Britain Hurls Defiance at Nazi Air Raiders
Washington reports Britain remains defiant after two months of relentless Nazi bombing. Churchill warns Parliament invasion danger remains, while German weather excuses are questioned. Air raids continue across a 100 mile front as Britain braces for further attacks before autumn storms.
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Britain
Washington
Hitler
London
England
Berlin
Churchill
Pest
North Sea
English Channel
Germany
Italian Casualties and RAF Claims Examined
The British ministry says Italian casualty lists confirm the conservative nature of RAF loss claims. In July 1940, 76 Italian aircraft were claimed destroyed by the RAF, with several hit on the ground. The list also notes 76 Italian pilots killed or missing, exceeding the RAF’s reported total.
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London
Ministry of Information
RAF
R.al.f
English Plum Pudding Shipment Reaches Boston Warehouses
Customs documents show 179 cases of ten thousand English plum puddings arrived on a British ship for ripening in American warehouses. The delicacies, traditionally made for Christmas, were held in England until autumn due to conditions abroad.
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Heston
Boston
England
French Warships In Action Against Raid
French warships repelled a raid on a south coast naval base with guns fired by free French crews. Two enemy bombers were shot down as General Charles de Gaulle’s leadership group announced the action.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Brietain
Jamaica Federation Resolution Supports Canada Link
Kingston Jamaica residents and private citizens join Progressive League members in passing resolutions favoring Jamaica’s federation with Canada as a West Indies province of the Dominion.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Canada
West Indies
Progressive League
Chief Engineer Dice Winnipeg
Edger McM Hill 58 chief engineer for the western region of the C N Railways died in hospital after an illness of three months.
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Winnipeg
Edger McM. Hill
C.N. Railways
Newfoundland War Bases Strengthened in Atlantic Gander Botwood
Air Minister Power announced near term Canadian funding of about 3 million dollars to bolster land and sea air bases at Gander Lake and Botwood in Newfoundland guarded by Canadian troops. He plans a survey of the eastern command visiting Halifax Yarmouth Saint John Sydney and other maritime areas.
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Awa
Newfoundland
Ganderlake
Botwood
Power
Maritime Provinces
National Defence
the Minster
Halifax
Yarmouth
Saint John
Sydny
Maritime
Gander Lake
Batwood
Imperial Airways
North Atlantic
Atlantic
America
British Cruiser Transylvania Sunk by German U-Boat
The 16 923 ton armed merchant cruiser Transylvania formerly of Cunard and renamed H M S Transylvania was torpedoed and sank in the Atlantic. Captain F N Miles commanded the vessel which ran aground after a four hour ordeal with 30 to 40 sailors feared dead and over 300 saved by rescuers at a west coast port.
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London
Transylvania
West Indies
New York
Atlantic
Admiralty
Mner
King Leopold Aims to Repatriate Belgian Refugees
King Leopold of Belgium reunites with his children in his castle while awaiting the return of hundreds of thousands of Belgians who fled to France during Germany's invasion. About 1.5 million Belgians wandered in France then. He asked Switzerland to negotiate returns across the Swiss frontier and secured Red Cross cooperation.
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Leopold
Belgium
Brussels
Berlins
France
Germany
Switzerland
Red Cross
China’s War in Hong Kong Claim of Air and Sea Losses
A Chinese air command statement issued in Shanghai on the third anniversary of hostilities claims 48 Japanese planes destroyed on the ground or in air battles, 1,248 enemy airmen killed, and 40 Japanese war vessels sunk over three years of fighting.
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Hong Kong
Chinese Air Command
Shanghai
Edmonton Electrician Killed by High Voltage Wire
Edmonton police report Carl D B Pullman about 50 a line foreman in Edmonton's electric light department was killed instantly after accidentally touching a high voltage wire.
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Edmonton
Carl DB. Pullman
Electric Light Department
British pilots praise air superiority over German raids
Squadron Leader J. A. Leathart, DSO, recalls fighters over France, but a new resolve arises as bombs fall on Britain. Canadian Press writer notes RAF losses and claimed German planes, and explains changes in how destroyed aircraft are credited, amid Spitfires and Hurricanes with 9600 rounds per minute.
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London
Royal Air Force
newsTaen
J. A. Leathart
France
Air Ministry
J. F Sanderson
R.A
RAF
Britain
R.A.F
R.A F
Factors Cited for RAF Air Superiority Over German Bombers
The article cites speed near 400 mph, better RAF pilot training, and the vulnerability of slow bombers to nimble fighters. It notes German bombers lack power turrets and emphasizes the psychological edge of defending one's country boosting fighter morale.
