Axis Forces Driven Back Five Miles
Allied airpower smashed the Axis in a major desert engagement near El Alamein driving a five mile ground gain on the northern front. Ground troops and a strengthened air force co operated as RAF fighters defended and attacked Axis armor supply columns and air fields, with several enemy planes shot down and more damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
AIRO
A.P
El Alamein
Claude Auchinleck
FE] Alamein
R.A.F
emmateamand
Negro Soldiers Terrorize City in Flagstaff Shooting
Six armed soldiers terrified the Flagstaff business district at 3 am before one was killed and another wounded. Police shot two soldiers and captured the rest as Maj. H. C. Nichols said the troops, angered by denied entry to an air night case, began firing from the street outside a cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FLAGSTAFF
Ariz
Perry Francis
H. C. Nichols
American girls prospects of marriage in wartime
An American study notes the odds of marriage by age for women and men, citing figures from a New York life insurance firm. It says marriage rates have risen recently due to wartime circumstances, but a prolonged war would reduce women's chances. The article continues on the back page with analysis and charts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
peaielor
Science Service
New York life insurance company
United States
Round-up of Aliens in New York
The FBI announced the arrest of 158 German aliens in New York, Long Island, and Westchester County. The group, German American Vorational League, allegedly funded a saboteur’s trip to Germany in 1939 and had 20 locals with two publications. Several detainees admitted Nazi party ties. many worked in U S war plants.
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NEW YORK
Germany
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Long Island
Westchester county
P. E Foxworth
FBI
German American Vorational League
Deutsch- Americanische Berufsgemeinschaft
Foxworth
nox
Washington
United States
Heinrich M. Heineke
Nazi labor front
Nazi party
Foxworth sak
league
Engineer killed in head-on CN rail collision near Welland
An early morning head-on collision between two freight trains on the Canadian National Railways Wabash line, 15 miles west of Welland Ont, killed engineer S Filmore of St Thomas and injured two crew members. The incident occurred today on the joint line.
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WELLAND
Ont
CPI
catty
Canadian National Railways
Wabash
here
S. Filmore
St. Thomas
Wabash railmay
Contingent Air Trainees Arrive in Canada for Wings
Ottawa reports a diverse Royal Air Force intake in Canada to earn wings at Commonwealth Air Training schools. British, Australian, New Zealand, and Norwegian airmen mix with Canadian instructors and soldiers, plus many RAF instructors' wives and children. A group of Canadian officers previously in operational control in England are unsure why they were sent back. FO Donald Ralston of Saint John, nephew of the finance minister, is among the Canadian flyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Royal Air Force
Canada
Commonwealth Air Training schools
New Zealand
Little Norway
Toronto
Britain
Dominion
England
Donald Ralston
Saint John
Ralston
Independents Nominate in Edmonton By Election
Edmonton social credit association meets to plan the by election caused by the death of Independent member D M Duggan. Elmer E Roper was chosen as the C C P candidate. The CCF has named a candidate and the Independent Party set its nominating convention for July 23. The by election is expected in the fall.
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EDMONTON
CCF
Independent Party
Social Credit party
Social Credit association
D. M. Duggan
Elmer E. Roper
C.CP
Canadian Ice Breaker At Murmansk
Murmansk was reached safely after a five day running attack by enemy bombers and torpedo planes. Alexander of Sydney Nova Scotia, a 24 year old crew member, said the vessel survived and returned home recently. The ice breaker Montcabu, well known in eastern Canadian waters, was sold by Canada to Russia earlier this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SYDNEY
Montcabu
Murmansk
Murdoch Alexander
Russia
Empire Soldiers Return Through Rommel's Lines
Five British and five South African soldiers who escaped Tobruk reach El Alamein after a 300 mile journey through Axis lines. Led by Lieut. W. Gibb the group followed enemy tank tracks through Libya passing Satum Matruh and El Daba then slipped Rommel's front. They endured 200 miles on foot and 100 miles in hijacked trucks overcoming fallen strongholds.
Yugoslav Patriots Fight Axis Forces in the Balkans
Yugoslav patriots under Gen. Draja Mihailovic wage heavy mountain warfare against German Italian and Bulgarian units in southern Serbia and nearby Croatia. Reports from the Serbian front note Axis forces failed to take a point after two weeks of fighting as Mihailovics forces defend against a larger enemy contingent including the 5.5 Blackshirts German armored units and multiple Italian and Bulgarian divisions. The Yugoslav military cabinet announced Mihailovic returned to Yugoslavia in charge of staff guiding 200 000 to 300 000 fighters as the zero hour nears for uprising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ISTANBUL
Turkey
Draja Mihailovic
Serbia
ing
Croatia
Mihailovic
Yugoslavia
Cairo
Hurry House Prorogation in Ottawa July 11
Canadian Press dispatch from Ottawa reports all day sittings of the house of commons loom next week as budget resolutions raise high taxation and conscription. Conservative House Leader Hanson voices weariness over the long session while Prime Minister Mackenzie King promises to expedite things and considers a morning sitting plan after conferences with Hanson Coldwell and Blackmore. Finance Minister Ashley ready to proceed with budget measures. three hour Friday session closes with third readings on key bills.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
House
Hanson
Mackenzie King
M. J. Coldwell
C.cF
Japs Claim Convoy Reaches Aleutians
Japanese broadcasts claim a large convoy suitable escorts reached the Aleutian Islands already occupied by Japanese forces. The radio said the expedition arrived safely without encounters. The Aleutians include Attu and Kiska at the western end of the chain.
