Mutual Aid Bill Passes Divisions In Commons Opposition Grows
Ottawa June 14 Eight Quebec MPs including five Liberals opposed the government mutual aid bill authorizing 800 900 000 in aid to United Nations relief and reconstruction. The bill won second reading 1988 and passed on division as opponents mounted a formal division in the House. Details highlight debates over Canada’s wartime aid policy and party lines.
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OTTAWA
Quebec
Liberal party
United Nations
United Nations reset and rehabilitation administration
P. J. A. Cardin
Richelieu-Vercheres
J. F. Pouliot
L. Temuscounta
Emmanuel D'Anjou
L. Rimouski
L. P. Lizette
L. Kamouraska
Sarto Fournier
Montreal-Maisonneuve-Rosemont
Jo& Roy
Gaspe
Maxine Raymond
Canada
St. Laurent
Mr. Cardin
All-Out Raids on foe bases extend air offensive
Allied air forces massed about 1,000 heavy bombers in an ongoing sweep against Emmerich refinery and German air bases in France and Belgium. The operation accompanied a broader 1,500-bomber strike on Le Bourget Creil Etampes-Mondesir Chateaudun Brussels Eindhoven while Italian and British sorties hit Munich area targets and Mezidon rail lines. The weather favored intensified operations described as a “marvellous air support campaign.”
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Allied Expeditionary Force
A.P
Emmerich
Germany
France
Belgium
Le Bourget
Creil
Paris
Etampes-Mondesir
Chateaudun
Brussels- Melsbroeck
Eindhoven
Italy
Axis Europe
Munich
R.AF
R.A.F
Great Britain
Mezidon railway
Biak Airfield Mokmer Opens as Biak Island Moves
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS, New Guinea, June 14. Mokmer airdrome in Biak Island has been put into operation as Infantry push west toward Borokoe airstrip while airplanes begin using Mokmer. The Mokmer strip lies about 880 miles from the Philippines, the closest Allied-held point to the enemy stronghold. The Japanese raided Biak Sunday night with six planes, damaging an American destroyer and causing casualties on land. three planes were shot down.
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Mokmer
Biak Island
Schouten
Biak
Borokoe
Philippines
The Left Hand Corner Boy Soldiers Role
A fragmented notice discusses the Left Hand Corner and a theme about boys or child soldiers amid government actions and whiskey revenue. Readable portions reference official stance and fiscal concerns tied to alcohol.
Washington fights and fortunes shape 1940s politics
Raymond Moley previews the President facing a potential run, noting fear of losing power or winning a third term, while U S political moods shift with European news and New Deal fears. A Toronto WC T U talk cites whiskey tax revenue, and a German officer’s diary fragment hints at shattered values during retreat.
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Raymond Moley
Newsweek
Washington
Europe
Potomac
Pink Knights
Arthur
Italy
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Saskatchewan general election set for tomorrow polls open at nine
Electors in Saskatchewan vote tomorrow with eight hours to cast ballots from 9 am to 5 pm local time in all constituencies. National CCF leader M. J. Coldwell warned 2,000,000 postwar jobs are needed for returned servicemen and accused the federal government of no postwar plan. He cited cases of soldiers categorized A then B without pensions. Liberal candidate Harold W. Pope defended ministers amid war veterans concerns._story continues on page three.
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Saskatchewan
COLDWELL
M. J. Coldwell
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C.F
Dominion
hhey
Moose Jaw
Harold W. Pope
Day In Parliament Focuses On Veterans Affairs Bill
The Canadian press notes today that the House will discuss creating a veterans affairs department while the Senate will not sit. Yesterday the House passed a second reading and division adoption of an 800 060 000 dollar year for UN relief and aid to liberated nations via UNRRA, and gave third reading on a bill for armed personnel voting in the next federal election. Navy Minister Macdonald stated Royal Canadian Navy losses have been “regifiable” since invasion. Eight MPs from constituencies opposed the mutual aid program. Justice Minister St Laurent said Canada makes no “gift” to Britain under the mutual aid bill. The Senate again did not sit.
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United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration
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Justice
St. Laurent
Canada
Britain
Allied Fleet Off Spain Reported By Vichy Radio
Vichy radio quotes a Berlin spokesman saying imperceptible Allied shipping movements were observed in the Gulf of Gascony and the Bay of Biscay near the Spanish frontier in the last few hours.
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LONDON
Vichy radio
Berlin
Gulf of Gascony
Bay of Biscat
Munro Loses Typewriter As Press Office Blown Up
Canadian war correspondents of the 3rd Division press unit on the Normandy beachhead were shelled for 20 minutes by German 88-mm guns. The old chateau press HQ burned, destroying much kit including two typewriters. several correspondents were wounded lightly or escaped unharmed.
