Russians Applaud New World War Pact In Wartime Session
In a wartime session the Supreme Soviet endorsed the Anglo Russian treaty and the London Washington understandings. Molotov announced American aid of 3 billion dollars and said second front efforts in 1942 were seriously discussed in London and Washington. Stalin received a three minute ovation as Voroshilov stood behind him in field uniform.
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Joseph Stalin
Europe
London
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Union
Murmansk
Archangel
Soviet Arctic
Stalin
Klementi Voroshilov
Leningrad
Russia
Far Eastern
Bombing of Emden Harms Nordwerke Shipyards
British and Canadian air forces bombed Emden on June 6, inflicting extensive destruction on the Nordwerke shipyards. Reconnaissance photos showed a large new shop destroyed by fumes, another shop severely damaged, nine smaller buildings burned, and two large warehouse-type structures demolished.
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London
Germany
Emden
Air Ministry
Nordswerke
Army Week call to soldiers as path to victory
Lt Gen Kenneth Stuart urged Canadian soldiers to prepare for a decisive army role in winning the war. He urged junior officers to foster moral loyalty, self reliance, and loyalty to truth while improving training and self assessment during Army Week. He stressed every job must be done well and officers must keep learning.
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Ottawa
Kenneth Stuart
West Coast
Canada
Navy
Air Force
Stuart
Beaf shortages eased says wartime price boss Grisdale
Winnipeg deputy food administrator S F Grisdale, touring western centres, declares Canada has passed the peak of beef shortages. He travels to Ottawa and notes no beef scarcity west of Winnipeg as price equalization with the United States makes domestic sales as profitable as exports.
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Winnipeg
S. F. Grisdale
Prices and Trade Board
Canada
Ottawa
United States
Czecho Slovakia vows punishment for German leaders after war
Under President Eduard Benes, the government commits to punishing all Germans from Hitler to Nazi guards for crimes in Czecho-Slovakia once peace arrives. The pledge frames justice as a postwar obligation and public resolve.
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London
Eduard Benes
Hitler
Czecho- Slovakia
Britain votes new war credit amid mounting weekly costs
The House of Commons approved a fresh war credit at Sir Kingsley Wood’s urging, lifting Britain's authorized expenditures to match what he called the costliest war in history. He noted weekly outlays now total about £84.23 million and that prior votes exceed all wartime totals since 1914 to 1919.
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Britain
Lawton
House of Commons
Kingsley Woot
Sir Kingsley
Red Cross scales up to aid POWs in UK and Halifax
Halifax reports the Canadian Red Cross packing 40 000 boxes weekly for British prisoners of war aiming for 70 000. Mrs Wallace Campbell OBE national war work convener tells Red Cross workers. London notes a new serviceman hut built from wood shavings sawdust and cement reducing steel and timber needs.
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Halifax
Canadian Red Cross
Wallace Campbell
National War Work
Red Cross
London
Yugoslav King Reported Engaged to Greek Princess
A London diary notes an unofficial engagement between King Peter of Yugoslavia and Princess Alexandra of Greece. The 18 year old king is at Cambridge University while the 20 year old princess, cousin to the Duchess of Kent, resides with her mother in a London flat.
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Yugoslavia
Alexandra
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United States
George
Cambridge University
London
Duchess of Kent
Soldier-loggers fill BC spruce camps with six month leaves
Henley of the national selective service board announced that labor shortages in British Columbia spruce camps are now filled by soldier-loggers granted six months leave from the forces. A similar plan to address labor gaps in war industries is in a tentative stage.
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Henley
National Selective Service Board
British Columbia
Spruce
Exclusive pages to honor Empire gallantry awards
London reports that exclusive pages of De brett's Peerage will open in the next edition. George Cross holders and common folk who won the Empire's highest civilian award for gallantry will appear alongside peers baronets and others of ancient lineage.
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London
Debrett
Lammot du Pont Rides to Work by Bicycle
Lammot du Pont, head of E I du Pont de Nemours, and three others live at his estate and follow the government gas ration by cycling to work.
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Lammot du Pont
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co
Air raid kills Haylor family in English town
In a northeast English town an air raid ends the lives of Benjamin Haylor, his wife, and five daughters, as reported in the local casualty figures amid wartime bombing.
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England
Benjamin Haylor
Debate still on Gandhi seeks new movement for independence
In Wardha the All India Congress parties leaders Gandhi Nehru and Azad discuss strategy toward British war effort and independence. Observers note possible clashes with authorities as Gandhi plans a movement aimed to attract world attention, even at risk of jail or hunger strike.
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India
Wardha
Mohandas K. Gandhi
All- India Congress Party
Gandhi
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Congress
Maulana Abu Karan Azad
Azad
Nehru
Occidentals
All-India Congress Party
Sandy
Canadian Units In Alaska With U S Air Forces
Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons and anti-aircraft units have been operating with United States forces in Alaska for several days. Lt Gen Kenneth Stuart said the statement came with authorization from Defense Minister Ralston. He attached significance to Japan’s moves in the Aleutians and noted potential air bases used for raids on Japan. He sought to clarify that his remarks were not alarming.
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Victoria
Royal Canadian Air Force
Alaska
Kenneth Stuart
Canadian General Staff
Stuart
Pacific Command
Defence
Ralston
Aleutians
Japan
Gen. Stuart
Vancouver
Aleutian Islands
Fascist purge discussed in Italy and Canada hospital strain
The German radio reports Italy debates purging Fascists seen as ballast while the journal Gerarchia calls for removal of those lacking inner conviction. In Vancouver Dr Stewart Murray reports General hospital ward closed due to nurse shortage and services curtailed.
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New York
Italy
Gerarchia
Vancouver
Stewart Murray
Metropolitan Health Committee
Churchill's dramatic trip to the United States during war
Prime Minister Churchill makes a second trans Atlantic journey to meet President Roosevelt. Reported topics include opening a second front, Anglo Russian treaty, shipping, Allied strategy in the Mediterranean and Far East, and U S supplies to Britain Russia and China. Discussions likely focus on naval strategy and Near East developments amid Axis advances in Libya and the drive on the Caucasus.
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London
Churchill
United States
Roosevelt
Britain
America
Mediterranean
Orient
Australia
Russia
China
House of Commons
Near East
Libya
Caucasus
Sugar rationing set for July 1 in Canada
Ottawa outlines a four class sugar purchase system under coupons starting July 1. Private consumers use coupons while public caterers institutions and industrial users face use limits and forms. Retailers must register buyers, and coupons flow from retailers to wholesalers to the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. Extra supplies may be allocated to industrial users for preserving and canning.
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Ottawa
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Donald Gordon
S R. Noble
J. G. Tagpart
Prices and Trade Board
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