Soviet Troops Land in Southern Crimea Behind German Lines
A Reuters dispatch from Stockholm reports two Soviet regiments landed in southern Crimea via a convoy from Caucasus ports. They broke through coastal artillery fire and moved behind German positions aiding the siege of Sevastopol. BBC noted unconfirmed reports of a southern Crimean swoop with Black Sea fleet marines involved.
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LONDON
C.P
Reuters
Stockholm
Crimea
Caucasus
Sevastopol
BBC
Black Sea
Crimean
Simferopol
Feodosiya
MOSCOW
Retailers Must Collect Luxury Tax on Sales
Ottawa June 25 CPI The new 25 percent tax on jewelry china watches and other articles is effective immediately on all sales. Finance department officials said. The tax applies to the retail price and affects all sales whether goods are in stock or bought in future from wholesalers or manufacturers. The tax is accounted for by affixing excise stamps to the bill cash slip or the article itself.
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OTTAWA
china
finance department
The Left Hand Corner Ancient Eye Found at Fort Ste Marie
An ancient eight foot underground egg laid by one of the first hens in the On tactic area was found intact among ruins of Fort Ste Marie in the Georgian Bay district. The egg was said to be preserved and unfit for boiling or frying. The fort, dating to 1639, was burned and abandoned in 1649 after Iroquois conquest of the Hurons.
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old Fort
Ste. Marie
Georgian Bay
Canada
buint
Clash in Commons Over Conscription Sparks Quebec Tensions
In Ottawa the June 25 session saw French and English speakers clash in the House of Commons over conscription. Captain G S White of Hastings Peterborough condemned Quebec opponents as sowing bloodshed and revolution and urged ending Quebec domination. Liberal member L Philippe Picard labeled such rhetoric Extremist and demagogic. White backed the conscription enabling bill, while Picard opposed it, arguing it unnecessary and risky for wartime cohesion. Postmaster General Mulock later voiced support.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
G. 5. White
Hastings- Peterborough
Quebec
L. Phillippe Picard
Lib
Bellechasse
Capt. White
Mr. Picard
MULOCK
Bomb Wrecks Doriot Office in Nantes
Advices from the German-occupied zone report a powerful bomb destroyed the headquarters of Jacques Doriot’s National Popular Party in Nantes. No casualties are listed. The same collaboration club was bombed at roughly the same time last Monday.
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VICHY
Jacques Doriot
National Popular Party
Nantes
Edinburgh Survivors Auction In Snow
Survivors of HMS Edinburgh sunk while escorting a Russia bound convoy held a snow covered field auction in northern Russia to raise money for wives and children of lost mates. One seaman bid 450 for an old shirt and another 4.50 for a shirt to be worn immediately. A third paid 450 to touch the shirt buyer’s bare hand.
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LONDON
HMS
Edinburgh
Russia
eld
Gen McNaughton’s Son Missing In Action
London dispatch confirms Lt Gen A G L McNaughton’s son Ian McNaughton 25 disappeared after an operational flight on June 22. He served as flight lieutenant and was in an RAF squadron, with two brothers in uniform and sisters in Ottawa and Montreal.
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LONDON
R.GAPF
Lair
Ian McNaughton
A. G. L. McNaughton
Britain
the
Daily Express
McNaughton
Andrew McNaughton
RCAF
Edward McNaughton
Royal Canadian Artillery
T. K. McDougall
Ottawa
Leslie McNaughton
Montreal
Hepburn Endorses Wartime Budget in Ontario
Premier Hepburn of Ontario endorses the wartime budget saying the war must be prosecuted with all means. He announces his cabinet will meet next week to study the impact on provincial revenues and related problems as he expresses wholehearted support to raise funds for the war effort.
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TORONTO
Hepburn
Onntario
Parliamentary News Briefs From Ottawa June 25 1942
In Ottawa Dr B A Bruce linked legal action against Col George Drew to dictatorship fears and invoked Gestapo methods. Mitchell said Canada must be organized to end war with national mobilization and warned against suppressing democracy. Hanson criticized Mackinnon on disclosing dressed beef shipments to the United States during early 1942 versus 1941.
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OTTAWA
B. A. Bruce
Con
Toronto- Parkdale
house of commons
George Drew
Ontario
James Glen
Bruce
Col
Drew
Hong Kong commission
Lyman Dali
Defence of Canada
sone sovenment
T. A. Crerar
MITCHELL
Labor
Trime
Mackenzie King
United Nations
Canadas
MACKINNON
House
Hanson
United States
B. McKinnon
Sir
Kenora
Rainy River
War Council Hears P M Roosevelt and Churchill
Washington reports that members of the Pacific war council and members of the Senate and House met with Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt. They voiced unanimity that there are definite impressions of encouragement in the overall war situation especially regarding Egypt and the Suez Canal. Rep Joseph Martin noted Churchill suggested Egypt and the canal were not in great danger. Walter Nash commented that North Africa’s outlook seemed not as bad as feared.
