Meeting Planned on Wheat Question by Four Nations
Ottawa reports four major wheat exporters will meet in Washington on July 16 to discuss postwar trade safeguards. Attendees include Canada United States Argentina and Australia with the United Kingdom as import partner. Conference aims to exchange views on preventing excessive market competition after hostilities end.
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Washington
MacKinnon
United States
Canada
Argentina
Australia
United Kingdom
George McIvor
Canadian Wheat Board
RV. Biddulph
C.F. Wilson
Dominion Bureau of Statstics
Departments of Agriculture and External Affairs
United States Agriculture Department
Department
Europe
Orient
Balkans
Raider Sank Powerful German Motorship Hobe Attacked
The German liner Elbe of 9,179 tons, which left Kobe last February to raid shipping, was attacked by a British fleet plane in the North Atlantic and probably sunk. The strike occurred about 900 miles northwest of Cape Verde and 1,300 miles west of Villa Cisneros, Rio de Oro. The Elbe was a fast NDL passenger liner used on the German Japan service.
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Elbe
Kobe
Japan
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Cape Verde Islands
Villa Cisneros
Rio de Oro
West Africa
Lloyd Line
Anti Nazi Trade Unions Rise in Norway Report
International Labor Review notes Oslo occupation authorities struggle to suppress resistance by trade unions. The French weekly La Voix du Peuple in Montreal is halted under Defence of Canada requisitions, marking wartime censorship actions.
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Montreal
International Labor Review
International Labor Office
Ottawa
la Voix du Peuple
Defence of Canada
Ris man industrial areas and occupied France
An RAF informant says air strikes might pull German forces from the eastern front. Plans to aid Moscow with tech and experts are near completion. Britain seeks stronger Western blows while building Russian-British cooperation as Turkey remains Britain’s major diplomatic challenge.
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France
Royal Air Force
Moscow
Europe
Britain
Germany
Turkey
Russia
United States
West
Too Much Confidence War Warning From Lester Pearson
Lester Pearson urged Canadians to abandon belief Britain cannot lose the war at a Canadian Club luncheon in Ottawa. He warned against complacent assurances that time is on Britain’s side and said any empire can lose a war. He stressed the need to act now and realize war’s seriousness.
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London
Canada House
Lester B. Pearson
Britain
England
Mr. Pearson
United States Targets Nazi and Fascist Officials in Americas
The United States seeks cooperation of other American republics to bar ousted German and Italian consular officials and propagandists from entering any hemisphere country. German consular officials are ordered to depart the United States by July 10 and Italian officials by July 15. The move continues a broader effort to curb subversive activities.
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United States
Americas
Help For War Guests Odd Fellows Send Second Canada Cheque
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows sent a second cheque of 7300 to Canada's government for British war guests. Grand Master CM Iredale presented the donation at the organization’s annual banquet in Ottawa. This followed a prior gift of 10000 to the government. In separate notes a New York report says Adolf Hitler's sister in law Bridget Elizabeth Hitler volunteered for British war relief. She seeks an annulment alleging her husband deserted in 1914.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Toronto
Canada
Charles Camsell
New York
Adolf Hitler
War Relief
Bridget Elizabeth Hitler
Alois
Hitler
Canada could aid Russia with wheat stocks if needed
Trade Minister Mackin Jon indicated Canada with large surplus wheat stocks could supply food to Russia if Russian harvests in Ukraine and surrounding Caucasus regions are hampered by war. Dominion statistics show Russian wheat area about 100 million acres in past four years, with Ukrainian and Caucasian lands totaling about 11.5 million acres and higher yields, supplying roughly half of Russia's production.
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Vaneds
Ottawa
Mackin Jon
Ukraine
Canada
Russia
Dominion
Education Goes On Despite Destruction of British Schools
London reports parliamentary secretary J C Ede says full-time education remains available to 96.5 percent of elementary pupils as of April 1 despite Nazi air raids on schools. Since December 6 the number receiving no instruction has fallen from 100000 to 40745, a gain of 33 percent.
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Britain
London
J. C. Ede
Board of Education
Flight Production Acceleration Across Atlantic Effort
The United States government adopts a policy to speed up aircraft delivery to Britain. Col. Robert O. H. details the plan and its impact on Atlantic operations. Air Chief Marshal Sir confirms RAF leadership and factory work to boost output.
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Wallagton Tas Etek Agency
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Gov
Ita
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Ieee Somone
Suai Tong
Robert Olan
Hatsergs
Sears Tage
Eves St
Fae Partalactee
Newfoundland
Merinda
Britah Gor
Snaece Erga
Bs Testira
Peesecasc
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Soa Song
Act
Lars Gapeciers
Avery Aircraft
Casey Ree
Ea Pei
Aircrat
Pasck Tt
Olay Gala Peper Pega Esd Ae
Rifle Production Sees 3000 Weekly Goal In Canada
Munitions Minister Howe announced Lee Enfield rifle output at Small Arms Limited Long Branch near Toronto will reach 3000 weekly as the immediate objective. He said plans exist to double production. Howe visited the plant and fired one of the first rifles, noting it is the first rifle plant to operate in Canada since the war began as a government owned part of the Dominion arsenal.
