British Gains on El Alamein Snapped by Rommel Counterattacks
British forces pushed south on the El Alamein front but Rommel’s Axis troops countered twice, reclaiming part of the ground. New Zealand units on the Ruweisat ridge repelled a motorized assault as air activity surged. Tobruk harbor raid hit a large ship and a tanker, with bombers starting a dock fire. Malta reported four German fighters shot down. Allied losses reached seven aircraft.
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AIRO
El Alamein
Erwin Rommel
New Zealand
Ruweisat
Alexandria
Tobruk
Malta
desert front
Alexandra
Lnes
ROME
LONDON
Reuters
Chinese Win Coast Port From Japs
CHUNGKING July 183(2) The Japanese garrison at recently captured Wenchow in south Chekiang pre- vice has been forced to retire under heavy Chinese pressure. Chinese forces were reported re-entering the city with the Japanese retreating toward Jaian 13 miles to the south. The fall of Wenchow followed a series of enemy operations from Hanshchow north to Wenchow in the southeast. In north China the Japanese captured Asiaoy2 in central Shansi after several days of engagement. The communique said a Chinese column reached the citys suburbs Thursday night with heavy Japanese casualties and the Chinese gaining the upper hand near Jian Tn EKiangii province. Binti, a town 80 miles south of Nanchang, again in Chinese possession. Northwest movement changes and the appointment of Gen Ma Put-Sing, a powerful Chinese Mohammedan, are noted.
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CHUNGKING
Wenchow
Chekiang
previce
Central
Jaian
Hanschow
China
Central News
Jian Tn EKiangii
Ingh
Binti
Nanchang
Ma Put-Sing
Brereton Heads US Air Forces In Middle East
Maj Gen Lews Brereton assumes command of US Army Air Forces in the Middle East with 21 tactical missions in 36 days. Bombers attacked Benghazi and Tobruk, hit enemy convoys in the Mediterranean, and claimed five aerial kills with three possible destructions. Three bombers were lost in combat since operations began.
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CAIRO
Lews Brereton
United States army air forces
Middle East
Brereton
Philippines
New Delhi
India
Burma
China
United States
Mediterranean
Bengali
Tobruk
Left Hand Corner adapts cricket lathes to weapons
A North of England factory once making cricket bails shifted to producing gun stocks and butts for Tom my guns as war demanded. Machines refashioned from cricket bat production now carve four gun butts in minutes and complete 82 steps before ammonia mellowing. Workers, erstwhile cricket craftsmen, repurpose tools to sustain war effort amid evolving price pressures.
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NORTH of England
Conservative Leader Demands Duff Report Be Tested
Lt Col George Drew of Ontario challenges Prime Minister Mackenzie King to test the Duff report on the Hong Kong expedition and Drew’s criticism against the record. The exchange follows King’s refusal to table Drew’s letters in the House of Commons, a decision based on counsel’s legal opinion that the letters breach secrecy undertakings to Britain.
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OTTAWA
Duff
Hong Kong
George Drew
Ontario
Mackenzie King
King
House of commons
Col Drew
house
George A. Campbell, KC
Montreal
Campbell
Marlene Dietrich Sued Over Wardrobe Purchases in NY
New York July 19 Marlene Dietrich the film star was sued for 4141 by Lilly Dache Inc a women s apparel shop claiming she bought a Persian lamb jacket a jet hat sequin royal blue hat a black turban pin and a leopard hat and failed to pay totals itemized at 650 950 650 550 and 750 over last summer in a civil action filed by the plaintiff with court papers filed in New York
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NEW YORK
Marlene Dietrich
Lilly Dache, inc
Miss Dietrich
Rich Oil Sand At Vermilion
Vermilion Alberta reports a rich oil sand strike at the O’Sullivan wildcat well reached at 1797 feet. Production figures await cement removal next week. Driller M Williamson located the well one and a half miles northwest of the nearest producer, first in the area.
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VERMILION
Alta
O'Sullivan
M. Williamson
U S Says Little On The Aleutian Situation
Washington officials acknowledge the Aleutian raid by Japan at Attu and Kiska. the occupation is seen as a blow to pride rather than a strategic threat to Alaska or North America. Officials show unease at the failure to retake the islands, noting limited immediate effect on the war.
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WASHINGTON
CPI
China
United States navy
Altulian Islands
Aitu
Kiska islands
Canada
United States
Alaska
Lancasters Raid Ruhr in Daylight Bombing
London reports that Lancaster bombers attacked targets in the Ruhr on the Ruhr raid day. They met German fighter opposition but suffered no losses.
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LONDON
Ruhr
ain
Jorg
Etzikom Flier Graduates at No 5 School
Graduates from No 5 Bombing and Gumnety School in Etzikom yesterday include H 7 Cooper Exzikom W ive and Donelda Dafoe at Sask location July 18 7.
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Etzikom Flier
Dafoe
DAFOH
Sask
No 5 Bombing
Gumnety School
H 7 Cooper
Exzikom
Wive
Donelda
Indo China Pact Talks Open With No New Accord
The Indo Chinese discussion yielded no new economic agreement. Authorities announced ongoing exchanges between Vietnam and France amid regional tensions. No prominent names or dates beyond July 1.
