Bombers Hit Bremen In Daylight Raid And Baltic Front Update
Royal Air Force bombers scored direct hits on Bremen in a bold daylight raid, targeting a waterfront factory as crews pressed a broader campaign across Nazi-occupied France and Germany. Reports say 16 German fighters were shot down with three Britons killed. NATO fronts also note Minsk surrender claims and German statements of the Berezina crossing as Soviet lines reportedly falter amid harsh terrain and continued German offensives.
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LONDON
C.P
Royal Air Force
Bremen
France
air ministry
Germany
R.A.F
Gen Gazzena Surrenders in Ethiopia
Cairo July 4 report says General Gazzena, supreme commander of remaining Italian forces in Ethiopia, announces surrender. British command notes Italian resistance in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somaliland nearing a close. Gondar remains besieged. Debra Tabor surrender seen as precursor to Gondar fall.
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CAIRO
C.P
Gazzena
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Gondar
Debra Tabor
Middle East
ROME
Tobruk
Lybia
Tripoli
Bengasi
French Canadians Begin Overseas Training in Britain
Some 600 French-Canadian soldiers are starting training overseas in Britain. About 500 reinforcements for infantry and other units join the largest draft yet to reach the United Kingdom, with the infantry destined for two Quebec regiments of the 2nd Division. They will receive several months of training before joining their regiments in Canadian holding units.
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ENGLAND
C.P. Cable
Britain
United Kingdom
Quebec
Six year old Allan Johnston smokes at home in Ida
The note reports a six year old boy from Ida on his grandparents farm who has smoked since age one or two. Parents seek to break the habit before he starts school next fall. The column comments on broader smoking trends and mentions flowers shipping to the United States and Canada.
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Allan Johnston
R.R. No. 2
Ida
Cavan
Peterborough
Guerrilla Warfare Waged By Russians After Stalin's Plea
MOSCOW July 4 In the Baltic to Black Sea front the Red army claimed new positions in the north and repelled a southern Ukraine offensive while scoring a heavy defeat of the Germans in the Berezina battle The Bobruisk frontier remained the focal point with fighting centered near Bobruisk and ongoing efforts to span the Berezina river the Russians said Objectives included inflicting heavy defeats with artillery and air support and maintaining pressure on German forces along the Moscow Minsk corridor
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BRLIN
Minsk
Moscow
Berezina
Ukraine
Gulf of Finland
Dniester
Zhitomir
Dnieper
Vitebsk
Pskov
Lake Peipus
Estonia
Bialystok
D.N.B
Red Army
Berezina river
Latvia
Russia
Borisov
Bobruisk
Napoleon
Bokovs
RAF Eagle Squadron Pilot Missing Over Northern France
Pilot Officer William Isaac Hall of the Royal Air Force Eagle squadron of American volunteers was presumed prisoner in German occupied France. Hall, whose mother lives in Prince Albert Saskatchewan, was reported missing after a foray over northern France. Squadron members said they saw Hall gliding toward open country with his plane under control and the undercarriage down.
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LONDON
William Isaac Hall
Royal Air Force
Eagle squadron
France
Hall
Prince Albert, Sask
Preparations for New Social Order
Prime Minister Mackenzie King warned Edmonton audiences that the Nazi menace draws closer to the hemisphere as he urged leaders to convey the world encircling danger to the United States and Latin America. He stressed youth must see the peril to freedom and future of Canada and its allies. Continued on Page Five.
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C. R. BLACKBURN
EDMONTON
hemisphere
Mackenzie King
Mr. King
Edmonton service club
board of trade
Washington
United States
Latin America
Two RAF Men Killed in Hat Plane Crash
From Our Own Correspondent. Medicine Hat July 4 two RAF Service Flying Training School members were killed when their Oxford training plane crashed west of Medicine Hat Shortly before 1 pm The dead are Flying Officer Bertram Hellins Simms and Leading Aircraftman Bernard Belcher An eye witness said the plane belched black smoke before hitting the ground A fourth tragedy since training began in March Also in Portage la Prairie a Tiger Moth crash left LAC R L Miln of Beamsville Ont dead with a court of inquiry to determine the cause.
