German Attack On Augusta Repulsed
Allied forces repulsed a German counterattack aimed at Augusta, Sicily, as German armor moved toward the harbor and isolated a British brigade. Italian general of the 34th Napoli division surrendered south of Vizzini, with staff, to Allied forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YORK
Lentini
Carlentini
Augusta
Catania
plain of Catamia
NBC
Alfred Wage
Sicily
North Africa
Sth
Brucett
Napoli
Ailes
Vizzini
maine
LEWIS HAWKINS
Associated Press
LONDON
No More Jap Labor Likely
Ottawa July 15 The Hon Humphrey Mitchell labor minister told the senate finance committee that all Japanese moved from British Columbia defence zones will take productive summer work. He cited 3,000 Japanese in Lethbridge who are skilled in sugar beet farming and said southern Alberta has not room for more. Mitchell noted Japanese in interior BC will harvest about 100000 cords of fuel wood. Discussion also covered German prisoners in southern Alberta, with Mitchell predicting improvements in their use. Farmers in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan faced crop failure and mobility of farm labor was being pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Ottawa
British Columbia
Humphrey Mitchell
senate finance committee
Alperta
W. A. Buchanan
Lethbridge
Alberta
Buchanan
Mitchell
Saskatchewan
Mail for Canadian troops in Sicily to be delivered soon
Ottawa July 15 The Postmaster General Mulock told the house of commons that efforts will be made to deliver mail and parcels to Canadian troops in Sicily as soon as possible. Delays may occur due to shipping pressures needed for landing men munitions and food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Mulock
house of commons
Sicily
Licensing Shifts in British Columbia Fishing 1941–42
In 1941 Japanese descent holders held over 2,000 commercial fishing licenses in British Columbia. none in 1942 yet 1942 licenses rose by about 1,800. Total licenses issued were 13,602 in 1941 and 15,379 in 1942, a gain of 1,777, with the rise tied to wartime food needs and firmer prices. Excluding Japanese licensees suggests a larger year-to-year increase of 3,867 for non Japanese licensees. The note also references a prewar letter from Alfred Herbert Ltd to its Yokohama office about forging signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Dominion department — of fisheries
Coventry
Britain
Alfred Herbert, Ltd
toolmakers of
Yokohama
Messina Bombarded by Allied Planes in Heavy Action
Allied air forces pounded Messina in a major strike from bases in North Africa and recently captured territory. Hundreds of medium and heavy bombers hit port facilities and railways while Allied fighters guarded the airspace. Torpedo planes hit enemy tankers and a merchant ship. transports from Middle East bases joined the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messina
RELMAN MORIN
Associated Press
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
North Africa
Steils
Allied push nets 12000 Sicily prisoners as July war news
In a July 15 AP report an Allied command post in North Africa notes over 12,000 prisoners captured on Sicily with more than 8,000 taken by the American Seventh Army. The tally highlights a scale of retreats and efficiency of Allied forces during the invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NORTH AFRICA
Sicily
ith
Parliamentary News Bulletins and Wartime News Roles
Ottawa reports show Gordon Graydon pressed in the house on the phrasing used by Brooke Claxton about Wartime Information Board credit for Sicilian campaign news. Claxton defended WIB’s role with military press relations and distribution via Canadian and American presses. The note highlights press cooperation and early landings coverage. Women Farm Workers Ottawa July 15: Arthur MacNamara urges year round farm work for women. proposes extending training under wartime measures and cites England and Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Gordon Graydon
Jeader
house of commons
Brooke Claxton
Mackenzie King
Associated Press United Press
British United Press
Claxton
labor department
publc
Arthur MacNamare
national
MacNamara
Dominion
federal
Russians In Push At Orel
Canadian Press reports a Russian offensive near Orel 200 miles south of Moscow. Frontline advances reached 12 to 15 miles on a 25 mile front north of Orel with over 50 populated places captured. A second eastward drive gained 12 to 18 miles on an 18 mile front with 60 settlements taken. German losses were heavy, with 2,000 captured east of Orel and 12,000 killed. booty included tanks guns mortars. Russians also repelled southward and in Belgorod sector. Major towns north of Orel such as Staritsa and Molnovo were seized. east of Orel Yazhik Grlovka Vysokove Pobednoye Sykuhka Brezovyk fell to the Red Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ONDON
