Soviets Drive 37 Miles In Kursk Belgorod Advance
Soviet forces push west through Belgorod gaining 37 miles to cut the Kharkov Bryansk railroad at Zolochev. Russian columns threaten Kharkov and Bryansk with 150 villages captured along a 44 mile front. High command cites losses and prisoner numbers in a war bulletin.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
OSCOW
Kharkov
Belgorod
Soviet union
Uby
Zolochev
Orel
Bryansk
Kharkov-Bryansk
London
Chuguyev
Kursk
Red army
Kromi
Munda Capture Drives Allied Pacific Raids Forward
Allied forces report intensified air strikes after capturing Munda, with U S fighters clashing with a larger Japanese force off Bougainville. Bombers hit Rekata Bay on Santa Isabel and disrupted supply barges along the New Guinea coast as Salamaua battles loom nearby. Berlin radio cites US bomber raids on Santa Isabel with claimed light damage and eight planes shot down.
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Southwest Pacific
A.P
Munda
America
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Bougainville
Japan
Rabaul
New Britain
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel island
New Georgia
Guadalcanal
LONDON
Berlin
Tokyo
Solomons
Associated Press
Royal Mint coins output sets record in 1940
The London Times reports last year’s coinage output at the Royal Mint reached a new peak domestically with 355,318,495 coins struck and £12,094,030 in value, against £6,943,157 the year before. The nickel twelve sided threepence led with over 103,000,000 coins. Minting new pence stopped in June 1940 to conserve copper, while halfpennies and farthings also posted record totals. Five shilling pieces have not been struck since 1937, and silver sixpences topped when nearly 45,000,000 were produced, with shillings at the bottom of the list. The era noted as whiskers era in the Sarnia Observer briefly appears in a separate note.
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Royal Mint
London Times
Halsey vows to carry war into Japan itself
Admiral William F. Halsey Jr speaks on the first anniversary of the South Pacific battle, promising the United Nations will push the fight into Japan. He says the U S enters the second year with confidence and notes victories in air and sea warfare.
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NAVAL HEADQUARTERS
The
South Pacific
William F. Halsey, Jr
United Nations
Japan
Halsey
United States
les
Axis prisoners in Sicily total 125000
Allied headquarters in North Africa announced today that the total of Axis prisoners taken in Sicily so far was 125,000.
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ALLIED
NORTH AFRICA
Allied headquarters
Sicily
Canadian Ace Keith Aboard Sicilian Fighter Squadron
Ottawa reports from Sicily describe airstrip devastation after Allied bombings while RCAF pilots fly with RAF units. Flt Lt Johnny Johnstone from Selkirk leads a squadron. FO George Keith of Taber, Alta. has shot down eight enemy planes, one of Canada's top scorers in Sicily.
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GEORGE KEITH
TABER
SICILY
yond
R.A.F
Johnny Johnstone
Selkirk
Man
Tabor
Alta
Britain
Keith
Navy Pounds Axis Retreat In Sicilian Campaign
American forces captured Troina, a key mountain position guarding Etna, after fierce fighting in Sicily. Ustica island fell to Allied troops, about 216 Italian civilians and 100 soldiers were taken prisoner. Allied air and sea forces intensified the land drive, with raids on Taormina Naples Salerno and other targets as Axis and Italian forces faced heavy losses.
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DANIEL DE LUCE
Associated Press
North Africa
Troina
Mount Etna
Ustica
Tyrrhenian Sea
Palermo
Sicily
Royal Navy
Taormina
Naples
Rome
Salerno
Cosenza
Messina
Eboli
Battipaglia
Paola
Aderno
Lipari islands
Allied air blitz devastates Messina Sicily port
Allied air fleets bombed Messina in northeast Sicily, dropping about 350 tons of bombs on the evacuation area. The attack shattered roads and beaches along the Allied route from Sicily, while aircraft targeted Acerno Bronte and Randazzo in the circular area around Mount Etna, still held by German forces.
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DANIEL DE LUCE
Associated Press
ALLIED
North Africa
Messina
Sicily
Acerno
Bronte
Randazzo
Mt. Elna
Smell Of Death From The German Frontiers Revealed
A wartime observer reports from Germany on August 7 noting bombed cities like Duesseldorf left without power water or gas. He describes decayed streets the odor of decay and guards sheltering in reinforced structures while locals ignore sirens after repeated raids. Front line troops show fatigue fear and confusion amid guerrilla threats and partisan clashes.
