Soviets Hold Firm Line as German Offense Presses
Moscow reports Red Army fights back along a front from Lake Peipus to Odessa as retreating Soviet forces abandon Kingisepp and pull back from Smolensk and Nikolaev. The new line remains intact as Soviet tactics focus on inflicting maximum losses on the invaders.
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U.S.S.R
HENRY CASSIDY
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Red army
Lake Peipus
Odessa
Kingisepp
Leningrad
Pier Blaze Death Toll Is Unknown
In Brooklyn a devastating pier fire destroyed the Cuba Mail Line ship Panuco and damaged cargo. Seven people were confirmed dead with around fifty five hospitalized. investigators warned the final toll may never be known as a formal inquiry begins. Police report lists crew and workers aboard the Panuco with numerous missing from each hold.
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NEW YORK
Brooklyn
Cuba
United States marine inspection and navigation service
Panuco
grevedores
Munitions For Russia
United States Ambassador Joseph Grew said he had been discussing with the Japanese government limits on Americans leaving Japan. Koh Ishii denied that Americans would be held as hostages. Britons face similar difficulties in leaving Japan, with the total believed to be small.
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TOKYO
United States
Joseph Grew
Japan
Koh Ishii
cabinet information bureau
American Pilots Drive British Air Transport Effort
Capt. Norman Edgar of England said in Montreal that a bomber bound for Britain is held up by no pilot shortage. He noted many US pilots volunteer for the air transport service, supplying more than a third of its pilots. They cannot join combat, freeing others for air fighting and bombing.
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Britain
Atlantic
Norman Edgar
England
auxiliary air transport service of
Montreal
ocean
United States
Atlantic bomber service
great air transport organization
Edgar
British air transport auxiliary
Roosevelt says war may last through 1943
President Roosevelt asserted the war could extend into 1943 if needed and that Britain and the United States would survey needs and production through that year to sustain the war effort.
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Britain
United States
Axis Shipping Losses Total 4,007,000 Tons
London reports admiralty figures showing about 4,007,000 tons of Axis shipping sunk captured or scuttled from war start to Aug 16. German losses total 2,321,000 tons, Italian 1,523,000, Finnish 34,000, 119,000 tons considered useful to the enemy. Royal Air Force credited with much of Axis losses since July 10. British losses not updated beyond June totals.
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LONDON
admiralty
Acsis
Royal Air Force
Netherlands
Allied
eee
RAF Russ Blast Huns Over Northern France
Royal Air Force crews shot down eight German fighters in daylight over northern France in a follow up to night raids on Cologne and Duisburg. Six British fighters went missing in the sweep, but two pilots were accounted for. Fires raged at Cologne and Duisburg.
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LONDON
C.P
Royal Air Force
France
Cologne
Duisburg
Coordinated Raids Extend Across German Cities
London reports that British and Russian air forces are intensifying strikes on Berlin and another dozen German cities as nights lengthen. RAF sources say coordination has been simple so far, with officials noting difficulties in sharing detailed plans yet acknowledging mutual awareness of targets and raid extents.
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LONDON
C.P
Berlin
Royal Air Force
Moscow
Bombers Hit Dunkirk Docks Amid Occupied France Skies
Allied fighters clash as bombers batter Dunkirk docks in occupied France with RAF and Soviet forces reported in limited capacity during ongoing air war.
German Claims of Baltic and Black Sea Naval Losses and Advances
Berlin reports a 35000 ton battleship a 10000 ton cruiser four destroyers and two submarines captured at Nikolaev. West of the Dnieper all territory falls to German forces with attacks aimed at Odessa and Dnieper bridgeheads. German sources estimate heavy Black Sea units in service and claim sunk gunboat and damaged vessel in Nikolaev action.
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BERLIN
Nikolaev
Russia
Black Sea
Dnieper river
Odessa
Kiev
51 Students Win Awards at University of Alberta
Edmonton August 19 Fifty one University of Alberta summer school students have qualified for degrees and diplomas. Twenty three will receive the senior diploma of the college of education. 21 qualified for Bachelor of Arts degrees. six for Bachelor of Science degrees in the faculty of arts and science. one for a BSc in household economics. Winners of BA include A A Aldridge Rawlf C M Baillie Medi cine Hat V R Bayduza Ryley G L Berry Chauvin W R N Blair Millbank Ont Earl W Buxton Edmonton H P Christofferson.
