War in Russia Begins Says Soviet Vice Commissar
The Soviet vice-commissar for foreign affairs asserts the war in Russia has only begun. He cites heavy fighting in the Gomel sector and German casualties estimated in the two months, while denying panic and stressing resilience and eventual victory against Germany, Britain, and the United States.
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Russia
Masons
Kusman
Gemet
Red Army
Ukaine
Bonet
Gomel
Red
Novgorod
Kingisepp
Lozovsky
Ussr
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Eskimos Sentenced After Hudson Bay Outbreak Trial
Four Eskimos convicted of manslaughter in a three day trial under a white man’s court inside a large tent on the Belcher Islands were sentenced by Justice C P Plaxton. Peter Sala and Charlie Duverack received two years at hard labor at Chesterfield Inlet police post. Ablaykok got one year and Peter Quarack a two year suspended sentence. Mina and Akcevik were deemed insane while Alex Alagwkok was acquitted. The case stems from violence on the islands last February and March.
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Belcher Islands
C. P. Plaxton
Peter Sala
Charlie Duverack
Chesterfield Inlet
Ablaykok
Peter Quarack
Mina
Akcevik
Alex Alagwkok
Hudson Bay
Berlin Unsafe High Officials Leave City Amid German Crimes
Moscow radio reports high Nazi circles plan to move the German government from Berlin. The CBS-recorded report says many senior government officials have already left Berlin and return only for essential business.
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City
New York
Moscow Radio
Berlin
Moscow
C.B.S
Port of Spain Beach to be Used by U S Navy Base
Trinidad authorities were notified that a popular bathing beach near Port of Spain will be requisitioned for immediate use by the U S lease base at Teteron Bay.
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Port of Spain
Trindad
United States
Trinidad
Teteron Bay
Shipment Cancelled on Egypt Cotton for Japan
An official announcement states that large quantities of Egyptian cotton scheduled for shipment to Japan will not be sent after all navicerts from Egypt to Japan were canceled. The notice underscores a halt in the planned export of the cotton shipment.
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Japan
Egypt
British Pilots Fly American Tomahs Over Reykjavik
British pilots flew American built Tomahawk fighters over Reykjavik during an air alarm as they pursued a German Heinkel plane, officials stated authoritatively.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Requisitioning Lodgings Sparks Norwegian Resentment
In western Norway German forces requisition private lodgings to quarter soldiers, provoking bitter local anger reported by a Panepeper Dagens Nyheter correspondent.
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Stockholm
Norway
Panepeper
Dagens Myhbeter
McNaughton Praises Third Division Training Standard
Canada's Third Division commander Lt Gen G L McNaughton inspected detachments across the division with Maj Gen C H Price. He lauded the high basic training standards and fitness, after visiting infantry brigades, signallers, artillery, ambulances, and army service units. A reception followed by Maj Gen Victor Odlum. A shipload of ancillary troops arrived to reinforce the corps, including heavy anti aircraft units.
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Britain
Sen G. L. McNaughton
Canada
C HB Price
Maritimes
Quebec
Ontario
Price
Victor Odlum
McNaughton
Angus L. McDonald
Canadian Navy
Canada makes first 12 pound gun mount at Hamilton plant
Vice Admiral A B E Evans head of the British admiralty mission inspected Canada’s first 12 pound anti aircraft and anti submarine dual purpose gun mount built by Sawyer-MacKay Limited in Hamilton. He toured the plant, praised the four month transformation from peacetime machinery, and noted the mount as the initial deliverable for the admiralty. The Sawyer-Maassey plant had previously produced agricultural implements.
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Hamilton
Ont
A B E. Evans
British Admiralty
Canada
Sawyer-Maassey
Admiralty
Reaction Favorable to Churchill Roosevelt Meeting
Lord Halifax British ambassador to the United States said US reaction to the Churchill Rooseveltx meeting was generally favorable. He noted some criticism from expected quarters but overall press and public accepted the conference's object and results with great appreciation during a brief visit in Montreal.
