Campaign in Greece nears end as Nazis approach
Defence Minister Ralston announced four month reserve training troops will stay for coastal defence and internal security while a recruitment drive aims for about 22 000 overseas volunteers. The Greece campaign is near end with British and imperial rearguards holding the line as many expeditionary forces reportedly embark for North Africa.
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ATHENS
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Dominion
Africa
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Canada
Col. Ralston
Mutilated Body Found Near Rail Route in Alberta
RCMP reported the body of El Kakkuri of Kirkland Lake Ontario found near a Canadian National Railways rights-of-way near Ruiostone Alberta about 140 miles southeast of Edmonton. He had a national registration card and appeared to have been struck by a fast train yesterday.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
El Kakkuri
Kirkland Lake
Ont
Canadian National Rail
Ruiostone
Ala
Evacuation tale from Dun kirk and a young RNVR officer
In London Listen ry Sir Lionel Preston recounts a Dun kirk evacuation story. A junior RNVR officer, newly joined training, boasts of knowing the war over after crossing the Channel with BEF and ferrying others from the beaches. He likens the journey to going down Piccadilly.
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Lionel Preston
London Listenry
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Dover
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Channel
BEF
Piccadilly
Nazi spokesmen scoff Roosevelt Greenland claim
Berlin reporters say Nazi spokesmen mocked President Roosevelt's assertion that Axis forces may have landed in Greenland. They said Roosevelt is suffering from hallucinations and he may be mistaken about such forces. They offered no confirmation.
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Roosevelt
Greenland
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Idle Ships In Americas To Go To Work
The Inter-American advisory committee urged 21 republics to seize immobilized foreign vessels in their ports to aid economies and security. Sumner Welles announced the proposal, which calls governments to use ships under international law with fair compensation to owners.
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WASHINGTON
inter-American financial and economic advisory committee
Sumner Welles
United States department of state
Guina
Uruguay
Daylight Saving Time Starts In New York and Nearby States
Daylight saving time will begin at 2 am Sunday across the New York area Newark Connecticut Massachusetts New Jersey and parts of 15 other states. Standard time will be resumed at 2 am September 28. In New Delhi the Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar has bought a trawler for coastal defence to sweep mines and counter submarines.
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NEW YORK
New York area
Newark state
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Jersey
NEW DELHI
India
Nizam of Hyderabad
Berar
Kiel Again Subjected to Heavy RAF Raid
RAF attacked Kiel last night in a major raid on the German naval base and struck at Bremerhaven Wilhelmshaven Emden Lübeck and Friedrichstadt. The force also bombed Rotterdam stores and hit two supply ships west of Heligoland. Bomb damage reported on Walcheren and on rail lines and wireless stations in Denmerx.
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Royal Air Force
Kiel
Gerin
Bremerhaven
Wilhelmshaven
Emmen Lubecq
Friedrichstadt
ministry of information
RAF
Rotterdam
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Bakrus
faciom
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Miegdicourt
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Walcheren
Denmerx
Nittine
North Sea
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Violinist Fritz Kreisler Struck by Truck in New York
Famed violinist Fritz Kreisler was hit by a truck at Fifth Street and Madison Avenue. He sustained a fractured skull and internal injuries and was taken to Roosevelt Hospital in serious condition. The driver was held for questioning. Kreisler, born in Vienna, 1875, had a notable early career and served as an Austrian Army captain in World War I.
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Fritz Kreisler
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Madison avenue
Roosevelt hospital
Kreisler
Vienna
winnens
Vienna conservatory
Paris conservatory
Heirst
America
Moniz Rosenthaus
Canada
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Harriet Pries
Cheers Greet Churchill In Bombed Area
Manchester April 26 Prime Minister Churchill toured this raid damaged area and declared it a tragedy but will rebuild threefold. He was greeted by crowds crying Good old Winston and waved his hat in reply. Mrs Churchill accompanied him as crowds blessed them.
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Churchill
Winston
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A. V. Alexander
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Teprésen
Fitzjames
Rhodorex
United States
U S Marines and Italian Marines Shuffle in Free Fight
A dozen United States Marines and an equal number of Italian Marines staged a brief free-for-all in the Majestic Ballroom in Shanghai. U S Marine officials reported no serious injuries after the clash, the second physical outburst between the services recently, following a similar incident last Friday in the same hall.
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United States
Germans Expected to Occupy Mytilene and Chios Soon
Istanbul dispatch reports Turkish officials in Ankara say Germany is temporarily expected to occupy the Greek islands of Mytilene and Chios. The note cites German sea bases reaching toward the Dodecanese and plans to expand trade with Germany and its allies, including import of chemicals and industrial materials in exchange for tires and other goods.
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CHIOS ISLANDS
ISTANBUL
Turkey
Delavec
oles
Ankara
Chios
Germany
Traian Dodecanese
isien
Turkish Thrace
Miostiiene
Lesbos
Dardanelles
Turzker
matena
Umiec
Canadians Help Make Gibraltar Virtual Island
London broadcast reports Gibraltar nearly turned into an island as Canadian soldiers widen a sea channel about 13 feet by 10 feet and drain water across the promontory neck. Heavy new suns and ships with war materiel arrive daily, marking surface and subterranean Canadian involvement not previously disclosed by British authorities.
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LONDON
Gibraltar
Moesson
Gibraniar
Man Makes Perilous Trip From Oslo to New Jersey
A Norwegian seaman named Sveen, age 32, reportedly traveled via Sweden and Stockholm to the Black Sea, Istanbul, Mumbai, and onward by rail and sea, ending near Hoboken, New Jersey, after a long overland journey to meet the U.S. President Madison. The account mixes locations and dates, but traces a single remarkable route toward meeting the president.
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Mostow
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Hoboken
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Extension Of War Theatre Is Forecast
London reports forecast a grand scale extension of the Mediterranean war theatre from Gibraltar to the Indian Ocean as a likely outcome of the German thrust into Greece. Britain and Axis powers realign forces for a new test of strength with British moves into oil-rich Iraq and strong Axis naval activity east from Gibraltar. Viscount Gort placed in charge at Gibraltar, signaling preparation for a possible Axis push through Spain.
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Gibraltar
Indian Ocean
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Britain
Iraq
Dardanelles
Libra
wettern
Viscount Gort
France
Spain
Athens radio urges Greeks to stay calm amid war
Athens radio appealed to Greeks to remain calm and abide by the glory of your army until victory, the BBC reported. In other dispatches, Britain takes title to three Boeing flying boats, while German guns shell the Dover coast area with occasional salvoes. Smuts predicts US will go all the way in war. GM strike action to be deferred as UAW and mediation board negotiate.
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United States defence mediation board
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