Tactical Air Force Ready for Invasion Support
The air ministry announced the formation of a tactical air force to work with invading armies from Britain. Led by Air Vice Marshal John Henry D'Albiac, it emphasizes mobile operations, fighter and bomber units, and close army cooperation, adopting lessons from Tunisia and North Africa.
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LONDON
C. P
Euroope
air ministry
Britain
R.A.F
Arthur Coningham
Tunisia
army
John Henry D'Albiac
Ira C. Baker
Sth
United States Army Air Force
RAF
North Africa
North
Africa
Bracken Tours Nova Scotia in Progressive Conservative swing
John Bracken national leader of the Progressive Conservative party arrives in Truro Nova Scotia to begin a information seeking tour. He travels to Cape Breton where the trip officially opens and plans to address audiences in Sydney and visit the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation plant.
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TRURG
Nova Scotia
John Bracken
Progressive Conservative
Cape Breton
Canada
Mr. Bracken
Sydney
Mites
Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation
Remarkable Canada Goose Saga at Island Park
A Winnipeg letter recounts a unique tale from Island Park Portage la Prairie Manitoba where a widgancer mated with two geese and raised goslings through 1941 and 1942. The birds fled south with one gander leading his brood to warmer shores while a park official watched the migration scene unfold.
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Island Park
Portage la Prairie
Man
J. R. Colwill
H.C
Winnipeg Free Press
Portage Daily Graphic
Puriage
Oki Mose
hie
Mother Goose
dim Inglis
King Tells House of Food Program
Prime Minister Mackenzie King backs a United Nations food conference pledge urging nations to ensure adequate food for their people. He cites Canada's commitment to paired production and distribution of agricultural goods and notes the conference led to about 30 resolutions and calls for ongoing international cooperation.
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King
House of Food
TAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
Hot Springs
CANADA
agricul
Roos
evelt
United Nations
Mr. King
international organization on food and agriculture
ap point
Soviet Air War Claims 3319 German Planes Destroyed
The Red Army air force reports seven weeks of fierce battles with German losses totaling 3,319 aircraft. In the Orel hinge area south of Moscow Soviet patrols seize four settlements and claim major German air losses last week.
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William McGuffin
Associated Press
OSCOW
Red army
Orel
Moscow
Darnian Taceae af TAR
1000 Westerners For East Farms
Ottawa plans a temporary program moving 1000 farm workers from Saskatchewan and possibly Manitoba to central and southwest Ontario for just under two months to fill a summer labor shortage. The Dominion government will cover transportation between provinces. workers will pay a small return-trip fee. Workers essential to prairie production will not be moved.
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OTTAWA
Mitchell
Ontario
Dominion
prairies
labor department
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
house of commons
Gardiner
Bilichell
Redistribution of constituencies postponed during wartime
Ottawa June 14 Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced in the House of Commons that redistribution after the war will be postponed and an amendment to the British North America Act will be sought to avoid a new allotment of constituencies after the 1941 census. He said wartime conditions and absent MPs make timely redistribution undesirable.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
Mackenzie King
Kang
King
Howe
E. EB. Perio
Qu'appelle
Melfort J. Ball
Werburn
Sask FOO
united and associated nations
Hing
Surrender Of Lampedusa By Cohen In RAF Sea Rescue
Allied dispatch from North Africa reports Sgt. Sidney Cohen 22 year old RAF pilot who captured Lampedusa Island with two comrades during a sea rescue mission. He accepted surrender from Italian officers amid wrecked airfield and burning aircraft, aboard a Swordfish plane after a low fuel spotting landing.
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BELMAN MORIN
Associated Press
NORTH AFRICA
Cohen
Lampedusa Island
hag
Sidney Cohen
R.A.F
Lampedusa
Peter Cates
Leslie Wright
British Admiral Cunningham Sinks Axis Ships in Tunisian Campaign
London reports Prime Minister Churchill cabled congratulations to Sir Andrew Cunningham for his contribution in sinking 89 Axis ships during the Tunisian campaign, denying the enemy prospects of a breakthrough and aiding Allied efforts.
