Munda Base Under Shellfire As Yanks Land On New Georgia Isle
Allied forces landed on Rendova and advanced toward Munda air base in the Solomons as heavy bombardment and air attacks continued. U S and Australian units reported consolidating gains along a 700 mile front with 123 Japanese planes destroyed and 25 American planes lost in the initial two days.
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Munda
New Georgia Isle
Marlin Spencer
Associated Press
Australia
Solomona
Pacific
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Munds
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
United States
Rendova
New Georgia
Viru
MacArthur
navy
Washington
McCawley
Vila
Salamaua
Allied air raids hit Cagliari and Sicilian targets
Allied airmen shot down four German fighters and attacked Cagliari in Sardinia, injuring and damaging multiple facilities. Palermo and Catania were reportedly struck, while U S reports of a daylight raid near Athens caused 33 deaths and 60 injuries. RAF and Middle East Command bombed Axis shipping and damaged vessels off Greece, with Northwest Africa command noting two enemy schooners sunk.
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NOLAND NORGAARD
Associated Press
NORTH AFRICA
Cagliari
Sardinia
Palermo
Catania
Sicily
DNB
disputch
Berlin
United States
pirmen
Athens
RAF
Middle East command
Levkas channel
Greece
Cairo
Northwest African command
Wellngton
Nazis Report New Convoys Arrive at Gibraltar
Berlin radio cites La Linea dispatches saying a convoy of 25 Allied transports reached Gibraltar yesterday and moved into the Mediterranean after a brief halt for another convoy from the Atlantic. It adds a second convoy of eight transports laden with war material departed Gibraltar yesterday while British ships Nelson Rodney Formidable and others remain anchored in the Roadstead.
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NEW YORK
Berlin
La Linea
Spain
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Nelson
Rodney
Formidable
Britain war economy and civilian losses unfold in Ottawa Journal report
The London correspondent for the Ottawa Journal describes the British home front under air raids with civilian deaths and injuries, wartime production shifts, and government controls. He notes production prioritization, labor committees, shorter work time losses, 18 percent decline in living standards from 1938 to 1942, agricultural mobilization, rising output per worker, and reduced imports.
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Britain
London
Ottawa Journal
Europe
Wheat car allocations debated in Commons Ottawa
In Ottawa July 2 the agriculture committee discussed rail car allocations to western grain regions amid calls for reform. Minister Gardiner warned wheat’s return would lag if tied to rubber materials, citing earnings around 17 dollars an acre only if wheat outcompetes petroleum in rubber synthesis.
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OTTAWA
GPI
E. E. Pertey
Qu’Appelle
house of commons
Canadian Wheat Board
Perley
MacKinnon
house of commons agriculture committee
W. G. Weir
Gib
MacDonald
Robert Fair
Battle River
Fair
A. Golding
Huron Perth
AGRICULIURE
Gardiner
hum
Victor Quelch
Acadia
agriculture committee
E. S. Archibald
experimental farms
United States
agriculture department
Howe
Japanese Losses On Yangtse Reported At 55670 Men
Chinese army spokesman said Japanese losses on the Yangtse between May 4 and June 30 totaled 55,670 men amid heavy fighting near the Upper Yangtse. He also cited a fresh clash near Hangchow, about 100 miles southwest of Shanghai, with guerrillas capturing Taya village northeast of Hangchow. Three Japanese planes were shot down and ten river craft sunk.
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CHUNGEING
Yangtse
Hangchow
Ghekiane
Shanghai
Taya
Sugar Debate Dominates Ottawa War Budget Talks
In Ottawa on Dominion Day MPs debated war appropriation estimates including the labor department share of 1943-44 expenditures and farm labor movements. Finance Minister Tooley touted price board achievements noting a cost of living rise far below the U S and Canada’s wartime savings totaling hundreds of millions.
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OTTAWA
House of ecommons
labor deppertment
Canada
prices board administration
finance department
Finance
Tisley
prices board
United States
Asley
Day in Parliament: Estimates and Senate Adjournment
The House of Commons will take up non war estimates of the agriculture department and the Senate stands adjourned until July 6. Yesterday the House completed discussion of the Labour Department's 21,000,000 pound share of the estimated war expenditure for 1943 44. The Senate did not sit.
