Normandy Drive Near Paris Surges as Vendome Falls
Allied forces press toward Paris with American armor near Chartres and Rambouillet while Vendome capitulates. Reports from Allied and German sources describe a closing siege on the Falaise pocket, a retreat toward Rouen, and air battles that tally 23 German planes down.
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21ST ARMY GROUP
C.P
Reuters
Normandy
France
Montgomery
FALAISE
A.P
Von Kluge
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
Seine
Rouen
PARIS
CHARTRES
LONDON
Stockholm
Transocean
U.S
Rambouillet
VENDOME
ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
Le Mans
Lord Ogilvy of Denver Farm Editor at The Denver Post
The veteran farm editor Lyulph Ogilvy, known for 30 years as Lord Ogilvy, is introduced as the Denver Post’s long time “lord” of the Fourth Estate. A former flagman, Ogilvy rose after publisher Harry Tamminen dubbed him Lord Ogilvy at the Windsor hotel.
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Denver
Lord” Ogilvy
L. G
Ogilvy
Winston Churchill
earl of
Scotland
Lord Ogilvy
Harry Tammen
old Windsor hotel
Frederick G. Confils
Genver
Tammen
Lyulph
Tammeu
French Patriots Stop Nazi Division On D-Day
Edmonton Aug 1 French underground led by Gen Koenig stopped a full German division by sabotage on D-Day Maj M de MacMahon military attache said in Edmonton interview arriving from Wainwright 107 miles east of here He praised French organization and patience for liberation while attending Canadian manoeuvres with other attaches from Norway Czechoslovakia Russia and France and senior Canadian officials. Ljundberg Haakon and others recounted wartime experiences as they traveled to Ottawa plans.
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EDMONTON
Koenig
M de MacMahon
France
Wainwright
de MacMahon
Ottawa
Norway
Czechoslovakia
Russia
national defence headquarters
Canada
Legion of Honor
HAAKON
Birger Ljundberg
Germany
Holland
Belgium
London
Britain
D Mode Fossey
Ljundberg
Egil Langland
Han Amburg
Lucier Sozansky
Peter S. Motinov
A. Romanov
Strasbourg Hit by American Bombers at Toulon Harbor
American medium bombers scored direct hits today on the French battleship Strasbourg in Toulon harbor as part of an effort to silence its guns used by German forces against advancing Allied troops. The 26 500-ton ship, launched in 1936, was partly submerged by the French in 1941 and remained a target amid harbor combat alongside La Galissonnière, a destroyer and a submarine detected in the area.
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ROME
Strasbourg
Toulon
Ontario Town Weathered by 20 Minute Cyclone
SMITHS FALLS Ont Aug 18 Residents of Eaton's Corners began repairing extensive damage after a 20 minute cyclone burst from a small black cloud on the horizon. The gale toppled buildings blocked highways and felled trees while shattering communications. By Thursday night power and telephone lines were restored. Two large barns a silo and a shed were levelled and a car demolished when a barn collapsed onto it.
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SMITHS FALLS
French Fleet Invasion Involves Algeria Operations
A strong French fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Lemonnier and aligned with United States forces under Vice Admiral Hewitt participated in operations in south France, the French admiralty announced Thursday in Algiers on August 18.
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ALGIERS
Lemonnier
H. K. Hewitt
United States
northwest Africa
France
Former local nurse dies in Italy during war service
Lieut Norah WW Peters, a former Lethbridge nurse, serving as a nursing sister with the Canadian army in Italy, has been killed in an automobile accident. Born in Glamis Scotland, she came to Canada as a child, trained at Calgary General Hospital, practiced in Lethbridge, and served overseas with a Canadian general hospital. She is survived by her father Andrew Peters of Cluny Alta and a sister Mrs W Prowse.
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Norah
WW. Peters
Lethbridge
Italy
Andrew Peters
Cluny
Alta
Glamis
Scotland
Canada
Calgary General hospital
Peters
Currie Banacks
Dominion
Chuny
W. Prowse
Allied forces push inland toward Toulon and Cannes
Allied units of the 7th Army drive inland from the Riviera beachhead in southern France, reaching near Solies-Pont six miles northeast of Toulon and advancing toward Brignoles, Draguignan, and the Argens valley. Canadian and Allied landings are reported at Toulon as German resistance shows signs of crumbling amid a wide advance along the coast and toward the Rhone valley.
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Associated Press
OME
U.S. 7th army
France
Sollies-Pont
Toulon
Brignoles
Draguignan
Argens
ONDON
Transocean
EDWARD KENNEDY
ROME
Riviera
aur
Alexander M. Patch
maritime Alps
Prenth
fiaval
Cannes
Rhone valley
Aix-en-Provence
Marseille
Allied Air Offensive Hits Nazi Bases Across France and Europe
Allied fighter pilots shot down 23 Nazi planes east and west of the Seine as heavy bombers raided French bases at Roye Metz Nancy Essy St Disier and Romilly sur Seine hitting an aircraft factory near Metz. RAF Mosquitos struck Germans fleeing toward the Seine from the Falaise Argentan gap and Briitain bombers damaged more than 400 vehicles. Mediterranean air force attacked Ploesti oil facilities in Romania and a German airfield at Nis in Yugoslavia.
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LONDON
Seine River
Roye field
Paris
Metz
Nancy-Essy
St Disier
Rommilly-Sur-Seine
Seine
France
R.AF
Risle River
R.A.P
Germany
Mannheim
Roye
R.A.F
Falaise-Argentan
Belgian Dutch With Canadians in France in Crerar Army
Belgian and Dutch troops are fighting alongside the 1st Canadian Army in France. The force now includes four non Canadian units with Gen Crerar's army. Also transferred were troops from the British 2nd Army and a Polish armored division.
