Solid Toe-Hold Is Won In Solomons
Allied forces report a solid toehold gained in the Solomon Islands as the first Allied offensive in the Pacific begins to roll back Japanese positions. A navy communique says the 12 day-old attack from Guadalcanal Tulagi area caught Japan off guard. Tulagi harbor and Guadalcanal airfield are key bases shaping the sea lane from America to Australia.
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
Australia
United States
Solomon Islands
Pacific
south Pacific
United Nations
United States navy
navy
Washington
Solomons
Guadalcanal-Tulagi
Tulagi
southwest Pacific
Guadalcanal
America
Left Hand Corner aviation writer surveys English plane pools
London Sunday Express aviation writer Winn visits England’s plane-ferry pools and highlights women pilots ranks from first to fourth officer. He recounts a personal moment with Pilot Mrs. Patterson as she asks to descend so her 10 year old son, home sick with German measles, can hear the engines. Andrew Jackson article ends with a controversial claim about his education.
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London Sunday Express
England
lsted
Winn
Patterson
Sie
Craton WINN
Brazil Bitter Over Sinking Ships Stir Brazil
Rio de Janeiro reports strong anti Axis sentiment after five Brazilian ships were sunk by Axis submarines in three days. Diplomats Bage and Cuyaba delayed departure as editorials condemn the crime and note attacks on German property amid growing coastal insecurity between Bahia and Recife.
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RIO DE JANEIRO
Bage
Cuyaba
Europe
Brazian
Diario de Nobitias
Brazil
AXIS
Brazilan
Bahia
Recife
Plotted Against U.S. Suspect Denies Jap Invasion Plot
Filipino prisoner Mimo de Guzman reportedly confessed to organizing necros against white people for a planned Japanese invasion of the United States. He repudiated the admission upon arrival in Washington while awaiting USA Commission Turnage at the district jail.
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Mimo de Guzman
U.S
Washington
USA
Needham
King Speaks Wednesday on War Measures
Ottawa Aug 18 Prime Minister Mackenzie King will address the nation by radio Wednesday night at 9 P E D T 7 p.m. MDT over the CBC network to discuss additional measures for efficient use of all Canadians in the war effort. The broadcast follows months of speculation on drastic changes to national selective service and an anticipated announcement around Aug. 25 by Selective Service Director Elliott M. Little.
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OTTAWA
Mackenzie King
E.D.T
Canada
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
national
selective service
Elliott M. Little
Mr. Little
Power earnings rise in BC firm July 1942 results
British Columbia Power Corporation reports July 1942 gross earnings of 1.744533 million dollars, up from 1.524864 million in July 1941. July expenses totaled 1.435053 million, up from 1.201759 million in July 1941. Net figures reflect increases across the period.
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MONTREAL
British Columbia Power Corporation
All American Fortresses Bomb Rouen in Normandy Raid
American bomber crews led by Brig Gen Ira C Eaker with Royal Canadian and Royal Air Force escort bombed Rouen France on Monday. The strike on the rail yards left a great pall of smoke and sand. Maj Gen Carl Spaatz awaited their return as US air forces begin a sustained bombing offensive.
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BRITAIN
Ira C. Eaker
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force
Rouen
France
Normandy
Seine
Paris
Baker
United States air force bomber command
Garl Spaatz
United States army air forces
Snaatz
raiway yards
U S Bombers Over Tobruk Join Mediterranean Raids
Cairo dispatch reports U S Army Air Forces heavy bombers hit Tobruk harbor and a wreck used for mooring torpedo boats on Aug 14 15 with Axis merchantmen and two destroyers in the area. Medium bombers also attacked Matruh marking first joint US air force participation in the Egyptian theater. All planes returned safely. In Toronto Fred Gollins executive organizing director of the Upholsterers Carpet and Lindewmn Mechanics union is freed from an internment camp greeted by union members on arrival.
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CAIRO
Middle East
United States army air forces
Tobruk
Mediterranean
Matruh
wehich
United States
TORONTO
Fred Gollins
Lindewmn Mechanics International Unio
Oil for Eskimos on Nascopie voyage loses cod liver oil charm
Ottawa reports wartime limits have made cod liver oil scarce for eastern Arctic Eskimos. On the Nascopie’s annual northern cruise the ship now offers an alternative fish liver as the confection of the north. Veterans note the change dulls the traditional delight of the visit as the Eskimos assist with unloading and share the altered feast.
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OTTAWA
north
Arctic
How Alberta Is Financing
EDMONTON Aug 18 A gain of 488802 in cash receipts from ordinary sources and an overall cash surplus of 2587093 resulted from Alberta government financial operations for the first three months of the present fiscal year ended June 30 according to an interim report by Hon Solon Low provincial treasurer The overall surplus was 351642 more than in the same period of 194 The report notes receipts rose while cash payments for ordinary services also advanced by 552419 from a year ago Receipts include a 250000 rise in liquor control board profits and motor vehicle licenses ahead by 86111 due to increased registrations The higher liquor profits come from increased profits and earlier remittances Some decreases in receipts include a drop of 140651 under corporations tax and the Dominion government grant in lieu of tax and 123154 less from the fuel oil tax due to gasoline.
