Hudson Bay Railway Proves Its Wartime Role
Ottawa reports the Hudson Bay Railway supplied vital wartime support with limited but growing tonnage from The Pas to Churchill. Rail capacity aided wheat shipments and imports, while new air bases at The Pas Man and Churchill heightened northern operations and affected shipping seasons amid evolving ice and weather conditions.
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Ottawa
Hudson Bay Railway
Pas Man
Churchill
Hudson Bay
United Kingdom
Pas
Bay
Hudson Strait
Germans abandon equipment after Seine retreat to the Domaniale forest
In their flight across the Seine the Germans left behind baby robot tanks and horse gas masks. Twenty robot tanks were found in the Domaniale forest east of Elbeuf near a large supply dump. The horse respirators feature a metal nose cap about helmet size, on a sleeve of treated cloth with an elastic neck and breathing vents in the metal snout.
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Seine
Domaniale Forest
Elbeuf
Greatest Horror in Nazi Europe Bared at Majdanek Story
Four German POWs testified before a Russian Polish atrocities panel in Lublin, detailing Majdanek gas chambers and mass killings of Polish, Soviet and other prisoners. They described executions, cremations, and the camp’s scale, with officers citing orders from above.
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Lublin
Poland
Majdanek
Majtanek
N. A. Stalb
Durng
S. S. Komandefuehrer
Theodore Schoelen
Berlin
Louvre guard recalls rare damage during war
The Louvre chief guard says only one valued exhibit, a 4500 year old mummified Egyptian sheep, was destroyed in four years of occupation. A German soldier tore it apart in the basement during shelling and sniper fire as Paris celebrated Liberty Day.
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Paris
Louvre Art Museum
Louvre
RAF Sinks Half-Built French Battleship Clemenceau
The RAF sank the unfinished 35 000 ton Clemenceau in Brest harbor to thwart German use. The vessel, halted since France fell in 1940, was to join the Richelieu class but was destroyed to prevent harbor obstructions.
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London
RAF
Clemenceau
Brest
Air Ministry
France
Drive to Free Britain Begins as Bomb Bases Targeted
A British general announced the Allied advance into German occupied France north of the Seine to strike flying bomb bases. The drive, described as the first direct war effort to free homes and families, aims to reduce launch areas and end nightly German attacks.
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Seine
France
England
Normandy
Disorganized Nazis Rounded Up in Prison Camps
The battle for southern France neared completion as thousands of Nazis trudged to Allied prison camps and scattered remnants fled the Rhone valley. The greater part of Hitler’s defense of southern France has been wiped out in a fortnight’s whirlwind campaign.
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France
Rhone
Adolf Hitler
Australian VC winners to receive free rail travel for life
Canberra announces free rail travel for life across Australia for all Victoria Cross recipients. The plan covers travel on national rail services and aims to honor and support veterans and valiant servicemen.
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Canberra
Australia
Churchill Returns From Italy After Europe Visit
Prime Minister Churchill arrived in London by air from Italy. He appeared sunburned and without his usual cigar, greeting Mrs Churchill and Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory along with other British officers. Churchill had traveled to Italy prior to the invasion of southern France.
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London
Churchill
Italy
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Europe
France
Agreement On World Security At Dumbarton Oaks
The Dumbarton Oaks conferees report general agreement on an international security organization with an assembly of all peace loving nations and a council of major powers plus smaller states. They seek a court of justice and peaceful dispute settlement while continuing to craft structure and procedures for eventual government plans.
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Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
Council
International Organization For Peace and Security
International Court of Justice
National Immunization Week Aims to Prevent Disease
Health League of Canada backs the third annual National Immunization Week from September 10 to 16 to warn parents about preventable diseases like whooping cough diphtheria scarlet fever and smallpox. The Governor General will open the event with a message. A film by the National Film Board will be shown in theatres and stories will run in newspapers and magazines. Posters and leaflets are available in French and English.
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Toronto
Health League of Canada
National Film Board
The
War criminals must face justice says UN commission leader
Sir Cecil Hurst, vice president of the Permanent Court of International Justice, warned that neutral countries sheltering war criminals face pressure. He noted the case against Hitler may be pursued as complete, though he did not confirm his name on a wanted list. Governments hold responsibility for deciding which crimes are examined and evidence is submitted.
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London
Cecil Hurst
Permanent Court of International Justice
United Nations Commission For the
Commission
Cecil
Holland
United Nations
Sir Cecil
Hitler
Mussolini
Napoleon
Nazi War Picture Review Seeks Relaxed Aims for Peace
Lt Gen Kurt Dittmar urged Germans to accept “reason and better understanding” and hinted Germany might quit if Allies abandoned hard war aims. He acknowledged reverses in France and Romania but insisted Germany must continue, noting Allied momentum and growing hope of defeat. He warned that British and American resolve remains a long, costly road.
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London
Kurt Dittmar
Germany
High Command
France
Romania
Admiral Keyes predicts war end by early winter in Canada
Baron Keyes told the Canadian Club he expects the European war to end by early winter and the Japanese campaign to finish sooner than many anticipate. The admiral, famed for Zeebrugge actions, is touring Canada with stops in Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Vancouver before a trip to New Zealand and Australia on government business.
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Baron Keyes
Zeebrugge
Commandos
Ottawa
Toronto
Winnipeg
Vancouver
New Zealand
Australia
Nazis hid booby trap at Pushkin grave in Moscow report
The state investigating committee on German atrocities led by Nikolai Tikhacov says Nazis planted a booby trap at the grave of Russian poet Alexander Pushkin in Moscow. The group lists many Russians killed while visiting the site.
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Leningrad
Nikolai Tikhacov
Alexander Pushkin
Pushkin
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