Flanking Move Against Dnieper Nazi French Field Raided
American medium bombers escorted by Allied fighters attacked Poix in northern France to press strikes on Nazi concentrations. RAF night operations mined enemy waters and damaged four minesweepers. no Allied losses reported. Flight crews included Canadian escorts and a Canadian squadron led by Buck McNau. High casualties or intelligence moves mentioned included Himmler’s ministries shifting to Prague and Vienna.
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LONDON
C.P
Poix
France
air ministry
RAF
English channel
Berlin
RCAF
EEC
Naz
occupied
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
ministry of the interior
Prague
BBC
foreign ministry
Vienna
ministry of education
Posen
labor ministry
Krakow
Ldr
R. W. ‘Buck McNau
North Battleford
Sask
Donets River Area Menaced
Moscow reports Soviet forces advancing west of Kharkov in the Kharkov region and pushing south toward Lozavaya to pressure German lines in the Donets river basin. Gen Konev’s troops won back ground near Tzyum and Voroshiloverod while counterattacks were repelled. Poltava remains a distant objective along the Dnieper rail corridor.
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OSCOW
Kharkov
Ukraine
Dnieper
Ivan 3. Konev
Lozavaya
Donets river
Donets
Moscow war bulletin
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Tzyum
Voroshiloverod
Konev
Poltava
Zenkov
Kiev
Italians Move en Masse Into Rome Amid Lodging Shortages
Madrid dispatch reports thousands of Italians from provinces streaming into Rome as Allies land in Sicily. Observers estimate Rome now hosts about 500,000 more residents, with parks and squares filled nightly as lodging remains scarce. The movement is largely peaceful, possibly fueled by hope Rome will be spared bombing if declared an open city.
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CHARLES S. FOLTZ
Associated Press
MADRID
Pietro Badoglio
Rome
Italy
Sicily
Canadians Break Through in Sicily Battle at Grottacalda
Telegraphed from Leonforte on July 25, the account highlights Canadians in Sicily achieving their first pitched battle with German forces on July 16 near Piazza Armerina and a larger victory on July 18. The Grottacalda crossroads surge routed the enemy as battalions flanked and cut routes, with one unit advancing to Valguarnera, while another pressed through rugged terrain to strike from the hills.
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Sicily
Leonforte
London Tunes
Piazza Armerna
Piazza Armerina
Enna
Valguarnera
Leonaforte
Grottacalda
Sub nets 10 U boats sunk or damaged in 13 battles
New York August 27. At least 10 German U boats were sunk or damaged in 13 air sea battles between United States Army Air Force bombers patrolling the Atlantic. Five subs were believed sunk and five damaged, with three forced underwater and unable to attack shipping. Laborator bombers flew up to 1000 miles from base and all returned safely despite heavy anti aircraft fire.
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NEW YORK
United States army air force
Atlantic Ocean
Alhiea
Laborator
U-boato Pive
Reporter Survives Burma Parachute Mission
CBS correspondent Eric Severeid and 18 others were forced to parachute from a plane over Burma jungles on August 2. He has reached a town in Thailand according to late night word from the scene.
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NEW YORK
Eric Severeid
Columbia
Broadcasting System
Burma
Tadia
Berlin Reichskancellery Hit in RAF Bombing
A Reuters dispatch from Stockholm reports the Nazi Reichskancellery was struck during a heavy bombing of Berlin by the RAF and RCAF late Monday night, quoting a German traveler. The blast underscores intensified Allied air raids aimed at crippling Berlin’s leadership center.
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LONDON
Reuters
Stockholm
Germany
Reichschancellery
Berlin
RAFR.C.A.FP
Danish Riots Escalate Across Occupied Denmark
Danish authorities report a surge in demonstrations sabotage and clashes with German troops in Copenhagen and across Denmark. Police say 120 arrested while sabotage damages reach about 1 500 600 crowns as strikes spread and negotiations stall amid the occupation.
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SIOCKHOLM
Denmark
imbel
Copenhagen
Lauritaz Knudsen
Nine of 19 escaped Nazis recaptured in Kingston
Nine of 19 German prisoners who fled Fort Henry prison camp were recaptured by 9 am. Four were found last night and five more today in Kingston or nearby. Two were captured at 3:60 am near Vimy Batarke HQ of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals.
