Joint Action Planned By Canada U S
Canadian Defence Minister Ralston said a third raid on the U S naval base at Dutch Harbor Alaska occurred last night with no extra details available. He noted such raids were not unexpected on the west coast and that a joint action plan with U S authorities is in operation with Canadian officers coordinating with American counterparts. Lt Gen Kenneth Stuart had been on the west coast handling army dispositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UAWA
Defence
Ralston
house of commons
United States
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Col
Kenneth Stuart
general staff
west coast
Tokyo Twisted Up Explaining Soviet Pact
The Diplomatic Review says Japan adheres to the neutrality pact with Soviet Russia yet as Germany's ally desires Germany's success against Russia. The June 4 report notes Tokyo's broadcasts claim conformity to the pact while pursuing Germany's aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TOKYO
TORYO
foreign office
Japan
Russia
Germany
Vve
Bomber Crashes Near Mobile Killing Crew of Five
A U.S. Army medium bomber from Key Field Mississippi crashed near Mobile on Wednesday killing the five crew members. Army officials said the aircraft came from Meridian and the crash is under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
trere
Key Field
Merdian
Miss
Remarkable Rodent Breeding Experiments At Sussex Rector
The rector of Hurstmonceux Sussex Dr Rosslyn Bruce reports breeding 50 generations to produce the first mouse from the bottle green strain. The initial offspring are grass green with some white variants, and he plans further crosses to intensify the green trait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurstmonceux
Sussex
England
Rosslyn Bruce
Bomb Assaults Target Bremen Shipyards and Refineries
British bombers attacked Bremen in the 94th raid, hitting shipbuilding yards, submarine facilities, docks, rails, steel works and oil refineries in a moonlit strike. A Dieppe docks raid was linked, with ten bombers and two fighters reported missing. Black-faced commandos conducted a Dover Strait reconnaissance raid described as valuable for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.P
Bremen
Germany
Boulogné-Le Touquet
Hitler
Dieppe
air ministry
R.A.F
Cologne
Essen
Hamburg
Dover Strait
Heydrich dies after assassination wounds in Prague
Reinhard Heydrich the protector of Bohemia and Moravia, aged 38, died in Prague from wounds from the May 27 attack. Reports say his death may trigger mass reprisals and hostage executions, with London and Berlin broadcasts noting his recent appointment as Gestapo chief for occupied Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BERLIN
Reinhard Heydrich
Bohemia
Moravia
Prague
Europe
Der Henker
London
Heydrich
occupied Europe
Parliamentary Y News Bulletins Ottawa June 4
Ottawa reports on Prime Minister Mackenzie King urging swift action on the National Resources Act amendment Bill 80 and the War Appropriation Act. Hong Kong expedition report awaited. Japanese housing plan notes use of Indian residential schools. Diefenbaker seeks military data via questions to the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
CPJ
Mackenzie Ring
house of commons
Hanson
Hing
house
NLAL
Canada
M. J. Coldwell
C.C . House
jeader
Ts- Tey
sley
HONG KONG
g0vernment
queice Li Lyman Doff
Defence
Ralston
Coldwell
C C.F
British Columbia
Labor
Mitchell
British
Columbia
Edmonton
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
MILITARY
JG Diefenbaker
Lake Centre
tod @ay
Wesenbaker
Free French Try to Hold Bir Hacheim Against Rommel Drive
British forces reported routing Axis troops from a desert stronghold near Bir Hacheim as Rommel pressed to seize the oasis. The Free French held the position while the British announced heavy losses for the Axis, including at least 14 tanks, with fighting centered around Tamar and Knightsbridge southwest of Tobruk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CAIRO
Egypt
Erwin Rommel
Bir Hacheim
Middle East
Tamar
Tobruk
Knightsbridge
Ain El Gazala
FOREIGN LEGION
ir Hachem
British Kill Jap Spies Near Madagascar Island
The War Office reports two Japanese naval officers were shot by a British patrol near Diego Suarez Madagascar after they fled when spotted by a native headman. The officers opened fire on the patrol and were killed. clothing and papers identified them as Japanese naval personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
war office
Diego Suarez
Madagascar
Brabazon Calls Postwar Air Control Alliance
