Soviets Crush Nazi Defences at Orel City Battle
Soviet forces stormed Orel’s streets, breaking the city’s inner defences after 24 days of heavy fighting. German losses exceeded 2,500 killed and 18 tanks knocked out as retreating troops attempted to withdraw toward the west. Front reports say Russians also pressed near Belgorod and Voroshilovgrad while German command claimed Orel’s evacuation and destruction of stores.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
Orel
Red army
Russia
Kuibyshev
Mius
Donets
Belgorod
Oka
Liberal Govt Wins Only Fourteen Seats
The Ontario Liberal administration defeated in the recent election by a narrow tally. Progressive Conservative leader Lt Col George A Drew expected to form the new government after Liberals led by Harry C Nixon suffer heavy losses. CCF led by Edward B Jolliffe won 34 seats. Independent Liberal Mitchell Hepburn and two Labor candidates took the remaining seats.
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RONTO
Ontario
George A. Drew
Harry C. Nixon
St. George
Progressive Conservatives
Col. Drew
Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation
Toronto
Edward B. Jolliffe
Mitchell F.Hepburn
Labor
CCF
Mr. Jolliffe
Nixon
Albert Matthews
Jolliffe
C.C.F
Sicilian Line Near Collapse As Catania Falls
British Sth Army seized Catania and pushed around Mount Etna driving German forces toward Messina. Paterno fell ten miles northwest of Catania as the heart of the German defence weakened. Axis withdrawals and bombardments shaped a turning Sicilian front.
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Catania
Paterno
Mount Etna
Messina
Daniel De Luce
Associated Press
North Africa
A.P
Sicily
8th Army
Misterbianco
Taormina
San Fratello
United States seventh army
TAORMINA ROAD
7th Army
San Stefano
Nuffield Gives Morris Motors Shares To Foundation
Lord Nuffield denies ownership of Morris Motors stock. He explains that 4,000,000 shares were transferred in February to the Nuffield Foundation and that public holders own 3,600,000 shares with about £14,000,000 in value. The editor of the London Daily Express investigates health rumors affecting the stock.
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Lord Nuffield
Britain
Henry Ford
London Daily Express
Morris Motors
Nuffield
Lord Nufield
Nuffield Foundation
Munda Lines Overrun as Coast Fight Breaks Japanese Line
Infantry pushing east of the Munda airstrip breached the main Japanese line south of the airfield. Troops on Bibolo hill and western slopes engage with fierce combat as American fighters and bombers strike coastal positions, driving hundreds of Japanese from fox holes into the sea.
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New Georgia
Bibolo hill
Munda
Italian War Meeting Sparks Hopes for Peace Talks
In Berne on August 5 Italian officials prepared to review "important measures" as pressure mounted to exit the war. London dispatches say Britons expect the cabinet to decide on peace terms, while Italy also weighs Guariglia's plan for neutralization and limited Allied troop presence.
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FRANK BRUTTO
Associated Press
BERNE
Switzerland
London
Germany
Haly
National Broadcasting Company
Raffaele Guariglia
Guariglia
Allies Raid Rhineland and Hit Letrait Yards
Allied air forces conducted night raids on Ruhen and Rhineland targets, damaging German industry with Mosquito bombers. British naval aircraft sunk three E-boats off Calais and damaged a fourth. U S 8th Air Force bombers struck the Letrait shipyards near France, destroying the main power plant and key facilities, while Typhoons bombed airfields at Poix and Abbeville without facing enemy fighters.
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LONDON
C.P
Ruhen
Rhineland
Calais
air ministry
Berlin
Dunkerque
France
United States
8th Air Force
Letrait
Poix
Abbeville
Ontario Constituencies Vote Details From 1937 Election
The detailed Ontario general election results list totals by riding with leading candidates and party affiliations. Notable results include Hamilton Wentworth Kelley PC 5640 MacQueen? L methods. Windsor-Walkerville Croll LY 4112, MacMillan PC 446. Essex North Alles CCF 7624, Bontrant L 1200. Toronto Bracondale Dowling CCR 2685, Dowling PC 5049. Bruce Duff L 4994. Grey North Patterson LL 4721. Continued on page three.
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Ontario
HAMILTON WENTWORTH
Kelley
MacQuesten
Warren
CCF
WINDSOR - WALKERVILLE
Croll
MacMIlLan
Riges
KENT WEST
Gordon
Perry
Polter
PEEL
Kennedy
Patterson
Rankine
MIDDLESEX SOUTH
Finch
MuacFic
McIntyre
ESSEX NORTH
Alles
Bontront
De Beautier «and Labs
Morpan
Trottier da
KINGSTON
Stewart
St. Remy CL
Leonard
ESSEX SOUTH
Crouch
Pletcher «Lo
Murdoch
CARLETON
Acres
Armitage
Forsyth
TORONTO BRACONDALE de
Bowart
Dymond
Luckock
CCP
Menzie
TORONTO DOVERCOURT
Dowling
CCR
Duckworth
Granell tnd
Younghs
BRUCE
Duff
Jamieson
Johnstone
GREY NORTH
Nixon to resign as Ontario premier after election defeat
Brantford Ontario Aug 5 Premier Nixon said he will resign as premier of Ontario as soon as possible after his Liberal government was defeated in yesterdays election. He noted the defeat shows no party has a clear majority and thanked Brant riding voters for his re election while regretting cabinet colleagues faced defeat.
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BRANTFORD
Nixon
Ontario
nearboy St. George
Toronto
Brant
ST. GEORGE
Ont
Harry Nixon
Mixon
Queen's Park
CCF
C.C.F
Canada
Liberal party
Dominion
Mackenzie King
Quebec
amon
King
Nixon Regrets Stalemate After Ontario Election
Premier Harry Nixon of Ontario admits regret over the apparent stalemate after the province’s 90-seat election. Lt.-Col. George A. Drew, Progressive Conservative leader, vows to push the party’s program. E. B. Jolliffe, CCF leader, calls the large vote for his party encouraging but notes no clear majority.
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PROGRESSIVE POLICY
TORONTO
George A. Drew
Ontario
Progressive Conservative
Ontario Parties Split Popular Vote in Low Turnout Election
Ontario entailed its smallest provincial election turnout since 1920 with three parties dividing nearly all the votes. Overnight figures from the Canadian Press show Progressive Conservatives roughly 96.9 percent, Liberals about 30.7 percent, and Others making up the remainder, amid a total around 1.226 million ballots with 385 of 10,550 polls reporting.
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TORONTO
Ontario
Progressive Conservative
Laberal
CCF. A
Belgorod Capture Signals Soviet SouthCentral Drive
News from London reports Red Armies breached German lines in south central Russia capturing Orel and Belgorod raising hopes of a wider offensive. Belgorod’s fall endangers Kharkov garrison while Orel ends a key prize base held nearly two years.
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BELGOROD
LONDON
C.P
Russia
Orel
Moscow
agin
Kharkov
CHURCHILL
PACIFIC WAR COUNCIL
Pieter S. Gerbrandy
Netherlands
I. V. Song
C. &. L. Helfrick
southwest
Pacific
IC.P
Geni Angelo Rosai
Giuseppe Bastianini
PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE
MUSKOKA
TORONTO
Ontario
Muskek
John Gibson
Frank Kelly
Gibson
P.C
Kelly
Mills
C.C.F
CADOMIN
EDMONTON
Luscar
Daniel Bala
Edmoodien
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Voroshilovgrad
Liberal Govt
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E. B. JOLLIFFE
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Badoglio
Cabinet
C.D.T
New Old House House
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