French Forces Advance on West Front Across Saar Basin
Paris reports a French communique saying Germany is reinforcing the western front as French troops push forward along the Saar basin flanks. Observers note fighting spreading toward Bienwald forest and Bitche, with raids into German territory and anticipated cross-front operations with joint British French action contemplated.
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Germany
Saar
Rhine
Moselle
Bitche
France
Bienwald
Lauterbourg
Lauter River
Siegfried Line
Luxembourg
Karlsruhe
Edmund Ironside
Imperial General Staff
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Preparations For Defence Cover Large Expenditures in Canada
Governor General warrants authorize 16.45 million dollars for defence preparations and wartime emergency measures in Canada. Expenditures include 8.92 million for naval service militia and air service, 1.452 million for 30 days transport and rations, 150 thousand for air raid precautions, 53 thousand for moving air force units east, 5.346 million to maintain a full peace-time active air force, and various civilian and emergency items. Funds also cover air raid literature, respirators, first aid training, fire protection, and related emergency supplies under wartime measures.
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Ottawa
Canada
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Auxiliary Air Force
St. John’s Ambulance
Keeping Close Watch Istanbul in European War Era
Turkish circles say Ankara will keep an attitude of expectation and watch Italy closely, ready to move if Italy aligns with Germany. Parliament remains scheduled for the normal date. The Turkish German trade treaty is not renewed due to Germany’s failure to deliver military supplies as payment for Turkish goods.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
High River Legion Seeks 25000 for Military Plane
The High River branch of the Canadian Legion launches a province-wide drive to raise 25000 to purchase a military aeroplane for Dominion government use. The campaign aims to mobilize support across Alberta communities and secure the aircraft for national defense.
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High River
Alta
The
Canadian Legion
Berlin civilians show nerves before embassy arrival
Officials of the French embassy in Berlin reported signs of acute nervousness and uneasiness among civilians in the German capital shortly before their departure for Paris.
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Paris
Berlin
Air Line Plane Grounded After Sea Gulls Collision
A Trans-Canada Airlines passenger plane grounded in Calgary after hundreds of sea gulls struck it during landing. About 136 birds were killed as they hit the three blade propellers. The pilot resumed the flight after a precautionary pause and a spare machine carried passengers to Edmonton. Over 70 veteran Great War pilots offered service to Canada via a telegraph from the Edmonton War Pilots Association to Defence Minister Mackenzie in Ottawa. The Japanese navy asked Britain and France to withdraw forces from China to avoid incidents, a request referred to their home governments.
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Calgary
Trans-Canada Airlines
T.C.A
Edmonton
Canada
James Bell
Edmonton War Pilots’ Association
Mackenzie
Ottawa
Shanghai
China
Smuts Forms Cabinet and Declares War on Germany
The Union of South Africa, led by Prime Minister Jan Smuts, declared war on Germany and recalled diplomatic representatives. The move followed Smuts forming a new cabinet after Hertzog’s downfall and Hertzog’s failed attempt to keep the dominion neutral.
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Union of South Africa
Germany
London
Ministry of Informaion
Jan Smuts
J. B. M. Hertzog
Hertzog
House of Assembly
General Smuts
No Increase in Sugar Prices Advised by Wartime Board
Ottawa warns retailers and consumers that sugar prices must not rise and normal purchases should continue. The wartime prices and trade board says ample supply exists and refiners report 20 percent more sugar distributed since Aug 1 with 50 million extra pounds expected for August and September. Housewives are urged to continue seasonal canning and avoid sudden demand spikes.
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Hector B. McKinnon
Elevation of Sir Thomas Inskip to Viscount Caldescote
The King raised Sir Thomas Inskip to the peerage after his appointment as lord chancellor and head of the English judicial system. He becomes Viscount Caldescote of Bristol, leaving Fareham's Commons seat vacant. Inskip, a 63 year old Conservative, joins the cabinet outside the war group.
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London
Sir Thomas Inskip
Chancelor
House of Lords
Thomas
Viscount Caldescote
Bristol
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Fareham
Hampshire
Bombardment Insurance Rates Quoted for Canadian Provinces
Insurance agents quote 75 cents per 100 for bombardment insurance in Quebec and maritime provinces. Coverage protects buildings and property from war hazards including shelling bombing and sabotage. Western Canada has no rate established yet. Rates for other regions vary from 0.25 to 7.1 percent depending on destination and route.
