Rommel's drive checked in Libya Tobruk holds line
British guns and tanks repelled two Axis assaults at Sidi Rezegh and Acroma as Rommel seeks Tobruk before newly landed supplies can aid a counter. The 8th Army remains in a semicurcular British position west and south of Tobruk amid tank and anti tank shortages and ongoing harsh desert fighting.
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Rommel
Libya
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
AIRO
A.P
Sidi Rezegh
Acroma
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
Grant
damag
Soviet counterattacks roll back Nazi lines and Sevastopol holds
Soviet dispatches report repeated German assaults on Sevastopol repulsed with heavy losses. Red Army fortifications near Balaclava and a surprise strike in the Khar kov region yielded enemy casualties, vehicles, and equipment. The bureau claims major German assault forces suffered severe defeats across multiple sectors.
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SEVASTOPOL
Red Army
sill
Balaclava
Tennyson
Light Brigade
Briansk
Soviet information bureau
Moscow
The
information bureau
Kharkov
Fedor Yor Bock
St Laurent backs conscription plan in Commons
Justice Minister St Laurent voiced support for a government bill to enable overseas conscription if needed. He urged that all desire victory and be ready for necessary measures, while Munitions Minister Howe noted current volunteers may suffice but warned of mobilizing national resources if essential. Thorson to resume as first speaker today.
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OTTAWA
C.P
St. Laurent
house of commons
Howe
THORSON
War Services
Lt Gen Stuart to Deliver Radio Address Tonight
Lt Gen Kenneth Stuart chief of the general staff and acting commander west coast defences will speak from Vancouver tonight 6:05 to 6:30 p.m. MT He calls on air officers to urge troops to listen and the public to tune in as CBC national network carries the message.
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OTTAWA
Kenneth Stuart
west coast
Vancouver
Canada
Stuart
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Congress Party in India Its Hindu Majority Despite Muslim League Claims
London report notes Congress Party's vast membership at a cost of a few cents annually, while Gandhi remains the power behind the scenes. It argues Congress is Hindu in practice, with Muslims forming a minority, and contrasts it with the Muslim League's representation of Muslims in India. The Indian Army includes many Gurkhas, not Indian Muslims. Continued on back page.
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Congress Party
India
London
Ottawa Journal
Gandia
Congress
Canada Abandons Overseas Conscription Aim in War Bill
Ottawa reports War Services Minister Thoroson states the government will not impose overseas conscription now. He argues the plan seeks balance among production, food, and armed forces while preserving voluntary enlistment. He warns conscription would be a second best measure and cautions its effect on total war effort.
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Canada
Thorson
parital
meason
35 Direct Bomb Hits On Italian Battleships
Allied air forces including U S Liberator bombers and RAF planes attacked two Italian battleships in the central Mediterranean producing 35 direct hits. A second later night attack hit a ship again while four destroyers were also attacked. fourteen Axis aircraft were shot down. Pilot Maj Alfred F Kalberer said all U S bombers returned safely.
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United States army
R.A.F
Mediterranean
United States
Alfred F. Kaiberer
Kalberer
Lafayette
Ind
LONDON
Buildingest Man Going Home to Build for Army
Lt Col E J W Akins of the Royal Canadian Engineers, a Winnipeg native and key fortifications builder, sails back to Canada to oversee army works. Once in France he brought back gear and led Teds 12th field company in constructing bridges, hospitals, roads, gun emplacements, and a prison.
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ALAN RANDAL
LONDON
C.P
Britain
Canada
army
E. J. W. Akins
Royal Canadian Engineers
Winnipeg
works
France
Fratte
Akins
University of
Manitoba
Teds 12th field company
Ruhr Bombers Hit Nazi Plants in Ruhr and Rhineland
British bombers struck Germany again hitting industrial sites in the Ruhr and Rhineland last night. The air ministry said no British planes failed to return and a German fighter was shot down while a British fighter was damaged during daylight patrols over northern France.
