Young Admiral in Command of the Home Fleet
Vice-Admiral John C Tovey, one of the Royal Navy's youngest admirals, was named commander in chief of the Home Fleet. He succeeds Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Forbes. Sir Henry Harwood becomes lord commissioner of the admiralty and assistant chief of naval staff, in a significant reshuffle.
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Jack” Tovey
Sir Henry Harwood
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Sir Henry
Tovey
Jutland
Onslow
Wiesbaden
Derfelinger
Defender
Admiral Tovey
Earl Beatty
Navy
Chatham
Mediterranean
HMS
Patrol
Amphion
Faulkner
Jackal
Onstow
Wolfhound
Children Show Courage Amid London Blitz Attacks
British schoolchildren faced air raids with calm courage. An elementary school in a Midlands town suffered its first wartime bombing killing six seven year olds. pupils lined up after the blast and sang. At a renowned public school near London students in helmets fought fires, while souvenirs from bomb fins and intact bombs circulated as a Spitfire fund.
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London
Great Britain
Midlands
East Coast
Eeen
Belgian Crew Rescued After Lifeboat Drift Near Azores
The tanker Panam reported to Mackay Radio that 16 crew members of the Belgian freighter Kabalo were rescued from a lifeboat about 475 miles southwest of the Azores. The captain and 26 crew members remained missing in a second lifeboat.
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New York
Panam
Mackay Radio
Azores
Britain Seizes Norway's Oslofjord for War Transport
Marine circles report Norway's largest ship, the 18 673 ton Oslofjord, tied up in New York, has been taken over by Britain and will soon sail for transport service.
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New York
Norway
Oslofjord
Britain
German Freighters Sold in Buenos Aires Deal
Three German freighters Lahn Anatolia and Nienburg once in Buenos Aires were sold by Norddeutsche Lloyd to Compania Argentina de Navigation Lloyd Argentina. The ships will stay idle until the war ends for a price near 1.4 million dollars. British sources say the vessels would be seized or sunk if venturing outside neutral waters and note the sale funds may aid German propaganda in Argentina. It is unclear what will happen to the German crews.
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Buenos Aires
North German Lloyd Company
Compania Argentina de Navigation Lloyd Argentina
Germany
Argentina
Capture Nazi Prisoners In Midwest Forest Shack
Two German prisoners who escaped from an internment camp near St John’s were spotted by a rabbit hunter in an empty woods shack and reported to police. Capt. Wilhelm Josting and Ernest Munch, interned after Germany’s ship Christopher Dorum was seized at outbreak of war, were rounded up without incident.
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St. John's
Mid
Wilhelm Josting
Ernest Munch
Christopher Dorum
War orders totalling nearly half a billion placed abroad
War orders totaling nearly 550 million dollars have been placed with the department of munitions and supply and its predecessor the war supply board to date, announced by Munitions Minister Howe. Six tenths of the total went to Canadian firms, nine percent to the United Kingdom, and five percent to the United States.
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Ottawa
Department of Munitions and Supply
War Supply Board
Howe
United Kingdom
United States
Japanese Minister Arrives Ottawa to Take Canada Post
Seijiro Yoshizawa arrived in Ottawa to assume duties as Japanese minister to Canada succeeding Baron Shun Tomii who returned to Japan. Dr. O. D. Skelton, under secretary of state for external affairs, greeted the new minister.
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Ottawa
Seijiro Yoshizawa
Canada
Baron Shun Tomii
Japan
O. D. Skelton
Canada’s War Effort Highlighted in Empire Poster
London reports a poster distributed by Britain's Ministry of Information portrays Canada as a fighting member of the British commonwealth. It cites Canada’s production of Bren guns, Hurricanes, planes, copper, nickel, aluminum, and wheat, plus the Empire air training scheme and delivering pilots for Britain.
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London
Canada
British Commonwealth of Nations
United Kingdom
Ministry of Information
Air Force
Western Hemisphere
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic
Prairies
Valley of the St. Lawrence
Britain
Germany
Grace for Wartime London at Defence Committee Luncheon
Minister Lerg Woolton spoke at the national defence committee luncheon praising the grace bestowed by God and the vigilance of the Royal Navy. He cited mercantile marine courage, dock laborers and transport workers devotion, food traders and farmers patient efforts as the source of sustenance for the nation.
