Germans claim break of Stalin Line and capture Cernauti
Berlin reported that German forces had broken the Stalin Line and captured Cernauti, capital of Soviet Bucovina, as part of a broader push into Bessarabia and northern Bucovina. The German communique said Axis troops advanced despite Soviet counterattacks, while Soviet bulletins said the Red Army blocked advances on all fronts.
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BERLIN
Russia
Cernauti
Bucovina
Black Sea
Gulf of Finland
D.N.E
Hitler
Bessarabia
Romania
Soviet Union
Carpathians
Dniester river
Minsk
Red Army
Aussie Vessel Downs 3 Planes in Mediterranean Attack
Naval Minister Hughes announced that HMAS Paramatta shot down three Nazi dive bombers during a Mediterranean attack. About 30 to 40 German planes participated, targeting the Australian escort ship doing duty in the Middle East, but Paramatta's anti aircraft fire held firm.
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SYDNEY
Australia
Hughes
H.M.A.S
Paramatta
Mediterranean
Middle East
Dr Keenleyside and the Canada U S diplomatic path
Dr Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside, longtime Ottawa diplomat, served as secretary of the Canadian section of the Permanent Joint Defence Board. His recent memoir Canada and the United States traces North American relations toward “sane dignity” and cooperation between the United States and Britain.
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Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside
Ottawa
Permanent Joint Defence Board
department of external affairs
Canada
United States
North American
Dr. Keenleyside
Nazis Hurled Back In Hive Peters
Soviet officials claimed Germany suffered massive losses in the early days of the invasion of Russia. Lozovsky said German casualties reached about 700,000 in the first 12 days with total losses near 1,000,000 y, while Russian manpower remained three times greater. The Red Army also said German tanks used in deception were fake wooden vehicles, uncovered by scouts near the front in an unidentified sector.
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Moscow
A.P
S. A. Lozovsky
Germany
Russia
Soviet Union
Lozovsky
HMS
BACKOSCOW
Red army
Hitler
Sobchenko
Rain Falls Across Foothills Resorts Draw Crowds
Rain fell Monday at Pincher Creek while Lethbridge saw partly cloudy skies. Bow Island Foremost and Parkland reported showers Sunday. The high Sunday reached 83.5 degrees as crowds visited Henderson Beach and other popular resorts.
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Pincher Creek
Lethbridge
Bow Island
Foremost
Parkland
Henderson Beach
Canadian Imports Jump $125 Million in 1941 Five Months
Ottawa reports Canadian imports rose to $530.35 million in the first five months of 1941, up $125 million from 1940. Purchases from the United States reached $379.403 million, $102 million higher than last year, while imports from the United Kingdom decreased by over $3 million to $52.591 million. Domestic exports for five months totaled $567.008 million, versus $1.179 billion for all of 1940.
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OTTAWA
bureau of statistics
United States
United Kingdom
Men From Dominion Take Part In Heavy RAF Attacks On German Held Ports
Edmonton reports two local airmen Sgt Pilot Lowell Vance and Sgt Bartleman were killed in England. Both trained in Canada and overseas this year. London dispatch notes new six storey surface shelters planned to hold 1300 people. RAF bombers hit German occupied France and Germany missions, sinking a 2000 ton ship and an E-boat, damaging six more vessels.
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DOMINION
EDMONTON
C.P
Lowell Vance
OR. W. A. Bartleman
England
Vance
C. N. Vance
Ob. Bartimen
J. Bartleman
Canada
LONDON
ministry of home security
Axis
Royal Air Force
Germany
Press Association
British Isles
Middle East
Britain
association
France
Brest
Kiel
Russia
RAF
air ministry
Ecuador Peru border clash escalates with Peru raids
Ecuador accuses Peru of political and military aggression after two days of frontier fighting and bomb raids. President Arroyo Del Rio’s cabinet orders the army to hold the southern frontier as US Brazil and Argentina consider arbitration.
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QUITO
Ecuador
Peru
Simon Bolivar
Arroyo Del Rio
ministry of defence
Syrian City Is Captured in Near East Advance
Cairo July 7 British Middle East command says Indian troops in the northern wing of the allied force captured the Syrian city of Demir Kapou. British mechanized units push toward Noms. In the central sector a position north of Djezzine was taken. Australian troops crossed the Camous river on the coast and engaged the main Vichy line near Damous. Demir Kapou sits near the Turkish frontier about 18 miles west of Tell Kotchek and 250 miles east of Aleppo. The report notes Australian infantry with heavy bombardment near Beirut.
