Axis Ammo Ship Blown Up as 700 Rounds Hit Matruh Port
British naval bombardment at Matruh near Alexandria unleashed over 700 rounds of high explosive shells and naval gunfire against the Axis supply base. Allied ships and aircraft pounded harbor installations, starting fires and destroying anti aircraft positions as materiel dumps near the front line were laid waste.
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Associated Press
LEXANDRIA
Egypt
Royal Navy
Matruh
North African
Field
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
Alexandria
patio
Mediterranean
Ams
LARRY ALLEN
EGYPTIAN
A Sapper In 1915 and the Raid Debates
A London correspondent notes the RAP’s raid itinerary omits Rome while Mussolini granted permission for Italian bombers to join Luftwaffe raids on London. Italian and Sicilian targets have suffered, with Naples repeatedly attacked. Night bombing described as a “deluxe adventure” as Vesuvius illuminates the city, aiding raiders in targeting.
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Rome
London
Ottawa Journal
R A F Smashes U Boat Nests
British daylight raid on Danzig and Fienshelm U boat bases demonstrates the RAF reach and air power. Lancasters led the 1,730 mile operation, with 68 bombers reportedly reaching Danzig to strike submarine yards in clear weather. Separate Edmonton report notes Ira I Cook injured in a car collision with Paul Tougas, plus six minor accidents reported by police.
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ONDON
CP A
Britain
Germany
R.A.F
Danzig
LAF
Fiens
EDMONTON
Ira. I. Cook
Paul Tougas
Navy minister cites censorship rules on ship sinkings
Ottawa July 13 Navy Minister Macdonald told the house that three United Nations ships torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of St Lawrence about a week earlier killed four crewmen and left four missing with 39 landed safely He defended press restraint and urged MPs to avoid aiding the enemy by premature disclosures.
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OTTAWA
Navy
Macdonald
house of commons
O. M. Biggar
naval department
Garpe
Hov
publc
United Nations
Gulf of St. Lawrence
cemonne
Gaspe
Gasper on Wind
citisens of
Canada
Chinese Regain Fotuo Island as Japanese Pincer Near Wenchow
Chinese forces say they recaptured Fotuo Island near Foochoy in Fukien after a Japanese seizure. The communiqué reports ongoing fighting northwest of Wenchow in Chekiang, with Japanese air and naval reinforcements and a Japanese push toward Tsinguien and Lishui Dome.
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Kiangsi
Pukien
Kan and
Fu river
Tifehwan
Liangs
Futuo island
Wenchow
Juan
CEAIM
Tsinguien
Lishui Dome
U S Holds 14 Spy Agents
Washington reports the arrest of 14 alleged associates of eight Nazis as they stand trial before a military commission. Attorney General Francis Biddle announced the arrests, including six women, as immediate contacts of German agents who landed on Long Island and Florida coasts from submarines last month. J Edgar Hoover said arrests occurred in Chicago and New York in the last three weeks, with further investigation ongoing.
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WASHINGTON
Francis Biddle
Biddle
Long Island
Florida
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago
New York
Loss of Repulse Few Survives Battle Cruiser Sinking
London reports the admiralty confirms 433 officers ratings and marines lost in the December sinking of the 72000 ton Repulse in the South China Sea. Four killed 426 missing three died of wounds. The accompanying Repulse trace of Wales was sunk by Japanese air action. A Newport Rhode Island fabric roof collapse kills one worker and injures 13 at a warehouse. Cesario Croce of Providence later found missing.
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LONDON
Cable
admiralty
south China Sea
Trace of
NEWPORT
United States naval rm
Crsario Croce
Providence
Nazis Drive 170 Miles In Week Toward Stalingrad
German forces pushed 170 miles east in a week, reaching near Boguchar and threatening Rostov and the Caucasus. Hundreds of tanks and planes aided the drive, with fighting intensifying along the Don valley and near Voronezh as Soviet lines strained under the two directional thrusts toward Stalingrad and the Volga.
