Russians Drive Finnish Front Breaks In Northern Karelia
Soviet dispatches report Russian forces broke into Finnish trenches on the northern Karelian front, wiping out about a company in savage bayonet and grenade fighting. Ten dugouts and two blockhouses were blown, mortar batteries and an ammunition dump destroyed. other fronts saw German setbacks near Sevsk and Donets crossings south of Balakleya as the war bulletin noted. Guerrillas claimed several hundred Germans killed and derailed 11 trains in recent actions, while Berlin reported several tank assisted Red army attacks repelled.
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ONDON
C.P
Karelian
Moscow
Sevsk
Orel
Balakleya
Donets
Bala kleya
Berlin
Associated Press
Stormy Row In Commons in War Budget Debates
Ottawa June 26 Boisterous scenes marked debates in the house of commons during the fifth week of consideration of the 2 590 000 000 war appropriation for the current fiscal year. Liguori Lacombe and J F Pouliot sparred with the chair and ministers over points of order while Labor items drew limited questions. A manpower pool of 750 workers for Halifax to expedite trans Atlantic ships was announced, with mobilization to back up local manpower. Continued on Page Three.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
Liguori Lacombe
Cdin
Taval
Pouliot
John Bracken
labor
Mitchell
Paul Martin
Arthur MacNamara
Halifax
Canada
Portrait plans for von Arnim raise wartime honor debate
London dispatch reports former Afrika Korps commander General von Arnim, now a prisoner in England, may be approached by the War Office Artists' Committee for a portrait. It notes General von Thoma already has a painting and is displayed at the National Portrait Gallery, while public reaction questions the policy of immortalizing enemy leaders on canvas.
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von Arnim
Hitler
Afrika Korps
England
War Office
von Thoma
National Portrait Gallery
Lencon
Ovlava Journal
meles
Kabler Von Amim
Proscian junker
the Nations
LONDON
No German Offensive?
Washington reports mounting evidence that Germany has abandoned a planned summer offensive against Russia. Analysts say Berlin may pursue a war of exhaustion, aiming for a limited defeat or negotiated peace, with forces shifted to France Italy and Western Europe as defense strengthens.
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J. P. SANDERSON
WASHINGTON
Germany
Russia
United States
Henry Stimson
France
Italy
Europe
Low Countries
Denmark
Huge Modern Still Seized In Vancouver
Vancouver police seized a large modern still inside a downtown base, described as complete with pressure gauges a steam chamber and three two hundred gallon tiers. Authorities say the operators planned to manufacture spirits by extracting glucose from drains under high steam pressure. Joseph Snathh, 43, and Cifiend L. Spirer, 34, were charged with possession of a still.
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VANCOUVER
Vancover
Royal Canaan
Metaan AyAby Seid
Japs Massing Planes and Ships At Rabaul Base
Allied reconnaissance reports show increasing Japanese aircraft on air fields around Rabaul New Britain and substantial shipping including a converted aircraft carrier in its harbor. Rabaul lies northwest of Guadalcanal and northeast of Salamaua. MacArthur bombers dropped 176 tons on Lakunal Rapopo and Vunakanau airfields. noon communique notes 170 enemy bombers and fighters on Rabaul fields. A Beaufort bomber near Cape St George New Ireland reported three small enemy cargo ships escorted by a destroyer and scored a near miss. In Madang New Guinea medium bombers strafed Japanese occupied villages.
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ALLIED
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Salamaua
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Lakunal
Rapopo
Vunakanau
h headquarters
Cape St. George
New Ireland
Beaufort
Madang
New Gainea
Submarine K-12 Lost Off East Coast in Training
The United States Navy announced Friday night that the submarine K-12 was lost during training exercises off the east coast. It carried 28 men, with some survivors reported, and officials said the loss was probably an accident rather than enemy action.
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WASHINGTON
United States navy
Shuttle Bombing New Terror To Axis Europe
Washington dispatch reports a RAF RCAF shuttle bombing experiment between England and North Africa, aiming to threaten Axis European bridgeheads. The plan could force Allied air power to mass for a fast invasion, with Friedrichshafen and Spezia hit before returning to Tunisia and Britain.
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Axis Europe
KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
fame
RAF
RCAF
England
North Africa
Africa
Ams high command
Pantelleria
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Spezia
Italy
Tunisia
Biggest Raid On Messina In Allied Mediterranean Offensive
More than 100 United States heavy bombers hit Messina Sicily in the war's greatest Mediterranean raid. The attack, lasting 18 minutes, produced a vast fire and smoke cloud over the port and rail area. The raid targeted the port, marshalling yards, and military installations with about 200 tons of bombs. Enemy interceptors and anti aircraft fire fought back, yet only three Allied planes were lost.
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NOLAND NORGAARD
Associated Press
ALLIED
NORTH AFRICA
United States
straits city of
Messina
Sicily
RAF
Olbin
Sardinia
Reuters
Sietly
Naples
Not Decided On Coal Rationing
Ottawa June 26 G J M G Stewart coal administrator for the prices board said his administration has given a great deal of consideration to rationing coal in Canada but has not decided if rationing is necessary If the United States imposes a thorough rationing system covering exports to Canada Canada would be forced to adopt one The form of rationing had not yet been settled
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OTTAWA
G.J. McG. Stewart
the
prices board
Canada
United States
Mainwaring Fears Japs May Raid B C
Vancouver reports W M Mainwaring chair of the civilian protection advisory council warned that enemy bombs and incendiaries may fall on British Columbia before summer ends. He outlined three raid possibilities including direct raids from Kiska nuisance raids from seaplanes and long range seaplane bombing aided by submarines.
