Canada hits recruiting target in first war drive
Canada's initial national recruiting drive for the present war has produced 34,625 Active Army enlistments by July 12, reaching 107 percent of the 32,000 quota. Navy and air force enlistments totaled over 15,500 in the May 12 to July 12 period. The effort continues to supply reinforcements for overseas service and home units, with monthly 7,000-man requirements. Col. Ralston thanked citizen committees and urged them to stay active. The announcement also noted a pending requisition for 1,500 women for the first unit of the Canadian Women’s Army Corps.
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C. R. BLACKBURN
OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
Defence
Ralston
NAVY
AIR FORCE
U.S
WASHINGTON
A.P
United States senate
MACDONALD
Royal Canadian Air Force
Portage
Prairie
FRANCO
UNITED STATES
MADRID
Asis
Latin America
Germany
Italy
Roosevelt
VICHY
France
Petain
Jean Achard
Agriculture
Pierre Caxiet
Caziet
naval operations
Ernest J. King
Atlantic
Richmond K. Turner
war plans
office of naval operations
DETROIT
Great Lakes
River Rouge
BENDIX
N.J
Wiliam BR. Browne
Bergen County
Charles Kéipen
New Jersey
Air Associates
Tuc
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German High Command Claims 9 Million In Struggle For Decision
Berlin asserts 9,000,000 Soviet troops on the eastern front wage a tremendous struggle for a decision. German forces report capturing Chisinau and Polotsk with numerous prisoners and destroyed equipment. DNB claims Smolensk was in Nazi hands amid rapid advances toward Moscow and Leningrad.
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Red army
Hitler
Moscow
Leningrad
DNB
Smolensk
Chisinau
SAV
U S Canada Joint War Committee Adjourned
The U S Canada Joint War Committee adjourned until August after assigning research topics to members. The groups met Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss coordinated collaboration for defence output and post war adjustments, with plans for Ottawa meetings next month.
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WASHINGTON
joint economic committees
Canada
United States
Ottawa
The Left Hand Corner A Big North Dakota Boy Rudolf Hess
A July 4 public appearance in Park River North Dakota featured Jimmie Hess described as the biggest boy in the world. At 14 he weighs 587 pounds, with seven siblings of normal size. He sang and played guitar sponsored by the Park River Junior Chamber of Commerce and hopes to buy shoes costing 25 dollars. He previously refused public appearance offers and walked two miles daily to school. His home is three miles northwest of Wesleyville.
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ley
Park River
Grafton
N.D
Chicago
Soviet City Is Captured
A Reuters dispatch from Moscow says Smolensk remains in Russian hands while Germans claim its capture. A.P. reports Romanian troops defecting to the Red Army on the southern front, delivering officers and equipment to Russian command. An all night battle near Leningrad corridor saw German advances to within 230 miles of Moscow with heavy fighting around Pskov and Porkhov.
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Polotsk
Polots
Dvina
Viebsk
DNB
Gorodische
Russia
Rzhev
Riga-Moscow
Pogoreloe-Gorodische
ONDON
C.P
Reuters
Moscow
Smolensk
Red army
OSCOW
Leningrad
Hitler
Soviet information bureau
Pskov-Porkhov
Lindbergh Seeks Apology Over Alleged Implications
Charles A. Lindbergh told President Roosevelt he has no ties to any foreign government and received a German decoration while serving at the US embassy. He demanded an apology from Secretary Harold Ickes for public statements implying connections and asserted his right as an American citizen after resigning as a US Air Force Reserve colonel.
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NEW YORK
Charles A. Lindbergh
Roosevelt
United States
Interior
Harold Ickes
Lindbergh
air corps reserve
Russians Destroy Port of Constanta
Istanbul dispatch reports Russian air raids destroyed the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta but spared the city. Oil fields suffered heavy damage though operations continued. Travelers from the Balkans provided the account in July.
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Constanta
ISTANBUL
Turkey
Balkans
Black Sea
Germans claim city. communique reports withdrawal to Smolensk
A brief report notes that overnight activity centered in the Psekov-Porkhov area prompting belief Germans held the city, while German forces said they had captured it. The night dispatch merely announced a withdrawal to the Smolensk region with a setback acknowledged.
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Psekov
Seventeen Axis Ships Blasted By RAF Raids
London reports that British bombers within 24 hours put out of action 17 Axis ships totaling almost 100,000 tons. RAF strikes hit Rotterdam in the Netherlands and Hamburg and other northwestern Germany targets. Night raids caused fires and direct hits despite bad weather with RAF losses of three planes. Docks and warehouses at Boulogne on the French coast were also damaged.
