Britain Mobilizes United Resources For War Material Influx
London reports Britain will shift from hold fast to forward as Empire and United States flood war materials into the island. Herbert Morrison cites $22.5 million in Canadian orders and large shipments from the United States Australia and India. Canada cooperates while Britain taps global stocks to meet ongoing needs and potential siege conditions.
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London
Britain
Porsitie
Herbert Morrison
Ministry of Supply
House of Commons
Empire
United States
Canada
India
Morrison
Europe
Argentine Navy on patrol as Nazi plot probes deepen
The Argentine fleet deploys along 1560 miles of coast while Independence Day plans are canceled to bolster vigilance. Reports claim a Nazi plot to seize Uruguay exists, prompting judicial review and possible prosecutions as US ships stay near Montevideo.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Puerto Belgrano
Here
Jane's Fighting Ships
United States
Quincy
Montevideo
Uruguay
Washington
Wichita
Rio de Janeiro
Chamber of Deputies
Congressional
Uru
RAF Flyers From Calgary Describe Morale After Injury
Flying Officer Philip Golder of 110 Bomber SquadronRA F, who was badly injured when his plane hit a tree in England seven months ago, returned home to Calgary and discusses RAF fighters superior to German forces. He recalls training in Calgary and serving in Kiel canal bombing and two reconnaissance missions over Germany. He notes British morale remains high despite setbacks and says Germans only fight when outnumbering the Brits six to one.
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Calgary
Royal Air Force
Philip Golder
110
R.A.F
England
Golder
Kiel Canal
Germany
Windsor Rotary Clears Way for Evacuated British Children
Windsor Ontario Rotary Club will act as a clearing house for Canada to accept evacuated children of Rotarians in Great Britain. A Canadian committee has received requests from British Rotarians to accommodate 28 children in this country.
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Windsor
Ont
Britain Will Win New York Says Australian Minister
Richard G. Casey, Australia’s minister to the United States, declared in an address that Britain will win the ongoing war after a difficult period. He spoke on Australia and the Allied struggle against Germany.
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New York
Great Britain
Germany
Richard G. Casey
United States
Australia
Europe
South America
Britain
Aircraft Production Hits New Weekly High in June
London report says production of aircraft in the country reached a new record in the week ended June 22, announced by Lord Beaverbrook, minister for aircraft production.
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London
Lord Beavercrook
Ottawa Letters Back Unemployment Insurance Plan
Prime Minister Mackenzie King tabled letters from Alberta Quebec and New Brunswick premiers showing their agreement to an amendment empowering Parliament to legislate unemployment insurance. Premier Aberhart of Alberta doubted contributory plans aiding workers but pledged not to block the wider provincial consensus.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Mackenzie King
Alberta
Quebec
New Brunswick
King
Aberhart
Churchill on press freedom after French armistice terms
In the Commons Leslie Hore-Belisha urged assurances that the British press and Parliament would not be curbed in England. Churchill replied that it was unlikely a similar press restriction situation would occur in Britain and that the press and Parliament should operate normally without interruption.
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London
Leslie Hore-Bethisha
Commons
Churchill
England
House
Petain
France
Paris Leader Surrenders to Occupation, Beaverbrook Says
The Evening Standard declares Petain's government capitulation as a shift of allegiance in the world civil war. It argues the marshal did not gain authority from the French people but from the German führer.
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London
Marshal Petain
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Fuehrer
Demolition of Crystal Palace Towers Began in London
The Crystal Palace towers in London were demolished to salvage 1600 tons of steel and iron for armaments, marking a significant wartime effort to repurpose metal for defense.
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London
Crystal Palace Towers
New Appointments In Public Relations War Staff Ottawa
Dana Newspaperman is named assistant director of public relations under Joseph Clark at the air ministry during the war. Norman Smith from the Ottawa Journal becomes assistant director, W H Ward joins the Ottawa CP bureau, and Flying Officer Fergus Grant, RCAF press liaison, will work with Clark and his associates.
