New Rocket Bomb Used By Axis Raiding Convoy
Axis planes in the Mediterranean battle reportedly used a new type rocket bomb attached to wings that leaves a comet like trail. The weapon is cited as a major tech advance since the magnetic mine and mirrors Russian Stormovik bombs. Four ships were claimed lost with HMS Eagle and Argus among those returning damaged.
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LONDON
Mediterranean
Stormovik
anks
Royal Navy
Madrid
Gibraltar
Berlin
Malaya
Eagles
Argus
craier
Ration Sugar to Start July First Across Canada
Ottawa June 16. Coupon sugar rationing to begin nationwide July 1 with the wartime prices and trade board outlining plans for the coupon system. Each person retains a weekly allowance of one half pound. First coupon books cover ten weeks, then six months. Beginning July 11 it will be illegal to buy sugar for ordinary household use without surrendering coupons.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Donald Gordon
prices and trade board
Gordon
Death of Mrs Hannah Tupper recalls Yaletown's railroad roots
Vancouver's early resident Mrs Hannah Tupper is mourned as memories revive of Yaletown, the old railroad workers suburb built around Canadian Pacific shops near False Creek. Capt Daniel Wo Sheehan and his family are noted residents, with his house at Seymour Street cited among local chronicles.
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Hannah Tupper
Vancouver
Yaletown
Canadian Pacific
False Greek
Seymour stree
Yaleiown
Yale
aevants
Daniel Wo Sheehan
Seyrrour street
Sheehan
blarckemith
Panpers
Granvdie
RCAF Units and Guns Rush to Alaska Outposts
Victoria dispatch reports Canadian air and army units operating with United States forces in Alaska. Lt Gen Kenneth Stuart, Canadian army chief of staff, announced from his Pacific Command HQ that RCAF squadrons and anti aircraft units are deployed to support the Alaska outposts.
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VICTORIA
C.P
Dominion
Alaska
Kenneth Stuart
Pacific Command
Stuart
Royal Canadian Air Force
Japanese claims of Aleutian raids amid unclear war status
Japanese claims from Tokyo report 21 American planes shot down and Dutch Harbor facilities destroyed in attacks two weeks earlier. No US confirmation. Canadian army now operating with US forces in Alaska, with small Japanese landings noted on Attu and Rat Islands. Gen. Stuart calls the move significant as a possible push to base operations against Russia or Canada.
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TOKYO
Dnperial
United States
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
U.S. navy department
rocky Attu Island
Rat Island
Aleutian
Stuart
Defence
Ralston
US Navy
Aleutian islands
Russia
Canada
Aleutians
Crerar warns Germany defeat needed to avoid US merger risk
Parliament bulletin reports Resources Minister Crerar telling the House that unless Germany is defeated in Europe Canada may be forced to merge with the United States for self preservation. He challenges French Canadian opponents of conscription on rights if Canada joins the US. He defends the conscription bill for overseas service and denounces views seeking immediate conscription or opposing it.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Crerar
House of Comaions
Germany
Europe
Canadas
United States
Canada
Dominion
J. S Roy
ind.Gasper
toniederaon
Crevat
xoule De onl
Mr. Crerar
Hanson
Vinson urges build more battleships and fleet expansion
Chairman Carl Vinson told the rules committee that continued battleship construction remains essential to deter carrier losses and keep the big battleships active, while the air craft carrier is the fleet backbone. He pushed for an $8.55 billion expansion, noting 1,003,245 tons in service since 1834 and 2,646,696 tons under construction.
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WASHINGTON
Carl Vinson
House of Representatives naval committee
United States navy
Vinson
simce
Sevastopol Battles Continue On 13th Day Of Offensive
Sevastopol endure fierce fighting as German shock troops fail to seize fortifications and cliffed roadstead. Soviet reports say 47 Nazi tanks destroyed or disabled elsewhere on the front. On Kharkov front 15 enemy tanks fell, nearly 1,500 Germans killed, plus 32 more tanks damaged. Russian air force damaged 70 German trucks and 30 supply carts, silenced seven artillery batteries, and disrupted depots and a train. In New York a Swedish motorship Kaaparen, 3383 gross tons, was sunk after a collision. crew landed safely at a Canadian port.
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HENRY C. CASSIDY
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Sevastopol
Red army
Soviet information bureau
Crimean
Kharkov
NEW YORK
Swedish news-exchange
Kaaparen
Transatlantic Steamship company
Japs Rush New Planes Into Burma
Japanese air strength in Burma and China seen rising with 300 planes in Burma and 300 in China. Reports note a push to tighten the cordon around southern China and prepare for possible attacks on Siberia. Chinese front lines hold a key railway segment but may face intensified Japanese air offensives as tensions mount.
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WILLIAM McGAFFIN
Associated ress
CHUNGKING
Russian
Siberia
China
Burma
Canton
Hankow
ihe
Chung
Russia
Manchoukuo
St Nazaire Base Bombed by British Aircraft
London reports British planes attacked the Nazi submarine base at St Nazaire on the French coast last night. Mines were laid in enemy waters and military targets in northern France and Belgium were hit. One fighter plane was lost.