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Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Lloyds of London
Canada
United Kingdom
Dunkirk
Gibraltar
Norway
Bergen
Europe
Mediterranean
Black
Marmra
Australia
East
Far East
Panama Canal
Pacific
Central America
West Indies
North America
Newfoundland
Banting Enlists as Captain in Canadian Army Medical Corps
Sir Frederick Banting of the University of Toronto and co discoverer of insulin has enlisted as a captain in the 15th General Hospital, Canadian Army Medical Corps. He previously served as a private in the field ambulance in World War I, rose to lieutenant, and was wounded at Cambrai earning the Military Cross.
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Toronto
Sir Frederick Banting
University of Toronto
15Th General Hospital
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Sir Frederick
Cambrai
Trans-Canada Airlines to Keep Montreal-Vancouver Service
Ottawa officials confirm Trans-Canada airlines will continue mail and passenger service from Montreal to Vancouver amid wartime crisis. A transport department spokesman says there will be no interruption and no reallocation of planes or pilots planned.
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Ottawa
Trans-Canada Airlines
Montreal
Vancouver
Transport Department
Penalty Pronounced for Dancing Violation in Berlin
Berlin authorities announced a ban on dancing by order of the interior ministry and warned violators will face six weeks imprisonment and a fine of 150 marks. The notice underscores strict enforcement of the decree across Germany.
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Berlin
Ministry of Interior
Germany
Aircraft factories to proceed on foreign ordered planes
New York firms continue work on 600 planes for France Britain and Australia amid Neutrality Act fears. No stoppage is indicated for $45 000 000 to $50 000 000 in foreign orders as contracts allow delivery in the United States if shipments abroad are blocked, ensuring payment to manufacturers.
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New York
United States
France
England
Australia
Britain
Four Link members among 120 interned in London district
The Daily Mail reports four members of The Link among about 120 foreign residents interned in London. The Link, labeled by Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare as an instrument of German propaganda, supposedly promoted Anglo German friendship. Britain has interned around 500 people nationwide since the war began.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Link
Britain
Samuel Hoare
Home Secretary
Great Britain
Britain Opens Blockade of German Ports and War Measures
Britain declares a blockade against Germany and suspends London naval treaty limits as RAF repels a German air raid. Britain and France pledge 34 million dollars to Poland while economic warfare aims to disrupt Germany’s war economy.
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Britain
London
Great Britain
Germany
Fuehrer
Hitler
England
Ministry of Information
France
Poland
Warsaw
Admiralty
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
India
United States
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Ronald Ross
Board of Trade
Western Crop Expected to Be Largest Since ’28
Winnipeg 1939 wheat crop estimated at 451,672 170 bushels final Winnipeg Free Press crop report. Manitoba yields about 186 bushels per acre totaling over 59 million bushels, Saskatchewan about 238 million, Alberta around 154 million. Weather showed heavy threshing with good quality wheat grades across the region.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Western Canada
Leakage Of News Belfast In House Of Commons
Thomas Gibson Henderson of Belfast claimed defence information from multiple sources was relayed to the German minister in Dublin and on to Germany. He urged Westminster authorities to halt it and said statements in Commons and Belfast on air raid protections were quickly conveyed abroad. He questioned keeping the minister in Dublin and urged Empire action if Ireland is in the Empire.
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Belfast
Thomas Gibson Henderson
House of Commons
Dublin
Germany
Westminster
London
Henderson
House
Commons
Belfast Corporation
Ireland
Empire
Sudeten German Enlists in Canadian Defense Forces
Comrade of Hitler Paul Gurtler a Sudeten German and former Austrian army officer who served with Adolf Hitler now naturalized Canadian signs attestation papers in Drumheller Alberta and pledges to oppose Hitler’s forces.
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Drumheller
Alta
Paul Gurtler
Adolf Hitler
Canada
Gurtler
Germany
Calgary
Fuehrer Hitler
Army Surgeons Available London plans for war needs
The central committee of the British Medical Association announced it would provide all necessary doctors for the fighting forces and ensure a sufficient number for the civilian population, aiming to mobilize medical staff for war.
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London
The
British Medical Association
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