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Reich
Duesseldorf
Ottawa public relations director dies after long illness
Col. Douglas Richmond Street, 79, public relations director of Ottawa Light, Heat and Power Co., died today after a lengthy illness. Street formerly led the Governor General's Foot Guards and the 77th Battalion CEF, and for many years held a senior role in the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association. He commanded the Canadian team at the Bisley shoot in 1925.
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OTTAWA
Douglas Richmond Street
Ottawa Light, Heat and Power Co
tien
Canadians Use Mule Trains To Move Through Sicilian Mountains
Canadian infantry tanks and guns push northeast of Regal, with Loyal Edmonton Regiment and Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry using mule trains to climb rugged terrain toward Mount Etna. The operation began after bold moves surprised German positions, and a mule convoy reached the battalion within 38 hours supplying food water and ammunition amid mortar and machine gun crossfire. The push complements British 8th Army advances along a 20 mile front as Canadians fight through waterless hills and valleys.
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SICILY
Cable
8th Army
Mount Etna
Regalbuto
Princess Patricia’s
Canadian Light Infantry
Low Flier Fined $100 in Alberta Incident
Edmonton records the first Alberta case under the astronautics act. An instructor pilot from No 2 Air Observers School pleaded guilty to low flying endangering public safety after dipping to ten feet during photographic exercises on June 27 with three students. He was fined $100 plus costs and has since joined the BCAF.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Alberta
No. 2 Air Observers School
R.C.A.F
B.C.A.F
Ribbentrop Visits Italy Amid War Propaganda Claims
London reports in Rome broadcast claim youths under military age seek to enlist as volunteers. Meanwhile Hitler’s hope to keep Italy in the Axis persists as Ribbentrop meets Italian foreign minister Guariglia in northern Italy to gauge plans for a swift future. Reuters notes an Italian plane may depart Rome today, unclear who is aboard.
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LONDON
ICP
Badoglio
Italy
Rome
ministry of information
Hitler
Aris
Ribbentrop
Raffaele Gu
St Laurent Urges Confidence Vote For King Liberals
Justice Minister St Laurent appealed to electors in Stanstead and Montreal Cartier to back Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s Liberal government in the upcoming by elections. Speaking in French on a Montreal radio station, he endorsed Liberal candidates R G Davidson and Lazarus Phillips in the two ridings.
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MONTREAL
St. Laurent
Stanstead
Montreal Cartier
Mackenzie King
R. G. Davidson
Lazarus Phillips
Bomb Panic Seizes Berlin Crisis Fears Rise in German Capital
Berlin faces rumors of mass air raids and a panic atmosphere as reports describe attempts to calm crowds, evacuations hinted by Goebbels, and fears of strikes amid German reverses. Newsrooms note discussions at the Fuehrer headquarters and concerns over a developing crisis.
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LONDON
C.P
German International Information Bureau
Berlin
fuehrer
Hamburg
Germany
Reuters
Germany pressures Hungary toward Balkan troop move
In Ankara on August 6 a delayed report says Germany is expanding garrisons in Hungary and pressing Budapest to send troops to Balkan nations to replace Italians. Hungary denies guarding the Balkans and seeks to reassure the Allies it will stay as detached as possible from the Axis war effort.
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ANKARA
Hungary
totay
Greece
Nicholas Kallay
Balkan
Budapest
Balkans
News Bulletins Rally In China Aerial War
American fliers in 13 months of aerial war have outscored Japanese fliers 9 to 1, destroying 442 enemy planes against 31 U.S. losses. Salvage operations begin to raise the Normandie in New York after 18 months. Canada’s Lancaster over the Atlantic on maiden trip. Allied raids render main Italian rail lines useless. Naples bombarded. Paris street fighting between patriots and Germans reported. Edmonton hosts fall labor conference. Prime Minister King begins his 25th year as Liberal leader.
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CHINA
KUNMING
U.S
PARIS
ALGIERS
French Committee of National Liberation
Nasi
KING
OTTAWA
C.P
Mackensie King
Liberal party
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Navy
bob
Munich
COL. STREET
ROSS MUNRO
Western Canada
Edmonton Regiment
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SIMETO
C.P. Cable
Suneto River
awina Ulant
NEW YORK
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U.S.S. Lafayette
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TORONTO
Canada
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Wellington
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