Brabazon urging Allied postwar control of air power proposes Britain France and Russia form a world police framework under a new international statute. The pioneer aviator and former minister criticizes delaying planning and presses for agreement during ongoing hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Lera Brabazon
pionerr
United Sites
Britain
Rusia
Natkins
Mahane
lord Frabazen
Japanese Raid Shifts Pacific War Focus to North America
Two Japanese air raids on Dutch Harbor Alaska alarm U S defences from the Aleutians to Panama. Navy reports said warehouses burned with few casualties, and a second wave likely reconnaissance. Alaska's Dimond warned of a possible long campaign. Authorities urged blackout readiness in Seattle and California, while Panama tightened leaves for troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Stout
Associated Press
ASHINGTON
United States naval base
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
North America
Aleutians
Panama
Vancouver
B.C
Henry Stimson
Canada
United States
Anthony J. Dimond
congress
navy
Dimond
Philippines
Seattle
California
Los Angeles county defence council
Batvoa
Panama caval zone
Kure islands
Japan
Unalaska island
Pacific
May Ration Coal Supply May Ration Coal Supply
Canada and the United States may ration coal this winter. J McG Stewart, Canada’s federal coal administrator, told the Canadian Auto Coal Association that U.S. transportation limits could trigger similar Canadian limits. He urged the public to stockpile fuel early while a $250 loan credit plan was introduced to finance summer winter coal purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TORONTO
Canada
United States
J. McG. Stewart
Aeto Coal Association
Stewart
Plan Coupon Rationing To Aid Canada
Ottawa reports plans to introduce coupon rationing in Canada with sugar likely first. Donald Gordon, chair of the wartime Prices and Trade Board, says a household canvass will register consumers for coupon issuance. Details to be announced within weeks as sugar rationing proceeds and tea coffee use falls under the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
C P.J
Canada
Donald Gordon
wartime prices and trade board
Gorfson
RAF targets London cement plants in Pas de Calais raid
The BSCS European news bulletin says RAF strikes on 20 cement works in Pas de Calais, listed as Desvres, Le Touquet, Neufchâtel, Boulogne, Camiers, Samer, Lumieres, Lons, Dannes and Sangatte. The plants are said to be producing for Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
BSCS
Pas de Calais
Germany
RAF
ste
Desvres
Elaples
Neufchatel
Bouloze
Camiers
Samer
Lumibres
Lonssesse
Dannes
Sangatte
BBC scald
Laval's Power Tightens Grip on French Police
London reports the BBC quoted Laval, head of the Vichy government, as saying he has brought the entire French police under his direct authority in an effort to tighten Nazi control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
BBC
sughs
Pierre Laval
Midway Island Attacked by Japanese Aircraft
United States navy announced that Midway Island in the Pacific was attacked by Japanese aircraft this morning. Also reports note Du Pont and nine others indicted for Sherman Act price fixing, a French guerrilla raid on an ammo dump near Hazebrouck, and a Los Angeles conviction of Hans Helmut Grey and wife Frances for espionage. Additional items mention a Padette Goddard-Chaplin divorce in Juarez, a German claim that Heydrich’s death was by British bomb and pistol, Chinese reports of Japanese concentrations in Manchuria, and a Manitoba crop-acreage up 65 percent to 1.92 million acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MIDWAY ISLAND
WASHINGTON
API
United States navy
Pacific
DU PONTS
PHILADELPHIA
E. 1
Du Pont De Nemours and Company
NEW YORK
BBC
Vichy
Hazebbrouck
Seeupimd France
CBS
LOS ANGELES
Jane
r. Hans Helmut Grey
Frances
Germany
Grey
state department
PAULETTE GODDARD
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
EL PASO
Texas
Passette Goddard
Charles Chaplin
Juaior
Mex
BERLIN
Sune
Reimhard Herdrich
Britain
de pathh
Prague
Herdrich
Bohemia and Moravia
Gesapo
tony
MANCHURIA
CHUNGHING
potesman
Manchuriu
Australia
India
WINNIPEG
C.P
Winnipeg Tribune
prairie provinces
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ARCTIC OCEAN
POINT
BARA
USSR
SAM FRAN
Ernest Gruening
U.S
STUART
FARATROOPS
cain
chais
Boulogne
Libya
ROMMEL
FREES FRENCH
Brabazon
Stimson
Pacific Coast
Dimond Lees
marne
Burma
Laval
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