Saboteurs Try To Wreck Train In Canada
Fort William Ont May 3 A railway section worker named Andrew Kosliuk 50 was shot while repairing removed spikes on the Montreal Vancouver flyer line near Pawtek 10 miles west of here He was wounded in the left shoulder and a bullet hit his hat police and railway guards launched an immediate investigation Two men were seen near the scene one in a gray suit the other in a darker suit Shots came from a woods shelter about 150 feet from the track The injured man guided an eastbound engine to flag down the passenger train CPLR No 1 for further assistance
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Fort William
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railway
Andréw Kosliuk
Kosliuk
Cplr. No
Pawtek
Here
Koshuk
Kosluk
Report Conference Of Generals At Gibraltar
The dispatch reported Eisenhower allied commander in chief in North Africa met at Gibraltar with Montgomery Alexander Catroux and two uniden tified generals. Churchill also held talks with top Allied leaders on operations and spheres of influence in North Africa.
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Madrid
A la Linea
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
Gibraltar
Eisenhower
Harold Montgomery
Bernard Alexander
Eighth Army
Georges Catroux
Bertin Radin
Churchill
Henri Giraud
Catroux
Mont-gomery
Alexander
Associated Press
England
United States
Rooseelt
Five U Boats Destroyed In Ten Days
London reports the Air Ministry confirming the destruction of at least five U boats in ten days by Coastal Command aircraft on dawn Atlantic patrols. German sailors seen in the water and oil wreckage indicate several other kills. Admiralty adds four German trawlers set afire and two motor gunboats engaged off Dunkerque. One British boat lost. enemy vessels last seen firing on each other. German claim of fifteen Allied ships sunk remains unconfirmed.
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London
United Nations
Air Ministry
Coastal Command
Atlantic
Channel
Admiralty
Dunkerque
George D. K. Richards
Associated Press
Berlin
Lapp Family Requires 100 Reindeer For Maintenance
A report notes that the average Lapp family requires about 100 reindeer to carry out daily maintenance tasks. The figure highlights traditional Sami herding practices and regional economic reliance on reindeer.
Escapes of Gen Georges Boost Allied French Leadership
Gen Georges, 67, commander of Western Front forces under Gen. Gamello, escaped Nazi-occupied France and offered service to Gen. Giraud in Algiers. Read widely as a potential unified French leader, Georges arrived direct from France with a storied WWI resume and high decoration. his exact role in a new French command remains unspecified.
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Algiers
Alphonse Joseph Georges
Gustave Gamello
Henri Giraud
France
Georges
Charles DeGaulle
Giraud
Marshal Foth
George VI
Ruhr
War Department
Andre Maginot
Mw Ka
He Awit
Divided Into Districts For Reassessment
Rockville May 30 A Montgomery County is split into five districts effective June 1 to review and reassess real and personal property every five years. Boundaries were defined in a State Tax Commission letter after a law established the system. District No 1 includes Laytonsville Clarksburg Olney and Primrose precincts. District No 3 covers Rockville Colesville and Potomac. District No 4 includes Bethesda and District No 5 Wheaton. Assessors to be appointed by the County Commissioners from...
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Rockville
Moantigomery County
State Tax Commission
Laytonsville
Clarksburg
Olney
Premrarine
Ata
Poolesville
Darnestown
Galthersburg
Barnesville
Colesville
Potomac
Bethesda
Wheaton
Former Resident Named National Society Regent
Mrs Roy E Lowe of Washington D C has been named regent of the National Society of Daughters of the British Empire in the United States. A former Eleanor Wood, she helped raise funds to equip two hostels for girls in England and support War Relief hostels for children under five. Her mother once ran the Episcopal Children's Home in town and Mrs Lowe attended Hood College, graduating in 1920 with honors.
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National Society of Daughters of the British Empire
United States
Roy E. Lowe
Washington, D.C
Eleanor Wood
England
H War Relief Society
Lowe
Episcopal Children’s Home
Loewe
Germantown
Leicester
Ireland
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Woodville
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Howard County
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Booth Market St
Frederick, MD
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Judy Hart
Pop
National Society
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