03 Jun 1941
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 03, 1941
Page
1
Reports from Crete describe heavy Allied losses as German air power and sea control disrupted evacuations. British, Australian, and New Zealand troops faced continued Luftwaffe attacks while forces withdrawn by night from Crete endured grim fighting and high casualties.
London reports Britain’s air strikes cause extensive bomb damage in Hamburg Kiel and Wilhelmshaven with whole districts affected and Steinwerder industry area left in ruin. German reports aim to downplay impact by comparing destruction in London and Berlin.
A writer in the Communist New China Daily News argues US mediation is the key under current in the Far East. He claims Japanese industrialists and diplomats seek American mediation after Roosevelt’s stance on Japan.
Dublin reports confirm bombs traced to Germany prompting Eire to protest to Berlin in the strongest terms. Ireland seeks compensation and assurances that German planes will not fly over or near Irish territory or waters. A new bomb fell near Alkton with no damage or casualties, while a Dublin tenement collapse killed a mother, a six month old baby, and an elderly man, injuring 16 others.
Article notes high level doubt about Nazi loyalty amid talks in Oslo at a Grand Hotel. It cites Herr Himmler's Norway visit and Rudolf Hess involvement as factors behind defections. Adler Boehm’s death is described as signaling shifts toward Russia and as encouragement for dissent within elite circles.
The Air Ministry announces Sir Cyril Longmore promoted to Air Marshal and Inspector General of the R A F effective July 19. Air Vice-Marshal A T Harris elevated to acting Air Marshal. NH Bottombly of Bomber Command named Deputy Chief. Acting Air Vice-Marshal Drummond appointed Deputy Air Officer Commanding in the Middle East.
A Sunday fire destroyed the administration building and part of an aircraft assembly plant, halting preparations for FLAP flying boats. Firefighters lacked water but contained the blaze within an hour. Cause undetermined. machinery not installed, delaying schedule.
In Madrid the French Ambassador handed a protest to the British Ambassador Sir Samuel Hoare over the bombing of Stax Tunisia. The two ambassadors then held a lengthy discussion on the issue.
Royal Air Force brief reports Mediterranean air warfare with seven bombers destroyed and several damaged. Defenders over British ships claimed five Junkers 88s destroyed along with one Savoia and one Caproni bomber. Italian ship near Tripoli bombed and machine-gunned. Crete airfields attacked with fires and explosions. six Junkers Ba6 damaged on the ground.
Air Ministry reports heavy enemy activity across Britain with major strikes in the north west. Several fires started and buildings damaged in Manchester targeted. casualties reported and many missing. Coastal Command aircraft claimed to have shot down an enemy fighter yesterday.
May saw a record number of German night bombers destroyed and London reporting its fewest raids since the blitz. Alarms sounded 12 times for 82 hours, with 71 raid nights in the city and 1458 hours of alert since the war began. The Britannic arrived in New York with 220 passengers, the first British liner to reach the city in nearly two months.
Fighting in Iraq ceased at 8 o'clock yesterday morning under the armistice. Terms call for return of Iraqi troops to peacetime stations, release of British prisoners, internment of hundreds of Italians and Germans, and transfer of Iraqi prisoners to Iraqi authorities.
The Pope commemorates the 50th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII's encyclical and affirms the right of every person to be an individual, not a slave or mere official of the state, while urging balanced cooperation between church, labor, and state to maintain social order and protect personhood.
A historical summary notes Britain with 701,000 tons shipped and 190,000,000,000 in value while discussing Axis control and Vichy French maritime losses. It cites French shipping seized by Germany, unpaid indemnities, and tensions around Mediterranean strategy and French armistice restrictions.
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