Bright forecast of Allied progress from Churchill in Commons
In a cheerful Commons speech Churchill painted a rapid end to the Axis, praising Normandy and the Red Army offensives from Tehran. He credited Allied gains with mutual British Canadian and American efforts, highlighted Soviet contributions, and defended the 20 year pact with Stalin as a key peace factor.
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House of Com Mors
Germany
Japan
Hitler
Normandy
Stalin
Tehran
Montgomery
United States
House of Commons
Atlantic
Rennes
Brest
Russia
Europe
Northern Air Base at Churchill and Southampton Island
The Arctic air routes linked western Canada with Europe as the Royal Canadian Air Force and United States Army Air Forces built Churchill and Southampton Island bases 1000 miles from Winnipeg. Giant hangars hospitals and runways rose beside new post exchanges and a movie theater drawing Eskimo and Indian awe.
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Arctic
Churchill
Southampton Island
Canada
North Atlantic
Europe
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States Army Air Force
Winnipeg
Northland
Church Mil
Post Exchange
New York
Kingcobra Replaces P-39 Airacobra in U S Army Service
The Kingcobra, faster and longer ranged, replaces the P-39 Airacobra in U S Army use. It flies near 400 mph with a 35 000 foot ceiling and mounts four 50 caliber machine guns and a 37 mm cannon firing through the propeller hub.
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Washington
United States Army
Postponement Forms For Farm Worker Military Service
National Selective Service officials say arrangements are made to defer draft for farm workers or their employers. Workers ordered to report may apply for postponement by writing the mobilization registrar with letters from two prominent citizens. approval exempts medical exams and is valid only before medicals.
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Ottawa
Natonal Selective Service
Death of Field Marshal Von Busch in revolt against Hitler
A Polish underground report to London states Field Marshal Von Busch killed himself after writing to Hitler that the military situation was hopelessly tragic and calling for an end to a war driven by personal ambition and party prestige. He was named among generals in the resistance.
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Hitler
von Busch
London
Will Inspect Air Bases In The Sub Arctic
Ottawa plans to review five U S air bases in the Canadian sub arctic around Hudson Bay and on Baffin Island to gauge postwar use. Canadian officials from the RCAF transport and resources departments will join United States authorities to evaluate maintenance costs and potential hospital conversions for Eskimo communities.
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Sub-Arctic
Ottawa
United States
Canada
Hudson Bay
Baffin Island
Churchill
Churchill River
RCAF
Transport Department
Civil Aviation
Mines and Resources
Northwest Territories
Resources Department
Bermuda base opens Canadian navy training post
The Royal Canadian Navy commissions HMCS Somers Isles as its first base outside Canadian waters in Hamilton Bermuda. Captain K F Adams states all types of Canadian ships will train crews here as the base transitions from a Royal Navy establishment over several months.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Royal Canadian Navy
H.M.C.S. Somers Isles
K. F. Adams
Adams
Meat rationing unlikely to resume in Canada this year
Ottawa announced by the wartime prices and trade board that meat rationing is unlikely to return during the rest of the year. The board says conditions that caused rationing remain and that current meat distribution is meeting overseas shipment needs and equitable distribution without rationing.
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Ottawa
Canada
Prices and Trade Board
Prices Board
Tirpitz Reported On Trial Runs In Norway
Underground sources in Norway say the German battleship Tirpitz has been repaired and seen on trial runs at Altenfjord in northern Norway. Allied air attacks were reported as inconclusive by London sources due to bad weather, with the ship reportedly moving only a few knots during trials but likely with engines repaired and a near full crew aboard.
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Stockholm
Altenfjord
Norway
London Daily Mail
Five Cent Coffee Price Freeze Across Regions
Washington reports a nationwide freeze keeping five cent coffee in restaurants for some states and historic allowances on 1942 prices. Ottawa prices board offers no quick return to five cents. Rome expects a major Fascist crime trial by late August with 30 to 40 defendants awaiting.
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Washington
United States
Ottawa
Prices Board
Rome
Carlo Sforzia
War of Infantry Skill Against German Gadget Tactics
In the Normandy push the front line war favors infantry as Americans break west of St Lo with armor following, while British forces contact Caumont. The piece notes the rifleman’s resourcefulness over gadget war and warns Germany relies on robot bombs and experimental tanks, with casualties and a forecasted shift to scientific warfare.
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St. Lo
Caumont
England
Montgomery
Leipzig Mayor Named in Hitler Plot Reward Offered
The German agency D.N.B. announced a 1,000,000-mark reward for former Leipzig mayor Dr. Karl Goerdeler, suspected accomplice in the attempt on Hitler’s life. Reports say Gen. Otto von Stuelpnagel and Field Marshal Ernst von Busch died by their own hands after the plot’s failure, with Franz von Halder in custody and Fromm arrested again.
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London
Leipzig
Hitler
D.N.B
Karl Goerdeler
Reich Price
Germany
Otto von Stuelpnagel
Ernst von Busch
Eastern Front
Busch
Franz von Halder
Fromm
Erwin Rommiel
Moscow Radio
Danzig
Poznan
Ley
East Prussia
Canadian air crew join Royal Navy raid on Port Blair
Royal Canadian Navy fleet air arm members fight in the Pacific with the Royal Navy and took part in a raid on Port Blair in the Andaman Islands. Leader of the flight was Lieut A Sutton, a former engineering student at the University of Saskatchewan. He called the raid successful, saying they hit the power house several buildings and a tanker as heavy enemy flak rained down.
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London
Royal Canadian Navy
Fleet Air Arm
Pacific
Royal Navy
Port Blair
Andaman Islands
R.C.N
Lieut A Sutton
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Parracuda
Allied plan to mobilize German ships after Hitler defeat
Vice Admiral William A. Glassford has been named administrator of United States naval affairs in liberated European countries. His office will coordinate with Soviet and British agencies to demilitarize the Nazi navy as the war with Japan continues.
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London
Hitler
Japan
William A. Glassford
United States
Europe
Admiral Glassford
Russia
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