Continued Action Flames Solomon Islands Battle
The Allies press in the Solomon Islands with offensives seen from map indicators toward Rabaul and Bougainville. U S Navy reports suggest the Kula Gulf action caused heavy damage to Japan while the destroyer Strong was sunk near Vila and Bairoko. Americans seized Vangunu Island as ground fighting continued, signaling progress in the central Solomons.
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WASHINGTON
A. p
United States navy
U.S
Kula Gulf
Solomon Islands
Solomons
navy
United States
Strong
Vila
Bairoko
Kila Gulf
New Georgia Island
Kolombangara Island
Munda
Australia
Pacific
Rendovya Island
Allied high command
Douglas MacArthur
gulf
VANGUNU ISLAND
central Solomons
south Pacific
Vura
Vangunu
New Georgia
German Summer Offensive Advances on 165-Mile Front
Allied reporters in Moscow say German armored divisions and infantry pushed along the 165 mile front from Orel to Belgorod. Russian authorities described heavy losses for the attacker as the Nazi offensive entered its second day.
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William McGuffin
Associated Press
Moce
A.P
Orel
Belgorod
Left Hand Corner on German Slavery Mindset and Moltke Quote
The Left Hand Corner discusses German self-critique with references to Goethe and a notorious Moltke remark. It notes Hitler's despotism foundation and recalls Moltke's disputed compliment during the Franco-Prussian War as a measure of Prussian reputation. The piece also cites Vin Sittart and Mrs Kitson in passing.
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London
Ottawa Journal
Goethe
Hitler
Moltke
Messrs
Escott
Rice
Germany
Le VANSITTART
Amendment to Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act
Ottawa July 6 Justice Minister St Laurent said he will introduce a promised amendment to the Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act for Prairie province debtors as soon as the war appropriation bill clears. He replied to M J Coldwell CCF leader who noted the earlier pledge.
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OTTAWA
C.P
St. Laurent
house of commons
Farmers’ Creditors Arrangement act
prairie province
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F
Women Buy Twice as Many Clothes in War Years
Toronto July 6 1943 Florence Lamon of the standards section of the prices board told the Canadian Home Economics Association here that sales of women’s clothing in the first three months of 1943 were 98 percent greater than in the same period in 1939.
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TORONTO
Florence Lamon
standards
prices board
Canadian Home Economics Association
Labor Registrar Arrests Highlight Wartime ParliaMent News
Ottawa reports Labor Minister Mitchell announcing in the Commons the arrest in Toronto of R A Irwin divisional registrar of mobilization and three others on conspiracy charges under the Mobilization act. An acting registrar has been named as CBC investigates wartime staffing.
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OTTAWA
Labor
Mitchell
house of commons
Toronto
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
R. A. Irwin
Robert A. Allen
Ontario
Toronto Riverdale
Naifie M. Stephens
Norman Stephens
CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
J. S. Thomson
house of commons radio committee
Thomson
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F
CBu fre
Miners Return to Pits As Strike Setbacks Ebb
Pittsburgh July 6 41 Thousands of the final group of 50 000 striking miners went back to the pits today and district leaders of the United Mine Workers predicted virtually all of the 521 000 coal workers in the United States would be back on the job by night fall.
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PITTSBURGH
United Mine Workers
United States
Infiltration Tactics Used by Americans in Pacific War
July 6 report notes American soldiers and Marines employing infiltration tactics, long favored by the Japanese, for the first time in the Central Solomons offensive. A responsible source disclosed the tactic but did not provide specifics.
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SOUTH PACIFIC
Salomons
Jewel Grabbers Crime Problem in London
Britain's new crime problem is the woman determined to seize jewelry clothing and furs despite restrictions. Scotland Yard reports fingerprints in looted houses are frequently feminine.
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LONDON
C.P
Britain
Scotland Yard
Allied air forces clash with German fighters over Sicily and Sardinia
Allied air forces claimed 30 German fighters shot down in a major Mediterranean air battle as 42 enemy planes fell for a loss of 12 Allied craft. More than 60 U.S. bombers from the Middle East pounded Messina and Sicily bases, hitting rail lines, docks, and sheds with heavy tonnage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Relman Morin
Associated Press
LLIED
NORTH AFRICA
A.P
Sicily
Sardinia
Gerbini
Marsala
Licata
Sciacca
Catania
Villacidro
MESSINA
U.S
Middle East
U.S. Ninth Air Force
Lazaretto mole
Call Married Men In Sask. Induction Medical Examinations
Regina July 6 notices to Saskatchewan married men born 1917 to 1924 are being sent by the national war services board to report for medical exams before armed forces induction. Registrar Fred C. Wilson said all men in these years will receive notices, regardless of prior marriage date, with most married after July 1 1940 already targeted. He noted early 19 to 26 age group coverage and awaited Ottawa guidance on older groups.
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REGINA
Saskatchewan
national war services board
Fred C. Wilson
Wilson
Ottawa
Belgians Buy 7 Million Bushels Canadian Wheat
The Belgian government in London announced it has paid Canada in gold for 7,000,000 bushels of wheat to be delivered in Antwerp after the war. The deal was enabled by Canada's record wheat production last year.
