Canada outlines war effort phases amid blitzkrieg notes
Prime Minister Mackenzie King framed a sequence of wartime statements to the House of Commons as a transformation of a peaceable people into a nation ready to defend liberties. He described Canada’s response to blitzkrieg, with new obligations, improvisations, financial measures, and shifting manpower, noting the potential for a secret session if needed.
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Ottawa
Canda
House of Commons
Mackenzie King
Commons
King
Canada
Germany
Western
Farope
Germans Close Rail Frontiers on Swiss Border Raids Continue
London dispatch reports 600,000 Nazis massing in Biscay provinces per Daily Express. Basel confirms Germans close all rail and road frontier posts on the Swiss boundary except Saint Margarethen, restricting passenger transit for secrecy of troop movements. British daylight raids hit Germany and the Low Countries.
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London
Daily Express
Biscay
Spain
Basel
Sain Margarethen
Austria
Germany
Schaffhausen
Saint Margarethen
Low Countries
French Protest Over Admirals Detention and Tanker Seizures
The Petain government said it protested to Britain over the internment of Admirals Cayol and Ilaine, leaders of French ships in English ports when the armistice was signed. It also sought the release of two French oil tankers detained at Alexandria, claiming no success.
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Vichy
Petain
Cayol
Ilaine
Alexandria
Oxford
Vancouver mayoral race eyed as voters prepare list
Vancouver July 10 reports the mayoral bid remains possible as preparations begin for the largest voters list in the city's history. Clearest says he will likely seek re election when civic voters vote December 11.
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Vancouver
Telfer
Vancouuver
Gold Cache Rumor Spurs Naval Patrol Near Martinique
Reports said a 250 million dollar cache of gold bars prompted a British naval patrol off Martinique after France fell. The watch aims to keep gold and aircraft from German hands as Martinique and other French colonies in the West Indies hope for U S protection from the Havana conference.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Martinique
France
West Indies
Havana
United States
Lightning strike kills 18 year old in Malakwa
Revelstoke reports Samuel George Inibeau, age 18, was killed by lightning that struck a window in his Malakwa home on Sunday. His niece, seated beside him in the kitchen, survived with burns to her hand as the house suffered fire damage.
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Revelstoke
B.C
C. P
Samuel George Inibeau
Malakwa
Inibeau
Brain Trust Of Seven To Simplify War Office
London reports Anthony Eden formed a seven member war office brain trust to simplify procedures and boost efficiency. Sir James Grigg will chair the group, with Sir Percy Bates Lt Gen Sir Robert Haining R J Sinclair Gen Sir Walter Venning Lt Gen H C B Wemyss E M Fraser and L A Munro named to the panel. Fraser and Munro were loaned from Imperial Tobacco.
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London
C.P. Cable
Anthony Eden
War Office
James Grigg
James
Eden
Percy Bates
Cunard-White Star Lines
W. Pinkley
Iraq Petroleum Company
Robert Haining
Imperial General Staff
R. J. Sinclair
Imperial Tobacco Company
Walter King Venning
H. C. B. Wemyss
E. M. Fraser
L. A. Munro
Will Agitat
Fraser
Munro
Antidote Found To Torpedo Boat Menace, Officer Says
A naval officer in London declared today that an effective antidote to the swift motor torpedo boats used by Germany against British shipping may already have been found. He called the boats a menace with high nuisance value but suggested German results have disappointed them.
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London
C.P
Germany
Safeway Plans Major New Store on Third Street
Safeway Stores Co. Ltd. plans a large new store on Third St a block west of current site. The building will be modern and measure 50 by 135 feet with a long canopied side facing a substantial parking lot. The News learned the six lots west of the bus depot are to be acquired. Local manager Jack Noonan would not confirm the notice.
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Safeway Stores Co. Ltd
Third St
Dominion
Prge
Jack Noonan
Safeway
Refugee Dogs Draw Attention at Eastern Port Dock
A consignment of refugee dogs from two passenger liners arriving from the United Kingdom attracted attention at the port yesterday. A large box labeled Winston Churchill contained a broad-shouldered white English bulldog bound for Toronto. Cairn terriers Coppa and Branny were addressed to Belleville Ontario.