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VANCOUVER
British Columbia
W. ©. Mainwaring
advisory council, civilian protection, committee
Mainwaring
Kiska
Horror And Hate Campaign Opens German Propaganda Speak
In Munich German propaganda minister Goebbels rails at Allied bombings and moral injury, claiming cultural targets outlast military aims. He argues that bombs destroy centuries of art and that Western youths terrorize defenders of culture. The bishop of York notes protest letters against raids and urges moderation.
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LONDON
Paul Jonah Teohbel
Germany
Munich
wrenth Greman
Associated Press
yshame
Canada
United States
Nuernberg
Florence
Vernier
Goebbels
Bahr
hat’ Brion
Josephs Gorhbris
York
max tare
30 000 Tons Bombs Hit Ruhr Valley In Three Months
A British American bombing campaign spreads destruction in Bochum and Gelsenkirchen as nearly 30 000 tons of bombs fall on the Ruhr industrial valley over three and a half months. More than 500 bombers lost and about 3 000 men killed or captured. Canadian bombers and RAF fighters take part in raids with large fires reported. weather hinders observation of results.
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Bochum
Gelsenkirchen
Lynn Heinzerling
Associated Press
ONDON
A.P
R.A F
8.C.A.F
German Ruhr
Ruhr
LAWIE
United States
Germany
air ministry
New Yorker Fined $3060 In Edmonton
New Yorker Louis Davidson of New York was fined 2000 for unlawfully imported liquor and 1000 for clandestinely bringing into Canada golds subject to duty. He appeared before Magistrate A. J. Millar after arrest on June 16 as he was about to board a plane. Police found liquor in his trunks and he had faced 11 charges in total with bail set at 3000. Nine of the charges were dismissed.
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EDMONTON
Louis Davidson
New York
Canada
A. J. Millar
Davidson
Ship Santa Maria Sinks With 120 Aboard Near Ecuador
A Puerto Manta message reports the motor ship Santa Maria en route from Panama with 20 passengers sinking last night in the shark filled Pacific waters off Cape Paso near Manta. No details on casualties were immediately available. The area is noted as a dangerous navigational region. Carloadings for the week ended June 13 in Ottawa totaled 68 119 vehicles, up from the prior week’s 69 255 and the year ago 58 22.
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GUAYAQUIL
Ecuador
Puerto Manta
Santa Maria
Panama
Pacific
Cape Pasado
Manta
Parliament Notes On Labor Pool And Senate Schedule
The House will continue labor department estimates while the Senate adjourns till June 29. Labor Minister Mitchell announced a 750 man Halifax labor pool to speed eastern port shipping, maintaining coal requirements by sending former miners back to pits. J F Pouliot criticizes the Progressive Conservative party and John Bracken. M J Coldwell calls for troops reinforcement overseas. In Saskatchewan harvest, 600 to 700 farmers may head to Ontario fields by week’s end, per W W Dawson.
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House of Commons
labor department
Senate
house
Mitchell
Halifax
J. F. Pouliot
Lib
Temiscouata
Progressive Conservative
John Bracken
M. J Coldwell
C.C.P
ONTARIO
REGINA
Saskatchewan
W. W. Dawson
8th Army in Syria and Balkan invasion fears
The report notes British 8th Army in Syria preparing for action amid Allied Balkans invasion concerns. German broadcasts claim imminent Axis assault, while Balkan authorities impose security measures and arrest suspected agents near Sofia. Estimates of 10,000 Serbian partisans killed in Montenegro are cited as strategic for Axis communications.
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Waly
Balkans
Salonika
Greece
8th Army
Syria
Reuters
Sofia
Bulgaren golica
Budapest
Ges
Waldemar
Transocean
propaganca
Montenegro
Senate approves new food programs in halt to price subsidy
The U S Senate approved drastic legislation in Washington on June 26 to end the administration price reducing feed subsidy program and transfer all other agricultural subsidy authority to the War Food Administrator, sending the measure back to the House for action.
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WASHINGTON
United States administration
war food administrator
senate
house of representatives
Brazilian Plane Attacks Axis U-Boat Off Rio de Janeiro
A Brazilian air force plane was reported to have attacked an Axis U-boat in the Atlantic, about 65 miles northeast of Rio de Janeiro. Other dispatches note Roosevelt sending a secret letter to Poland, Allied air power in the Atlantic and Europe, and Canadian armored vehicle production.
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RIO DE JANEIRO
Atlantic
ROOSEVELT
PREOER
LONDON
Wladydaw Sitorki
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Mid Satucgay
Sialin
Rusia
Joseph E. Davies
English
Dieppe
Bou-logne
SWEDEN
STOCKHOLM
A.P
ay Set
B. L. Ducker
RAAF
Cahars
Gracbbestad
Ure
Seden
CHURCHILL
XAVYS
Mtakaer
pacy
North Sea
ciannel
Mediterranean
NEW BRUNSWICK
MONCTON
inn
Rathways
Red Pine
Newcastle
STANDLEY
MOSCOW
Wiliam H. Standbey
Red Cross
Hiter
Japan
United States
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Usgui
Camp Lejeune
New River
U.S
B.C
Valley
Mters
United States army
Reich
WTH
ith
RSAF
emdad
ARATY
U.S. SENATE
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