Five Miners Killed At Cadomin Mine In Alberta
Red army forces held a strong line 95 miles from a strategic city as Soviets repelled heavy German tank assaults near Stalingrad. Battles raged along the Don and Caucasus fronts with claims of German advances and Soviet counteractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadomin
Strategic City
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Macow
Stalingrad
Don
Volga river
Koteinikovski
Stalingrad-Baku
Kletskaya
Caucasus
Belaya Glina
Rostov
Kushchevka
Tikhoretsk
Caucasian
Kotelnikovski
Tsimlyansk
Red army
Red Star
Maikop
Joseph Stalin
Bryansk front
Moscow
Novorossilsk
Black Sea
Astrakhan
Caspian Sea
Volga
Russia
Moose Unit In Raid On Ruhr Valley
The Canadian Moose Squadron of the Bomber Command joined RAF aircraft to raid the Ruhr Valley in bad weather. Wing Commander John Moose Fulton of Kamloops, BC, named leader, is missing since Hamburg. Five British planes failed to return in the second Ruhr raid, which extended from evening to dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOUIS V. HUNTER
LONDON
C.P. Cable
Moose
Bomber Command
RAF
Ruhr
Germany
John
Moose) Fulton
Kamloops
Fulton
Hamburg
Britain
War Certificates 35 10 and 25 At Banks Today
Ottawa reports that starting today war savings certificates in 10, 25 dollar denominations go on sale over counters of chartered banks and post offices except in Quebec where sales begin next week. For the first time Canadians can buy a registered certificate over the counter with cash and receive records at Ottawa. The plan supplements bank pledges and payroll savings to boost wartime funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
C.P
Quebec
national war finance committer
national war finance committee
Canada
Bees as wartime weapons in Cyprus legend
An Australian apiarist urged Cyprus to deploy hives and release bees to deter advancing invaders after Crete fell. The Cyprus governor replied the local bees were docile at home, but could show belligerent tendencies when taken abroad, asking for Australian bees that could distinguish friends from foes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Australia
Cyprus
Crete
Australa
Birmingham Mail
No Policy Of Treating Italy With Tenderness
London August 6 Clement Attlee dominion secretary and deputy prime minister told the house of commons there is no policy of treating Italy with tenderness in reply to Sir Archibald Southby who noted Italy’s North African supply role and asked if Britain would bomb targets in Rome and elsewhere while Axis bomb Cairo and Malta.
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LONDON
Clement Attlee
dominion
house of commons
Italy
Cmdr
Archibald Southby
North Africa
Britain
Rome
Cairo
Malta
Southby
Pay Million More Week Pay Million More Week
Ottawa reports a widespread extension of the wartime simplified practice plan to help meet higher cost-of-living bonuses. Employers must pay over 1,000,000 dollars extra weekly in wages to cover increases from a 24 point rise in the cost of living index since last October. Government subsidies may offset some costs, but cuts and ceiling price adherence are emphasized as essential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JACK WILLIAMS
OTTAWA
Prices and Trade Board
Canada
India Crisis Draws Near As Gandhi Faces Mass Action
India faces a new independence crisis as the All-India Congress committee plans to urge Gandhi to lead a mass nonviolent struggle for immediate independence. Britain must decide between granting freedom to 350 million or risking a nationwide civil disobedience campaign. the state department in Washington watches closely with officials avoiding comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PRESTON GROVER
Associated Press
BOMBAY
All-India Congress committee
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Britain
Intig
United Nations
WASHINGTON
state department
India
All-Indian Congress working committee
Cadomin mine disaster traps five men two bodies found
Five coal miners were killed and two bodies recovered when a massive cave-in at Cadomins No 9 level collapsed. Rescue crews continued search for the remaining three, with relatives awaiting news as fireboss John Logan and others remained trapped amid wreckage.
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ADOMIN
Alta
Cadomin
Edmonton
coal branch
John Vallance
Victor Alleggretto
werere Laghi
Michael Kapusinski
Harry Pyson
John Logan
Carl Stocks
Gusev Set To Leave for Canadian Post
Moscow reports Fyodor Gusev the first Soviet minister to Canada will depart for Ottawa soon after his appointment was announced in Parliament. He headed the European department of the foreign affairs commissariat, overseeing relations with the British Commonwealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MOSCOW
Fyodor Gusev
Canada
Ottawa
Gusev
house of commons
Kang
commissariat for foreign affairs
Special Service Force formed for Allied Armies
Washington Aug 6 The War Under Secretary announced creation of the 1st Special Service Force a unique American Canadian unit for offensive warfare. The force will operate under Lt Gen Mc Narney with training at Helena Montana. Col Frederick commanding coast artillery. Canadian officers help form the outfit and Canadians and Americans will wear the same uniform. Ottawa Aug 6 Defence Minister Ralston confirmed formation of a Canadian United States force for special offensive operations with part of the Canadian component already at Helena for training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Robert T. Frederick
coast artilery
Patterson
MONTANA
OTTAWA
C.P
Defence
Ralston
Helena, Mont
Max Stephan Convicted Treason Sentenced to Hang
Max Stephan, German-born American citizen, was sentenced in federal court to be hanged on November 13, 1942, at Milan Federal Detention Prison in Michigan. He is the first person in 159 years to be convicted of treason in the United States, with Judge Arthur J. Tuttle presiding. The case follows Stephan’s involvement with Nazi agents and his alleged role in aiding escape of a Luftwaffe flyer.