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KINGSTON
Ont
C.P
Fort Henry
shoals
solidiers
Vimy Batracke
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
An hou
One Missing In Coast Rail Wreck
One man is missing after a Canadian National railway freight train derailed near Fort Langley, 28 miles east of Vancouver. Fire officials and investigators work at the scene while the missing person is identified as F Fisher of New Westminster, BC.
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VANCOUVER
Canadian National
Fort Langley
F Fisher
New Westminster
Canadians In Sicily Pleased At Kiska Capture
Canadians in Sicily welcomed news of the Kiska capture from BBC broadcasts and a front page 8th Army story. They asked who led the operation and which units took part, while celebrating their own progress in the war.
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Sicily
Kiska
ROSS MUNRO
United States
BBC
8th Army
Two German POWs killed at Alabama camp escape attempt
Two German prisoners of war were killed during escape attempts at the Aliceville camp in Alabama. Camp commandant Col. A Prince confirmed the fatalities on Thursday.
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ALICEVILE
Ala
Col
A Prince
Scorching Attacks On Key Italian Airfields
United States heavy and medium bombers renewed assaults on the Italian peninsula targeting Capua and Grazzamis airfields. RAF and US aircraft reported destroyed enemy fighters, bombed rail lines and harbors near Naples, and bombarded locations along the Calabrian coast. A British naval force attacked Locri vicinity while Italian defense anti-aircraft fire engaged Allied planes.
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NOLAND NORGAARD
Associated Press
LLIED
North Africa
United States
Italian
Capua
Grazzamis
Messina Strait
Algiers
Naples
Giazanise
Bagnoli
Italan
Gaspimi
Carlofonte
Luciana
Rezcio
Calabria
Locri
Italy
Loei
Cave Spartisento
Churchill Broadcast Schedule Change
Churchill's broadcast time moved from Sunday to Tuesday at 11 am MDT. Government spokesman announced the update clarifying the plan for the British audience and media.
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Churchill
QUEBEC
Tuexiay
cifierill
ca bso
pokesman
Allies At Edge Of Salamaua
Allied ground troops near Salamaua in New Guinea press the Japanese back toward their airstrip at Henderson Crossing within a mile of the southwest end. In a separate raid, nearly 100 Allied bombers struck Hansa Bay, sinking a freighter and wrecking 45 barges as MacArthur reports pressure increasing against the Japanese near Salamaua and in the New Guinea and Solomons theater.
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NEW GUINEA
Salamaua
Salamaua Hoels
Serce
q¢ldre
Thure
Hennedy
HANSA BAY
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
Douglas Macarthur
Wewak
Madang
Bauroxo harbor
New Georgia Islands
Solomons
New Georgia
Vella Lavellia Island
Navieng
New Ireland
Recognition For French At Quebec Conference
Washington reports that the Soviet Union formally recognized the De Gaulle Giraud National Liberation Committee as trustees of French interests, stamping approval on the Quebec conference outcome. The Moscow bulletin states the group represents state interests and leads French patriots against Nazi rule, surpassing other Allied welcomes.
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Russia
Quebec
De Gaulie-Giraud committee of National Liberation
Churchill
Macs Kensie King
Roosevelt un
Moscosa
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
ete
Ohe
Uzh og
epor
Russians Take Isevsk Seizes South of Bryansk
Soviet troops captured Sessk about 835 miles south of Bryansk marking a push into a new sector between Kharkov and Bryansk. In the same report the Kharkov area saw three to five mile advances and the district centre Kotelya was recaptured. Several other area gains and mop ups were noted.
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ISEVSK
BRYVSK
LONDON
Sessk
Bryansk
buriay
Priday
Kharkov
sdid
Kotelya
cO.Po
Fort Kkeary
here
Kingston
ALASK
DAWSON CREEK
C.PI—C. EB. Rice
Lee
Haire
Alisha highway
HOARE
SPAIN
tug
C.P
Samuel Hoare
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Alberta Cancels Remission Of Aberhart Death Duties
Premier Willian Aberhart died last week leaving estate duties valued at 773 dollars. Alberta government canceled the remission order and the succession duties on Aberhart estate have been paid in full after public disapproval. The move follows criticism of remitting taxes that provincial officials deemed improper.
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Alberta
Willian Aberta
Manning
yubav
Weberhart
Aberharts
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CANADA
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National Film Board
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AnbHiye
SAL
New
JOHN H. COLBURN
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eneims
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androme
satelites
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