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CRYO
Aleutian Islands
Aleutian
Alu
Kiska
Alberta Electric Lighting Rates Lowest In Canada
Ottawa reports from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics show the 1941 index of domestic electricity cost lowest in Alberta at 89.28, with other provinces posting higher indices: Prince Edward Island 94.12, Nova Scotia 95.99, Ontario 100.42, New Brunswick 104.47, Quebec 106.08, Manitoba 106.19, Saskatchewan 108.69, British Columbia 109.37.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Alberta
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Ontario
New Brunswick
Quebec
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Canadians and Americans Fly Atlantic Five Times in Nine Days
The air ministry news service reported that two Canadians and two Americans completed five Atlantic crossings in nine days aboard a Consolidated Liberator, as part of the Montreal Britain row.
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LONDON
air ministry
Atlantic
Montreal
Britain
Allies Bomb Linchwan Base as China Front Aids
Allied air forces bombed Japanese headquarters at Linchwan the main base for the Biangsi drive with satisfactory results United States forces report two planes failed to return marking first official loss since incorporation into the US Air Force in China Chinese dispatches claim Allied bombers sank a transport at Nanchang and destroyed ten enemy planes on the ground while Chinese troops countered in Kiangsi province
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CHUNGKING
Linchwan
Biangsi
United States
United States Air Force
China
Kiangsi
Nanchang
Edmonton fair opens Monday in city’s 64th year
Edmonton authorities announce the 64th annual fair will open Monday and run through the end of the week, drawing sands of Edmonton citizens and country visitors to the exhibition grounds near No 3 Manning Depot for a preview.
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EDMONTON
Manning Depot
Warn French People to Be Ready for Invasion Guns Provided
The BBC warned French coastal residents to be prepared to handle a gun when Allied forces prepare to land. It urged Frenchmen to stay ready to resist the invaders and to provide a helping hand to liberators.
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Loxvo
CP able
BBC today
Russ Admit Nazis Make Some Gains
German divisions captured Rossosh and pressed toward the Don river as Red Star reported developing success. Soviet forces under Marshal Timoshenko fought to blunt the advance near Voronezh Kantemirovka and Lisichansk while counter attacks on the flanks sought to close breaches. Red Star cited heavy casualties on both sides and noted the loss of Rossosh after fierce fighting.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
A.P
Rossosh
Don river
Red Star
Marshal Timoshenko
Don
Voronezh
Kantemirovka
Lishchansk
Rossesh
Red army
Russia
black earth
Soviet information bureau
ROSSOSH Rossosh
Izyum
Donets
Lisichansk
German Police Chief is Slain in Poland
The BBC reported that Erich Guddert, chief of German Police and S.S. forces in Lublin, Poland, is said to have died under mysterious circumstances while on duty.
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LONDON
BBC
Erich Guddert
S.S
Lublin
Poland
Fierce Battles Reported West of Voronezh in German Push
Soviet information bureau said fierce battles continued yesterday west of Voronezh as German formations reportedly forced crossings of the Don ten miles away in their Kursk driven two week push. Soviet troops repelled Germans from a Kalinin front settlement listed as FE.
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tureau
Voronezh
Don
Kursk
Kalinin front
Rumanean Divisions Heavily Riddled on Russian Front
Reports from Ankara state eight Humanian divisions hold positions on the Russian front under an agreement with Germany, while two of seven divisions previously in action have been withdrawn due to heavy losses suffered recently.
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ANKARA
Turkey
Germany
FLORIDA
West Indies
ALBERTA
EDMONTON
U—i
G. Fred McNally
mid Fe
EUROPE
navsy
SASKATOON
C.Pit
Donald McDermid
sear
Thomas McDermid
South Saskatchewan
NEW YORK
United States Atlantic
gulf
Canadian Atlantic
WARDHBA
India
Congress
WASHINGTON
agriculture department
Great Britain
Russia
N.Z
OTTAWA
C.PJ
CBC lstering post
New Zealand
MEDICINE HAT CADETS
BROCKVILLE
Ont
G. W. Chandler
J. C. Oliphant
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