Prohibition of Gasoline Sales in Canada Announced
UAWA July 15 Prohibition of sale delivery and distribution of gasoline and oil to motorists from 7 p m to 7 a m weekdays and for all Sundays announced by G R Cottrelle federal oil controller. Increase of one cent a gallon authorized to go into effect tomorrow. Cash and carry only. no credit cards. Consumers urged to cut car use 50 percent to aid Britain and national effort.
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UAWA
C.P
G. R. Cottrelle
Canada
Vichy Armistice Yields Syria Lebanon to Allies
The Acre armistice ends Vichy control in Syria and Lebanon. All Vichy planes and ships in mandate waters are handed to the Allies. Vichy troops may repatriate or join Allied forces, with some duties remaining to maintain order. Prisoners will be released.
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VICHY
Syria
Lebanon
mandate
Acre
France
Palestine
Ed Cruz
Britain
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Egypt
Cyprus
Armistice terms and new Anglo Russian alliance noted
Armistice terms appear on Page 2 with prisoner exchanges and hostages to be freed after occupation. Churchill declares the Anglo Russian pact an alliance not a Communist pledge, clarifying Britain and Russia as co-belligerents. Russian forces push west along the Dnieper, claiming Rogachev retaken and heavy fighting near Smolensk and Moscow.
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Rogachev
Dnieper
Minsk
Red Army
Smolensk
Moscow
Royal Canadian Air Force airman dies in Manitoba crash
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE Man July 15 RC AF officials announce one United States airman was killed and another slightly injured when a Tiger Moth training aircraft crashed near Oakville Manitoba about 20 miles southeast of Portage. The crew were Temporary Sgt M M Mills from St Louis and LAC J A Dostroph of Coshocton Ohio. The crash occurred during instrument flying practice and cause is under investigation.
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PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE
Man
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States
Oakville
here
R.C.AF
No 14
M. M. Mills
Canada
St. Louis
Rollin Mills
LAC. J. A. Dostroph
Coshocton
Dr James Shotwell hailed as top Canadian American bridge builder
The Kingston Whig Standard and London Free Press praise Dr James T. Shotwell as the greatest living Canadian American for advancing mutual understanding between the two nations. His recent attendance at a Canadian American conference at Queen's University sparked the tribute.
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Kingston Whig - Standard
James T. Shotwell
Cyrus Eaton
eCleveland
Arthur Stringer
Leonard Rowntree
London Free Press
Whig-Standard
Shotwell
Queen’s University
Australia Takes Control Of Gas
The Australian government announced it will take full control of gasoline importation storage and distribution under national security rules to ensure future supplies. Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies said importers will be licensed and quotas set for government and civilian needs. Gasoline will be imported and distributed via current channels under government direction.
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SYDNEY
Australia
Robert G. Menzies
Nazis Sink Fewer Ships June 1942 Losses Reported
British and Allied merchant shipping losses for June totaled 79 ships and 329,296 tons, a month’s high but lower than most since mid 1940. The admiralty noted lower tonnage than in recent months, with 52 British ships sunk in June and hints losses may be published only occasionally to avoid aiding the enemy.
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LONDON
admiralty
HITLER
Britain Denies Charge Over Export Trade Promotion
Britain rejected claims that using American lease lending to boost exports, stressing it had cut exports to the bone. The British embassy issued the statement in response to congressional criticism and other objections.
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BRITAIN
WASHINGTON
Great Britain
congress
Action In Tobruk Raises British Offenses In Libyan Front
Cairo July 15 British Middle East command reports increased activities in Tobruk sector with offensive patrols and hand to hand encounters yielding prisoners and many enemy casualties. Royal Air Force strikes hit Jaara airdrome and coastal towns, damaging enemy transport planes and starting fires at Bardia and Bengasi.
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CAIRO
Tobruk
Middle East command
Royal Air Force
Jaara
Libya
Bardia
Bengasi
Javra
Bengasl
Air ministry reports raids on Bremen Hanover and Rotterdam
The air ministry said thousands of incendiaries and tons of high explosive bombs struck Bremen and Hanover during the night, with Rotterdam also hit. Large fires started in both German cities as British bombers targeted industrial sites. five RAF planes were lost. Eastern England saw limited raids and damage to a coastal town. Daylight raids hit Cherbourg Le Havre and Hazebrouck rail yards, and a convoy near the Frisian Islands was attacked.
