French Planes Raid Berlin German Tanks Isolated
German armored thrust near Forges-Les-Eaux advanced then was cut off as French and British forces closed behind. Paris bureau reports about 400 German tanks destroyed yesterday, with 800 of 2,000 tanks reported down since the Somme began. Britain endures a third night of air raids with warnings across eight counties.
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Cambridge
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Berlin Bombing Retaliations Reported by Paris Naval Planes
Paris reports a night raid by a squadron of naval bombers on Berlin suburbs marking Allied firsts in bombing Germany. The piece notes prior Allied leaflet drops and German attacks on Paris last week with about 1,000 casualties. It also mentions a stronger Allied naval balance and the capture of Sir Lancelot Olphiant, the British ambassador to Belgium, by German forces.
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Berlin
London
Belgium
Sir Lancelot Olphiant
France
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RAF Bombed Troops and North West Germany Actions
The Air Ministry reports RAF bombed troop concentrations at Abbeville yesterday and last night and attacked targets in north west Germany. A rail head near the Franco-Belgian border at Irson and the Abbeville air field were damaged. Seventeen German planes were destroyed. twelve British planes are missing. The Admiralty says the Carinthia, a Cunarder of 20,277 tons, was torpedoed and sunk by a U boat with two officers and two seamen killed.
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Admiralty
Canada to obtain fighting aircraft largely from United States
OTTAWA June 8 Canada will be drawn into heavy reliance on United States military aviation due to wartime demands. Britain needs aircraft and engines for the Commonwealth air training plan, and Canada is diverting machines abroad while seeking American production. The government says delivery of planes and personnel to Britain is accelerating, with policy reshaped to meet the emergency. Some Canadian production continues including Bristol Bolingbroke and Hawker Hurricane type fighters, but engine shortages may limit further expansion.
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United Tex
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Recruits Sought for A Company South Alberta Regiment CASA
Recruits wanted for A Company South Alberta Regiment CASA. Applicants must be medically fit and between 19 and 4. Report to St Lt Armoury immediately and upon signing up they will go on CLAS rites of pay immediately.
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South Alberta Regiment Casa
St Lt. Armoury Immmediately
Italy expected to enter war within week
Rome sources forecast Italy will intervene in the war by June 13 or 14 with an announcement by Mussolini after moves. In Alexandria the Egyptian government evacuated 6000 people from the city as Italian ships reportedly ordered to return to Italy. Soldiers and police conducted dawn house-to-house evacuations.
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Italy
Mussolini
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Alexandria
Mediterranean
Strathmore Sees Record Rainfall As Alberta Drains
Heavy weekend rainfall drenched southern Alberta with Strathmore recording a new overnight record of 1.92 inches. Medicine Hat division reported .5 to 1 inch, Empress sub-division .8 inch, and local areas about .17 inch by 11 a.m. Later rain surged again, though a rising barometer suggested improving weather.
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Medicine Hat
Strathmore
Empress
Redcliff Brick Co Employees Donating to Red Cross
Twenty three workers at Redcliff Pressed Brick Co agree to weekly wage deductions for Red Cross Society totaling just over 28 dollars per month.
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Redcliff Pressed Brick Co
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Red Cross Society
Duke Denies Report On Windsors Relinquishing Liaison Role
London dispatch cites Reuters saying the Duke of Windsor denied relinquishing his liaison officer post with French and British armies. Reports claimed he and the Duchess left for Cap D Antibes for an indefinite stay, which the Duke called wholly inaccurate.
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Reuters
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Cap D’antibes
Exhibition Tonight At Medicine Hat School Display
Rainy weather unlikely to dampen crowds as Medicine Hat pupils showcase home economics and general shop work. The Tor onto Street display opens from 7 to 10 p.m. and aims to reveal how these courses benefit local students.
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Medicine Hat
Planes Proving Match For Big German Tanks
Canadian Press reports Allied air forces countering German tanks with French cannon carrying aircraft. Tanks are heavily armored on sides and front but light on top, limiting air threat and vision for operators. Aircraft attack from above as infantry and anti air gunners guard the ground.
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Flanders
Red Cross seeks old woollens for wartime work
The women’s war work committee of the local Red Cross branch thanks supporters for the blanket appeal and begins a new project calling on the public to donate all old woollen articles.
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Women's War Work Committee
Red Cross
Days of foresight return as Canada backs Allied fight
Ottawa June 8 CP Prime Minister Mackenzie King pledged new friends will support the Allied cause and warned Nazi tyranny will not prevail. He spoke in a nation wide CBC broadcast urging resolve as Britain and France face reverses and warning democracy to resist evil. He cited US leadership and a mobilized conscience of civilization in the global struggle.
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New Friends
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canada
Calais
Dunkerque
Winston Churchill
Britain
France
King
Germany
United States
French Gains in Labyrinth and Monfalcone Occupation
The report notes French gains at Neuville St. Vaast and advances in the Labyrinth, Italians occupying Monfalcone, and a series of WWI updates including Bryan resigning as secretary of state, Italian attack on Gorizia, Russian front advances, a British submarine sinking, and a Montreal city council vote limiting civic employees to British subjects.
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Neuville St. Vaast
Monfalcone
William J. Bryan
United States
Wilson
Germany
Gorizia
Dneister River
Montreal
Solon Low to Win By Acclamation in Vegreville
Solon Low appears set for an acclamation as provincial treasurer in Vegreville after William Dorosh of Edmonton withdraws his challenge on June 8. Independent Liberal and Cooperative Commonwealth Federation backers in the riding will not field candidates and if no party runs by nomination day on Monday, Law will secure the seat.
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Edmonton
Solon Low
Vegreville
William Dorosh
Liberal and Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Law
Urge Mussolini Not To War Against Allies
The Grand Order of Sons of Italy with about 800 members in eastern British Columbia and south Alberta sent a cable from Fernie to Premier Mussolini begging him not to enter a war against the Allies Great Britain and France.
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Lethbridge
C.P
Grand Order of Sons of Italy
British Columbia
Alberta
Fernie
B.C
Benito Mussolini
Ordine Independente Fior d'Italia
Great Britain
France
Marine engines ordered in U S A for torpedo boats
Allied purchasing agents have placed orders in the United States for 4 million dollars in high speed marine engines. British and French agents are negotiating for automotive business likely tanks. Agriculture Secretary Wallace urges futures markets to regain minimum grain prices.
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New York
Allied
United States
Agriculture
Wallaces
U.S
U S Cruiser Wichita Ordered To Rio As Quincy Heads South
The navy said the Wichita will go to Rio de Janeiro after the Quincy was sent there last week. Secretary Edison called it a friendly visit, but confidential reports accuse pro Nazi elements in South America of rising activity since the German advance in Flanders. The Quincy and Wichita are 10,000 ton heavy cruisers.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Wichita
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Quincy
Naval
Charles Edison
Flanders
First roundup of aliens in Northern Ireland during war
Fifty Germans and Austrians were arrested in Belfast in the first wartime roundup. Women are interned locally while men are sent to camps in England.
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Belfast
C.P
Northern Ireland
England
Construction of 300 Tanks Begins in Canada Today
Ottawa announces that 300 tanks will be produced in Canada starting today. The decision comes after an offer accepted by the British government and ordered by Hon. C. D. Howe, Munitions Minister. Production and assembly begin immediately with officials from the department of munitions and supply and the British supply board present.
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Department of Munitions and Supply
British Supply Board
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