Canada to start production of tanks as Howe outlines plan
Munitions minister Hon. D. Howe told the House of Commons steps are under way to study tank production in Canada. A British 40 ton tank model is seen as a copy target, with plans for collaboration of heavy industries and external engineering delegations to UK for final specifications.
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Canada
D. Howe
Commons
Hie
United Kingdom
H “Omee
Bir
Howe
House of Commons
Britain
British War Supply Board
Angus
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
United States
Europe
Ford
General Motors
Soviet appoints Cripps as British ambassador to Moscow
Premier Molotov announced the Soviet Union has agreed to appoint Sir Stafford Cripps, a left wing Labour MP, as the new British ambassador to Moscow.
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Moscow
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Soviet Union
Stafford Cripps
Stafford
House of Commons
Belgian Troops Join Allied Forces in Flanders After Capitulation
Belgian General Legros told Defence Minister Henri Denis that about 45,000 Belgian soldiers joined Allied forces in Flanders following King Leopold's capitulation.
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Paris
Legros
Henri Denis
Flanders
Leopold
Paris Enlists New Trucks for Army Amid Supply Controls
France orders all new trucks for military use and suspends purchase licenses for private enterprises. Government actions affect commercial deliveries and civilian procurement during the crisis.
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Paris
France
French Cabinet Shuffle Elevates Reynaud War and Foreign Posts
Paris Premier Paul Reynaud re shuffled his cabinet dropping Edouard Daladier from government and taking war minister and foreign affairs portfolios. General Charles de Gaulle rises to chief assistant at the war ministry, while Jean Provost becomes minister of information publisher of Paris Soir.
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Paris
Paul Reynaud
Edouard Daladier
Daladier
Reynaud
Charles de Gaulle
War Ministry
Sedan
Jean Provost
Paris- Soir
RAF Training Expansion Aims to Meet All Requirements
Secretary for Air Sir Archibald Sinclair told the House of Commons the flying and training organization of the Royal Air Force is being expanded on a considerable scale to meet all further requirements. He noted many training schools have already been or are being established overseas in countries most suitable for the purpose. Sinclair said he had no knowledge of any understanding that Britain should refrain from bombing military objectives in Germany until they bombed Britain. The RAF has made a number of successful attacks against military objectives in Germany.
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London
Sir Archibald Sinclair
Air
House of Commons
Royal Air Force
Archibald
Britain
Germany
New Kind Of Army Is Called For In London
Major-General L. W. Amps, director of the auxiliary military pioneers service in the Royal Engineers, urged recruits of all ages for a new kind of army to fight evil and strengthen morale. He spoke to about 1,300 at Battersea Town Hall as part of the moral re armament campaign. Other speakers included Phyllis Konstam and wives and mothers of service members.
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London
L. W., Amps
Auxiliary Military Pioneers’ Service
Royal Engineers
Amps
Battersea
England
Phyllis Konstam
Bunny Austin
Labor Ministry Decree Aims to Direct Workers
Clement Attlee announced a new labor ministry decree to control hiring in mechanical industries building public works agriculture and coal mining. The order seeks to prevent interference with production by unnecessary worker movements and to direct labor to needs with urgency. It also aims to retain workers in agriculture and coal mining and recall those who have left those sectors.
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London
Clement Attlee
House of Commons
Labor Ministry
Attlee
All-Time Ice Breaks as Churchill Harbor Clears
An all-time record occurred June 4 when the harbor ice went out at Churchill in Manitoba, seven days earlier than last year. The river opens to the sea and boats may now be anchored at the dock without ice interference.
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Churchill
Man
Churchill River
Rotary Contributes Ambulance for War Areas
Calgary Rotarians raised 2146 dollars in five minutes to buy and fully equip a Red Cross ambulance for service in war torn Europe.
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Calgary
Red Cross
Europe
Ottawa moves to illegalize over a dozen groups under Defence of Canada rules
Justice Minister Ernest La Pointe announced in the House of Commons that more than a dozen organizations including the Communist party and the National Unity party will become illegal upon publication in the Canada Gazette. Members or supporters face offences. new rules also empower RCMP to appoint commissioned officers as justices of the peace to issue warrants.
