Collision Probe Causes of Montreal Train Crash
A head on collision near Montreal involving a passenger train and a switch engine injured 35 people, with 3 seriously hurt. The Vaudreuil Montreal service carried commuters from west Montreal suburbs, 15 taken to hospitals, 20 treated at a CN rail yard station, as officials investigate the undetermined cause. F W Dowkes, J P A Forget, and Robert Maitland cited among the injured. crash derailed engine and first two cars.
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MONTREAL
Turfoot
Canadian National ‘Railways
C.N.R
Bonaventure
F. W. Dowkes
Beaconsfield
J. P. A. Forget
Robert Maitland
Vaudreuil
Que
here
Vaudreuil- Montreal
C.N R
Soviet Air Strikes Reported Near Berlin At Night
London dispatch reports Soviet planes bombed military objectives near Berlin for the second straight night. British sources say Germans surge toward Odessa but lack confirmation of broader Ukrainian gains. Red Army claims heavy losses to ten German divisions including multiple tank and infantry units, with casualties around 50,000 men.
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Berlin
London
Odessa
C.P. Exchange Telegraph
Moscow
Ukraine
Nikolaev
Black Sea
Red army
Red Star
army organ
Railmen To Get Bonus
Ottawa reports in principle agreement for a cost of living bonus for nearly all railway workers and civil servants in Canada. Railways would pay more than 150,000 employees while the government would cover nearly 100,000. Simultaneous announcements expected.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Clock mistaken for bomb triggers alert at police lecture
In Bolton a ticking alarm clock found on a window ledge during a St. John Ambulance first aid lecture raised fears of a time bomb. Older constables reported the ticking to inspectors, who searched the room without interrupting the talk and recovered the brown paper parcel with the clock.
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Bolton
St. John Ambulance
Nazis Claim Destruction of Soviet Defenders at Roslavl
Berlin reports from Hitler headquarters claim Soviet defenders at Roslavl were destroyed and that 38,000 prisoners were captured along with the seizure of Korosten, a rail town northwest of Kiev. A separate note cites further deep penetration of lower Ukraine bypassing Kiev.
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Hitler
Korosten
Kiev
Odessa
BERLIN
Roslavl
Smolensk
Moscow
Pripet
Mussolini’s Son Bruno Buried Near Family Graves
In Predappio Italy Premier Mussolini buried his second-born son Bruno in the San Cassiano cemetery near the graves of his father the blacksmith and his mother the schoolteacher, as reported today.
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PREDAPPIO
Italy
A.P
Mussolini
Bruno
San Cassiano
Pennio
Mourners Sign V for Victory at Botana Funeral
Thousands in rain joined a public tribute to Natalio Botana publisher of La Critica. The vigorous anti Axis newspaperman died from injuries after a car accident. Friends say on his deathbed he repeatedly flashed the V sign for victory.
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BUENOS AIRES
Natalio Botana
Tucuman
La Critica
Huns Easing Up By DON GILBERT
German and Russian forces end seven weeks of fighting with a shift from Leningrad and Moscow to Ukraine. Kiev delayed, Germans head toward Odessa, while Soviet air defenses hinder large scale raids on Berlin and Moscow.
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DON GILBERT
Leningrad
Moscow
Ukraine
Kiev
Black Sea
Odessa
Berne
Switzerland
neers
Berlin
Duke Visited Shipyards in Vancouver Tour
The Duke of Kent toured Burrard Drydocks and North Vancouver Ship Repairs to view wartime ship production in North Vancouver. He joined hundreds of workers, then visited the Boeing plant for lunch and later inspected Shaughnessy hospital and an elementary flying school before train departure for Alberta. Crowds cheered along the route through Vancouver.
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DAVID INNES
VANCOUVER
Duke of Kent
Britain
North Vancouver
Burrard Drydocks Limited
North Vancouver Ship Repairs Limited
royal
Boeing
civic airport
Shaughnessy military hospital
Pacific coast
Jaster
Alta
North Vancouver shipyards
duke
Stanley Park
Lion's Gate suspension bridge
Burrard Inlet
Alberta poultry board buys premises and facilities
Provincial Treasurer Law announced the government had purchased the premises and facilities of B. Wainberg and Company Limited at Edmonton and 25 country points. The Alberta Producers Marketing Board will use the properties to handle all poultry products for the province as planned and approved by producers last fall.
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EDMONTON
Law
B. Wainberg and Company, Limited
Alberta Producers Marketing Board
Toronto golfer Big Bob by Gray eyes Canadian Open lead
Gray of Toronto, the Canadian hope for the first domestic victory since 1914, posted a par 7 to tie defending champion Sammy Snead at 205 with one round remaining in the Canadian Open golf championship.
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TORONTO
Bobby Gray
Sammy Snead
Edmonton Reports Second 1941 Infantile Paralysis Case
Edmonton records another 1941 infantile paralysis case as Dr. G M Little reports a 12 year old boy in North Edmonton is mildly affected and isolated in hospital health officials said today.
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EDMONTON
G. M. Little
city
Russians and RAF Prepare Long Range Bombing Blitz
London dispatch reports the RAF and Soviet air force bolster for a wide war front attack. Red L-760 bombers, bigger than Fortress craft, may strike German cities with heavy loads from eastern bases. Berlin raids continue as night conditions allow two missions per night.
