Red Army Holds Front as Nazi Drives Falter in Latvia and Ukraine
Soviet dispatch reports wiping out Nazi advance tank forces in the Dvinsk and Minsk areas and stopping drives aimed at Moscow and Leningrad. Heavy blows said struck at German forces near Luck gateway to the Ukraine and at the Karelian Isthmus toward Leningrad.
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OSCOW
Red army
Dvinsk
Minsk
Moscow
Leningrad
Luck
Ukraine
Bobruisk
Berezina
White Russia
Conscription Suggestions Made Again
Prime Minister Mackenzie King studied fresh conscription suggestions in Vancouver as he toured Pacific Coast defence and training sites. He reviewed a Ottawa statement by W. D. Heridge and a letter from Brig.-Gen. J. A. Clark criticizing his stance and urging total war effort. King did not remark publicly, with Calgary agitation previously addressed during his tour.
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VANCOUVER
Mackenzie King
Pacific Coast
Victoria
Ottawa
W. D. Herridge
New Democracy movement
J. A. Clark
K.C
Vancouver-Burrard
Canada
Clark
King
Calgary
China Breaks With Axis
China on Monday night severed relations with Germany and Italy and recalled its diplomatic and consular personnel from those countries. The move followed Axis recognition of the Wang Ching Wei Nanking government, clarifying the break in formal relations beyond prior recalls.
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CHUNGKING
China
Germany
Italy
Wang Ching-Wei Nanking
Left Hand Corner Airmen Mating Trend Sparks Concerns
The article reports Lt. Rae noting a rising potential for marriages among New Zealand airmen training in Canada under the Commonwealth plan. He cites only six marriages so far due to graduation requirements and warns of wives left behind when servicemen depart.
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B. R. Rae
New Zealand
Canada
Winnipeg
Rae
Government bars military age men from civil service
Ottawa July 2. The government ordered that no more men of military age be employed in the civil service until the war ends. An order in council directs that no male person of military age shall be appointed unless the civil service commission certifies necessity in the public interest.
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OTTAWA
C.P
civil service commission
Seventeen German Planes Fell to RAF Daylight Raids
London reports the Royal Air Force destroyed seventeen German planes in daylight raids on northern France. The American Eagle squadron helped by bagging three enemy aircraft as RAF fighters supported attacks on Merville airdrome near Lille and a railway junction southeast of Lille. Two bombers and seven fighters were lost in the offensive.
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LONDON
C.P
Royal Air Force
France
Eagle
Brest
RAF
Merville
Lille
Turkish Army Exercises Across Bosporus Stir Dardanelles Talk
Turkish forces simulate transporting infantry and motorized units from Europe to Asia across the Bosporus in large maneuvers.Observers warn retreat from Thrace could abandon Dardanelles control while Ankara reports steady troop and equipment movement in both directions during the drills.
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ISTANBUL
Bosporus
Turkey
Thrace
Dardanelles
Ankara
Edmonton Loses Oldest Citizen
Edmonton reports the death at home of Joseph Haire their oldest resident. A Canadian since 1862 he celebrated his 105th birthday last March 17. Born in Ireland he moved to Alberta in 1902. He had been ill for a year and died in his sleep leaving four sons and five daughters.
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EDMONTON
Joseph Haire
Canada
Haire
Ireland
Alberta
Dominion
Dominion proposes $1.93 weekly living bonus for rail workers
Labor Minister McLarty announces a government plan to grant a $1.93 per week living cost bonus to railway staff with aim to extend to about 3,000,000 workers. The order-in-council is amended to ensure bonuses apply across industries and wages, with workers urged to seek bonuses from employers or petition a conciliation board if refused.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Dominion
Canada
McLarty
order in council
Churchill Receives Canada’s Torch at Downing Street
Pensions Minister Ian Mackenzie presents Canada’s Torch of Victory to Prime Minister Churchill in a brief Dominion Day ceremony outside No 10 Downing Street. Vincent Massey introduces the Canadians as Mackenzie explains the torch’s journey and Canada’s unity. Churchill accepts with thanks and notes the emblem’s display of Canada’s wartime resolve.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
Ian Mackenzie
Churchill
Canada
No. 10
Downing street
Mackenzie
Brendan Bracken
Vincent Massey
Mr. Churchill
Plymouth Express Wrecked Five Killed
Five persons were killed and three injured when the Plymouth Express of the Great Western Railway crashed into a freight train near Slough outside London. Three sailors were among the dead and most of the injured were navy men on leave. A Canadian petty officer, A. A. Chambers, escaped when a compartment he shared with two Belgian ratings was crushed.