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House of Commons
agriculture department
Senate
House
labor department
RAF Raids Akyab Base in Burma Action
Allied air strikes hit Akyab in western Burma sinking or damaging sampans off the Arakan coast. Coastal shipping and inland transport along the Irrawaddy were targeted, with two river steamers and several barges damaged. No aircraft losses reported.
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Akyab
Burma
Arakan
Irrawaddy
Blueprint for Invasion by Gillis Purcell
A Canadian Press report outlines L. Randall of Montreal as author of a provocative invasion blueprint titled Bridgehead to Victory. The five frontier plan envisions a Mediterranean start, a three week peak, and coordinated western and eastern front attacks, with emphasis on a bold coast assault. Randall, a former Bavarian infantry commander in the First Great War, moved from Europe to Canada, later living in Switzerland and America, and offers a nontechnical analysis aimed at warning against casual talk of invasion.
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GILLIS PURCELL
Stat
TORONTO
Canada
Europe
L. ¥. Randall
Montreal
Mediterranean
France
Eneland
biideehead
Nammer
HITLER
Randall
Germany
Switzerland
Etrene
America
Doran
United States
Randall wile
theris
Russia
Ettner
Kiev
Dnepropetrovski
373000 Increase To Oil Plant
Calgary July 2 contract for a 373000 addition to the Royallte No 2 absorption plant Turner Valley was set in June MacLeans Building Reports expansion is part of the alkylate production project by Royalste in conjunction with Allied War Industries Ltd The absorption plant is in the gas well area of Turner Valley and its output will be used as a blending agent for aviation gasoline.
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CALGARY
Royallte
Flier Acquitted Calgary July 2 Flight Officer Cleared
In Calgary a magistrate dismissed the charge of manslaughter against Flying Officer Frank J. Wilson of No 378 PTS RAF, former adviser to the ARP committee. The case stemmed from his automobile striking and fatally injuring James Duncan, 74, of Calgary on January 17. The magistrate found no negligence or excessive speed and ruled the conduct did not show fault.
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CALGARY
Frank J. Wison
P. TS
RAF
ARP committee
vity pa tce
James Dancan
DO Sunchi
Allied drive targets Salamaua Lae in New Guinea offensive
The second phase of the southwest Pacific offensive focuses on Salamaua and Lae with the ultimate aim the Japanese base at Rabaul on New Britain. The New Guinea drive centers at Sanananda and Butta, both captured from Nippon forces.
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PACIFIC
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Buna
Solomons
southwest Pacific
Salamaua
Lae
Rabaul
New Britain
Sanananda
Butta
Roosevelt vetoes bill extending CCC and pork price plan
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill to extend the Commodity Credit Corporation and scrap the administration plan to subsidize processors to lower food prices. He warned the measure would raise costs and harm the war economy, calling it a high cost, inflationary bill that would burden housewives with higher butter and meat prices. The veto message outlines three main points: it blocks price reductions, limits executive power to buy farm products, and risks worsening living costs during wartime.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
Commodity Credit Corporation
congress
RAF Bombers Off On Night Raid Across London Sky
A string of Allied air raids reported by observers included RAF bombers targeting railway and communications sites in France and the Low Countries. In London a night raid caused flames and smoke, while other strikes were said to have hit oil storage and a tank near aluminum plants. Reports also noted German claims of sinkings in the Mediterranean and a push toward Allied shipping. Edmund Schewer, noted Jewish philanthropist, died in Toronto at 96 after injuries from a car crash. Naval officials announced a meeting between Vice Admiral Hoerner and Admiral Robert aboard to discuss Caribbean French forces and Operation coordination.
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LONDON
C.P
Taman
Senaya
Kerch Strait
Kerch
Crimea
Moscow radio
Red army
Caucasus
Lenayd
Temyruk
long front
Smolensky
Moscow
Kalinin
RAF
France
on Nage communications
airy ministry
Netherlands
R.A.F
A.P
ROME
Heston
WASHINGTON
peice
NAZIS
ALLIED Canada
contrict
Arvida
United Frce
Jene Jonea
DNB
EDMUND SCHEVER
TORONTO
Edmund Schewer
trea
MEEY ROBERT
MARTINIQUE
navy
John Herward
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Salamaus
Sugar
Commons
AKYAB BASE
BoPot
ADMIRALTY
PORTMORESBY
MEW
Coral Sea
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