Roosevelt hints at oil embargo as Japan threat rises
Washington signals possible full oil embargo on Japan amid fear of Japanese expansion from French Indo China toward Singapore, the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies. President Roosevelt defended past policy while Sumner Welles blamed Japan for military occupation and urged decisive economic action. Discussions followed with Canada, Russia, Australia, and Britain, but diplomats declined to comment.
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Japan
United States
Tokyo
Pacific
South Pacific
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Welles
Indo-China
Roosevelt
Three Nations
Canetan
Oumansky
Richard G. Casey
Nevile Butler
Viscount Halifax
Marshall Warns of Nazi Uprisings in South America
General George C. Marshall told the House Military Committee in a closed session that three South American nations face possible Nazi uprisings, with Brazil Bolivia and Colombia named as centers of strength. Chairman Andrew May described the international situation as serious, while Senate leaders discussed reviving authority to deploy draftees outside the Western Hemisphere.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
United States Army
Home of Representatives Military Committee
Marshall
South America
Braz
Bolivia
Colombia
Andrew May iDem
Kentucky
House Military Committee
Senate
Mayhall
Press speech from governor general praises North American press
The Earl of Athlone assured U S journalists that the free peoples will defeat the enemy and pave a new world of peace. He praised the high standards of responsibility shown by Canadian and American press and thanked them for unfailing courtesy in his first year, joking about governor generalities.
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Toronto
Earl of A
Thtone
United States
World
South Carolina Press Association
Canada
Atlantic
Lord Athrone
Ottawa allows existing private charge accounts for gas
Dominion oil controller G R Cotrellle told The Canadian Press that private automobile owners with existing charge accounts at filling stations may continue to use them, but no new accounts may be opened. The restriction, effective July 21, bars credit cards issued by distributors, though farmers may retain current accounts until after harvest.
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Ottawa
G. R. Co‘trelle
Dominion Oil Controller
Cottrelle
Mr. Cottrelie
Huge Plane Production Report From American Machinist
The American Machinist estimates Great Britain and the United States are producing 32 percent more airplanes per month than Germany, with Russia near the German rate. World output around 8,000 planes monthly: Germany 2,500. Russia 2,000. Britain 1,800. United States 1,500. Japan 300. Italy minimal.
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New York
Authhoritative
American Machinist
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Russia
Britain
Japan
Italy
Europe
Insurance Scheme Ottawa Record Nears Completion
The unemployment insurance scheme that began July 1 shows 105,084 Canadian employers having requisitioned 2,295,877 insurance books for employees, according to officials at the governing commission offices.
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Ottawa
Governing Commission
General Smuts Referred to as General in Cape Town Speech
In Cape Town the Prime Minister Jan C. Smuts, a duly appointed Field Marshal in the British Army, prefers the title General when addressed. The remark reflects Smuts' chosen designation in public discourse during the visit.
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Cape Town
Jan C. Smuts
Pereengliy
Resignation reshapes CNR leadership at Montreal
W H Hobbs announced the board's change with St Hungerford stepping down as CNR president and RR C Vaughan named to succeed him across the system including West Indies ships and related firms. Hungerford remains board chair and resigns as Trans Canada Airlines president with H J Symington to take over TC A.
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Railway
Hungerford
Trans-Canada Airlines
H. J. Symington
K.C
Montreal
T.C.A
Britain Interns Suspects Under Emergency Powers Act
London reports that 1,779 persons were arrested under the Emergency Powers Act in the past year with 762 still detained. Oswald Peake, under secretary for home affairs, told the House that 292 detainees are tied to organizations under foreign influence. Home Secretary Morrison declined any illegal deportation to Canada and defended the detention grounds as necessary.
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London
House
Oswald Peake
Home Affairs
Home Secretary
House of Lords
Commons
Peake
Britain
Herbert Morrison
Canada
Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Lead London Show
Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret rose sang solos and duets then led community singing in a London show that raised 267 for winter woollens for the troops.
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London
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Confidence in Russia Wins Backers Despite Communism Claim
British economist Sir George Pai Bri says in Montreal interview that there is no world menace from Communism with a Russian victory over Germany. He calls Russia a cooperative state with fair wages, shares profits on co operative farms, and believes Russia could defeat Germany with Allied help. He notes strong Russian army air fleet and navies and expects winter to favor the Russians.
