Churchill returns from Iceland visit after Roosevelts sea meeting
Prime Minister Churchill returns to Britain aboard the Prince of Wales after an historic sea meeting with President Roosevelt and a stop in Iceland. He is met by Information Minister Brendan Bracken to discuss a probable broadcast date. British and U. S. troops in Iceland were inspected during the journey.
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LONDON
Churchill
Britain
Roosevelt
Iceland
Brendan Bracken
United States
Atlantic
Rice grass fodder aids British farms in wartime
The St. Thomas Times-Journal notes that rice grass or Spartina, carried from American ships to England, has become a valuable fodder and coastal stabilizer. The grass yields excellent hay and is readily grazed by livestock, with plantations expanding for shore protection.
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England
Britain
St. Thomas
Southampton water
America
New South Wales
Riverina
Norway Church Bells Commandeered by Nazis
Stockholm reports that all church bells in Norway were ordered delivered to German authorities for use for urgent state purposes. The Norwegian correspondent for Telegens Nyheter said the bells would be used as war materials.
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STOCKHOLM
Norway
Teagens Nyheter
Warn Iran Second Time Warning Iran
Britain and Russia consider a decisive Iran move after Nazi infiltration reports trigger protests from London and Moscow. The Daily Mail urges speed, warning Iran could be on Germany's road to India as Iraqi revolt impacts strategy.
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LONDON
Britain
Russia
Iran
Persia
Moscow
Daily Mail
Germany
India
Iraq
Middle East
President resumes personal command in U S capital
President Roosevelt returns to Washington to oversee wartime policy with Hull and leaders, signaling a faster tempo for Axis defeat. Talks with Churchill remain private while a new massive lease lending request, potentially up to 10 billion dollars, looms. Britain seeks more aid as Beaverbrook emphasizes greater supplies.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
United States
Winston Churchill
congress
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
White House
Hull
Far East
Germany
McGruther Found Alive After Mountain Crash
LAC A M R McGruther of Edmonton survived a Royal Canadian Air Force bomber crash on Mount McDougall, 7,000 feet up, after 44 hours. His two crewmates, FO I M Sutherland Brown and LAC F W Greenfield, were found dead nearby. McGruther, injured and exhausted, was rescued and taken to Calgary hospital.
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C.P
LAC
A. M. R. McGruther
Edmonton
Royal Canadian Air Force
McGruther
Lethbridge
Mount McDougall
FO. I. M. Sutherland Brown
Victoria
LAC. F. W. Greenfield
Madison Sask
Darlan Reaches Paris for Talks With Brinon
Admiral Jean Darlan, newly named minister of national defence, arrived in Paris today for talks with Fernand De Brinon, Vichy representative in Paris, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported.
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DARLAN
PARIS
LONDON
Jean Darlan
national defence
Fernand De Brinon
Vichy
British Broadcasting Corporation
Calgary plane crash survivor aged 96 joins RCAF
A 96 year old student who survived a Calgary RCAF plane crash last week suffered a broken leg and other injuries. He joined the RCAF last January 6 and completed elementary training at Lethbridge's Kenyon Field in April. This photo was snapped during his residence.
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Cross
Lathbridge Herald
LAC
A. M. McGRUTHER
Calgary
R.C.AF
Lethbridge
Kenyon Field
RAF Bombers Sweep Channel In Large Scale Raid
RAF fighters and bombers launched a major operation from southeast England across the Channel, seen in formations flying high toward the French coast. Bombers, escorted by Hurricanes and Spitfires, returned about an hour later. The air offensive continued with Bremen and Duisburg targeted, while losses were reported as one bomber missing from a force of over 100.
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SLONDON
C.P
Royal Air Force
English Channel
LONDON
Germany
Bremen
Duisburg
Rhine
air ministry
Herald crop report shows wheat harvest well along
The Herald monthly crop report notes widespread harvest in Southern Alberta with 65 percent of wheat cut in some districts and 75 percent grain cut across areas after a week of favorable weather. Wheat in the Lethbridge railway division averages about 20 bushels, three above the long-term 17 but two below the 1940 level. Barley surpasses average, oats lag in foothill regions due to heat, but oats acreage is higher than last year, promising sufficient domestic supply.
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Alberta
Lethbridge
German claims of rout as Red Army falls back in Ukraine
Berlin reports Red Army withdrawal deepens toward the lower Dnieper with rout in parts of southern Ukraine. Nikolaev port and Krivoi Rog iron region taken, while German raids hit Moscow rail lines. advance touted around Odessa as forces close in on key black sea base and grain port.
