Rebels Seek Armistice as British Seize Baghdad Suburbs
Iraqi 29 day revolt backed by Nazi Germany collapsed with rebels deserting their leader Rashid Ali Al Gailani. British troops advance from the west control Baghdad’s suburbs and may enter the city. Prime minister flees as armistice requested, Britain says term granted. Cairo reports heavy RAF and Axis air clash with losses on both sides and successful Allied air assaults in support of ground forces.
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London
Iraq
Garden of Eden
Baghdad
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Cairo
Mediterranean
Royal Air Force
East
Africa
Montana Goodwill Visitors Welcomed by Mayor Lang
Thirty members of First Presbyterian Church Great Falls were welcomed as ambassadors of goodwill from the United States to Canada by Mayor Hector Lang in Medicine Hat at the Masonic Temple. The ceremony included presentation of city keys and greetings from Mayor Shields of Great Falls.
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First Presbyterian Church
Great Falls
Montana
United States
Canada
Medicine ‘Hat Ly
Hector Lang
Masonic Temple
FE. L. Shields
Medicine Hint
St. John’s P.S.A. Club
Ickes Named Petroleum Co-ordinator for National Defence
Hyde Park May 31. President Roosevelt appoints Interior Secretary Ickes to coordinate national petroleum supplies for civilian and defence needs. Ickes, longtime federal oil administrator, given authority to present specific recommendations for actions deemed necessary or desirable.
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Hyde Park
Ickes
United States
Roosevelt
Wyyeretary
Fire at Royal Hotel narrowly contained by Medicine Hat team
Firefighters from the Medicine Hat department quickly tackled a blaze in the old kitchen of the Royal Hotel started by a water heater. They halted flames that had begun to damage beams in the roof, preventing a major conflagration. Smoke filled the old wing but overall damage remained confined to that area. The rest of the note itemizes local birth and death statistics for May, with births higher than last year and a small drop in deaths.
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Medicine Hat
Royal Hotel
City Hall
Bacon price hike announced by Canadian bacon board
Ottawa May 31 The bacon board announces a 75 cent per hundredweight rise in seaboard bacon prices. Grade A No 1 Wiltshire sides now cost 17.45 per hundredweight, with all Wiltshire and export hogs affected for export care from hogs bought on or after June 2.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canadian Seaboard
Bacon Board
British Casualties Reach 100000 Mark In War Effort
British war casualties total 100,600 across army navy and air force in 21 months of conflict. About half of the total are said to be prisoners in Germany. Navy losses include 25 killed 138 wounded in the Bismarck Hood action and over 1300 dead at the Hood sinking.
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London
Germany
Hood
Admiralty
Stockholm sewage plant powers city buses with methane
After four years of construction the modern sewage disposal plant in Stockholm is now in operation and producing methane gas to power the city bus fleet.
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Stockholm
Quota Set for Medicine Hat and District
Victory Loan committee reports the Medicine Hat area quota established at 414000 dollars this morning. The target applies to Medicine Hat and surrounding district.
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Victory Loan Committee
Medicine Hat and District
Darlan Attacks Britain Over Tunisian Raids
Vice Premier Darlan accused Britain of piracy after Vichy reported the second raid on Sfax Tunisia. He cited Italian ships in Iberia and asked why bombs did not hit Lisbon and Valencia. He said Britain wronged Vichy but Britain says Vichy cannot stay neutral while collaborating with Germany.
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Vichy
C.P
Darlan
Britain Today
Sfax
Spain
Portuga
South America
Lisbon
Valencia
Britain
Germany
Monarch Theatre to Close for Weeks Renovation
The Monarch theatre will shut after tonight for several weeks for a complete renovation. Beginning Monday, booked pictures move to the Empress while the new Roxy opens Monday with details in today’s News special section.
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Monarch Theatre
the Empress
News Today
Freyberg Alive With Troops After Air Crash Claim
London May 31 The war office announced Maj Gen Berard Freyberg VC commander in Crete is alive and with his troops rebutting German reports that he was killed in an airplane accident while en route to Egypt.
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London
War Office
Berand Freyberg
V.C
Crete
Egypt
Thrifty buyer trades old car for new with heavy coin haul
In New Bern North Carolina a thrifty customer swaps an old car for a new one paying with 13 000 nickels 2 000 dimes and 400 quarters counted by himself. In San Francisco glamorous male students are tested for oomph it and 80 on by a device measuring pulling power through palm perspiration.
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New Bern, N.C
San Francisco
The
State College
Adjustment of Wages Is Due
Ottawa reports wartime wage policy aims to offset a 7.7 percent rise in living costs since 1939. Government officials recall the order-in-council on cost of living bonuses and basic bonus formulas for workers.
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Ottawa
Labor Department
Bureau of Statistics
Parade Date Shift Noted for Sunday June 1 Cancellation
Parade scheduled for Sunday June 1 has been cancelled and rescheduled for Sunday June 8. Details will appear in Part Two orders from Captain Adj. N. AOWHIEITE.
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N. Aowhieite
Adj
War News Interpretation of the Crete Battle and Iraq Front
The article discusses Crete's 11 day stand aiding Britain in Iraq against Rashid Ali Al Gailani. It notes Axis and British losses, Luftwaffe strain, and the fleet at Alexandria. It questions Axis reinforcements to Libya and the defense line near Matruh, with Crete aiding British operations in the Middle East.
