Patriots in Europe Reported Executions and Guerrilla Actions
Reports from London and broadcasting services detail executions by German and Italian forces in the Balkans and Crete. Guerrilla armies led by Mikhailovitch claim successes against Italians and Germans, freeing peasants and halting a transport convoy.
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London
Balkans
Mikhailovitch
BBC
Ljubljana
Yugoslavia
Venasco
Columbia Broadcasting System
Radio Moscow
Quisling
Lieut
Osyp Pawliszyn
Gestapo
Plan to Make Rubber From Grain in Canada
Canada pursues synthetic rubber using both grain alcohol and petroleum methods. Government plans involve 2,000,000 bushels of wheat yearly for buna S production, with 25,000 tons possible from wheat and a Polymer Corp plant breaking ground for a $40 million facility aiming for 40,000 tons of synthetic rubber in 1943, including 8,000 tons via grain alcohol.
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Canada
Ottawa
The
National Research Council
House of Commons
North America
Ontario
Howe
British United Press
Polymer Corporation
Wartime Demands Could Yield Rail Travel Rationing
W M Neal of Montreal CP A vice president warned wartime pressures on transportation may require a system of travel rationing. He stated the rail system must serve the war effort while meeting public and private business needs in Kentville Nova Scotia.
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Kentville
N.S
W. M. Neal
Montreal
No Gold Standard Mentioned for Britain after War
London Viscount Simon says there is no whisper of returning to the gold standard after the war. He notes Britain's prior return to gold after the last war was not successful and that large transfers between countries harm both payer and payee. New York FBI announces 42 enemy aliens rounded up with local police. 40 are Federation of Italian World War Veterans members.
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London
Viscount Simon
House of Lords
Great Britain
New York
P. E. Foxworth
FBI
Dempstead
N.Y
Federation of Italian World War Veterans
Aid for China United States Plans For Delivery Of Supplies
The Pacific war council outlined plans to deliver supplies to China's armies. Members left the White House believing much had been accomplished and stating they know what China needs and how when and where to get the materials in. Walter Nash reported the council had a procedure to ensure China puts up the best fight possible.
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Washington
Pacific War Council
China
White House
Walter Nash
New Zealand
Canada to Call 25 000 Men for August Military Training
Ottawa reports Defence Minister Ralston says 15 600 men will be called in July and 25 900 in August. War Services Minister Thorson explains that calls target necessary training while district manpower pools and agricultural exemptions affect where older men are summoned. if one division lacks recruits, nearby districts are asked to supply.
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Ottawa
Thorsen
National War Services
National Defence Department
Roosevelt Signs Law Creating Legion of Merit
President Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the Legion of Merit to honor armed service members who display exceptionally meritorious conduct in performing outstanding duties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Legion of Merit
New Airfields Rise Across Britain For U.S. Army Air Forces
Several new airdromes have been built in Great Britain to accommodate the growing U.S. army air forces. The forces here will include reconnaissance planes and bombers as well as fighter craft.
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London
Great Britain
U.S. Army Air Forces
Havana bans shipments to Spain over wartime aims
Carlos Hevia, price and supply control administrator, prohibits shipments of all foodstuffs to Spain and provisioning of Spanish merchant ships in Cuban ports with meats. He says these shipments only ease the hardships of enemies, noting Spain’s relations with Germany and Italy.
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Havana
Spain
Cuban
Carlos Hevia
Reported success of AT-13 training plane tests
The United States War Department reported successful test flights of the AT-13, a large training aircraft built entirely of plastic-bonded plywood by Fairchild at Magerstown Maryland.
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Washington
Fairchild Company
Magerstown
United States War Department
Delano urges Alaska railroad as vital postwar asset
Frederick A. Delano chairman of the National Resources Planning board urged President Roosevelt to proceed with building a railway to Alaska. The Post-Intelligencer says Delano, Roosevelt's uncle, viewed the route from Prince George to Fairbanks as a military necessity and a valuable postwar development, outlining five gateway rail lines from U S states to the northern link.
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Seattle
Frederick A. Delano
National Resources Planning Board
Roosevelt
United States
Alaska
Post-Intelligencer
Prince George
Fairbanks
Resources Board
States
The
Winnipeg
St. Paul
Duluth
Saskatchewan
Minot
N.D
Great Northern
Jamestown
Eskimo killings on Belcher Island prompt releases
Toronto attorney general Gordon Conant reports that four of the five Eskimos tried last summer for the Belcher Island killings will soon be released on Dominion government orders. The fifth man is dead.
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Toronto
Gordon Conant
Ontario
Belcher Island
Dominion
Air Commodore Praises Canadian Air Force in World War II
Ottawa reports Air Commodore W A Curtis lauding Royal Canadian Air Force ground and air efforts aiding British forces. He highlighted Canadian squadrons with RAF units in Africa and Asia and praised the French Canadian squadron. He tied 1000 aircraft raids to decisive victory and urged readiness for sacrifice to resist Nazi pressure.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Sth
Egypt
W. A. Curtis
RCAF
Malta
Ceylon
Curtis
Britain
Rca.f
Russia
R.ca.f
R.A.F
R.C.A.F
Grain Storage Crisis Hits Western Canada Harvest Season
Western Canada faces acute grain storage as harvest approaches with 418 million bushels in all grains, lakehead stocks at 130.8 million, licensed capacity 144.5 million, and over 5 thousand cars of grain in lakehead yards. Officials warn carryover could leave under 200 million bushels storage space for new crop.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Board of Grain Commissioners
Lakehead
Fort William
Dominion
United States
Western
Ottawa
MacKinnon
Ottawa weighs advisory panel on Athabaska tar sands progress
Prime Minister Mackenzie King described the appointment of a committee to study progress in synthetic rubber manufacture and tar sands development as a government policy to be announced in due course.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Athabaska
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Crete
Trans-Ocean Agency
Radio Berlin
Biel
EBC
Herakleion
Radio
Budapest
Danube
Sava
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Clara
Dwight D. Eisenhower
M. W. Clark
England
Cuba
Delano
Lethbridge and
Edmonton
Great Falls Mont
Billings
Spokane Gateway
Spokane International Railway
Seattle Gateway
Vancouver
R.A.F. Fliers
Government House
RAF
Royal
Princess Alice
Vincent Massey
Westminster Abbey
Petawawa
King Peter II
Petawawa Camp
Brig
A. V. Tremaine
Tar
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