Trainees to Stay In Service for Canada's War Effort
Ottawa reports 4697 young Canadians completing four months of compulsory training will remain in uniform as part of the reserve army. Defence officials say these graduates will relieve active units domestically and abroad, with continued retention for future classes to support national defence and mobilization efforts.
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Canada
Defence
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Dominion
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Montreal
Quebec
Halifax
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Victoria
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National Defence
CBC Broadcast Sparks Halifax Bombing Hoax Panic
More than 30 calls in 15 minutes flooded CBC studios as a skit in an Army Night program falsely claimed Nazi raids on Halifax and Canadian towns. Reports from Montreal and Ottawa noted inquiries about the alleged attacks and rumors of fires in Quebec cities. Some listeners were frightened or fainted while seeking confirmation of the hoax.
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Quebec City
Rimouski
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St. Lawrence River
Quebec
Royal Canadian Air Force
St. Lawrence
New German Fighter London
A new German fighter, the Messerschmitt 109F2, is reported in use over northern France against British air sweeps. British sources say it is a notable improvement over the 109F, though armament remains two machine guns and one cannon.
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London
France
Italians from Kenya Colony to be sent to Nyeri camp
Moving Italian Nationals Nairobi. Kenya Colony Italian Nationals in East Africa whose continued presence in former Italian territories might embarrass the British military authorities are to be sent to Kenya. The colony will take a maximum of 2,500 Italians, who will be encamped at Nyeri at British expense.
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Kenya
East Africa
Nyeri
German-born American reports German discontent with Hitler
Walter Alexander a 57 year old Jersey City native who has run a Berlin business since 1923 arrived aboard the Excambion. He said 40 percent of Germans oppose Hitler and the war and that Germans tire of the conflict as freedom fades. Dr Harold Stuart a Harvard Medical College lecturer observed French hatred for the Nazis but willingness to collaborate for food.
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N.J
United States
Berlin
Hitler
Walter Alexander
Excambion
Alexander
Germany
Harold Stuart
Harvard Medical College
France
Rockefeller Health Foundation
Quebec Official Promotes Charcoal Car Propulsion
Trade Minister Drouin names deputy Louis Coderre to demonstrate a charcoal powered vehicle in Ottawa. Coderre plans to travel by car fitted with a device claimed to enable charcoal fuel. The setup could slash small car running costs to about three quarters of a cent per mile.
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Quebec
Drouin
Louis Coderre
Ottawa
Coderre
War Prisoners Over Three Million Confined in Camps
An authorized investigator reports more than 3,000,000 men are held in European war prison camps and that most prisoners are in Germany. He notes powers largely follow the Geneva agreement. Tracy Strong of the World Committee for War Prisoners Aid says he has visited British and German camps since February.
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New York
Europe
Dixie Clipper
Tracy Strong
World Committee For War Prisoners Aid
YMCA
Germany
Kitchen From Wreckage Born Near London
A field kitchen made from salvaged bomb wreckage is set up at a refugee settlement near London. The effort turns rubble into meals aiding evacuees and local residents alike.
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London
Competent Civilian Flyers Sought for Flight Ferrying Unit
United States air forces seek competent civilian flyers to join the flight ferrying command created to speed warplane delivery to Britain. Col. Robert Olds, head of the command, leads a survey with cooperation from private flying organizations.
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Washington
United States Air Forces
Britain
Robert Olds
Further Bacon Price Increases Prospect In Canada
The Canadian Press reports possible additional bacon price rises to retain hog supply for exports to the United Kingdom. June 24 saw a 75 cent per hundredweight hike to 18.60 for grade A No. 1 Wiltshire sides. Authorities said the move aims to keep hogs in Canada amid favorable US parity prices and heavy UK demand.
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Canada
United Kingdom
Britain
Canadian Bacon Board
United States
British Columbia
Ontario
Vancouver
Portland
Toronto
Chicago
Italian War Losses Reach 255 Thousand Plus
Italy reports total war casualties at least 255,361 over about 13 months with June adding 10,286 fatalities. Most losses are prisoners of war at 176,466. 23,085 killed and 56,810 wounded. June adds 886 dead 1,193 wounded and 8,207 missing across Greek Albanian Yugoslav fronts North Africa navy and air force figures.
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Rome
East Africa
North Africa
Navy
Artillery Units Moved Moscow Report
The Red Army claimed Germany pulled artillery from Dunkirk and Cherbourg to bolster the Stalin line. It said German officers admitted transferring units to the front while dummy wooden guns faced Britain.
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Red Army
Germany
Britain
Dunkirk
Cherbourg
RAF Pilot Malan Wins Bar to Distinguished Service Order
Wing Commander A G Malan, a leading Royal Air Force pilot, is awarded the bar to his Distinguished Service Order becoming the second airman to receive both DS O bars and the Distinguished Flying Cross. The Evening Standard reports Churchill has promised to be godfather to Malan’s one year old son to be christened Winston.
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London
A. G. Malan
Royal Air Force
Evening Standard
Churchill
Malan
Winston
Protection For Trainees Ottewa War Training
Labor Minister McLarty announced new protection for trainees in the war emergency training program. Officials and trainees would receive medical care hospitalization and pension for permanent total or partial disability. Temporary disability is excluded but the trainee may receive continued allowance if laid off for a limited period.
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Ottewa
Labor
McLarty
Churchill backs joint British and US Navy guard Iceland waters
In the House of Commons Churchill urged cooperative naval protection of Iceland. He welcomed the US occupation, said Britain would keep forces there, and predicted strong US‑British collaboration to deter Hitler as Iceland’s waters grow dangerous.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
United States
Iceland
U.S
Britain
Hitler
Britain to Use US Bombers for Berlin Raids
London reports Britain's aircraft minister Lt. Col. Moore-Brabazon says U.S. made bombers will swell the Royal Air Force reach. He forecasts Berlin raids will outpace London’s worst nights, as Britain expands long range bombers and accelerates Liberator use across the Atlantic.
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London
Britain
Berlin
Ca PG Moore-Brabazon
House of Commons
Col. Moore-Brabazon
United States
Atlantic
America
Lord Beaverbrook
United States Army
Rupert Brabner
Greece
U.S
Royal Air Force
England
Palestinian Jewish RAF flyer to submit aviation invention to air ministry
A 23 year old Palestinian Jew serving with the Royal Air Force in the western desert has perfected a significant aviation improvement and has been ordered to London to present his invention to the air ministry, according to Da var quoted by the Jewish Standard.
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London
Royal Air Force
Western Desert
Jerusalem
Davar
Air Ministry
Inventor of Radical Anti Aircraft Gun Arrives in Montreal
A former Bisley competitor from Hamilton Ontario, Alex R. J. Hilson, came to Montreal to seek patents for a new anti aircraft gun he claims is most effective against dive bombers. He tied for the King's prize in the 1927 Bisley contest.
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Montreal
Bisley
Hamilton
Ont
Alex R. J. Hilson
Radio photos from Russia open new US transmission era
The first radio photos ever sent directly from Soviet Russia to the United States were received in New York by RCA. They showed three photographs of war scenes and marked a milestone in transatlantic broadcasting.
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New York
United States
Soviet Russia
Radio Corporation of America
India's First Plane to Be Handed to Government July 24
The first plane manufactured in India will be handed over to the government at a ceremony on July 24, the British Broadcasting Corporation reports.
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London
India
British Broadcasting Corporation
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