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CAIRO
Middle East command
Demir Kapou
Noms
Djezzine
Camous
Damous
Tell Kotchek
Aleppo
EDWARD KENNEDY
BEIRUT
Lebanon
No Restrictions On Deliveries To Country Elevators
Winnipeg July 7 The Canadian Wheat Board said it will not restrict deliveries to country elevators of fall and spring wheat rye oats barley and flax harvested in July this year. Producers cannot deliver 1941 grain until August 1. Last year quotas started at five bushels per seeded acre and were raised as storage grew until removed. no quotas yet announced for this summer but expected again.
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WINNIPEG
Canadian Wheat Board
the
wheat board
Soldiers Enjoy One Third Rate Fares Across Canada
OTTAWA July 7 Soldiers on annual and embarkation leave from training centres at Desert Nova Scotia New Brunswick and London Ontario are already enjoying the new one third rate railway fares under an arrangement between the defence department and the railways and by Thursday the plan will be in general operation throughout Canada. This information was given out at defence headquarters today.
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OTTAWA
Desert
N.S. Sussex
N.B
London
Ont
defence department
Canada
defence headquarters
British Subs Sink Cruiser in Mediterranean Blows
British submarines reported sinking an Italian cruiser likely the 10,000 ton Gorizia and damaging three Axis supply ships as well as crippling a 9,000 ton Italian merchant cruiser. If confirmed, this would erase the Zara class ships and reflect a sharp Mediterranean success for the Royal Navy.
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ERNEST AGNEW
Associated Press
LONDON
Gorizia
Admiralty
Zara
Fium
Pola
Matapan
Greece
Nazi POW escape prompts court martial acquittals
Ottawa reported two officers cleared in a general court martial over the April break of 38 German prisoners from a northwestern Ontario internment camp. Two Germans were killed resisting recapture and two reached Medicine Hat before recapture. Maj. C B Lindsey led the camp, with Briz Gen Embury to preside over an inquiry.
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OTTAWA
Ontario
Medicine Hat
Alta
C. B. Lindsey
Briz
J. FP. L. Embury
Saskatchewan court of king's bench
Two Canadian Soldiers Jailed For Robbery
In London on July 7 two Canadian soldiers Ivanhoe Cliffordson aged 19 and Elmer Louis Miller aged 22 were sentenced to 12 months at hard labor and 12 strokes of the lash for robbing an 82-year-old man with violence.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
Ivanhoe Cliffordson
Elmer Louis Miller
Roosevelt sends naval forces to Iceland to secure Atlantic bases
President Roosevelt announced the dispatch of U S naval forces to Iceland to prevent German occupation of strategic Atlantic outposts. He said the move, to supplement British forces and safeguard communications between Iceland and the United States, aims to keep western hemisphere approaches open and free from base activity or threat. He noted prior acts in Trinidad and Guiana and cited understanding with Iceland’s prime minister as justification. Continued on Page Five.
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YY ASHINGTon
A.P
Roosevelt
Iceland
congress
United States
Germany
Atlantic
Trinidad
Guinana
Guiana
Britain
Denmark
US Ship Rescues 32 British Seamen After Torpedoing
Capetown July 16 A United States merchant ship arrived with 32 survivors from a British vessel torpedoed in the Atlantic. Master Lester C. Hansen of Oakland Calif said he diverted his course after learning of the attack on the American ship Robin Moor. Survivors had been adrift 14 days. some naked or in shorts, sunburned and treated for swollen legs. Thirteen crewmen were killed.
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CAPETOWN
United States
Atlantic
Lester C. Hansen
Oakland
Calif
Robin Moor
Hansen
Menzies Names Copland Economic Consultant
Canberra June seven AAP Prime Minister Menzies announced the appointment of Professor D Copland former Australian prices commissioner to the post of economic consultant to the prime minister.
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CANBERRA
Australia
A.A.PJ
Menzies
D. Copland
Defence production on schedule in U S says NA manufacturers
A New York dispatch reports that national defence production is on schedule or ahead in most of the United States according to a National Association of Manufacturers survey. The January bottleneck has largely eased but skilled labor and materials remain in short supply. Delays stem chiefly from postorder specification changes cited by 59 percent of respondents.
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NEW YORK
United States
National Association of Manufacturers
Two Young Girls Drown in Saskatchewan River At Eaton a
Two 16 year old girls Pearl Boychuk and Lyla Brietkreitz drowned while wading beyond their depth on a river picnic near Eaton a Saskatchewan. The incident adds to wartime concerns as Canada reels from a string of news items today.
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EATONA
Sask
C.P
Pearl Boychuk
Lyla Brietkreitz
South Saskatchewan
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Rhineland
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VICTORIA
British Columbia
Lethbridge Pete
WASHINGTON
CANAL ZONE
CRISTOBAL
Cristobal port
Balboa
Robert J. Kirby
Attica State Prison
Sing Sing Prison
Lewis E. Lawes
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