Trainees Retained for Home Defence Across Canada
Ottawa reports 4,697 young Canadians graduate four months of compulsory training and will stay in uniform as reserve army. Defence officials say they will relieve active units at home and abroad as needed, with graduates assigned where most required in Canada.
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Ottawa
Canada
Defence
Ralston
Col. Ralston
Dominion
London
Toronto
Kingston
Montreal
Quebec
Halifax
Saint John
Winnipeg
Victoria
Regina
Calgary
The
National Defence
Quebec Radio Skit Triggers Bombing Panic Across CBC
A CBC French network skit titled If It Happened Here caused a radio alert and a burst of alarmed calls in Quebec. More than 30 callers in 15 minutes pressed Montreal Ottawa switchboards seeking confirmation of a fictional Nazi raid from Halifax up the St Lawrence River to Rimouski and Quebec City.
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Quebec
Montreal
Quebec Province
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Halifax
CBC
Ottawa
Quebec City
Rimouski
Que
Halifax Harbor
St. Lawrence River
Royal Canadian Air Force
St. Lawrence
New German Fighter 109F2 In Combat Over France
British sources report a new Messerschmitt 109F2 in action against RAF sweeps over northern France. The aircraft is described as a considerable improvement over the earlier 109F, though it retains two machine guns and one cannon. British pilots note modern Spitfires and Hurricanes carry more cannons and guns.
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London
France
Italians from East Africa to be sent to Kenya Nyeri camp
The British plan to remove up to 2500 Italian nationals from East Africa to a camp in Nyeri Kenya Colony to avoid embarrassment to military authorities. The move targets Italians in former territories and aims to relocate them to a British enclave in Nyeri.
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Fast Africa
Kenya
Nairobi
East Africa
Nyeri
Germans Turn Against Hitler Say 40 Percent Oppose War
Walter Alexander a German-born American businessman in Berlin since 1923 says 40 per cent of Germans oppose Hitler and the war. He arrived on the Excambion and notes Germans tire of the conflict and fear loss of freedom while businessmen resent government restrictions. Dr Harold Stuart on leave from Harvard Medical College reports French people hate Nazi conquerors yet may collaborate to obtain scarce food.
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Jersey City
N.J
United States
Berlin
Walter Alexander
Excambion
Germany
Harold Stuart
Harvard Medical College
France
Rockefeller Health Foundation
Charcoal Power Demonstration Aimed by Quebec Official
Trade Minister Drouin announced deputy Louis Coderre would drive to Ottawa in a car equipped with a device claimed to enable charcoal power. Coderre said he would show fuel and oil controllers that action is possible. The apparatus could be installed in ordinary cars and could reduce running costs to three quarters of a cent per mile for small cars.
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Quebec
Drouin
Louis Coderre
Ottawa
Coderre
War Prisoners Fined In Prison Camps
Tracy Strong, world secretary of the World Committee for War Prisoners Aid, reports from Europe that over 3,000,000 men remain confined in European camps. He says most prisoners are in Germany and that most powers are upholding the Geneva agreement.
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New York
Europe
Dixie Clipper Tracy Strong
World Committee For War Prisoners’ Aid
YMCA
Germany
Build Kitchen From Wreckage At London Refugee Camp
A field kitchen assembled from salvaged wreckage of bombed London buildings has been established at a refugee settlement near London. The initiative aims to provide hot meals and practical aid to displaced residents as postwar relief efforts continue.
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London
Competent Civilian Flyers Sought for Bomber Ferry Service
The U S Army Air Forces seek capable civilian pilots to operate in the ferrying command created to speed delivery of war planes to Britain. Col Robert Olds leads the survey with help from private flying groups to assess availability for service.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Robert Olds
FURTHER BACON PRICE INCREASES IN PROSPECT
Ottawa reports another possible rise in Canadian bacon prices as three hikes in under three months aim to keep hogs in Canada for export to Britain. Canada weighs domestic cuts, export incentives, and cross-border shifts amid wartime demand and rising U S parity prices.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
Britain
Canadian Bacon Board
United States
British Columbia
Ontario
Vancouver
Portland
Toronto
Chicago
RCAF Forms Northern Defense Detector Interception Command
The Royal Canadian Air Force organizes a northern detector and interception command to guard Canada’s far north and coastlines from German bomber attacks. Wing Commander F. J. Mawdesley will lead, bringing Arctic experience and deep regional knowledge to the new force.