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Pacific war council
senate
house of representatives
Churchill
Roosevelt
Egypt
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
house
Suez Canal
Walter Wash
New Zealand
North Africa
Five Die In Effort To Beat Gas Menace
HUNTINGTON PARK Calif June 25 P Darwin Lyons efforts to provide a haven in case of a gas attack nearby wiped out his family of seven. Lyons 43 his wife and three of their five children were killed by an explosion at their home Wednesday night. He told police he had sealed the room and installed two tanks of compressed air and one of oxygen in an attempt to keep gas from the room by releasing air to permit his family to breathe the oxygen.
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HUNTINGTON PARK
Calif
Darwin Lyons
Lyons
Frontier Forts Fall Sidi Barrani Under All-Out Offensive
Axis tank forces drive deep into Egypt forcing the British 8th Army to fall back while RAF and US fliers strike the Bengali supply base. Field Marshal Rommel advances southeast of Sidi Barrani as British rear guards fight to delay the push.
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Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
AIRO
Egypt
8th army
Royal Air Force
United States army
Salam
Sidi Omar
Erwin Rommel
Mairuh
Sidi Barrani
London
Libya
Nile valley
Crete
Alexandria
Berlin
Scale Down Beef Prices Scale Down Beef Prices
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board in Ottawa announced that maximum wholesale beef prices will drop one cent per pound on July 13 with retailers to follow. Additional reductions of one cent per pound occur Aug 3 Aug 24 and Sept 14, bringing the September price 343 cents per pound below June. Seasonal increases are allowed from November 1942 to June 1943. The changes apply uniformly to all beef carcasses, sides and quarters nationwide.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
Canadian British and United States Income Taxes Compared
The Canadien Press compares proposed Canadian income taxes with existing Briton and U S taxes. It shows annual incomes for single persons and married couples with two children and lists tax amounts in Canada Britain and the United States. The Canadian figures exclude the proposed refundable tax feature to be repaid by the government after postwar bonds earn two percent interest.
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Canadien Press
iade
United States
Canada
Britain
Axis advances reach 2 points southeast of Sidi Barrani
British headquarters reported Axis elements advanced two points southeast of Sidi Barrani, suggesting possible deeper penetration into Egyptian territory. It remained unclear if they moved along the coastal road or inland, possibly prompting evacuation of Salam and Sidi Omar by a Hawking movement.
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Sidi Barrand
Salam
Sidi Omar
Sidi Barrant
Original Army Poster Shown to Ralston in Ottawa
Ottawa June 25 The original design of the army week poster depicting a smiling self confident Canadian soldier in full fighting kit was presented to Defence Minister Ralston Wednesday by a delegation from the outdoor advertising industry of Canada A S Stapleton provided the painting for the poster.
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OTTAWA
Defence
Ralston
Canada
A 5
Stapleton
RCAF Increases Alaska Units Amid War
Ottawa reports Canada has moved several fighter and bomber squadrons to Alaska to bolster Pacific defenses. Additional squadrons were placed in strategic positions with new units formed on site. Canadian air forces operate under US control along a unified coastal command, but combat engagement details remain undisclosed for security reasons.
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OTTAWA
CPJ
Canada
Power
Alsoka
Pacific
Mas
Alaska
United States army
United States
Three Drowned in Restigouche River Boat Capsize
Three people drowned when a sailboat capsized in the Restigouche River near Dalhousie on Wednesday. Victims were Gordon Angie, 19, of Montreal Hector Burke, 71, and Danny Estiger, 18, of Dalhousie.
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DALHOUSIE
Restigouche
Gordon Angie
Montreal
Hector Burke
Danny Estiger
Thousands of Canadians Reach Britain Safely Invasion Prep
Canadian soldiers from many formations arrived in Britain as part of the powerful army gearing up to invade the continent. Also reported Colombian schooner sunk by submarine with six crew dead, US Navy loses two patrol boats and 20 lives, Cardston child dies, heavy rainfall hits Pincher Creek district, US air staff head Stratemeyer appointed, and movements of troops in Near East.
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BRITAIN
C.P. Cable
Dominion
AXIS SUB
BOGOTA
Colombia
El Expectador
WASHINGTON
United States navy
Atlantic
vesels
CARDSTON
Quer
Kenneth Albiston
Mim G. Albiston
FESCHER CREEK
PINCHER CREEK
Picher Creek
LONDON
C.Pj
Stockholm
Reuters news agency
Telaring
Baghdad
Basta
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