Dominion plans $1.93 weekly cost of living bonus for all Canadian workers
Ottawa reports Labor Minister McLarty announced a $1.93 weekly cost of living bonus for all Canadian workers if defined by the five per cent rise in the index, applying to railway, war industry, and broader labor groups. a new Order-in-Council aims to uniform bonuses across wages and industries. Cooperation expected from provinces. boards of conciliation may enforce bonuses if employers resist.
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Ottawa
C.P
Dominion
Canada
McLarty
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Churchill Wavell command switch discussed in Commons
In London on July 2 Prime Minister Churchill declined to elaborate in Parliament about changing the Middle East command. An official note announced General Sir Archibald Wavell would exchange posts with General Sir Claud Auchinleck, moving Wavell to India. In Canberra Prime Minister Menzies defended the transfer as a strategic refresh, not a dismissal, and cited fresh perspectives on Middle East issues.
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London
Middle East
Mr. Menzies
King Reaffirms Overseas Service Pledge Amid Conscription Debate
Prime Minister Mackenzie King urged Vancouver business leaders that Canadian overseas service remain voluntary and rejected calls for total-war conscription. He said breaking the pledge would betray voters and warned against bypassing Parliament to reverse policy.
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Vancouver
Mackenzie King
King
Combined Board of Trade and Service Club
Canada
City Glances and City Work Urgently Reported
City law offices announce 4 p.m. closings in July and August while workers caulk a large water main on the traffic bridge. Reporters ask about leak discovery with a joking answer. Connaught school students raise 1011 dollars for war savings. A moving truck causes a brief traffic disruption on the bridge, redirecting northbound traffic and revenue.
Front Lines Harden as Both Sides Claim Major Destruction
Moscow reports Red Army wiped out Nazi advance tanks in the Dvinsk and Minsk regions and halted drives toward Moscow and Leningrad. Soviet communique notes heavy blows near the Lack area and fierce resistance north toward Murmansk. air fleet aided by bomber strikes. Berlin claims 100000 Red troops captured and large portions of trapped armies destroyed near Bialystok Minsk.
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Moscow
Red Army
Dvinsk
Minsk
Leningrad
Lack
Ukraine
Arctic Circle
Sreeni Peninsula
Murmansk
Red Air Fleet
Berlin
Russia
Bialystok-Minsk
Fuehrer
Bialystok
East Prussia
Poland
Dominion Day Passed Quietly in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat marked Dominion Day without fires or traffic accidents as city authorities noted. Crowds attended Grahurn Gap and Tilley celebrations, but most residents stayed home amid passing showers and westward storm clouds. Theaters reported a good night.
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Medicine Hat
Dominion
Grahurn Gap
Tilley
Acquitted of Murder Charge in Earl of Erroll Case
Sir Delves Broughton, 57, was acquitted in Nairobi of murder in the death of the Earl of Erroll, found shot in a car on a moonlit road after a dinner party attended by Broughton and Lady Broughton. Police statements quoted him claiming the Earl and his wife were in love and planning marriage after a divorce.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Colony
Sir Delves Broughton
Earl of Erroll
Scotland
Lord Erroll
Sir Delves
Lady Broughton
Finnish Freighter Pluto Intercepted and Sunk by German Bombers
The Finnish freighter Pluto, a 3496 ton ship carrying grain from North America to Petapasmo, was intercepted by British warships and then bombed and sunk by German planes while escorted toward Kirkwall. British officials offered no immediate comment.
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Helsinki
A.P
Foreign Office
Pluto
North America
Petsamo
Kirkwall
Junior Band Performs At Maple Creek Sports Day
The Maple Creek event saw 50 Junior Band members and officials contribute a full concert. The girls’ team advanced before defaulting to start the program while the boys’ team won their first game.
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Maple Creek
Western Crop Report and Alberta Storm Losses
Western Canada reports generally favorable crop conditions with rains easing heat in the prairies. Alberta sees heavy property damage from storms and hail knocking out crops and damaging CN Rail yards and streets. Drumheller and Lethbridge hardest hit with washed tracks and a CN store struck by lightning.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canada
Pensa Bureau of ‘Statistics
Saskatchewan
Prairies
Cassary
Drumheller
Lethbridge
Alberta
Kettbridge
Canadian National Railways
Newcastle
C.N.R
More airmen arrive to begin training at No 34 SFTS
About 150 airmen with two or three officers arrived at No 34 SFTS this morning to start the next training stage. They looked well and cheerful and waved to passers by as six large RAF trucks carried them from the railway to the training school.
