Soviet Skies Frame RAF Efforts Over German Rail Targets
London reports RAF concentrated on Nazi targets in occupied France and nightly raids on Cologne and the German Rhineland. The air ministry said bombers struck industrial areas, started great fires with super bombs, and many bombs hit despite poor weather. Axis shipping was hit at St Nazaire harbor. One RAF plane was lost in these operations.
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LONDON
Royal Air Force
France
air ministry
Cologne
German Rhineland
St. Nazaire
channel
Calais
Dunkerque
Ostend
English channel
RAF
Roosevelt wall said to threat Japan empire and Asia
Tokyo reports a Roosevelt wall built along Japan eastern front slides toward strengthening U S Pacific bases. The Times editorial claims American bases threaten Asia and would force an international protest as bases encroach on Japanese waters. It argues Japan is hedged by Siberia Kamchatka Aleutians Philippines and bases in Chungking while Western powers press for more bases.
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TOKYO
foreign office
Japan Times and Advertiser
Japan
United States
Pacific
Asia
Aleutian Islands
Siberia
Kamchatka
Philippines
Chungking
China
Czechs To Fight Huns
London July 18 Czecho Slovak military units under the Red army high command will fight Germany. An mutual aid treaty signed by Russia and the Czecho Slovak government pledges support against Hitlerite Germany and provides for an exchange of ministers. The commander will be appointed by the Czech government. Soviet Ambassador Ivan Mansky and Jan Masaryk signed the treaty. Britain moves closer.
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LONDON
Red army high command
Germany
Russia
Czecho-Slovakia
Ivan Mansky
Jan Masaryk
BRITAIN
The Left Hand Corner in Norway Law and War
The article recalls a strict Norwegian traffic rule banning smoking while driving and a rigid rule against drunk driving, praised by Mrs. J. Borden Harriman for saving lives. It also previews a tale of the Gold Saga, detailing the vanished twenty million dollar Norwegian gold reserve spirited to England during the German invasion.
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Norway
J. Borden Harriman
United States
Harriman
England
German line breakthrough claims Smolensk taken
Associated Press reports German high command said troops crossed beyond Smolensk on the road to Moscow. Canadian Press notes Berlin announced the capture of Smolensk with no immediate Russian comment. The breakthrough between Mogilev and Vitebsk is said to extend beyond Smolensk.
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Associated Press
ERLIN
high command
Smolensk
Moscow
LONDON
Stalin line
Mogilev
Vitebsk
Five Children Drowned Near St Paul Alta Slough
Five children aged two to thirteen from the Schmelyk family at Goodfish Lake were drowned after falling from a home-built skiff in a slough near St Paul Alta. Nancy Mennnychuk six, daughter of John Mennnychuk, was missing and believed with the group. RCMP at St Paul and Dr Gagnon the coroner were handling the investigation.
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EDMONTON
St Paul
Alta
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RCMP
Steve Schmelyk
Goodfish Lake
Nancy Melnychuk
John Melnychuk
British order evacuation of women and children in French Somaliland
British headquarters announced that the French governor of Djibouti in French Somaliland was asked to evacuate women and children. No reply yet. A Middle East communique said orders were issued with details to follow, while milk supplies for children are being sent across the border.
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FRENCH SOMALILAND
CAIRO
A.P
Jibati
Middle East
Jibuti
Fréch Somaliland
Hopkins Promises Food For Britain Shipments
London reports Harry Hopkins promising the United States will build enough ships to deliver goods to the United Kingdom and all Allied theaters. He said U.S. yards would produce about 1,000,000 tons of merchantmen in 1941 and at least 6,000,000 tons next year, with goods including cheese and dairy products to follow. He declined to discuss large scale transshipment to Iceland and emphasized all ships serve the war effort in close cooperation with Britain’s Ministry of War Transport.
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LONDON
United States
United Kingdom
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Iceland
China
Malaya
Singapore
ministry of war transport
America
Calgary veteran honored for Zulu rebellion service in 1906
J R Wickham president of the Calgary branch of the Imperial division of the Canadian Legion received recognition thirty five years after the event for aiding in suppressing the 1906 rebellion in South Africa. A medal from the South African minister of defence was sent to Mr Wickham for his service with Col Royston's Horse at Natal during the Zulu uprising.
