Britain defines war aims to world in Eden speech
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, at Mansion House, outlines Britain's postwar goals aligned with Roosevelt’s four freedoms. He calls for a global moral order, unity of Britain, the empire, the United States and South America to curb Germany and support independence in Syria, and an orderly Far East after Sino-Japanese war ends.
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Longeon —Garat
Britain
Presi- Gert Roosevelt
Ari Stern
Germany
Europe
Anthony Eden
Mansion House
London
Eden
Roosevelt
Dominions
United States
South America
Adolf Hitler
Far East
Syria
Arab World
British Empire
Regulations Relaxed for Vichy Air Force Growth
The Petain government announced Germany and Italy have relaxed armistice rules enabling Vichy France to develop a continental air force for empire defense. The disclosure came during Marshal Petain’s visit to bomber reconnaissance and pursuit aircraft at Aulnat base near Clermont-Ferrand in unoccupied territory.
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Vichy
France
Petain
Germany
Italy
Pire
Marshal Petain
Aulnat
Clermont-Ferrand
Hanson To Continue As Conservative House Leader
Ottawa reports that Hon. R. B. Hanson will remain acting house leader of the Conservative group in the Commons for the next session. The caucus unanimously approved the request, with a spokesman confirming the decision to the press.
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Ottawa
R. B. Hanson
House of Commons
Hanson
Italian Division Surrenders in Lakes Area of Ethiopia
Nairobi Kenya Colony reports British forces announce the surrender of General Afarati commanding an Italian division with mechanized units in the lakes region of Ethiopia. The event marks a significant World War II development in East Africa.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Lakes
Ethiopia
Afarati
Jews to be used on public works in occupied France
About 4 000 foreign Jews interned near Pithiviers and Orlean s will be employed on public work projects under a new government program. The Jews, taken into custody May 14, were housed in French army barracks. French mobile guards and French officers supervise the camp.
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Pithiviers
France
Here
Orleans
U S Wheat Quotas Imposed on Imports from 30 Nations
A presidential proclamation limits wheat and wheat flour imports for 12 months. Wheat total 800000 bushels with Canada at 795000. wheat flour 4000000 pounds with Canada at 3815000. Germany Italy Japan France among quotas. countries under German influence also capped. Domestic price supports may still leave foreign wheat undercutting U S goods without duties.
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Washington
Canada
Germany
Italy
Japan
France
Belgium
Romania
Norway
Yugoslavia
Poland
Greece
Hungary
Ship Losses Heavy Across Axis Since War Began
London reports Axis losses total 561 ships worth 2,873,000 tons sunk captured or scuttled by mid May. Germans lost 345 ships 1,773,000 tons with 61 captured and 285 sunk. Italians lost 215 ships 1,106,000 tons with 39 captured and 176 sunk. 38 ships of other nations totalling 67,000 tons heeled to Germany by various means. Officials say sinkings continue as Axis vessels press blockade.
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London
Germany
Germans Shift Air Power Toward Greece and Middle East
British sources report Germany has reduced northwestern European air forces and sent dive bombers and fighters through the Balkans to Greece and the Middle East. The flight covers about 1,200 miles, far shorter than the 12,000 mile route around the Cape of Good Hope used by British planes. Iraq is cited as a Middle East location where Britain enjoys air superiority.
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London
Europe
Balkans
Greece
Middle East
Cape of Good Hope
Iraq
Britain
Canadian Women Interned in Occupied France Rise to 116
Ottawa lists 59 more Canadian women reported interned in occupied France. The department of external affairs says the captures follow a German general staff order to seize Canadians in France regardless of age or sex.
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France
Ottawa
Department of External Affairs
Patton and Cunnington Decorated by the King
Lt. John M. S. Patton of Hamilton Ontario and Capt. Douglas W. Cunnington of Calgary were awarded the George Medal at Buckingham Palace for conspicuous courage while commanding a Royal Canadian Engineers company repairing bomb damage. Details of their action were not published.
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London
John M. S. Patton
Hamilton
Ont
Douglas W. Cunnington
Calgary
Buckingham Palace
Royal Canadian Engineers
New Zealand Gift for D. R. Bader Sets Sail to Britain
A cigarette box crafted from inlaid New Zealand wood will depart Auckland for Britain as a tribute to Squadron Leader D. R. Bader. Gifted by armistess and legless veterans in New Zealand, it honors his determination in overcoming his disability as former leader of the all-Canadian Royal Air Force squadron.
