Allies Drive Deep Into Sicily Near Messina
Allied troops pierced German lines on the Sicilian bridgehead with assaults from the sea and land. British forces advanced on Acireale and near Messina while American units seized San Fratello San Agata Cesaro and advanced toward Randazzo. Air strikes battered railways roads bridges and enemy shipping as ambush landings hit German positions and the Randazzo area came under heavy bombardment.
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Daniel De Luce
Associated Press
ALLIED_ HEADQUARTERS
North Africa
A.P
Sicilian
Messina
8th Army
Acireale
Catania
San Maria
De Licadia
Mount Etna
U.S. 7th Army
Sicily
San Fratello
San Agata
Italy
Randazzo
Adreale
Cesaro
Bronte
Adtrno
San Maria Di Licania
Tyrrhenian Sea
Three Italian Cities Ruined in RAF Night Raid
London reports three Italian cities Milan Turin and Genoa were heavily damaged in a Saturday night RAF Lancaster raid. The attack hit war factories shipping facilities and yards, with Rome acknowledging considerable damage mainly in central Milan and Turin.
Berlin coup hinted as Goering given new power
Madrid dispatches report that Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering was endowed with broad powers after a Nazi leadership meeting at Hitler's headquarters. The army is seen as steering German affairs with Hitler as figurehead, while Keitel Doenitz and Goering loom as real rulers. The army favors keeping the Nazi party as a facade to avoid upheaval, with fears echoed from Italy's recent Fascist collapse.
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CHARLES S. FOLTZ
Associated Press
MADRID
Spain
Berlin
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goerling
Hitler
Germany
Goering
Wilhelm Keitel
Karl Doenitz
Italy
Fascist party
Pietro Badoglio
Yanks Bombarded With Food Parcels In Sicily
American planes dropped food parcels to supply the Fifth Army vanguards in northern Sicily. The aid was delivered to ground lines extended into the hills where mule trains could not reach before.
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U.S. UH
SICILY
Lift Ban on Daily Worker Export by Britain
Britain ends the prohibition on exporting the Daily Worker, with the ban removal effective today. The restriction, first imposed in May 1940, followed the newspaper's resumed publication last September after a suspension period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Daily Worker
Left Hand Corner health fears in Nazi Germany
A London correspondent for the Ottawa Journal reports acute concern over a typhus outbreak in several German areas. He cites appalling sanitary conditions in concentration camps and a labor camp where German youths are being hardened, noting unhappiness and severely rationed, unpalatable food.
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Germany
London
Ottawa Journal
Peats
A Bus Girl’s Life in Wartime Leeds
A Leeds Yorkshire Post column reflects on women replacing 90 percent of bus conductors during war. It notes the quiet resilience of girls who manage rush hours amid stressed passengers, hinting at stories continued on the back page.
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Leeds
Yorkshire Post
Four Trapped In Kerr Mine Near Oldman River
A rescue into the James Kerr drift mine two miles north of the Oldman river traffic bridge is underway after an explosion while using an electrical cutter. Workers named are John Pente William King John Zubray and Sam Crabb. The Kerr mine near the river was developed by James Kerr and has seen recent Dominion aid and development work to boost output during wartime fuel shortages.
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James Kerr
Oldman river
No. 8
Lethbridge
Kerr
Dominion
Japs At End Of Offensive Power
Gen Douglas MacArthur said Japan's concentrated attacks failed and the Pacific forces are now on the defensive. He stressed Allied victories are decisive, with resources limited yet steady progress yielding vital, cumulative gains. The article notes the contrast if Guadalcanal and Port Moresby had fallen, implying defeat had the enemy prevailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WILLIAM F. BONT
Associated Press
yore
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Pacific
South
MacArthur
the
Guadalcanal
Port Moresby
Munda
Salamaua
WILLIAM HIPPLE
Roosevelt Returns From Fishing Trip Near Lake Huron
President Roosevelt came back to Washington from a Canada vacation on the north shore of Lake Huron near McGregor and Whitefish bays. He was accompanied by key aides including Admiral Leahy, Rear Admiral Brown, Maj Gen Watson, Rear Admiral McIntire, James Byrnes, and Harry Hopkins, with McIntire as surgeon general and Byrnes heading the Office of War Mobilization. No Canadian officials accompanied the group, and Secretary Early indicated only some fishing occurred.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
Georgian Bay
McGregor
White Fish bays
Lake Huron
Canada
Whitefish bays
William D. Leahy
William Wilson Brown
Edwin M. Watson
Ross McIntire
James Byrnes
Harry Hopkins
McIntire
U.S. navy
Byrnes
office of war mobilization
Hopkins
Anglo-American munitions assignment board
Stephan Early
Cordell Hull
George C. Marshall
Set Ceilings For Cuts of Lamb
Ottawa Aug 9 The prices board set ceilings on wholesale prices for lamb cuts nationwide. An order issued July 27 fixed maximum wholesale prices for carcasses and sides of spring and summer lamb. The new cuts prices must relate normally to carcasses and sides, with a uniform differential established due to wide variation in interpreting normal and proper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Canada
prices board
Soviets Ruin Nazi Armor in Ukraine Front Drive
Soviet tank forces push toward Kharkov from the north facing fresh German reserves near Dolzhik as infantry move up through wreckage and mop up gains. Bogodukhov and Dolzhik fall sever rail links, with 77 German tanks and 125 planes lost. Reds seize 48 tanks and 15 Tigers, while Bryansk advance nets 130 villages wrecked troops and materiel.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
OSCOW
Kharkov
Dolzhik
Ukraine
Bogadukhov
Bolshaya Pisarevka
Tartsovka
Vorskla
Krasnopole
Sumy
Bogodukhov
Bryansk
orel
Three Die as Truck Hits Greyhound Bus Near Nelson
In Nelson British Columbia on the Nelson Trail highway a collision between a lumber truck and a Greyhound bus left three women dead and several others injured. Police work to identify victims using registration cards found in purses though belongings were scattered widely. Injured identified include William Bhatasonoff of Tagham with facial injuries and Mike Sookoroff of Shore Acres with body injuries.