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Ottawa
Norman Smith
Ottawa Journal
Joseph Clark
Air Ministry
W.H. Ward
Ottawa Bureau of
The
Canadian Press
Fergus Grant
Royal Canadian Air Force
Clark
De Gaulle forms French Legion in Britain to fight on
General Charles de Gaulle in London pledges resistance to Germany with Britain at his side and blasts Petain for not building a mechanized French force. He announces a legion from Dunkirk survivors to fight on to victory, denouncing the armistice as dishonorable and urging reform of France's military system.
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London
Charlies de Gaulle
French National Committee
Germany
Britain
Petain
France
Dunkirk
de Gaulle
British Broadcasting Corporation
Marshal Petain
Verdun
London Committee
Fatherland
Senior Canadian Officer George C Jones Promoted Commodore
Commodore George C. Jones, senior officer of the Canadian Destroyer Flotilla, born in Halifax and now based in Victoria B C, has recently been promoted to Commodore. He served in the last war aboard various Royal Navy ships and voiced strong opposition to prolonged resistance and armistice terms, anticipating France’s rise after liberation. De Gaulle’s reply echoed the resolve that France will rise again.
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George C. Jones
Halifax
Victoria B.C
Royal Navy
France
de Gaulle
Aircraft repair depot planned at Winnipeg airport
Air Commodore Shearer announced a large repair depot to be built at Winnipeg airport for No 2 air training command. The project estimated at about 400000 dollars will include 20 buildings with workshops hangars and living quarters.
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Winnipeg
Shearer
No. 2 Air Training Command
Moroccans Vow Fight to Hold French North Africa Territory
French high commissioner Gen Auguste Nogues declares Moroccan troops will not yield any inch of French North African territory despite armistice. He appeals to North Africa to stay united and disciplined, stating the integrity and defense of Northern Africa are assured for now.
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Tetuan
French Morocco
Auguste Nogues
North Africa
Pin
Africa
Northern
Opinion campaigns and British resolve amid wartime propaganda
Britain faces a German propaganda push aimed at turning neutrals against Britain. The British Ministry of Information disputed U.S. Senate views and stressed Britain's determined stance, Royal Navy superiority, and large armed forces. It highlighted RAF effectiveness, wartime production, and extended blockades weakening enemy access to resources.
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Germany
Ministry of Information
Key Pittman
United States Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Britain
Pittman
United States
Churchill
Royal Navy
Hitler
Mussolini
R.A.F
Lord Beaverbrook
Minster
Alberta Oil Strategy Shuts Out Imports For War Needs
Ottawa reports a plan to mobilize Turner Valley oil in Alberta for national war aims. George R. Cottrelle is named oil controller as western markets are tied to Alberta. Turner Valley production could reach 35,000 barrels daily, with extra supply directed to Winnipeg and Vancouver to reduce imports and aid the war effort.
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Ottawa
Department of Munitions and Supply
Turner Valley
Alberta
British Empire
George R. Cottrelle
Toronto
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Canada
Commonwealth
N. E F. Tanner
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Illinois
California
United States
Pacific Coast
Britain expands war pensions and eases payment rules
Sir Walter Womersley announced in the House of Commons that Britain will raise war pension payments and remove many restrictive barriers. A totally disabled private soldier will receive 34 shillings twopence weekly, up from 32 shillings sixpence. The wife of a disabled man gets eight shillings fourpence, up from five shillings. First and subsequent children receive higher rates, with 6s 3d for the first, 5s for the second, and 5s for the rest, while other rates rise accordingly.
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Walter Womersley
House of Commons
Britain
Romanian Jew Population Barred From Public Roles
A new decree in Roumania deprives about 1,000,000 Jews of the right to hold public office to lead private industries or join professional organizations. The measure marks a broad exclusion of Jewish citizens from key civic and economic positions.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Polish Troops Arrive in Britain From France
Several thousand Polish soldiers landed at a west coast English port from France. Air Force personnel were among the group as they vowed to continue fighting Germany alongside Britain.
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London
Germany
Britain
France
Taken Into Custody Of Montreal Communist Leaders
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police took into custody an undisclosed number of Montreal leaders of the outlawed Communist party.
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Montreal
Communist Party
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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