Willkie urges U S Navy to convoy ships for Britain
In a NBC broadcast from New York Wendell L Willkie declares the United States should use its navy to guarantee supply deliveries to Great Britain. He argues liberty must be defended worldwide and praises American resolve against totalitarianism.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Great Britain
Wilkie
National Broadcasting Company
NBC
Europe
America
Britain
Willkie
Asia
United States
Voices For Freedom
England
Not Too Gratifying Response to British Medical Appeals
The AMA reported a not too gratifying response to Britain's requests for United States medical volunteers. It said home need is great and the British request would be met only with the greatest difficulty. About 65 American physicians are ready to join British services and 25 other volunteers likely will be available soon.
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Chicago
The
American Medical Association
United States
Navy Secretary Knox Defends Atlantic War Aim
Secretary Frank Knox reiterates push to use the U S Navy to clear the Atlantic of the German menace. Asked about Senator Wheeler’s demand for his resignation, he defers, saying, let you write an answer to that yourself.
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Washington
Frank Knox
U.S. Navy
Atlantic
Burton K. Wheeler
Dominion and British Columbia Agree to Market 1941 Apple Crop
The Dominion government and the British Columbia fruit board will provide up to 1,000,000 dollars to market a substantial portion of the 1941 apple crop from the Okanagan valley and Kootenay districts in British Columbia.
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Ottawa
Dominion
British Columbia Fruit Board
Okanagan Valley
Kootenay
British Columbia
London fisherman's salmon tale delights Royal air crew
J P Bickell returning from Ottawa and Washington visited the Royal Canadian Air Force mess in Newfoundland where he bought speckled brook trout. The fish were packed in a tin and later served on both aircraft before breakfast. Buckingham Palace denied any salmon breakfast rumor.
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J. P. Bickell
Britain
Ottawa
Washington
British Air Ministry
Royal Canadian Air Force Officers’ Mess
Newfoundland
Air Training Plan grows Canadian air force in England
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the Empire Air Training Plan is expanding as more Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons will operate with the Royal Air Force in England. Air Minister Power travelled to arrange increased squadrons, opening No 18 Elementary Flying School at Boundary Bay to train pilots for wartime service.
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Vancouver
Royal Canadian Air Force
England
Mackenzie King Sari Mai
Boundary Bay
Here
Power
Royal Air Force
Urgency in Everything Is Our Watchword Say Beaverbrook
Lord Beaverbrook in a trans Atlantic talk with Gladstone Murray of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation urged urgency in all efforts and speed in production as the supreme war necessity. He said North America will respond in the spirit of urgency and urged maximum unceasing effort without panic.
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Ottawa
Lord Beaverbrook
Trans Atlantic
Gladstone Murray
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Churchill
North America
Barred From Civil Service in Wartime Ottawa
Government orders no male person of military age may be appointed to the public service during the war unless ineligible for service or certified as necessary in the public interest by the Civil Service Commission. An order-in-council formalizes the restriction.
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Ottawa
Civil Service Commission
Perth pilot Thompson earns Distinguished Flying Cross
Squadron Leader J. R. Thompson of Perth Ontario attached to RAF 139 in the Middle East receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for leading a flight home without navigational aids after a convoy attack last May. The Air Ministry cites the dramatic action during an attack on a large convoy west of Lampedusa between Malta and Tunis.
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London
J. R. Thompson
Perth
Ont
Royal Air Force
Middle East
Thompson
Air Ministry
Lampedusa Isle
Malta
Tunis
Return To Canada Group Of Officers To Take Army Courses
A party of 16 Canadian officials returning from Britain will take army courses in Canada after a brief furlough. Notables include Capt. Douglas Cunningham of Calgary who earned the George Medal for defusing a bomb factory threat. Others listed are Maj C A Lyndon Edmonton Maj A T Dixon Regina Capt G P Hartling Edmonton Capt L H Young Winnipeg Capt J S Adam Victoria and Capt A F B Knight Winnipeg. The group reports overseas Canadians are eager to confront Hitler and notes chocolate and cigarette shortages in Britain.
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Itawa
Britain
Canada
Douglas Cunningham
Calgary
Cunningham
George
C. A. Lyndon
Edmonton
A. T Dixon
Regina
G. P. Hartling
L. H. Young
Winnipeg
J. S. Adam
Victoria
A. F. B. Knight
Hitler
Germany
Russia
Canadian Troops Land in Britain In Massive Arrival
A large force of Canadian troops arrives in Britain led by the First Canadian Army Tank Brigade. The convoy crossed safely with a 1200 bed hospital from Montreal and 800 nurses, forestry corps in Scotland, airmen, and Royal Canadian Army Service Corps units. Officers from Ontario Alberta and Quebec welcomed the troops at the docks.
