Navy says Pacific control secured by huge carrier task force
Washington reports the United States has gained control of the Pacific with Task Force 58 led by Vice Admiral Mitscher. The force, including 22 aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers, and destroyers, operates across the Pacific under Admiral Spruance, with over 1100 planes capable of launching from carrier decks. The fleet’s reach spans from the western theater to the gates of Japan, projecting strategic bombing against the Japanese homeland.
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Washington
United States
Forte SA
Navy
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Task Force 58
Marc A Mitscher
Filer
5Th Fleet
Pacific
Raymond A. Spruance
Dominion conference to discuss postwar reconstruction
Prime Minister Mackenzie King said in the Commons that postwar reconstruction topics would be discussed at a forthcoming Dominion provincial conference. He did not know the holding date but hoped all provinces could attend and weighed timing before or after Parliament.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Mackenzie King
Gordon Graydon
Mr King
King
Plans Cancelled for Normandy Rebuild as Resources Run Short
New York Navy officials say the former luxury liner Normandie renamed USS Lafayette will not be rebuilt. After raising and patching at a cost of 3.75 million dollars, hull repairs were completed but manpower and critical materials have been redirected to more urgent needs, with no reconstruction plans announced.
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New York
Lafayette
Navy Department
Todd Shipyards
Brooklyn
Navy
Costly Mistake Narrows Nazi Roundups in Paris
London sources report that on D Day German raids in Paris wrongly seized loyal Vichy supporters rather than Allied sympathizers. Underground leaders allegedly swapped their own files with the collaborator list at the last moment, delaying correct arrests.
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London
Paris
Capture of Villa Napoleon and Napoleon Museum on Elba Reported
Allies say the famed Villa Napoleon and the Napoleon museum on Elba were captured intact. The report notes the Germans used the museum as depot number 2574 for four quartermasters.
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Rome
Napoleon
Napoleon Museum
Island of
Elba
Sawfly Menace Expands Across Southern Alberta Fields
Dominion entomologists report sawfly flights starting in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan with increasing numbers as damp weather slows activity. Heavy flights anticipated to persist until about July 10, as in Carmangay and Chin districts.
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Carmangay
Chin
Alberta
Red Cross Plans To Send More Food Parcels
Regina Canada The Canadian Red Cross will raise weekly food parcels for prisoners of war in Europe from 100000 to 190000 to boost supplies for Polish Yugoslav Greek Free French and Belgian inmates. L A Winter honorary Comptroller noted cross border sharing with British American and other dominion societies. He also spoke on limited Japanese cooperation and ongoing hospital relief while Canadian Red Cross teams accompany troops into Sicily and Italy.
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Regina
Canadian
Red Cross
Europe
L. A. Winter
National Red Cross Society
Toront
Mr Winter
Canada
British Red Cross
Red Cross Societies
Dominions
American Red Cross
Winter
Japan
Gripsholm
Red Army Armata Rossa Seeks Allied Italy Front Entry
A leftist group named Armata Rossa claims 58 000 recruits and seeks Allied command permission to join the fight against German forces in Italy.
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Rome
Armata Rossa
Red Army
Aled
Italy
Stalin Receives Medal for Leadership in Moscow Defence
A Moscow radio dispatch reports Premier Stalin was awarded a medal by the presidium of the supreme council of the USSR for his leadership in the heroic defence of Moscow and for organizing the rout of German troops near Moscow in the winter of 1941. Soldiers of British West Africa are noted for wearing heavy rolled puttees but no shoes.
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New York
Stalin
Presidium
Supreme Council of the
U.ssr
Moscow
British West Africa
Take A Larger View Of Credit For The Farmer
Ottawa governor of the Bank of Canada told the Commons banking committee that banks must earn enough to absorb losses and take fair risks in extending credit. R T Graham warned that large outstanding loans like Beauharnois in the 1930s prompted banks to curtail loans to others such as prairie farmers. He urged banks to adopt a larger view of credit to meet legitimate needs, large or small, despite current unsatisfactory machinery and credit tightening.
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Ottawa
Graham Towers
Bank of Canada
Commons Banking Committee
R. T. Graham
L.swift Current
Beauharnois Corporation
Towers
King George Invests Canadian General Near Front Line
London dispatch recounts King George presenting the ribbon and cross of the CBE to Major General R F L Keller Commander in Chief of the Canadian Third Division in a ceremony held less than ten miles from the front in France. Seven British officers and NCOs were also decorated in the same investiture.
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London
King George
R. F. L. Keller
C.B.E
France
Canada pushes ammunition program to new heights
Ottawa reports Canada is boosting ammunition output in France and Italy to drive stronger artillery fire. Director Tregoning of the British Ministry of Supply addressed Canadian workers and urged 10 600 additional staff to speed production amid claims of ample Allied stocks but growing demand for shelling effectiveness.
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Treasur
Canada
Prgram
Tregoning
Ministry of Supply
Howe
United Nations
Ammuni
Bank lending and farm credit amid the 1930s downturn
Mr Towers and Mr Graham discuss long term farm loans carried on for years despite low mood, noting banks’ rush to call in debts, the impact of central bank services, and the use of currency expansion to finance government needs versus taxation.
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Towers
Mr. Towers
John Blackmore
Social Credit House
Allied airmen freed in Yugoslav Partisan offensive
A communique from Marshal Tito's Yugoslav headquarters says ten Allied airmen were released from Nazi captivity as Partisans gain momentum in Hercegovina during the campaign.
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London
Hercegovina
Marshal Tito
Canadian Tanks Key In Beachhead Battle In Normandy
Canadian tank regiments from Fort Garry Horse and Sherbrooke Fusiliers supported infantry during the D-Day assault near Courseulles and Caen. They broke through mine fields and anti tank defenses, pushing inland toward Banville, Reviers, and Anguerny, with Sherman tanks sustaining the breakthrough alongside Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Regina Rifles, Canadian Scottish, and Victoria Fusiliers.
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France
Courswulies Ami Rernieres
Caen Bageath
Iiendon
Fort Garry
Winnipeg
Sherbrook Fishhers
Courseniles
Western Canada
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Regina Rifles
Victoria
Coehcrete
Coursenles
Courseulles
Banville
Centumbiere
Sur
Sevulles
Reviers
Bernieres
Tailleville
Fort Garros
Deuvre
Deliverance
Anguerny
Caen
German Losses On Russian Front Reach Millions
London reports from the Soviet information bureau mark three years since the German attack on Russia. The review states more than 7,500,000 Germans killed or captured and about 5,300,000 Soviet losses including killed, missing, or captured in the three years of fighting.
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London
Soviet Information Bureau
Russia
Moscow
Soviet Monitor
Not Succeeding Nazis Test Rocket Propelled Shell
Reports from Normandy indicate German forces trialing a rocket propelled anti-tank shell usable by infantry. several shells reportedly captured as Allied blitz advances continue. Dutch Foreign Minister Felice van Kleffens suggests wartime flooding may force territorial concessions for survival after the war. about 45 percent of the Netherlands subject to flooding.
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New York
Felco van Kleffens
Netherlands
Foreign Affairs
Holland
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