Economic comparison of Hamburg bombing costs and losses
The RAF and RCAF assault on Hamburg shows 88 bombers lost and about 74 million dollars spent to destroy the city. In contrast Nazi losses in the London Blitz reached roughly 2,500 aircraft with about 1,200 aimed at London, while Hamburg raids delivered 9,500 tons of bombs in brief strikes. Civilian casualty estimates vary, but Hamburg’s impact on morale is noted as significant though not decisive.
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London
RAF
RCAF
Hamburg
Germany
R.afos
Luftwaffe
Liverpool
Plymouth
Assassination Report Hits French Fascist Leader in Paris
Paris radio via Reuters reports the assassination of Jean Moncurie secretary to Jacques Doriet, leader of the French Popular fascist party, by three unidentified men. No date given. Doriet and his headquarters have faced repeated attacks by French patriots, with a prior killing of his secretary last August.
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London
Paris
Jean Moncurie
Jacques Doriet
French Popular Party
Reuters News Agency
Doriet
Return of Manchuria and Formosa A China Objective
Chinese foreign minister T. V. Soong, visiting Britain, stated at a press conference that China expects Manchuria and Formosa to be returned after the war. He avoided commenting on Hong Kong when asked about the British crown colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
T. V. Soong
Britain
China
Manchuria
Formosa
Hong Kong
Wheat aid to California dairymen from Canadian supply
The United States War Food Administration will supply 400000 tons of Canadian wheat to California dairymen facing a severe feed shortage, announced by the state department of agriculture.
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Sacramento
Cali
United States War Food Administration
California
State Department of Agriculture
Postal service to aid merchant seamen announced
Ottawa announces a new postal service to expedite mail sent to officers and men on foreign going merchant ships. Mail will be cleared through Montreal and addressed to the person, ship name, CO Post Office Box 9000 Montreal PQ. The scheme, arranged with Canadian postal authorities and the British ministry of transport, aims to improve seamen’s service.
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Ottawa
Cananda
Arthur Randles
Mer
Montreal
Randles
Naval Postal Services
Ministry of Transport
First Woman Medical Officer Commissioned in Canadian Army
Captain Marion Ross of Toronto becomes the first woman commissioned as a medical officer in the Canadian Army. A University of Toronto medical graduate, she studied bacteriology at the University of London and served as a bacteriologist with the Emergency Public Health Laboratory Service before joining the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1942. Nursing Sisters of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps accompany troops to the Middle East during the Sicily invasion.
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Sicily
Middle East
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Marion Ross
Toronto
University of Toronto
Ross
University of London
Ministry of Health
Allied Victories Could Push Sweden Toward Defiance of Nazis
Stockholm observers say Allied victories may push Sweden to deny German troop transit to Dinlandz. Government decisions reportedly made or imminent, with Germany possibly informed. The move would mark Sweden’s boldest political step in three years.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Germany
Dinlandz
Military hospital contracts awarded to Bird Construction
The Bird Construction Company of Winnipeg won the contract to build a new 150 bed military hospital for the artillery training centre at Brandon. Work is to begin immediately as arrangements are finalized.
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Winnipeg
Brandon
Bird Construction Company
Air Strength Of Axis Said To Be Failing Fast
British and American reports claim the Luftwaffe is being driven to exhaust by Allied strategic air pressure. July losses reach 1,202 in Europe Africa and the Middle East with 2,302 on the Russian front. German production estimated at 20,000 planes a year, likely far less. Overall, Luftwaffe strength in western Europe averages 1,750 planes with day fighters about 250, signaling severe depletion.
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London
Luftwaffe
Middle East
U.S
Europe
Russia
Mediterranean
Germany
Middle East Army Ready to March for War Effort
Gen. Sir Maitland Wilson stated Middle Eastern forces are prepared to support Eisenhower in the Mediterranean. He warned the future hinges on Allied advances in Italy, German resistance, and potential German demolitions, with Crete and Rhodes noted as Allied objectives. He dismissed a Vatican buffer-state scenario and urged readiness to act on any opening while keeping resources available for occupation if needed.
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Wilson
Middle East
Cairo
Mediterranean Theatre
Italy
Middle Eastern
Sir Maitland Wilson
Eisenhower
North Africa
Aegean
Crete
Rhodes
Balkans
Germany
Gen. Wilson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Propaganda Pamphlets Distributed In Germany
A Swedish newspaper reports thousands of pamphlets circulating in Germany under Gestapo noses. The leaflets claim a Mussolini style shock would force Hitler to resign with Goering Himmler and Goebbels jailed. They describe mass strikes, peace demands, and mobs seizing Nazi villas to share food.
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Stockholm
Germany
Gestapo
Mussolini
Hitler
Goering
Himmler
Goebbels
Harvest Help May Be Moved By Use Of Trucks
Wartime Price Board official Hugh McAfee says farmers in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba may transport extra harvest helpers by truck with special permits issued for Aug 1 to Nov 15. Permits cover helpers only on routes to or from harvesting operations and temporarily relax an order against truck transport of farm workers.
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Edmonton
Hugh McAfee
Truck Control
Regional Office of Wartime Price Board
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
McAfee
Prairie Provinces
Courses for service officers to study current affairs
Ottawa outlines joint program for educational and other officers from Canada’s three armed services. Lecturers from McGill, Manitoba, Toronto, and other universities will lead courses on discussion group techniques and current events with sessions at major universities from August through September.
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Ottawa
Canada
Armed Services
Navy
Army
Air Force
Canadian Association For Adult Education
E. A. Corbett
Canadian Legion Educational Services
Wilfrid Bovey
Montreal
W. H. Brittain
McGill University
H. McD. Clokie
University of Manitoba
W. J. McCurdy
University of Toronto
R. M. Saunders
R. Westwater
Queen's University
Mount Allison University
University of Western Ontario
University of Saskatchewan
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
New Barley Shipment From Lowe Farm Near Morris
The first car of new barley was loaded at the Lowe farm near Morris by the Manitoba pool in CN car 510465 and shipped to the Manitoba wheat pool at Port Arthur. The 2200 bushels were grown by George J Wiebe J G Harder and Isaac Chaponsky with a yield of 20 to 25 bushels per acre.
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British Isles
Army Medico
Cision
Axis
The
Royal Canadaan Air Force
J. A. Morten
Didsbury
Alta
D. M. “Bitsy
Grant
D.F.C
Watrous
Sask
R.C.A.F
Bitsy” Grant
Calgary
Morten
Days of Peace
Yugoslavia
Ragusa
Adriatic
Mihailovich
Balkan
Scutari
Reich
George Stephen
Canadian Pacific Railway
Stephen
Canadian National Railways
W. S. Kickley
National Salvage
Western Canada
Kickley
FE. C. Fisher
Peace River Block
B.C
A. Sheline
British Columbia
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