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EDMONTON
Albena
Solon Low
liquor control board
Dominion
Convoy Sighted Off Trondheim Triggers Invasion Scare
London reports an invasion scare in Norway as a British convoy was sighted off Trondheim. German forces reportedly seized the Trondheim telephone exchange and confined operators, while pro-Quisling followers removed emblems and fled the town amid fears of a British attack. The convoy is believed to be bound for northern Russia.
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LONDON
Norway
Trondheim
Vidkun Quisling
Russia
Ontario Health Official Reports Poliomyelitis Cases Rise
Deputy minister Dr. B T. McGhie of Ontario Health and Hospitals announced 22 poliomyelitis cases reported this year, up from 18 in the same period last year, with 12 cases noted in Toronto and 0 in Aus. The update compares current totals to last year's figures for the period.
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TORONTO
Aus
B T. McGhie
Ontario
Festercay
so car
She Waddles Like A Duck On Gunboat Aph is saga continues
Aboard Gunboat Aphis with the Brith Mediterranean Fleet, Aug 18. The flatboat 625-ton gunboat waddles like a duck through Libyan Egyptian coastal waters, adding chapters to the saga of the ship that battered Axis forces from Tobruk to Sidi Barani. After 27 years in service from the Red Sea to the Yangtze, the Aphid carries six inch and 12 inch guns, plus machine guns, still in top fighting trim amid wartime exploits.
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Aphis
Larry Allen
Tobruk
Sidi Barrani
Associated Press
Libya
Egypi
Aphil
Sidi Baran
Yangtze river
Chita
Nazis Retreat As Timoshenko Takes Initiative
Soviet forces counter attacked southwest of Stalingrad and forced a German retreat while advancing to regain lost ground. In Krasnodar and Don bend sectors Russians repulsed four German assaults, destroyed key positions, and seized prisoners and supplies as they pushed toward Stalingrad. The heaviest fighting centered around Kotelnikovski and along the Volga flank, with significant casualties reported on both sides.
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Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
OSCOW
Red army
Stalingrad
Don bend
Kuban
Krasnodar
Kotelnikovski
Stalingrad-Novorossisk
Volga
Timoshenko
Don
Red Star
lower Volga
Kletskaya
Soviet information bureau
Fedor Von Boek
information bureau
U S Seizes Cable Plant In New Jersey Clash
A man blocks the entry to a strike bound cable plant in Bavonrn NJ as the navy, acting under Roosevelt orders, seizes the General Cable Company facility during the occupation.
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occupation
General Cabe Company
Bavonrr NJ
navy
Roosevelt
Burma Leader New Commander In Egypt
Gen Harold Alexander named commander in chief in the Middle East, succeeding Gen Sir Claude Auchinleck. Announcement says Auchinleck remains in command elsewhere with no new assignment. Alexander previously led the British Isles southern army and headed British and Chinese forces in a prior command.
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Harold Alexander
Burma
Middle East
Claude Auchinleck
British war office
Auchinleck
Libya
Alexandria
MONTGOMERY
Fall wheat yields 61 bushels on Gast farm near Magrath
From our own correspondent Aug 18 Magrath Alberta fall wheat on Jacob Gast’s farm produced 61 bushels per acre in a 20 acre field. It was delivered to the Alberta Pacific Elevator via Cuff Spence agent trade No 2 ASV. Gast swathed and threshed with a combine while harvesting continues across the district.
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MAGRATH
Jacob Gast
Alberta Pacific
Cuff Spence
ASV
Gast
combine
Bitter Fighting Reported on Guadalcanal and Tulagi
Allied dispatches claim heavy combat ashore at Guadalcanal and Tulagi, with U S forces said to have landed in force near Tulagi harbor. Reports from London and Rio de Janeiro note Axis ship sinkings and muting air raids across the European and South American theaters. More U S troops reach the Egyptian front, and a parachutist sighting is being investigated in North Bay.
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OKYO SAY
IY 2GLOMONS
NEW YORK
ckro
DNB
Berlin
Guadalcanal
Tulagi islands
Axi
United States
Taulagi harbor
LONDON
C.P
admiralty
Mediterranean
Norway
NAVY
STOCKHOLM
C. F. Liljevalch
Vaesteruik
Aix
Kesters
Bertin
Exzland
Freetown
Seerzm Leone
RIO DE JANEIRO
Vargas
CMRO
United States army
Aerican air force
NORTH BAY
Royal Force ferry command
tewets sandier
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U.S. maries
South Seas
Old Hickory
Jackson
Andrew Jackson
KING
RAF.R.CAF
Alberta
Call
Alexander
EGYPT
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