Canadian Destroyers Sink Nazi Warship Off France
London reports three Canadian Tribal class destroyers Haida Athabaskan and Huron in a dawn clash off Isle de Bas near Morlaix France sinking a German destroyer after heavy fire. The action saw British ships Black Prince Ashanti and other Royal Navy units chasing the enemy as remaining ships escaped.
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France
LONDON
C.P. Cable
Isle De Bas
admiralty
Haida
H. G. de Wolfe
Halifax
Athabaskan
Cmdr
John Hamilton Stubbs
D.S.O
Victoria
B.C
Cmadr
H. S. Rayner
D.S.C
Grimsby
Ont
H.M.S
Black Prince
J. R. Barnes
R.N
English Channel
Morlaix
Brittany
OTTAWA
Huron
Royal Canadian Navy
Bay of Biscay
naval
Canada
Britain
Japs Die in Droves in Burma Battle
Allied observers report Japanese jungle troops attacking central Burma road and rail blocks held by Chindits and other Allied forces. They say many Japanese perished as British advances tighten around Imphal Kohima, with Manzo hill seized and hostile pushes repelled near Kanglatongbi 22 miles north of Imphal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KANDY
Ceylon
Burma
Imphal-Kohima
India
Bengal-Assam
China
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Manzo
Imphal plain
Joseph Watilwell
Mogaung
Chindit
Kohima
Imphal
Kanglatongbi
Scientist behind rocket guns revealed in wartime work
R Alwyn Douglas Crow, 49, London correspondent for the Ottawa Journal, led ballistic research at Woolwich Arsenal and directed the Ministry of Supply projectile development. He formed a 1930s team of chemists and engineers for rocket gun potentialities, tested in Jamaica and by an AA Coastal battery in 1941, aiding night raids. He enjoys music and published papers in the Royal Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. ALWYN DOUGLAS CROW
London
Ottawa Journal
Fast Surrey regiment
Fleet Street
Westminster School
Queen's college
Cambridge
Woolwich Arsenal
Ministry of Supply
Jamaica
A.A
Haig notes one court of appeal may serve prairie provinces
In Ottawa Senator John T Haig says there may be only one appeal court for the three prairie provinces and a third Exchequer Court judge salary bill passes third reading. Labor Minister Mitchell warns of summer plant shutdowns and hints at staff curtailment to avoid labor shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
John T. Haig
P.C
Manitoba
senate
prairie provinces
Exchequer Court of Canada
commons
Haig
Canada
exchequer court
exchequer
Kettle Valley
B.C
LABOR POLICY
Labor
Mitchell
Allied planes bag two subs in recent actions
Allied air forces claim sinking two German submarines over a period of operations. Coastal command aircraft mainly from RCAF RAAF and RNZAF attacked with depth charges and gunfire, one Wellington crew led by F O P W Heron sighted a submerged U boat and claimed it sunk. Another pilot from Newquay dispatched five U boats with depth charges, sinking one and wounding another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
C.P.Reuters
R.C.A.F
air ministry
coastal command
RAAF
R.N.Z.A.F
R.C.AF. Wellington
Demon Squadron
Heron
Sqdn
Ldr
Anthony Snooner
DF.C
Newquay
Cornwall
Roosevelt and Dewey Dominate Northeastern Primaries
In Massachusetts Roosevelt’s fourth termers faced limited opposition as the primary yielded weak results against him. In Pennsylvania write-in votes show strong support for Governor Dewey for the Republican nomination, with Roosevelt receiving a notable write-in endorsement and 72 pledged Democratic delegates. Dewey appears set to secure Pennsylvania’s 70 delegates.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Red Army Opens Broad Front Attack in Southern Russia
Soviet and Axis reports claim a Red army offensive across southern Russia from the Carpathians to the Black Sea with heavy artillery and air support. German and Romanian communiques say Nazi defenses held, while Soviet review praises battles as part of a drive toward Berlin with Allies.
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ONDON
C.P
Red army
Russia
Carpathians
Black Sea
Dnestr
asi
Carpathian mountains
Germany
Hitler
Moscow
Dmitri Manuilsky
central committee
the
Communist party
elmany
Berlin
NEW YORK
Dubossary
Tighina
Chisinau
Bessarabia
U.S
Sevastopol
Aerial Drive In 12th Day Invasion Air Offensive
American heavy bombers hit Brunswick area targets with medium strength force escorted by up to 750 fighters on the twelfth day of the aerial offensive. British planes struck three Nazi airfields in France and industrial targets in Germany yesterday as part of the extending campaign. Fierce air battles with Nazi fighters were reported as the offensive continued across a 750 mile arc.
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LONDON
Brunswick
Germany
Britain
France
Reich
Europe
Berlin
Montreal Plane Crash Kills 16 Residents and Crew
Smoke circled a Griffintown tenement area as an R A P transport plane crashed into a block killing at least 16 including five crew members three Polish nationals an elderly man missing and nine residents two of them in critical condition A baby among the dead and a policeman was last seen entering a burning building.
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MONTREAL
R.A.P
Griffintown
old Bonaventure station
The Day In Parliament Sparks Debate On House Rules
The Canadian Parliament briefing notes that the House will not sit today or tomorrow while the Senate also remains idle. Yesterday the House spent nearly six hours on a committee report proposing standing orders changes to speed business but failed to pass any measure. Minister Gibson announced taxpayers with quarterly tax estimates may pay any additional amount by August 31. Gordon Graydon urged no compulsory voting for electors and no obligation for MPs to vote. The Senate gave first reading to six bills approved by the House.
