Iran Faces British Soviet Invasion Across War-Torn Persia
Iran’s army of about 190000 men reportedly resists advancing British and Soviet forces spreading the war across oil-rich Persia. British desert troops move from Iraq toward Baluchistan while Indian mechanized units and RAF support spearhead the invasion from the Gulf and Bandar Shahpur. Opponents field roughly 19 divisions as the conflict widens.
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LONDON
Iran
Persian Gul
Caspian Sea
Iraq
Persian Gulf
Baluchistan
Cairo
Russian advances, German losses reported on fronts near Leningrad
Soviet dispatches claim heavy fighting across the Leningrad front as Red Army forces attack with tanks and infantry. Reports say two German troop transports sunk, one damaged, and Romanian and German divisions routed or bloodied in the Bitter battles around Odessa and the Dnieper region.
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MOSCOW
Red army
Baltic Sea
Leningrad
Gomil
Red
Russia
Black Sea
Odessa
Ukraine
Dneper
Soviet bureau of information
Kakisalmi
Novgorod
Dnnieperopetrovsk
Dnieper
Karelian
Naz
Izvestia
Kingisepp
porteou
Kiowa Man Sends Cotton Bale to Canada War Effort
James G de Gruchy of Kiowa Oklahoma contributes a 428 pound bale of cotton valued at 7874 Cascadian funds to Canada’s World War II effort announced by the Department of Munitions and Supply. He previously donated 27000 pounds of scrap iron to Britain and seeks to aid further. He arrived in the United States forty four years ago and fights from the Channel Islands sympathies.
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Hitler
James G de Gruchy
Kiowa
Oklahoma
Department of Munitions and Supply
government of
Canada
Great Britain
James de Gruchy
Jersey
English Channel
Aus
de Gruchy
United States
Vichy Minister to Continue in Canadian Post
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King after a weekend with Churchill says Rene Ristelhueber, the Vichy government minister to Canada, will stay in his post for now. King offered no further details on the decision.
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LONDON
CP. Cable
Mackenzie King
Churchill
Rene Ristelhueber
Canada
Silence Masks Major World War II Fronts
Berlin dispatch notes strong German advances on many fronts yet official statements offer little detail. Reports highlight battles around Odessa and Tallinn with heavy casualties among Russian troops and civilians, plus ongoing encirclement efforts near Kiev and Gomel.
Gas and Oil Deliveries Cut Across Canada
Toronto report notes oil controller G R Cottrelle ordered a 20 percent cut in weekly deliveries for Aug 25 to Aug 31 and 75 percent in September and October, aiming to curb consumption. The measure applies nationwide and supplements voluntary conservation efforts, urging motorists to reduce use amid a serious fuel shortage.
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TORONTO
G. R Cottrelie
Cottrelle
Canada
Churchill Warns Japan to Stop Aggression in Asia
Prime Minister Churchill, back in London from the Atlantic conference with President Roosevelt, warned Japan in a Sunday broadcast that the southward push toward Singapore, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies must stop. He described Hitler as surprised by Russia’s costly invasion and said Britain would join the United States if Japan persists in aggression. He estimated German casualties at perhaps 1.5 to 2 million in the nine weeks of battle and noted German reprisals.
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LONDON
Churchill
Roosevelt
Japan
Singapore
Philippines
Dutch East Indies
Hitler
Russia
Britain
United States
Atlantic
Germany
great
Churchill Speech Highlights Draw Meeting With Roosevelt
Churchill recounts crossing the Atlantic to meet President Roosevelt aboard the Prince of Wales. Allied leaders and commanders held continual councils as Europe faces Nazi aggression and war’s brutal toll.
Old gray mare and Dobbin may soon be what they used to be
Chicago report notes horses and mules once seen as relics of the gasoline age may return to work as fuel and machine demand rises. Wayne Dinsmore of the Horse and Mule Association of America warns that gasoline rationing or higher prices could boost demand for animal power, citing U S population shifts from 1920 to Jan 1 this year with millions of animals still in use.
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CHICAGO
A.P
United States
Wayne Dinsmore
Horse and Mule Association of America
U.S
Four Killed In Training Plane Crash Near Liverpool NS
Halifax reports an eastern air command statement that four men two Britons and two Canadians were killed when a training aircraft crashed near Beech Hill six miles from Liverpool Nova Scotia. The dead include pilot Lt WwL Smallman and others. five others parachuted to safety from a separate crash nearby.