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Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
OSCOW
A-P
the
Don valley
Volga
Stalingrad
Boguchar
CAUCASUS
Don
Voronezh
Donéts
Rostov
north Caucasus
middle Volga
Lishchansk
Timoshenko
Red army
Kantemirovka
Astrakhan
Caspian sea
Moscow-Rostov
Rossosh
Howard Wins First Match In Districts Golf
EDMONTON July 13 CP Defending champion Stan Howard of Lethbridge beat Mike Ross of Medicine Hat 5 and 4 in the first round of the Alberta Districts Golf championship at the Mayfair course. Other results included Roy Robinson over James Weir 2 up, Phu Pon over J Little 6 and 4, and 2nd Chair Trish of Lacombe over Ercle Salt on the 20th hole. semi finals planned for this afternoon and a 36 hole final tomorrow.
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EDMONTON
Stan Howard
Lethbridge
Mike Ross
Medicine Hat
Alberta Districts
Mayfair
Roy Robinson
High River
James Weir
Drtumheler
Phu Pon
Wainwright
J. Little
Vegreville
Trish
Lacombe
Ercle Salt
Wetaskiwin
Triple Killing in Alaska reported near Pairbanks
Paired homestead on the Alaska railroad, 19 miles from Fairbanks, yielded three deaths. Milo Saulich, his 19-year-old wife, and 14-year-old Mary Stay were found shot on Friday noon. A neighbor found the bodies and believed they dated to Thursday night. Coroner’s verdict: murder by person or persons unknown. Authorities pursued a man who had worked for Saulich and was sighted locally Friday.
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PAIRBANKS
Alaska
Alaskan
territorial
Milo Saulich
moodcutter
Mary Stay
William Norvatch
Fairbanks
Saulich
French Fight Nazi Police in Vichy Clash
French gendarmes joined German police in a pitched battle at Houdin Pas de Calais as barricaded Communists fired grenades. One attacker killed, a bystander wounded, authorities found arms caches and sabotage tools. Germans announce executions for male relatives of fugitives. women face hard labor and reform school for related kin.
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VICHY
Houdin
Pas De Calais de Partment
Paris
Western sugar from Alberta arrives in Montreal for first time
A wartime sugar sales official says Western Canada will supply Western Ontario with sugar for the first time this year. Alberta’s sugar beet harvest and cane refining in British Columbia have created a surplus. Alberta operates two large refineries at Phetare Belle and Raymond. The surplus will be sold at 25 to Montreal and shipped to London, Windsor, Toronto and other Ontario points.
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ONDON
Ont
C.P
spektomaen
Prices and Trade Board
Canada
Ontario
Alberta
British Columbia
Phetare Belle and
Raymond
exal
Montreal
London
Windsor
Toronto
Nazis Wiped Out Norse Town Report Sparks Clash
Reuters quotes Soviet information bureau claiming Nazis erased a village in Telemark, Norway, killing residents including women and children. Norwegian spokesman denies any village wipeout and says no information supports the claim.
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ONDON. Inty IB—C.B
Reuters news agency
Soviet information bureau
Telemark
Norway
Macdonald Announces Ships Lost In Gulf of St. Lawrence
Navy Minister Macdonald said three United Nations ships were torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of St. Lawrence about a week ago. Four crew members were killed, four reported missing, and 95 saved. He noted the press had withheld details until an official announcement.
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OTTAWA
Navy
Macdonald
United Nations
Gulf of St. Lawrence
nister
Roy Und
Germany planned invasion of Texas target in Mexico City
A published interview claims Germany planned to land an invasion force in Tampico to attack the United States and offered Mexico territorial compensation. Plans were discussed during the invasion of Poland, two years before U S entry. Lt. Col. Armando Lorane Bernat Ald, returning to Mexico with diplomatic repatriates, is noted.
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GERMANY
U.S
MEXICO CITY
Berlin
Tempico
United States
Poland
Armando Lorane Bernat
ald
Bernal
Mexico
BOULOGNE
RAF
LONDON
C.P
Boston
Bonlecue
Abbeville
ST. LAWRENCE
St. Lawrence rivers
SASKATCHEWAN
REGINA
C.P.i
Raskatchiwan
EDMONTON
Ottawa
house of commons
CPJ
Trade Board
star
agriculture department
ted eatin
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