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C.P
United Kingdom
Winston Churchill
Toronto
Coppa
Branny
Belleville
Ont
Shipping Losses For Week Ending July 21
British merchant marine losses for the week ending July 21 were 37 577 tons. Allied losses of 2088 tons and neutral losses of 10192 tons were reported, bringing total losses to 40857 tons. Eleven British ships one Allied and six neutrals were among the losses.
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London
Admiralty
Alberta Bank Measure Thrown Out by Commons Committee
The Commons banking and commerce committee recommended the bill to create an Alberta provincial bank be dropped. After two weeks of study and a Justice Department view that the bill was ultra vires the committee urged the House not to enact the measure. Norman Jacques opposed the report adoption while John Blackmore pressed for full debate.
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Ottawa
Commons Committee On Banking and Commerce Today
House
Alberta
Justice Department
Norman Jacques
N.D
Wetaskiwin
No Foundation For Allegations In Japan Spy Claims
Lord Halifax told the House of Lords there is no basis for Japan’s spy network allegations and Britain rejects unwarranted guilt claims against Melville J. Cox. Reports from Shanghai cite two more British arrests in Japan named E. G. Price and J. De Stafford. Diplomatic representations to Tokyo were planned amid rising public indignation and possible retaliation talk.
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London
C.P
Lord Halifax
House of Lords
Japan
Britain
Melville J. Cox
Shanghai
Tokyo
E. G. Price
Kobe
J. de Stafford
Nagasaki
Commons Favor Secret Session Votes for Closed War Debate
The Commons approved a secret debate on foreign affairs by 200 to 109 after clearing the galleries. Churchill backed a closed session and said Richard Britler would speak for the government as the sixth wartime secret session began.
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London
C.P
Commons
Winston Churchill
House
Churchill
Richard Britler
Patrol yacht Gulzar sunk by German air attack
The auxiliary patrol yacht Gulzar was sunk yesterday by a German air attack, the admiralty announced today. There was no loss of life.
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London
Gulzar
Admiralty
Compulsory Training Plan For Single Men In Canada
Ottawa reports that every unmarried man in Canada aged 21 to 35 who is medically fit may be required to undergo 30 days of military training within one year. National registration is set for August 19 to 21, with eight calls planned annually. Employers must list single male employees 21 to 45 and restore them to work after training.
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Ottawa
Canada
War Services
G. J. Gardiner
House of Commons
Gardiner
Department of National Defence
National Registration Board
Three Travellers From England Reach Medicine Hat Evacuees
Mrs. 8. McGuire and her children Ben and Angela arrive Friday at 2 25 a m as Medicine Hat s first evacuees from Britain. They will stay with Mrs McGuire s uncle E Heald who sent a wire from New York confirming the crossing. Also arriving, Lady Byng widow of Lord Byng and ex governor general with other haven seeking travelers.
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New York
Atlantic
Lady Byng
Lord Byng of
Vimy
Canada
Great Britain
Aircraft types reported for training at Medicine Hat service school
Avro Ansons North American Harvards Fairey Battles Air speed Oxfords Lockheed Hudsons Boeing transports Douglas Diabys and Westland Lysanders may appear at the Medicine Hat Service Flying Training School. The first three are standard equipment for all service schools with others reserved for special tasks. A lingering rumor suggests Hurricanes could be used locally.
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Medicine Cat
Demand for Equipment Over Manpower in Canadian Plan
Col. Ralston told Ottawa that the front line will be the island fortress of the British Isles and Canada will soon provide a corps of two divisions. He said there is no manpower shortage in England and emphasized the real need is for equipment. He announced no further immediate mobilization of the Canadian Active Service Force and that militia recruitment would pause August 15 with men entering on call under the National Resources Mobilization Act, training to start October 1 with 30,000 called monthly.
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Ottawa
CPI
Ralston
Commons
British Isles
Canada
Canadas
Col. Ralston
England
National Resources Mobilization
Evacuation Plans Amid Warsaw Threat From German Forces
Russian authorities prepared to evacuate civilians from Warsaw as German forces threatened the Polish capital. German attackers used liquid fire in Hooge Belgium. French airmen dropped 103 bombs on a German gasoline plant near Wisembourg.
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Warsaw
Hooge
Belgium
Wissembourg
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R.A.F
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British War Office
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New Democracy
Halifax
E. Heald
Canadian Press
City OF
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H. J. Noble
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