Germans Seek To Widen Wedge In Kursk Belgorod Battle
German forces push fresh troops and tanks into the Orel Kursk sector as they try to crack deep Russian defenses near Belgorod. Soviet reports say counterattacks regain ground while air battles fail to give Germans air supremacy. Moscow says 304 tanks and 161 planes were destroyed or damaged. German casualties cited at 35,000.
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William McGaffin
Associated Press
OSCOW
rplidge
Belgorod
Red Star
Red army organ
Orel-Kursk
Pravda
Guenther Von #iluge
Moscow
high command
Raid on Cologne Marks 119th Strike in Rhine City
The RAF resumed heavy night bombing of Cologne, the key Rhine land industrial centre, marking its 119th raid on the city. Eight bombers were lost as mines were laid in enemy waters while intruder sorties hit French and northwest German targets.
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ONCON
C.P
R.A.F
Germany
Rhineland
Cologne
air ministry
France
Britain
MSTH
Colomne
RCAF
Hamburg
Ruhr
Berlin
Associated Press
Low Countries
R.A.P
R.C.AFP
hich command
Coleene Cstheiras
London Sees 650th World War II Air Alert
German raiders dropped explosives on a southeast town and a southeast coast resort as London issued its first daylight alert since June 27. Home Counties anti-aircraft guns opened fire while planes dived beyond the field of fire. The all clear followed 18 minutes later marking London’s 650th alert of the war. Casualties were expected heavy. a large theatre and nearby buildings burned after a raid near Croydon where a plane crash killed both occupants.
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LONDON
England
Croydon
Cotton acreage may be smallest since 1895
Washington July 9 The United States agriculture department reports that this year s harvested acreage of cotton may be the smallest since 1895.
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WASHINGTON
United States agriculture department
Custom of leaving mine after fatal accident causes debate
British coal miners discuss mourning practice after a Wales roof fall killed Jack Preece. Ben Thomas weighs respect for the fallen against continuing work. Twelve men volunteer to carry Jack home, others return to the pit. Miners march out with lamps as a hymn echoes along the underground roadway.
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ers
Britain
L. Coombs
Wales
Jack Preece
Coombs
Ben Thomas
Jack
Ben
Joint Defence Board Delegations Leave Juneau for Interior
Six Canadian and six American members of the permanent Canada United States defence board and the joint service committee for the Pacific coast depart Juneau for interior points. Canadian head Col. O M Biggar and American chair Mayor LaGuardia of New York lead the groups. They will return by air over the Alaska Military Highway to Edmonton and Ottawa.
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JUNEAU
Alaska
Canada- United States defence board
joint service committee
Pacific coast
Col
O. M. Biggar
Mayor LaGuardia
New York
Alaska Military Highway
Edmonton
Ottawa
House Boys On Bonuses
Ottawa July 9. The House of Commons made progress on agriculture estimates but bogged down on Ilsley’s 143 million dollar departmental war estimates for the current year. Debate focused on 120 million dollars in subsidies to be paid by the Prices Stability Corporation to hold prices within the ceiling.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
Ilsley
Gardiner
lisley
Prices stability corporation
Prices Board
George Cruickshank
Lib
Fraser Valley
Tisley
Isley
Clarence Gillis
C.CF
Cape Breton South
Senate plan to raise corn ceiling stalled by House panel
In Washington on July 9 the House Agriculture Committee pigeonholed a Senate approved plan to lift the stored corn ceiling from 1.07 to 1.40 dollars a bushel Chicago basis. The committee tabled the bill by a 9 to 6 vote after discussions with Marvin Jones, the new War Food administrator, leaving administration efforts to ease the current corn purchasing shortage.
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Chicago
house of representatives agriculture committee
Marvin Jones
Canada seeks world power role in six point policy plan
In the house of commons Howard Green proposes six points for Canada's foreign policy to elevate status as a world power. Coldwell notes support for Pan American Union ties without breaking Britain links. Alberta pork? No, potatoes surplus. Potatoes: 20 carloads in northern Alberta to move. shortages in Ontario and Quebec. U S imports total 2,906,600 pounds from Jan 7 to Jun 26.
