Canadians In Steady Drive In Sicily Ahead Of Messina
Allied forces pushed two to three miles on the north coastal road to Messina and seized Gagliano as Germans retreated west of Mount Etna. British and Canadian units advanced toward Aderno, Centuripe, and Regalbuto while heavy air raids battered Messina and disrupted Axis supply lines.
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Relman Morin
Associated Press
North Africa
United States
Messina
Sicily
Gagliano
Mount Etna
Aderno
Centuripe
Regalbuta
Troina
Regalbuto
8th Army
Catania
Etna
Misterbianco
Simeto
Paterno
Taormina
San Fratello
Francavilla
Munda Falls to MacArthur Forces After Bitter Campaign
Allied troops completed the capture of Munda in the Southwest Pacific as organized Japanese resistance ceased. A total of 1,671 Japanese dead were counted with Allied casualties not announced. The base now lies within range of US air power and signals a strategic shift against Japanese positions in Bougainville and New Guinea.
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Southwest Pacific
A.P
Munda
MacArthur
J Norman Lodge
Associated Press
United States air force
Rabaul
HAN
south Bougainville
Buin-Faisi
Vila
Kolombangara
New Guinea
Salamaua
NEW GEORGIA
API
imand
Iroand
Plane Kills Two Soldiers at Farnham Training Centre
Two Montreal reserve officers were killed and four injured when struck by a low-flying plane during hedge hopping maneuvers at the Farnham military training centre. The dead were 2nd Lieuts Pierre Paquet and Raymond Lareau. seriously injured was 2nd Lieut Josephy Seguin. Others injured, taken to Montreal hospitals, included 2nd Lieuts Rene Marien Joseph Paquin and Frederick Purchase.
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FARNHAM
Que
Farnham military training centre
Army
Montreal
Janey
Pierre Paquet
Raymond Lareau
Josephy Seguin
Rene Marien
Joseph Paquin
Frederick Purchase
Channel Battle Off Texel Reports Hits By British Coastal Forces
The admiralty said light British coastal forces and German armed trawlers clashed for over two hours last night off Texel Holland. British ships are believed to have scored several hits before the enemy withdrew. One British vessel was damaged but without casualties and towed to base.
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LONDON
admiralty
Texel
Holland
De Valera’s Limits and Irish Farmers’ Rise
London dispatch notes de Valera can’t form a new government with Cosgrave and may face another election within a year. The Farmers party is growing and could shape politics much like its counterparts in America and Australia, as Irish farmers shift from public invisibility to influence. The writer also comments on the fine line between taste and prejudice in language and suggests continuing on the back page.
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de Valera
London
Ottawa Journal
Dev
Cosgrave
Farmers’ party
America
Australia
Troost
London Spectator
Huge Japanese Losses In South Pacific War Report
An Allied tally from Aug 8 1942 to May 8 1943 shows Japan with 96 ships sunk 18 probably sunk 129 damaged and 1802 aircraft destroyed in the South Pacific. U S losses stand at 41 ships sunk nine damaged, with American aircraft losses far below the enemy.
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U.S
SOUTH PACIFIC
Japan
United States
navy
Associated Press
Ontario Cabinet Meets Tuesday After Election Defeat
Premier Nixon said a general cabinet meeting will be held Tuesday to decide when the Liberal government will resign after its election defeat. Lieutenant Governor Matthews has returned from his summer home for consultations. Nixon did not name a party to invite to form a new government, noting Drew’s Conservatives hold 38 seats and Jolliffe’s CCF 34, with no conclusive decisions yet. Muskoka Ontario and Perth ridings remained in doubt as results continued.
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TORONTO
Nixon
Albert Matthews
George A. Drew
Jeaning
Col. Drew
C.C.F
E. B. Jolliffe
Muskoka-Ontario
Perth
Frank Kelly
Nazi Radio Stations Silent Across Europe
LONDON Aug. 6 The radio stations at Bremen Calais and Friesland announced without explanation they would leave the air until 1 pm local time. The broadcasts stopped abruptly at 5 am M.D.T. as a wartime disruption.
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LONDON
Bremen
Germany
Calais
France
Friesland
Holland
Russians Smash Retreating Nazis in Belgorod Drive
Soviet forces push from the Orel region toward Belgorod, recapturing hundreds of villages and inflicting heavy casualties on German troops. Stalin announced the victory, claiming to dispel the myth that Soviet summers lack effective offensives as Belgorod fell and German retreat deepened. War front reports cite enemy air losses and continued Russian advances toward Bryansk.
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ONDON
C.P
Orel
Belgorod
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Hitler
Ukraine
Navi
Crel
Redaly
conidor
Bryansk
Sea-Going Jeep on Pacific Beach Tale
A South Pacific tale recounts a sea going jeep used by American sailors. The jeep was taken from Pearl Harbor, disassembled for submersion, and lashed to a submarine before traveling the Pacific. It later ended up on a beach near a naval officers club where it still ran.
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SOUTH PACIFIC
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Hailstorm Devastates Foremost Etzikom District Fields
From Our Own Correspondent Foremost August reports three hail storms about 20 minutes apart blasting the Foremost Etzikom district. Damage ranges from five to 100 percent across 5000 to 10000 acres with a three mile wide swath from Chin to Etzikom. Crops near ready for harvest suffered, summer fallow wheat expected at eight to 15 bushels per acre. Rain accompanied the hail for nearly an hour as storms moved east and north toward Orion.
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Foremost- Etzikom
Chin
Etzikom
here
Orion
combine
Mother's Hope Is Rewarded In Sgt. Graham's Case
ACLEOD, Aug. 6 The case of Sergt. James Shorty Graham of the RCAF shows why next of kin cling to hope even after official reports of death. On June 23 his mother learned he was dead after operations over enemy territory. Yesterday she received a letter from Shorty dated June 26, written from a German hospital saying he was fine except for a broken leg.
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ACLEOD
Sergt
James
Shorty” Graham
RCAF
Sergi Graham
Shorty
Flood Toll Grows in West Virginia After Severe Flash Flood
Sutton West Virginia reports one dead and nine missing after a freak flash flood carves through deep hollows and gorges. Property damage is expected to surpass 2 million dollars as rescue teams continue searches.
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SUTTON
W. Va
West Virgina
Rioting erupts in Vancouver riverfront after clash injures soldier
In Vancouver Washington on Thursday night a riot erupted after a soldier and a civilian fought a city policeman struck the soldier on the head causing a head injury and hospital admission.
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VANCOUVER
Wash
riverfront
No Peace Yet For Italians
Italy faces ongoing unrest as the Badoglio government shows no public move toward seeking peace. News from Milan and Allied advances in Orel and Catania spark talk of Italy's restored honor while reforms dismantle the Fascist party, purge its signs, and place party property under state control.
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FRANK BRUTTO
Associated Press
BERNE
A.P
Catania
Orel
Belgorod
Milan
Zurich
Die Tat
Badoglio
Italy
Tribune De Geneve
Rome
Russians reach 25 miles from Kharkov amid Ukraine advance
Russian armies sweep into Ukraine reach four miles northwest of Kharkov after Belgorod and Orel fall in a month of fighting that reportedly cost Germans 100,000 killed. Soviets gain four to six miles on Bryansk front and recapture 20 villages.
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KHARKOV
UKRAINE
LONDON
C.P
Ukkraine
Belgorod
Orel
Moscow
Bryanskrond
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