Strong RAF Bombers Raid Ruhr and Dieppe Docks
British bomber force sweeps across Germany’s Ruhr region Dieppe docks and railways in France and Holland. Two RCAF squadrons participated with RAF losses reported at 18 bombers. Intruder raids targeted defenses while Boston aircraft hit an ammunition dump at Schino airdrome. Heavy fighting and derailed freight engine fire followed by cannon shelling of six locomotives. A few enemy aircraft appeared off the south coast of England with one destroyed.
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Ruhr
Dieppe
France
Holland
R.C.A.F
R.A.F
Boston
Schino
Europe
Essen
air and
home security ministries
England
10000 Bombers Nightly Over Germany Proposed
Air Chief Marshal Harris floated the possibility of 10000 bombers over Germany in a single night and noted some aircraft could fly from America with heavy payloads. He described current raids as warm ups for punishment to come for Japan, signaling a dramatic escalation in air power.
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LONDON
C.F. Cable
4. T. Harris
Germany
America
Japan
New England W omen's dress rules tighten styles
London reports new Board of Trade regulations sweep through English dressmaking. Limits on button counts seams hems fullness and trims. Underwear allowed only if licensed and stock evidence shown before May 1. Restrictions cap to 50 pattern styles yearly amid push toward utility fashion.
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ENGLAND
Helen Kirkpatrick
London
Chicago Daily News
Board of Trade
wome
Jace
dare 1
vey
SINGAPORE
Olfaxa
Today 7
THE LEST
No Taxes For 102 Year Old Woman In City
June 9. Franklin woman Julia Chovin, aged 102, is exempt from city personal taxes. Officials ruled that the 50 or 60 years she has paid taxes are long enough.
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KANSAS CITY
Julia Chovin
German Sub Camouflaged Like Iceberg Sinks Arctic Escort
A German submarine camouflaged to resemble an iceberg trailed an Arctic convoy for three and a half hours before being detected and sunk by a British destroyer. John Watson of Toronto, an oiler on a United States freighter, reported being there on leave. he is 22 years old.
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TORONTO
John Watson
United States
Blimp Crash Kills Twelve in Atlantic Midair Collision
Coast guards recovered three bodies and wreckage from a U S training airship after a midair crash off New Jersey on an unexplained experimental mission. Nine of thirteen occupants were missing, with one survivor known. The L 2 gondola was dragged ashore at Point Pleasant. Lt Omer Clinton Rounds among the dead, a Macon disaster survivor.
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LAKEHURST
Coast guards
United States
Atlantic Ocean
navy
naval air station
Manasquan
Lewis Menninger
Ocean county
Point Pleasant beach
MACON
Omer
Clinton Rounds
Toms River
California
aast
Three Juveniles From B C Seek Work In North
Three juvenile youths from New Westminster, B C, rode freight trains to Edmonton hoping to reach Waterways, Alta., to work. They were confined in police cells awaiting return home after Juvenile Officer William Murray notified their parents.
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EDMONTON
New Westminster
B.C
Waterways
Alta
William Murray
British US Air Units Reach China
British and United States air force units have arrived in China, Reuters reported from Chungking. The dispatch notes cooperation between the Allied powers and marks a new phase in the air war over China.
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U.S
China
LONDON
Reuters
Chungking
Parliamentary News Bundle from Ottawa June 9 1940s
In Ottawa MPs clash over CBC reporting on a war bill second reading with alleged low attendance. J Gordon Ross claims the CBC misrepresented the chamber, noting a ceremony with officials outside while the bill passed. Balloon barrages for Halifax Esquimalt and Patricia Bay are urged for early protection. Tom Reid questions government steps after a ceremonial attack noted by the press.
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house of commons
Arthur Slaght
Parry Sound
Halifax
Empire
United Nations
Halfax
Mr. Slaght
Esquimalt
Patricia Bas
BODREWS
CTTAWA
Tom Reid
Lib
New Westminster
Rene Turedary
Lyman Dail
Canada
Jumoat of Canadas
anainey
toms min
Nylon parachute test among silk stocking critics
Anieline Gray, 24, tests nylon as a silk substitute for parachute fabric. With 32 jumps, the para chute tigger models the nylon chute packed by J. Floyd Smith of Pioneer Parachute Co. Hartford. Her first jump Monday succeeds.