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Montreal
Lord Halifax
United States
Washington
Frederick Bowhill
R.A F. Ferry Bomber Command
Empress of Russia Docked in Norfolk for Repairs
The former luxury liner Empress of Russia arrived at Hampton Roads and docked at Newport News for repairs. The sister ship of Empress of Asia, the vessel is rated at 16,810 gross tons and has been reported sunk by German submarines in prior years.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Newport News
Secret Nazi membership rolls used to target pro Axis in Mexico City
An authoritative source says the United States embassy obtained secret membership rolls of the German Nazi party in Mexico. The documents are being used as a guide for Washington's economic offensive against pro Axis interests in Mexico.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Washington
Brisbane Wharf Laborers Refuse Wool Load
Wharf laborers at Brisbane refuse to load a cargo of wool onto the Japanese liner Kashima Maru when it docked, shouting No wool for Japan. The protest highlights labor and trade tensions impacting shipping and international relations at the port.
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Melbourne
Brisbane
Japan
Petain Sets Up Local Governance Under Centralized Decentralization
Marshal Petain outlines a new framework for Vichy France with provincial governors holding sole authority and regional councils serving only as advisory bodies. The system aims to keep local regimes under central control, presenting a centralized yet decentralized structure.
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Stats
Vichy
France
Chirey
Marshal Petain
Defi
Opram Eagt Long Med
Econom
Hamburg Left In Ruins After Air Raids
A neutral diplomat described Hamburg as a ruined city after Royal Air Force raids. He cited destruction from Mockebergstrasse to town hall, evacuated canals, and damaged shipyards at Blohm und Voss. He noted the Deutsche Bank and stock exchange among smashed structures and described impaired harbor traffic and widespread devastation.
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London
Hamburg
Royal Air Force
Bremen
Town Hall
Mockebergstrasse
Deutsche Bank
Stock Exchange
Alster Fleeten
Blohm and Voss
Bismarck Hill
Karl Schurz
Reeperbahn
Gobbels’ Propaganda Corps
War Damage Claims Paid Under Britain's Act Totaled 6374
Britain reports 6,374 individual claims paid to private persons under the War Damage Act as of July 4. The total amount involved reaches £102,661, equivalent to $456,841.
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London
Britain
Labor disputes hit Canada with higher loss rate
The labor department reported in six months this year Canada lost 54 man days per 1000 employees through disputes, far above the United States at 381 and Britain at 35. For July, 29 disputes were recorded in Canada versus 21 elsewhere. In the period, 21,860 workers incurred 48,572 lost days, up from 8,563 workers and 21,186 days year earlier.
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Ottawa
Labor Department
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Faster Shipping Route to Korso misk from Seattle
The coast and geodetic survey disclosed a faster shipping route for war supplies to Russia from Seattle to Korsomisk in Siberia. No distances or sailing times were given, but officials said the route avoids westerly gales and may be safer from Japanese interference than the Vladivostok path.
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Washington
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Russia
Vladivostok
Seattle
Korsomisk
Siberia
Tools for Soviet Russia From New York Report
The World Telegram cites private foreign trade sources claiming nearly 1000 tons of machine tools are en route to Russia from New York. The tools were bought by the French government from U.S. manufacturers and lay on Staten Island docks for the past year, assigned to Great Britain.
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New York
World-Telegram
Russia
The
United States
Staten Island
Great Britain
Canadian Prime Minister King Arrives Amid Bombing Plan Return
London reports Prime Minister Macken stepped from a bombing plane during his trans Atlantic jaunt and rested briefly after the first fight. He was accompanied by Wertman Robertson and Brigadier G P Vanier. Significance centered on Canada’s stance toward Vichy, St Pierre and MIquelon and French possessions offshore. Canada now provides diplomatic representation to the French government in these overseas talks.
