RAF concentrates on enemy shipping blitz at Rotterdam
RAF bombers attacked a large fleet at Rotterdam harbor with Blenheims in two waves on July 16. Eleven ships 1,000 to 2,000 tons were hit, the Baloderan liner and two 4,000 ton supply ships exploded, and overall 17 ships totaling 90,000 to 100,000 tons were put out of action or severely damaged.
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London
Royal Air Force
West Front
Germany
Prees Association
Lionel Preston
Rotterdam
Air Ministry
RAF
Cap Griz Nez
France
English
Ping
Lionel
BBC
Blenheims
Bomber Command
Bienheims
Rotterdamsche Lloyd
Baloderan
Canadian crew land in Lisbon after torpedoing
Reuters from Lisbon reports five Canadian crew members of the torpedoed 6 373 ton British motorship Silveryew landed there. They arrived from St Vincent Cape Verde Islands. The captain and two sailors were killed in the torpedoing, which occurred May 31.
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London
Reuters
Lisbon
Silveryew
St. Vincent
Cape Verde Islands
Australian Beaufort bomber tests praised in Melbourne
Senator J Leckie announced that all tests of the Australian made Beaufort bomber were highly satisfactory. The BBC reported Australia will begin full production of the bomber by the start of next year.
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London
J. Leckie
Melbourne
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Australia
Britain Maintains Health Standard Despite Air Raids
London. Food Minister Lord Woolton told the House of Lords that despite wartime strain the nation remains fit and reports fewer people suffering malnutrition at the end of the second year of war than in peacetime.
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London
Lord Wooten
House of Lords
Air Raid Toll in Britain Falls on Commons Figures
Britain reports 41 900 civilians killed in air raids from January 1 1940 to June 30 1941. The figure was announced in the House of Commons and used to illustrate wartime civilian casualties.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Victory In Syria London
An authoritative summary of the Allied Syria campaign says its victory will win Moslem world support and curb Axis penetration. It lists expected gains including air bases to defend Cyprus, contact with Turkey, a Turkish Libyan defence line, and promises of Syrian independence and Arab unity. Britain says its interests align with Arab goals and that Axis blandishments offer nothing to Moslems.
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London
Syria
Middle East
Cyprus
Turkey
Libya
Mediterranean
Britain
Crop Prospects Show Variations Across Canadian Prairies
Manitoba reports taller prairie wheat stands at 27 inches and a high share of heavy stands about 67 percent with good moisture on 58 percent of its wheat area. Saskatchewan shows 20 inch wheat with 19 percent heavy and 61 percent medium stands and 23 percent moisture. Alberta records 21 inch wheat, 27 percent heavy, 58 percent medium, 15 percent thin stands with 30 percent moisture. Eastern Alberta faces poor moisture. Manitoba Interlake district least satisfactory. Southern Saskatchewan districts in best condition.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Interlake
Special Badges Considered for Young Canadians Joined Army
Defence Minister Ralston says the defence department weighs issuing special badges to youths who sought army service but were medically rejected. He notes concerns over moral immunity for those with temporary disabilities and suggests a different button for those who served and were returned home wounded or disabled.
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Ottawa
Defence Department
Defence
Ralston
Col
Germany uses retirees to fill jobs amid labor shortage
A decree from the Nazi labor ministry, obtained by the international labor office, compels retired workers under 70 to accept any job matching their previous duties or training. The move signals a broad mobilization to avert manpower shortages in Germany.
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Montreal
Germany
Nazi Labor Ministry
International Labor Office
Queen Mary Leads Camp Clearance For Women And Babies
Queen Mary supervised a rest camp near here with two soldiers aiding relief crews. She inspected overgrown undergrowth to clear space beneath trees for chairs and rugs in the shade, noting the area during an earlier visit.
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Bristol
Queen Mary
Thanksgiving Day Ottawa Date Set for October Thirteen
Ottawa announces Thanksgiving Day for Canada will be observed on October 13 this year. The day is proclaimed as a general day of thanksgiving and will be issued shortly.
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Ottawa
Canada
Ottawa Soldiers Granted Harvest Leave To Aid Harvest
National Defence Headquarters says Canadian soldiers not on active duty or in essential training may take up to four weeks harvest leave this year. No travel pay or allowances during leave. no hospitalization or medical benefits. leave can be cancelled at any time.
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Ottawa
National Defence Headquarters
Canada Keeps Active Army Recruiting Open In War Campaign
Defence Minister Ralston reported the national recruiting drive opened May 12 drew 34 625 active army enlistments, above a 32 000 target, with about 48 000 volunteers but many rejected for medical reasons. He said the appeal will continue to meet a 7 000 monthly overseas reinforcement need, praising citizen committees.