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LONDON
C. P
Canada
Antwerp
Belgium
RCAF officers win Distinguished Flying Crosses and Medals
London July 6 The awarding of two Distinguished Flying Crosses and two Distinguished Flying Medals to members of the Royal Canadian Air Force was announced. Acting Squadron Leader L. E. Logan of Ottawa and PO H. J. Jennings of Oshawa Ont. received the DFCs. Flight Sergeant D. V. Smith of Toronto and Flight Sergeant H. L. McBeath of Vancouver received the DM. No further details were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
C P Cable
R.C A.F
D.F.C
L. E. Logan
Ottawa
PO. H. J. Jennings
Oshawa
D. V. Smith
Toronto
Set H. L McBeath
Vancouver
D.F.M
Relaxed gasoline rules for vacation travel on A cards
Washington July 6 Representative Fred Hartley says the United States office of price administration will relax gasoline restrictions in 12 eastern seaboard states to permit vacation travel by A card holders after July 15.
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WASHINGTON
Fred Hartley
Rep
United States office of price administration
eastern seaboard
Air Strafe and Channel Raid Report in Allied Air Offensive
LONTION July 6. RAF Spitfires destroyed seven German fighters in a northern France sweep with no losses. Berlin radio cited raids on Germany by RAF bombers last night. Allied daylight squadrons roared over the channel toward Boulogne Calais as Berlin claimed nuisance raids in western and northern Germany. An RN aircraft damaged a 500 ton armed vessel off the Dutch coast during the night, according to the air ministry.
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Berlin
Germany
R.A.F
LONDON
Reich
Associated press
Dover Strait
Boulogne
Calais
R.A
air ministry
MacFarlane Leads Rutten In Herald District Final
Pat MacFarlane of Wetaskiwin holds a three up lead over Gordon Rutten of Lethbridge after the first half of the 36 hole final in the Herald District golf tournament at the Country Club course. Finalists resume at 1:30 this afternoon with the championship in reach.
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CALGARY
C.P
Pat MacFarlane
Wetaskiwin
Gordon Rutten
Lethbridge
Imperial Amendment Motion Passed by House of Commons
Ottawa reports a resolution asking Britain to delay redistribution of federal representation till after the war was adopted without a recorded vote after a brief debate. Justice Minister St Laurent faced accusations of stirring language and religious issues. seven Liberals and two Quebec independents opposed the motion. Third party leaders Coldwell and Hansell supported the government.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
Justice
St. Laurent
Quebec
Gordon Graydon
P. J A. Cardin
Lib
Richelieu-Vercheres
King
St Laurent
Rimouski
Lionel Bertrand
Terbonne
J. G. Roy
Ind. Gaspe
C. F. Dorion
Charlevoix-Saguenay
Graydon
Mr. St. Laurent
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F
FE. G. Hansell
Macleod
New Justice Is Named In B C
Ottawa reports Mr Justice H B Robertson, long serving puisne judge on the supreme court of British Columbia, is named to the British Columbia appeal court. He is succeeded on the supreme bench by A D MacFarlane KC of Victoria, editor turned lawyer who moved from Ontario in 1908 and practiced in Victoria since 1912.
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OTTAWA
H. B. Robertson
supreme court of
British Columbia
British Columbia appeal court
St. Laurent
Justice Robertsons
supreme court
A. D. MacFarlane, KC
Victoria
MacFarlane
Ontario
Greenwood
B.C
Times
Skeena
University of Toronto
Toronto Daily Star
Winnipeg Telegram
Alberta mine pay under review in Edmonton and Lethbridge
The United Mine Workers of America district seeks overtime and adjusted basic pay in Alberta coal fields. The board plans to appoint a referee to examine conditions, with overtime for underground workers and a move to align rates with the Drumheller Lethbridge areas where a cost‑of‑living bonus exists. The present base in underground mines is 3.78 dollars daily, with 5.51 dollars in some domestic Alberta coal districts.
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Alberta
Bitter Columbia
United Mine Workers of America
Edmonton
tos wayl
Wwe
Drumheller
Lethbridge
Lakeside
Strides Creek
Coalspur
Russians Claim New Anti Tank Tactics Seen
London observers note Stalin’s claim of destroying 586 German tanks and 203 aircraft in the opening hours of the Soviet counter offensive. German high command reports fierce fighting as forces press the Belorussian and Kursk fronts amid rumors of a broader eastern push.
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LONDON
C.P
Russia
high command
Germans Split Russian Defences Near Kharkov In Major Offense
Central Russia reports say a powerful German drive broke through some Soviet lines in the Betortd sector about 3 miles north of Kharkov after long fighting. the Russians claimed 10,000 German dead, 1,161 tanks destroyed or damaged, and 111 enemy planes shot down on Tuesday.
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LONDON
Russia
Kharkov
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ISABEL
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German Library of Information
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togly
Marguerite Lawler Branson
Fargo
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Halifax Shipyards
Bedford Basin
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