British air strikes pound Libyan front as Rommel drives
London June 10. British fighters and bombers in Libya destroyed hundreds of fighting vehicles and supply wagons, shot down 47 Axis aircraft, and killed hundreds of troops in Rommel’s desert offensive in the first two weeks. The air ministry noted three figure transport losses and that U S built Baltimore bombers, the Glenn Martin 187S, were in action, carrying out daylight raids on an Axis air drome at Barce.
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LONDON
IC.P
Libya
Erwin Rommel
air ministry
botty
upyan
imade
Barce
New Reign Of Terror In Czech Lands Warned
Berne reports that after 275 Czechs were slain in retaliation, Nazi Germany announced that the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich would trigger sweeping punitive measures across the occupied regions. Dispatches from Berlin say ongoing attacks by resistance in the north, west and east threat Germany with new fronts, demanding strong counter actions. Prague Paris Amsterdam.
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BERNE
Switzerland
Reinhard Heydrich
Czecko-Slovakia
Germany
Berlin
Prague
Paris
Amsterdam
Blind Stenographers and Typists Employed in Britain
Government offices in London hire blind stenographers and typists. About 250 blind shorthand typists work across Britain with local authorities, plus 220 telephonists for ministries and private firms. Factories produce 3759 blind workers making war supplies including baskets for bread and field signaling gear and materials for Red Cross and Air Raid Precaution services.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Labor
Air Ministry
Red Cross
Ministry of Stupply
bliad
ani brooms co
Prime Minister Says Overseas Conscription Not Needed Now
Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the House of Commons that conscription for overseas service is not presently required, though a power to compel overseas service may exist if proven necessary. He noted the government seeks authority to move conscripts to Newfoundland and nearby regions only if Parliament amends the mobilization act, otherwise current powers suffice.
Thousands Of Japanese Died In Midway Fight
Japanese reports claim losses in the Battle of Midway include one aircraft carrier sunk and two damaged, with multiple ships and battleships damaged or sunk on the Japanese side. Imperial headquarters said U S carriers Enterprise and Hornet were sunk, and about 3120 enemy aircraft downed. Troop landings implied. details continued on page three.
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Midway
Canada Votes on Conscription in War Debate
Ottawa June 10 Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the Commons that overseas conscription is not now necessary and may never be. He argued the government must keep unlimited conscription power on call without another debate, as the National Resources Mobilization Act would be amended to repeal section 3. The speech drew applause while critics raised concerns over the scope and timing of any conscription moves.
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UAWA
C.P
Dominion
Newfoundland
Canada
United States
Mackenzie King
house of commons
King
OTTAWA
hcease
Hing
senate
N.R-M.A
Kang
South African Viceroy's Son Lost In Libya
Cairo and London reported that Sqdn. Ldr. Andrew Duncan, 22, son of South Africa’s governor general Sir Patrick Duncan, was missing after an engagement with enemy fighters over El Adem near Tobruk on May 31. He had just assumed command of his squadron 90 minutes earlier and had won the Distinguished Flying Cross in East Africa.
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CAIRO
Egypt
Andrew Duncan
Patrick Duncan
South Africa
El Adem
Tobruk
Duncan
W N Tilley Dies At 74 In Toronto
W N Tilley KC constitutional and railway lawyer dies in Toronto at 74 after a week in hospital. Born 1868 in Bowmanville he was Osgoode Hall gold medallist and was called to the Ontario bar in 1894 and created KC in 1916. He advised for Dominion and Ontario governments and argued before the Privy Council in London. He served as director of Canadian Pacific Railway Bank of Montreal and Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co.
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TORONTO
C.P
W. ON. Tilley
K.C
Tilley
Canada
Dominion
Ontario
royal commission
privy council
London
Osgoode Hall
Mr. Tiller
Ranch Edition Friday at 40th Western Stock Growers Meet
The Herald announces a Ranch Edition issued Friday June 12 with coverage of ranching in South Alberta past and present. It previews the 40th annual convention in Lethbridge on June 12 and 13 and invites readers to order extra copies at five cents each, 10 cents postpaid.
