Churchill pledges united fight against German tyranny
The first formal conclave of British Empire and allied governments adopted a resolution affirming determination to continue the struggle against German oppression until victory. Churchill pledged to spong e and blast Hitler’s influence from the earth if needed, vowing no peace while free peoples are coerced. The conference united U K, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and many European nations in a shared war aims pact.
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Lendom
Britain
Dominic
British Empire
Germany
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Dominions
Churchill
Hitler
British Isles
United Kingdom
Belgium
Cuscho-Slovakia
Greece
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Yugoslavia
Free French Movement
Battle Of Atlantic Convoy Protection Improves The Situation
Ronald Cross new British high commissioner to Australia reports the North Atlantic battle has improved for Britain due to better air support and stronger convoy protection. He cautions he is not in close touch with the immediate war situation. London reports Second Lieut Premindra Singh Bhagat of the Indian Engineers received the Victoria Cross for clearing 15 mine fields in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan under intense daily pressure.
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Twirenger
Ottawa
North Atlantic
Britain
Ronald Cross
Australia
Canada
London
Premindra Singh Bhagat
Corps of Indian Engineers
Bhagat
Sudan
French tanker Alberta torpedoed by British submarine
The Vichy admiralty reports that the French tanker Alberta was torpedoed in the Mediterranean by a British submarine. Seven crew members were killed, and the tanker was seriously damaged but did not sink as stated in the communique.
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France
Vichy Admiralty
Mediterranean
Relieved of Duties in Moscow Armaments Office
Moscow official B L Yannikov has been relieved of his duties as commis sar for armaments for failure to cope with the duties of a commissar. Denitri Ustiniy has been appointed in his stead.
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Moscow
B. L. Yannikov
Denitri Ustiniy
Labour bill to protect workers leaving for active service
Labour Minister McLarty told the House that a bill will protect those who enlist for active service by seeking reinstatement in positions no less favorable upon return. The measure, modeled on a British form, aims to secure peace time jobs and will be introduced after summer adjournment. A draft was sent to labor groups and the pensions committee for review.
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Labor
McLarty
House of Commons
Angus Mscinnis
CCF
Vancouver East
Labor Advisory Committee
General Committee On
Pensions Department
Fast Planes Send More Than A Thousand Tomahawks To Britain
Buffalo N Y The Curtis Wright company announced it had sent more than 1 000 Tomahawk fighters to Britain and demonstrated a faster spike nosed pursuit plane with secret performance and armament details. Bell Aircraft said it sent 11 cannon carrying fighters to Britain but none seen action. Curtis aims 69 planes daily, Bell six. New Curtis P 46, more pointed than P 40 Tomahawk, flown before war correspondents at Curtis and Bell plants.
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Britain
Buffalo
N.Y
Curtis-Wright ‘Company
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Curtis
Bell
Curtis and Bell
Royal Air Force
Britain Puts AU Building Industry Under Works Order
To speed up vital war work the government placed building and civil engineering industries under an essential works order. Labor Minister Ernest Bevin said the move puts government control on quit rights and firing, with full productivity dependent on accelerating air fields and War Office and Admiralty construction. The order guarantees a six day work week.
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Britain
AU Building Industrie
London
War Office
Admiralty
Eden proposes open diplomatic service to deserving nonprivate income nominees
Foreign Secretary Eden told the House of Commons that the diplomatic service will be opened to deserving candidates without sources of private income. The change will allow high posts in diplomatic and consular branches to be held by men of all classes, breaking a past monopoly by public school men of private means. Women will also be eligible for promotion under new financial reforms.
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London
Eden
House of Commons
Ottawa boosts tank production at Angus shops
Munitions Minister Howe told the House of Commons that tank assembly at the Angus shops in Montreal is progressing well with a target of three tanks produced daily. He said the objective will be reached soon.
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Ottawa
Montreal
Howe
House of ‘Commons
Ireland blocks U S use of ports for war supply routes
Irish sources report Prime Minister Ramon de Valera refused U S access to Irish seaports or airports for transporting war supplies to Britain. He fears allied use would invite German air attacks and targets. He may allow a passenger service terminus in Eire while opposing wartime refueling or supply paths. The United States accelerates plans for a direct air link to Britain due to fears of German moves in the western Mediterranean and Atlantic.
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Aleparte
London
Ramon de Valera
Eire
United Sates
Britain
United States
Mediterranean
Atantic
Azores
Liston
Victory Torch Dedicated At Ottawa Rites In 1941
Ottawa ceremonies marked the Torch of Victory as a symbol of Canadian support for the war effort. Prime Minister Mackenzie King praised the symbol and urged young Canadians to enlist, noting funds were needed as well as men. The torch will be handed to Winston Churchill after crossing the Atlantic and is connected to the National War Memorial in Parliament.