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LONDON
C.P
air ministry
Bremen
Hanover
Royal Air Force
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Germany
Britain
England
Cherbourg
Le Havre
Hazebrouck
Frisian
North Sea
Huns To Keep British Envoy In Detention
London reports the British government refused a German offer to swap Sir Lancelot Oliphant former British ambassador to Belgium for a German captive. The German was unnamed and not Rudolf Hess and Hess had already surrendered. Sir Lancelot would remain in German custody despite the offer.
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LONDON
Sir Lancelot Oliphant
Belgium
Daily Mail
Rudolf Hess
Hess
Scotland
Berlin
Lancelot
Seventh Ave Open to Traffic Wednesday at Derby Time
City officials will open Seventh Ave to traffic Wednesday afternoon for the Kinsmen's Derby at the fair grounds. The avenue has been resurfaced and is ready, but motorists are warned to not exceed 25 miles per hour during the event.
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fair grounds
Seventh Ave. S
Boost Price Of T.V. Crude
Ottawa reports Dominion Oil Controller Cottrelle urging Canadians to cooperate with oil control to meet a petroleum supply crisis. Turner Valley producers in Alberta authorized to raise crude price by 27 cents a barrel to spur output, with Alberta oil region stretching from Ontario’s west to British Columbia’s east. Retailers across Canada may receive a larger spread as gasoline sales hours remain restricted due to costs and labor shortages.
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OTTAWA
Dominion
Cottrelle
Canada
Maritime union contract offers record war bonus aboard American Star
Seattle July reports two union agents announce a new wartime maritime contract for the American Star granting $500 per seaman for each Russian port call, far above the typical $50 per port plus daily $3 for Red Sea and Orient ports. Ed Coester and Bert Coleman note the agreement with American Trading Company.
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SEATTLE
American Federation of Labor union
United States
Ed Coester
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
Bert Coleman
Marine Firemen's Union
American Trading Company
American Star
Red Sea
Orient
Churchill promises full supply statement in Commons
London July 15 Prime Minister Churchill said he would make a full and comprehensive statement in the house of commons on the supply question. He warned against sensational parliamentary remarks that could mislead Australia and the United States about British industrial mismanagement and stressed the substantial efforts and results across war production.
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LONDON
Churchill
house of commons
Germany
Britain
Australia
United States
ministry of aircraft production
British Planes Bomb Messina in Sicily Raid
British planes bombed Messina Sicily last night the Italian high command reported. A Fascist source said the Italian people are ready for the consequences of air bombardments foreshadowed by Churchill in London, noting the war will be longer and harder.
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ROME
Messina
Sicily
Churchill
London
Mgr. Churchill
German spokesmen claim Novgorod threat near Leningrad
Reports from Berlin say a German tank corps menaced the city of Novgorod, 100 miles south of Leningrad, with Novgorod 50 miles from the Moscow rail line. The German high command described eastern operations as steadily progressive while claims of Russian front resilience were noted. Soviet counterattacks in Kiev and Baltic regions were reportedly repulsed as pursuit after breaking the Stalin line continued.
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Novgorod
Leningrad
Moscow
D.N.B
Red army
Dvina
Dnieper rivers
DNE
Baltic
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
DNB
Kiev
Stalin line
Germany Named as Co-conspirator in Espionage Indictment
A July 15 dispatch reports Germany named as co conspirator in an espionage indictment against 33 people rounded up in a FBI spy haunt last month. Other items note Ottawa extending an order to bar employers from luring war industry personnel including civilian staff, and Russian navy restricting navigation near the Sea of Japan with free routes to Vladivostok.
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GERMANY
NEW YORK
German reich
Federal Bureau of Investigation
OTTAWA
C.P
TOKYO
Japan
Moscow
Yoshitsugu Tatekawa
Sea of Japan
Kamchatk
Vladivostok
B.C.M.P
YORKTSON
Sask
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Arran
Buchanan
Verigin
Prince Albert
Prince Albert National Park
HANKOW
SHANGHAI
GOERING
HETLER
BERLIN
air force
air force headquarters
Linz
Austrizn
Danube
Hitler
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Russia
Dnieper Front
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ERUSALEN
SUMLA
TRIP
NSULA
JORDAN
pris
Baltic Sea
OSCGW
Izvestia
high command
Red
CHE LEP
Hun
SEVENTH AVE
T.V
RAF
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