British Drive Wins Ground At El Alamein
Axis forces give ground on the central front west of El Alamein while British claims partial German gains in the coastal zone and repopulating Tel El Elsa. A dawn attack moved British troops to secure a western ridge end south of El Alamein as German reinforcements arrive from Crete. Prisoners were taken though numbers unknown as the assault was partly successful and high ground near Tel El Bisa seen held.
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CAO
Erwin Rommel
Alamein
Tel El Elsa
El Alamein
Tel El Bisa
Jesus
Nazis Raid British Town
London reports German raiders attacked an East Midlands town this morning, machine gunning workers and bombing a town causing fires and property damage. Bad weather hindered raids last night for the seventh night in a row while British forces conducted broader air actions along 200 miles of the French coast and sank a German coaster off the Netherlands coast.
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LONDON
East Midlands
R.A
Germany
Netherlands
air ministry
Audubon praises young artist on partridge scales
A young artist shows drawings to Audubon who notes detail gaps in leg scales. Audubon explains partridge leg scales have a fixed number per upper ridge, urging study of 1,000 specimens to confirm uniformity. The tale underscores meticulous observation in natural history.
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Audubon
Auduoten
Nature
Vv Life
Birmingham Mail
Secret Session Debated Over St Lawrence Sinkings
In Ottawa Prime Minister Mackenzie King refused a secret Commons sitting unless government holds needful information. J S Roy urged adjournment to discuss grave St Lawrence events, with Hanson backing a secret session and noting several unrevealed incidents and coastal defense concerns.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
house of commons
St. Lawrence River
Nova Scotia
Vancouver Island
King
Hanson
Mr. Roy
J. S. Roy
Ind
Gaspe
J. 5
Roy
Worpedond
dat
Mont Joli
St Lawrence
house of ommons
Rey
Hansa
Quebdec
Navy
Macdonald
defence
Glen
traian
Mgr. Roy
Drew Letter Not Tabled In Commons
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King refused to table Lt Col George A Drew Ontario Conservative leader s letter in the house citing an order of secrecy governing the Hong Kong royal commission proceedings. He sought legal opinion before deciding and obtained advice from government counsel in Montreal through the justice department.
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OTTAWA
Mackenzie King
house of commons
George A. Drew
Ontario
Duff royal commission
Hong Kong
King
M. J. Coldwell
C.CF
house
justice department
George S. Campbell
Montreal
Fire Rages Through Truro Woodworking Yard
A large warehouse at Spencer Brothers and Turner Limited Woodworking plant in Truro Nova Scotia caught fire, drawing all town firefighting units. Dense smoke and high flames spread to lumber piles threatening nearby homes, with military police and volunteers aiding crews to keep the blaze from Mebellan Street residences.
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TRURO
N.S
Spencer Brothers and Turner Limited
New Brunswick
fim
Triis
Mebellan street
Girl Shot Near Milk River In Accidental Firing
Col leen Spivey a 16 year old Milk River girl is hospitalized in Lethbridge after an accidental back shot from a .22 rifle. Miss Spivey and friend Bernice Keener were walking when the bullet entered her back near the kidneys. A surgical operation removed the bullet and police investigate the incident.
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MILK ELVER
Colleen Spivey
Milk River
Galt
Lethbridge
Miss Spivey
Bernice Keener
Herbert Spivey
Hanson Keeps Tory Leadership Maintained in Ottawa
In Ottawa on July 16 Conservative House Leader Hanson agreed to remain as leader of the Conservative members in the House of Commons after a two hour caucus chaired by John R. MacNicol. The decision was announced by A. C. Casselman of Grenville Dundas.
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OTTAWA
Hanson
house of commons
John R. MacNicol
Toronto
Isley Rejects War Finance Plan in Commons
Ottawa July 16 Finance Minister Isley in the house of commons rejected Arthur Slaght Libs proposal to issue 1.2 trillion in national currency to aid war financing and ease interest. Slaght drew applause from the Liberal Social Credit faction and some Liberals, including G. G. McGeer, while Isley said he would resign rather than accept such a plan. Continued on page three.
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OTTAWA
H— Finance
Isley
house of commons
Arthur Slaght
Parry
Slaght
new Democracy
Social Credit
G. G. McGeer
Lib
Vancouver- Burrard
Mr. Slaght
Howard Beaton In Alberta Amateur Golf
In Edmonton July 16 two major and two minor upsets highlighted the first round of the Alberta amateur golf tourney at Mayfair course. Defending champion Henry Martell advanced to round two as J Mather of Edmonton defaulted. Major upsets included Norman Lee over Glenn Gray Edmonton 2 and 1 and Wilder Ripley over Calgary 3 and 2. Dan Pedersky defeated Wilder Ripley 3 and 2 as well. Minor upsets featured Stan Howard of Lethbridge, Alberta districts champion, and Bill Gostick of Edmonton. Galloway of Calgary beat Howard one up and F Zabock of Calgary beat Gostick on the 15th hole.
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EDMONTON
Mayfair
Henry Martell
J. Mather
Edmornton
Glenn Gray
Norman Lee
Wilder Ripley
Calgary
Dan Pedersky
Stan Howard
Lethbridge
Alberta
Bll Gostick
R. Galloway
Howard
F_Zabock
Gostick
Budget debate backs married women working policy
Ottawa reports lawmakers backed a budget provision to keep married women in the workforce. Finance Minister J. L. Tisiy proposed treating married women earning above 660 a year as single taxpayers while their husbands remain married taxpayers. The move aims to curb an employment exodus despite higher treasury costs.
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OTTAWA
CPI
house of commons
J. L. Tisiy
finance
German advances near Stalingrad push risk higher
Eddy Gilmore reports from Moscow that two German salients moved within 175 miles of Stalingrad on the Volga while Soviet counterattacks near Voronezh reportedly breached a Nazi encirclement north of the city. Boguchar and Millerovo fell as Red army forces halted German progress along the Don and Kalitvia rivers amid heavy fighting across multiple fronts.
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Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
OSCOW
Stalingrad
Volga
Voronezh
Red army
Don river
Boguchar
Millerovo
Kalitvia river
Rostov
Bryansk
Caucasus
Don
Moscow
Rzhev
Pravda
Communist party
information bureau
Kalinin front
Milierovo
Kalitvia
Donets
Field Marshal
Fedor Von Bock
British Bombers Raid Germany In Daylight En Route
British bombers conducted daylight raids on Germany and the Low Countries with lone aircraft protected by cloud cover. Targets included the Industrial Reich and northwest Germany. In Libyan defense, U S bombers hit the Bengazi base while RAF and Allied airmen also attacked Tobruk and Benghazi fronts as part of the Western Desert fight.
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GERMANY
LONDON
C.P
Rehr
Netherlands
US. ARMY AIR CORPS
CAIRO
United States army air forces
Bengal
Libya
western desert
RAF
Bengali
Tobruk
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Tel El Eisa
AXIS
North Africa
Crete
R.A.F
TRE
St. Lawrence
Pictures
Hong — Kong
Truro, N.S
GUILEPPE
BERLIN
Milan
Italy
Tory
ILSLEY
Howard Beaton
KEET EM WORKING
Canada
Utley
Boguchar Falls
CARDSTON
Father Salaam
Therdas
France
a house of commons
RETORTED
C.P.1
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