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FRANCE
C.P. Cable
Normandy
chateau
Charlie Lynch
Halifax
Reuters News Agency
Joe Willicombe
International News Service
Bill Cornforth
Quebec city
Matthew Halton
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Willicombe
L. S. B. Shapiro
Montreal
Alliance. coms
Ralph Allen
Toronto Globe and Mail
Bill Gran
Vancouver
William Stewart
Rivere Du Loup
Que
Stewart
Shapiro
The Faro Kid Sam Johnson Dies In Prince George BC
Sam Johnson aged 84, a colorful Klondike figure linked to Rex Beach and Hobert Service, died in hospital in Prince George after living in a shack. Known for inspiring The Spoilers and The Faro Kid, he wandered from the Cariboo and Dawson City's mining towns to farm life before returning to Prince George area two years ago. His vivid life tied to early mining days and Canadian frontier lore.
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B.C
Sam Johnson
Rex Beach
Hobert Service
Biges
Beach
Johnson
Service
Faro
Dawson City
Clear Imphal Ridge of Japs
A southeast Asia command announces Allied forces cleared Imphal Ridge of Japanese forces and captured large ammunition dumps about 18 miles northeast of Imphal. The statement notes continued Allied advance northward from Kanglatongpi as operations progress.
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Deyion
India
southeast Asia command
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Kanglatongpi
Canadian war correspondent joins Italian front
CPL Cagie William Boss, a former Ottawa newspaperman, has received an honorable discharge in Italy and will work as war correspondent with The Canadian Press. Boss, 28, will team with Doug Amazon and Dong How, attached to the 1st Canadian Corps in Italy.
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CPL Cagie
Wilam Boss
Ottawa
Italy
Bos
Doug Amazon
Dong How
Tokyo Admits Mariannas Raid
New York reports Tokyo radio acknowledged a powerful enemy task force attacked bases in and around the Marianna Islands in a three day series beginning last Saturday. The broadcast noted 13 ships sunk 16 damaged and 141 planes destroyed with 15 American aircraft lost.
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Tokyo radio
Marianna Islands
America
mid- Pacific
Tokyo
Nimitz Nimitz
Navy Shells Hit Le Havre
Berlin radio said heavy Allied naval guns shelled Le Havre today with no allied confirmation. German broadcasts claim the Allies plan a land drive to take the port at the mouth of the Normandy beachhead.
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Berlin
Le Havre
Normandy
Delay Debate on de Gaulle in Commons Postponed
London June 14 The Prime Minister Winston Churchill won a postponement of a full-dress debate in the House of Commons on Anglo-American relations with the French Committee of National Liberation. He argued delaying the showdown would do more harm than good and urged discussion be deferred until French negotiations with the committee progress.
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A.Po
Winston Churchill
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French Committee of National Liberation
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Normandy
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United States
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Invasion Front Traces Allied Advance Along Normandy Coast
The Allied line advances from Deauville toward Troarn and Caen, moves southwest past Villers- Bocage, skirts the Forest of Cerisy, then continues toward Carentan and Le Ham, finally tracing a path to the coast near Quineville.
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Troarn
Caen
Villers- Bocage
aumont
Forest of Cerisy
Carentan
Le Ham
Montebourc
Quineville
Phillips Elected Exchange Head
At the Calgary sack Exchange annual meeting last night secretary Robert Scrim geour reported sales for the year exceeding 4.09 million shares with a value near 350 thousand dollars. Leonard Phillips was re elected president.
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CALGARY
Robert Scrimgeour
Russians Reach Viipuri Port Front Line
Moscow dispatches report Soviet tanks and infantry advancing toward Viipuri port as they strike at Finnish reserves along the main road northwest of Leningrad. Pravda cites heavy gun congestion and varied weapons in a wooded sector near Mustamaki, with fighting near Shanmuaki.
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Viipuri
Red army
Pravda
Mustamiaki
Leie
Cut Off Naz Escape in Italy Front Lines Shift
In the east the 4.2 Arm. advance presses toward Rome with units near Lake Bolsena and Narn, while 7 miles south of Yern and 43 miles north of Rome advancing forces close in. The town of Latera and Vai Doane area see gathering actions as 3rd Army and 8th Army push along the Tiber Valley and lake shores.
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Normandy
Carentan
Montebourg
Cherbourg
Berlin
Pigawa
Rome
Lake Bosena
Narn
Yern
Latera
saard Gardot
Allied Bomber Armies Strike Across Europe
United States heavy bombers targeted France Germany and the Balkans while allied air forces blasted invasion fronts and German targets. In seven days of raids 56,100 flights occurred with 334 planes lost and 42,000 tons of bombs dropped. De Gaulle reportedly lands in Normandy. CBC revenue rises as contract cancellations dim CBC programming. Soviet forces advance in the Karelian Isthmus and U.S. ships shell the Kurile Islands north of Japan.
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Germany
Balkans
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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OTTAWA
Harry Bramah
commons radio committee
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Karelian Isthmus
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WASHINGTON
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Kuriles islands
Tokyo
Chester Nimitz
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Parameshire
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Matsuwa island
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