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LONDON
C.P
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
GERMANY
Red air force
Berlin
Freeze All Silk Stocks Freeze All Silk Stocks
Ottawa August 9 An order in council freezes all raw silk stocks in Canada not needed for war production The measure takes effect at midnight and covers silk in transit or held outside the country to conserve supply for war industries Plateau Co Ltd of Montreal is named as the authorized representative for the order Howe said silk on which throwing has not begun is exempted from the ban
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
Howe
Authors to Hold Coast Convention in Vancouver and Victoria
OTTAWA Aug. 9 Plans for the 20th national convention of the Canadian Authors Association to be held Aug. 21 26 in Vancouver and Victoria have been completed, Mrs. Madge MacBeth national president said today. Dr. John Murray Gibbon founder Montreal once winner of the Governor General's Literary award will address the convention. Medals to the three literary award winners for 1940 E J Pratt Toronto winner in the poetry class for the second time with his book Brebus and His Brethren Dr Philippe Panneton Montreal fiction Thirty Acres and J F C Wright Saskatoon general literature Slava Bohu will be presented by Dr Gibbon.
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OTTAWA
Canadian Authors' Association
Vancouver
Victoria
Madge MacBeth
John Murray Gibbon
Montreal
E. J. Pratt
Toronto
Brebus
Philippe Panneton
Thirty Acres
J. F.C Wright
Saskatoon
Slava Bohu
Gibbon
Secret radio devices to warn of bomber approach
The United States war department announced plans for new secret radio devices that would operate 24 hours a day along coastlines and at overseas bases to warn of approaching hostile bombers.
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WASHINGTON
United States war department
Thailand vows to fight any aggressor for independence
Bangkok August 8 The Thai minister and chairman of the Thailand Broadcasting Commission said the Thai people will fight to the end against any aggressor to safeguard national independence.
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BANGKOK
Thailand
Luang Vichitar Vadakarn
Thailand Broadcasting Commission
Six Men To Probe Blast On Tanker
FBI agents and Detroit police opened an inquiry into the cause of an explosion that set the Canadian oil tanker Transiter on fire off River Rouge Detroit killing two of the 17 Canadians aboard. Captain Rudolph Tremblay reportedly steered the vessel to minimize damage before leaping ashore, as searchers recovered two bodies and continued the inland oil dock hunt.
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DETROIT
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Canada
River Rouge
Elida Tremblay
Murray Bay
Que
Roger Frechelte
Strikes Hit Two New Jersey Defence Plants
Strikes at two New Jersey industrial plants tied up about 600 million dollars in defence orders. Picket lines surrounded Curtiss Wright plant at Caldwell where 800 of 1,493 workers joined the walkout. Shipyards at Federal Building and Drydock in Kearny also faced a 1.0 strike on 493 million dollars of naval vessel orders. A defence mediation board in Washington announced an agreement reached for...
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NEW YORK
New Jersey
Curtisss&Wright Corporation
Caldwell
AFL
Federal Building and Drydock company
Kearny
defence mediation board
Washington
Divert Two Tankers To Australia New Zealand Service
The Gaitex Company of California diverted two additional tankers to Australia New Zealand service. This will boost Australia gasoline stocks but will not relieve rationing.
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MELBOURNE
Gaitex Company
Calfornia
Australia
Canadians Interned Clergy From Zamzam Sunk Vessel
Ottawa reports 11 Canadian passengers from Quebec Roman Catholic clergy aboard the Zamzam, sunk last April, have been interned. External Affairs announced the action today.
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OTTAWA
Quebec
Zamzam
external affairs department
Kansas Farmers Build Bins To Store Wheat
Railroads embargoed wheat shipments to Kansas City elevators yet Kansas and Missouri farmers built hundreds of new bins and renovated barns. They stored grain at cash market and government loan prices, avoiding weather loss. By late summer 1941 most wheat was not dumped on the ground, except near Garden City, Kansas.
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KANSAS CITY
Kansas
Missouri
Garden City
Kas
No Meat Increase Likely Says British Minister
London Aug 18 Food Minister Lord Woolton told Britons in a Cheltenham speech today that there would be no rise in the meat ration for the duration of the war.
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LONDON
Lord Woolton
Cheltenham
German travelers seek economic rights in Chinese zones
Japanese minister Kishi, returning from occupied China, cites an influx of German travelers in Hankow and other areas. He notes Germans pushing to establish economic rights while British and American factories close, marking a notable German foothold amid Japanese military activity.
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China
Manchouka
TOKYO
Hankow
Kishi
May Call Emergency Meeting of Cabinet
Australian cabinet ministers were advised to stand by for an emergency meeting possibly Monday. Prime Minister R G Menzies, touring the commonwealth, said calls would depend on international developments. If the situation changes over the weekend he may fly to Melbourne to confer with ministers and armed services heads.
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ADELAIDE
R. G. Menzies
commonwealth
Melbourne
Bomb strike destroys Central China Daily News in Shanghai
The Central China Daily News owned by Wang Ching-wei, head of the Nanking regime, was destroyed by a time-bomb explosion. Fire razed nearby property as police reported the blast. Eleven people were killed in the Axis raid on the Suez Canal zone. Duff Cooper and 27 others left Lisbon for New York aboard the Atlantic Clipper. Vichy demanded Britain release Gen. Dentz and 35 officers held in Beirut. Howard Deccw of Vancouver elected national president of the Association of Kinsmen Clubs. Vichy cabinet meeting postponed to Monday. Forty Canadian survivors reach the Azores. six more arrived earlier. Japanese steamer Kaisima Maru reaches Australia with new consul-general Itsuo Geta.
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SHANGHAI
Central China Daily News
Wang Ching-Wei
China
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