Britain proposes constitutional reforms in British India
In the House of Commons Sir Archibald Amery outlined steps toward Dominion status for India after the war. A war advisory council with Indian representatives will be formed to promote unity, and a postwar constitutional assembly will devise a new framework while acknowledging Britain’s obligations to India and the goal of partnership in the empire.
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Louton India
L & Amery
India
House of Commons
British India
Governor-Generals Executive Council
Britain
Mr. Amery
all-India Congress Party
Great Britain
Romania Enacts Law Segregating Jews Across Three Classes
The Romanian cabinet approved a new Jewish law enforcing three categories for Jews. First-class Jews who served Romania may keep public jobs but no new appointments occur. Second and third classes lose public office rights, bar from professions with public contact, cafes and theatres, and cannot own land. A special tax or labor on public works replaces military service. compensation bonds offered for owned rural land. Berlin warns a peace requires removal of Jews, while Das Schwarze Korps vows punishment for Jews and Britons.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Romania
Raiders Drive Back London In Great Channel Battle
Britain’s air defense repelled a massive raid, downing at least 53 German aircraft with over 100 airmen killed. RAF fought eight hours of near continuous combat, while sustaining losses including 16 planes missing. German forces attacked in large formations, dropping thousands of bombs.
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London
Britain
English Channel
Royal Air Force
RAF
Admiralty
De Gaulle Attacks Riom War Guilt Trials as Stage Management
General Charles de Gaulle denounced the Vichy Riom trials in a world broadcast calling them a staged farce. He blamed the Vichy leadership for France's defeats, saying at least two leaders were responsible for failed preparations for mechanized warfare.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Riom
France
Gen. de Gaulle
Vichy
Scrap of Nelsons Victory gun found in Keswick garden
The minute gun from Nelsons flagship Victory is among war scrap gathered at Keswick to aid the war effort. It was once presented by Nelson to Robert Southey the poet laureate who lived at Greta Hall Keswick and stood in a local garden for many years.
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Keswick
Eng
Nelson
Victory
Robert Southey
Greta Hall
Food In Europe London Ministry Objects To Shortages
The British ministry of economic warfare rebutted reports of food shortages in German occupied Europe. It said Britain would not facilitate contraband to axis controlled countries and blamed any famine on German looting or misdistribution. It cited 8,000,000 Belgians at risk without foreign aid and noted Dutch fuel restrictions hinder harvest work. The ministry warned famine would stem from German rapacity or failure to distribute supplies.
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London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Europe
Britain
United States
John Cudahy
Belgium
Germany
Reich
Cudahy
Holland
Occupied
Wants Russia As Friend
The United States seeks friendlier relations with Soviet Russia amid Japan’s greater East Asia policy. At Tokyo the Japanese diet urged expelling British influence from East Asia. Sumner Welles reported two long talks with Soviet Ambassador Konstantin Qumansky, saying discussions were friendly and constructive with aim to adjust differences ably.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Russia
Tokyo
East Asia
Constantine Qumansky
Sumner Welles
Woman Loses Sugar After Non-Garden Fruit Pickup
In Sunbury England a woman had 30 pounds of sugar confiscated because the fruit she preserved was not grown in her own garden. The seizure underscores local controls on home canning and supply limits during the period.
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Sunbury
England
Britain and De Gaulle agree on French forces role
London reports Prime Minister Churchill assured General Charles de Gaulle that the British government will seek full restoration of France's independence and greatness after Allied victory. A memorandum governs organization and service conditions for the French forces, including equipment, vessels, and integration with British command. The cost will be treated as an advance to be settled later.
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London
Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
Germany
France
de Gaulle
Britain
New Zealand Plans Cheese Exports to Britain This Season
London reports that New Zealand will supply at least 107000 tons of cheese to Great Britain this season. Last season produced 92000 tons. The announcement came from the New Zealand minister of marketing per BBC.
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London
New Zealand
British Broadcasting Corporation
Great Britain
Italians Move to German Factories by Rail
The first of 30 trainloads carrying Italian industrial workers left Brenner pass Aug. 6 headed for Nazi steel mills motor plants and chemical works in Germany. The plan aims to place 20,000 Italians in German factories with trains running almost daily.