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EDMONTON
Fiftyone
University of Alberta
college of education
faculty of
A. A. Aldridge
Rawlf
C. M. Baillie
Medicine Hat
V. R. Bayduza
Ryley
G. L. Berry
Chauvin
W. R. N. Blair
Millbank
Ont
Earl W. Buxton
H. P. Christofferson
Murder charge dismissed against Montreal restaurateur
Montreal August 19. Jean Labelle a restaurant owner had a charge of attempting to murder a soldier dismissed as the crown said there was no proof to offer.
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MONTREAL
Jean Labelle
Pickets Strike at Gimbels in Herald Square
About 500 union pickets rallied at Gimbels department store in Herald Square today causing disruption to operations for roughly 1,500 employees across several departments. Organizing union activity and chants marked the protest in a major shopping district.
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NEW YORK
Gimbel’s department
Herald Square
Empire Will Hear Churchill Version Of Historic Meet
Churchill returns from Atlantic conference with Roosevelt and reports on talks with both leaders. He presides over war cabinet briefing, outlines plans against Hitlerism, and discusses the sea parleys. He will broadcast next Sunday at 8 pm. Public reaction greets his London arrival aboard the Prince of Wales.
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Empire
LONDON
Churchill
Atlantic
Roosevelt
war cabinet
United States
Mr. Churchill
Nine Days' Wonder Divorce Awarded in Detroit
Detroit August 19 John Thomas Roberts received a divorce decree from Circuit Judge Guy Miller after testifying his wife left him nine days after their 1908 marriage. Roberts said I guess she isn't coming back.
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DETROIT
John Thomas Roberts
Guy Miller
Roberts
Johnson Faults Churchill Roosevelt Pact As Alliance
Senator Hiram Johnson charged that the Roosevelt Churchill joint statement created an offensive and defensive alliance between Great Britain and the United States. He cited a sixth point on postwar peace as implying US commitment to war, while Senate foes argued no binding commitments were made at a sea conference with Churchill and Roosevelt.
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Johnson
WASHINGTON
Hiram Johnson
Rep
California
senate today
Roosevelt
Churchill
Great Britain
United States
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Britain
Europe
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Barkley
Champ Clark
Dem
Missouri
Duke of Kent Visits Lakehead Tour Ends in Western Canada
The Duke of Kent departed Fort William for Pirquis Junction Ont after a western Canada tour begun Aug 3 in Winnipeg The royal party was greeted by thousands in Port Arthur and Fort William at war industry visits including No 2 elementary flying training school He spoke to pilots in training and workers at Canada Car and Foundry Port Arthur Ski Building and met army and navy officers and city officials
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MARSHALL BATEMAN
FORT WILLIAM
Ont
Duke of Kent
Fort Willan
Pirquis Junction
western Canada
Winnipeg
lakehead
Port Arthur
Duke
Kenora
Lake of the Woods
Canada Car
nd Foundry Company, Limited
Bombings injure twelve in Havana shoe district
Twelve people are injured in Havana after terrorist bombings damaging two shoe stores a mirror factory and a supply house in the central shopping district. Police seek a black sedan after two men were seen throwing explosives. Wrecked businesses were run by Spaniards and cards reading VY for Victory plus a portrait of leftist rebel Antonio Guiteras were found at the scene.
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HAVANA
Antonio Guiteras
News Bulletins From Southeast England Coast Town Aug 19
A.P. reports RAF bombers and fighters cross the Strait of Dover for a raid on German-occupied northern France this evening. Other items note wage increases for Australian forces, Finnish claims on Red drownings at Lake Ladoga, Manitoba MLA J. B. Laughlin dies of encephalitis, Canada wheat clearances rise, British submarine Cachalot reported lost, sabotage scare in Paris, RAF downing three Malta aircraft, and labor days lost in Canada. Joe Levis and wife reconciliation closes with renewed agreement.
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ENGLISH
Royal Air Force
Strait of Dover
France
MELBOURNE
HELSINKI
Fintish army
front
Lake Ladoga
smal
MANITOBA
M.L.A
Killarney
OTTAWA
C.P
LONDON
admiralty
Cachalot
PARIS
VICHY
R.A.F. DOWNS
MALTA
VALETTA
R.A.F
Labor. department
Canada
United States
Great Britain
LOUIS
CHICAGO
A.P
Joe. Levis
Marva
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Germany
Dunkerque
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GIMBEL
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Winston Churchill
U.S.S. Augusta
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
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H.RH
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