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Western Stock Growers’ Association
Lethbridge
Herald
Alberta
Stanley Lupino Dies In London
London reports the death of Stanley Lupino aged 47 a noted comedian and father of actress Ida Lupino He began his stage career in London in 1900 and later appeared in the American productions Naughty Riquette and The Nightingale in 1926
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LONDON
Stanley Lupino
Ida Lupino
Lupino
United States
Riquette
The Nightingale
War Office reorganizes general staff division in two parts
London reports that Sir James Grigg announces a reorganization of the war office general staff to tighten control over both planning and training and over army operational and equipment policy. The split creates two main sections under the chief of the general staff.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
James Grigg
house of commons
war office general staff department
Nazis Erase Czech Village Near Prague
London reports on June 10 that Germans shot all men in a Czech village west of Prague suspected of aiding Reibhard Heydrich’s killers. Women were deported to camps, children sent to educational centers, and the village razed with its name removed from records. The executed men count was not given.
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LONDON
Prague
Kradno
Reibhard Heydrich
fts
Bohena-Moravia
Maids No More In Private Homes
In a June 10 Associated Press report from New York, wartime production is described as vast, with war plants in 21 cities showing capacity that could host multiple major league games simultaneously. The Willow Run bomber plant under Henry Ford is highlighted as massive, covering over 37 acres and 1,500,000 square feet, as mass production expands across peacetime industries repurposed for war. The piece notes thousands of workers shifting from peacetime to war production, creating a nationwide industrial surge and stressing the unprecedented scale of the U.S. output.
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HOY P. PORTER
Associated Press
NEW YORK
midwest
Victory
Henri
Russians Hold Sevastopol Despite Heavy German Attacks
Sevastopol defense forces reportedly deny any German gains as the siege intensifies. Red Star dispatches claim German infantry penetrated to a hill area while defending lines remain unbroken. Soviet sources say German losses reached about 2500 in last day’s clash and air bombing disrupted fortifications.
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OSCOW
Sevastopol
Crimean
Red Star
Gereimams
Sub Sinks Vessel Off Washington
Senator Homer Bone said a freighter was sunk by a submarine Sunday night off Nealx Bay at the northern tip of Washington. The navy issued an official statement that a United States merchant ship had been sunk by enemy submarine action off the Pacific coast, with 50 survivors reported at Port Angeles many injured.
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WASHINGTON
Homer Bone
Dent
Wash
Nealx Bay
of Washington
Pacific
Bone
navy
United States
Los Angeles
M. Co
Wallgren
Port Angeles
Allied air battles over Pacific report 13 enemy destroyed
Allied airmen hit Japanese positions in New Guinea and Timor zone, destroying or damaging 13 fighters with two Allied planes lost. A Japanese submarine deck gun attack against an Allied vessel off the southeast coast was unsuccessful. The Timor raid targeted Ermera with hits reported, northeast of Darwin. Continued on Page Three.
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Australia
New Guinea
Portuguese Timor
Tasman Sea
Ermera
Timor
Darwin
Coronation man dies in gas well accident north of town
Arthur Wadstein aged 32 died Tuesday after being overcome by gas in a well on his father’s farm, 21 miles north of Coronation, Alberta. The incident was reported as a fatal accident with authorities noting rescue efforts failed.
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CORONATION
Alta
Arthur Wadstein
CARIBBEAN
WILLEMSTAD
Curacao
RAF
LONDON
Brittany
MADAGASCAR
FORT LOUIS
Manrling
Tananarive
saMs
Antalaha
CHRISTEN
CHINA
CHUNGKING
Hercely
Chahsen
high command
Chekune
Kiang
WASHINGTON
United States acriculfare department
GRESSOD
EDMONTON
LETHBRIDGE
OTTAWA
RCAF
Charles F. Race
Set
Wiliam Perdicn
Peebles
adviers
JADAGASCAR
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British Industries
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Japan
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W.N. TILLEY, K-C
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Weeks
Czech
FORT DEY
Mass
Jaume
Lowell
U.S
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Prudent K. T
Henry C. Cassidy
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