Planes Shot Down Over France in Two RAF Raids
London reports the Royal Air Force shot down 13 German fighters in two raids over northern France. Seven fell in the first raid and six in the second, with three British fighters lost in each. British bombers damaged an ammunition train at Hazelbroncs, and one raid hit railroad bridges in occupied France, with one bridge collapsing.
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LONDON
Royal Air Force
France
channel
Hazelbroncs
Germany
Germans Claim Freighters Sunk in British Waters
Berlin reports that German high command says air raids sunk two freighters totaling 11,000 tons and started large fires on Liverpool waterfront. It claims two other large merchantmen were hit with heavy bombs while two more were sunk from a convoy on the British east coast.
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BERLIN
high command
Liverpool
Edmonton builders sign wage agreement
Edmonton on June 25 G Pro reports a wage rate of 95 cents an hour set until March 31, 1942. The agreement was signed between the Amalgamated Building Workers of Canada Edmonton branch No 1 and the Edmonton Builders Contractors Association, with J L Mielish as secretary.
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EDMONTON
Amalgamated Building Workers of Canada
Edmonton Building Connectors asociation
J. L Mielish
The Left Hand Corner. Germany’s dope links and postwar scars
A fragment from the Ottawa Journals London correspondent discusses Germany’s drug issues reaching high places, mentions Goering’s alleged drug use, and notes former German airmen as prisoners with visible injuries. It includes an interview about taxes with a London businessman and a Scottish family household scene before continuing on page four.
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PERE
Germany
Ottawa
London
Olympic
aiter
sanzterium
Overseas Daily Mail
Scotland
liv—c
German Arsenal Push Against Soviet Army Reported
Berlin says German land sea and air forces are making great strides against the Soviet front with every weapon in the arsenal, promising big successes. New advances drive into Lithuania toward Kaunas and Siauliai, and into eastern Poland toward Grodno and Brody amid stiff resistance and heavy casualties.
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ONDON
C.P
Reuters
Stockholm
Leningrad
Soviet Russia
ERLIN
A.P
Russia
fuehrer
Hitler
BAARCAS ABANA Ase
Europe
British Loan Studied by U.S. Officials
Washington June 23 5 7 Jesse Jones federal loan administrator announced he is considering a loan to the British government The loan would be studied by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation under new authority to provide dollars to pay for war supplies without selling American securities He did not specify an amount though reports cite several hundred million dollars RF C officials hint a smaller initial figure The collateral would include direct investments and a wide diversification of stocks and bonds of U S corporations.
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WASHINGTON
Jesse Jones
Jones
reconstruction finance corporation
RF C
Back at Work at Hamilton Westinghouse Plant
After a one day stoppage all employees returned to work at the Canadian Westinghouse plant in Hamilton today.
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HAMILTON
Westinghouse
Repair Washout Calgary
Work crews and road workers repaired a main line washout on the Canadian Pacific Railway and a stretch of the Banff highway at The Gap three miles east of Canmore after a cloudburst and severe storm last evening.
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CALGARY
Canadian Pacific Railway
Banff highway
Canmore
Bow river
Churchill Leads Secret Commons Session on Shipping Losses
Prime Minister Churchill chaired a closed house of commons meeting in London on June 25 to discuss Britain’s shipping losses and wartime supply concerns. The session focused on strategic issues affecting naval transport and merchant fleets during the war.
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LONDON
Churchill
house of commons
Britain
German Raider Reported Sunk
New York reporters say the German motorship Elbe, 9179 tons, operating for the North German Lloyd line, was attacked by a British fleet plane in the North Atlantic about 990 miles northwest of the Cape Verde islands and 1380 miles west of Villa Cisneros, and was probably sunk.
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NEW YORK
Kooe
Japan
North Atlantic
Cape Verde islands
Villa Cisneros
Rio De Oro
West Africa
Rioyd
Manchester Guardian Demands Bombing Romanians Oil Wells
The Manchester Guardian urged the British government to strike near German lines by targeting Rumanian oil supplies and refineries, arguing oil and grain drove Hitler’s actions in Russia. It noted Russia produced 32,000,000 tons of crude last year, but refinement and inland destruction limited Nazi transport of refinery materials.
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MANCHESTER
Engand
C.P. Cable
Manchester Guardian
Hitler
Russia
Guardian
Britain
Four Dead in East Coulee Mine Blast
A Western Crown Mine explosion near East Coulee last night killed four men and injured others. Victims include Jack Waters Sr fire boss Robert Taylor and Chris Buzennus. Atlas Mine manager Harry Crowder died during rescue efforts. Mrs Buzennus learned of the blast. Rescue teams formed, entering the 70 foot shaft with gas apparatus. Crowder was later brought out. Dr P S Brown and first aid squads treated the wounded. Continued on page three.