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No. 34
S.F.T.S
Strange summons proclaims secret address at city hall
The city hall alerts citizens to a 8:09 p.m. July 3 gathering to hear a proclamation from the Minister of National Defence read by the Mayor. The contents are described as secret with the sealed proclamation due at 8:00 p.m. Thursday. Redcliff town reads a separate July 3 proclamation at 8 p.m. at the town hall.
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Minister of National Defence
Redcliff
Wheat crop quota eyed at least five bushels per acre
Edmonton Trade Minister MacKinnon announced the initial delivery quota for the 1941 wheat crop will be at least five bushels per acre with increases as space becomes available. London reports five dead and 23 injured after the Plymouth Express collision near Slough. Three sailors among the dead and Canadian petty officer A A Chambers survived the wreck. Saskatoon note mentions Sgt Pilot Fred continued on page eight.
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Edmonton
MacKinnon
London
Slough
A. A. Chambers
Saskatoon
Fred
RAF strikes hit northern France in daylight raids
Seventeen German planes were destroyed by the Royal Air Force in daylight operations over northern France. Three were claimed by the American Eagle squadron. Blenheims bombed Merville and a railway junction near Lille while docks at Cherbourg were hit in overnight raids. In Syria, Allied forces captured Soukhne and moved toward Damascus Beirut. In Ethiopia, British forces report 375 Italian troops with one general and six guns captured at Bardella.
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London
Royal Air Force
France
Eagle
Channel
Brest
RAF
Merville
Tille
Lille
Air Ministry
Cherbourg
Fighter Command
Syria
Soukhne
Palmyra
Damascus
Beirut
Britain
Ethiopia
Bardella
Recruits Flock to Assiniboia Hotel Browse
Flying Officer G C Nurcombe reported strong interest in recruiting during his Medicine Hat visit. A large number of applicants presented at the Assiniboia hotel with others awaiting medicals in Calgary and more to depart. Nurcombe, a former Medicine Hat bank employee and noted badminton player, plans to stay until Thursday.
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G. C. Nurcombe
Assiniboia
Calgary
Nurcombe
Medicine Hat
Canadian Bank of Commerce
The War Reviewed by Kirke L Simpson
The piece analyzes the Russo German war crisis on a 2000 mile front. It contrasts Nazi claims of victories with Moscow’s reports of orderly retirements and a devastated Soviet economy. Disputed German advances near Minsk Smolensk and Luck are discussed with emphasis on conflicting narratives.
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Moscow
Berlin
Pripet
Red Army
Eiher
Lwew-Luck
Minsk-Smolensk
Minsk
Allied Somme Advances and Eastern Front Flux in July 1916
The report notes Allied gains near the Somme totaling about 60 square miles and a Greek blockade expansion. German pushes around Minsk appear slowed with no clear large salient. Red Army holds on both flanks and Moscow remains confidant despite central strains.
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Oxnadian
Somme
Greece
Ubenda
East Africa
Pripet
Minsk
Red Army
Moscow
Navy Secretary urges Atlantic action against German ace
Navy Secretary Knox told the 33rd governors conference that the time to clear the Atlantic of German forces is at hand and urged using the navy to speed war material to Britain. He warned Russia could hold Germany’s war machine for crucial months and stressed risking sacrifice for victory and Christian civilization.
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Bostonaly 2
Navy
Frox
Atlantic
United States
Russia
Germany
Hitler
Knox
Britain
United States Navy
Roosevelt Hopes To Keep Peace Amid War Debate
President Roosevelt voiced a cautious hope the United States can stay out of the conflict though not claiming certainty. He noted Americans are against war, discussed Navy Secretary Knox's plan to clear the Atlantic for war aid to Britain, and referenced polls by Representative Hamilton Fish and the New York Daily News showing more No than Yes on entering the war.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
Roosevelt
United States
Navy
Frank Knox
Boston
Atlantic
Britain
Hamilton Fish
Rep
New York Daily News
Manhattan
New York City
Albany
Uster
Britain’s Admiralty Leader Cites World’s Tallest Smokestacks
A. V. Alexander of the Admiralty in London extolls Britain’s push for greater merchant tonnage. He notes Anaconda Montana hosts two smokestacks towering about 585 feet, marking a benchmark in industrial scale.
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Britain
A. V. Alexander
Lon
Admiralty
Sheempeas
England
Eputerly
Anaconda
Mont
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Miss Tierney
Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
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