Riots Kill Six In New York Harlem Clash Sparks Death Toll
New York August 2 4 six people are dead and 201 injured including 49 police after clashes in Harlem. Rioters set fire to an unoccupied car and looted groceries while locals hurled cans into the street. Mayor La Guardia condemned the violence vowing extra police and detours as liquor stores closed. Names include Gine Randolph Sterling Stokes Frank Stoner and Michael Young.
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La Guardia
gine Randolph
Sterling Stokes
Frank Stoner
Michael Young
Harteran’s
Spellman Returns From Six Month Vatican Tour
New York Archbishop Francis J. Spellman returns home after a six month tour spanning Africa the Mediterranean and the British Isles. He visited the Vatican conferred with Prime Minister Churchill and Pope Pius XI and serves as military vicar of the U S armed forces.
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NEW YORK
Francis J. Spellman
Africa
Mediterranean
British Isles
Vatican
athale
United States
Churchill
Pius XI
Rules In Parliament Library Ban Common Disruptions
The Latrary of Parliament tightens library rules to curb eating chewing and drinking in the Reading rooms forbidding dogs hats and refreshments. Visitors now require parliamentary access or librarian approval for gallery entry and no noise or defacing books is allowed.
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Parliament Library
Drowning Tragedy At Lee Lake In Alberta
Bellevue reports a double drowning at Lee Lake near Burmis on Sunday. Victims are Steve Fargo 43 and his son Steve Fargo Jr 6, both of Bellevue. A Lakeland boy known only as a Russian hero from Lundbreck swam over 300 yards to rescue Mrs Guriel, bringing her ashore unconscious. The boat overturned during a family picnic and drag operations continued into Monday. The identity of the rescued boy or further details remain uncertain.
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Lee Lake
Burmis
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Steve Fargo, Jr
Steve Guriel
George Kovach
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Missing in Action Cardston Airman Christie
Cardston resident P.O. Christie is missing in action overseas, parents Mr and Mrs Ryerson Christie report. Christie previously earned a dispatch for bringing a battered bomber from a Lille raid, described by Gordon Scott as a kite that had no business returning. Details of the latest bombing raid remain undisclosed.
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Ryerson Christie
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Gordon Scott
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Germany
Taly
Benny Goes East in Middle East Tour
Benny Benny goes east with a troupe of entertainers arriving in the Middle East for a radio and screen tour, announced in New York on Sunday.
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NEW YORK
Benny
hans
Middle East
Canadian Paratroops In Big Overseas Convoy
Thousands of Canadian troops landed safely in Britain from a large overseas convoy. The force includes paratroopers and women in the Canadian Women's Army Corps, with units spanning artillery, infantry, armor, medical, signals, and service branches en route to support Sicily and broader Allied operations.
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C.P. Cable
Canada
Britain
Sicily
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Leona Mellyena
Lethbridge
Alta
Evelyn Lane
Edmonton
Pearl Brent
Calgary
Phyllis Laird
Winnipeg
Helen Rankine
Moose Jaw
Sack CWAC
BOA Thomas
Wiewin
Anne Chapman
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unis
ordnance and service corps
Lac Dominion
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
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Warn Italy of Invasion Across Allied Broadcast
London dispatch reports radio advasts from Algiers warn Italians that Allied land forces will strike the Italian mainland soon as bombardments resume after Italy’s government delays surrender. The message affirms unconditional surrender and accuses Mussolini and Badoglio of betrayal while civilians endure metropolitan air raids.
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LONDON
C.P
advasta
Algiers
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Naples
Mussolini
Police disperse mob in Savannah arrest attempt
Heavily armed military and civilian police were called to a crowd that gathered Sunday as city officers tried to arrest a Black woman. No injuries reported.
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SAVANNAH
Alig
Soviet to Name New Ambassador to Canada
Reuters dispatch from Moscow reports Peder Gusev will succeed Ivan Maisky as ambassador to Great Britain. Maisky has been reassigned as Soviet vice-commissar for foreign affairs.
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LONDON
Reuters
Peder Gusev
Canada
Ivan Maisky
Great Bravo
Maisky
Moscow
Casey
Ottawa
Massive Ploesti Raid Hits Romanian Oil Refineries
An American force of 175 heavy bombers launched a daylight low level attack on seven refineries in the Ploesti oil fields north of Bucharest, dropping 300 tons of explosives from under 500 feet. The raid, described as the biggest low level mass attack, aimed to cripple Axis fuel supplies and bolster Allied air morale, with initial reports saying it likely affected the war’s course and that fires raged long after the assault.
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Lewis WH. Brereton
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Germany
Romania
Brereton
Victor H. Straum
Bucharest
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Bulgaria
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U S Bombers Down 500 Nazi Fighters in July
London report says American bombers and fighters shot down more than 500 Nazi fighters in July, as U S Air Force claims daylight operations over enemy territory. In the Middle East, British forces report an inter-Aid clash in Crete with Italian troops resisting German disarmament attempts, yet surrounded and one fired upon.
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United States
Germany
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Naples shattered as allies hammer Italy
Allied forces intensified assaults across Sicily and southern Italy with the British 8th Army driving toward Catania and American troops seizing San Stefano to threaten the Axis angle at Messina. Naples endured a heavy bomber attack as bombers intensified strikes on Capodichino and the harbor.
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Belman Morin
Associated Press
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Sicily
Naples
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Berliners Evacuated Under Goebbels Order
New York August 27 German Propaganda Minister Goebbels ordered the immediate evacuation of all Berlin citizens, NBC said quoting Stockholm reporter David Anderson. Earlier Stockholm reports and a Dagens Nyheter dispatch noted evacuation of schoolchildren and non essential adults amid fears of saturation bombing like Hamburg.
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Hamburg
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Stockholm dispatch
Dagens Nyheter
Lin Sen of China Dead President Ends Long Rule
Aged Chinese president Lin Sen died Sunday evening at 7 40 p m aged 81 The Kuomintang central executive committee voted Chiang Kai Shet to act as president He had led China since 1932 Lin Sen was born in Feishaw Kullen in 1862 and educated in the United States with years living in California The death follows a long illness and notes at his bedside included Gen Ho Ying Chin H H Kung and other officials continued page three
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Lin Sen
China
Chiang Kai-Shet
Ho Ying-Chin
Finance
H. H. Kung
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Canadian Spitfire pilots down four enemy aircraft off Texel
Canadian Spitfire pilots escorting coastal command Beaufighters attacked an enemy convoy off Texel in Holland. A medium-sized supply ship was sunk and three escort vessels damaged in a strongly protected engagement reported by officials.
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C.P
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Texel
Holland
Allied Planes Bomb German Forts In Sustained Assault
Allied air forces, including US medium bombers, RCA and RAF Spitfires, continued heavy attacks on German targets in France and across the Low Countries. Large formations hit St Omer Amiens Lille Poix Merville Triequeville and Abbeville with two Axis fighters destroyed and several bombers not returning. Hamburg was reported burning as the war intensified on Europe’s third front.
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Omer
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Italian diplomat Dr Rapista Rosse named secretary-general
London reports a Serling broadcast dispatch states that Dr Rapista Rosse, a veteran Italian diplomat, has been appointed secretary-general of the Italian foreign office.
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Rapista Rosse
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