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LONDON
Plymouth Express
Great Western Railway
Slough
navy
A. A. Chambers
First Canadian Army Tank Brigade Reaches England
The Department of National Defence announces the arrival of the First Canadian Army Tank Brigade in the United Kingdom. The movement marks a significant reinforcement of Allied armored forces in Europe during the ongoing war.
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TANK BRIGADE
ENGLAND
OTTAWA
C.P
United Kingdom
department of national defence
Transfer Gen Wavell To India Command
Prime Minister Churchill declined to state in the House of Commons details of the Middle East command swap. An official notice said Gen Sir Archibald Wavell would exchange commands with Gen Sir Claude Auchinleck, moving toward India as the war moves.
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Gen. Wavell
India
LONDON
C.P
Churchill
house of commons
Middle East
Archibald Wavell
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Liberal National
Downing Street
WAVELL
Claud Sage
Africa
German high command claims huge Soviet forces captured
Berlin dispatch reports the German high command claiming 100000 Red Army soldiers captured and large parts of trapped formations destroyed in the Bialystok Minsk area. It also says 400 armored cars and 300 cannons captured, with 220 more Red Army tanks knocked out near the southern sector.
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Riga
Windau
ERLIN
Soviet
Russia
Red army
Bialystok-Minsk
fuehrer
Bialystok
Easi
Prussia
Poland
Dominion to Call On 22 to 24 Year Olds For Training
Ottawa reports a July call-up for compulsory training targeting single men aged 21 to 24. Proclamations set four month periods and reserve obligations extend to those who have served, with August expected to bring larger numbers. About 32 to 40 thousand men in the 21 24 age group may be required to report, including 104 thousand already eligible for training.
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Dominion
OTTAWA
Canada
arid
Marines Take Guard Duty at U S Embassy in London
Fifty one American marines are reported to have arrived in Britain to assume guard duties at the United States Embassy and adjacent quarters. London police had previously guarded the embassy. The ship Maarsden’s torpedoed crew and nurses were feared dead or missing with some survivors later reported.
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LONDON
Britain
United States
Netherlands
Maarsden
Red Cross
U.S. navy
U.S. Red Cross
Iceland
aby
Tceland
Japan Pledges Action On East Asia Crisis
Tokyo reports the government opted a policy to meet the East Asia crisis sparked by the Russia Germany war. Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka warned of a grave super emergency developing, with the imperial conference under Emperor Hirohito. Domei notes actions may speak louder than words as internal measures proceed.
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TOKYO
Yosuke Matsuoka
East Asia
Matsuoka
imperial palace
Hirohito
Domei
Enrolment Underway at University of Alberta Summer Sessions
Students began enrolling at the University of Alberta as the education department and university summer sessions opened. Officials expected to register about 1560 students today and lectures start tomorrow.
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EDMONTON
department of education
university of Alberta
Navy Casualty List Updates From Ottawa Report
Ottawa reports two new casualties in the 44th Royal Canadian Navy list. One previously missing man is now listed as safe. The overall navy dead and missing since the war began reaches 370 with no Albertans among the latest names.
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OTTAWA
Royal Canadian Navy
Thieves Steal Liquor From Government Store
A thief or thieves broke into the government liquor store in Edson overnight and stole forty bottles of liquor. Police are investigating the break in.
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EDSON
Alta
Knox Urges Swift Action to Strengthen Navy
Navy Secretary Frank Knox told the 33rd annual governors conference that now is the time to strike and clear the Atlantic of German menace. He argued Russia could stall Germany for vital months and called the current moment a God given chance to determine the war’s outcome and aid Britain.
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BOSTON
Navy
Frank Knox
Atlantic
United States
Russia
Germany
Hitler
Knox
Britain
Chinese military depots destroyed near Canton
Reports say Chinese troops advanced to King Moon south of Canton on June 29 and destroyed Japanese supply depots. Other items note General Auchinleck arriving in Cairo to take command, Soviet naval actions, Spain recognizing Nanking puppet regime, and various wartime dispatches from Ottawa, Brandon, and Washington.
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HONG KONG
Kingmoon
Canton
AUCHINLECK
CAIRO
Sir Claude, Auchinleck
Middle East
India
Archibald Wavell
NEW YORK
Bove
Tass
Baltic Sea
SPAIN
LONDON
C.P
British Broadcasting Corporation
Nanking
OTTAWA
SINGAPORE
BRANDON
Man
Howard
Wallace Spratt
Royal Air Force
BH. G. Spratt
Brandes
Spratt
RAF
O. ae
KNOX
WASHINGTON
Navy
Knox. flauly
United States
Atlantic
HIGH COMMAND
MINSK
BERLIN
Russia
JOE Louis
CHICAGO
superior
Marva Trotter Louis
VICHY
a. jowesful
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Japan
Govt
U.S. Naval
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