Eden Urges All Possible Aid To Russ
London June 24 Foreign Secretary Eden welcomed Soviet Russia as an ally in the common task of defeating Germany He urged Britain to set aside political considerations in facing the menace He said communism is not the issue and noted Russia is in the effort to dominate the world The government endorsed the mutual aid stance and announced the USSR accepted British military and economic missions to coordinate the common task Britain pledged to redeem Poland and continue efforts against the enemy in alliance with Russia
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LONDON
C.P
Eden
Russia
Germany
house of commons
xiliec
Bodies of Mother and Two Children Found in Lake
In Hill Island Park near Edmonton, the bodies of Mrs Mary Hrrerk 28 and her two children Ernesti age three and Lawrence seven months were recovered from seven feet of water in Lake Astotem. They had been missing from their St Michael district home 20 miles north since Saturday. Police found no boat evidence near a pier. the husband, who helped search, said they had been separated and she had recently been ill.
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EDMONTON
Mary Hrrerk
Ernesti
Lawrence
Lake Astotem
Hill Island Park
St. Michael district
Prominent education plan for British Columbia libraries
A Victoria figure considers placing G.4 Henry stories in all British Columbia school libraries to spark interest in British history. Henry, once a wartime soldier and later a celebrated war correspondent, wrote about 80 adventure books. Though not as literary as Scott or Kingsley, his works are engaging with solid moral tones and historical settings.
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Victoria
Henry
British Columbia
Vancouver
ico
Crimea
Gambald
Tirci
Napier
Magdala
Wols Jey
Ashanti
Pyrenees
Scott
Kingsley
Stevenson
Japanese Emperor Confers With Konoye
In Tokyo on June 24 Emperor Hirohito received Premier Funamero Konore and was briefed on a cabinet meeting likely addressing the German Soviet war. Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka held separate talks with Italian Ambassador Mario Indelli and Soviet Ambassador Constarin Smetona.
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TOKYO
Funamero Konore
Emeror Hirohito
Yosuke Matsuoka
Ualian
Mario Indelli
Constarin Smetona
RAF Bombs German Ports In Repeated Night Raids
RAF aircraft struck industrial targets in north western Germany for the 13th straight night with main targets in Cologne and Duesseldorf and a naval base at Wilhelmshaven among others. British reports said attacks on Wilhelmshaven continued and that German claims described the raids as minor while weather or opposition affected intensity.
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LONDON
C.Pj
Royal Air Force
Germany
RAF
authoricauy
air ministry
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Keel
Willhelmsnaver
Hanover
Wilhelmshaven
Berlin
Briain
conment
Billion For U S Farmers Gains Seen In Senate Action
Washington report outlines a record 1 060 500 063 farm bill to aid about 30 million Americans in agriculture. It couples with crop loan programs to stabilize prices and boost farm prosperity, with parity payments and conservation subsidies among the largest items awaiting final congressional approval this week.
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WASHINGTON
United States
senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Naval Action In Baltic Is Reported Invasion News
Reports from foreign military attaches said German armored columns drove deep into Russian Ukraine in the opening days of the invasion, with German Romanian forces moving through Bessarabia toward Odessa. German planes and submarines were active off Varna and Windau as the war expanded, with both sides claiming setbacks and advances.
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A.P
Russian Ukraine
Poland
Bessarabia
Odessa
Black Sea
C.P
Reuters News Agency
Ankara
Bucharest
Ton Antonescu
vusania
Britain Plans £1,060,900,000 War Expenditure Three Months
In London the House of Commons approved a war budget of £1,060,900,000 for the next three months. Chancellor Sir Kingsley Wood stated the amount would cover about three months at current spending, with expectations of seeking more funds in autumn. He noted five weeks ending June 21 saw a spending rate of £73,000,000 weekly, excluding U.S. aid supplies.
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LONDON
house of commons
credi
Kinssier Wood
United States
Kingsley
Britain
Trawler Destroys Enemy Aircraft In Mine Sweepers Clash
June 24 report from the admiralty states HME trawler Solon destroyed an attacking enemy aircraft. Sub-Lt Watt RNVR led the Solon battle while HMS NogfiLi was damaged by a bomb and later sunk. Contender and Solon towed her after the engagement. Three sailors were wounded. Next of kin informed.
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TANDON
Fi — Admiralty
HME
Solon
JS. Watt
RNB
NogifLi- Omdr
J. N. Caris
RNA
Contender
samik
Jaws Oppose Britain U S on Japan policy shift
Japanese news agency reports Tokyo broadcasts echoing German Italian alliance aims under the three powers pact. Comment cites Japan cooperating with Europe reconstruction efforts to curb Anglo American influence and hints at strained ties with Moscow amid Allied tensions.