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London
Mackenne King
Churchill
Roosevelt
Britain
External Affairs
Amd
G. P Vanier
France
Brig Vanier
Canada
Vichy
St. Pierre and
Miquelon
Gulf of St. Lawrence
King
Dominions
Mountbatten Arrives Aboard Dixie To Command Warship
Lord Louis Mountbatten, cousin of King George, and Lady Mountbatten landed on the Dixie clipper to take command of a warship the Americans repaired. He declined to comment on a Lisbon report about a China assignment and was accompanied by Lady Mountbatten, head of London St John Ambulance, delivering thanks from the British Red Cross and ambulance service for U S aid.
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New York
Louis Mountbatten
King George
Lisbon
China
Pacific
Lady Mountbatten
London
St. John’s Ambulance Association
Red Cross
United States
Menzies Blames Japan for Far East Tension
Australian Prime Minister R G Menzies told parliament that Japan is responsible for eastern tensions and rejected the idea of encirclement by America Britain China and the Dutch. He cited British and U S concerns over French Indo China and praised the Churchill Roosevelt meeting and the Atlantic Charter as guiding liberty oriented aims.
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Canberra
R. G Menzies
Japan
Pacific
Mr. Menzies
House of Representatives
America
Great Britain
China
Dutch Empire
Britain
United States
Atlantic
Menzies
Europe
Australia
London
Pressure on Vichy Said by BBC in Paris Report
The British Broadcasting Corporation said Germany has openly pressed Vichy to secure continued cooperation. Rudolph Schramm, deputy Nazi commissioner in Paris, told German controlled newspapers that the release of French prisoners of war would depend on Vichy's stance toward Germany.
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London
Germany
Vichy
British Broadcasting Corporation
Rudolph Schramm
Paris
Ankara anxious over the arrival of Nazi troops
Ankara fears fresh German troops and air units have landed in Bulgaria. The move could press for Turkish troop corridors by force. Iran's response to Anglo-Russian pressure over German technicians is awaited as Berlin, Ankara, and Tehran show rising diplomatic activity amid broader wartime tensions.
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Ankara
Turkey
Bulgariy
Germany
Italan Actiity
Thrace
Aegean
Russia
Bulgaria
Adolf Hitler
Iran
Great Britain
Iraq
Britain
London
Pay Increase For Australians Melbourne
The Australian federal cabinet has agreed in principle on an immediate pay rise for the fighting forces with a 24 to 30 cent daily boost for an army private and 12 cents extra per day for each dependent child. Other services may also gain, and war pensions could be increased.
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Melbourne
Berlin Grants France A Reduction In Occupation Costs
Berlin has reduced France occupation costs from 400 million francs per day to 300 million francs. The move eases France financial burden, noted by Dienst Aus Deutschland. The franc is valued at about two cents.
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Berlin
Germany
France
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Princess Margaret Quiet Birthday With Royal Family
Princess Margaret Rose, aged 11, spent her birthday quietly in the country with the King, Queen, and Princess Elizabeth. The cake used rationed ingredients and had no icing but bore the traditional candles. no official celebrations occurred.
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London
Margaret Rose
Elizabeth
War training to be required for Manitoba women students
University of Manitoba will make war training work compulsory for women students in the 1941 42 season as part of the curriculum. Dr W J Spence registrar announced the plan noting the program had been carried out on a voluntary basis last year.
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Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
W. J. Spence
Free French Forces Grow in Winnipeg Support
Dr J B Thorne executive member of the Free France Manitoba branch stated the Free French forces now count over 100000 officers and men including 45000 soldiers 1000 pilots and 18000 sailors in a recent declaration from Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg
Free French
J. B. Thorne
Free France
Manitoba
Japanese Troop Movements in Saigon Indochina Update
Additional Japanese transports and supply ships have arrived, commencing unloading of what is believed to be the final troops and material for Japan's bases in southern Indo-China, near Saigon. This indicates intensified Japanese military buildup in the region.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Japan
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