Savage Fight On Carpiquet and Caen Battle
Allied forces push toward Cherbourg peninsula capturing three villages near La Haye du Puits as British Canadian units engage German concentrations west of Caen. American troops withdraw from La Haye du Puits after heavy resistance and rush south of the Cotentin peninsula.
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UPREME
Allied Expeditionary Force
C.P
Cherbourg
La Haye du Puits
Caen
Supreme headquarters
France
LA HAYE
U.S
Normandy
Reuters
Carpiquet
Cotentin
Rommel
Ross Munro
The King Meets a Gladstone Ladybug
The London correspondent of the Ottawa Journal reports an urgent appeal from the Ministry of Health inspector of anatomy for more bequests for medical science. UK donations were only 40 last year, London 20, Scotland 5, with most posthumous donors from medical or mental health institutions. The Anatomy Act of 1832 requires kin consent, often delaying willing testators, and an American friend learned he needed distant consent in the States to dispose of his body for dissection. The King spoke to a fair haired seaman during a Home Fleet visit.
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Ministry of Health
London
Ottawa Journal
United Kingdom
Scotland
Goodman
Swansea crews claim second U boat kill in Atlantic action
Ottawa says H M C S Swansea aided by H M S Pelican destroyed a second U boat after helping H M C S St Laurent, Was kek sia and Chilliwack in earlier Canadian navy U boat successes. Commander King called the action textbook and noted Swansea shared in two U boat destructions to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
H.M.C.S. St. Laurent
H.M.C.S. Swansea
Royal Canadian Navy
Angus L. Macdonald
National Defence
Naval Services
Swansea
Pelican
H.M.C.S. Waskesia
Chilliwack
M.C.S. Swansea
11.M.C.S. Prince Rupert
United States
Canada
H.M.C.S. Prince Rupert
H.M.C.S
Clarence A. King
D.S.O
DS.C
Legion of Merit
U.S
RONR
Oliver
B.C
H.M.S. Pelican
King
End Budget Debate Near End Budget Debate Near OTTAWA
The commons spent its last half day debating government income tax policy and compulsory military service. Progressive Conservatives H Green and H R Jacman urged higher tax exemptions and home army use overseas. Liberal St Laurent supported the plan while Ross Macdonald opposed exemptions and favored keeping home army ready for reinforcements. Dr F W Gershaw urged a more generous drought relief policy for the west.
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OTTAWA
commons
H. Green
P.C
Vancouver South
H. R. Jacman
Toronto Rosedale
Justice
St. Laurent
Ross Macdonald
Brantford City
F. W. Gershaw
Medicine Hat
Green
Parliamentary News Bulletins Ottawa July 6
In the commons budget debate G H Castleden warns tax concessions favoring major firms may sustain monopolies and urges broader social investment including postwar work for 32,000 women in the forces. Defence Minister Ralston reports army enamelware condemned at Brandon disposed after review. value about 2169. Wheat Board participation certificates reach western farmers. over 100,000 cheques issued.
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OTTAWA
C.P
G. H. Castleden
C.C.F
Yorkton
Defence
Ralston
commons
Brandon
Man
J. E. Matthews
L. Brandon
Resources
Crerar
Wheat Board
John Diefenbaker
P.C . Lake Centre
Anny Killer Ends Life in Army Hospital
Lieut Beauford Swancutt, under death sentence by an army court martial, killed himself in Letterman hospital San Francisco. He hanged himself with a bed sheet after being convicted at Camp Anza of slaying two young women, his commanding officer, and a policeman. He was wounded before capture and hospitalized after the coat martial.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Beauford Swancutt
army
Letterman hospital
Swancutt
Camp Anza
Menace Road To Florence Advances In Italian Campaign
Allied and Axis forces clash along the Italian coast and inland as Indian troops of the British 8th Army push toward Ampertide and Arezzo. American units face heavy German fire near Castiglioncello and Rosignano while U.S. tanks advance near Monte Catini. French troops burst through to Castelfidardo and push along Highway 68 toward Colle di Val d’Elsa and Volterra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ROME
8th Army
Ampertide
Liber
Florence
Arezzo
5th Army
Castiglioncello
Livorno
Leghorn
Rosignano
Castellina
United States
Monte Catini
Umbertide
Siena
Ancona
Adriatic
8th
Badia
San Sabino
Castelfidardo
Numana
Colle di val d'Elsa
Volterra
Rundstedt Deposed as German West Command Shift
London dispatch reports Marshal Von Rundstedt removed due to ill health and replaced by Field Marshal Von Kluege in the west. Hitler thanks Rundstedt and hints at a future assignment, Rommel moves to direct frontline action, while Hitler remains away from the front.
