Bridgehead Established by French on the Somme Front
Reports say French forces created a bridgehead on the north bank of the Somme below Abbeville after repelling German attacks backed by tanks and aircraft. German efforts to land along the Channel coast and a broader assault were also noted as naval units shelled small harbors.
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Vacay
Somme
Fenead
Abbeville
Dunkerque
Boulogne
Berlin
Nelson
London
South Alberta Regiment Mobilized for Third Division
Ottawa reports the South Alberta Regiment based in Medicine Hat will join nine infantry battalions mobilized for the Canadian Army's third division. Norman Rogers announced the makeup, with Col G G Elder commanding the unit. The regiment may recruit to war strength immediately as part of broader divisional reorganization and artillery changes, including field batteries and anti tank units.
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Ottawa
South Alberta Regiment
Medicine Hat
Alta
C.A. 5
Norman Rogers
G. G. Elder
N.P
Rogers
Gleichen
Red Deer
Ord Divion Artillery
13Th District Signals
R.C.S
Calgary
German losses alleged in British drive in Flanders
London reports claim first editions of all London evening papers say the Germans lost 500000 men in the attempt to annihilate the British Expeditionary Force in Flanders.
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London
C.P
bLondon
Flanders
British Flyers Fight and Win Need More Planes to Combat Nazis
British aircrew praise the Hurricane and demand more aircraft after victorious combats with German planes. They warn Allied air forces are outnumbered as Nazi sorties overwhelm in other sectors, with estimates of German aircraft ranging from 5,000 to 20,000.
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London
Royal Air Force
Flanders
Hell
Tommy
Hitler
Germany
Air Ministry
Allied War Council Endorses All Measures To Be Taken
London reports the Allied Supreme War Council in Paris reached full agreement on measures required as Dunkirk evacuation continues. British and French troops retreating across the Channel are screened by the RAF, with 56 German planes shot down and 16 British planes lost.
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Britain
London
Germany
Paris
Flanders
Dunkerque
Allied Supreme War Council
B.E.F
Berlin
Hitler
Goebbels
Italy
Mussolini
Royal Air Force
Prioux
England
Huns Have Gone Mad over Vimy Memorial Shattering
Walter Allward, Canadian sculptor of the Vimy Memorial, laments reports that German bombers shattered the memorial in London. He says the 14 year labor of the work may be ruined and calls the action terrible in these days.
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Toronto
C.P
Walter S. Allward
London
Canada
Vimy War
Vimy Memorial Destroyed by Barbarians
British troops report German bombers attacked Vimy Memorial atop Vimy Ridge and blasted the site to pieces. An eyewitness describes dive bombers releasing bombs on the memorial and then targeting nearby Allied cemeteries, shattering crosses and graves.
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London
Canada
Vimy Ridge
Tommies
Flanders
England
Manitoba Bill Extends Farmers' Creditors Act
In Ottawa on June 1 the government introduced a bill sponsored by Finance Minister J. L. Ralston to extend the Farmers' Creditors Arrangement Act to Manitoba. It passed first reading in the House of Commons without opposition.
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Manitoba
F.C.A.A
Ottawa
C.P
J. L. Ralston
Farmers’ Creditors Arrangement Act
House of Commons
U.S. Ecuador Hold Talks on Panama Canal Safeguards
Disclosure shows military and naval officers from the United States and Ecuador have completed a series of conferences indicating cooperation on measures to safeguard the Panama Canal.
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United States
Ecuador
Panama Canal
Winnipeg grain exchange to stay open through crop year
Trade Minister MacKinnon announced the Winnipeg grain exchange will remain open for the balance of the crop year ending July 31. He said the Canadian Wheat Board yesterday sold 50 million bushels of wheat to a British government buying agency at a price well above the current market.
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Ottawa
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
MacKinnon
Canadian Wheat Board
Decrease In Church Schools Reported
Regina June 1 Church schools in Saskatchewan declined by 15 percent over eight years. The United Church conference backed a larger grant to boost Christian Education, retaining the Regina office and field secretaries with a $6,000 budget. The report notes 149 fewer schools since 1932 and that one third of preaching places lack Sunday school.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Conference of the United Church In Canada
Christian Education Committee
Board of Christian Education
Judge McDonald Appointed to Alberta District Court
J W McDonald of Macleod Alberta has been named judge of the district court for the Southern Alberta district and also a local judge of the supreme court of Alberta announced Friday in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
C.P
J. W. McDonald
Macleod
Alta
District Court
Alberta
Supreme Court of Alberta
Standard Oil Crew Here on Survey Work
A Standard Oil Company party arrived in Medicine Hat to conduct gravity meter surveys in geophysical exploration. Four rail cars and motor transport, under William H. Mosher, will cover a wide area similar to prior Texas Texan work, continuing general field operations after recent Houston activity.
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Company of
British Columbia
Medicine Hat
William H. Mosher
Houston
Texas
Canadian Division Moves to Givenchy Sector in June 1915
25 Years Ago report notes the 1st Canadian Division advancing to Givenchy as British forces defeat Turks at Kurna Mesopotamia with 250 prisoners taken. Austro German troops seize three Przemys forts while Austrian airmen bomb Brindisi and Bari. On June 2, Ottawa appoints a war purchases inquiry commission as British troops capture Hooge Chateau and Italians take Storo in the Trentino.
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Givenchy
Kurna
Mesoptamia
Przemys
Brindisi
Bari
Adriatic
Hooge Chateau
Ypres
Storo
Trentino
Wealthy Spy Maertens Arrested in France With Gold
Dr Adrian Maertens the Flemish nationalist once condemned for collaborating with the enemy was arrested yesterday at Aurillac in central southern France. Police said he carried about 1 000 000 francs in gold with him.
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Paris
C.P
Adrian Maertens
Aurillac
France
Maertens
Belgian Parliament Endorses Dethronement of Leopold
In Limoges the refugee Belgian parliament repudiated King Leopold's surrender and declared it impossible for him to reign. They will continue the struggle with the Allies until Belgium is liberated, and a decree will strip Leopold of the Legion of Honor. Premier Pierlot vows to lay down arms only after war aims of peace and independence are met.
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Neil Nere
Liles
Mussolini
Hitler
Germany
Italy
France
Britain
Limoges
Havas
Belgium
Leopold
Republic
Legion of Honor
Order
Gian Senate
Flanders
Hubert Pierlot
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Standard Oil
M. R. Gillon
The
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Lethbridge Miners
Hat Tigers
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