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London
Lerg Woolton
National Defence Committee
Royal Navy
Mercantile Marine
Toronto Sub-Lieut Strathy Killed Aboard Ajax
Sub-Lieut. G. H. K. Strathy aged 22 of Toronto was killed in action aboard H.M.S. Ajax. His parents were informed that the Ajax fought in the Mediterranean engagement sinking two Italian ships and defeating ten.
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Toronto
Pat) Strathy
Mediterranean
Ajax
Arctic Passage Completes Long Trip Of Nascopie
The ice-breaker Nascopie under Capt. T F Smellie finished the 19th eastern Arctic patrol, logging nearly 12 000 miles with Greenland calls. Maj D L McKeand calls it the longest and most momentous voyage in the ship s history. Denmark s occupation of Greenland prompted Canada and the United States to aid Greenlanders with consuls named, including K P Kirkwood for Canada.
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Ottawa
T. F. Smellie
St. Lawrence River
Greenland
D. L. McKeand
Capital
Humble Homes Ranked Equal to St Pauls in Bomb Disposal
Capt. Robert Davies of the Royal Engineers praised bomb disposal squads for protecting all homes, saying the humble dwelling is a man's castle as dear as St Pauls Cathedral to the nation. He spoke at a London luncheon, stressing national duty across size and status.
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London
Robert Davies
Royal Engineers
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Paul's
Davies
London industrialist killed in air raid blast
William Lionel Hichens aged 66 a leading industrialist and chairman of Cammell Laird and Company shipbuilders was killed in a London air raid. He also served as director of the London Midland and Scottish railway and held prominent positions in industry.
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London
William Lionel Hichens
Cammell, Laird and Company
London Midlands and Scottish Railway
Saskatoon Seaman Dies in Victoria Hospital
Seaman Ralph Herbert Baxter age 19 of the RCNVR died in hospital in Victoria. Born at Saskatoon he arrived at the naval barracks three months ago.
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Victoria
Ralph Herbert Baxter
R.C.N.V.R
Saskatoon
Naval Barracks
Wheat price deal reached with prairie coops in 1940 41
Reach Agreement Winnipeg Canada Wheat Board says a general agreement with the Northwest Line Elevators Association the wheat pools and United Grain Growers reduces the spread between track and street prices by one half cent per bushel. The retroactive change applies from August 1.
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Winnipeg Canadian Wheat Board
Northwest Line Elevators Association
The
Wheat Pools
United Grain Growers, Limited
Prairie Provinces
Northwest Line Elevators’ Association
Cost Of War Credit Approved By British Commons
The House of Commons voted to authorize a war credit of £1,000,000,000 or $4.45 billion to cover heavy expenditures through March. Sir Kingsley Wood, the chancellor of the exchequer, said Britain is costing about £9,000,000 or $40,050,000 daily.
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Great Britain
London
House of Commons
Kingsley Wood
Exchequer
Britain
First Canadian draft falls short of 39-centre target
Canada’s first compulsory muster for World War I produced 25 525 enlistees for 39 training centres, short of the 29 500 capacity. Of 29 559 reported, 2 034 were medically unfit. Reasons include farmer and war industry postponements, unreported prior service, student status, and rural communications gaps.
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Ottawa
Canada
Departments
National War Services and
National Defence
Quebec
Department of National War Services
National War Services Boards
London to Remain Nations Capital Amid War Flight
Government remains in London with no plan for compulsory evacuation. Health Minister MacDonald cites an ominous rise in cerebro spinal fever in wartime, urging more people to leave only if it does not disrupt business.
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London
House of Commons
Malcolm MacDonald
Reuters News Agency
MacDonald
Natives of Petra Consume Food Twice Weekly
The inhabitants of Petra in Trans-Jordan number 160 and reside in ancient tombs of their forebears. They survive on meals only twice a week, living in a ruined city that predates the Christian era.
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Petra
Trans-Jordan
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