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LONDON
D.N.B
Marshal Von Rundstedt
Von Kluege
Hitler
Rundstedt
Marshal Rommel
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Normandy
Von Rundstedt
Rommel
FRANCE
C.P. Cabie
Germany
Dissolution of Parliament Rumored in Ottawa
Rumors in Ottawa say Parliament may be dissolved and a general election held before July to clear budget matters. The decision rests with Prime Minister Mackenzie King. The only direct word from him was a Commons statement that dissolution and an election would occur before July 1, 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Jnly
house of commons
Mackenzie King
commons
Fire damages nurses' home in Qu'Appelle hospital
$30,000 fire destroys the nurses' home at the Indian hospital in Qu'Appelle Sask with contents saved. The blaze began Wednesday evening and burned through the night, loss estimated about $20,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FORT QU’APPELLE
Sask
Indian hospital
Soviets Open Big Offensive In Baltic Push
Soviet troops press toward Wilno and Brest Litovsk with heavy artillery and air support as Cherniakhovsky and Bagramian advance from the southeast and northeast. German forces retreat along the Minsk corridor while fronts report fierce fighting and two White Russian armies near key Baltic routes.
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EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Red army
Pinsk
Brest Litovsk
Ivan Chermakhovsky
Wilno
Baltic republics
Cherniakhovsky
Smorgomie
East Prussia
Minsk
Chermiakhovsky
Ivan Bagramuian
Lithuania
Latvia
Kowel
Baranowicze
Finsk
Gorin River
Hitler
Warsaw
Berlin
Wilno-Daugavpils
Pskov
Leningrad
Baltics
Bagramian
St. Myadziel
Secret Defence Hints From Churchill On Bomb Attacks
Prime Minister Churchill disclosed to the House of Commons that German flying bombs have killed 2,752 people and wounded 8,000 since robotic attacks began three weeks ago, centered on London. More than 10,000 casualties are in London as children are being sent out of the capital as in the blitz days.
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A.P
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Fear 64 Die In Mine Fire
In Bellaire Ohio a Powhatan mine fire trapped 64 miners for 15 hours before flames forced rescue crews to abandon efforts. Officials sealed all entrances as officials predicted no one survived. the mine may burn for weeks while bodies are recovered.
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BELLAIRE
Powhatan
Richard McGee
Olno
Powshatan Mining Company
Marcus Kegr
state
ot vision of mines
Charles E. Young
Adolph Pacifico
District Six
United Mine Workers
Germans bombs hit southern England injure nurses and patients
German flying bombs fell at random over southern England during the night and early today, damaging three hospitals and killing at least six patients and nurses. Some Battle of Britain pilots now lead the fight against the bombs. Air Marshal Sir Roderic Hill commands the defense. fighter pilots reported success yesterday destroying buzz bombs in the air over wide areas.
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LONDON
C.P
England
Britain
Roderic Hill
Churchill reports 50 000 tons of Allied bombs in three weeks
Prime Minister Churchill outlined the impact of Hitler's new weapon and said about 50 000 tons of Allied bombs had been dropped on French coast targets and Germany. He noted flying bomb casualties were concentrated in London and that evacuation of civilians continued while operations in France and Germany proceeded.
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Hitler
R.A.F
French
England
Churchill
Normandy
LONDON
France
Germany
Wide Raids On Germans
United States heavy bombers attacked northwest Germany and air fields in France after raids on Pas-De-Calais and Dijon. Coordinated strikes reportedly involved Italian and British forces with additional bombers and fighters approaching southern Germany and Austria. Mosquitos bombed a synthetic oil plant near the Ruhr, with smoke rising as other industrial targets were hit. Continuous coverage noted on page three.
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LOSDON
U.S
Germany
France
Pas-De-Calais
Dijon
Paris
Italy
Britain
Jack Berlin
Austria
Ruhr
Gelsenkirchen
Soviets Capture Kowel and 5,000 Nazis Die in West Push
Soviet troops captured Kowel 70 miles southeast of Brest Litovsk as they pushed westward, killing more than 5,000 Nazis encircled east of Minsk and seizing over 330 populated places. De Gaulle arrives in Washington for Franco-American talks with Roosevelt. Churchill sends message to Chiang Kai-shek pledging support against Japan. About 106 dead in Ringling Brothers circus fire in Hartford. U.S. bombers strike Germany and France. seven killed in a Quebec camp blast.
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KOWEL
LONDON
A.P
Brest Litovsk
Minsk
DE GAULLE
WASHINGTON
Charles de Gaulle
Roosevelt
MARTFORD
Conn
A.P.J
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
Joseph Mitchell
CHURCHILL
CHIANG KAI-SHEK
west
Japan
China
U.S
GERMANY
FRANCE
C.P
Pas de Calais
Rome
ralell
Italy
QUEBEC
ST. BRUNO
Que
Mount Brene
Bruno
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Ladybug
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Castleden
Tom Reid
New Westminster
Mr. Castleden
Mr. Reid
J. A. Glen
J. A. Glen and Interruptee of Mr. Castleden
M. J. Coldwell
Liguori Lacombe
Cdn
Laval
Two Mountains
Anny
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ace
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