Living Cost Index Unfair Criticism in Ottawa Debate
Finance Minister Ilsley said ways and means are studied to broaden the cost-of-living index to include more fruits and vegetables despite seasonal and sale-method limits. Winnipeg survey data cited by Stanley Knowles show higher grocery bill increases, challenging official 16 month figures.
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OTTAWA
Ilsley
house of commons
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Liley
WINNIPEG
Stanley Knowles
C.C.F
Winnipeg North Centre
Knowles
public welfare committee
Bureau of Statistics
C C F Leads Ontario Election Candidate Field
The C C F holds 49 candidate nominations for the Ontario general election on Aug. 4 and plans to add 20 more in the coming days. Progressive Conservatives have 28 and Liberals 26 announced. Premier Nixon is nominated in Brant. Lt. Col. George A. Drew has not yet been named in Simcoe East. E B Jolliffe will stand in York South. There are 90 constituencies.
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C.C.F
Progressive Conservative
Ontario
Progressive Conservatives
Liberals
Nixon
Brant
George A. Drew
Simcoe East
E. B. Jolliffe
York South
American place names improve war news clarity, says Frank Sullivan
A column cites Frank Sullivan urging the use of familiar U S place names to help readers follow war reports from the Russian and North African fronts. He mocks exotic names, contrasting with examples from local towns and Ontario. A St Thomas Times-Journal note profiles a Canadian corvette sailor speaking on leave.
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Dnepropetrovsk
Ordzhonikidgegrad
Chott
Djerid
Tito OQuzou
Mostaganem
Frank Sullivan
New York
Reds Exact Heavy Toll From Nazis
Soviet reports claim heavy German losses in the Orel Kursk Belgorod front fighting, with 1 271 German tanks and 314 planes downed in two days and over 10 000 German dead. The Russians say two towns near Belgorod fell and note German waves of armor met strong Soviet defense, while Moscow radio reportedly stopped midday briefings.
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William McGuffin
Associated Press
OSCOW
Orel-Kursk-Belgorod
Belgorod
Red army
Soviet information bureau
Orel-Kursk
London
Moscow
Martinique Backs French National Liberation Committee
A Rabat radio broadcast reported by the FCC says Martinique has rallied to the French Committee of National Liberation. An officer of the Fighting French forces at Santa Lucia in the Antilles relayed Martinique’s deputy message requesting new authorities be designated. Admiral Georges Robert invited the United States to name an envoy to discuss a change in authority.
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NEW YORK
Morocco
Rabat
Martinique
French Committee of National Liberation
Federal Communications Commission
Santa Lucia
Antilles
Georges Robert
United States
Divorce for Jack Dempsey in New York
WINTER PLAINS N Y July Interlocutory decree of divorce was granted to Cmdr William Harrison Dempsey United States coast guard reserve and former heavyweight champion from Hannah Williams Dempsey a former musical comedy actress Official Referee J Addison Young noted the charge of wifes infidelity in Los Angeles on November 22 1942 was proven beyond doubt Dempsey named Benny Weedall as co respondent.
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WINTE PLAINS
N.Y
William Harrison
Jack) Dempsey
United States coast guard reserve
Hannah William Dempsey
J. Addison Young
Supreme Court
Dempsey
Los Angeles
Benny Weedall
Lew Jenkins
Train crash kills eighteen in India near Bombay
Eighteen persons were killed and 44 injured today in a train accident on the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway between Bezwada and Guntakal. The disaster occurred as trains collided or derailed in the July heat, sending rescuers to the scene. Authorities investigated cause and passengers were evacuated to nearby stations for treatment.
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INDIA
BOMBAY
Bezwada
Guntakal
Madras
Mahratta
G B Endorses Greek War Aims in Commons Speech
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden stated in the house of commons that the government backs Greece's western war aims as outlined by King George II in a Cairo broadcast. The king promised resignations to allow a fully representative government and assured elections with freedom and order. Eden called the speech farsighted and aligned with democracy and the Atlantic Charter.
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LONDON
Anthony Elen
house of commons
George II of Greere
Cairo
Eden
Mosquitos Sting Enemy in France and Coastal Waters
Canadian bomber crews pounded railways in France while RAF and RCAF fighters operated over the channel and coast. One bomber was lost. eight German aircraft were shot down, including five Focke-Wulfs and three Me 109s, with no losses reported by Canadian headquarters.
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Peles
RAF
SEC Freezes Investors Syndicate Over Fraud Allegations
Philadelphia July 7 The United States Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit against Investors Syndicate Investors Mutual Inc and Investors Syndicate of America charging fraudulent practices over 15 years issuing more than 1.5 billion in certificates to over 400000 investors The commission froze the three firms pending a Minneapolis court hearing and seeks to restrain payments and segregate incoming funds from certificate holders.
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PHILADELPHIA
C.P
United States securities and exchange commission
United States
Investors Syndicate, Investors Mutual, Inc
Investors Syndicate of America
commission
U.S. district court
Minneapolis
Timepiece for Hitler Timepiece for Hitler
A Stockholm News dispatch from London reports Berlin residents set clocks by a lone Royal Air Force intruder plane that appeared regularly over the city at 27:05 a.m. The plane dropped no bombs but caused nuisance as sirens were silenced to avoid needless sheltering and sleep loss.