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DETROIT
Max Stephan
United States
Arthur J. Tuttle
Stephan
Milan
Mich
Stephen a
Plan for Jewish Arab Infantry Regiments in Middle East
War Secretary Sir James Grigg announced in the house of commons that a Palestine regiment of Jewish and Arab infantry battalions will be created immediately for service in the British army in the Middle East. Existing Palestinian companies will be absorbed and it is hoped to recruit at least 10 000 more. They would normally serve in Palestine or nearby lands. Plan Jew continues on page three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Cable
James Grigg
house of commons
Middle East
Palestine
commons
Capt Churchill Returns to London After Egypt Accident
Capt Randolph Churchill, 31, son of the British prime minister, arrives in London to recuperate from injuries from last May’s auto crash in Egypt while serving with a parachute formation. He traveled home via Canada and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Randolph = Churchill
Egypt
Churchill
Canada
United States
Japs Grab More Isles
Tokyo reports Japanese naval units have occupied strategic points in the Kel, Am and Tanimbar islands in the Arafura Sea north of Australia between Timor and New Guinea. The islands lie about 375 to 500 miles north and northwest of Darwin. An Allied communiqué last week mentioned bombing Japanese installations in the Kel Islands.
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TOKYO
Imperial
Kel
Tanimbar
Arafura
S¢a
Australia
Timor
New Guinea
Darwin
Kel Islands
Selected Canucks Returning to Join Paratroop Corps
A select group of Canadian army officers and non commissioned officers in Britain return to Canada to join a new paratroop force being organized there. Most will come from infantry battalions. some from armored units. All volunteers receive extra pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ENGLAND
Britain
Canada
Lords Secret Session Probes Sea Warfare Conduct
The House of Lords met in a secret session for 16 hours today to discuss a motion inquiring into the conduct of sea warfare. The session was held in London on August 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
LONDON
Japs Using Vet Troops Land in New Guinea
Allied leaders report Japanese troops employed veteran commando tactics in a Buna Gona landing on the Papuan peninsula. Gen Sir Thomas Bingham notes small units, all well trained for jungle warfare, highlight Allied supply as the main challenge, with routes from Port Moresby to Owen Stanleys critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Ma+ Jaya
Philippines
Buna- Gona
New Guinea
Sir Thomas Bismey
Southwest Pacific
Bir Thomas
Owen Stanley range
Port Moresby
Hoxeda
Buma
No Surrender Says Dutch Queen in US Visit
Queen Wilhelmina, 61, the first Dutch monarch to visit the United States, tells Congress that No Surrender remains the Dutch resolve as they seek to restore independence, peaceful aims, and a firm policy to uphold pledged word and neighborly relations in a world under invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Aug
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian Oceans
Caribbean Sea
RAF Blasts Axis Gunboats in Egyptian Harbor Action
RAF and Royal Navy air forces attacked a concentration of Axis motor torpedo boats and barges in Matruh harbor during daylight operations. Bombers reported striking a line of 10 to 12 torpedo boats and barges in close formation, with several hit as they concentrated near the harbor’s entrance.
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RAF
ROYAL NAVAL AIR FORCE
Boral Navy
horbor
Matrah
Therday
tve
CRAIG WOOD
MISSISSAUGA GOLF CLUB
Port Credit
Ont
Cray Wood
Mamaroneck
N.Y
SAINT JOHN
N.B
Canada
Mitchell
F. KNECHTEL
HANOVER
FANCOLVER
Ane
J. F. Roechtel
Kingnew Clubs of
Sit
MILLAR
TROBE
EDMONTON
IC.P
MEDICINE HAT
Ave
C.P5
J. G. McQueen
Mra. N. B. McQueen
Defence Minkner Raton
Ottawa
Helena
Ment
CHERTAING CHUNGRING
Ant
P.J
Chintve high command
14s
Wenchow
Kianrd-Chekiang Province
Suichang
Hao
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Ruhr Valley
RCAF
Canadian Post
DETROITER
Canucks
Sipure
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