Commercial Centre Falls To Germans
Industrial city of Luga captured and Dnieperpetrovsk falls. German high command claims 83,596 prisoners, 465 guns, 199 armored cars seized this western Ukraine drive since Uman. Luga, 22,000 population, near Lakes Ilmen and Perpus, reported captured after days of fighting. bunkers silenced, mines cleared, prisoners taken, arms destroyed.
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BERLIN
Dmnieperopetrovsk
Dnieper river
Ukraine
Uman
Dnieperopetrovsk
Soviet union
Luga
Leningrad
Ilmen
Perpus
New Tank Will Avenge Coventry
London reports Canada aims to boost war supplies above World War I levels and that a forthcoming British tank named Coventry is intended as vengeance for Coventry. Lord Beaverbrook praised Hon. C. D. Howe for driving production and noted Britain’s safe British community in Tehran.
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LONDON
Lord Beaverbrook
Canada
C. D. Howe
ministers of supply
Britain
Coventry
Resurrection of a Polish Flag Hidden for Resistance
A Polish pilot in Lyons sent his mother a banner design for his squadron. One side bore the Madonna of the Ostra Brama with crown symbols uniting Poland Lithuania and Ruthenia, the other side Saint Theresa and the motto Love calls for sacrifice. The flag was divided into 17 pieces sewn by Polish women to evade German vigilance, then hidden.
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France
Lyons
Poland
Lithuania
Ruthenia
Theresa
Dublin
Beaverbrook urges U S entry as war production surges
Lord Beaverbrook after Washington talks says United States is in full production with no slowdown since Germany's invasion of Russia. He says entry into the war is up to the American people and notes US tanks and aircraft arriving in Britain in large numbers. He expresses no pessimism about rising American output.
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LONDON
Lord Beaverbrook
Washington
United States
Germany
Russia
Britain
Prime Minister meets Prince Albert men in England visit
Prime Minister Mackenzie King met soldiers from his Prince Albert Saskatchewan riding during a visit to the Canadian 1st Division in England. He noted there seemed to be many men from Prince Albert in the army, more than from any other part of Canada.
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ENGLAND
Mackenzie King
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Canada
Duke Thanks U S Workers for War Effort
The Duke of Kent visited the Glenna Martin bomber plant in Baltimore to thank 13,900 Canadian and American aircraft workers for producing planes for Britain. Standing on a flag draped platform, he praised their labor as saving lives and bringing victory closer. A detachment of 50 Canadian soldiers from Holabird camp joined the event under Major W E Dun.
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J F SANDERSON
BALTIMORE
Duke of Kent
Glenna Martin
Amerian aircraft
Britain
Holabird
Mai W E Dun
Good Guy Named Joe Duke of Kent Interview
Norfolk dispatch details a relaxed interview with the Duke of Kent, described as "a good guy named Joe" who juggles a tough job and 18 hour days. He discusses labor support, travel fatigue, and bomber missions, noting Bourbon instead of Scotch and a preference for plain, approachable behavior.
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JOE
DUKE OF KENT
TOW HANES
NORFOLK
Atlantic
Reds attacked as German forces press near Leningrad
Soviet dispatches report Red Army gunners repelling waves of German infantry motorcyclists and armored units trying to close on Leningrad after breaking through Novgorod. Reports describe heavy German advances in the Ukraine and near Staraya Russa while Soviet defenses hold with counterattacks ongoing along the western front. The fall of Novgorod places German forces within 35 miles of Moscow Leningrad railway. page continuation notes Moscow reports of tighter outer defences breached.
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MOSCOW
Red army
Leningrad
Novgorod
Odessa
Red Star
Ukraine
army organ
Staraya Russa
Lake Simen
Moscow-Leningrad
Unemployment insurance rolls reach 25060600 insured workers
Ottawa reports today that the number of insured workers under the new unemployment insurance plan has reached 25,060,600, according to the unemployment insurance commission.
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OTTAWA
unemployment insurance commission
German planes disperse over Leningrad attack
Moscow radio stated that German planes attacked Leningrad yesterday but were dispersed. The report from Moscow on August 26 notes no details on casualties or extent of damage.
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MOSCOW
Leningrad
Labor Urges Menzies Quit and Coalition Rejected
Australian Labor presses for resignation of Prime Minister R G Menzies and his cabinet after a five hour meeting and a Labor caucus rejection of an all party government. John Curtin says Labor criticizes war effort as caucus rejects coalition plan.Continued on page three.
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CANBERRA
C.P
Menzies
Labor party
R. G. Menzies
Labor
John Curtin
Curtin
MELBOURNE
AAP
Robert Menzies
Big Storm Rips Kansas City Areas With Havoc
A hurricane force windstorm struck Kansas City last night causing extensive property damage and traffic paralysis for about an hour. Three radio towers fell, storefronts were smashed, trees uprooted, and the First Presbyterian spire toppled onto a roof. A Johnson County mast crashed into a home, prompting evacuations. two children and Mrs Angus escaped injury. In total 150 plus power line breaks left large areas dark and over 3 500 calls flooded city fire departments.