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LONDON
Ruhr
Rhineland
Germany
air ministry
France
oiservers
Cologne
Essen
the
Reich
Ontario Beet Sugar Crop Is Sadly Reduced
Premier Hepburn warns of drastic sugar rationing as Ontario beet sugar harvest falls to about 32 percent of the 112 million pounds export target. He cites bad weather and labor shortages amid alarm in the beet districts while praising citizens who work the fields and criticizing farmers who oppose importing Japanese labor.
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TORONTO
Lane
Hepburn
bio Welief
Ontario
Slephorm
Ite
Pacific coast
Call-Up Age Set to 35 Under War Policy
Ottawa June 17 CP Single men and childless widowers up to including 35 face compulsory military training under a proclamation tabled by War Services Minister Thorson. The extension raises the call-up age five years for service within Canada and its waters, with an amendment to the NEMA to possibly allow service outside Canada. Married men next, starting with those aged 25 to 35, are expected to be included in the next steps.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
War Services
Thorson
national resources mobilization act
Canada
house of commans
NEMA
house of rominions
Jessie Bond Dies at 89 Savoy Operatic Star
Worthing Sussex June 17 Jessie Bond 89 one of the two remaining original Savoyards dies at home. She created Hebe in HMS Pinafore in London 1874 and performed in New York next year. Her career spanned leading roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas including Iolanthe before retirement after marriage to Lewis Ransome. She continued piano for wounded soldiers despite ill health.
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WORTHING
Sussex
Jessie Bond
Durward Lely
Glasgow
Lewis Ransome
Britain
Sugar ration cards to be issued with no date stamping
Ottawa reports sugar coupons will not be dated and can be used at any time within two weeks of supply. after that period no purchases allowed. The 0.5 pound per person per week allowance begins July 1, with temporary cards for about ten weeks, then six month coupon books. Temporary cards issued first. six month books later. A six month period will end before another key book is issued. Special returns will be made for canning and preserving seasons.
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Herald
Ottawa
consumers’ branch
Prices and Trade Board
MacArthur Named Outstanding American Father of 1942
The National Father’s Day committee named General Douglas MacArthur the outstanding American father of 1942. Father's Day falls on the upcoming Sunday in New York.
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NEW YORK
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
National
New regulations require government approval for most job changes
Ottawa reports new rules to channel almost all employment through government offices. Elliott Little says labor may be rationed by direction, not compassion, affecting men and women of all ages including executives and office staff. Employers must report anticipated needs or layoffs to selective service officials. The order, similar to restrictions on physically fit men 17 to 45, eases into broader labor control.
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JACK WILLIAMS
OTTAWA
Elliott ML Littie
national selective service
ddr
The
oder
Gas Card Ration Cuts in Four Provinces to Four Gallons
Ottawa reports in the house that gasoline ration units drop from five to four gallons in Quebec Ontario and British Columbia effective midnight tomorrow. Maritime provinces stay at two gallons. prairie provinces remain at five. A new Category A A lowers ration for multi car owners and pleasure drivers.
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OTTAWA
Howe
house of semmons
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
maritime provinces
maritimes
prairie
Manitoba
Sesketchewan
Alberta
Shangae Abandoned After Daylong Battle
Chinese forces abandon Shangae, a key Chekiang-Kiangsi rail station, after an all day clash that China says inflicted 8,000 casualties on Japanese invaders. Nehru says India's situation intolerable amid Japanese promises. Yugoslavs report 1360 Axis captured in one fight near Yaroslav. Emden raid hits German submarine works hard. Curtin to meet with labor and government on mobilization. Five RCAF men listed missing overseas with one injured.
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SHANGJAQO
CHUNGKING
Shangae
Chekiang-Kiangsi
NEHRU
INDIA
IC.P
Jawaharlal Nehru
All-India Congress party
Dat
Tokyo
LONDON
Yaroslav
Gep
Drag Mihailovic
Yugoslavia
Rome
EMDEN
fiers
Germany
aa ministry
CURTIN
LABOR
FARLEY
SYDNEY
Cabler
Curlin
RCAF
OTTAWA
Royal Canadian Air Force
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U.S
Malta
Midway
Midway Island
U.S. Navy
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Col. Akins
MacArthur
Govt. Office
B.C
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