For Big Assault by Germans Hit Soviets Hold Lines
Soviet dispatches report bombers and infantry repelled German river-crossing attempts as Red Army units hold their positions along Dvina Dnieper and Dniester fronts. Pravda notes Pinsk remains in Soviet hands with patrols raiding German rear areas. Nine pontoon bridges on an XK river were attacked, with three destroyed by bombers. German forces still mass for a major assault.
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Associated Press
OSCOW
Red army
high command
PINSK
Dvina
Dnieper
Dniester
borbers
Fear Huns May Start Crop Fires
London July 12 German incendiary bombs may trigger crop fires as wheat is harvested and stored. Children and travelers on country roads will be mobilized to combat blazes. The ministry of home security will distribute stirrup pumps and trailer engine pumps to key wheat areas to protect crops.
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LONDON
ministry of home security
Britain
Explosives Contrast Commercial and Military Uses
The article explains differences between commercial dynamite and military charges. It notes dynamite's rock blasting role and safe handling by experts, while black powder is an older, slower explosive largely replaced by dynamite and now mainly used for certain slow effects and safety fuses.
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C.T.O. Oval
Rockies
Reindeer Industry Expands in Canada
Ottawa reports rapid growth of Canada's reindeer industry with Northwest Territories herds exceeding 8,000 head, up from 2,370 delivered from Alaska six years ago. Fawning this year adds about 1,500 head to the government reserve east of the Mackenzie delta as more Eskimos are trained as apprentice herders who may later manage or own herds under government supervision.
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OTTAWA
Canada
department of mines and resources
Northwest Territories
Alaska
Mackenzie delta
Skies Alive With Planes Over Channel Raid
Britain dispatched heavy bombers across the Channel after a stormy night raid on Wilhelmshaven. German losses include five fighters. two British fighters missing. In the northeast France invasion area near the Belgian frontier midair combat accompanied large bomber operations. A minesweeper was set ablaze by a Hudson bomber off the French coast.
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LONDON
Britain
Channel
Wilhelmshaven
St. Omer
France
ministries of air and
See British China Pact
Tokyo reports Japan says it would be justified to take adequate measures in Indo China to protect interests if press reports are half true The Japan Times and Advertiser notes allegations of anti Japanese actions by French officials in Indo China and cites a forthcoming Britain China pact with six points including deployment of Chungking troops to Burma under British command.
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TOKYO
Japan
Indo-China
foreign office
Japan Times
Britain
China
Chungking
Burma
See Naples Fires 80 Miles Away
Cairo reports fires visible eighty miles from Naples during Thursday night RAF raid on Italy's seaport. Middle East command said bombs struck railway stations warehouses fuel tanks shipping and an aircraft factory. It followed a prior Naples raid and another night hit on Tripoli harbor.
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CAIRO
Royal Air Force
Italy
Naples
RAF
Middle East command
Libya
Tripoli
Crack German Pilot Lands Safely In Kent
London July 12 A German fighter ace Captain Rolf Peter Pingel made a forced landing in Kent after an air engagement with a heavy British bomber. He reportedly claimed 22 enemy planes shot down. His aircraft was largely intact.
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LONDON
Rolf Peter Pingel
Germany
Kent
England
Pingel
Canadian canteen donated for Plymouth air raid relief
In a ceremony at Plymouth Hoe Canadian High Commissioner Vincent Massey handed to Viscount Astor a mobile canteen donated by the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities to air raid precautions workers. The canteen will aid distribution of food and drink to bombed out families in the city.
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PLYMOUTH
England
C.P. Cable
Plymouth Hoe
Drake
Vincent Massey
Viscount Astor
Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities
Germans Storm Stalin Line Northern Front
German shock troops reportedly stormed fortifications of the Stalin line in the northern Russian front. The DNB bulletin cites attacks beginning Friday with fresh troops rushed in early today. Russian defenders remained dogged and determined despite adverse conditions.
