Russians acclaim new wartime treaties across London and Washington
The Supreme Soviet approved the Anglo Russian treaty and a Britain Soviet alliance as Molotov outlined a 3 billion dollar US aid package and a new second front plan for 1942. Stalin received a brief ovation as Voroshilov stood nearby, signaling unity in wartime strategy.
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London
Molotov
Washington
Stalin
Marshal Klementi Voroshilov
Leningrad
Russia
Bombing of Emden Hits Key Shipyards Broadly
British and Canadian aircraft damaged Germanys submarine industry in Emden on June 6. The Air Ministry said reconnaissance photos showed a newly built large shop at the Nordwerke yards destroyed by fire, another shop badly damaged, nine smaller buildings burned, and two large warehouse-type structures demolished.
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London
Germany
Emden
Air Ministry
Nordswerke
Grisdale says Canada escaped beef shortages
S F Grisdale deputy food administrator wartime prices and trade board said in Winnipeg Canada has passed the most acute beef shortage period. He noted no beef scarcity west of Winnipeg and price equalization with the United States makes domestic sales as profitable as exports.
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Winnipeg
S. F. Grisdale
Prices and Trade Board
Canada
Ottawa
United States
Czecho Slovakia vows punishment for crime actors after war
London reports the Czecho-Slovakian government chaired by President Eduard Benes pledges that all Germans from Hitler to the Nazi elite will not escape punishment for crimes committed in Czecho Slovakia after the war.
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London
Eduard Benes
Hitler
Czecho- Slovakia
Britain Approves 1 Billion Pound War Credit
The House of Commons voted a 1 billion pound credit for war needs at Sir Kingsley Wood's urging. He said total authorizations rise to over 10 billion pounds, with weekly government spending about 84.25 million pounds. He asserted no faltering and noted expenditures hit a wartime peak.
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Britain
London
House of Commons
Kingsley Wood
Kingsley
Army Week Urges Canadian Army to Lead War Effort
Lt Gen Kenneth Stuart, chief of the general staff, urged Canadians and especially junior officers to prepare the army for a decisive role in victory. He warned the past years favored navy and air forces and called for moral loyalty, selfexamination, and constant training as Army Week from June 29 to July 5 approaches.
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Ottawa
Kenneth Stuart
West Coast
Canada
Navy
Air Force
Stuart
Red Cross speeds aid to British prisoners of war
The Canadian Red Cross aims to raise weekly boxes from 40,000 to 70,000 for British prisoners of war. Mrs. Wallace Campbell, national war work convener, announced the effort in Halifax. In London a new servicemen hut uses wood shavings and sawdust with cement to minimize steel and timber.
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Halifax
Canadian Red Cross
Wallace Campbell
O.B.E
National War Work
Red Cross
London
Yugoslav King Reported Engaged to Greek Princess
A Londoner’s Diary in the Evening Standard says King Peter of Yugoslavia, 18, an undergraduate at Cambridge, is unofficially engaged to Princess Alexandria, 20, daughter of Princess Aspasia and the late King Alexander of Greece. The couple’s announcement may come after King George of Greece returns to the United States. Alexandria lives with her mother in a London flat and is a cousin of the Duchess of Kent.
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Alexandria
Greece
London
Evening Standard
Peter
Yugoslavia
Aspasia
Alexander
United States
George
Cambridge University
Duchess of Kent
Soldier-loggers fill BC spruce camps for six months leave
Special representative Henley announced that labor shortages in British Columbia spruce camps have been met by soldier-loggers granted six months' leave from the forces. A similar plan to fill war industry labor gaps is under tentative consideration.
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Vancouver
Henley
National Selective Service Board
British Columbia
Will Be Eligible
Exclusive pages of De brett’s Peerage will be opened in the next edition to holders of the George Cross. Names of common folk who have won the Empire’s highest civilian gallantry award will appear with peers baronets and others of ancient lineage.
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London
Debrett
Family of Seven Dead in English Air Raid
Benjamin Haylor his wife and five daughters were killed during an air raid in a northeast English town. The tragedy underscores the ongoing dangers of bombing raids over England with civilians affected.
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England
Benjamin Haylor
Debate Still On Gandhi Nehru Azad Contend Over India’s Path
In Wardha leaders of the All India Congress discuss independence timing and strategy. Gandhi, Nehru, and Azad weigh immediate action versus delaying a showdown with British rule while evading Japanese danger. Observers warn of possible clashes with authorities and hunger strikes.
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New Delhi
India
Wardha
Mohandas K. Gandhi
All- India Congress Party
Azad
Nehru
Gandhi
Occidentals
All-India Congress Party
Canadian Units In Alaska With U S Air Forces
Canadian Army anti aircraft units and Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons have been with U S forces in Alaska for several days. General Kenneth Stuart said he attached significance to Japan’s Aleutian moves as a defensive aim to neutralize air bases used for raids on Japan. He added there is no reason to be alarmed, and corrected a misimpression about the strategic significance of the Aleutian actions.
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Victoria
Royal Canadian Air Force
Alaska
Kenneth Stuart
Canadian General Staff
Stuart
Pacific Command
Defence
Ralston
Aleutians
Japan
Gen. Stuart
Vancouver
Aleutian Islands
Fascists Troubles in Italy Prompt Purge Debate
German radio reports lively Italian discussions on purging Fascists who are mere ballast. The idea began with the education minister and spread to the Fascist weekly Gerarchia which says the party is full of members lacking inner conviction and mass admission has been a burden.
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New York
Italy
Gerarchia
Shortage of Nursesshuts ward at Vancouver General Hospital
Dr Stewart Murray city medical health officer told the Metropolitan health committee that one ward of Vancouver General Hospital has already closed due to an acute shortage of graduate nurses. Other hospital services will be curtailed for the same reason.
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Vancouver
Stewart Murray
Metropolitan Health Committee
Churchill’s Dramatic US Visit Sparks War Front Talks
Prime Minister Churchill sails to the United States to confer with President Roosevelt on a second front and allied strategy. The talks are expected to cover shipping losses, Anglo-Russian treaty, Mediterranean and Asian theater plans, and support routes to Britain Russia and China.
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London
Roosevelt
Churchill
Mediterranean
Orient
Australia
Britain
Russia
China
House of Commons
Near East
Libya
Caucasus
Sugar Rationing Plan Outlined by Wartime Board
Ottawa announces a July 1 start for coupon sugar rationing with four eligible classes private consumers industrial users public caterers and institutions. Private buyers use coupons while caterers and institutions file forms and face 70 percent of 1941 quarter usage. Retailers must register buyers and return coupons to wholesalers for refund via board purchasing certificates.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
Donald Gordon
S. R. Noble
J. G. Taggart
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