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OTTAWA
Howard Green
Vancouver South
Progressive Conservative
house of commons
Mackenzie King
Canada
Canaax
British Commonwealth of Nations
United States
Pan-American Union
British Commonwealth
Russia
China
United Nations
world organization of all nations
COLDWELL
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F
the house
tra
Howar Green
Britain
Havana
ALBERTA
prices board
A. H. Bence
Saskatoon
Ontario
Quebec
Allied Jungle Fighters Only 3 Miles From Munda
Allied forces press near Munda on New Georgia as US Marines and soldiers land north and east of the garrisoned airstrip. Bombers strike Vila and Bougainville while Tempest air raids target Penfoei Timor. Submarines sink 10 Japanese ships in Pacific water.
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C. YATES McDANTEL
Associated Press
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
Australia
Munda
United States
New Guinea
al Kass ana
Solomons
Allied
Monda
Elelo
Rice Anchorage
banana
New Georgia
Kolonbangara
Vila
Kahili
Bougainville
SALAMAUA
navy department
Washington
Pacific
Tokyo
Asahi
Berlin
Hon Low Urges Alberta Debt Refunding
Edmonton July 9 Hon Solon Low provincial treasurer spoke at a Social Credit meeting urging refunding of Alberta’s debt. He argued it would cut interest, free funds to pay 3.8 million remaining provincial savings certificates and fund road work, and hoped negotiations with bondholders would resume paving the way to marketable bonds for bondholders.
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EDMONTON
Solon Low
Alberta
providce
Low
Six Chicago Firemen Killed in Four-Alarm Blaze
Six firemen were known dead and three others trapped under debris after a four-storey office factory building collapsed in Chicago’s near north side. Four more firefighters were hospitalized eight hours after the roof and floors fell, with three men alive but in severe pain as rescue teams worked to reach them.
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CHICAGO
Arrest in Toronto Ties to National Selective Service
Toronto July 9 Robert Douglas of Toronto was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on a charge of conspiring to impede the operation of National Selective Service mobilization regulations. He is the fifth man arrested on a similar conspiracy charge this week.
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TORONTO
Robert Douglas
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
King outlines postwar UN aims and Canada role
Premier Mackenzie King in the House of Commons reviews the war era and the push toward an international organization to embody the United Nations. He argues representation should be functional, favoring states with the greatest contribution to specific aims, and signals new bodies may be formed before victory. He cites 1943 wartime shifts and Canada’s duty to aid refugees and strengthen UN ties.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
United Nations
Canada
External Affairs Department
King
Europe
Italy
Sicily
Sardinia
Crete
United Kingdom
United States
Allied Air Offensive Continues Against Sicily
Allied headquarters in North Africa report heavy Allied air operations over Sicily for six straight days. Hundreds of planes from Northwest Africa, Maite, and the Middle East bombed Sicilian airfields and ports while fighter units pursued trains, radio stations, and troops. Targets include Gerbini, Catania, Comiso, Sciacca, and Cap Passero.
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NORTH
ARICA
Mediterranean
Italy
Maite
Middle East
Sicily
GERBINI
Canada’s National Income Gains in Early 1943
Ottawa reports six major economic indicators show advances in the first five months of 1943 from 1942. May national income tentatively $752 million, up from $737 million in April. Five month total $3.563 billion, up from $2.927 billion, a gain over 21 percent.
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OTTAWA
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
News Bulletins Signal Higher Newsprint Price
Canadian newsprint mills seek a 62 dollar per ton price rise discussed at a meeting with office of price administration officials and newspaper publishers. Earl of Moray dies at Darnaway Castle after brief illness, son of Moray. The Pas by election set for August 17 with four candidates including coalition and CCF. Trooper Clark charged with murder of fellow trooper at Dundurn. Defence Minister Ralston to visit Shilo Camp home of Canada’s paratroops. Quebec stores to close earlier, open 10 AM to 4 PM through August.
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NEW YORK
office of price administration
DUNDURN
SASKATOON
Jay
James William Angus Clark
Hamilton
Ont
R.C.M.P
Arthur Ernest Clifford
RALSTON
SHILO
WINNIPEG
C.P
Defence
wil
Shilo Camp
Canada
M.D
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Mubo
Penfoej
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Rendova Island
Rendova
Dugiri Islet
Hon
NMRA
Premier
King’s War Review
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Catania
Comiso
Sciacca
Cap Passero
EARL OF MORAY
Francis Douglas Stuart
Darnaway castle
Forres
Morayshire
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PAS
John Bracken
national Progressive Conservative
coalition
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Quebec Liquor Commission
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