War dispatches from London recount clashes and reprisals in the Balkans
Reports from Radio Ber t in and BBC detail executions and punishments across Yugoslavia and Crete. Slovenian peasants and a former mayor in Crete reportedly shot, villages burned, and a German victory narrative countered by guerilla successes around Ljubljana and Heraklion. Ukrainian Quisling Pawliszyn reportedly killed by Polish patriots.
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London
Balkans
Crete
German Trans-Ocean Agency
Radio Bertin
Bielj
Yugoslavia
BBC
Herakleion
The
Jewn
Bec
Ljubljana
Venasco
Columbia Broadcasting System
Radio Moscow
Trans-Ocean
Quisling
Russia
Radio
Budapest
Danube
Sava
Osyp Pawliszyn
Gestapo
Wartime Demands Could Drive Rail Travel Rationing
W M Neal, CPR vice president, says wartime pressures may force travel rationing. In Kentville Nova Scotia he notes the rail system must support the war effort while still serving public and private business obligations and doing all it can to meet demand.
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Kentville
N.S
W. M. Neal
Montreal
C.P.R
NO GOLD STANDARD Mays Britain Will Not Return To Gold
London. Viscount Simon told the House of Lords there is no government plan to return Britain to the gold standard after the war. He recalled that Britain’s postwar return proved unhappy and warned that shifting large sums between nations harms both payer and payee.
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Mays
Britain
London
Simon
House of Lords
Great Britain
Enemies rounded up in New York cooperation sweep
New York and Dempstead police assisted by FBI agents rounded up 42 enemy aliens. Forty are members of the Federation of Italian World War Veterans. The raid reflects wartime security efforts in the area.
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New York
P. E. Foxworth
FLBI
Ther F RE
Dempstead
N.T
Federation of Italian World War
Aid for China Plan Outlined by Pacific War Council
Washington report says the Pacific war council finalized China supply delivery plans. Members left the White House confident they know what China needs and how, when, and where to get the aid in. Walter Nash described the council as having worked out procedures to ensure China can mount the best possible defense.
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Washington
Pacific War Council
China
White House
Walter Nash
New Zealand
Counci
Plan To Make Rubber From Grain In Canada
Ottawa reports details Canada s drive to produce synthetic rubber using wheat and petroleum. Projections show 1 920 000 bushels needed for 6 000 tons of buna S rubber, with 25 000 tons possible from 8 million bushels, and munitions minister Howe touts mixed base plans. Polymer Corp breaks ground on a 40 million plant aiming for 40 000 tons annually, including 8 000 tons from grain alcohol process in 1943.
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Ottawa
Canada
The
National Research Council
House of Commons
North America
Ontario
Howe
British United Press
Polymer Corporation
Canadian Call Up: 3,006 Men for Training Targets
War Services Minister Thorson told the House of Commons about a July call up in Canada aiming to recruit about 2,490 to 2,500 men for compulsory military training in the Toronto Administrative district. Defence Minister Ralston said 15,000 men were being called in July and 25,000 in August. Exemptions for agriculture and uneven manpower pools across districts affected who was drafted, with shortfalls filled by neighboring divisions if needed.
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Canada
Ottawa
War Services
Thorson
House of Commons
Toronto
Defence
Ralston
Thorsen
National War Services
National Defence Department
Roosevelt Signs Legion of Merit for Meritorious Service
President Roosevelt has signed a bill creating a new decoration, the Legion of Merit, for armed service members who show exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Legion of Merit
New Airdromes Build to House U.S. Army Air Forces
London reports several new airfields constructed in Britain to host the growing U.S. Army Air Forces. The force here will include fighters and reconnaissance planes as well as bombers.
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London
Great Britain
U.S. Army Air Forces
Cuba bans shipments to Spain under food control policy
Carlos Hevia the price and supply control administrator announced Cuba will prohibit shipments of all kinds of foodstuffs to Spain and provisioning of Spanish merchant ships in Cuban ports. He said such shipments serve to ease enemies since Spain allies with Germany and Italy.
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Cuba
Spain
Havana
Carlos Hevia
Plastic bonded plywood trainer AT-13 flies in tests
Washington reports successful test flights of the AT-13, a large training aircraft built entirely from plastic bonded plywood by Fairchild at Magerstown Maryland, as announced by the War Department.
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Washington
Fairchild Company
Magerstown
United States War Department
Road to Alaska rail plan backed by Roosevelts ally
Frederick A. Delano, chairman of the National Resources Planning board, urged President Roosevelt to press ahead with building a railroad to Alaska from Prince George to Fairbanks as a vital military asset and postwar development. The Post-Intelligencer noted five rail gateway routes from the United States to the northern railhead, highlighting Winnipeg, Saskatchewan, Lethbridge Edmonton, Spokane, and Seattle gateways.
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Seattle
Frederick A. Delano
National Resources Planning Board
Roosevelt
United States
Alaska
Post-Intelligencer
Delano
Prince George
B.C
Fairbanks
the Resources Board
Eskimos to be released after Belcher Island killings
Toronto attorney general Gordon Conant said four of five Eskimos tried last summer will be released shortly by order of the Dominion government. The fifth man is dead.
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Toronto
Gordon Conant
Ontario
Belcher Island
Dominion
Air Commodore Praises Canadian Air Force Efforts Worldwide
Ottawa report quotes Air Commodore Woo A Curtis praising the Royal Canadian Air Force for supporting the British South Army in Egypt and fighting alongside RAF squadrons over Malta and Ceylon. He notes Canadians in Russia on leave, lauds the French Canadian squadron, and stresses Britain’s heavy bombing as decisive while warning of Nazi pressure if sacrifice declines.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Sth
Egypt
Woo A. Curtis
R.C.A.F
Eim- Pire
Malta
Ceylon
Curtis
Britain
Russia
R.A F
R.A.F
Grain Storage Crisis Hits Western Terminals Hard
Western grain terminals near capacity as harvest nears. Canada faces the most acute storage problem in history with 418 million bushels of all grains, lake head stocks at 130.8 million, licensed capacity 144.5 million, and a carryover likely around 400 million by July end.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Board of Grain Commissioners
Lakes Head
Fort William
Lakehead
Dominion
United States
Ottawa
MacKinnon
Ottawa debates rubber plan and Athabacka tar sands
Prime Minister Mackenzie King described a government policy backed move to appoint a committee to study progress in synthetic rubber production and the development of the Athabaska tar sands, outlining a seven day course for the government.
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Athababka Tur Sands
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Athabacka
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