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LONDON
C.P
Hamburg
German reich
air ministry
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Germany
reich
Royal Air Force
FRENCH
RAF
Boulogne
Canadian liner Lady Somers sunk by war action
The 8194 ton Canadian National Steamships luxury liner Lady Somers converted for war service has been sunk. Thirty seven lives were lost and 138 officers and men were rescued by Spanish ships and landed at a neutral port. No Canadian officers aboard, unclear if any Canadians were among the crew. Survivors rescued may indicate sinking in mid Atlantic on trade routes.
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LONDON
C.P
Canadian National Steamships
Lady Somers
naval auxiliary
admiralty
middle Atlantic
Drowns After Plane Crash in Northland
FAUST Alta July 11 A Gerald Wenchowski of Yellowknife NWT drowned Tuesday when a plane forced landed after a fire erupted in the aircraft. Relatives received a telegram with few details. Others aboard reportedly escaped unharmed. Civil aviation officials in Edmonton denied any crash reports in Yellowknife or the northland.
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FAUST
Alta
Gerard Wenchowski
Yellowknife
N.W.T
northland
Edmonton
Germans Push on Leningrad to Dnieper Front Report
A wartime map summary says German drives aim at Leningrad and Moscow with progress toward Leningrad from the northwest and Baltic sectors. It notes advances near Murmansk and Vitebsk, captures at Bobruisk and Beresina defenses, and a push to the Dnieper line while the Russian front reels back in Bessarabia and Smolensk is reported as occupied.
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Moscow
Kilev
Murmansk
Baltic
Vitebsk
Dwina
Bobruisk
Beresina
Dnieper
Zhitomir
Bessarabian
Smolensk
Deny Pressure On Vichy Govt
A London report says an authoritative source stated Britain asked Japan a month ago and Japan denied pressuring Vichy to surrender naval and air bases in French Indo China. The inquiry reportedly reached Tokyo after Shanghai circulated stories of the demands.
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LONDON
C.P
Japan
Indo-China
Tokyo
Shanghai
McLarty to Speak on National CBC Network Tonight
Labor Minister McLarty will address the public over a national CBC network at 5 p.m. MST. His office stated the discussion will cover how Canada’s unemployment insurance plan operates and affects workers nationwide.
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McLARTY
NATIONAL
OTTAWA
C.P
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canada
Winnipeg mother learns son 25 dies in overseas air crash
Mrs. H R Hemphill of Winnipeg has received word that her son FO Albert Samuel Hemphill, 25, was killed in a flying accident overseas. Hemphill joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and went to England with the force early last month.
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WINNIPEG
HR. Hemphill
Albert Samuel Hemphill
FO. Hemphill
England
Royal Canadian Air Force
Student pilot dies in Saskatoon crash
Saskatoon on July 17 reports George Edward Baker 19 of Barry Wales was the student pilot killed in an airplane crash near here early yesterday. No. 4 service flying training school officers disclosed the cause of the crash was not known.
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P—LAC
George Edward Baker
Barry
Wales
here
No. 4 service flying training school
Shakeup in Britain discussed by British press
London July 17 reports say speculation swirls over changes at the top of government with Alfred Duff Cooper linked to exit from the information ministry. Names mentioned include Brendan Bracken as a possible successor and Richard Butler as a potential under secretary for foreign affairs amid looming debates on war production and manpower policy.
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HAROLD FAIR
LONDON
C.P. Cable
Alfred Duff Cooper
ministry of information
Press Association
Brendan Bracken
Churchill
Duff Cooper
Richard Butler
labor ministry
Reuters
Triplets Born to Grade Cow in Windsor Area
Windsor Nova Scotia July 17 triplets were born Sunday to a grade cow owned by Chesell Simpson of Avondale. Mother and the three calves were reported to be doing nicely.
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WINDSOR
N.S
Chesse! Simpson
Avondale
Axis Holds U.S. Consuls in Europe Exchange Plan
In Rome and Berlin informed sources say a train carrying 74 U.S. consular staff will be held until German and Italian consuls and employees released to Europe have left U.S. jurisdiction. The exchange could occur in Spain as West Point transport reaches Lisbon.
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ROME
United States
Italy
Europe
San Remo
West Point
Lisbon
GERMANY
BERLIN
Frankfurt-on-Main
Spain
Batista names 18 man cabinet in Havana reshuffle
In Havana on July 17 President Fulgencio Batista announced an 18 member cabinet after the old ministry resigned. Senator Carlos Saladrigas was named premier, along with ten other former ministers returning to their posts.
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Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Carlos Saladrigas
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