Government wheat policy maintains pegged prices
Trade Minister MacKinnon outlined Canada 1940 wheat policy to the House detailing storage plans, a 15 cent per bushel domestic processing tax, and a plan to use farm and terminal storage to handle an anticipated crop of 350 to 400 million bushels. Producers will deliver part of their crop to the Wheat Board now with farm storage allowances.
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Onawa
Winnipeg
Trade
Wheat Board
Pew
Beant
Britain
Canada
MacKinnon
Canaator
United States
Poets Lowaenco and England War in the Air Quote
R A Butler, undersecretary of state for foreign affairs, said in a broad cast reported in the British Broadcasting Corporation news summary that Czecho-Slovakian poets Lowaenco and England have already carried the war in the air into Germany.
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Lowaenco
England
Germany
R. A. Butler
British Broadcasting Corporation
New York Army Plans Mining Charter Practice
An army unit outlines plans to mine near New York as part of chartered practice. Officials indicate readiness for drills and coordination with local authorities, aiming to complete procedures promptly.
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New York
Defending Airdrome Troops Guard England Airfield
In England, air defense units guard a key airfield as German paratroops and enemy troops threaten invasion. Major C Matthews of Sterling Ontario commands the force, with participation from the Canadian 1st Division and CASF units nearby. Fortifications rise with blockhouses, earthworks, and sentries around the clock, ready to repel any assault and summon reinforcements.
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England
London
Norway
Holland
A. G. McNaughton
Snadion
WD. van Vliet
Winnipeg
C. Matthews
Sterling Ont
British Move to Plug Oil Shipments to Germany
London reports a government plan to seal a blockade gap by stopping oil shipments to the Reich via Spain. Hugh Dalton, the Minister of Economic Warfare, was to address Parliament with a statement likely detailing Spain related export assurances and a defining toll or measure to curb off shipments.
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London
Segects
Germany
Reich
Spai
Hugh Dalton
Spain
Financial Times
Bun H
Theatre War Drive and Sick Hitler Stamps Drive Canada
Campaign officials announced that Canadian theatres raised 695,448 dollars for the wartime treasury through sale of Sick Hitler war stamps during a July 15 movie night. Returns from 61 small theatres are outstanding. final total expected near 700 dollars. Admission required purchase of two 25 cent war savings stamps.
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Toronto
Canada
Britain to pay foreign volunteers in anti Germany effort
London authorities plan to compensate French volunteers led by Gen Charles de Gaulle as well as Polish and Czech fighters in Britain against Germany. War undersecretary Sir Edward Grigg said the pay rates are yet to be decided in the House of Commons.
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Ray Yenteers
Germany
London
Charles de Gaulle
Edward Grigg
House of Commons
Ottawa releases new aids to air navigation
Hon. C. D. Howe announced that five new aids to air navigation stations on the Trans-Canada Air Lines have been completed calibrated and placed in operation. The sites opened at London Fort William Charlottetown and Dartmouth Nova Scotia.
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Ottawa
Trans-Canada Air Lines
C. D. Howe
Soldiers' Vote Not Taken in Four By-Elections
Air Minister Power told the House of Commons that active service voters will not be counted in the four by-elections set for August 19. Electoral officials said it would be utterly impracticable to establish the machinery needed to record votes from men in England Iceland Greenland and scattered across Canada.
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Power
House of Commons
England
Iceland
Greenland
Canada
Permits For Firearms Amid War Time Travel Rules
Ottawa grants firearm carry permits to bona fide tourists visitors from Allied and neutral nations and Canadian residents. Commissioner T. Wood of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police empowered by an order in council to exempt certain persons from Defence of Canada firearm regulations and to issue licenses or permits as needed.
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Ottawa
Canada
8. T. Wood
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canada Gazette
Defence of Canada
Naval Losses Announced Amid War At Sea
The Admiralty lists losses since the war began including one battlecruiser and London class ship, two aircraft carriers and three cruisers among larger units. Other losses include four armed merchant cruisers, 26 destroyers, 11 submarines, 11 small vessels and 61 auxiliary craft pressed from civilian duties.
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Batte
London
Breship
Admiralty
Army huts change to be made for housing at training centres
Members of the Service Force in training will be housed at a central headquarters as a large hut-building program accelerates. The engineering service will complete 802 huts this month to house 36,782 personnel, using over 30 million feet of lumber. Huts measure about 120 by 24 feet and 17 feet high, with lumber sourced nationwide and some transport from British Columbia planned for winter quarters. Camps Borden, Petawawa, Valcartier, Shilo, and Dundurn will receive 802 huts this month, providing key accommodation for thousands.
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Ace
Arge Pop
British Columbia
Camp Borden
Ont
Petawawa
Valcartier
Que
Shilo
Man
Dundurn
Sask
British Columbia Lumber Exports Rise in Early 1940
Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau reports six months ended June 30 1940 BC foreign port lumber shipments total 738 million feet up from 688 million in six months of 1939 and 597 million the year before. UK shipments reached 447 million feet versus 423 million in 1939, though below the 541.9 million in late 1939.
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Vancouver
British Columbia Tunnel
Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau
British Columbia
United Kingdom
Britain Receives Surge of U S Planes and Engines
Lord Beaverbrook reports a heavy uplift in U S aircraft aid to Britain. The ministry for aircraft production has bought 12 115 American engines to be fitted in British planes. U S plans aim for an output of 3 000 aeroplanes monthly, with Canada coordinating the American supply and Morgenthau’s authorization. The statement emphasizes home production gains and resolve to fortify the empire’s wartime effort.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
Seat Britain
United States
Warriors of the Air
Bi Ean
Ministry For Aircraft Production
Britain
Morris Wilson
Aircraft Ministry
Canada
Morgenthau
the Treasury
Iast
Conscription Program Preparations for 1900 Begins
The United States plans a training to Washington under a pending conscription program. Registration is tentatively set for Sept. 1 with 400,000 conscripts expected to start training a month later. War Department officials say agencies in 48 states have begun preparations despite no congressional action. Initial trainees likely will be men aged 21 to 31.
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Washington
United States
Congress
War Department
Real Facts For France To Convey The Truth To People
Alfred Duff Cooper, later of information, informed the House of Commons that real facts for prance leafters over France would be continued and extended to convey the situation to the French people.
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France
Alfred Duff Cooper
House of Comomns
Giving Splendid Support London War Gifts Reach 42 Million
The House of Commons heard from the secretary for the colonies that since the outbreak of the war the colonies have contributed more than 42 million dollars in cash gifts and loans free of the treet.
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London
House of Comenons
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