—amid reports that a magazine detonation caused the loss. The Hood’s crew numbered over 1,300. one identified survivor was Robert Tilburn of Leeds.
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London
Sritons
Hood
Robert Tilburn
Leeds
War News Interprets Roosevelt Call Amid Crete and Africa Shifts
The article weighs President Roosevelt’s demand that victory hinges on capturing Great Britain against fresh Axis gains in Crete and the Libyan frontier. It notes British and French clashes in Tunisia and Syria, hints at reinforced African operations, and ponders how the U.S. will extend aid and protect Atlantic sea lanes.
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Roosevelt
Great Britain
East
Britain
Atlantic
Mr. Roosevelt
Joint Meeting of Local Clubs Opens Victory Loan Campaign
E T Critchley vice chairman Calgary Citizens Victory Loan will speak at a joint Medicine Hat clubs luncheon Tuesday noon at the Cosmopolitan hotel to open the Victory Loan drive. Rotary Kiwanis Kinsmen Chamber of Commerce Junior Board of Trade guests to attend with Dorothy Bramley the drum majorette ambassador of goodwill from southern California. Bramley born Salt Lake City eight teen years ago to English parents visitors may bring Saskatchewan and Manitoba relatives.
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E. T. Critchley
Calgary Citizens Victory Loan Campaign
Medicine Hat Clubs
Victory Loan
Rotary
Kiwanis
Kinsmen
Chamber of Commerce
Junior Board of Trade
Cosmopolitan Hotel
Goodwill
Southern
California
Dorothy Ellen Bramley
Miss Bramley
Canada
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Salt Lake City
Entertainment Tax Introduced In Canada Bill
Ottawa reports a 20 percent amusement tax applying to theatres concert halls rooms and other venues with moving pictures as part of a broader bill to amend the special war revenue act. The same measure also imposes a five percent federal tax on total bets through pari mutuel machines at race meetings.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Niley
Ilsley
Japs Muscled In On Eastern Dispute
Reginald Burns Jackson, former manager of Aerial Transport Company Limited and now planning Canadian air service work, says Japan did not get asked to mediate in the Thai and French Indo China territorial dispute but that Japan muscled in, delaying attacks on British positions in the Orient amid U S Pacific fleet uncertainty.
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Edmonton
C.P
Reginald Burns Jackson
Aerial Transport Company Limited
Thailand
Air Service
Japan
Orient
Jackson
Canada
Nazi Planes Sink British Destroyer Mashona
British destroyer Mashona sunk after air attack by German planes following Bismarck action. The Admiralty reports 46 missing from Mashona while over 100 German crew from Bismarck were rescued.
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London
Admiralty
Boxer Max Schmeling Reported Killed
Cairo reports former world heavyweight champion Max Schmeling was killed while fleeing British forces after capture in Crete. A New Zealand ambulance driver witnessed the incident and conveyed the claim today.
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Cairo
Max Schmeling
Crete
New Zealand
Interior Secretary Ickes calls for nationwide daylight saving
Interior Secretary Ickes urged nationwide daylight saving in the United States. He suggested restricting electricity use and instituting gas-less Sundays to meet shortages of power and oil.
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Washington
Ickes
United States
Believe Germans Are Drugged For Battle
A wounded British officer who arrived in Cairo from Crete reported that many German prisoners appeared drugged. He said all prisoners carried two white tablets under review by British authorities and noted the youths among the captives, some as young as 16 to 18, with uncertain destinations on being sent to Crete.
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Cairo
Crete
Dorothy Bramley to Bring Greetings to Med Hat
Dorothy Bramley of Long Beach California has been named official ambassador of goodwill to southern Alberta for the Dominion Victory Loan inaugural. The 18 year old drum majorette will fly to Medicine Hat to lead parades in Lethbridge and MacLeod and attend a joint luncheon in Medicine Hat, then return for a big rally.
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Long Beach
Calif
Pert
Dorothy Ellen Bramley
California
Alberta
Dominion
William C. Douglas
Canadian Legion
Dorothy
Stockton
Miss Bramley
Hector Lang
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Western Air Lines
Los Angeles
Culver City
Canadian Legion Post
Eden Sets War Aims for Lasting Peace in Europe
Foreign Secretary Eden outlines Britain’s aims to prevent Germany’s repeat offenses. He stresses a free economy with Germany as a partner but insists Germany must never again be the dominant master of Europe. Eden calls President Roosevelt’s speech a momentous world event and says lasting settlement and internal peace across the continent is Britain’s sole aim.
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Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Berlin
Britain
London
Eden
Germany
Europe
Plan International Parley to Address Wheat Surplus
Washington reports plans for an international conference to tackle the wheat surplus problem. Canada Australia Argentina and the United States are to attend, with Britain likely present. The meeting may aim to coordinate production limits among major exporters.
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Washington
United States State Department
United States
Canada
Roosevelt
Australia
Argentina
Britain
RAF Training in US to Start June 7
War Secretary Stimson announced a program to train 8,000 Royal Air Force fliers in the United States. The initial class of 550, all from the British Isles, begins June 7 with new groups every five weeks. the plan could expand and would not interfere with accelerating American pilot training to 80,000 annually.
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Washington
Stimson
Royal Air Force
United States
British Isles
Army Air Corps
Nazis Step Up Raids on G B
London reports weather helped Nazi raids on the British Isles last night with unprecedented severity since May 17. German bombers struck towns in northwest east and southeast England and the southeast coast of Northern Ireland. A small British bomber raid targeted northwest Germany amid bad conditions. Four British planes were lost. one raider fell over England. One German fighter reported destroyed over the French coast.
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London
Germany
Royal Air Force
British Isles
England
Ireland
British Bomber Command
Air Ministry
French
25 Years Ago May 29 1916 War Update Headlines
Germans bombarded British lines between Bassee and Arras in northern France while Bulgarian artillery attacked French positions on the River Aisne in Greece. Italian forces evacuated Asiago on the Austrian front as WWI actions continued on multiple fronts.
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In Bassee
Arras
France
Ardar
Greece
I Jangy
Asiago
Aligtrian
City Glances and Notices From Medicine Hat
The page notes a May 31 deadline for farmers to sign up under the Wheat Acreage bonus plan paying four dollars per acre. It includes an Empire Club welcome letter and a City of Medicine Hat booklet awaiting RC AF pilots at No 34 COS. A Junior Board of Trade venture is mentioned along with weekly clearings totals: 221 315 last week 305 897 this week and 185 586 last year.
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Empire Club
City of
Medicine Hat
R.C.A.F
Pilot
Board of Trade
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Wings For
Bristol Boeing
Pan-American Airways
Dorothy Elien Bromley
Dorothy Ellen
Bob
TUFTS
Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Lavals
Egypt
Libya
No-Man's-Land
Tunisia
Vichy
Syria
Dorothy Bramley
Med
R.af
G.B
Tralger
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