Laval Denies He's Fascist
Pierre Laval admitted at Marshal Petain's treason trial that he may have spoken "this is where we overthrow the republic" but claimed the remark was a test or joke. He described secret pacts with Italy and Britain, including the Hoare-Laval agreement aimed at limiting German aggression, and testified that he informed high officials about the pact while defending Vichy foreign policy.
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BELMAN MORINARIS
Pierre Laval
Marshal Petain
Vichy
France
Mussolini
Paul Mongibeaux
Fresnes
Laval
Italy
Maurice Gamelin
Pietro Badoglio
Stanley Baldwin
Samuel Hoare
Lord Templewood
Prince of Wales
Edward VIBE
Duke of Windsor
Mongibeaux
Marshal Petin
Ethopia
Europe
Keep Coarse Grain Here
Edmonton August 3 Immediate intervention in Alberta feed grain crisis urged by Agriculture Minister MacMillan in a telegram to federal Minister Gardiner. Four proposals aim to ease drought43 hit coarse grain shortages: halt Alberta feed grain shipments until improved outlook. cancel restrictions on malting barley sales. create country and terminal feed reserves with charges. and apply a drawback on No 3 wheat if other grains unavailable. This is MacMillan's second telegram seeking action on the feed situation.
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EDMONTON
Alberts
MacMillan
Gardiner
Alberta
Dominion
Mair. MacMillan
Publicly funded legal aid boosts profile of lawyers
The Ottawa Journal reports that state supported legal talent for high profile cases keeps fees low while offering publicity. It argues the arrangement aligns with British principle of defense for all and can elevate a lawyer to prominence, even toward the Lord Chancellorship. The note also hints at helium filled tires on a future giant airliner with 26 pounds of helium.
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Lord Haw-Haw
London
Ottawa Journal
All Strikers Back On Job After Canada Packers Talk
Thousands of meat packing workers return to plants in nine Canadian cities after a Toronto accord. A three man arbitration board will hear union concerns as 1,800 Canada Packers workers in five Toronto plants resume work. Sympathetic strikes in Peterborough Winnipeg Regina Moose Jaw Prince Albert Sask Edmonton Saskatoon Vancouver end.
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Canadien
Toronto
Vancouver
United Packinghouse Workers of America
C LO
Canada Packers, Limited
Charles Dales
Ontario
WEST
Peterborough
Ont
Winnipeg
Regina
Moose Jaw
Prince Albert
Sask
Edmonton
Saskatoon
Swift Canadian
Mr. Daley
Canada Packers
J. S. McLean
Fred Dowling
UWP
Daley
Troops Deploy From Halifax and Jersey Amid War Moves
The Canadian press reports Halifax and nearby ports preparing to ship multiple battalions including 62 personnel from the Canadian Army aboard HMC S Ottawa. A larger convoy 85 a.m. expected to depart Sunday carrying more than 7 000 servicemen as part of ongoing military operations.
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Halifax
H.M.C.S
Ottawa
Unarmed First Aid Man Is Awarded Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross goes to Cpl. Frederick George Topham of Toronto a 27 year old medical orderly who parachuted unarmed into Germany treated casualties under heavy fire and even after a sniper wounded him in the nose. He risked his life near Wessel on March 25 during the Rhine battle while two orderlies were killed. He replaced them and carried wounded men back through fire to safety. Topham is Canada’s first VC recipient announced in this war and has since returned home with the parachute battalion.
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OTTAWA
Frederick George Topham
Toronto
Germany
defence headquarters
Topham
Canada
safey
Wessel
Cpl
parachute
Vic
V.C
Cdr
Cecil Merritt
Vancouver
Dieppe
F. T. Beters
Prince Ed
Master Plan for Peace in Europe
The Potsdam Big Three outline a lean Germany under Allied control, with stripped territories and a shift toward farming and peaceful industry. Poland reshaped westward toward Berlin, and East Prussia ceded to Russia. A five power council including China and France may meet in London by Sept. 2 to settle future terms.
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WASHINGTON
Europe
Potsdam
Russia
Japan
Germany
Poland
sretching
Berlin
German East Prussia
China
France
Britain
United States
London
Attlee
Truman
Stalin
Moscow
Italy
Tokyo
Alexander Looks Forward To New Job As Fascinating Governor General
Field Marshal Alexander, newly named governor general of Canada, expresses eagerness and resolve to serve Ottawa with constructive ideas. He notes he is no statesman but aims to bring responsibility, study Canada deeply, and appreciate Canadians as enterprising and proud. He recalls leading Allied forces from El Alamein to victory and praises the Canadian Corps.
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Alexander
NOLAND NORGAARD
CASERTA
Italy
Canada
Ottawa
Mediterranean
Haly
Ft Alamein
Alexander never
Dominion
JAPAN
Canadian court finds Schuler not guilty in mutiny case
A Canadian general court martial in Aldershot acquits Set. Em manual Schuler of Burstall Sask on one charge of mutiny suppression and upholds three other mutiny related charges pending confirmation. Pte I I MacIntyre of St. Awards PE pleaded not guilty to mutiny related charges after witnesses testified to car rocking and calls to riot.
