Gandhi favors pact with Japan amid Indian independence divide
In Bombay the All-India Congress work ing committee drafted a resolution for Mo K Gandhi to have full powers to lead civil disobedience if Britain rejects independence. A second draft would pledge armed resistance to any Japanese aggression and support meeting aggressors with force while Gandhi again backs negotiations after India gains freedom.
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H. R. STIMSON
Associated Press
BOMBAY
All-India Congress Party
Khandas K. Gandhi
Britain
India
United Nations
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Japan
Gandhi
Bananas Possibly Vanish From Canadian Markets
Ottawa reports may yield banana shortages as shipping and rail transshipment delays raise costs. Wartime Prices and Trade Board chair Donald Gordon warns the import ceiling and supply issues could lead to bananas disappearing from Canada’s markets.
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OTTAWA
Donald Gordon
Gordon
United States
Feeding a Goat and a Courtroom Disturbance
In an old column fragment, Lord Brougham, England's former lord chancellor, is disturbed by spectator whispers in court. The usher fails to restore silence as the buzz resumes despite repeated requests. A later quip suggests a speaker will address his successor.
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Lord Brougham
England
Brougham
RAF Raids Ruhr Again In Night Operations
British bombers attacked targets in Germany's Ruhr Valley last night while fighters raided railroads in occupied territory. Two RAF planes were lost. German raiders hit south and southwest England. six enemy bombers were destroyed. RAF crews tested a new metal incendiary container, and civil defense personnel received samples for study. Weather allowed for a Channel sweep by fighters after the raids.
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LONDON
C.P
Germany
Ruhr Valley
air ministry
English Channel
England
Wales
Britain
RAF
Kennedy Purvis Appointed Deputy First Sea Lord
Admiral Sir Charles Kennedy Purvis was named Deputy First Sea Lord and assumed duties in July after relinquishing command of a foreign station. A. V. Alexander said the post creates admin duties for the Fuel Sea Lord to allow focus on planning and port duties.
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LONDON
Charles Kennedy-Purvis
A. Vv
Alexander
house of commons
Sugar Beet Bonus Payment Tops Previous High in Southern Alberta
Raymon, August 5. About 1200 Southern Alberta beet growers will receive a $1.60 per ton bonus for the 1941 crop, totaling $297,273. This is the largest subsequent beet payment to date, part of a series following last December’s $6.00 initial payment, with two more payments expected later in fall and December as sales proceed.
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RAYMOND
Alberta
Alberts
Canada
British Columbia
Ontario
Train kills 10 workers in Warrenton incident
Hi Ten section gang of the Wabasa Railroad was struck by a passenger train 112 miles west of Warrenton. Foreman John Hamapion, 28, and nine negro laborers died in the trackside accident.
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WARRENTON
Aug. S
Hi-Ten
Wabasa Railroad
here
John Hamapion
Carmangay Child Dies After Carrot Choking Incident
From Our Own Correspondent Carmangay Aug 5 Two and a half year old Joe Lazco the son of Mr and Mrs Joe Lazco of this district choked on a carrot while on a farm three miles south. He was rushed to hospital but died before the carrot could be removed.
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CARMANGAY
Joe Lazco
Bomb Scourge Questions in Commons on Axis Attacks
In London Aug 5 Cmdr Sir Archibald Southby asked Churchill about military strikes on Rome and Italian positions in view of Axis bombing of Malta and Cairo. Rev Reginald Sorenson questioned use of air raid casualty figures to influence European publics.
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CLONDON
IC.P. Cibie
Abdomb scourge
Italy
Carmany
Cmdr
Archibald Southby
Spyom
house of commons
Churchill
Rome
Malian
Malta
Cairo
Reginald Sorenson
Labor
minister of information
Britain
Europe
Britain renounces the Munich Pact amid Czech frontiers stance
London reports Britain formally renounced the 1938 Munich agreement, stating it will not be bound by postwar changes to Czecho-Slovak frontiers. Foreign Secretary Eden outlined policy based on recognizing the Czecho-Slovak government in London and Churchill’s 1940 claim that Germans destroyed the Munich Pact. An exchange of notes with Jan Masaryk accompanied the white paper publication.