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Brennero
Italy
Brenner Pass
Germany
Will Respect Privileges for Mennonites and Doukhobors in Canada
War Services Minister J. G. Gardiner stated the government will respect longstanding privileges granted to Mennonites and Doukhobors regarding military service. Historic orders from 1873 and 1898 addressed these groups who oppose war, with MPs urging willingness to defend Canada. Gardiner suggested a possible method to utilize their services in the war effort.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
War Services
J. G. Gardiner
House of Commons
Gardiner
Addition To Canadian Navy Names Margaree For Fraser
Rear Admiral Percy W. Nelles announces HM C S Margaree will join the Royal Canadian Navy, taking the place of HM C S Fraser lost off Bordeaux. The destroyer will carry surviving Fraser crew and be commissioned soon in an English port.
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Ottawa
H.M.C.S. Margaree
Royal Navy
Percy W. Nelles
Hm.c.s. Margaree
Hm.c.s. Fraser
Bordeaux
Publication Suspends Canada Monthly Trade Report
Ottawa announces suspension of the monthly trade report for Canada due to wartime information controls. The suspension begins with the April 1940 issue to prevent enemy access to movements of strategic commodities.
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Canada
Ottawa
Dominion 4 of
Statistics
Broadening National Registration Order Increases Exemptions
An order in council broadens and tightens national registration for all over 16 with exemptions for nuns, active service citizens, and inmates. Employers must require employees to show registration cards by August 21 and report unregistered workers to the National War Services Department or the nearest police officer. Penalties include a 200 dollar fine or three months in jail for noncompliance.
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Jowa
National War Services Department
Wheat Board Applies Grain Delivery Quotas
The Canadian wheat board announces 1940 grain marketing regulations to ensure fair storage space. Initial quotas are five bushels per seeded acre for wheat oats and barley, not interchangeable, with district adjustments possible. Permits issued through elevators and dealers become valid after farm boundaries and seeded acreages are described and deliveries logged. Rye and flax have no delivery limits, but farmers should stay within usual quantities. Carryover wheat is high and aims to prevent a financial tangle from irregular deliveries.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Western
Canada
United States
Changes Forecast Shakeup Of German Diplomatic Staffs In Western Hemisphere
Reliable quarters forecast a shakeup of German diplomatic and consular staffs in the western hemisphere after the Havana Pan American conference measures. American foreign ministers adopted steps to curb subversive activity including actions against Latin American agents. Sources say German career diplomats favor withdrawing active Nazi party members from service in American countries.
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Western Hemisphere
Washington
Havana
Mobile canteens ease British troops in Egyptian forward areas
The BBC reports mobile canteens in Egypt lighten discomforts for British troops in forward areas. Volunteers fund the service across Egypt providing cigarettes razor blades notepaper and other small comforts to soldiers.
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London
Egypt
British Broadcasting Corporation
Rumania to cede territory under Hitler orders
Premier Ian Gigurtu announced Romania must surrender some territory to Bulgaria and Hungary amid Nazi orders but resisted Hungary’s full demand for most of Transylvania. He urged moderation to prevent trouble and warned of painful sacrifices for pro Nazi policy. Delegations to Craiova were ready but had not appeared.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Ian Gigurtu
Bulgearia
Hungary
Hitler
Transylvania
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Russia
Bulgaria
Dobruja
Romania
Salzburg
Giigurtu
Craiova
Special Bank Arrangement Aids War Savings Certificates
The war savings committee in Ottawa announces a new plan with chartered banks to deduct fixed monthly amounts from clients’ accounts for war savings certificates. Pledge forms are available from local war savings committees and sent to the depositor’s bank. Deductions occur on the 15th each month and certificates mailed to the home address.
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Ottawa
War Savings Committee
Canada
War Savings Committees
Norwegian Airmen Arrive in Toronto for Training and Return
A group of Norwegian wartime airmen, survivors of evasion from Norway, arrived in Toronto to study U S bombing plane techniques. They are billeted in two downtown hotels and will train before aircraft are shipped from U S factories to England. Captain H Riiser Larsen said they will lead a Norwegian legion to join British and Allied forces.
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Toronto
Norway
Germany
United States
England
H. Riiser- Larsen
British seeks further trade talks with Russia
Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax asked Sir Stafford Cripps in Moscow to pursue further trade negotiations with Russia at the earliest. Richard Butler, under-secretary for foreign affairs, informed the House of Commons.
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London
Viscount Halifax
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
Russia
Richard Butler
House of Commons
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Das Schwarze Korps
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Soviet Union
Petain
Henri Haye
Versailles
Margaree
H.msc.s. Fraser
Victor W. Odlum, CB
Cmg
Canadian Active Service Force
Order-In-Council
Wheat Board
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