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Ottawa
Small Arms, Limited
Long Branch
Toronto
Howe
Canada
Dominion Arsenal
Protect Merchant Ships With New Short-Range Guns
Vice-Admiral Boyle says merchant ships will carry a new short-range anti air gun with trained gunners to defend against low flying bombers. The guns are fitted on ships en route to Australia as Boyle plans to become Australian naval chief after talks with New Zealand officials.
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Auckland
Boyle
Tere
New Zealand
Australia
British Envoy Appointed to Washington Post
London reports Sir Ronald Ian Campbell, long serving British minister to Yugoslavia, will become minister in Washington succeeding Sir Gerald Campbell who is named director general of British information services in the United States with headquarters in New York. Nevile Montagu Butler takes over as head of the foreign office American department.
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New York
Ronald Cross
Aus
Trafia
Ronald
Australis
Yugoslavia
Washington
London
Ronald Ian Campbell Antil
Gerald ‘Campbell
Gerald
United States
Nevile Montagu Butler
The
Foreign Office
Winnipeg Free Press editor’s wife dies at 61
Mrs. R G Dafoe wife of Winnipeg Free Press comptroller died at her home age 61 Survived by husband and three daughters J W Dafoe editor of the Free Press is a brother in law
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Winnipeg
R. G. Dafoe
Winnipeg Free Press
J. W. Dafoe
The
Free Press
Turkish ship Rife sunk by submarine off Anatolia
NBC correspondent Martin Agronsky reported from Ankara that the Turkish steam ship Rife with 201 aboard was torpedoed and sunk by an unidentified submarine. He said 173 passengers died and 28 were saved, with 100 naval officers aboard en route to Britain. The vessel carried a Turkish flag on its stern and illuminated sides.
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Wyeterd
Sabmaree
Rary Lew
Lite
New York
Rife
Turkah Navy
Mercantile Marine
Martin Agronsky
NBC
Ankara
Thut Agronsky
Rifa
Britain
Germany
Italy
Agronsky
Britain and Russia Unite Against Common Foe
Lord Cranborne told the House of Lords that Britain would dispatch a military and economic mission to Russia at an early date. He said Britain and Soviet Russia share a ruthless foe, despite political and religious differences, while Lord Samuel noted general disapproval of Bolshevism but sympathy for czarist Russia in the first Great War.
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Britain
Russia
London
Lord Cranborne
Dominions
House of Lords
Samuel
Express Views On German War With Red Army
Berne observers foresee a quick Nazi victory over Russia followed by a long economic campaign to exploit conquered lands. They assess Red Army strength as substantial but vulnerable to German tactics, noting terrain favors blitzkrieg. Russian divisions and air force quality are debated, with concern over Soviet resilience after initial setbacks and the challenge of fending off occupation across vast southern and western regions.
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Berne
Switzerland
Russia
Red Army
Poland
Low Countries
Balkans
Red Air Force
Britain
Ural Mountains
Ukraine
Caucasus
Norway
Belgium
Yugoslavia
Germans planned autumn offensive against Russia, sources say
New York reports, citing trusted sources for the Associated Press, that Germany’s attack on Russia was originally scheduled for last autumn. The plan may have been linked to events in Poland and the balkans, with Hitler’s moves affected by Britain France and Mussolini.
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New York
Associated Pres
Germany
Rusia
Poland
Hitler
Moscow
Molotov
France
Russia
Baltic States
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
East Prussia
Teutonic Knights
Balkan
Sweden
Finland
Greece
Shipments To Britain In April Hit Twenty Year Peak
Lend-lease and other merchandise shipments to the United Kingdom in April totaled 128 million dollars, the commerce department said, the largest monthly total to Britain in 20 years. The British empire received 246 million dollars of American goods, about 61 percent of exports. Canada followed with 70 million dollars.
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Britain
Washington
United Kingdom
Commerce Department
United States
British Empire
Canada
British Health Remarkable London War Era
Medical authorities in London reported Britain's public health remains "absolutely remarkable" despite wartime pressures. A physician noted fears of widespread dysentery had not materialized as cases align with normal summer levels.
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London
Britain
Hydari urges Hindu Muslim unity for India's protection
Sir Akbar Hydari, chief adviser to the Nazim of Hyderabad, appeals Hindus and Muslims to end strife and establish a working truce to safeguard India. He emphasizes collective effort and peace to confront communal tensions and protect the nation.
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India
Akbar Hydari
Nazim
Hydertuk
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