Ottawa Denounces Nuance of Compulsory Transfer Order
Ottawa’s Mitchell denounces the third compulsory transfer order calling for thousands to move to more essential work after July 15. The order covers men born 1917 to 1924 who are 19, and unmarried men born 1906 to 1916, plus widowers with no children, with similar age groups subject to military service and national selective service. Mitchell notes the number covered is not yet determined but expects strong compliance like prior orders.
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Ottawa
Mitchell
Increase Granted on Clothes Pins Prices
Ottawa reports the prices board approved a rise in clothes pins cost due to higher manufacturing costs. The new price is 12 cents for three dozen pins east of the 90th meridian, 15 cents in prairie provinces, and 16 cents in British Columbia.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
Fort William
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Britain’s Aircraft Output Surpasses Early Estimates
Labor Minister Ernest Bevin told the Women’s Co operative Guild of Labour congress that Britain alone now produces more aircraft than Germany. He credited more women workers and better production to raise output beyond his 1940 forecast for this year.
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Britain
London
Germany
Ernest Bevingard
Congress of the Women's Co-operative Guild of Labor
Canada to ship surplus beef to United Kingdom during war
Canada will export frozen beef surpluses to the United Kingdom under a wartime agreement with Great Britain and the United States. No current surplus exists, but a minimum price plan governs purchases through August, with price steps lowering into September. Beating domestic use remains priority, with beef remaining central to the Canadian market.
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Canada
United Kingdom
Ottawa
L. W. Pearsall
Canadian Meat Board
Common Agricultural Committee
Great Britain
United States
R. S. Hamer
Agriculture Department
Meat Board
Hamer
Britain
North America
Brazilian officers jailed for espionage long sentences
In Rio de Janeiro a Brazilian artillery captain and two defenders were sentenced to 30 years in prison after espionage conviction. Ten others, including the former German ambassador and a German naval attacker tried in absentia, received terms from 1 to years.
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Rio de Janeiro
Inbsentia
Conservative MP outlines postwar Commonwealth air policy
Mrs Tate, a Tory member of Parliament and delegation to Canada, calls for a unified Commonwealth foreign policy, defense policy, and civil aviation framework. She urges postwar unity and asserts the Commonwealth can contribute meaningfully to the new global order.
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Aritfah
Queen Mary to Personally Oversee Victory Factory Work
Queen Mary will operate her own victory factory on her wartime estate and personally supervise assembling electrical parts. Buildings will converge from carpenters and wheelwrights shops as the plan follows a tour of dozens of factories. The queen mother’ s decision drew volunteers from a nearby village and household members also plan to participate.
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London
Queen Mary
Victory
Queen Mother
Liverpool Seaman Henry Heinson Recovers After Atlantic Drift
Henry Heinson of London a survivor of a lifeboat ordeal in the Atlantic was awarded the B E M for his endurance and survival lasting eighteen days while surviving on a single cabbage before rescue as headlines note.
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Liverpool
Henry Heinson
London
Atlantic
Empire Planes Hit Axis Shipping Hard in RAF RC AF Efforts
British air forces have sunk or damaged nearly a quarter million tons of Axis ships in the past year, a conservative tally by RAF and RCAF briefings shows. Coastal convoys and rail disruption are key targets as RAF and RC AF pilots press daily strikes against German supply lines along western Europe.
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London
RAF
R.C.A F
Britain
Nemway
Low Countries
France
Hitler
R.A.F
R.C.A.F
Indian Commander Bombing in Northern France Rumors
Report claims Indian forces bombed northern France averaging 145 locomotives monthly in a German transport crisis. RAF notices at least 40 German ships sunk in the North Sea and English Channel in 12 months, with estimated 39 000 tons tonnage. Damaged ships around 140, many permanently out of service, adding strain on shipyards focused on submarine work.
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France
Germany
RAF
North Sea
English Channel
Churchill And Roosevelt Retain Giraud In North Africa
In the House of Commons Churchill said Britain and the United States asked the de Gaulle Giraud liberation committee on June 19 to keep Gen. Henri Giraud as commander of French armed forces in North Africa for the present on military grounds. The move sought assurances no major changes would occur in French command, as requested on Eisenhower’s behalf. The clash over leadership followed reports of French leaders in Algiers and Shinwell pressed questions about Allied policy. meanwhile North African despatches on June 22 indicated both Giraud and de Gaulle would retain command of their forces. Churchill urged no focus on individual personalities, stressing collective responsibility toward France’s national organization.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
United States
de Gaulle-Giraud National Committee of Liberation
Henri Giraudte
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Aled
Gen
Eisenhower
Emanuel Shinwell
Labor
Churchil
Charlers de Gaulle
Mediterranean
Kirk Simpson
Associated Press
Washington
de Gaulle
Simpson
Britain
Shinwell
Mr. Churchil
Africa
Giraud
Algiers
France
Canadians Speak English And French In 1941 Census
Dominion bureau of statistics reports 1,474,008 Canadians could speak both official languages. About 70 percent lived in urban areas and 90 percent in rural areas. 7,735,486 spoke English only and 2,181,746 French only. 115,414 spoke neither.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
British Sub Hit Supply Ship At Sardinia Harbor
A British submarine entered Porto Torres in Sardinia and fired a torpedo through a breakwater opening, sinking a half loaded supply ship that was cut in two. The torpedo attack was led by Lieut. R. B. Lakin, formerly commander of Urrula.
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London
Porto Torres
Admiralty
Lieut
R. B. Lakin
Urrula
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