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ALDERSHOT
England
Cable
Emmanuel Schuler
Burstall
Sask
Lord Strathcona Horse
Winnipeg
Schuler
H. F. Gibson
Kingston
Ont
J. D. Williamson
Lennoxville
Que
MacIntyre
Pte. MacIntyre
Williamson
Attlee Announces Cabinet Reshuffle After Potsdam
Prime Minister Attlee names Frederick William Fethick-Lawrence as secretary of state for India and Burma and A. V. Alexander as first lord of the admiralty. James Chuter Ede becomes home secretary and George Henry Hall leads colonial affairs with Lord Addison as leader of the Lords.
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LONDON
Attlee
Frederick William Fethick-Lawrence
India
Burma
A. V. Alexander
admiralty
James Chuter Ede
George Henry Hall
colonies
Lord Addison
dominion
John James Lawson
Viscount Stangate
Joseph Westwood
Scotland
Ellen Wilkinson
George Alfred Isaacs
Aneurin Bevan
Tom Willams
John Wilmot
Alfred Barnes
Sir Ben Smith
VITAL POST
Emmanuel Shinweill
t vial
Philip John Noel-Baker
Wilfred
Potsdam
Downing Street
Britain
Buckingham palace
Whiteley
commons
Winston Chutchill
Four Escape Jail Soon Taken
Four prisoners escaped from St Vincent De Paul penitentiary near Montreal on Tuesday night and were recaptured 20 minutes later after the alarm was raised. The men tunnelled under a barn and hid in a haystack near the grounds, wearing civilian clothes and carrying about 1200 in American currency. One escapee was said to be serving a 20 year term.
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MONTREAL
St. Vincent De Paul
Air War Deepens Blockade on Japanese Isles
The 20th air force says Superforts have forged a complete shipping blockade on Japan, cutting food and materials to less than half for war needs. Bombing raids hit Nagasaki Nagoya Kobe and Tokyo area as Allied air power firms up pressure across Honshu and western Kyushu.
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Japan
UAM
A.P
20th air force
Nagoya
Honshu
Tokyo bay
Kyushu
Nagasaki
Tokyo
Maizuru
Nimitz
Kiely to Stand Trial Oct. 1 in Red Lake Fire
Patrick Leonard Kiely an Itly born Pembroke mine cook was committed for trial on Oct. 1 for murder in the Red Lake hotel fire. Nine people died and 30 were injured when the hotel was destroyed July 1. The murder count centers on Gladys McCauley. The case rests on alleged direct link to the fire. Defence seeks habeas corpus release but magistrate rules preliminary hearing shows probable guilt. Witnesses describe Kiely near the North lobby and earlier lighting a stove fire.
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KENORA
Ont
Patrick Leonard Itly
Pembroke
Red Lake
Kiely
Gladys McCauley
Charles M. Keetch
J. Donley
sald
BELESSE
Donley
maleate
rial
T. M. Wolfe
Raymond Mailloux
Hitler still alive rumors haunt Allied HQs
Reports from Heidelberg and Bavaria on August 3 say Allied and German sources question whether Hitler died in Berlin. Rumors of hiding near Heidelberg or buried there persist but remain unproven, with authorities noting groundless claims. British intel has not rejected a witness account that Hitler’s body was burned though details are contested.
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Hitler
Berlin
CHARLES LYNCH
Heidelberg
Reuters
7th army
MacFEENEER
21ST ARMY GROUP
Herford
Westphalia
Herman Kernay
K. W. C. Leslie
London
Kernau
Sir William Jowitt Becomes Baron Jowitt of Stevenage
Sir William Jowitt has been created a peer and takes the title Baron Jowitt of Stevenage. Appointed by Prime Minister Attlee, he becomes lord chancellor and keeper of the great seal. He also serves as president of the house of lords and of the chancery division of the supreme court.
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LONDON
William Jowitt
Baron Jowitt
Stevenage
house of lords
Attlee
great seal
supreme court of judicature
court of appeal
China Plans Large Scale Offense From Wedemeyer
Gen. Albert O. Wedemeyer says Chinese forces including paratroopers will launch large scale attacks on Japan and that shipments over the Hump are increasing though sea communications remain the goal. He notes Chinese troops from Burma can be expected to join action and expresses optimism for future fighting.
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CHUNGKING
LLGen
Albert O. Wedemeyer
United States
China
Wedemeyer
Burma
Kumming
NANCHANG CHUNGKING
Kiangsi
Nanchang
Jewon
Kansien
Siaklang
Kan
Hunan
Factory to Turn Out Prefabricated Houses Six Daily
Montreal August 3 IC P It is a factory built four room cot tage ready to use in less than a day. Cost 300. Foundation and main circuits required. Five or six men to set up. First factory built homes in Canada designed for winter. Production to rise to six a day by fall. Built to meet housing act standards and loaned by the NH A. Government has ordered 500 for veterans.
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MONTREAL
Canada
Montreal aircraft
Fairchild
N.HA
8000 Nazis In Local Camp See Horror Film
More than 8000 German POWs at a local camp viewed motion pictures depicting Nazi atrocities in Europe. A compulsory parade was held to show the films and some captives refused to watch. Reactions varied with many calling the scenes propaganda and doubting their authenticity. Some argued the footage showed Russian camps liberated by the Allies.
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Europe
Chinese drive toward key Japanese base at Chuanhsien
Chinese high command said troops advanced Friday in Kwangsi toward the important Japanese base of Chuanhsien, northeast of Kweilin on the Kweilin Hengyang railroad, facing stiff resistance from Japanese reinforcements.
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CHUNGKING
Kwangsi province
Chuanhsien
Kweilin
Kweilin-Hengyang
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