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MEDICINE HAT
Oxford
Service Flying Training School
No. 34
R.A.F
Bertram Charles Hellins-Simms
Staffordshire
England
Bernard Albert Belcher
Worcestershire
A. ap Ellis
Hillside cemetery
Rev. Bradshaw
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE
Man
LAC
R. L. Miln
Beamsville
Ont
Miln
Royal Canadian Air Force
R.C.A.F
New Crisis In East Seen In Shanghai Report
Reports from Shanghai on July 4 indicate unconfirmed claims of a Japanese move within two weeks to seize Seigon the major port and threaten French Indo China. Observers cite aims to gain air bases in Thailand and pressure Britain and China while Germany seeks payoff for recognizing Wang Ching Wei. London neutral circles foresee Japan strengthening footholds in Indo China and Thailand as prelude to deeper Pacific campaign targeting Netherlands East Indies.
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SHANGHAI
Indo-China
Seigon
Japan
Thailand
China
Burma
Far East
Singapore
Netherlands East Indies
United States
Pacific
Britain
Germany
Wang Ching-Wei
LONDON
Associated Press
French Indo-China
South Pacific
Royal Canadian Navy issues mail directions
Ottawa July 4 The Royal Canadian Navy issued instructions for sending letters to personnel with no fixed address. Send care of naval service headquarters Ottawa including full first name rank and official number if known. Ship addressees go to the ship care of the fleet mail officer in Halifax or Esquimalt.
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OTTAWA
Royal Canadian Navy
naval service headquarters
Halifax
Esquimalt
B.C
British Columbia
Alberta
Roosevelt Urges Readiness for Liberty Amid Global Threats
President Roosevelt, broadcasting from the Franklin D. Roosevelt library on Independence Day, urged Americans to be willing to pledge their lives if necessary to preserve liberty. He warned tyranny abroad endangers the republic and that the United States must remain a beacon of freedom amid dictatorships, stressing that the pledge must be matched by will and action.
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HYDE PARK
N.Y
Roosevelt
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Atlantic
Long Distance Recruiting in Chicago Mechanics to Montreal
In Montreal on July 4 the recruiting center received a call from Chicago asking for spots for a couple of good mechanics. The Chicago party said they would be in tomorrow, and the Montreal officer confirmed ready positions.
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MONTREAL
Chicago
Stone Sworn In At Rocky Mountain National Park
Harlan F. Stone aged 69 was sworn in as chief justice of the United States on Thursday in a log cabin high in the Rocky Mountains. The oath was administered by Wayne Hackett a United States commissioner for Rocky Mountain National Park.
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STONE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PARK
Colo
Harlan F. Stone
United States
Rocky mountains
Wayne Hackett
Rocky Mountain National Park
Emperor Hirohito congratulates Roosevelt on US Independence Day
In Tokyo on July 4, Emperor Hirohito sent a formal message to President Roosevelt praising the United States as it marks 165 years since Independence. The Japanese note expresses goodwill and friendship between the two nations amid ongoing postwar relations.
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TOKYO
Hirohito
Roosevelt
United States
Army Air Force Begins Receiving Dive Bombers
The United States Army Air Force has started regular deliveries of dive bombers and plans to organize by November at least six squadrons. The aircraft are described as superior to German models.
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WASHINGTON
United States Army Air Force
Germany
Allies Take Deir-ez-Zor in Syria Front Drive
British Indian forces announced occupation of Deir-ez-Zor in eastern Syria as they push along the Euphrates from Iraq toward Aleppo. The advance yielded five guns two planes and many vehicles with no other major Syria front changes reported. Vichy troops seen in Salonika may head to Syria while air force reinforcements continue from North Africa and Greece.
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CAIRO
Deir-ez-Zor
Syria
Iraq
Euphrates
Middle East
Alepy
Mediterranean
East Africa
North Africa
GREECE
ANKARA
Turkey
Salonika
France
Dodecanese islands
Alaska highway routes urged for defence board probe
Edmonton leader Charles H Grant calls for full US-Canada joint defence board investigation into military values of proposed Alaska highway routes. Statements emphasize strategic planning amid wartime concerns and international cooperation during July 4 coverage.
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ALASKA
EDMONTON
C.P
United States-Canada joint defence board
Alaska highway
Charles H. Grant
National Parks Highway association
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Italian Somaliland
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British Industrial Bulletin
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King
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ASUNCION
O.P
army high command
Paraguay river
Pilar
here
NEW YORK
Gehrig
Yankee Stadium
Yankees
Senators
FAIRMOUNT
Minn
A.P.j
Wiliam Roehler
Fred Brammier
SPITFIRE
Wings for Britain Society today
Schlumbecer Well Surveying Corporation
Houston
Tex
free French air force
MADRID
Espana
University City
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