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Dolle
Texyo
Germany
indica
Japan
Huxomma
tJapan
Italy
Europe
Far East
England
United States
America
Moscow
U.S. to Aid Russia Promises Full Support
President Roosevelt declared the United States would give all possible aid to Russia, signaling strong wartime support. The June 24 statement came as Allied cooperation intensified.
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ASHINGTON
Roosevelt
United States
Russia
Belgian Prison Terms For Anti-German Dissent
In Antwerp three wartime court cases led to sentences for anti German acts. A 65 year old worker received three months for shouting abuse and tossing debris at German officials. Another man was jailed fifteen months for abusive verse and a caricature of the mayor. A third offender was fined 3750 francs for calling Germans "Bodies" and for pro British sentiment plus graffiti reading New Order Hunger on a railway station wall.
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BRUSSELS
Berlin
German war council
Antwerp
Hitler
raiilroad
British Take Syrian Town and Damascus Advances
British forces report an important advance along the Mediterranean coast of Syria toward Damour and the Damascus road. Al lies claim to have captured Damascus outskirts with forces moving toward Beirut as London grants military authorities wider latitude for Syria occupation.
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CAIRO
furthe
Benit
Mediterranean
Syria
Damour
Beirut
Middle East command
Gaiane
Damascus
Damascus-Beiut
LONDON
Britain
Middle East
Martland Wilson
Palwisra
Pattullo says BC cannot order daylight saving
Pattullo states British Columbia has no authority to institute daylight saving time though municipalities could adopt it by plebiscite if 1 percent approve. He notes the Dominion government could order gaslight time and argues three daily shifts in shipbuilding and essential war work would render daylight saving unnecessary.
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WILLIAMS LAKE
B.C
T. D. Pattullo
British Columbia
Patiullo
Russia claims push back German forces on Baltic to Black Sea front
Soviet dispatches report the Red Army repelled German columns across the frontier, claiming 5,000 German prisoners, 300 tanks destroyed, and 127 aircraft shot down in two days of fighting. Pravda warns against panic as frontier towns are reported lost and measures tighten to preserve discipline amid the assault.
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Varne
Bosporus
Turkish strais
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Ankara
Bucovina
Romania
SALIN
Fuehrers
Gecia
Russia
DNB
eastern front
East Prussia
fieis
Baltic Sea
Windau
Latvian
D.NB
Bessarabia
Prut river
OSCOW
Pravda
Communist party
Red army
Bresi-Liters
orificia
Poland
Britain to send military mission to aid Russia
Lord Cranborne announced to the House of Lords that Britain would dispatch a military mission to Russia soon. He said both nations face Bolshevism and noted past British alignment with Czarist Russia, while acknowledging political and religious differences.
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Lord Cranborne
House of Lords
Sink Vichy Destroyer Off Syria Coast
British admiralty reports a Vichy French destroyer “almost certainly sunk” by aerial torpedoes off the Syrian coast, with two other destroyers damaged as Mediterranean fleet units pressed north along the shore. Raids on Bell and Trooli ports and attacks on warships and merchantmen were also noted, as British submarines claim further successes in the central and eastern Mediterranean.
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LONDON
Syria
admiralty
Bell
Trooli
Sprig
Mediterranean
sum
siaiec
Ronald Campbell Named British Minister to Washington
London June 24 Sir Ron Ian Campbell formerly minister to Yugoslavia was appointed to be minister in Washington succeeding Sir Gerald Campbell who becomes director general of all British information services.
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LONDON
Ronaig ian Campbell
Yugoslavia
Washington
Gerald Campbell
U S Mine Workers prep for strike after July 7
United Mine Workers policy committee voted to refrain from work in southern Appalachian coal mines after July 7 unless a new two year wage agreement with southern operators is signed by then. Reports say the action follows ongoing wage talks and industry patterns in the region.
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U.S
WASHINGTON
United Mine Workers’ Union
LONDON
C.P.i
Reuters
Stockholm
Helsinki
Tallinn
Estonia
Gulf of Finland
SAN JUAN
Puerto Rico
J.P
Ettore Guigni
Colorado
United States district court
TTALY
IA.P
Sabato Visco
Iralian grain guild
Haly
BERLIN
A.P
Roger Lewin Taverner
Bay of Biscay
England
Cairo
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