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R.A.F
U S Editors Visit Ontario Camps Six Day Inspection
A party of 32 United States weekly newspaper editors and syndicate managers arrived in Ontario for a six day tour. They will inspect the Royal Canadian Air Force station at Trenton and the RCAP and army encampment at Camp Borden. The group is hosted by the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association the Ontario Hotelmen's Association and the Ontario department of highways. They were greeted by Ontario highways minister T. B. McQueston.
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U.S
Canada
Niagara Falls
Exemption for Newspapers and Books From New Tax
Chancellor Sir Kingsley Wood told the House of Commons he would exempt newspapers and books from the new purchase tax. He argued free press and wide distribution are vital to public morale, yielding to publishers protests.
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London
Kingsley Wood
House of Commons
Kingsley
Harvest Labor Shortage Hits Western Canada Harvest
Western Canada reports a labor shortage for harvest work as wages vary from 2 to 5 a day for stockers and machine operators. In Manitoba basic stocking pay is 2 a day with some places paying 8. Wages show little overall rise yet prices tend to climb as the season advances per the Western Clearing House of the Employment Service in Winnipeg.
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Canada
Western Clearing House
The
Employment Service of
Anada
Manitoba
Wnoipeg
Employment Service
Germany preps invasion threat amid air battle
Reports say Germany has troop concentrations in Norway and the Netherlands ready to invade Britain if air attacks succeed. Hitler’s forces are testing Britain’s air defenses as they seek air supremacy, with reduced bomber use noted in recent raids.
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London
Germany
Norway
Netherlands
Britain
Uus
Hitler
Holland
War Secretary Eden vows Britain will strike Germany hard
In a broadcast Anthony Eden pledged that Britain will deal Hitler a death blow and that nations under his rule will rise against him like ghosts. He urged vigilance for collaborators in Poland Czechoslovakia Norway Denmark Holland Belgium France Austria and elsewhere, promising support when the time comes.
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London
Anthony Eden
Britain
Germany
Hitler
Poland
Czerho
Slovakia
Norway
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
France
Austria
London House debates blockade on food supplies to Europe
A motion opposing any effort to allow food supplies to pass the blockade was introduced in the House of Commons and endorsed by 150 members.
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London
Europe
House of Commons
Executed For Treason in Berlin 1940
Berlin authorities executed 80 year old Dutchman van Myndert Meeuwissen of Amsterdam for treason after a May 23 conviction for attempting to pass military secrets to an unnamed foreign power. He is the 25th person sentenced to death this year for treason.
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Berlin
Germany
He van Myndert Meeuwissen
Amsterdam
Urgent need in Britain for more planes
Britain weighs heavy air loss with daily raids as German air waves press Dover and other ports. RAF defenses, though battered, repel strikes while trains operate off schedule and coastal morale remains high amid the nightly bombing and gunfire.
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Britain
London
Channel
Royal Air Force
England
Dover
Fixed Grain Prices Announced By Canadian Wheat Board Winnipeg
The Canadian Wheat Board announced fixed minimum prices for No 1 Hard No 2 Northern No 1 Amber Durum No 2 Amber Durum No 3 Alberta Winter and other grades for the current crop year based on Fort William Vancouver stores. The embargo on ship moves to lakehead ports was eased with daily allowances of 200 grain cars per CP and CN railways.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Alberta
Fort William
Vancouver
Board of Grain Commissioners
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railways
Lakehead
Vikings Reach New York Harbor In Small Open Boat
Four Norwegians three demobilized soldiers and a sailor arrived in St Johns Newfoundland aboard an 18 foot boat after crossing the Atlantic from Norway. They lacked gasoline and had to rely on paddling using oars and an auxiliary engine that could not be fueled. A pilot's chart guided their hazardous voyage.
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St. John’s
Nld
Here
Atlantic
Norway
Far North Trip Edmonton Pilot Sets Record Flight
Pilot Alf Caywood returned to Edmonton after completing the most northerly commercial flight. His 10 day journey reached Minto Inlet on the northeast edge of Victoria Inland, about 1,758 miles northeast of Edmonton, with final leg 160 miles northwest of the magnetic pole.
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Edmonton
Alf Caywood
Minto Inlet
Victoria
Magnetic Pole
Britons Raze Buildings in Gibraltar Approach Area
Britons plug the gate and demolish warehouses and other structures along the Algeciras side of Gibraltar in the commercial dock zone. The razing aims to improve defensive positions by clearing sightlines and creating higher dominating positions for the British stronghold.
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Algeciras
Spain
Gibraltar
Service Restored Between Berne and Vichy After Censorship
Telephonic communication between Switzerland and Vichy France resumed after a period of disruption due to a French censorship order that restricted to official calls only. The restoration ends intermittent service affecting Berne.
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Berne
Switzerland
Vichy
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