Red army
Orel
Moscow
AOMICE monitor
Orel-Kursk
ares
Belgorod
Ubanovo
Staritsa
Sorokino
Molnove
Budorovsky
Lukmaily
Pretivno
Shvanovo
Yagodnaya Yelensk
Klen
Yazhik
Grlovka
Vsysokove
Pobednoye
Sykuhka
Brezovyk
Murder Case at Dundurn Camp Casts Shadow
A coroners jury at Dundurn Military Camp found Trooper Arthur Finest Clifford died July 7 from a back wound believed inflicted by an unknown person. Trooper James Wilbon Angus Clark, also of the A-27 reconnaissance centre, is held on a murder charge with a preliminary hearing set for next Saturday at the camp RCMP court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DUNDURN
William Olver
Tpr
Arthur Finest Clifford
Clifford
James Wilbon Angus Clark
RCMP
Canadians Survive Sicilian Armada Vessel Sunk
Louis V. Hunter reports from Air Force Headquarters that 240 Canadian soldiers survived the sinking of a vessel during the Sicily invasion armada. The ship sank in 10 minutes after a midafternoon torpedo strike. rescued by a British destroyer with no panics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis V. Hunter
AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS
North Africa
C.P. Cable
Mediterranean
Sicily
Red Cross
Allied drive in New Guinea presses toward Mubo
Australian and American troops push the New Guinea campaign toward Mubo as they close in on Japanese positions north of Salamaua. The Allied high command announced a new offensive aimed at clearing Mubo of all enemy forces and driving them back to the coast, with Green Island and other positions captured as part of the sustained pressure on Mubo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
Australia
New Gines
Munda
Mubo
trans Alhed
Salamand
New Guinea
Green HL
Mabe Aldea
Salus Lake
Salamaua
ehems
Prime Minister King talks Canadian troops in Sicily attack
In Ottawa on March 12 Mackenzie King stated that President Roosevelt pressed for Canada to be named in the Allied Sicily assault. British authorities reportedly opposed mentioning Canadians. King said he sought direct approval from Roosevelt and Eisenhower but could not secure explicit authorization before the first public announcement.
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OTTAWA
Jay
Mackenzie King
house of commons
Roosevelt
Sicily
Keng
Great Britain
King
Rheenhower
Dwicht Esenhower
eres
Eisenhower
United States
Mero Kina
Mir Kunz
taetas
Sacturhae Magic
wuku Geen
Canadian pilots now flying off captured Sicilian airfield
Report by Ross Munro from Sicily details Canadian pilots operating from a recently seized airstrip near Modica, with Allied forces advancing and German and Italian defenses disrupted. Munro lists several Canadian airmen and notes fighter planes landing to support the ground advance amid ashore activity and local disruptions. He describes the town of Spica briefly occupied by naval bombardment and the presence of only a few residents as troops move toward Modica while supplies and morale rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ROSS MUNRO
SICILIAN
SICILY
Cape
patantry
Drouesht
Great Daylight Raid Over France
Folkeystone dispatch reports large Allied air formations crossing the English Channel toward northern France. Observers counted many RAF fighters in escort, with anti aircraft fire seen near Boulogne and Le Touquet as dawn raid activity continued.
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France
FOLKESTONE
England
P.i
acre
English channel
RLF
Boulogne
Le Touquet
Enstish
Russians launch summer offensive near Orel fronts
Soviet communique says Russians opened a summer offensive breaking through German lines on two fronts north and east of Orel about 200 miles south of Moscow. Broadcasts in Moscow celebrate with marching songs.
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Suils
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Tunisia
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NEW YORK
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New Georgia island
HALIFAX
HEALIE AN
Novi Scottie
WESTON CS QUEITING POLTEICS EFONDOSN
Garfield Weston
Macclesfeld
BURILA
DELHI
U.—C.Po—R.AF Blenheim
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Wawlaik
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WINNIPEG
United Kingdom
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Hiley
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