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LONDON
Berlin
Royal Air Force
Stockholm
Allied bombers hammer Gerbini Sicily airfields in latest raid
Allied forces plus Middle East aircraft unleashed a massive air assault on Gerbini and four satellite fields in southern Sicily. About 50 four engine bombers dropped over 285000 pounds of high explosive and fragmentation bombs, damaging hangars, administration buildings, runways and dispersal areas. One enemy fighter was destroyed and two damaged. Some planes and bases were hit with fires burning, while several Allied aircraft were reported missing or damaged. The action follows a broader North Africa buildup in preparation for an invasion across the Mediterranean.
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DANIEL DE LUCE
Associated Press
ALLIED
NORTH AFRICA
Middle East
Gertini
Sicily
Gerbini
Gerbini fields
Biscari
Milo
Parliament Announces New Coal Controller In Canada
Ottawa reports Coal Controller J McG Stewart resigns to be replaced by E J Brunning, head of ammunition and gun production. Brunning will chair the Emergency Coal Production Board. Also notes morning sittings adopted, beer allocations debated amid war labor shortages, and calls to deploy soldiers to Fraser Valley farms.
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OTTAWA
J. McG. Stewart
E. J. Brunning
munitions department
Howe
Stewart
ccal
consumers Glass Co
Emergency Coal Production Board
Mackenzie King
shenge of commons
C.D.T
George Crickshank
Escaped convict captured hanged in Bermuda
Hamilton Bermuda July 7 1Mm Harry Sousa 73 convicted rape slayer who enjoyed a brief period of liberty yesterday escaped from the Hamilton jail two hours before execution and was dropped through the trap this morning Sousa a Bermuda born Portuguese was convicted of raping and murdering Margaret Stapleton daughter of an English clergyman two years ago
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HAMILTON
Bermuda
Harry Sousa
Sousa
Margaret Stapleton
British Government pays Tirah natives to curb banditry
The government of India allocates 240000 rupees annually to Tirah tribes to prevent attacks and reduce lawlessness as part of pacification efforts. The arrangement aims to stabilize the frontier and deter bandit activity through regular payments.
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Tirah
India
Ten Warships Knocked Out In Solomons Battle
A. P. reported U S naval victory in the Solomons with probable sinking of six Japanese warships and damage to four more in the Kula Gulf clash July 5 and 6 near New Georgia. One destroyer was destroyed by 500 pound bombs after being beached. Allied HQ said U S forces hold the initiative on land, air, and sea. Ground fighting continued on Rendova and southern New Georgia. The strike claimed decisive success and stronger momentum for the Allied campaign.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Associated Press
Australia
United States
Solomons
Pacific
Kula Gulf
New Georgia island
navy department
Washington
William F. Halser
South Pacific
Rendova island
New Georgia
Bombardment of Kiska Island by U S Navy
A United States naval task force bombarded Japanese positions on Kiska Island last night in what the navy called a coordinated North Pacific action. The brief communique noted Japanese shore batteries did not return fire and confirmed Helena, a 9700 ton light cruiser, was damaged at Pearl Harbor earlier, under Captain Cecil of Louisville.
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WASHINGTON
A. PjJ
United States naval
Kiska Island
United States navy
United States
South Pacific
North Pacific
hatte with
Kula Gulf
Helena
Pearl Harbor
Charles Purcell Cecil
Louisville
Kiska
Navy Secretary Knox hails Bremerton workers after Tokyo push
Frank Knox told cheering shipyard workers in Bremerton Washington that the Kula Gulf area measures show the ongoing South Pacific offensive remains limited in scope and naval strength. An unofficial Washington comment noted the decisive action is still to be fought, as air battles over the Solomons report seven more Japanese planes downed, raising enemy losses there.
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Kula gulf
Washington
South Pacific
Solomons
Pay As You Go For G B
London July 7 Sir Kingsley Wood told the House that the average Briton last year paid about one third of his income to fund the war and a pay as you go tax plan could be devised for Britain with a statement promised by early autumn. He spoke after a finance bill debate noting tax of 40 percent of private income and 12.5 million taxpayers. The war budget in 1930s terms was eight times the 1933-34 level and borrowing was already high.
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LONDON
Kingsley Wood
house of commons
Britain
Kingsley
United States
Registrar Is Given Remand In National Service Conspiracy Case
Toronto July 7 R A Irwin Toronto Division Registrar of the mobilization section appeared in police court on a charge of conspiracy in military call ups and was remanded to July 14 without plea on 20000 bail. Three other men including Robert Allan and Norman Stephens were remanded to July 14 on 20000 bail each. Additional defendants faced breaches of service regulations and their cases tied to the conspiracy group.
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TORONTO
R. A. Irewin
National Selective Service
Irwin
Robert A. Allan
Riverdale
Naifie M. Stephens
Norman Stephens
Russians Admit German Advance In Belgorod Front
The Russians said for a second day German attacks on the central Russian front gained ground in the Belgorod region at heavy cost. Separately, Ottawa reports drought woes as prairie grains deteriorate due to heat and low moisture.
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LONDON
Belgorod
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