Bacon deal with Britain sets 600 million pounds supply
Agriculture Minister Gardiner announced an agreement with Britain's Ministry of Food to deliver 600 000 000 pounds of Canadian bacon at 22.15 per 112 pounds for one year from Oct 1. The deal raises price 25 percent from the second year contract and covers roughly 5 250 000 hogs, signaling wartime supply aims.
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WINNIPEG
C.P
Agriculture
Gardiner
ministry of food
Dominion
Wiltshire
f.o.b
Canadian seaboard
food ministry
Lemburg
Sask
Ottawa
bacon board
Canada
Nazis Near Leningrad Is Report
Berlin reports some German troops within 32 miles of Leningrad as forces move toward the city from multiple directions. Finnish troops are said to be gaining ground on the Karelian Isthmus from the north, with the encirclement of Vii puri affecting the isthmus.
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BERLIN
Leningrad
Karelian
Viipuri
Grass as wartime food supply proposed by Cornell scientist
Prof D B Wallace Johnstone of Cornell suggests emergency nutrition using green grass for Britons. He has eaten grass, proposes mixing with flour for soda scones, and says grass could become a food source if England faces shortages. Dried grass powder already produced for animals, may be used for humans.
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lish
D. B. Johnstone Wallace
Cornell University
England
Menzies Resigns as Prime Minister of Australia
Prime Minister Menzies resigns amid a political crisis. He will be succeeded by Vice-Premier Arthur W. Faddén. The transition shifts leadership during a period of government turmoil.
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MENZIES
Australia
Arthur W. Faddén
Menzies Resigns as Australia’s Prime Minister
Australian Prime Minister R G Menzies resigned amid a Labor opposition crisis over his plan to go to London. Deputy PM Arthur W Fadden was unanimously elected to succeed him at a joint United Australia Party and Country Party meeting. It was unclear if Menzies would still travel to London for the war cabinet.
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CANBERRA
Australia
R. G. Menzies
Labor party
London
Arthur W. Fadden
Fadden
united Australian party
Country party
Menzies
Japan
Pacific
Paris Fears Anti Nazi Disorders
Paris reports an assassination attempt by Paul Colette, a de Gaulle supporter, who shot Laval and Dent, wounding them seriously. The incident triggers a roundup of anti Communist Legion members recruited by German authorities and prompts preventive arrests amid fears of anti Nazi demonstrations.
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VERSAILLES
France
Paul Colette
Pierre Laval
Marcel Dent
Charles de Gaulle
Free France
Colette
Russia
Laval
Deat
Paris
British Bomber Raids Hit Mannheim in Night Offensive
British bombers struck Mannheim as the main target with raids on western Germany and docks at Boulogne Ostend and Dunkirk. The air ministry said no British planes were lost and some enemy planes over the east coast dropped a few bombs with no casualties.
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LONDON
Germany
France
air ministry
Mannheim
Royal Air Force
Boulogne
Ostend
Dunkirk
Berlin
British Isles
England
Reds Attack Break Down Nazi Lines
Red forces led by Gen. Konev struck from the Gomel area on the central front, breaking two successive German defence lines in a six day counter offensive. Budenny urged defenders at Odessa to hold the Black Sea port to the last drop of blood as fighting raged across all major front sectors and Russian sailors joined in land clashes at both Arctic and Black Sea ends.
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HENRY CASSIDY
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Konev
Gomel
Semeon Budenny
Odessa
Black Sea
Red army
Arctic
Baltic
Izvestia
Arctic front
Kingisepp
Leningrad
vicin
Children steal flowers from cemeteries in Calgary
Calgary readers report children stealing flowers from graves in local cemeteries and some offering them for sale in stores. W. R. Reader, parks superintendent, has received complaints outlining the issue and seeking remedies.
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CALGARY
W. R. Reader
Duke of Kent Averts Car Collision in Ontario
The Duke of Kent, traveling with Premier Mitchell Hepburn, narrowly avoided a heavy truck near Delhi as he drove from Jarvis to St Thomas. The rear car in the procession, carrying Air Commodore G E Brookes and Inspector Harry Evans, also avoided a head on collision. The Duke arrived in St Thomas to a warm welcome after an overnight stop at Jarvis.
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TORONTO
Duke of Kent
Jarvis
St. Thomas
Daily Star
Delhi
Hepburn
Earl Baxter
G. E. Brookes
Harry Evans
Scotland Yard
the Star
Ont
Jarrvis
Mitchell Hepburn
Ontario
Russians Admit Dnieper Dam Blown Up
Moscow reports that Soviet forces blew up the Dnieper river dam near Dnieperopetrovsk to prevent German seizure. Official spokesman S A Lozovsky said measures ensure the dam and machinery are not used by the enemy. Lozovsky defended Stalin’s scorched earth policy amid German claims of dam capture.