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LONDON
C.P
Czecho-Slovakia
Britain
Anthony Eden
house of commons
Czecho- Slovakia
Churchill
Eden
Jan Masaryk
Germany
Japanese Drive In New Guinea Near Owen Stanley Halted
Allied headquarters reported suspension of offensive operations in the Australian theatre with Japanese forces halted near the Owen Stanley Range in New Guinea two weeks after Buna Gona landings. Airfield clearings at Hirotoda remained contested as both sides held ground around The Gap near Port Moresby.
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ALLIED
Australia
Kokoda
New Guinea
Owen Stankey
Buna-Gona
isand
Hirotoda
Moresby
Strongest Man of Klondyke Dies in Juneau
John Wagner, famed as the strongest man on the Chilkat Pass trail during the Klondike rush, died in a Juneau hospital after long illness. He came to Alaska in 1896, packed a cook stove, and later staked Salmon Creek. He reportedly declined lucrative offers for options from others.
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JUNEAU
Alaska
John Wagner
Klondike
Chilkoat Pass
Wagner
territory
Salmon creek
Axis Shipping Is Hard Hit In Eastern Mediterranean Air War
Allied bombers attacked three large enemy merchant ships in the eastern Mediterranean with at least one hit and near misses on the others. RAF fighters and air escort claimed direct hits on shipping as German Messerschmitts were downed. In the Alamein area ground forces reported patrol skirmishes and artillery exchanges. A British submarine reportedly sunk a 1,000 ton supply ship Adda and damaged another vessel, one beached after cannon fire near Sardinia.
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CAIRO
Mediterranean
Bardia
RAF
Alexandria
LONDON
Adda
Sardinia
Germans Mass in Greece Reinforcements For Rommel Reported
Reports from Turkey and telegrams to London say large German reinforcements are arriving daily in Greece for Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's forces in Egypt, as BBC sources confirm.
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GREECE
LONDON
batt BBC
Erwin Rommels
Egyot
Teports
Furkey
bere
Russian Lines Cave Under Tank Charges
German parachute troops land in groups to seize railways as heavy tank waves break Russian lines in the Belaya Glina sector. Red Star notes German dive bombers precede armored assaults while Red Navy guns strike German ships in the Sea of Azov. New Russian withdrawal announced in the Tsimlyansk area as Pravda calls for firmness against the offensive.
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Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Maco
north Caucasus
Belaya Glina
Red Fleet
Sea of Azov
Rostov
Red Star
Tsimlyansk
Russia
Red army
Don river
Caucasus
Pravda
Izvestia
communiqne
Kushchevka
Wartime Updates From Moscow To Canada In Briefs
News briefs report Gen Follett Bradley arriving in Moscow on a mission to aid American air forces and Moscow radio claims German patrol boats blown up at Ostend. Other items note 1010 German and Italian casualties in the Khare mountains, a regional war services appointment in Edmonton, a fatal crossroad train bus crash in Crystal Springs, frost danger to crops in Ottawa, a shipyard revival in Vancouver, a crash near Swift Current, and a crashed plane near Swift Current with minimal details.
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FOLLETT BRADLEY
MOSCOW
1st Air Force
United States eastern defence command
Russa
OSTEND OIFTAWA
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Ostend
Belgium
LONDON
C.P
Bruters
Khare mountains
A. CARPENTER
REGIONAL WAR SERVICES BOARD
EDMONTON
C.P A
Exmonton
ceelonal
Alderia
thas
TRALV
CROSSING
CRYSTAL SPRING
Misa
croming hoe Wednewlar
OTTAWA
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
VANCOUVER
West Coast Shipbanders
SWIFT CURRENT
Sask
here
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Royal Canadian Air Force
fan ROAP
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M.P
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Gap
Klondyke
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