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Senate
House
Gibson
Gordon Graydon
House Scans Procedure in Ottawa Session
Com mons members shift to committee business after a long day debating house procedure. A proposed amendment would require a member to vote during a division, while another would exempt any member from being compelled to vote. Public criticism of Parliament prompted calls for clearer procedures and public trust. The war appropriation bill items will be resumed Thursday.
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OTTAWA
Commons
house
A. W. Neill
Comox-Albernb
hye
Gordon Graydon
Ickes Seeks U.S. Control of Alaska Crab Fisheries
United States Interior Secretary Harold Ickes calls for federal control of Alaskan crab fisheries. He cites prewar Japanese harvests totaling about 10 million pounds sold in the United States.
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ICKES
U.S
ALASKA
WASHINGTON
United States
Harold Ickes
Alaskan
Bombers Collide In Flight Near Yuma Killing All Aboard
Deputy Sheriff Earl Allen reports two four engined bombers collided in flight about 17 miles northeast of Yuma Arizona on Tuesday killing all ten crew members aboard each aircraft.
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YUMA
Ariz
Earl Allen
here
Allies Improve Anzio Positions and Bomb Turin
Allied troops pushed to strengthen positions around Anzio while heavy bombers attacked Turin an aircraft factory. Operations reported include raids on a Parma bridge Ferrara rail yards and intensified shelling north of the Cassino front with prisoners taken in Carano and other sectors.
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NAPLES
Anzio
Turin
Parma
Italy
Ferrara
Rome
Carano
Japs Aim At China's Heart
Japanese offensives in north Henan appear to overrun Chenghsien and push toward Tengfeng and Loyang. Chinese communique hints Chenghsien may have fallen while Japan advances threaten key rail lines and potential strike toward Chungking. Russia seeks Canadian hydro electric equipment to replace Dnepr plants destroyed in 1941 with an estimated cost near 25 million dollars.
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CHUNGKING
Henan province
Chenghsien
China
Chenehsien
Tengfeng
Tenfeng
Loyang
Losang
Lunghai
Hulao
Peiong-Hankow
Chung
RUSSIA
TORONTO
The
Globe and Mail
Ottawa
Canada
Government in War Industries In Canada Report
The Canadian government spent 856,983,614 dollars to establish 446 war industries including aircraft plants shipbuilding munitions explosives steel and rubber housing. It also advanced 131,014,586 dollars to 368 privately operated war industries, per a Commons return by State Secretary McLarty for Joseph Noseworthy.
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OTTAWA
McLarty
Joseph Noseworthy
War Finance Drive Passes 131 Million in Canada
The national war finance committee reported that yesterday’s Sixth Victory Loan purchases reached 56,999,850 dollars, bringing the three week drive total to 131,276,000 dollars after the second day. Monday’s first day totaled 74,276,150 dollars. yesterday’s total lagged the Fifth Loan’s day. Officers noted reporting changes complicate comparisons and that Canadian troop subscriptions exceed 7,000,000 dollars already. A Vancouver unit dressed soldiers in stages to symbolize progress toward the objective.
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OTTAWA
IC.P
national war finance committee
Kootenay-Dunbar
Vancouver
Yanks Advance on Nip Airfields in Dutch New Guinea
Advancing American forces moved toward Holl andia’s three airfields as combat teams overran Tadji and cleared the Aitape perimeter. American planes bombed Manokwari Wewak and Hansa Bay air bases while Japanese troops remained dispersed in jungle and hills along a 500 mile coast. A lone Japanese plane damaged Hollandia beachhead, with continued air operations from southwest and south Pacific bases.
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New Guinea
Hollandia
Tadji
Aitape
Dutch New Guinea
south Pacific
Manokwari
Geelvink Bay
Wewak
Hansa Bay
British New Guinea
Allied air raids hit Brunswick and German targets in western Europe
American heavy bombers with a strong fighter escort attacked the Brunswick aircraft production center and other western German targets Wednesday without losses. A force likely over 1,000 planes participated. Separately allied forces neared Hollandia airfields in New Guinea after landings at Tanahmerah and Humboldt bays. Roosevelt ordered seizure of Montgomery Ward plants in Chicago. Soviet reports claim sinking of five Axis transports near Nevastopol. Allied air forces in Burma claim 244 Japanese planes destroyed and a large combined air effort ongoing in preparation for a major drive led by Canadian and British units.
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U.S
BRUNSWICK
LONDON
Germany
HOLLANDIA
New Guinea
A.P.i
Netherlands New Guinea
Tanahmerah
Humboldt bays
Philippines
ROOSEVELT
MONTGOMERY WARD
WASHINGTON
P.1
Henry Stimson
Commerce
Jesse Jones
Montgomery Ward and Company
Chicago
Nevastopol
Moscow
BURMA
KANDY
Ceylon
1C.P
John Baldwin
3rd Tactical Air Force
Eastern Air Command
WORTHINGTON OTTAWA
C.P
Britain
F. F. Worthington
Ottawa
Gen. Worthington
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H.M.C.S. HAIDA
HLM
C.S. ATHABASKAN
Time Magazine
rey pate
Dee
Canadian Press
House of Commons
Cassino
Aeritalia
Fiat
Nip
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