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Ottawa
Mackensie King
Winston Churchill
Canada
Germany
Guinea
Free
King
Conservative House
Hanson
Lewis
Princess Royal visits Canadian base inspection of signaling unit
The Princess Royal in ATS uniform observed a Canadian signaling unit at Canadian headquarters. Lieutenant General A G M cNaughton, commander in chief of the Canadian overseas forces, explained baseball fundamentals to her during the visit.
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A. G. McNaughton
Canadian Overseas Forces
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Canadian Troops in Britain Suffer Motorcycle Crashes
Wahing leary Toll Canadians to Britate tnpured to Motorcycle Ormsbee Ottewe Motorcycle accidents are taking a heavy toll of Canadian troops in Britain. An invalided soldier describes many returnees forced out of uniform by injuries from riding motorcycles on narrow English roads during blackouts.
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Britain
Canuck
Government trims rail fares for soldiers on leave
Ottawa reports Minister Ralston announced a two thirds reduction in railway fares for soldiers on annual or embarkation leave. Return tickets previously cost one and a quarter cents per mile. now the Dominion government and railroads cover two thirds with service members paying one third. He noted 32 percent of the army’s needed recruits have joined since the campaign began, bringing total enlistments to 10,344 men.
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Ottawa
National Defence
Ralston
Dominion
Regain Liberty Vena Lan Women Interned In France
Ottawa says all Canadian women interned in France are being released. A list shows 58 women. The Canadian government represented to the U S that German nationals were not interned in Canada solely for nationality.
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France
Ottawa
External Affairs Department
U.S
Canada
Civil Defence Force Grows in London Area
Home Secretary Herbert Morrison told parliament that the civil defence army in London is about 4,000 strong and that the fire bomb wings were expanded by an additional 2,500,000 volunteers including men and women, reflecting a broad mobilization for wartime readiness.
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London
Herbert Morrison
Trans-Atlantic flight sets record from England to Canada
Officials of Atfero, a British Ministry of Aircraft Production division, announced a new east-west trans-Atlantic record of 13% hours. The bomber ferry plane returned pilots to Canada after departing an undisclosed England site and landed at an eastern Canadian airport.
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Montreal
England
Canada
Atfero
British
Ministry of Aircraft Production
Bennett Elevated to Peerage in Birthday Honors
London reports Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett receives a viscountcy, forming the first former Canadian prime minister honored with a peerage. Vincent Massey named to the privy council, near London a longtime ally, Beaverbrook, awaits Bennett in the Lords. Bennett, recently retired from Canadian politics, returns to parliamentary life with a Lords seat and potential Empire leadership.
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London
R. B. Bennett
Vincent Massey
United Kingdom
Privy Council
Lord Bennett
House of Lords
England
Empire
Canada
Juniper Hill
Mickleham
Surrey
Canadian Conservative Party
Ministry of Aircraft
Beaverbrook
Mr. Massey
Arthur Purvis
North American Supply Council
Ministry of Aircraft Production
House of Commons
Speculation on German moves in the east amid Britain risk
London argues it is unlikely Hitler plans an immediate Nazi invasion of Russia. Berlin redeploys troops in the Balkans and along eastern frontiers to pressure Moscow, while courting Turkey and its oil supply. A Crete coup could block British access, but a direct German strike on Russia seems improbable.
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London
Baltic
Black Sea
Balkans
Poland
German Reich
Berlin
Britain
North Africa
Cyprus
Syria
Turkey
Moscow
Hitler
Russia
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Dardanelles
Iran
Rusa
Iraq
Crete
Aegean
Air Force Enlistments Reach 48,172 in RCAF
Between October 1939 and May 14, 1941, a total of 48,772 men enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force, with 16,084 air crew and 32,738 ground crew. Dr A. Bruce (Con) cited in the House of Commons return. western provinces show Manitoba 5,828 with 1,643 air crew, Saskatchewan 5,277 with 1,509 air crew, British Columbia 4,314 with 1,492 air crew, Alberta 4,196 with 1,326 air crew.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Ottawa
4. A. Bruce
Toronto Parkdale
House of Commons
British Columbia
Alberta
Metal Restrictions Ottawa Warns Public of Scarcer Goods
Ottawa warned Canadians to accustom themselves to growing restrictions on non essential metals such as aluminum nickel and zinc. The statement cites rising demand from war industries in Canada and the United States and says government curtailment of supplies will fall on the public not manufacturers.
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Ottawa
Howe
Canada
United States
Refugees Stream Into Cairo After Axis Raids
Refugees flood into Cairo by rail and road from the Axis raided British base at Alexandria. Reports cite long car queues between Egyptian cities. At Cairo, Prefect Hussein Sirry Pasha lists at least 531 killed and hundreds wounded in recent raids. Message From The King Ottawa Prime Minister Mackenzie King received a thank you message from the King for felicitations on His Majesty's birthday in Canada.
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Cairo
Alexandria
Hussein Sirry Pasha
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Canada
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