Canadians Aid RAF in Night Raid on Emden
Canadians from across the Dominion helped the Royal Air Force in a one hour raid on Emden using Halifax bombers. Target docks, ships and submarine facilities were hit as fires and flares lit the port. Several British planes are reported missing while airmen described the operation as heavy and most satisfactory.
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ALLAN NICKLESON
LONDON
Cabie
Dominion
Royal Air Force
Emden
B.C.A.F
Jack Rogers
all Lake
Sask
remy
Jimmy Davidson
air observer
Jerbrooke, Que
Record
Cologne
Left Hand Corner Dehydrated Butter and Meat Trade Course
London County Council Ashfield Meat Trades Institute trains regimental butchers and Allied troops in meat handling. A three week course with 33 hours instruction covers meat preservation, equipment maintenance, and carcass inspection, aiming to improve efficiency and reduce waste.
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Britain
Smith Id
London
London County Council
Ashfield Meat Trades Institute
Wants Arms For Alaska in War Material Shift
Washington reports pressure from congressional quarters to divert military equipment now in production to shore defense. Senator Allen Ellender cites losses to Nazis after Tobruk and argues for reducing material being sent overseas to bolster Alaska and U.S. coastal defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Aleutian islands
Allen Ellender
Dem
naval affairs committee
Tobruk
Japs Seek Rail Control Across East China
Japanese efforts to control railways in east China face stiff resistance. They claim to reinforce Kiangsi while failing to close a 50 mile gap on the east west line. Fighting continues near Shanghiaso and Kweiki. invasion plans toward Fukien blocked. gains halted along Kwangtung Canton Hankow line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WILLIAM McGAFFIN
Presh
east China
Shenshai
Singapore
Kwangtung
Kiangsi
south
Stas
Shanghiaso
Kweiki
Fukien
Canton
Hankow
Ralston backs overseas conscription in wartime plebiscite
Ottawa June 23 Defence Minister Ralston told the House that the plebiscite was a green light to speed war effort. He defended compulsory service for overseas orders under the National Resources Mobilization Act, saying the voters endorsed measures to raise men as needed, while stressing not a mandate for overseas conscription. He urged unity and warned Canada must not let the army or nation down.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Ralston
House of Commons today
Col. Ralston
Canada
Germans Hold Wedge In Sevastopol Defences
Moscow reports German forces drove a wedge into Sevastopol fortifications but failed to breach the Black Sea base. Soviet dispatches note heavy German losses and a claimed 3.5 million Nazi dead while Red Army sacrifices are described as unprevented in military history.
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MOSCOW
Sevastopolkas
Black Sea
Germany
Hitler
USSR
United States
Soviet information bureau
Red army
Plebiscite Vote Record Ottawa June 3
Canadians voted in a record plebiscite turnout on April 27 to release the government from past military service commitments. Final official figures show 2,943,514 Yes and 1,643,006 No from 4,638,247 total ballots, with 50,327 spoiled. The civilian vote was 64.19 percent Yes. service voters 2,986 Yes and 885 No.
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OTTAWA
Jules Castonguay
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontary
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Yukon
Nazis Lose Ten Million In Russia
Moscow reports the first year of the war with Russia shows German losses of 10 million men killed wounded or missing, versus Soviet losses of 4.5 million. The brief notes 3.5 million German deaths, 20 000 planes lost for Germany against 9 000 for the Soviet side, and 24 000 German tanks versus 15 000 Soviet tanks.
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MOSCOW
Russia
Soviet information bureau
88 Lost In S Sinking Off Coast United States Port
Two torpedoes from an enemy submarine sank a medium US freighter off the coast on June 15 in three minutes with about 88 lives lost. Fifty seven survivors rescued. Third Mate Edwin R. Kierner, 20, of Philadelphia, saved several crewmembers after the ship rapidly sank.