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KANSAS CITY
Kas
First Presbyterian church
Johnson County
Frank Angus
Angus
Edmonton Volunteer James Hartley Enlists in Active Army
Edmonton August report confirms James Hartley Liberal member for Macleod and deputy speaker has volunteered for service with the Canadian Active Army. Hartley, veteran of the First Great War as a Canadian artillery captain, has been in reserve since then. He was first elected in 1935 and re-elected in 1940. Only other on active duty is Capt J H Tremblay Liberal Grouard who went overseas in December 1939.
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EDMONTON
James Hartley
Social Credit
Alberta
Macleod
toda
Hartley
Canadian artillery
J. H. Tremblay
Grouard
Navy Bosses Ship Plant In New Jersey Strike End
KEARNY NJ August 26 Vast yards of the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company buzzed with activity as shipyard workers resume work for the navy after a 19 day strike. Local 16 Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America estimates about 10 000 men reported for day shift work on ships valued at 493 000 000. Two cruisers six destroyers and several merchant vessels were listed as on the docket amid the resumed labor action that shut 18 000 men from the plant during the walkout.
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KEARNY
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
United States navy
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Japan Would Welcome U S Negotiations to Ease Far East Tensions
In Tokyo Koh Ishii stated Japan would welcome negotiations with the United States to ease Far East tension and reach a reasonable conclusion. He added no information on any talks being under way. In Ottawa the Royal Canadian Navy listed AB Robert B Mugford of Sooke BC as drowned on leave Aug 17, raising navy dead and missing to 373 since the war began.
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TOKYO
Japan
United States
Far East
Koh Ishii
cabinet information bureau
Ishii
OTTAWA
Royal Canadian Navy
Robert B Mugford
Sooke
Alexander Slips in U.S. Amateur Qualifying Round
Alexander of Burlington NC dipped five over par with 77 in the second of 36 holes at Omaha Field Club, totaling 144. Bud Ward, former champion, moved to 148 with a 75, four back of Alexander.
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OMAHA
Stewart
Alexander
Burlington
United States
Omaha field club
Bud Ward
Dodgers Dominate Cardinals 8-3 at Ebbetts Field
Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the St Louis Cardinals 8-3 at Ebbetts Field in the first game of a doubleheader boosting their NL lead by a full game. Sadler Mancuso Davis Owen and others contributed as Brooklyn built a comfortable win over St Louis with late offense and solid pitching.
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EBBETT'S FIELD
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Dodgers
Red Birds
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Oix
Sadler
Mancuso
Davis
Owen
Vital Points In Hands Of British Army
British and Indian forces seized three key Iran sites Band ar Shahpur Qasr I Shirin and Abadan as airborne units supported by Soviet drives from the north. The actions aimed to cut enemy lines and safeguard oil facilities with four German ships seized and Italian vessels damaged. Iran declares violation of international law over harboring craft.
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A.P
EHERAN
Iran
Britain
Russia
Teheran
London
Motsown
legation
Reich
DREW MIDDLETON
Associated Press
Bandar Shahpur
Qasr-I-Shirin
Abadan
Russiar
Tran
Simla
India
Munitions Plants Increase in Melbourne Amid War
Aug 26 AAP reports Australia has seen munitions plants multiply by about 2000 percent since the war's start. The total continues to rise monthly as the machine tool precision industry approves capital expenditure exceeding 100 million dollars for expansion.
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MELBOURNE
Australia
machine tool precision industry
Death of Air Training Plan cadet Buckham at Christie Street
TORONTO August 26 AD John A Buckham attached to Eglinton training school of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan died early today in Christie Street hospital where he had been admitted six days earlier His next of kin is his mother of Brandon Manitoba.
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TORONTO
John A Buckham
Eglinton
British commonwealth air training plan
Christie Street
Brandon
Hun Cities Are Blasted
A Royal Air Force force bombed French targets under sunset skies, with fighters providing cover in the Channel raid toward Boulogne. The escort returned after just over an hour, following a morning skim over Dover cliffs after night raids on Mannheim and Karlsruhe. The targets centered on Mannheim and Karlsruhe, with large fires reported despite poor weather.
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LONDON
Royal Air Force
English Channel
Boulogne
Germany
France
Httle
white Dover
Mannheim
Karlsruhe
Rhineland
air ministry
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Hu Shih
John Magruder
Imperial Oil Company
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Persian Gulf
Alie Mansur
SHANGHAI
Churchill
Kunie Akiyama
GESTAPO
C P
Profesor Casimir Bartel
Lwow
RAYMOND
McLARTY
HOSPITAL
HELSINKI
Finland
Finnish state information bureau
Suosaerus
Suvilahti
Hytsylae
Vuantele
Aitojoki
VICHY
Khorramshahras
sentee Shahpur
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