Menzies Honored in Parliament as War Unity Emphasized
Prime Minister Robert Menzies received a standing ovation in the House of Commons after King J. Oliver proposed suspending proceedings to welcome the Australian leader. Menzies praised English speaking unity and emphasized that war victory outweighed any empire hardship, recalling Australian sacrifices in Africa, Europe, and the Mediterranean.
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Britain
Robert Menzies
Commons
Menzies Sale
Menzies
British Commonwealth
King
Canada
Great Brita
Africa
Europe
Australia
Middle East
Mediterranean
Greece
Malians To Take Over Berne In German Greece plan
A report states that Malians will replace German troops in Greece, freeing German forces to focus on other theaters. The change aims to consolidate German military efforts while maintaining occupation duties in occupied territories.
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Berne the Hungaried
Greece
Easy Escape for Refugees Through France Reported
Refugees describe a secret organization operating between occupied and unoccupied zones in France aiding escapes to Portugal. Germans fire on escapees, with several killed weekly. Fees vary from free to thousands. 20 to 30 guides devote full time, aided by peasants and even some Germans.
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France
A. Sm
Rking
Actove
Portugal
CPR acquires majority in four western Canada airlines
Sir Edward Beatty announced at the Montreal Canadian Pacific Railway Company annual meeting that CPR holds a majority interest in Mackenzie Air Service Limited Yukon Southern Air Transport Limited Starratt Airways and Transportation Limited and Ginger Coote Airways Limited. The group is reorganizing under former executives with many details still to be settled. None of the airlines competes with Trans-Canada Air Lines.
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Western
Canada
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Western Canada
Sir Edward Beatty
Mackenzie Air Service Limited
Yukon Southern Air Transport Limited
Starratt Airways and Transportation Limited
Ginger Coote Airways
Sir Edward
CPR
Sir Edward Added
Trans- Canada Air Lines
Whitby heads voluntary army of blood donors in England
Col Lionel Whitby leads a 100000 strong voluntary blood donor corps for the British army. Donors aged 18 to 80 from five southwestern counties supply blood for transfusion services at home and abroad. The core operation centers in a small room housing 2000 pint bottle equivalents, representing the difference between life and death for about 20000 people.
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England
Lionel Whitby
Col. Whitby
Poppy Fund Campaigns Set For 1941 Dates
Campaigns for community chests and affiliated welfare work will run from September 1 to November 10, 1941 to keep the final week free for the Canadian Legion Poppy Fund. The decision was made at a meeting led by J. M MacDonnell.
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Poppy Fund
The
Canadian Legion
Canada
J. M MacDonnel
Topresic
Vichy Darlan and Paris Reach German Army Cost Reduction
Officials in Paris and Vichy report an agreement envisaging a percentage cut in the cost of supporting the German army. The accord involves Jean Darlan and German authorities, signaling cooperation amid occupation.
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Vichy
Jean Darlan
Paris
Appointed BBC Staff To London Art In Toronto Scheme
An appointed BBC staff member in London art لندن Toronto overseas music role. He will collaborate with former colleague Kenneth Wright, named BBC music director last December 211.
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London
Toronto
British Broadcasting Ton
Kenneth Wright
BBC
Young RAF Pilot Omeer the Lock Earns Top War Honors
The 21 year old pilot is credited with 22 Nazi planes and is the youngest in the war to receive the Distinguished Service Order. He has also earned the Distinguished Flying Cross with a bar and additional honors for his combat record.
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Omeer the Lock
Foreign Agents under Deportation in Nazi News Bid
Washington Attorney General Robert Jackson announced that Manfred Zapp and Guenther Town, German citizens, indicted for failure to register as foreign agents in connection with a Nazi news agency, have been arrested and are held without bail on deportation charges at Ellis Island. The action rests on the claim they did not maintain treaty merchant status under which they entered the United States.
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Washington
Robert Jackson
Manfred Zapp
Guenther Town
Jackson
Zapp
Tomn
Ellis Island
Justice Department
United States
Sub Campaign London Signals Encouragement From Admiralty
Capt. Captain and son civil lord of the admiralty told the House of Commons that there is reason to be encouraged by recent results in the anti S boat campaign. He warned that announcing oats claimed sunk could aid the Axis.