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UNITED STATES
U.S
United States navy
Edwin R. Kierner
Philadelphia
Kierner
Twiggs E. Brown
Florida
Kiermer
Nazis Launch New Campaign Of Propaganda
An Axis propaganda effort on German radio argues Britain and the United States push a Russian attack on Japan while Churchill travels to the United States and then to Moscow to present the plan to Stalin. In Edmonton Lt Col T M Bolen of the US Army Air Force serves as liaison between Canadian and American air forces, opening offices at No 2 air observers.
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NEW YORK
Russia
Tokyo
Asahi and
Hochi
Britain
United States
Japan
Churchill
Moscow
Stalin
EDMONTON
T. M. Bolen
United States army air force
No. 2
Advance Forces 12 Miles From Line With Main Army
Axis forces consolidate gains in eastern Libya and move toward Egypt. German Italian vehicles near Sidi Azeiz attacked by fighters and bombers. bulk west of Hardar remains. Rommel’s timing for an Egypt attack debated as British forces tighten defenses. Tobruk defenders still fight, parachute troops probing outskirts as smoke rises from Capuzzo and stores burn.
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Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
AIRO
Libya
Egypt
Royal Air Force
Sidi Azeiz
hardar
Fort Capuzzo
Erwin Rommel
HARRY CROCKETT
HALFAYA PASS
Tobruk
Halfaa
Capuzzo
no man's land
Bardia
British MP Questions War Direction After Libya Setback
In London June 23 a Conservative MP challenged the war leadership in Parliament as Britain reported Libya defeats. The House heard that desert forces were reinforced and more aid was en route, but naval losses included seven warships and 30 planes. Attlee gave the account in Churchill's absence, adding little on the setback near the Egyptian border.
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ONDON
C.P
Britain
John Wardlaw-Milne
house of commons
Libya
house
Clement Attiee
dominions
Churchill
United States
Germans Admit Losses at Emden
Berlin reports from German broadcasts say British bombers hit Emden again last night causing 50 meg losses and extensive damage in residential areas. Four raiders were shot down, the high command said.
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BERLIN
Emden
high command
Shipping Is F D R Topic
Churchill and Roosevelt focused on shipping as a key element of wartime strategy. They summoned shipping experts from both governments to a White House conference described as one of the most important sessions in days and noted talks with China’s foreign minister.
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WASHINGTON
June
Churchill
Roosevelt
United Nations
White House
T. V. Soong
Ching
Presidentisl
Stephen Early
Hansell Questions Sugar Shortage Study in Commons
OTTAWA June 213. Rev. E G Hansell N D Macleod asks in the house of commons order paper whether the government has considered the sugar shortage problem. He asks what steps have been taken to construct additional sugar refining facilities and to increase sugar beet production.
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OTTAWA
Final Plebiscite Box Score From The Canadian Press
The final official result in the plebiscite of April 27 is reported by The Canadian Press. Voted totals and percentages are given with valid ballots and totals including rejected ballots, totaling 50327 noted among the figures.
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Dex
Submarine actions and war updates from Chungking to Alaska
United States submarines reportedly supported seven Japanese vessels off the east China coast. The U S Army considers building a railway to Alaska to speed supplies, with an Engineers Corps survey funded. Coast guard and labor disputes spark debate over legality of a Vancouver shipyard strike. Allied shipping losses tallied 13 ships in Caribbea area over 11 days. Seven Canadian soldiers die overseas, three air force members missing or dead. Collingwood hospital fire rescues 35 patients with no injuries reported. Additional details unclear from fragment.
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LONDON
C.P
Reuters
Chungking
United States
east China
Hong Kong
Shanghai
U.S. ARMY
ALASKA
WASHINGTON
Alask
United States army
house of representatives
army
Engineers Corps
Alasha
MITCHELL
Vancouver
Mitchril
Klive) Army
FOREE
OTTAWA
Reval Canadian Air Force
RCAF
Alberta
COLLINGWOOD
Ont
Collingwood General and Marine Hospital
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Samness
Tom O'Neil
CPR
HENRY C. CASSIDY
R.A.F
Rommel
Ritchie
M.P
Attlee
Auchinleck
F.D.R
China
Hansell
anaes
Edward Usland
seeelees
New Branewick
Ontario
Hrifikh Columbia
Fokon
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