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BERLIN
Red army
Ukraine
lower
Dnieper
Hitler
Russia
Black Sea
Nikolaev
Germany
Odessa
Moscow
high command
Krivoi Rog
RING OF STEEL
Krivoi’ Roz
Dnieper river
Leningrad
Five Killed In Pier Fire Near Brooklyn Waterfront
Fire on the Brooklyn waterfront killed two men and endangered many seamen as explosions tore through the Cuba Mail Line freighter Fanuco and damaged nearby piers. Police said 26 men were rescued from the river, with 3 dead and 22 admitted to hospitals. Investigators opened sabotage inquiries, noting Pier 27 might be the fire source while Pier 26 hosted ships supplying Britain.
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NEW YORK
Brooklyn
Cuba
Fanuco
Panuco
Lewis J. Valentine
East River
B. E. Sackett
Manhattan
federal bureau of investigation
William O'Dwyer
Valentine
Britain
Devastating Hailstorms Hit Southern Alberta Farms
Two severe hail storms that formed west of Granum swept across southern Alberta Saturday, destroying thousands of acres of mature crops. The five minute onslaught damaged sugar beets and gardens, stripped leaves, shattered windows, and left many fields 25 to 100 percent ruined including Nobleford, Diamond City, Eight Mile Lake, Crystal Lake, Coaldale, and Wrentham districts with insurance coverage limited and large losses.
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Granum
Lethbridge
High River district
Diamond City
Shaughnessy
Diamond
Eight Mile Lake
Crystal Lake
Statue Of Roosevelt For London Suggested By Editor
London editor Wilson Midgley urged erecting a Roosevelt statue in London. He argued the gesture would carry significance now, with the president's face depicted as if defying the Blitz and bearing a resolute chin.
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LONDON
C.P
Wilson Midgley
the
London Star
Roosevelt
Danger Explosion In Far East
United States Ambassador Joseph Grew and Foreign Minister Teijiro Toyoda held a lengthy late day meeting at Tokyo’s foreign office amid heightened Pacific tensions. Reports say the discussions were of utmost importance though specifics were not disclosed. Analysts note rumors of Chiang Kai-shek possibly visiting Moscow affecting China Japan strategy.
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TOKYO
Siberian
United States
Joseph Grew
Teijiro Toyoda
Pacific
Chiang Kai-Shek
Moscow
China
Japan
London
Chiang
Grew-Toyoda
foreign office
Toyoda
Eugene Dooman
U.S
igi Aman
U.S. state department
Red Army halts Nazi thrust near key Ukrainian port
Moscow reports heavy German losses in central and northern Ukraine with at least 25,000 men killed or wounded as Red Army counterattacks strike toward Nikolaev Krivoi Rog and the Dnieper hydroelectric area. Soviet communique notes destruction at Nikolaev Krivoy Rog docks and a halted advance near an unnamed town east of the Dnieper.
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MOSCOW
Red army
aet
Nikolaev
Krivoi Rog
Odessa
Dnieperopetrovsk
Dnieper river
withedrawal
Krivol Rog
Stalin
Red Star
Red
Kiev
Dutch helpers punished for aiding British landings
In Amsterdam on August 18 a German court martial sentenced three Dutch men to death for assisting British forces that made forced landings on Dutch soil. Two others received life imprisonment for providing food money and civilian clothing to grounded fliers attempting to reach the channel coast.
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AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
channel
Three States Produce 253,132,000 Bushels of Wheat
The U S Department of Agriculture estimated total spring wheat production for Minnesota North Dakota and Montana at 733 132 000 bushels as of August 32 The bulletin also notes other wartime and regional updates from Edmonton Calgary London and Helsinki including plans to close pools to curb infantile paralysis and military and geopolitical developments.
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A.P
United States agriculture department
Minnesota
North Dakotas
Montana
EDMONTON
C.P
A W. Haddow
CALGARY
Andrew Davison
W. Crandell
Calgacy Federation of Civic Employees
DAKAR
VICHY
France
Paris
Anjouré ‘Hui
Senegal
Churchill-Rossevelt
U.S
MIDDLE EAST
Roosevelt
Pan-American Airways
ADDIS ABABA
LONDON
Ethiopia
Bath
England
Princess Tsahai
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HELSINKI
Finland
Red army
Lake Ladogs
INDO-CHINA
SAIGON
Japan
MANITOBA
WINNIPEG
Transcena
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