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London
Auion
Admiralty
House of Commons
Evacuation Expands for Civilians at Gibraltar
The fortress city announces further civilian evacuation at the earliest possible time. Lists name more than 1,000 people including many Spanish refugees who sought shelter in Gibraltar since the Spanish Civil War.
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Gibraltar
Joint Defence Boards Formed Across U S and Canada
Washington reports that the United States and Canada will establish closely collaborating economic defence boards to speed mobilization of North American resources for Britain and Western Hemisphere defence. The boards aim to coordinate productive efforts alongside the existing military and naval coordination agreement between the two nations.
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United States
Canada
Washington
Britain
Canada-United 8
Dominion
Roosevelt
King
Ates
Conditions In Berlin Under British Bomb Raids Reported
A London report cites difficulties in Berlin from British air raids. Shortages in fuel reduce traffic to a few taxis. shop displays reveal scarce goods or nothing for sale. Coffee tea and cocoa are scarce. clothing designs and colors are limited, though uniforms remain accessible for the armed forces.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Machinery Exports Halted to Russia by U S Policy
The United States halted all exports of machinery or equipment usable in defence production to Russia. The policy, adopted amid Soviet diplomatic pressure to obtain permits, affects machines that had been ordered and paid for by Russia months earlier.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Smuts Announces Canadian Nurses Plan for SA Defence Force
In parliament Smuts stated approval for plans to introduce nurses from Canada into the Union of South Africa Defence Force. Negotiations are proceeding as he indicated.
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Anneer Smuts
Cape Rown
Canada
Union of South Africa
Nerissa Sunk Off Irish Coast After Submarine Attack
The British passenger liner Nerissa, a Furness vessel on the North Atlantic route, was sunk about 50 miles off the Irish coast after a submarine attack. Capt. George Watson perished with the ship. Of roughly 150 aboard, 35 were saved, including 22 wounded. The Nerissa, built in 1926 at Glasgow, had home port Hamilton, Bermuda.
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New York
Britain
George Watson
Halifax
Furness
York
Bermuda
Boston
Liverpool
Seenland
Glasgow
Hamilton
Arms For African Troops In Eastern Mediterranean Review
Lord Moyne told the House of Lords that the Balkan setback bought two to three months to reinforce in the eastern Mediterranean. He said Greece losses limited material but allowed larger consignments to reach Red Sea ports while heavier armaments were destroyed.
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London
Lord Moyne
House of Lords
Balkan
Mediterran
Greece
Red Sea
Education And Democracy Speech At Ontario High School Boards Luncheon
Carrmers, former London Ont school board chairman, spoke at the Associated High School Boards convention luncheon about Education and Democracy. He argued Ontario’s system is not the best in Canada, noting British Columbia is ahead by about ten years while Saskatchewan may follow.
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Toronto
Carrmers
London
Ont
Convention of
Associated High School Boards
Ontario
Canada
British Columbia
Skatchewan
Buckingham Palace audience for new minister of state
In audience before the King at Buckingham Palace, a recipient was received on his appointment as minister of state. J. T. C. Miore-Brazabon, who succeeded Lord Beaverbrook as minister of aircraft production, was also received by His Majesty.
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Reese Een Lo
Buckingham Palace
J. T. C. Miore-Brazabon
Lord Beaverbrook
Minster
Convicted of Sabotage in Jacksonville Coast Guard Seizure
All 20 seamen aboard the Italian freighter Irecania were convicted of sabotage by a federal court jury after the vessel was seized by the United States coast guard in Jacksonville on March 30 during a wartime seizure.
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Jacksonville
United States Coast Guard
Manion Honored by Empire Park Association Luncheon
Hon Ro J. Manion, former Canadian Conservative leader, was entertained at a luncheon by the winter Kingdom branch of the Empire Park Association. The event highlighted Manion's achievements and his standing among attendees.
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British Army Blood Transfusion Service
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Grenadier Guards
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Humphrey de Trafford
Bowes-Lyon
Geoffrey Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth
Nerissa
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Manion
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