Patriots in Europe Executions and Guerrilla Gains Reported
Despatches from Radio Berlin BBC and Radio Moscow describe 148 executions in the Balkans and Crete, reprisals against Slovenian peasants, and a mayor among the dead. Yugoslav guerrillas reportedly freed 6,000 peasants from an Italian convoy, while Czech Aryan youth face compulsory service.
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Trans-Ocean Agency
Radio Berlin
Bielj
Yugoslavia
BBC
Herakleion
Crete
Ljubljana
Vgnasco
Columbia Broadcasting System
Radio Moscow
Russia
Radio
Budapest
Danube
Sava
May Be Necessary Rationing Of Rail Travel
W M Neal CPR vice president from Montreal said wartime demands may require travel rations. He noted the system must support the war effort while meeting public and private business needs during the interview in Kentville Nova Scotia.
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Kentville
N.S
W. M. Neal
Montreal
C.P.R
No Gold Standard After The War
Viscount Simon the lord chancellor told the house of lords there is no whisper of Britain returning to the gold standard after the war. He recalled that the postwar return was not successful and warned that shifting large sums between countries harms both payer and payee.
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London
Viscount Simon
House of Lords
Great Britain
FBI round up 42 enemy aliens in New York area
FBI agents cooperating with New York and Dempstead police rounded up 42 enemy aliens. Forty of those detained are members of the Federation of Italian World War Veterans.
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New York
P. E. Foxworth
F.bi
FBI
Dempstead
N.Y
Federation of Italian World War Veterans
AID FOR CHINA United States Plane For Delivery Of Supplies
The Pacific war council outlined methods to deliver supplies to Chinese troops. Walter Nash reported the group had learned what China needs and how to get supplies in, with plans to ensure China can mount the best possible defense.
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United States
Washington
Pacific War Council
China
White House
Walter Nash
New Zealand
Plan to Make Rubber From Grain in Canada
Ottawa reports that Canada plans to produce synthetic rubber using both grain alcohol and petroleum methods. Butanol from wheat will supply a Southern Ontario plant to create buna-S rubber, with 6,000 tons yearly from 1,920,000 bushels and overall rubber yields forecast at 25,000 tons from 8,000,000 bushels. The Polymer Corp plant breaks ground for a $40 million facility aiming at 40,000 tons annually while 8,000 tons come from grain alcohol processes in 1943.
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Canada
Ottawa
House of Commons
North America
Ontario
Howe
Polymer Corporation
Military training call ups in Canada for August
War Services Minister Thorson told the House about 20 000 notices issued to recruit about 2 400 to 2 500 men for compulsory training in the Toronto district under the July call. Defence Minister Ralston said 15 000 to be called in July and 25 000 in August with regional disparities due to manpower pools and agricultural exemptions. Requisitions came from the national defence department and directed men to training centres. if a division lacked numbers a call could shift to a neighboring district.
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Ottawa
War Services
Thorson
House of Commons
Toronto
Defence
Ralston
Canada
National War Services
National Defence Department
President Roosevelts signs bill creating Legion of Merit
President Roosevelt has signed a bill establishing the Legion of Merit, a new decoration for armed services personnel who show exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Legion of Merit
New Airdromes Build for U.S. Army Air Forces in Britain
London reports several new airdromes across Great Britain to host the growing U.S. Army Air Forces. The force will include fighters reconnaissance planes and bombers assigned to these bases.
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London
Great Britain
U.S. Army Air Forces
Shipments banned to Spain from Cuba officials say
Carlos Hevia price and supply control administrator announced a prohibition on shipments of all kinds of foodstuffs to Spain and provisioning of Spanish merchants in Cuban ports with meats. He said such shipments would ease enemies by aiding Spain’s ties with Germany and Italy.
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Cuba
Spain
Havana
Carlos Hevia
AT-13 Training Plane Passes Test Flights
Washington reports successful test flights of the AT-13 large training aircraft built of plastic-bonded plywood by Fairchild at Magerstown Maryland. The War Department announced the tests as a milestone in military aviation development.
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Washington
Fairchild Company
Magerstown
United States War Department
Road to Alaska Rail Link Favored by Delano
National Resources Planning board chairman Frederick A. Delano told President Roosevelt the United States should proceed with building a railroad to Alaska. He called it a military necessity and a valuable postwar development, citing five gateway routes from the Midwest and Plains to a northern line via Canada and Seattle.
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Seattle
Frederick A. Delano
National Resources Planning Board
Roosevelt
United States
Alaska
Post-Intelligencer
Delano
Prince George
B.C
Fairbanks
Resources Board
Winnipeg
St. Paul
Duluth
Saskatchewan
Minot
N.C
Jamestown
Eskimos to be released after Belcher Island killings
Toronto Attorney General Gordon Conant says four of five Eskimos tried last summer for the Belcher Island killings will be released shortly by order of the Dominion government. The fifth man is dead.
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Toronto
Gordon Conant
Ontario
Belcher Island
Dominion
Air Commodore Praises Canadian Air Force in World War II
Air Commodore W A Curtis praised the Royal Canadian Air Force for its global role in supporting the British 8th Army in Egypt and fighting alongside RAF and Empire airmen over Malta Ceylon and Russia. He cited 1000 plane German raids as decisive and urged Canadian readiness for sacrifice to deter Nazi domination.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
8Th Army
Egypt
W. A. Curtis
RCAF
Fimpire
Malta
Ceylon
Curtis
Britain
Rca.f
Russia
R.A.F
R.C.A.F
Grain Storage Crisis Strikes Western Canada Harvest
Grain terminals near capacity as harvest nears. total stocks of all grains at 418 million bushels with lakehead stocks of 131 million. Fort William reports 5 thousand cars in yards and only 550 moving east daily. Canada’s total storage capacity about 601 million, with 400 million expected as carryover by July leaving limited space for new crop.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Board of Grain Commissioners
Lakehead
Fort William
Dominion
United States
Ottawa
MacKinnon
Government considers committee on Athabaska tar sands progress
Ottawa Prime Minister Mackenzie King said a government policy decision on appointing a committee to study progress in synthetic rubber manufacture and tar sands development will be announced in due course. The remark framed the issue as a matter of government policy.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Athabaska
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