New Proposals for Dominion Control of Taxes
A royal commission report outlines a long range plan to reorganize fiscal powers between Ottawa and provinces. It calls for federal assumption of unemployment relief, provincial debt, and a large transfer of tax fields to the Dominion, with adjustment and emergency grants to ensure minimum services and balanced budgets. The scheme aims to stabilize finances and boost national income while keeping total tax levels unchanged.
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Ottawa
Royal Commission On
Canada
Dominion
Commission
Saskatchewan
Tank Warfare Paris Unprecedented Battle Tactics
Reports describe a scale of tank warfare in Paris unseen in military history. Officers adapt on the field as one group commander fights off encirclement, another survives a turret blast and leads tanks through a mine field on foot. A cavalry veteran with a motorcycle detachment breaks a German barricade, followed by motorized artillery and Allied support destroying German tanks.
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Paris
Hts
Threat of Invasion Sparks National Urgency Across Britain
Anxiety over a possible Nazi invasion fuels a surge of volunteer enlistments from John o'Groats to Land's End. Prime Minister Eden calls for volunteers to fight parachutists, while Britain prepares for air attacks with plans to identify and counter masquerade intruders from all walks of life. Nazi spokesmen promise to strike “at exactly the right moment.”
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London
Anthony Eden
John o'Groats
Land's End
Berlin
England
America Warned London Editorial Message
The Daily Express warns that if Germany wins in the Low Countries and Britain loses Atlantic control America could face invasion. It urges Americans to prepare on a scale larger than ever before.
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London
The
Daily Express
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
Low Countries
Atlantic
America
Quick Response for Volunteers for Home Defense
London reports British minute men rushing to answer Eden's call for local defense volunteers after Germany's advance into Holland. Thousands flocked to sign up as Kirke coordinates anti parachutist efforts and the Admiralty requisitions small motor boats for in shore patrols along coastal regions.
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London
Holland
Anthony Eden
Eden
Britain
Walter Kirke
Home Forces
King George
V Volunteers
Admiralty
English Channel
British Cabinet Enacts Drastic Anti Profiteering Order
London reports a new cabinet move fixing prices across a wide range of goods including clothing boots shoes furniture cutlery radios gramophones bicycles clocks watches drugs soaps candles and matches with cheaper clothing already capped. The order aims to curb profiteering during the wartime period.
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London
War Echoes Across England as Bombardment Flares Nearby
Rumblings along the Deal coastline echo World War I memories with gunfire from Belgium and France shaking houses. Disturbances lasted about a minute with doors and windows rattling, likened to an earthquake, as distant tremors rolled along the coast all day.
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London
Belgium
France
Deal
England
Flanders
War Ration Reductions From Lord Woolton Announced
Lord Woolton the food minister announced cuts to butter bacon and sugar rations due to loss of Dutch and Scandinavian supplies and shipping space. Butter drops from eight to four ounces weekly starting June 3 sugar from twelve to eight starting May 27 with bacon to be cut soon. The sugar cut reflects the failed West Indies crop and need to conserve currency resources. Woolton urged action over speeches promising Britons will have food.
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London
Lord Woolton
Food Ministry
British West Indies
Canada eases landings for international airlines at 11 airports
Regulators relax rules for international carriers allowing planes to land without prior customs permission at 11 Canadian airports. Pilots report to customs on arrival. Airports include Winnipeg Lethbridge Vancouver and Whitehorse.
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Ottawa
Canada
Winnipeg
Lethbridge
Vancouver
Whitehorse
Allies take initiative in air fighting across Belgium and Sedan
London reports British Expeditionary Force in Belgium held off serious German attacks after hard fighting. Air forces claim at least 124 enemy planes destroyed since the German offensive began, with Havas counting 750 German planes shot down and 690 wreckage found. RAF and French bombers halted the German advance over the Meuse, while low level raids targeted troops, bridges, roads and tanks amid a massive coordinated attack. Berlin claims fighter threat near England.