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Canada
United Kingdom
Canadian Army Tank Brigade
Atlantic
Britain
Royal Navy
Montreal
Canadian Forestry Corps
Scotland
Artillery
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Tank Brigade
Ontario
Alberta
Quebec
Canadian tank reinforcement arrives in England
Geoffrey Shakespeare announces arrival of Canadian tank brigade led by Brig. F. Worthington and Gordon B. Johnson. He praises the historic shipment as the first Canadian tank formation and vows that the Empire will prevail against Hitler. He notes aircraft and tanks are vital and promises England will sleep better with the brigade here.
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Geoffrey Shakespeare
Dominions
F. F. Worthington
England
Gordon B. Johnson
Scotland
Vincent Massey
Shakespeare
Canada
Germany
Russia
Hitler
Britain says relations with Finland intact amid Finland Finland neutrality stance
Foreign Secretary Eden told Parliament that the British government maintains diplomatic relations with Finland and that Sweden remains neutral though it allows passage of a German division to Finland. Eden gave no further comment on Finland’s neutral status after entry into the Russo German war.
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London
Finland
Sweden
Eden
House of Commons
Britain Cuts Gas Ration Reduces Private Car Miles
The British government plans a one sixth cut in gasoline rationing for private citizens. Motoring per car would drop from about 200 miles to 165 miles a month.
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London
Wheat quota initial delivery expected to be five bushels
Trade Minister Mac Kinnon forecasts the 1941 wheat crop initial delivery quota at least five bushels per acre and says space will rise as available. Temporary grain storage plants at Port Arthur and Fort William hold 51,000,800 bushels and walls will be ready by Aug 15. He projects exports around 225,000,000 bushels with carryover down from 575,000,000 to about 500,000,000 by July end, but warns the wheat problem remains critical with over 500,000,000 bushels on hand as harvest nears.
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Edmonton
MacKinnon
Port Arthur
Fort William
British Russia Mission Forecasts Soviet Victory Over German Blitz
London reports claim Russian general staff express confidence they can beat the German blitzkrieg with aid from British military experts. Lieut Gen Major McFarlane arrives at Moscow to advise on operations and RAF tactics while Britain plans to send aircraft-industry representatives to bolster Soviet production and defense against German advances.
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London
Soviet Union
F. N
McFarlane
Russia
Moscow
France
Britain
Royal Air Force
Great Britain
Invasion of the Nazi held coast may start soon
London reports Aero magazine hints a major Allied move on the Nazi held French coast could occur before August 1 as RAF daylight sweeps and night poundings disrupt German plans. Reuters notes half of occupation forces may withdraw while pilots struggle to engage German fighters.
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London
Royal Air Force
RAF
France
Russia
Reuters
R.A.F
Return To Britain Ottawa
A large group of German and Italian born men interned in Canada have been returned to the United Kingdom with the latest movement of Canadian troops. They were certified non dangerous and were civilians classified as refugees by the British home office after investigation. They were part of the roundup of aliens conducted in Britain over a year ago.
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Canada
United Kingdom
Ottawa
Home Office
Britain
Trapper Journeys 250 Miles To Enlist In Vancouver
A trapper who walked 250 miles to enlist in the Canadian army has arrived in Vancouver. A Russian resident of Canada for 28 years trekked from a lonely Cariboo point to Hazelton, a 12 day hike. He joined after hearing on the radio that men were needed, noting a snowstorm on Groundhog mountain range slowed him.
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Vancouver
Canada
Cariboo
Hazelton
Groundhog Mountain Range
Russia defies Hitler with warned mobilization strength
The Kremlin spokesman S A Lozovsky declared Russia could mobilize 10,000,000 more if needed and thanked the United States for its stance on the Russo German war. He stated Russia remains calm facing difficulties and asserted Hitler cannot win the war.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
United States
Hitler
Kremlin
S. A. Lozovsky
Russia
Canadian Red Cross to Ship 5000 POW Parcels Weekly
Dr. Fred W. Routley announces in Toronto that the Canadian Red Cross will send 5000 prisoner of war food parcels each week to Australian soldiers captured in the east in response to a request from the Australian Red Cross.
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Toronto
Fred W. Routley
Canadian Red Cross Society
Australian Red Cross
Canadian Society
Dr C H Best Heads Banting Institute Toronto
Dr C H Best, longtime associate of Sir Frederick Banting in the insulin discovery, begins duties as head of the Banting Institute in Toronto. The report notes Hong Kong's population exceeds one million. 2419.
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Toronto
C. H. Best
Sir Frederick Banting
Banting
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