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HALIFAX
eastern air command
Liverpool
F L. Smallman
RAF
S Street
England
G. T. S Woodham
Huronville
Sask
J. Elliot
Calgary
RCAF
Set J Martin
Forestburg
Alta
Douglas Belleville
Ont
Beech Hill
Denial of Churchill Implication Hits Tokyo Press
In Tokyo a government influenced piece quotes a commentator disputing Churchill’s claim that Japan’s actions followed Hitler’s example. It argues the China incident predates the European war and that Japan’s advances in Indo China were peaceful and in cooperation with China.
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Churchill
United States
Japan
China
Hitler
Mussolini
Finnish Shock Troops Reach Vilpuvi Amid Drive
Finnish forces advance toward Vilpuvi as Red Army units allegedly retreat from a threatened encircling flank on the Karelian Isthmus. Reports from Helsinki dated August 25 1944 describe the operational context and the shifting frontline in the region.
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HELSINKI
Finland
Vilpuvi
Karelian
Red
McLarty Hospitalized for Eye Condition
Ottawa reports Labour Minister McLarty is in hospital for treatment of an eye condition that has troubled him for a short time. Details on prognosis were not immediately available.
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OTTAWA
Labor
McLarty
Duke Of Kent Makes One Day Norfolk Visit
The Duke of Kent youngest brother of the King arrived at Norfolk Virginia for a one day inspection tour of Hampton Roads defence activities He came by US Navy plane from Washington and planned to tour the naval air station training station yard Newport News shipyard Langley Field and to dine in Washington tonight He was met by British and US officials and greeted by workers at the Norfolk navy yard during his tour.
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NORFOLK
Duke of Kent
araved
United States naval air station
Hampton Roads
United States navy
Washington
naval air station
naval training station
navy yard
Newport News shipbuilding and dry dock company
Langley Field
national capital
White House
Wilfred F French
H Pott
W W Howard
USN
Louis Greig
Royal Air Force
Scotland ‘Yard
Harry Evans
Manley H Simons
fifth naval district
James Guthrie
Red Army marches south into Iran with Allied force
The Red Army moved south from the Caucasus into Iran in a joint operation with British troops to counter Nazi actions. Molotov delivered a note to Iranian ambassador Mohamed Saed promising withdrawal only after Nazi danger is removed and Iranian territorial integrity is upheld.
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MOSCOW
Red army
Caucasus
Iran
Middle East
Molotov
Mohamed Saed
Britain
Russia
Teheran
Azeraijan
Baku
Soviet Turkmenia
Tran
Soviet” Union
eves Tran
British Troops Active Around Tobruk Described Amid Fire
British Middle East command says patrols of empire troops stationed near Tobruk Libya remain active despite continuous enemy artillery and mortar fire as siege pressures persist around the Libyan front.
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CAIRO
Tobruk
Libya
Middle East
Chungking Hit by Sudden Air Attack Saturday
The university district in western Chungking housing about 7000 Chinese students was the main target as Japanese planes blasted the capital for the second straight day. Residents reported heavy explosions and fires across the area as authorities urged caution and shelter.
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CHUNGKING
Hollick Kenyon appointed superintendent at Lethbridge
H Hollick Kenyon was named operating superintendent of TC A at Lethbridge in a statement by O T Larson vice president F M McGregor was named superintendent at Toronto. News notes also report a missing sailboat found near Cooking Lake with four feared drowned and a Quebec strike at Arvida Aluminium plant beginning a five day inquiry.
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H. HOLLICK
C. P. Christensen
Edmonton
Cooking Lake
here
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Christensen
Norman Christensen
Marie Christensen
Isobel Blair
FROBE
QUEBEC
TABRIZ
BERLIN
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louuy
Iran
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LONDON
C.P
HMNS
A.P
Germany
Haiti
Cuba
SHANGITAL
Shanghai
Chungking
central front
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ATLANTIC CHARTER
HOPE OF WORLD
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British Empire
Europe
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FO J Barneson
San Francisco
J H McKay
Montreal
D. J. Robertson
Cornwall
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Comet News Agency
Virginia
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