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CALGARY
J R Wickham
Imperial division
Canadian Legion
South Africa
Mr Wickham
defence
Wickham
Col Royston
Natal
War Party Leads Jap Government
Tokyo reports Prince Fumimaro Konoye formed a cabinet with half its members as generals or admirals and declared the empire’s policy fixed. He called for unity as world affairs shift, pledging action with decision and speed. Vice Admiral Teihiro Toyoda, as foreign minister, signaled possible policy adaptations to day-to-day international changes.
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TOKYO
Fumimaro Konoye
Teihiro Toyoda
Japan
Toyoda
Yosuke Matsuoka
Soviet
Russia
Konoye
Konoyes
Axis Convoy Is Destroyed
London July 18 British submarines sank seven sailing vessels carrying German troops gasoline and ammunition in the Mediterranean. The fleet destroyed one convoy including a schooner and three large caiques flying the German flag. A schooner and two more caiques with troops and stores were also sunk, along with a supply ship escorted by Italian destroyers and planes.
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LONDON
Mediterranean
admiralty
Greece
LIBYAN
CAIRO
Liberal Party Pledges Full Support To Churchill Government
London July 18 The Liberal party vowed full backing for the Churchill government to achieve total victory. Lord Meston, addressing the two day Liberal assembly, urged unity and warned against defeatism while pledging to oppose vengeance. The body adopted a resolution pledging all resources to victory and a second warning against monopolistic tendencies before and during the war.
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British Liberal Party
Churchill
LONDON
C.P. Cable
Liberal party
Lord Meston
assembly
Italians Lost 325000 Men In East Africa
London reports a British campaign in Italian East Africa crushed an army of 325000 men including 125000 Italians and many natives. About 100000 Italians were prisoners and 60,000 natives were captured. Equipment seized included 800 guns and tanks, thousands of machine guns, motor vehicles, shells, and rifle ammunition at Asmara and in Italian Somaliland.
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LONDON
Italian East Africa
Asmara
Eritrea
Isola
Baldoa
Italian Somaliland
Red Army halts German blitz with trench warfare shift
OSCOW July 18 A P The Red Army reports hand to hand trench fighting across a vast front from the Baltic to the Black Sea as Germany ends the first week of a sustained offensive The Kremlin outlet Izvestia notes Russians digging in to avoid artillery and aviation meeting Nazi infantry with bayonets A battalion repulsed eight German assaults and another held 20 hours of attacks before night counter moves using rockets as signals amid heavy bombardment
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OSCOW
Red army
Baltic
Black Sea
Pskov-Porchov Smolensk
Bobruisk
Bessarabian
Yzvestis
Tzvestin
HMS
Roosevelt urges Congress to extend draftee service term
President Roosevelt announced plans to ask Congress to extend the service term for selectees reservists and national guardsmen saying the army cannot risk disintegration. He spoke at a press conference noting current service is limited to one year and declined extending draftee and guardsmen outside the western hemisphere. Legislative leaders are also weighing longer service.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
congress
United States
hemishere
Eire Rebuffs Call to End Neutrality
Dublin July 18 Prime Minister Eamon De Valera rejected a Fine Gael suggestion to abandon neutrality and aid Britain and the United States. He warned that if Ireland is attacked all will fight for a just cause, and pledged to defend against any aggressor. The debate followed Britain’s push to reestablish naval bases at Cobh Bere Haven and Lough Swilly and Churchill’s remarks on the U‑Boat threat.
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DUBLIN
James Dulon
Fine Gael
Eire
Britain
United States
Eamon De Valera
De Valera
William
Germany
United” States
Cobh
Bere Haven
Lough Swilly
Churchill
Dail
Germans Lose Over a Million Lives Warned by Moscow Radio
A Moscow radio appeal urged German youth to join the Red Army, noting more than a million German brothers husbands and fathers have died on the eastern front. The broadcast pressed for a victory over Hitler tyranny and rallied support for the war effort.
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LONDON
Moscow
Red army
Hitler
WASHINGTON
United States
Germany
Italy
Dean Acheson
Kenyon Field
Medicine Hat
C.P
GIBRALTAR
C.P. Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO
SPJ
Great Britain
Lord Halifax
NEW YORK
Tejo
Portugal
Britain
A.P
Roosevelt
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BAGS
khown
Luftwaffe
U.S
East
Japan Times
Oxford College
Kiev
Ukraine
HMNS
Slough
St. Paul
HOPKINS PROMISES
War Party
Matsuoka
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Axis
rage three
East Africa
Kain
USS
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