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Montreal
Sir George Pai
Germany
Russia
George
Baltic
Black Seas
British Empire
United States
War Veteran Nevill Smyth 73 Dies in Melbourne
Maj Gen Sir Nevill Smyth Victoria Cross recipient and Khartoum hero died in Melbourne at 73. He was wounded at Khartoum and famed for Dongola raid riding through retreating Dervishes in 1896. At Gallipoli he led infantry in the August 6 1915 Ione line assault, earning the Bath and four mentions in despatches, later serving in France in World War I.
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Melbourne
Australia
Nevill Smyth
Khartoum
Nevill
Dongola
Dardanelles
Ione Line
Order of the Bath
France
Vengeance plane christened at Downey by Lady Halifax
Lady Halifax, wife of Britain's U S ambassador, named the Vengeance dive bomber at the Vultee plant in Downey. The ceremony drew 5000 workers as the low-wing monoplane, camouflaged brown and green, flew a dramatic test dive while she urged the aircraft to speed victory and restore peace.
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Los Angeles
Lady Halifax
United States
Britain
Vultee Aircraft
Downey
Here
Duke of Kent to Inspect Air Training Plan
Ottawa announces the Duke of Kent will visit Canada soon to tour air establishments and other war effort aspects. Details of arrival remain unpublished until he is within the Dominion. The prince, born December 20, 1902, is a popular Windsor member and has served in multiple military roles while supporting the war effort.
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Ottawa
Duke of Kent
George VI
Canada
Mackenzie King
Dominion
Prince George
Prince of Wales
Duke of Windsor
Bahamas
Australia
George V
Mary
House of Windsor
Stanley Baldwin
E. P
High River
Alberta
George Edward Alexander Edmund
Earl of
Queen’s Own West Kent Regiment
Royal Navy
Three Arms
Floods in Japan leave dead and thousands homeless
A typhoon and heavy rains across Japan caused 34 deaths and flooded 26,000 homes in Shizuoka. Crops were inundated and rail service disrupted as thousands more were left homeless. 38 people in Shizuoka remained missing.
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Tokyo
Shizuoka
Othher
Japan
Shizuoka Prefecture
Allied force sizes in East Africa clash outline
Report states Gen Sir Alan Cun ningham's East Africa forces did not exceed 20 000 infantry and 68 guns yet defeated Italy's forces totaling about 170 000 including 66 000 infantry and 400 guns, in a disputed supply and deployment scenario.
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Nairobi
Sir Alan Cunningham
East Africa
Italy
First Delivery Quota Set For Wheat On New Crop Year
Winnipeg reports the Canadian wheat board set the first delivery quota for the 11-42 crop year at five bushels per authorized acre effective August 1. Farmers reported acreage under the acreage reduction plan and were offered bonuses for fallow or planting to coarse grains. The government will take delivery of only 320 million bushels of wheat during 1941-42, with initial price guarantees of 70 cents per bushel No 1 Northern. Quotas on oats, barley, rye and flax seed are not fixed for now.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Plas
Western Canada
Dominion
Fort William
Vancouver
RAF Sinks Ships From Axis Convoy Near Pantelleria
The Royal Air Force said its bombers sank at least three ships from an Axis convoy off Pantelleria between Sicily and Tunisia. An Italian destroyer escorting the four merchant ships was heavily damaged. Two bombs struck a 7,000-ton vessel setting it afire and later submerged with stern up as destroyers recovered survivors. A 6,000-ton ship and a 5,000-ton vessel, likely carrying munitions, were hit. the latter blew up and vanished. Later, two torpedoes hit a tanker reducing it to a toss, while another hit the escorting destroyer.
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Cairo
Royal Air Force
Ialian
Pantellaria
Sicily
Tunisia
R.A.F
Air Arm
Fund For Navy Alexandria Thanks NZ Forces Leader
Maj Gen B C Freyberg VC presented a cheque for £850 to Sir Andrew Cunningham commander in chief of the Mediterranean fleet for the Royal Navy Benevolent Association. The fund was raised by New Zealand soldiers in appreciation of the navy's Crete evacuation amid heavy Nazi air attacks.
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Alexandria
B. C. Freyberg
V.C
New Zealand
Middle East
Crete
Naz
Mediterranean
Andrew Cunningham
Royal Navy Benevolent Association
Acreage Reduction Praised by Arthur Greenwood
Arthur Greenwood, minister without portfolio, praised Canada’s wheat acreage reduction plan in a broadcast. He said Canada faced a large surplus of wheat and adopted restricted acreage, a policy he argued would benefit future supply and demand in essential foods.
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London
Arthur Greenwood
Churchill
Canada
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