French Protests as British Move Ships to Abeyance in Alexandria
British sources say the French fleet in Alexandria remains in abeyance while naval and air forces report ongoing actions. The Cairo RAF communique notes seven enemy fighters shot down, with one missing presumed to have landed. Italian raids killed 15 in Alexandria as Britain blocks French ships from leaving.
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Alexandria
Mers el Kebir
Cairo
Royal Air Force
Dodecaness Islands
Mahmoudieh
London
Britain
Farouk
Montala
Berlin Says France Severed Diplomatic Ties With Britain
The French charge d affaires in London protested to the British foreign office over the seizure of the French fleet in the Mediterranean. Reports from Berlin state the Vichy government severed relations with Britain, while World War II updates note French ships at Alexandria and orders to resist British seizures.
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London
Foreign Office
Mediterranean
Petain
Roger Cambon
Charles Corbin
Berlin
Vichy
Great Britain
The
Daily Herald
Europe
Geneva
Alexandria
Oran
Churchill
Hitler
Press Association
Treachery Act Promised Death Penalty For Treachery
Ottawa dispatch reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King will introduce the Treachery Act in the Commons on Monday. The bill would impose the death penalty for treachery and life imprisonment for aiding the enemy, with crimes judged by military courts and possible execution by shooting in certain cases.
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Ottawa
C.P
Mackenzie King
Commons
Defence of Canada
Isley
Justice Minister
Justice
Russians retreat as Austrians advance and German fronts shift
25 Years Ago reports Russian forces retreating between the Vistula and Bug rivers as Austrian advances press in southern Poland. French trenches near the Moselle are lost but German assaults are repelled on the Western Front.
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Vistula
Bug
Poland
Moselle
Scattered Showers Bring Cool Relief After Heat Wave
Winds shifted from east to north last evening as a cool wave reached citizens. Rain measured .05 inch by 5:30 a.m. and 13 inch by 11:30 a.m. in spots with Hilda and Schuler and the Empress branch sustaining soaking. Bow Island and southeastern corner saw no precipitation.
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Hilda
Schuler
Bow Island
Canadian Tars Probably Will Be Used to Man Some French Ships
London July 5 Canadian naval volunteers trained in the United Kingdom may man units of the French fleet taken over by the royal navy. Ninety officers and men survived the Bordeaux collision when the Canadian destroyer Fraser was sunk and wish to continue serving under the same skipper. The Fraser personnel may be formed into a crew for a French destroyer.
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London
Canada
Fighting Sons of the Sea
Royal Navy
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
United Kingdom
Loogen
Admiralty
Bordeaux
Fraser
Patriotic film show moved to Monday to aid war stamps
Commend Movies in Toronto announces a shift of its charity screening to Monday July 15 to promote the sale of war savings stamps and certificates. Rev. George G Webber notes the change pleases citizens who opposed Sunday showings and supports the alliance’s Lord's Day stance.
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Toronto
George G. Webber
Lord’s Day Alliance
R A F Strikes Nazis in Wide Roaring Raids
The Air Ministry said the Royal Air Force bombed Hamm and Emmerich in the Ruhr and hit hangars at Amsterdam and Brussels airports. German naval bases at Kile Wilhelmshaven and Emden were attacked and coastal patrol vessels damaged off Holland. A large German supply ship was struck off the Netherlands coast. Eggs at city market 20 cents a dozen, two dozen for 35 cents.
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London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Hamm
Emmerich
Ruhr
Amsterdam
Brussels
Kile
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Coastal Command
Holland
Netherlands
Phillies rout Mets in ten inning slugfest
In Philadelphia the Phillies scored 27 runs while New York managed 15 as Mulcahy Millies Melton and Danning led the offense.
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National League
Philadelphia
New York
Mulcahy
Millies
Melton
Danning
Arrest of man linked to German group in NYC shooting case
Caesar Kroeger 38 a former German American Bund member was arrested in Manhattan on Sullivan anti firearm law violations. Police found a loaded .38 and an unloaded .38 pistol both German made in his apartment following a bombing that killed two detectives at the World's Fair.
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New York
C.P
Caesar Kroeger
Bund
Manhattan
Local Service Flying Training School Underway
Work has begun on the Local Service Flying Training School with Bill Terry in charge for General Construction Co. Heavy machinery valued at about 150000 dollars is stationed at the fair grounds for ground work. Two shifts of workers aim to complete the project by November or early December.
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Dunkerque
Flanders
Bill Terry
General Construction Co
John Boyd
Vancouver
Fair Grounds
Terry
Wilsan
Viitage Ane
War Savings In Medicine Hat Ahead Says Organizer
D R Ferguson touring western centres reported Canada wide War Savings Plans exceed expectations. He praised Medicine Hat committees led by W C Yull, Percy Ye0, Norman Meldrum for strong local work and urged employer employee payroll deductions to boost regular plan payments. Ferguson noted awaiting national totals through June and stressed full community participation.
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Canada
D. R. Ferguson
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Ferguson
Prairies
W. C. Yulll
Percy Yeo
Norman Meldrum
Medicine Hat
Public Banned From Entering South England
The Home Office bans travel into the Sussex south coast area and much of Hampshire including Portsmouth and Southampton. The Isle of Wight and parts of Dorset near Portland naval base are restricted. The Portland raid yesterday killed eleven civilians.
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London
Home Office
Sussex
Hampshire
Portsmouth
Southampton
Isle of Wight
Dorset
Portland Naval Base
Portland
Pravda Says Red Army Aimed at British French Plans
Pravda states Soviet defence efforts in the northwest west and south target the British and French war mongers rather than Germany, framing military actions as countermeasures against Allied plans.
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Moscow
Red Army
Germany
Pravda
Communist Party
Air Raids Hit Gibraltar in Early War Attacks
Three separate assaults on Gibraltar today fail to strike targets as the first air raids of the war unfold over the Rock.
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Gibraltar
The
Rock
Five German Submarines Hit by British Planes
London reports an Air Ministry statement that five German submarines were attacked by British aircraft within five days last month and oil patches were seen on the sea surface after each strike, a sign usually indicating a submarine destroyed.
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London
C.P
Air Ministry
France Not Conquered in War With Nazis
In a Life magazine preview from Lisbon, Ralph Jaine Jr. argues France collapsed in 43 days not by Nazi conquest but due to internal leadership failures. He says resistance wavered amid bureaucratic, corrupt, and ineffective leadership, with limited Fifth Column activity.
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New York
Jay 4
France
Ralph Jaine, Jr
Time and Life Magazines
Life Today
Paine
Lisbon
Britain Declares Fight With Nazis After French Fleet Crisis
Britain serves final notice to Germany and the world that it will fight the Nazi foe. Churchill justifies ordering British guns on French vessels resisting surrender, rupturing ties with the Bordeaux government as some French ships attempt to reach home ports for internment.
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Britain
London
Germany
France
Churchill
Bordeaux
Petain
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