Army to lead in winning war says Lt Gen Stuart
Ottawa broadcast by Lt Gen Kenneth Stuart urges the army to play a decisive role in victory. He praises navy and air strength but stresses territorial occupation, calls Army Week June 29 to July 5, and urges junior officers to self evaluate moral, mental, and physical fitness, loyalty, and leadership while keeping troops' interests first.
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Ottawa
Kenneth Stuart
General Staff
Wet Co
Canada
Navy
Air Force
Stuart
Sugar rationing plan set for July 1 in Canada
Wartime Prices and Trade Board announces a four class sugar allotment system effective July 1. Private consumers industrial users public caterers and institutions may buy sugar with coupons while retailers must verify registration and restrict sales. Boarding houses may register as institutions and seasonal extra supplies may go to industrial users for canning. Coupons flow from consumers to retailers to wholesalers and finally to the board for refinery purchases.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
Donald Gordon
8. R. Noble
J. G. Taggart
Fascists Troubled by Purge Debate In Italy
New York reports indicate discussions swirl on purging Fascists from the party as partisan "ballast" members are challenged. Gerarchia magazine joins the call for inner conviction and mass admission scrutiny amid Italy’s political strain.
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New York
Italy
Gerarchia
Debate Still On Gandhi and Congress Leaders Seek Independence Move
In New Delhi discussions among Mohandas K. Gandhi Pandit Nehru and Maulana Azad on whether to aid or hinder Britain's war effort continue at Wardha. While all favor independence the timing remains debated with Gandhi pushing a new movement to gain world attention possibly clashing with authorities and risking jail or hunger strikes.
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India
New Delhi
Wardha
Mohandas K. Gandhi
All- India Congress Party
Gandhi
Pandit Jaweharlal Nehru
Congress
Maulana Abul Karan Azad
Azad
Nehru
Indiana
Occidentals
All-India Congress Party
Bombing Emden Hits Submarine Yards and Ships
British and Canadian air crews struck Emden in June, delivering heavy blows to Germany's submarine production. Recon photos show a large shipyard shop burned, another severely damaged, nine smaller buildings burned, and two large warehouse structures demolished.
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London
Germany
Emden
Air Ministry
Nordswerke
Canada ends acute beef shortage period says official
S F Grisdale deputy food administrator wartime prices and trade board said in an interview here Canada has passed the most acute period in beef shortages. He noted no scarcity west of Winnipeg and that price equalization with US markets makes selling domestically as profitable as exporting.
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Canada
Winnipeg
S. F. Grisdale
Relief supplies sent for Hong Kong prisoners of war
Canada and Allied POWs and internees in Hong Kong will receive medical, food and clothing shipments. An exchange ship sails from New York to Lourenco Marques to Japan where supplies will be handed to the International Red Cross. The effort, coordinated with Canadian and American Red Cross societies and governments, aims to aid over 1,600 Canadian POWs in Hong Kong with cereals and medical stocks funneled via Hong Kong and Shanghai.
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Hong Kong
Gore
Ottawa
Department of External Affairs
Ward
New York
Lourenco Marques
Porto
Sero East Africa
Japan
Red Cross
R Retribution
Ia Reciprocal
United States
Canada
Governm
International Red Cross
China
American Red Cross
Shanghai
Far East
Shortage filled in BC spruce camps says Henley
Vancouver special representative C. H. Henley announced that labor shortages in British Columbia spruce camps have been filled by soldier loggers taking six months’ leave from the forces. A tentative plan to fill later war industry gaps is under consideration. London pages of Debrett’s Peerage will in the next edition list George Cross recipients along with peers and other titled figures.
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Vancouver
Henley
National Selective Service Board
British Columbia
London
Debrett
Canadian Units In Alaska With US Air Forces
Canadian Royal Air Force squadrons and the Canadian Army have been operating with United States forces in Alaska for several days. Lt-Gen Kenneth Stuart, acting Pacific command head, said he was authorized by Defence Minister Ralston to release the statement. He stressed the Japanese move in the Aleutians is a defensive attempt to neutralize bases usable for raids on Japan. He noted if Japan holds gains, Canadian objectives become closer, and that there is no cause for alarm about the Aleutian invasion, though he wished to correct an earlier misimpression about the strategic significance.
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Victoria
Royal Canadian Air Force
Stuart
Aleutians
St Iy
Japan
Vancouver
Aleutian Islands
Yugoslavia’s King Said to Be Engaged to Greek Princess
London’s Evening Standard reports unofficial engagement between King Peter of Yugoslavia and Princess Alexandria of Greece. The 18 year old king may receive an official notice after King George of Greece returns from the United States. Alexandria, 20, lives with her mother in London and is a cousin of the Duchess of Kent.
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Alexandria
Greece
London
Britain Votes Billion Pound War Credit Amid Rising Costs
Britain faces mounting wartime bills as Parliament approves a 1 billion pound credit at the request of Chancellor Sir Kingsley Wood. He notes total authorizations near 10.0 billion pounds and weekly spending around 84.25 million pounds, higher than any previous conflict.
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Britain
London
House of Commons
Kingsley Wood
Kingsley
Nurse Shortage Forces Ward Closure In Vancouver
Vancouver medical health officer Dr Stewart Murray told the monthly Metropolitan health committee that one ward at General hospital has already been closed due to an acute shortage of graduate nurses, with other hospital services to be curtailed for the same reason.
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Vancouver
Stewart Murray
Metropolitan Health Committee
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Hitler
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Halifax
Wallace Campbell
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King George
Harold R. Stark
Russia
Alaska
Yugoslavia
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