Japan Announces Greater East Asia Plan With Japan China and Manchukuo at Core
Tokyo outlines a long planned foreign policy shift toward a new regional order centered on Japan, China and Manchukuo. The cabinet pledges to work with the army and navy and to seek friendship with Germany and Italy while aiming to settle the China war and advance national fortunes.
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Tokyo
Japan
Greater East Asia
China
Manchuokuo
Indo-China
Netherlands East Indies
Southeast Asia
Germany
Italy
Gaid
Fumimaro Konoye
Yuzuru Okuma
Navy
United States
Yosuke Matsuoka
Manchukuo
London Docks Work Quiet Amid Wartime Trade
London docks, largest in the world, operate normally as British officials note reduced traffic due to war's impact on global shipping. Cargo ships from seven seas load and unload meat, wool, and manufactured goods despite tensions, a scene near the Channel shipping lanes.
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London
English Channel
Seven Seas
Gift Has Double Value for Red Cross Bacon Gift
The British government bought 42 000 pounds of Canadian bacon sent as a gift for the Red Cross. The money goes to the Red Cross and the bacon benefits the United Kingdom, according to a BBC announcement.
Bread Prices Rise Coastward Amid Tax Burden
Bread becomes a cent dearer in Vancouver as most bakers raise loaf prices, blaming the new federal wheat processing tax for the cost squeeze.
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Vancouver
Troops Moved Safely Across Empire Since War Start
Authoritative report confirms no ships sunk and no lives lost in the large troop movements to and from different imperial regions since the war began. The dispatch emphasizes the safety and orderly progress of transports during the global operation.
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London
Surplus Will Be Needed to Supply UK War Food
Hon J G Gardiner told the House of Commons that Canada could supply foodstuffs to the United Kingdom as surpluses are needed sooner or later. He said bacon and pork agreements would be worked out with the UK in August and new pro agriculture deals would aid Ontario and British Columbia apple growers. Wheat imports to the UK from Europe in peacetime roughly matched Canadian exports, a shift from Europe to Canada, and Canada should fill UK needs.
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Ottewe
Canada
United Kingdom
J. G Gardiner
National War Services
House of Commons
Gardiner
Agriculture Department
Ontario
British Columbia
Credit to Men at Dunkirk by Victoria Cross Hero
Capt H M Ervine Andrews, a red haired quiet soldier, credited his men for the victory after being named Victoria Cross recipient. Reporters pressed for details but he refused, inviting them to drink, and praised his unit for holding a line over ten hours against superior forces. He was wounded and personally accounted for seventeen German troops with his rifle.
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London
H. M. Ervine-Andrews
Ervine Andrews
Dunkirk
Ottawa Says Single Men Favored For Training
In Ottawa the War Services Minister stated married men will not be called in the first year under the National Resources Mobilization Act. He noted about 1,198,000 single men aged 18 to 44 exist in Canada, with calls by age starting at 21.
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Otttawa
House of Commons
War Services
Gardiner
Department of National Defence
Canada
Army
Air Force
Navy
South African troops begin East Africa advance guard
A contingent of South African volunteers arrived in East Africa described as the advance guard of a larger South African army. Led by Gen. Jan Smuts, they left with farewell from seasoned soldiers who urged them to seek the enemy rather than wait at home.
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Pretoria
East Africa
Jan Smuts
Flying Bombers To Britain From Eastern Canada Port
Three Imperial Airways long distance flyers were passengers on a liner docking from the United Kingdom. The two plan to pilot bombers to Britain from this side of the Atlantic. They declined to discuss their mission.
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Imperial Airways
United Kingdom
Atlantic
Ottawa committees study national insurance for soldiers
Pensions Minister MacKenzie told the House of Commons that committees are examining questions of national insurance for soldiers and their reestablishment after demobilization and will issue announcements as soon as reports are ready.
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Ottawa
MacKenzie
House of Commons
New Naval Mail Instructions for Canadian Ships
Ottawa announces updated mailing rules for letters and parcels to personnel aboard HMC ships Assiniboine Ottawa Restigouche Saguenay St Laurent Prince David Prince Henry and Prince Robert. All mail should be addressed to the ship and care GP.O. Ottawa Canada.