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Ottawa
Canada
Defence
Ralston
Navy
Air Force
Col. Ralston
Citizens’ Committees
National War Service Department
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Sth
Armored
United States
Veterans’ Guard
United Kingdom
M.D. No
London
Ont
Montreal
British Columbia
Canada expands wartime enlistments across districts
Yukon headquarters in Victoria reports New Brunswick leading with 2,477 recruits for a 1,478 quota, 168 percent. British Columbia and Yukon at 61 percent with 1,900 of 3,105. Col. Ralston notes 90 percent civilians and 10 percent volunteers from training camps. Total volunteers exceed 60,000 across Army Air Force and Navy. rejections not broken out. Priority vocational training offered to recruits and veterans. Monthly needs around 7,000 with July August quotas at 7,200 each.
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New Brunswick
British Columbia
Yukon
Ralston
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Canadian Navy
Air Force
Navy
Army
Col. Ralston
Edmonton Children Raise War Funds With Savings Stamps
Edmonton school children contributed 13628.25 to Dominion war funds through war savings stamps during the year. Superintendent Ross Sheppard announced this at the Edmonton public school board meeting marking the summer term.
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Edmonton
Dominion
Ross Sheppard
Russia's richest grain crop announced by Soviet official
Soviet vice commissar for foreign affairs A S Lozovsky told reporters that Russia's 1941 grain harvest would be the richest in Soviet history. He noted last year's crop at 7 300 000 000 poods about 4 430 000 000 bushels and said an eight percent increase was planned for the current year.
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Moscow
S. A. Lozovsky
Russia
Grim Part Is Ahead Says London Minister
London, A V Alexander, first lord of the admiralty, warned a luncheon that the grimmest part of the war lies ahead. He said victory hinges on the Battle of the Atlantic and defeating U-boats and long range aircraft to build overwhelming strength, noting reports of U-boat losses and many others likely destroyed without returning to base.
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London
A.V. Alexander
Admiralty
Atlantic
Alexander
Germany
Italy
Freighter Sunk Ottawa by Enemy Action Survivors Tell Tale
Survivors of the Ottawa freighter describe a submarine surfacing after firing a torpedo that sank the vessel. The 39 crew evacuated in lifeboats, weathering 60 shells as the ship sank keel first before vanishing. They remained at sea seven hours before rescue.
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Ottawa
Soviet Leaders Say Axis War Plan Is a Multi Front Ruhr
Moscow sources report S A Lozovsky declaring Germany faces a multi front war spanning Arctic to Iberian coasts and within its own borders, while Ambassador Maisky argues Soviet industry can keep the Red Army supplied even if Moscow falls. German tactics described as heavy tank thrusts supported by motorized infantry and flank units.
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Moscow
S. A. Lozovsky
Soviet Information Bureau
Germany
Lozovsky
Arctic Ocean
Black Sea
Europe
Norway
Iceland
British Isles
Spain
Hitler
United States
China
India
London
Ivan Maisky
Soviet Union
Red Army
Maisky
Urals
Leningrad
Narva
Pskov
Tipperary
Russia
France
Britain
Red Air Force
Canadian war contracts near 2 billion mark
Preliminary figures from the Department of Munitions and Supply show Canadian and United Kingdom contracts and commitments totaling about 1.93 billion dollars for July 14 1939 to June 1941. Canadian contracts reached 1.10 billion, UK commitments 602.7 million, and plants plus equipment accounted for large shares alongside aircraft and chemicals.
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Ottawa
Department of Munitions and Supply
United Kingdom
Department
Civil Aviation Division
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Defence Purchasing Board
War Supply Board
Revolts In Italy Reported By Retired Tourist Agent
Maurice C. Boyd of Bloomfield New Jersey says Italy has seen minor revolts against Fascist rule driven by food shortages. He notes fear of Germans and widespread war weariness, with revolts in Florence and Milan last winter suppressed by German troops. Boyd arrived with 25 others on a clipper plane from Lisbon.
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New York
Italy
Maurice C. Boyd
Boyd
Bloomfield
Florence
Milan
Lisbon
BBC says no British war prisoners in occupied France
The BBC reported the House of Commons was advised that no British war prisoners are held in occupied France. It said all British servicemen in unoccupied France are detained at a single camp where conditions are favorable.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
House of Commons
France
BBC
Air Minister cites RAAF returning officers on training
Australian Air Minister John McEwan says senior members of the Royal Australian Air Force are returning from war theatres with information that will shape future air training and instruction.
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Canberra
John McEwan
Royal Australian Air Force
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