Eden Outlines Britain's War Aims For Postwar Order
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, speaking at Mansion House, set Britain's war aims as a four freedoms based peace, a durable European order preventing German domination, coordinated social security across Britain, dominions, the United States and South America, and a shift of the new moral order to the Far East after Sino-Japanese hostilities end. He warned Germany faces drastic terms to avoid repeating past aggression.
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Presbet Rovervelt
Germany
Europe
Anthony Eden
Mansion House
London
Eden
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Far - East
Syria
Bien
Adolfiter
British Empire
United States
South America
Armistice rules relaxed for Vichy air force buildup
In unoccupied France the Petain government said Germany and Italy eased armistice rules allowing Vichy to form a continental air force for defence of the empire. Marshal Petain visited Aulnat base near Clermont-Ferrand to observe bomber reconnaissance and pursuit planes. In Ottawa Hon. R. B. Hanson will continue as house leader for the Conservatives in the next session after a unanimous caucus decision. In Kenya Colony an Italian division and its commanding general surrendered to British forces in the lakes region of Ethiopia. General Cafarati’s fate noted. In Pithiviers Occupied France about 4 000 foreign Jews interned near Orleans were set for deportation.
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J Vhny
France
Petain
Germany
Italy
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Aulnat
Clermont-Ferrand
Hamaoa
Ottawa
R. B. Hanson
House of Commons
Hanson
Nairobi
Kenya
Briish
Lakes
Ethiopia
Cafarati
Quotas Set on Wheat and Wheat Flour Imports
A presidential proclamation imposes quotas on wheat and wheat flour imports from 30 countries for a 12 month period. Canada is allotted 796000 bushels of wheat and 3815000 pounds of wheat flour. Germany Italy Japan and France appear among major nations with separate quotas. Domestic prices and crop loans are cited as factors influencing foreign wheat sales and potential underselling concerns.
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Washington
Canada
Germany
Italy
Japan
France
Axis ships still trying to run blockade says London
Britain reports Axis naval losses up to mid May totaling 561 ships worth 2 873 000 tons. Germans lost 245 ships 1 773 000 tons with 61 captured 285 sunk or scuttled. Italians lost 215 ships 1 100 000 tons with 39 captured 176 sunk. Additionally 38 ships from other nations sailing for Germany have been disposed of.
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Britain
London
Sicily
Germany
Axie
Sending Warplanes To East Report Says Germans Reducing Force
London reports British sources say Germany has reduced air strength in northwestern Europe by sending dive bombers and fighters via the Balkans to Greece and the Middle East. The flights cover about 1,200 miles versus 12,000 miles for British planes via the Cape. Iraq may be a Middle East spot where Britain holds air superiority.
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Europe
London
Balkans
Greece
Middle East
Cape of Good Hope
Iraq
Britain
Canadian Women Interned in Occupied France Report
The department of external affairs released a list of 59 Canadian women interned in occupied France, bringing the total to 116. The statement said Canadians of any age or sex in that region have been detained under a German general staff order.
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Ottawa
France
Department of External Affairs
Decorated By The King George Medal Awards
Lt John M S Patton of Hamilton Ontario and Capt Douglas W Cunnington of Calgary were awarded the George Medal by the King in a Buckingham Palace investiture. Their action, not published, involved conspicuous courage while commanding four company of Royal Canadian Engineers repairing bomb damage.
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London
John M.S. Patton
Hamilton
Ont
Douglas W. Cunnington
Calgary
Buckingham Palace
Royal Canadian Engineers
New Zealand Gift Box For D R Bader Heads To Britain
A cigarette box carved from New Zealand timber will depart Auckland for Britain to be given to Squadron Leader D R Bader the legless ex leader of the all Canadian Royal Air Force squadron. The gift honors his resolve despite his infirmity and comes from armless and legless New Zealand veterans.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Britain
D. R. Bader
Royal Air Force
Bader
Japanese freighters seize U S goods in local warehouses
Japanese soldiers broke into two local warehouses and seized 1800 tons of United Ratee owned products valued at about 10 million dollars. Five other freighters loaded larger quantities of the confiscated merchandise including automobiles trucks machines lubricating oil iron ore copper nickel and lead. Local French authorities protested but said they were helpless to prevent the confiscation and that the Japanese ignored the protest.