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Ottawa
Naval Headquarters
HMC
Assiniboine
Restigouche
Saguenay
St. Laurent
Prince David
Prince Henry
Prince Robert
Care Gp.o
Canada
Fleet Air Arm Has Been Doing Valuable Work
Britain s fleet air arm has logged a 20 week operations record from 8 000 000 square miles with no losses or casualties Its planes despite heavy bomb and torpedo loads and slower speeds have performed well in Trondheim and coast raids Catapult planes like Swordfish Albacore and Skua operate from ships to spot the enemy and relay positions back to carriers, then attack and support naval guns as the fleets join battle Almost all personnel are naval men and the arm remains integral to the navy.
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London
Britain
Fleet Air Arm
Italy
Air Arm
Trondheim
French
R.A.F
Farey
Waits On Navy London Evacuation Of British Children
Ronald Cross the minister of shipping said in a radio address that transfer of child evacuees to the dominions will be immediate once naval resources are available. He praised the dominions for their generous offers to host the children and noted the open heartedness and willingness to help. The government will send the children as soon as ships can spare space.
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London
Dominions
Ronald Cross
Gaining Command Of Air Dudley England
L. S. Amery, secretary of state for India, predicted Britain would soon command the air as well as the sea and carry the war into Germany. He praised United States resources and energy and asked Washington to allow Britain to draw on American support to bolster material strength.
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Dudley
England
L. S. Amery
India
Britain
Ger
United States
Pravda Ban Clamps Down on Canadian Circulation
The Pravda Moscow daily in Russian has been prohibited in Canada under the defence of Canada regulations, with circulation and distribution blocked by the national revenue department.
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Ottawa
Canada
Pravda
Defence of Canada
National Revenue Department
Canada War Production Boosts UK Needs
Viscount Caldecote told the House of Lords Britain is fully using Canada capacity to produce war materiel. He noted large orders require huge capital for new plants or adapting machinery and urged stimulating Canadian industry while Lord Barnby defended Canada’s wartime effort and timing of calls on its production.
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London
Viscount Caldecote
Dominions
House of Lords
Britain
Canada
Lord Barnby
Dominion of
Lord Caldecote
United Kingdom
Certificates Handy Size Ottawa
Certificates of registration to be issued by the national war services department are white slips billfold size giving the name and address of the registrant the date on which he registered and the name and number of the polling division and electoral district in which he registered Printed in English on one side French on the other it will also bear the signature of both registrar and registrant and an order that the certificate must be carried by the registrant at all times.
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Ottawa
National War Services Department
Britain extends sea blockade and navicert system
Britain broadcasts a far reaching blockade from the Arctic to North Africa with a navicert cargo passport requirement for non British ships to access coaling dry docks and insurance at global ports. The policy aims to deter blockade running and maintain sea control as Germany and Italy face resource shortages.
Amendments to defence law recommended in final report
The special committee of the House of Commons reviewing the Defence of Canada regulations on enemy aliens recommends registering British subjects naturalized after 1922, halting court hearings on naturalization, consolidating and reprinting amended regulations, and appointing a new parliamentary committee to review naturalization deportation and Defence of Canada rules.
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Ottawa
Defence of
Mackenzie King
R. B. Hanson
Hanson
Building Elevators Rush Expands Western Canada Capacity
Western Canada speeds up construction of new grain elevators and annexes to store about 6,000,000 bushels more, with an estimated cost near 15 million dollars. Over 300 annexes with 20 000 to 35 000 bushels each and at least 15 new elevators rise across the wheat belt as 5,672 country elevators are expected to be licensed this year. In Saskatchewan farmers face delivery shifts as the Wheat Board routes storage tickets against shipments. July 31 deliveries reach a record 1,458,000 bushels, the highest since November 1939.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
Canadian Wheat Board
Gold Cache Suspected off Martinique Route
A rumored $250 million gold bar cache near Martinique steers British patrols from San Juan Puerto Rico. The series of naval watches follows France’s collapse, aiming to prevent gold or French aircraft aboard ships from reaching German hands.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Martinique
France
Ottawa Confirms Not Decided on League Membership
Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the House of Commons Canada has not decided against discontinuing as a member of the League of Nations in response to a question from Con Yukon MP George Black.
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Ottawa
Canada
League of Nations
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
George Black
Con
Yukon
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