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MOSCOW
Dnieper river
S. A. Lozovsky
Dnieper
Dnieperopetrovsk
Soviet union
Ukraine
Lozovsky
Berlin
Moscow-Leningrad
Stalin
Russia
west
Five injured, one dead in head on crash near Claresholm
A head on collision seven miles north of Claresholm last evening left Mrs. E Bebb of Fernie B C dead and five others injured. The injured include Clarence and Ronald McAllister Seattle Mike Minchuk Fernie B C John Rahal Fernie and Shirley Bebb Fernie. Eye witnesses helped remove the injured and coroner ordered an inquest. Both cars were wrecked with the Seattle vehicle burning.
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CLARESHOLM
Clareshelm
E. Bebb
Fernie
B.C
Clarence McAllister
Seattle
Ronald McAllister
Mike Minchuk
John Rahal
Shirley Bebb
Claresholm Municipal hospital
W. M. Hodgson
Stavely
P. J. Carroll
P. Cameron
No. 15
S.F.T.S
Idaho
Bebb
Carroll
F. J. Brailsford
J. C. McDonald
R.C.M.P
Barnes
Lethbridge
R.C.M.LP
Two Men Dead In Fire At New Magnesium Plant
In Monta Vista California a blaze at a new 12 million dollar magnesium plant killed two workers and left a third critically injured. The plant began operation on Monday producing magnesium by a secret process for defense work. The FBI was called in to investigate the fire.
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New Magnesium
SAN JOSE
Calif
A.P
Monta Vista
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Two Faced Charge Illegal Striking In Nova Scotia
STELLARTON N S Aug 28 Domin ic Nearing district board member United Mine Workers said two Acadia Coal Company employees were ordered to appear in magistrate s court on charges of illegal striking Royal Canadian Mounted Police from New Glasgow served the summonses and Ottawa reportedly directed the action One paymaster was to testify The 1290 man workforce had been idle after 15 power plant workers struck for higher pay and then returned to work pending negotiations The two men were maintenance crew members at the mines
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STELLARTON
N.S
Dominic Nearing
United Mine Workers of America
Acadia Coal Company
Acadia
Nearing
RAF Students Die In Triple Moose Jaw Crashes
Three RAF pilots from No. 32 SFTS at Moose Jaw Saskatchewan were killed in separate crashes during solo training. LAC Anthony Herbert 21 and LAC Patrick Shannon 26, both of London England, and Sgt Kenneth Ivor Gilbert 24 of Shoreham Sussex died as their planes failed after takeoff. The RAF ordered a court of inquiry into each accident.
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MOOSE JAW, Sask
No. 32
service flying training school
Royal Air Force
Anthony Herbert
Patrick Joseph Anthony Shannon
London
England
Kenneth Ivor Gilbert
Shoreham
Sussex
Herbert
Moose Jaw
Shannon
Gilbert
Buttress
Multiple World News Bullets From August Reports
Air raid alarm sounded in Moscow for 1 hour 45 minutes marking the first in eight nights. A Canadian Pacific freight derailment near Rideau Ont. left 16 cars off track with no injuries from a broken rail. A tri motor Colombian plane with 16 aboard went missing in dense forest near Bogota. Britain seized full control of railways and London transport. Seven killed in Axis raid on Suez Canal, 30 wounded. Evacuation of Dnieperopetrovsk announced. Japan moving 10,000 troops weekly from China to Indo-China or Hainan. Thrace closed to foreigners by Turkish order. French radios captured Laval shot reports. Eight thousand steel workers idle after an unauthorized strike in Detroit.
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DETROIT
A.P
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
James F. Dewey
Dewey
th Steel Workers Organising Committee
C.I.O
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Ali Furanghi
DREW MIDDLETON
Ali Faranghi
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Soviet
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Winston Churchill
Iceland
Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
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Scandinavia
R.A.F
Occupied Territories
Duke Averts
THOMAS
Aylmer
DNIEPROPETROVSK
Nova Scotia
Somaliland
INCHY
Jibad
Gnef
C.P.R
Canadian Pacific Railway
Rideout
BOGOTA
Colombia
Tres Esquinas
RAILWAYS
London transport board
SUEZ CANAL
CAIRO
Egypt
CHINA
SHANGHAI
central China
Hainan
French Indo-China
TURKEY
THRACE
BUDAPEST
Europe
VICHY
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