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BERLIN
D.N.B
Stalin line
Hitler
eastern front
Dnieper
DNE
Trained Men Needed Now In Canada War Drive
Lt Col George A Drew Ontario Conservative leader opened the mile of coppers drive in Guelph urging Canadians not to slacken efforts as Germany battles Russia. The event supports the British distress fund with Kiwanis aid. Drew warned Germany could defeat Russia leaving Europe undefended and said trained men with weapons are Canada’s greatest need.
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GUELPH
Ont
George A. Drew
Ontario
Russia
service club
Kiwanis
Drew
Germany
Europe
Canada
Urges Total War Effort
Lt Col C E Reynolds Dominion president of the Canadian Corps association urged compulsory national service and a total war effort in a speech at the Orange celebration in Exhibition Park Toronto July 1948. He defended national service as necessary for Ontario while noting different views in Quebec.
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TORONTO
C. E. Reynolds
Dominion
Canadian Corps association
Canada
Exhibition park
Ontario
Quebec
Armistice Talks Open as Dentz Negotiates with Allies
Gen. Henri Dentz, Vichy Syria commander, begins direct armistice talks with Allied authorities after Petain government rejects 11 point terms. Beirut radio silent as fighting nears Beirut. wounded flow into city as Vichy announces Syria truce in the afternoon cabinet session.
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Vichy
Beirut
Frencge
no-man’s land
France
Syria
itt
athe
Armistice Talks Begin After Vichy Syria Push
Representatives of Gen. Henri Dentz meet Allied and Free French leaders to discuss terms after hostilities ceased at midnight. Damascus was captured days earlier, and Dentz acted on his own initiative following Petain government rejection of De Gaulle proposals. Terms offered would allow Vichy troops to return to France or join Free French with no rank or pay loss.
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Beirut
Vichy
London
Cairo
Middle East
Dentz
Petain
Gen. Dentz
the
milit
Henri Dentz
Syria
Deniz
Damascus
Charles De Gaulle
France
16 More Danish Ships Taken Over By United States
The maritime commission announced it had taken over 16 more Danish cargo vessels laid up in U S ports, bringing to 31 the number of Danish ships acquired under the ship requisition act. It also took possession of one Italian vessel. Roosevelt ordered forfeiture of 15 Italian and one German vessel under the Espionage Act. All ships are part of about 80 idle foreign vessels now under U S jurisdiction.
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WASHINGTON
maritime commission
United States
Roosevelt
Release Plea for Communist Internees Sent to Prime Minister
A mass meeting in Winnipeg July 12 urged release of labor and Communist internees. The resolution was passed and will be sent to Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Norman Penner chaired the committee for release of labor prisoners. principal speakers were William Kardash and John McNeil.
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WINNIPEG
Mackenzie King
Norman Penner
William Kardash
John McNeil
Assurances Given Portugal Over Azores and Cape Verde
July 12 New York. The United States assured Portugal it will not move into the Azores or Cape Verde Islands, said Portuguese minister Joao A. Dibianchi. Other items note Hungary claims bold gains against Russian resistance on the Zbrucz, a Dutch submarine sinks an 8 000 ton tanker, a bomb kills five in La Linea near Gibraltar, a call for a world government with military power, Montenegro proclaims independence under Rome’s tutelage, and Calgary hosts stampede week with notable military and sports events.
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AZORES
NEW YORK
United States
Portugal
Cape Verde Islands
Joao A. Dibianchi
BUDAPEST
Zbrucz
Galicia
Ukraine
LONDON
C.P
Mediterranean
Netherlands
admiralty
SPAIN
LA LINEA
Gibraltar
ATLANTIC CITY
N.Y
International Christian Endeavor Society
MONTENEGRO
Yugoslavia
Rome
AIR FORCE
CALGARY
B. Owen
Royal Canadian Air Force Wireless Training
ART BARNSLEY
Lethbridge
Glenn Gray
Edmonton
Alberta
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Claire Boothe
German ‘Naval Base
Moscow
RCA
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Sask
Col. Drew
Col. Reynolds
A. P
Lebanon
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