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LONDON
St. Nazaire
France
Belgium
air ministry
Britain
RAF
Germany
Ruhr
Rhineland
Fort Surrounded Near Tobruk As Rommel Advances
British forces retreat to fortified positions near the Egyptian frontier leaving Tobruk nearly encircled by Rommel's German and Italian divisions. A coastal road remains as the link to the border, while Lt Gen Neil Ritchie's 8th Army splits to defend Tobruk's southern and southwestern perimeter amid renewed Axis assaults.
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Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
AIRO
Tobruk
Erwin Rommel
Neil Ritchie
8th army
Double Homicide at Warner Farm Baffles Police
Two men were found shot dead at the Baker farm seven miles west of Warner after a morning incident that involved Olaf Nelson and Daadare Baker. Nelson appeared at the farm armed with a .22 rifle and questions about his wife, while Baker was in an upstairs room with his son. Mrs Nelson and Mrs Johnson fled as three shots rang out, RCMP and coroner probes underway to determine an inquest. Fourteen survivors of an Almed merchant ship were later landed here after their torpedoing in the western Atlantic. One crew member died aboard the rescuing ship.
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Arthur Baker
Warner
Daadare Baker
Olaf Nelson
Nobleford
Baker farm
Nelson
Lethbridge
Baker
Wray
this chy
COASE
Atlantic
Allied Bombing Sets Records as British Pull Back From Tobruk Area
Allied air squadrons broke all bombing and strafing records while enemy forces moved eastward and British troops withdrew from El Ader and Sidi Rezegh. Destruction littered desert trails with burning vehicles as garrisons were removed at El Ader 18 miles south of Tobruk and Sidi Rezegh 25 miles southeast. New lines were set between Tobruk and the Egyptian frontier as observers noted Tobruk’s continued hold near the border. Acroma’s status remained unclear, with retreat suspected west of Tobruk. Fort Neatly appears continued on Page Three.
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EF Aden
Sidi Rezegh
El Ader
Tobruk
Ain ei Gavala-Bir
Alexandria
Egypt
Sfax
Tunisia
Acroma
Gordon Rules No Increase In Milk Prices
Ottawa June 18 Donald Gordon chairman wartime prices and trade board said no increase in retail price of milk will be permitted. The board may concur in an order of the Ontario milk board if it finds feasible to provide a higher price to producers due to measures to reduce distribution costs. The statement followed a Toronto meeting where Ontario milk producers discussed a possible milk strike.
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OTTAWA
Donald Gordon
prices and trade board
Ontario milk board
Gordon
Toronto
Ontario
Nazis Regret Hitting Argentine Tanker Victoria
Germany expressed profound regret over torpedoing the Argentine stemship Victoria and offered to pay indemnity. The move is seen as an attempt to ease strains and preserve friendly ties with Argentina amid growing German anxiety.
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BUENOS AIRES
Germany
Queen Wilhelmina arrives in Ottawa to visit Juliana
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands reaches Ottawa by secret trans Atlantic flight to reunite with Princess Juliana and grandchildren Geatrix and Irene. Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Dutch officials greet her at Rockcliffe airport. She will stay a few days in Ottawa before moving to Lee Massachusetts.
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OTTAWA
C.F.J
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Juliana
Mackenzie King
Government House
Rockcliffe
United Kingdom
Lee
Mass
Geatrix
Irene
London
Britain
Prince Bernhard
Isley Plans Budget Tuesday
Finance Minister Ostey told the House of Commons he hopes to present his budget text Tuesday. There have been requests in the house for word on when the budget would be brought down. The 1941-32 budget was brought down April 29 last year.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Ostey
House of Commons
Assassins of Heydrich Slain in Prague Hotel Find
Prague radio claims early today that Reinhard Heydrich’s attackers were found in Prague hiding in a hotel and shot while resisting arrest after being dropped in Czecho Slovakia from a British plane. The report adds a Belgium earthquake and ongoing war updates from Brussels and Moscow.
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PRAGUE
HEYDRICH
LONDON
C.P.1
Reinhard Heidrich
Gestapo
Cxrecho
Slovakia
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Sidi Rezegn
Libya
Authoritative sources
Donald Gordon Quinnes
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RCAF
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Roy
Glen
Crerat
Quebec
Pinch Canaga
KHARKOV FRONT
JAPS RUSH
R.A.F
Rommel
Ritchie
Warner Farmer
Molotov
Great Britain
Viacheviay Molotov
foreign commasar
Botth foreign office
Roosevelt
Moloioy
alimes
Anthony Eden
Wanston Churchill
Wilhelmina In
King
Isley
BRUSSELS
RAMIV
Browels radio
Bhureday
RCM.P
Olaf Xeison
Martin Bros
BOGOTA
Colombia
Janeik
Colombian
LAZIS
LONERON
Reinhard Ueydrich
Czecho-Slovakia
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