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Havas
Air Ministry
Sedan
Royal Air Force
Belgium
Germany
London
Meuse
Grey Legions
R.A F
Berlin
Reich Army
England
Sir Harry Lauder to entertain Canadian troops at Aldershot
Scotland’s famed singing comedian Sir Harry Lauder will headline a four night concert series at Aldershot for the Canadian first division. He will be joined by his all star company to provide morale boosting recreation for the troops.
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Sir Harry Lauder
Aldershot
Harry Lauder
Scotland
George Ignatieff Named Canada House Third Secretary
London dispatch announces the appointment of George Ignatieff a Rhodes Scholar from Sherbrooke Quebec as third secretary of Canada House reflecting continued Canadian representation in Britain.
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London
George Ignatieff
Rhodes Schollar
Sherbrooke, Que
Canada House
Ottawa notifies families before public casualty releases
Relatives of Canadians in the armed forces will be told 24 hours before casualty news is released for publication. The Department of National Defence will delay public release or radio broadcasts until a full day after relatives receive notice. British authorities advise informing relatives of casualties prior to public disclosure.
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Ottawa
Army
Navy
Air Force
Department of National Defence
Strength Of Air Force Ottawa
Wartime strength of the Royal Canadian Air Force fixed at 3 500 officers and 41 000 air men. Order-in-council adopted Feb 23 states this is the maximum and includes permanent active air force special reserve and members of other British Empire air forces attached temporarily.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
RCAF
Saskatchewan Dean Named President of Canadian Society
Dr. L E Kirk, dean of agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan, was elected president of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists by mail ballot. He will take office at the society’s annual meeting in Winnipeg from June 19 to 22.
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Ottawa
L. E. Kirk
Faculty of Agriculture
University of Saskatchewan
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Winnipeg
City council seeks disqualification of subversives from office
Hamilton council passes a resolution urging Ottawa to enact protective laws. The resolution asks the federal government to disfranchise individuals convicted of subversive activities and to bar them from holding any public office.
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Hamilton
Ont
Ontaro
Oxford City Council Dean Receives Military Draft Summons
James Ray, 71 year old dean of Oxford city council, has received a military service summons. He quipped that he was born too soon when asked about his condition and suggested authorities bring him a bath chair.
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Oxford, Kng
James Ray
Oxford City
Ray
Britons urged to discourage wartime rumors
London text reports Alfred Duff Cooper, new minister of information, urging the public to ignore and discourage rumors. He warns some rumors shake public confidence, cites the King leaving for Canada as an example, and stresses accuracy over speed in wartime information.
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London
Alfred Duff Cooper
Canada
Lord Haig
Duff Cooper
May Tighten Restrictions Ottawa Contends No Broad Internment Planned
Col. H. Stethem, assistant director of internment operations, says Canada does not plan sweeping internment of enemy aliens. Policy unchanged since the war began, though authorities will act on any German sympathy or subversive activity. Some aliens have been released but future releases may be limited.
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Ottawa
Col
H. Stethem
Canada
Britain
England
Stethem
Miner Invents Safety Catch for Elevators at Cadomin
Cadomin Alberta miner Charles Jacobi reports Canadian patent granted for a safety catch device for shaft cages and elevators. The invention, a wedge based design, arose after his brother’s death in a Nova Scotia mine two years prior when a trip crashed to the incline bottom, killing several workers. The simple, inexpensive mechanism aims to enhance mine safety.
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Cadomin
Alta
Nova Scotia
Charles Jacobi
Cadomin Coal Company
Jacobi
Australian air personnel to be called under Empire scheme
Air Minister J. V. Fairbairn announced 2000 Australian pilots and 1800 observers and gunners will be called up before year end. The first air personnel head for advanced training in Canada in August.
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Melbourne
J. V. Fairbairn
Canada
Wounded Britons Arrive From Front At Liverpool Station
Between 200 and 300 British casualties from base hospitals in France and Norway reached a Liverpool station. A convoy of ambulances carried the wounded to a military hospital, with about half listed as stretcher cases.
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London
France
Norway
Liverpool
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