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LONDON
Miniister Churchill
Andrew B. Cunningham
Plane Pioneer Dead in Bristol After Yearlong Illness
Sydney Ernest Smith CE 62 a pioneer in the box kite aircraft experimentals of 1916 died at his Bristol home Sunday after a yearlong illness. Col Brnkal helped develop the famed Bristol aircraft range.
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BRISTOL
Sydney Ernest Smith
C .E
Col
Bmnkal
Bristol aircraft
Third Italian Island Base Falls To Allied Offensive
Allied air forces smashed Ca tania and Gerbini airfields in eastern Sicily dropping about 250000 pounds of explosives. Malta based Spitfires escorted four engined bombers on the mission. Axis revetments and dispersal areas suffered heavy blast with about 25 enemy aircraft observed. Three other island footholds Pantelleria Lampedusa Linosa in Allied hands as invasion plans move toward Sicily.
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Catania
Linosa
Lampedusa
Pantelleria
Daniel De Luce
Associated Press
NORTH AFRICA
A.P
Middle East command
Gerbini
Sicily
Mediterranean
Italy
U.S. air force
Middle East
Malta
Cairo
Middle East air command
Second Crop Report Shows Crops Need General Rain Across Regions
Herald correspondents describe variable conditions in 1943 crops. Foot hills and areas south of Lethbridge report sufficient moisture but demand warmer weather, while east regions lack spring rain. Wheat ranges up to ten inches locally with average six, flax heavier, and beets thinned. Overall outlook depends on moisture in coming six weeks as irrigation supports alfalfa and canning crops. pastures vary and livestock remain in good condition. Spring weather has been cool with light evaporation.
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the
Herald
Lethbridge
Taber
soie
Aureland
RAF Bombs Rhineland Targets as Mine Laying Continues
The air ministry said RAF bombers attacked targets in the Rhineland and other German areas last night and laid mines in enemy waters, with one bomber lost. Canadian crews participated in the mine-laying mission and all Canadian planes returned safely. Flushing was claimed attacked by American planes in daylight raids, and Paris radio reported British and French parachutists captured near southern France Nazi coastal defenses.
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LONDON
RAF
Rhineland
Germany
air ministry
channel
selders
Bochum
R.C.AF
Berlin
FLUSHING
Reuters
Netherlands
FRANCE
Paris
Sunday
Liberals and allies plan Calgary by election unity
Liberal and Independent Citizens Assoc tion leaders announce co operation with Progressive Conservatives and independents to contest the Calgary by election to replace Premier Aberhart. A seven member Liberal and Independents committee will meet to discuss united action and plans. The by election must occur within five months and 10 days of the vacancy.
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CALGARY
Progressive Conservatives
Liberals
Independent Citizens’ association
able
Alberts Liberal association
A. G. Basil
Independent, Citizens Association of Alberta
J. H. Walker
James Mahany
M.L.A
H. J. Montgomery
Wetaskiwin
Albertan Liberal association
Calgary independent citizens’ association
Aberhart
Lon A. Cavanaugh
association
Hungarian War Minister Named in German Favor
ANEARS June 14 reports Col Gen Lindwig Van Csata chosen as Hungary’s new War Minister. Balkan observers say the appointment signals German victory over Premier Kalay and government opponents who opposed extra aid to the Axis. Csata, former commander in Russia, is seen as gaining German backing against Soviet pressure and possible Nazi assurances on Transylvania.
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Lindwig Van Csata
Hungary
Nictlay Kalay
Csata
Russia
Humania
Transylvania
Ciata
William Nagy
U S War Bill Set 106 Billions 1943 Details
The United States will spend 195 100 000 000 dollars this year for war. The war production board chair Donald M Nelson reported to President Roosevelt that the 1943 program is 60 percent greater than 1942's 58 000 000 000 dollar total.
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WASHINGTON
United States
war production board
Donald M. Nelson
Roosevelt
Nelson
Fourth Italian Island Falls to Allies in North Africa
News briefs report Allied advances in the Mediterranean as the fourth Italian island falls to Allied forces. Also noted are a Edmonton market fine for purchases, a plane crash at Quonset Point with explosives detonation, and other brief items from London Paris Ottawa and Edmonton.
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LONDON
IC.P
Reuters
North Africa
sahil
tasapiocs
Sotheen
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