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DRGMEELLER
East Coulee
Jack Waters
Robert Taylor
Chris Buzennus
Harry Crowder
Atlas
eveting
Robert Stevens
Crowder
Sarsfield
Stevens
bet
P. 5S. Brown
What's Nazi Aim Russia
Nazi aim in the invasion of Russia centers on securing vital resources. Analysts note Russia cannot easily export petroleum, heightening interest in oil fields and wheat in the Ukraine. The debate questions how Germany can profit immediately from a campaign, even if a broader war persists.
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CLAUDE A. JAGGER
Associated Press
NEW YORK
Hitler
Russia
west
Beku
Ukraine
Germany
Rumnam
Wodehouse Released From German Camp in Berlin
British author P G Wodehouse has been freed from a German camp and taken a room at the Action hotel in Berlin. Nazi officials say he is completely free and resuming his writing. Rumors say he may face pressure to broadcast overseas. He was captured in June 1939 at his villa in Le Touquet, France.
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BERLIN
P. P. G. Wodehouse
Action
Wodehouse
Le Touquet
France
U S Shipments To Britain Reach Two Decade High
Washington reports U S shipments to Britain in April reached a 20 year peak with total exports to the United Kingdom at 123000000 dollars. Britain’s empire received 246600000 dollars of American goods about 61 percent of total exports. Canada took 70000000 dollars, the largest amount ever.
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WASHINGTON
commerce department
teday
mace
Britain
MOBUS
British Empire
Sweden Allows German Troop Passage to Finland
Stockholm reports Sweden will permit a German force of up to one division to cross its territory from Norway to Finland by rail. The move follows parliamentary consultation and aims to keep Sweden out of war. Berlin also claimed Finland declared war on Russia, though Helsinki dispatches remained neutral amid reports of Finnish territory lent to German forces and Russian bombings of Finnish cities.
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STOCKHOLY
Norway
Finland
Sweden
BERLIN
Russia
Helsinki
Move R C A L F No 4 Command From Regina To Calgary
Ottawa reports the Royal Canadian Air Force No 4 training command will move its headquarters from Regina to Calgary soon. Air Minister Power announced the shift. Air Commodore 3 TFN Cowley leads the command overseeing training units from southern Saskatchewan to the Pacific coast. Winnipeg dispatch notes concurrent sixth annual junior chambers convention calling for a national economic study and a public education campaign on democratic principles.
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OTTAWA
C.P
No. 4 trraining command
Royal Canadian Air Force
Regina
Calgary
Power
TF. N. Cowley
No. 4 training command
Saskatchewan
Pacific coast
WINNIPEG
junior chambers of commerce of Canada
junior chambers of commerce
Red Air Fleet Bombs Nazis as Front Lines Clash Across Baltic
Moscow reports 381 German planes destroyed with 374 Soviet aircraft lost since war began last Sunday. Soviet forces fight to halt Nazi advances in the Baltic states and northeast Poland while Stalin’s armies mass near Brest Litovsk and the Pripet marshes. Berlin boasted of rail hits and war material wrecks amid heavy air war on multiple fronts. Survivors and civilians suffer as both sides trade blows from Warsaw to Constanta and Danzig to East Prussia.
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Moscow
A.P
Red air fleet
Warsaw
Constanta
Danzig
East Prussia
Red army
Baltic states
Poland
Prut
Brest- Litovsk
Pripet
Pinsk
East Prussian
Crete
Berlin
westerar
Koenigsberg
Afemel
Helsinki
Stockholm
Estonia
lenmered
Umion
Russian Cavalry Cries For Fatherland In Soviet Victory
Izvestia reports a modern cavalry charge by a Soviet light brigade on the Prut river front supported by Soviet aircraft. Despite Romanian border pressures, the unit repelled a tank-led attack, drove the enemy back into Romania, and seized Faicha with fierce self sacrifice and a cry of for the Fatherland for Stalin.
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MOSCOW
Prut river
Izvestia
Faiche
Stalin
Romanian
Faicha
French language paper banned in Ottawa city order
A Canadian Defence of Canada regulation bans the French weekly La Voix du Peuple published in Montreal. The order, issued by Secretary of State Pierre Casgrain, was published in an extra Canadas Gazette edition.
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OTTAWA
C.P
La Voix Dre Peuple
Montreal
Pierre Casgrain
Canadas Gazette
Defence of Canada
PHILADELPHIA
Belvedere
Washington
JAMES FRANCESCHINI
Canadian Seamen's Union
Toronto
Lapointe
United States marine
Hela Cross Lake
Grey ‘Nuns
WESTERN
CANADA
WINNIPEG
Hominion Meteorological Bureau
prairies
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
UNITED STATES
CHICAGO
A.P
Rockies
Appalachians
Miles City
SIent
Phoenix
Ariz
FINLAND
BERNE
Switzerland
Helsinki
Russia
TURKEY
MOSCOW
Tass
people's commissariat of foreign affairs
Germany
U.S.S.R
republic
of Turkey
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Air Sea Rescue Service
shoxn
Newspapreh
ROME
North Africa
Loendner
Alexandria
sail
GSS
U.S
Crown
P. G. Wodehouse
R.C.ALF. No. 4 Command
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