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Newspaper
Lethbridge Herald
Location
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 05, 1941
Page
1
Russians strike back as fresh troops counter German advances attacking toward Vitebsk and Smolensk. The main Russian army shows strong action along the Beresina front between Borovsk and Bobruisk. Minsk may be a front salient or possibly in German hands.
OSCOW July 5 The Red army says it repelled repeated German attempts to breach the Berezina and Drut rivers piling up the banks and filling the waters with corpses. Fighting continued along the Berezina and Drut near Borisov and Bobruisk as nightlong clashes persisted.
A New Yorker comments on News From Belgium Belgium News Service noting British propaganda and the spread of the symbol V. The piece cites C B G initials arguing why Americans sympathize with England over Germany. It accuses Hitler of breaking pledges, bullying civilians, and looting conquered lands.
New York July 5 The Moscow radio declared in a CBS broadcast that the best divisions of the German army have been smashed and that German casualties and prisoners since the Russo German War began total at least 700000.
The bureau says repeated enemy attempts to force the rivers were frustrated by fire and our troops. The enemy suffered heavy losses in water and on banks in what appears to be the war’s heaviest fighting area east of Minsk on the invaders' road to Moscow. To the south, strong tank units are reported by the Russian communiqué.
Allied troops push toward the Syrian Turkish frontier along the Mosul railway, aiming to sever Syria from Turkey. British Indian mechanized forces threaten Aleppo after Deir ez Zor and Tell Kotchek. Royal Navy bombards a Vichy coast guard post as Australian forces advance toward Beirut.
Leeds dispatch reports Foreign Secretary Eden stating Britain will destroy Hitler and his regime, predicts a forthcoming German peace offer as a theatrical ruse. He vows no negotiation with Hitler at any time and warns of further German deceptions amid Hess’s flight to Scotland.
A July 5 report notes 233 people died in various Sudden death incidents across the United States during Independence Day celebrations. Traffic crashes caused many fatalities while misc accidents including airplane and train crashes, drownings, and a railroad crossing collision added to the toll. California and Ohio reported the highest counts, with 17 and multiple deaths, and six deaths occurred in Mattituck, New York, from a car train collision.
German spokesmen said the Canadian War Monument in Brest was destroyed by British bombs in last night’s raid on the port. Ottawa reports show no Canadian war memorial in Brest. at St Nazaire a plaque marks the first Canadians’ landing in France in World War I.
Washington reports a sign of better shipping for Britain with a notice that under the Lend Lease Act it will take at least 20 000 bales of U S cotton per month. Officials had feared disposal would be delayed but credit is given to a growing U S shipping pool of up to 2 000 000 tons and to foreign ships entering U S ports.
Julius Otto a 54 year old attached to the German consulate general in New York hanged himself with a sash cord in the bathroom of his Mount Vernon home police said The act followed the consulate being closed last week by order of the United States government authorities reported today
Rome reports two air launched torpedoes hit a 7000 ton British auxiliary cruiser in Famagusta Bay Cyprus and the ship must be considered sunk. Italian raiders also bombed port facilities and ships in the harbor. British response unavailable.
New York reports of a magnetic disturbance disrupted wire and wireless communications across Canada and the United States for several hours before dawn. NBC and CBS described short wave paralysis while Western Union and RCA noted ground wire issues easing by mid morning. Public wires to Europe were disrupted and relations between New York and Toronto slowed.
Nazi spokesmen said German troops contacted the Stalin line and reached the Dnieper at Orsha, about 120 miles east of Minsk, with heavy fighting reported behind front lines. Air raids continued against rail lines Minsk to Moscow as reports of Minsk capture remained unconfirmed.
London reports praise from The Times Daily Herald and others for President Roosevelts Independence Day address though some editorials faulted lacking commitment to greater US wartime action. The Daily Sketch urged more concrete American action in defense of freedom.
London dispatch reports Col. G. Symonds former home office fire adviser and Col. A. Croad shelter construction expert have arrived in Russia on a mission from the Home Security Ministry to advise the Soviet on civil defence.
A large daylight raid by British bombers hit Lille’s steel and engineering works after noon, with strong fighter escort, and another raid reportedly hit a railway yard at Abbeville. A 4000-ton German vessel off the Belgian coast was reported direct-hit.
The Australian destroyer Waterhen, 1100 tons, built March 1918 with 134 crew, was damaged by bombs in the Mediterranean and sank while in tow. There were no casualties reported in the navy ministry announcement.
Ottawa April finance minister Ashley said Canada has advanced 325.6 million dollars to the Foreign Exchange Control board to supply the United Kingdom with Canadian dollars for munitions raw materials and foodstuffs. He said the advance may rise to a maximum of 400 million as more dollars are needed and will be reduced when Canadian securities are repatriated.
Pilot Officer William Pentland of the Royal Canadian Air Force, a noted Calgary badminton and tennis player, was injured in a plane crash overseas around June 26. He suffered head injuries but is recovering in hospital according to word received by his parents, Mr and Mrs A W Pentland.
Premier Joan Bracken of Manitoba will depart for Calgary to officially open the exhibition, as announced. Governor General hosts 24 U S high school boys touring North America led by Everett W. Harding. Billy Conn reveals his marriage to Mary Louise Smith in Philadelphia last Tuesday. Imperial Japan reports 109,250 military deaths in China and 2,015,900 Chinese deaths. J W Braithwaite reelected Manitoba Co-Operative of Honey Producers president. Miss Margaret Wherry elected president of Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Steel prices rise 1.8 percent since 1939 while wages climb 15.7 percent. Two youths sentenced for failing to report for four months of compulsory military training. Dizzy Dean leaves baseball for a radio job with the Cubs.
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