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Anieline Gray
J. Floyd Smith
Pioneer Parachute Co
Hartford
Delay pushes back conscription debate in Commons
OTTAWA June 9 The House of Commons debate on conscription was delayed by parliamentary business until tomorrow at earliest. After three hours of wrangling over a 2 billion wartime appropriation bill the house adjourned without progress. Prime Minister Mackenzie King urged taking up the National Resources Mobilization Act amendment after the appropriation bill moves to the senate. The appropriation bill got second reading but stalled in committee.
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OTTAWA
House of commons
house
Mackenzie King
senate
Allies Halt New German Libya Drive
Free French and British defenders of Bir Hacheim repelled a day long Axis assault in North Africa. General Florre Hoenig, commanding the garrison, refused surrender after six days of siege. German armor and Italian forces joined the attack, with heavy air action from Knightsbridge, but the assault was repulsed.
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CAIRO
Egypt
Bir Hacheim
Tobruk
North Africa
Florre Hoenig
Narvik
France
Britain
Knightsbridge
joi
RAY
Middle East
Removed Bombs From Sub's Gun Two Get V C
London reports the admiralty awarded the Victoria Cross to two sailors for removing unexploded bombs embedded in the submarine Thrasher’s gun casing. Lieut. Peter S. W. Roberts and Petty Officer Thomas W. Gould dragged a bomb 20 feet to clear the space during depth-charge and air attack on a heavily escorted convoy. Also announced, Flt. Lt Bruce Middleton of Wasagaming was named deputy director of flying control for the Royal Canadian Air Force to oversee aircraft movements in Canada.
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LONDON
admiralty
Thrasher
Peter
W. Roberts
Thomas W. Gould
R.C.A.F
WINNIPEG
Bruce Middleton
F. C. Middleton
Wasagaming
Headquarters Dive Bombs British Cunid Headquarters Dive Bombs
The Canadian army overseas moves to curb lightning courtships between Canadian soldiers and British girls and reduce unhappy marriages. With 3,500 Canadians overseas, the army order requires privates and noncommissioned officers to post $200 for marriage and wait three months after commander's permission to wed. Officials note many overseas weddings were rushed, prompting heartbreak letters from Canadian girls.
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LONDON
P. Cable
Britain
Canada
Turbulent sinks Italian destroyer and convoy ships
LONDON June 5 The Admiralty said British submarine Turbulent sank one Italian destroyer three medium supply ships and a small merchant vessel in the central Mediterranean Two Italian destroyers escorted two laden supply ships The Turbulent hit and sank both supply ships of the convoy and one escorting destroyer The third supply ship came from another convoy The small vessel carried explosives The destroyers were Navigators class commanded by Omdr J W Linton DSC The Turbulent has already sunk four Axis supply ships six large schooners and a troop carrier motor vessel
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LONDON
The
Mmiralty
Turbulent
Mediterranean
admiralty
Omdr
J. W. Linton
Transport control seizes US intercity bus operations
Washington dispatch reports the Office of Defence Transportation assumed wartime control of all inter city bus operations in the United States. Current routes are frozen, competitive service posted, and express service halted. The order takes effect July 1 and reshapes wartime transit.
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WASHINGTON
office of defence transportation
United States
Sevastopol Fends Off Fierce German Offense
Sevastopol repelled German attacks as tanks Ya planes pressed the offensive on the Crimean fortress. Red Star reported a wedged German gain was checked in one sector while the other was driven back, with heavy losses for Berlin and main Soviet defenses holding.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Crimean
Black Sea
Red Star
Jap Force Wiped Out In Chuhsien Assault
A Chinese army officer said a Japanese force that penetrated Chuhsien in Chekiang province was wiped out after three days of heavy fighting. The Chinese retook the city, but warned the broader situation remains grave as Japanese aim to bypass the town to trap Chinese forces and threaten the nearby air field within bomber range of Tokyo. The Chekiang Kiangsi operation is cited as Japan’s main land offensive, with reinforcements along the Burma road and forces on the Salween’s western bank after a prior retreat.
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CHUNGEING
Chuhsien
Chekiang
tin t
China
Tokyo
Kiangsi
Burma
Salween
Lung-' Ung
Violent Battle As Germans Press Major Attack
On day three Nazi forces opened a full assault, Germans bombed by air as Russian pilots countered. A unit claimed six German planes shot down while German ground forces met stiff Russian artillery and machine-gun fire. The action centered on two sectors with a diversion from a hill leading to a major infantry supported by tanks and aircraft assault.
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SEVASTOPOL
Not Guilty Finding in Greaves Abortion Case
Robert J. Greaves was found not guilty by a jury in the supreme court here after a 3:40 p.m. verdict. The jury deliberated about half an hour before returning the acquittal on the abortion charge.
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