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Canada
RCAF
F. J. Mawdesley
Arctic Circle
Italian War Losses Exceed 255000 Amid 13 Months Turmoil
Rome reports total Italian war losses at least 255,361 in about 13 months of conflict. June casualties total 10,286, not counting East Africa. Main figures show 176,466 missing, 23,085 killed, 56,810 wounded. June deaths 886, wounded 1,193, missing 8,207 across Greek Albanian Yugoslav fronts North Africa and navy air force losses.
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Rome
East Africa
North Africa
Navy
Artillery Units Moved as German Forces Reinforce Stalin Line
The Red Army said Germany redeployed artillery from Dunkirk and Cherbourg to bolster the drive against the Stalin line and left dummy wooden guns on coast emplacements facing Britain. Captured officers quoted by the official statement claim units were moved from French and Belgian coasts and that the decoys were in place as troops trained nearby.
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Moscow
Red Army
Germany
Britain
Dunkirk
Cherbourg
RAF pilot Malan awarded DS0 bar and DFC
Wing Commander A G Malan, a leading RAF pilot, receives the bar to his Distinguished Service Order and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He becomes the second airman to gain bars to both DS0 and DFC, with Prime Minister Churchill reportedly to be godfather to his son, christened Winston.
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London
A. G. Malan
Royal Air Force
Evening Standard
Churchill
Cmar
Malan
Winston
Protection for Trainees in War Emergency Training Program
Labor Minister McLarty announced coverage for trainees under the war emergency training program. Officials and trainees would receive medical care, hospitalization, and pensions for permanent total or partial disability, with temporary disability excluded. If laid off temporarily due to disability, allowances continue for a limited period.
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Labor
McLarty
British and U S Navies to Guard Iceland Waters
In Parliament Churchill proposed joint British and American naval protection for Iceland’s surrounding seas. He welcomed U S occupation of Iceland and said continued joint forces would deter Hitler, with both nations sharing supplies and aligning plans to defend Iceland from any foothold.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
United States
Iceland
U.S
Bismarck
Britain
Hitler
Britain Ready to Rain Bombs on Berlin From U S Bombers
London reports Lt. Col. J. T. C Moore-Brabazon vows Britain will deliver heavy raids on Berlin as U S built bombers flow to Britain. He cites Liberator and larger models, emphasizes three long range bomber types, and notes delays and modifications to US planes.
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London
Britain
Berlin
J. T. C Moore-Brabazon
House of Commons
Col Moore-Brabazon
United States
Atlantic
Col. Moore-Brabazon
America
Lord Beaverbrook
United States Army
Rupert Brabner
Greece
Royal Air Force
U.S
England
Palestinian Jew in RAF perfects aviation invention
A 23 year old Palestinian Jew serving with the Royal Air Force in the western desert has perfected a key aviation improvement. The Jerusalem newspaper Da var quoted by the Jewish Standard says he has been ordered to London to submit his invention to the air ministry.
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London
Royal Air Force
Western Desert
Jerusalem
Montreal visit on radical anti-aircraft gun patent
A former Bisley shooter from Hamilton Ontario, Alex R. J. Hilson, went to Montreal to arrange patents for a radical new anti-aircraft gun. He claimed the design would be highly effective against dive bombers and tied for the King's prize in the 1927 Bisley competition.
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Montreal
Bisley
Hamilton
Ont
Alex R. J. Hilson
Radio Photos From Russia Reach New York
The first radio photos ever transmitted directly to the United States from Soviet Russia were received in New York by Radio Corporation of America. They showed three photographs of war scenes.
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New York
United States
Soviet Russia
Radio Corporation of America
India to Hand Over First Indian Built Plane
The first aircraft manufactured in India will be delivered to the government at a ceremony scheduled for July 24, as reported by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
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London
India
British Broadcasting Corporation
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