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Maighong
Amneo-China
RAF Raid Over Lannion Defends Normandy Airfield
A sergeant pilot led a Royal Air Force strike on the German occupied Lannion airfield in Normandy, claiming multiple enemy aircraft destroyed on the ground and hangars damaged. The raid also hit an enemy supply ship near Brest, while Cologne and the French coast saw bombing.
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London
Royal Air Force
Lannion
Normandy
Air ‘Ministry
Air Ministry
Coastal Command
Brest
Eavily
R.A.F
Cologne
Britain Holds Food Position After War Year
Lord Woolton told the House of Lords Britain remains strong in food supplies after twenty months of war with no full rationing yet. He signaled possible limited measures on eggs and milk and promised soon to announce fish price controls. Bread ration for June rose while most other commodities showed little change from May.
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Britain
London
Lord Woolton
House of Lords
Vichy
Tear Is Uncertain Prime Minister King Not Making Plans For Western Trip
Reports that Prime Minister King will tour the west speaking after parliament adjourns are unconfirmed. His office says plans depend on war developments. Some circles advocate a nationwide series of patriotic addresses with press staff, but King is not arranging details far ahead at this stage.
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King
Ottawa
Mr. King
Mountbatten Reported Safe After Crete Sinking
Lord Louis Mountbatten, 40, cousin of the King and commander of the destroyer Kelly, feared lost off Crete, was reported safe in a cable to Lady Louis Mountbatten. The message ends days of concern over his ship’s fate.
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London
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Kelly
Crete
Louis Mountbatten
Wheat delivery quotas may change under new Wheat Board plan
The Wheat Board may replace last year's fiat quote with an initial quota not exceeding five bushels. Additional quotas would be based on proportionate yields. If crops are small, many quotas might not be needed, but inquiries consider desirability of changes.
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Ottawa
Wheat Board
Three Cana Gam Among Hood Casualties Missing in Action
Three officers of the Royal Canadian Navy are missing and believed killed in action with HM Hood, sunk off Greenland May 24. The casualty list notes no other Canadians aboard Hood and brings Canada’s dead and missing to 360 since the war began.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Navy
Greenland
No Repeal of U S Neutrality Act at Present
President Roosevelt said he does not plan to seek Congress for a repeal of the Neutrality Act to allow U S merchant ships to enter British ports with war cargoes. He indicated the Atlantic fleet is being strengthened and hinted at rationing civilian trade amid projected deficits. no new action on strikes or censorship was specified, while special mobilization orders were drafted for industry and manpower.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Britain
Atlantic
Hitler
Seversl Times
United Press
Maritime Commission
Washington to Host International Wheat Conference Soon
The United States will call a Washington based international wheat conference within weeks. Attendees will include Canada, Australia, Argentina, the United States, and Britain. The aim is to limit production to reduce global wheat surpluses tied to war conditions and German occupation.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Canada
Australia
Argentina
Britain
Europe
Gasoline Price Control Seen Likely in Canada
Gasoline controller G. R. Cottrelle in Toronto stated that price control is necessary and that a curtailment in consumption is unavoidable, with rationing likely being considered. He could not say when price controls would take effect as tankers are redirected to trans Atlantic service from Gulf ports and other regions.
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Toronto
G. R. Cottrelle
Department of Munions and Supply
Dutch West Indies
Cottrelle
Increase in Canadian farm commodity value 1940
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates show gross value of commodities on Canadian farms rose to 1 235 714 000 in 1940, up 11 098 000 from 1939’s revised 1 224 616 000. The figures reflect production gains across the year.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
German occupied Poland shoots fourteen Poles without trial
The Polish Telegraphic Agency reports fourteen Poles accused of aiding and abetting an attack on a German police officer were shot without trial in occupied Poland. The officer was investigating a report of illegal cattle slaughter on a farm near Lodz, Wishito. Iran maintains a highly intricate foreign exchange control system.
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London
Polish Telegraphic Agency
Poland
Wishito
Lodz
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