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Ottawa
Communist Party
National Unity Party
Defence of Canada
Justice
Ernest Lapointe
House of Commons
Canada Gazette
Order-In-Council
Lapointe
Canadian Labor Defence League
League For Peace and Democracy
Young Communist League
Justice E. R. E. Chevrier
Harry Binder
Louis Binder
Arthur Roy Saunders
Auslands Organization
National Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei
Deutsche Arbeitsfront
Canadian Society For German Culture
Duetscher Bund
Canadian Union of Fascists
Communist Party of Canada
Young Communist League of Canada
The
Ukrainian Labor Farmer Temple Association
Finnish Organization of Canada
Russian Workers’ and Farmers’ Club
Croatian Cultural Association
Hungarian Workers’ Club
Polish People’s Association
Canadian Ukrainian Youth Federation
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
R.C.M.P
Justices of the Peace
Ford Aircraft Production Proposal Probed by British Ministry
The British ministry of aircraft production ordered representatives in the United States to fully investigate any proposal Henry Ford might offer the government. This follows Ford's claim that his company could produce 1,000 aircraft daily within six months. Parliament secretary J. J. Liewellin disclosed the inquiry.
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London
Ministry of Aircraft Production
United States
Henry Ford
J. J. Liewellin
Parachute Troops in Holland Suffer High Casualties
London authorities cite prisoner evidence showing most German parachutists in Holland were killed or captured. Notable cases include 16 men in one plane with only one survivor and 10 men where three died midair and four were shot after landing. A British fighter reportedly forced a German bomber down after exhausting ammo, and a Junkers near Dunkirk crashed following a dramatic tail attack.
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London
Holland
Earth
Air Ministry
Dunkirk
Strength Of Fleet After Dunkirk Evacuation
Britain maintains a stronger destroyer fleet than at war start despite losing six to Dunkirk. At war onset 185 destroyers existed with six Canadian and five Australian vessels, plus six completed for Brazil then pressed into service. Twenty British destroyers were lost, with eleven German destroyers sunk and two more believed sunk, though Nazi heavy destroyers were fewer than claimed.
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London
Dunkirk
Britain
Brazil
Admiralty
Plan for wide refugee child intake across Canada
Ottawa outlines full cooperation among Canadian agencies to receive and place thousands of refugee and British children once Britain and France agree. Hon. T A Crerar says the plan, agreed at a Dominion provincial conference with nine provinces, covers selection abroad, medical supervision, and rapid distribution to private homes with identity preserved.
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France
Canada
Rene Ristelhueber
Ottawa
King
Dominion
T. A. Crerar
Crerar
Department of Pensions and National Health
Britain braces home front for invasion threat
Describes Britain readying defense against a potential blitz, with regular troops on village greens, barricades across countryside, and riot squads armed for rapid response. Highlights Ironsides units, morale, and warnings against fifth column activity as parachutists loom in the planning.
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London
Britain
Ironsides
Canada Holds Large Reserves for Air Force Needs
The Department of Munitions and Supply states Canada’s high grade aviation gasoline reserves exceed Royal Canadian Air Force and air training plan requirements for the coming year. Farmers are asked to dig ditches and scatter haystacks to hinder invasion from the air while oil companies have built up reserves and refineries can meet RC A F demands for 1941 and 1942.
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Ottawa
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Air Training Plan
Department of Munitions and Supply
France
Hitler
Rc.a.f
British Labor to Speed Up War Industries
Ernest Bevin pledges war-speed production in heavy industries with new controls banning strikes and lockouts. He calls for public works and enterprise to absorb soldiers returning from war, saying the economy must be planned and directed rather than left to boom bust.
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London
Britain
Royal Air Force
France
Ernest Bevin
Running Behind Schedule London Hitlers Timetable Slippage
A Netherlands diplomat in London says Hitler expected Britain and France to capitulate by May 25 but the blitzkrieg is behind schedule. He cites limited parachutists and many transport planes lost, with French and British resistance to be crushed in 15 days after Holland Belgium fall.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Britain
France
Netherlands
Berlin
Hitler
Mussolini
Italy
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Irishmen Enlist in Dublin War Call
Tens of thousands of Irishmen answer the call to arms to defend their country. Army officers say they are amazed by the response across ages. Prime Minister de Valera warns of imminent danger and urges unity, saying we must hang together or hang separately.
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Dublin
de Valera
Eire
Britain
Paris Shopkeeper Appeals Eight Month King Leopold Remark Judgment
A Paris shopkeeper sentenced to eight months in jail for slighting King Leopold II before the Belgian monarch capitulated to the Germans on May 28 has appealed, claiming he showed remarkable foresight.
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Paris
Leopold II
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