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LONDON
Cable
France
tony
Crerar
Nazis Burn Own Villages Along East Prussian Border
Moscow radio reports claim retreating German forces set fire to towns and villages to deny use to advancing Russians. NBC Moscow broadcast says Red Army crossed into Germany, reaching East Prussian boundary. Russians allegedly crossed Lake Peipus and sit on Estonia’s west shore near Tartu. Germans report loss of Vilkaviskis in Lithuania after a large tank battle with air support.
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LONDON
Moscow
Germany
LAKE PEIPUS
Baltic states
Estonia
Tartu
Lithuaniia
East Prussia
C C F in N B vote described by leader Coldwell
M J Coldwell CCF leader spoke in Sackville about placing CCF members in the New Brunswick legislature to foster national unity and advance a people’s program for Canada. His CBC broadcast address urged broader unity and the party’s role in governance.
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SACKVILLE NB
M. J Coldwell
C.C.F
New Brunswick
CCF
CBC
Coldwell
Canada
Hospital ship Lady Nelson docks in Halifax
The Canadian hospital ship Lady Nelson arrived in port late Thursday night with about 500 wounded and sick servicemen from the fighting fronts overseas. They will be landed tomorrow.
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HALIFAX
Lady Nelson
port
Allied Drive On Albania Report On Durazzo Landings
Ankara radio claimed Allied forces landed at Durazzo Albania quoting a Mediterranean bulletin. BBC monitors noted Turkish transmission. Washington officials had no comment. Bari reports said Albanian National Army near 40,000 but under armi
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LONDON
Aus
C.P
Ankara
Durazzo
Albania
Al- Ned
BBC
Bulgaria
Tirana
Adriatic
Brindisi
Bari
Italy
Marshal Tito
Washington
United States war and navy departments
Churchill
France
Tito
Ivan Subasic
Cairo
National Army of Liberation
Vichy Government Flees to Berlin Amid Rising Patriots
Swiss reports say most of the Vichy cabinet fled to Berlin leaving 5,000 mobile guards. Maquis groups and patriots strike German and Vichy defenses in France, derailing trains and isolating troops. Brig Gen Koenig says French forces attack convoys with losses to the Germans and destroy eight bridges, disrupting key rail lines.
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LONDON
Berlin
Laval-Petain
Maquis
France
Det Bund
Bern
Switzerland
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Marshal Petain
Joseph Koenig
interior
Toulouse-Orleans
Montlucon-Bourges
Ad Brings Rain Prompts Merchants to Pay
Lincoln Illinois August 18 Forty two Lincoln merchants who advertised in the Lincoln Evening Courier for rain must pay for the ad. A Thursday three hour shower of 0.56 inch, first in three rainless weeks, answered their plea 33 hours before the Courier deadline.
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LINCOLN, Ill
Lincoln
Lincoln Evening Courier
Courier
Eggs On Board In Indianapolis Car Ride
A seated passenger with a large basket of eggs explained to standees that the eggs aren’t riding free, having given the motorman two tokens. The motorman confirmed the payment as the scene unfolded on Indianapolis streetcars.
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INDIANAPOLIS
LPI
Allied Agreement on German Occupation Clear
Washington Aug 18 President Roosevelt said there is a general understanding among the Allies for occupation of Germany, regardless of how or when the Nazis surrender.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
Germany
Allied air and naval blockade paralyzes southwest Pacific sea lanes
General Headquarters reported creeping paralysis of vital sea routes south of the Philippines. Allied air and naval action has isolated garrisons along 800 miles of islands, forcing reliance on inadequate makeshift shipping for munitions and aviation fuel. The Philippines Halmahera line faces further strain as small craft replace larger vessels, with a 1,000-ton freighter sunk in Davao Gulf.
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SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
Philippines
China
Halmahera
Japan
Celebes
Ceram
Banda
Arafura
Australia
Amboina
Posroe
Bai
Aroe
Tanimbar Islands
Philippines-Hal- Mahera
Davao Gulf
The Road to Berlin by The Canadian Press
The report lists distances to Berlin across fronts: Russian Front 322 miles from Warsaw outskirts, Italian Front 603 miles from Florence, Northern France 375 miles from the Awnay river east of Chartres, Southern France ??? miles from Cannes.
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Warsaw
Florence
France
Awnay river
Chartres
uthern
Canmes
Government Housing Plan Discussed in Edmonton
A meeting of officials from the Union of Alberta Municipalities and the provincial government in Edmonton discussed the proposed government housing plan. Preliminary discussions went well, with more details to be released later. The plan envisions a $1,000,000 government investment and invites municipal corporations to subscribe for shares alongside the government.
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EDMONTON
Union of Alberta Municipalities
Lucien Maynard
Coastal Pilot Sinks Two U Boats in 22 Minutes
In a 22 minute action after Normandy, Liberator pilot FO K K O Moore of Vancouver sank two U boats in the English Channel and earned the D S O. General de Tassigny lands in southern France with Allied forces in the Riviera. Twenty four hours of headlines note 30 000 Germans digging trenches around Paris and Allied air raids hammering enemy targets across four nations.
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D.S
RCAF
COASTAL COMMAND
England
C.P. Cable
Normandy
coastal command Liberator
FO. KK. O Moore
Vancouver
English Channel
Moore
DE TASSIGNY
FRANCE
C.P.Reuters
General de Tassigny
Riviera
PARIS
NEW YORK
A.P
Die Hivailierte
Lucerne
VENDOEUVRE
TOURS
LONDON
C.P.Resters
D.N.B
Tears 'i
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VISTULA
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Fremier Stalin
Frida
Soméounieys
Warsaw
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detenes
oapely
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angurgee Schumaker
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