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Crete
Cairo
London
Tran Ara Ronan
Iraq
Alexandria
North
Africa
Sicilian
Libya
Egypt
Matruh
Salvage campaign in Medicine Hat and US cities
In Canada and the United States scrap drives aim to aid the war effort. Medicine Hat begins next Wednesday with residents to place scrap in boxes for collection by Junior Board of Trade members. Boy Scouts distribute material guides as the Red Cross leads the campaign.
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Canada
United States
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Junior Board of Trade
Boy Scouts
Canadian Red Cross
Loan Committees To Meet On Monday
The Victory Loan executive committee of the CPR and the Medicine Hat district executive committee will meet Monday at 10 o clock in the committee headquarters on Sixth Ave. A full attendance is expected.
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Victory Loan Executive Committee
C.P.R
Medicine Hat
Sixth Ave
Dublin Bombed 52 Die as Premier Inspects Ruins
Premier Eamon de Valera walked through the bombed districts of Dublin after an air raid last night that left 52 dead and about 260 wounded. It was Ireland's worst loss of life in an air attack since the war began. Earlier raids on Jan 2 3 and May 5 caused few casualties.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Churchill Prem Prime Ministers to Broadcast Sunday Night
A special broadcast Sunday at 7 oclock M S T on CBC national network will feature Prime Minister Mackenzie King introducing Winston Churchill who will speak on behalf of the British people in reply to the Canadian premier. Rt Hon Ernest Lapointe will also speak.
Ill-Fated Warship Bigger Than Listed
A British naval officer aboard a pursuing ship said the German battleship Bismarck's tonnage was far above the listed 35 000 tons. He estimated her weight at about 54 000 tons to match the strength needed to endure heavy punishment.
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London
Britain 40-Year-Olds Registering for National Service
Britain began registering its 40 year old men for national service in London on May 31 with authorities predicting about 300,000 would be added to the register.
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London
Britain
Victory Loan rally to light up Dress Up Arena in Medicine Hat
Two 30 foot stages rise in the arena for a Tuesday Victory Loan rally closing Medicine Hat’s parade. The ice palace decorates with Victory Loan signs as 150 performers including the Junior Band Citizens Band Jean Goulds dancers Melody Maids and Medicine Hat Pipe Band participate. Dorothy Ellen Bramley California drum majorette arrives as goodwill ambassador and will attend events in Lethbridge Macleod and Medicine Hat. E T Critchley Calgary businessman delivers the evening address while L A Maher leads the Legion entertainment committee. Boy Scouts will sell cracker jack to cover event costs.
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Medicine Hat
Ice Palace
Citizens
Jean Gould
Melody Maids
Dorothy
Ellen Bramley
California
Alberta
Miss Bramley
Canada
Lethbridge
Macleod
E. T.critchley
Calgary
Mr. Critchley
Cos Hotel
Alexandra High School
Medicine Hat Post No. 6
Department of Canada
American Legion
The
Legion
L. A. Maher
Monarch Theatre
Marshall Wreckers Open Branch Here
Marshall Auto Wreckers of Lethbridge opened a branch in Medicine Hat at 729 Second St. The store carries used parts for all makes and trucks and will stock new parts as well. A modern index system aids quick part location for prompt service.
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Marshall Auto Wreckers
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Second St
Artificial Fog Used By Nazis In Crete
U S army sources describe artificial fog used by the Germans in Crete as a familiar chemical warfare tool. It appears as a harmless white smoke produced when liquids meet air and can be dispersed by bombs aircraft or ground generators. In liquid form it can blister skin and corrode metal, but field concentrations create a harmless sharp odor.
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Washington
United States Army
Crete
Four Children Die In Ontario Home Fire
Four children named Van Tent were burned to death in a fire at their Halleybury home in Northern Ontario. Commissioner W H Stringer of the Ontario Provincial Police said the father was reportedly in Quebec and the mother in New Liskeard at the time. No other details were available.
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Toronto
C.P
van Tent
Halleybury
Ontario
W. H. Stringer
Quebec
New Liskeard
Registration Left for 18-year-olds and Older 1900 Births
The total of 5 750 000 already registered. After this registration of men born between Jan 1 and Dec 31 1901 the only two remaining unregistered groups under the present legislation are the 18 year olds and men born between June and December 1900.
Preston Wins Soccer Final in War Cup Replay
Preston North End defeated Arsenal 2 to 1 in a War Cup final replay in London. Robert Beattie scored both Preston goals, with Arsenal getting a rebounded own goal from Gallimore and Beattie adding a second after the kickoff. Crowd of 45,000 witnessed a brisk, tense match with substitutions and injuries noted.
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London
Blackburn
Preston North End
Arsenal
Robert Beattie
Preston
Gallimore
Beattie
Wembley
Drake
Leslie Compton
Blansley
Scott
City Glances and Victory Loan Posters Update
A call for the location of the Victory Loan flag from the 1941 campaign is issued by the local Victory Loan committee. Regional clearings show this month 1,249,479 dollars, last month 1,331,928 and year ago 990,004. Boy Scouts deliver Salvage Drive posters while Girl Guides hand out cookies. a colorful recruiting sign stands in front of Third Street Armouries.
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Ins
Victory Loan
Victory Loan 1941 Committee
Boy Scouts
The
Girl Guides
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Women's Mechanized Transport Corps
W. R. Ashford
H. 0. P. MacLean
U.S
Lang
Ican
S.F.T.S
St. John’s Church
Bob
TUFTS
Tunis
Freyberg
S.A.R
Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Iran
R.A.F
Churchill
Prem
King
Queen’s Hall
Marshall Wreckers
Third -St.- ‘Armourles
Medicine Hat Tigers
Patricia
Athletic Park
Paul Goldien
Granada, Rang
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