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Auckland
N.Z
New Zealand
Britain
D. R. Bader
Royal Air Force
Bader
Japanese seizure in Haiphong nets large United States goods
In Haiphong, French Indo China, three Japanese freighters sailed to an undisclosed destination after soldiers looted two warehouses and seized 10 million dollars worth of U S owned products. Five more freighters loaded similar cargo including autos tires lubricants iron copper nickel and lead while local authorities protested but could not halt the confiscation.
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Haiphong
Indo-China
RAF raid on Lannion yields heavy ground loss and ship hits
A sergeant pilot led a raid on Lannion Normandy destroying seven German aircraft on the ground and damaging others. A coastal command plane hit a 5,000 ton enemy ship off Brest, leaving it listing. Cologne and French coast raids also reported as dawn light showed frequent fire across the channel.
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London
Royal Air Force
Lannion
Normandy
Air Ministry
Brest
R.A.F
Cologne
Career overview of General Wilson in WWII theater
Commanded British forces in Greece and Egypt. Became general officer commanding in Egypt in 1939 and led operations to Bengazi. Then appointed G O in C of British troops in Cyrenaica and served as military governor of the province.
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Henry Maitland Wilson
Greece
Gen. Wilson
Egypt
Bengazi
G.O
Cyrenaica
Food and rations updates from wartime Britain and Vichy
In London Lord Woolton reports Britain remains well supplied after twenty months of war and hints at an egg rationing experiment soon with no details. He expects possible milk rationing and full control of fish prices. In Vichy bread rations rise for June while other items hold steady except meat, due to wheat transport via the German occupation zones.
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London
Lord Woolton
House of Lords
Britain
Vichy
Ottawa King tour uncertain after adjournment
Reports that Prime Minister King will tour the west after parliament adjourns are not confirmed by his office. It will depend on war developments. Some circles advocate a patriotic speaking tour with press backing to spotlight the war effort, but no firm plans are in place at this stage.
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Ottawa
King
Cousin Of The King Safe In London Cable
Lord Louis Mountbatten commander of the destroyer Kelly was feared lost off Crete but a cable to Lady Louis Mountbatten said he is safe. The 40 year old royal cousin remains in Britain while the ship's fate is unresolved.
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London
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Kelly
Crete
Louis Mountbatten
Wheat delivery quotas eyed under Ottawa plan
A new wheat board quota system may replace last year's flat increases with an initial small quota not exceeding five bushels and proportionate add ons based on crop yields. If the crop is small, quotas might not be needed, though inquiries seek whether changes are desirable.
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Ottawa
Wheat Board
Officers Missing After Hood Sinking Off Greenland
The Royal Canadian Navy reports three officers missing and believed killed after Hood was sunk off Greenland on May 24. A casualty list notes no other Canadians aboard Hood and raises total dead and missing since the war began to 360.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Navy
Greenland
Roosevelt says no move to repeal Neutrality Act now
President Roosevelt states he does not intend to seek congressional repeal of the Neutrality Act to allow U S merchant ships into British ports with war cargoes. He notes the Atlantic fleet is being strengthened while offering few details and signals possible steel prioritization and mobilization orders.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Britain
Atlantic
Hitler
United Press
Maritime Commission
Washington to Host International Wheat Conference Soon
The United States will call an international wheat conference within weeks with Canada Australia Argentina and Britain expected to attend. The aim is to seek agreement among major exporters to limit production amid surplus in wartime. The note exchange with Canada signals renewed talks on the global wheat surplus.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Canada
Australia
Argentina
Britain
Europe
Gasoline Price Control Considered by Canadian Official
G R Cottrelle, oil controller in the department of munitions and supply, said it is necessary to control gasoline prices as consumption is curtailed whether rationing is adopted or not. He could not say when controls would take effect and noted tankers used for U S and Canadian markets are being drawn for trans Atlantic service.
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Toronto
G. R. Cottrelle
Department of Munitions and Supply
Farm output value rise shown by Dominion Bureau estimates
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates an $11,098,000 rise in gross value of commodities produced on Canadian farms in 1940 compared with 1939. The 1940 total is placed at $1,235,714,000 versus $1,224,616,000 in the revised 1939 figure.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Poles Shot Without Trial in Polish Occupied Lands
German authorities in occupied Poland reportedly executed 14 Poles without trial over allegations of aiding an attack on four German police officers investigating illegal cattle slaughter near Wishito Lodz. Iran maintains a highly complex foreign exchange control system.
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London
Polish Telegraphic Agency
Poland
Wishito
Lodz
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