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NELSON
B.C
Nelson Trail
William Bhatasonoff
Tagham
Mike Sookoroff
Shore Acres
Canadians Break Etna Defences In Sicily Advance
Canadian and British forces shattered the Etna line near Adorno after a 150 mile advance from the coast. The Alberta Loyal Edmontons and Seaforth Highlanders shared the hard fighting in the mountains, as German resistance collapsed and the left flank of the 8th Army remained protected. Dust and fatigue accompanied the assault as Canadians moved from hill to hill toward Adorno and Centuripe.
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Sicily
Catania
Messina
Bronte
Adrano
Paterno
Eighth Army
Goering
C.P. Cable
AUsmo
Mount Etna
Etna
Aderno
Bina
Simeto
8th Army
andacius
Regalbuto
Edmontons
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
French Woodsman Shot by Posse in Maine Wilderness
In Greenville Maine a fifty year old Woodsman was fatally wounded on a wilderness trail by a posse seeking him for questioning about the June 3 slaying of Wesley Porter of Patten. The wounded man named Alphonse Maurine of Saint Dayphile Quebec, 35, died in Greenville Hospital after receiving an interpreter. Deputy Sneiitt David Knowlton said Porter was shot near Mattagamon, the camp of Chub Oster, a guide and owner, where the porter was killed during the hunt.
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GREENVILLE, Me
Aus
wilderness woods
Wesley FL Porter
Greenville hospital
Sneiitt
David Knowlton
Alphonse Maurine
St. Dayphile
Chub oster
Mattagamon
Webster Lake
Porter
Patten
Mussolini Used To Grab Em Young
Sicily reports a Fascist youth participation card found for a boy named Nigro Concenth aged two, linked to a Mussolini group. The card claims pledge to follow the Duce and serve the cause with blood oath. Readings suggest propaganda themes from early Fascist youth indoctrination.
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Mussolini
SCOGLITTE
Sicily
Fascist party
Nigro Concenth
Nigro
Sons of the Wolf
Tals
Duce
Defence Minister Ralston Returns to Ottawa Office
Ottawa Aug 9 Defence Minister Ralston was back at his desk after weeks in Britain where he conferred with military authorities and inspected Canadian troops in training camps Cal Palen arrived in Canada by air using the same method he once crossed the Atlantic. Defence headquarters planned a later statement. staff declined further comment.
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OTTAWA
Defence
Ralston
Britain
Cal. Palen
Canada
Atlantic
defence headquarters
Raiston
Evacuation Ordered for Stettin Near Berlin
Reuters dispatch from Stockholm reports that Stettin located 65 miles northeast of Berlin is being evacuated today. The move underscores wartime pressure as Allied forces press eastward and German authorities shift civilians from threatened areas.
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LONDON
CPA Reuters
dispatch
Stockhohn
Stettin
Berlin
Russians Claim Broad Advances In New Offensive
The Russian communique says Soviet troops advanced four to seven miles toward Bryansk and captured 80 populated places, while in the Kharkov direction gains reached nine to 15 miles with over 100 towns seized. Notable captures include Kosneyoks Milovose Shapova and Kirova near Orel. A separate Madrid report hints at a forthcoming Nazi announcement about continued war effort and greater German help. Allied planes resumed large scale night raids on France Italy and Turin Genoa. In Canada, talks sought between Mackenzie King and union leaders over aircraft workers strike. The Alaska Highway completion expected to release 3000 to 3500 Canadians by year end. Voting in eastern by-elections reported heavy with eight candidates contesting seats in Stanstead and Montreal Cartier. A Mountie was wounded and a trapper died by his own action near Peace River after an exchange of fire.
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Bogodukhov
Dolzhik
piaces
Kharkov
Red army
Chuguyev
Bryansk
Narishkina
Orel
Kromi
Voroshilovgrad
Donets Basin
Izyum
LONDON
Kosneyoks
Milovose
malway
EUROPE
C.P
channel
France
Valan
Turin
Genoa
Italy
MONTREAL
Stanstead
Montreal Cartier
TRAPPER
EDMONTON
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
A. W. MacDeashd
High Prairie
William LeGrande
Grenard
noutheast
Peace River
LeGrande
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Randaaso
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Dwight BD. Eisenhower
Pietro Badogno
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Gene
hich
Rome
Turn
Fiat automobile and engine works
Italan royal arsenal
Amt
comtrast
ines
Chiasso
Report Goering
BULLETIN
Kerr Mine
John Pente
William King
John Zubray
Sam Crabb
Greyhound
ROSS MUNRO
Aug
Brome
Centuripe
western Canada
moun
hill
hull
mountain crest
A. J. Pranklin
Picton
Ont
Rossain
Saul Ste. Marie
Posse
Col. Ralston
NAZE
nfermaciones
onda
waly
KING
C.P.i
Paul Fournier
Montreal ‘trades and Labor Council
Mackenzie King
ALASKA
Alaska Highway
federal selective service
WSPA BF
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