Britain Fills Russ Orders
ALDERSHOT England July 18 C P Oliver Lyttelton minister of production said Britain ships 50 tanks weekly to Russia and has fulfilled contracts for other war materials. He noted by end of May Britain shipped 11 per cent more aircraft than promised to end of June. He stated safety concerns did not stop arms to the Soviet Union and warned Hitler’s Russian campaign will end in disaster.
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ALDERSHOT
England
C.P
Oliver Lyttelton
Britain
Rusia
Soviet Union
Russia
Lattelton
peru
Hitler
House Sits In Secrecy In Ottawa Parliament
Ottawa July 18 The house of commons closed to casual visitors with guards at approaches as it began a second secret session of the war galleries locked chamber searched and reporters excluded Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced a further session to discuss recent events and possible open discussion plans continue on page three
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OTTAWA
Mackenzie King
J S. Revind Garpe
the
Lawrence
Pridar
King
Dorie Nielsen tUnits
Notina Rattleford
opportunity
asmond fret
Rommel forces block British advances near Tobruk and El Alamein
Heavy fighting rages in the central sector as Rommel strengthens from Tobruk with reinforcements. Indian troops hold ground on the central ridge while Australians anchor the northern line near the Hill of Jesus west of El Alamein. Reuters reports British gains were described as penetrating a wide area, with Axis defences separated.
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Rommel
Hill of Jesus
El Alamein
London
Reuters
Stefani
TOBRUK
Admiralty blocks mass ship production in Britain says MP
Emanuel Shin Weil a Labour member and critic of secret session debates charged that the admiralty rejected a mass production shipbuilding plan now used in the United States. He blamed bottlenecks at the admiralty for delays in the second front and said Britain harms itself with its shipping policies more than Hitler could.
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UPPERMILL
Yorkshire
England
Emanuel Shinweil
Labor
admiralty
United States
Britain
Hitler
Nazi Raider Bombs English Town. Casualties Reported
A German air raider bombed a coastal English town in broad daylight injuring about a dozen pedestrians. One bomb killed a woman and four children and destroyed a row of cottages along a main street.
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LONDON
Messerschmitt
$900000 Fire Destroys Western Auto Warehouse in Baltimore
A $900,000 blaze at the Baltimore waterfront destroyed the Western Automobile Supply Company warehouse and several nearby storage tanks. The fire levelled thousands of irreplaceable auto parts, paint, oil, gasoline, cartridges and household wares. The incident closed waterfront facilities briefly as firefighters fought the flames.
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BALTIMORE
Western Automobile Supply Company
Extortion Plot Targets Mayer in Los Angeles
The U S justice department arrested two men in Los Angeles for allegedly attempting to extort 250000 dollars from motion picture executive Louis B Mayer, a Saint John New Brunswick native. The suspects were Channing Drexel Lipton and Meser Philip Grace.
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WASHINGTON
United States justice department
Los Angeles
Louis B. Mayer
Saint John
Channing Drexel Lipton
Meser Phillip Grace
The D6 Fishing Smack On Peaceful Patrol
A Canadian Press dispatch profiles the vessel known as the D6 a small fishing smack assigned to anti submarine patrols along Canada s Pacific coast from Alaska to Cape Flattery Her crew led by a skilled skipper and mate conducts vigilant duties under wartime conditions aboard the venerable yet capable ship also known as the Fishermen s Rear line notes the ship s dual identity and secret wartime role with limited details.
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HERBERT JONES
WEST COAST PATROL
SEA
Canada
kroan
Navte
warim- roe
Alaska
Cape Fle
yound
Caner t Islands
Twelve Hurt In Ontario Tramn Crash
A fast freight train collided with the Montreal Toronto express at Glen Tay station in Lanark county. Nine passengers and three crew members were injured lightly. no serious injuries. CPR reported the collision occurred around 2:28 am and that eight cars of No 904 and a coach of No 21 derailed. The all clear came by 6:55 am.
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TORONTO
Glen Tay
Lanark county
Canadian Pacific Railway
CPR
Income Tax Changes Spar Over House Debates
Ottawa July 13 Finance Minister Isley defended the new income tax proposals in a full Commons session as members urged changes. An amendment on taxation for armed forces personnel was anticipated, with details to follow in committee. Lawmakers approved a plan to help married women keep jobs by treating them as single for tax purposes while their husbands gain exemptions for married persons. The session adjourned amid a secret meeting on ship sinkings and defence in the St. Lawrence area, with Prime Minister King noting a second war session would be held today.
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OTTAWA
Iisley
house of commons
Asley
St. Lawrence
King
J. S Roy
Ind
Gespe
Myr King
George Drew
Ontario
Spaniards Celebrate National Rising Day in Madrid
Spaniards marked the Day of National Rising with flag bedecked streets in Madrid as the annual celebration recalls the outbreak of the revolution six years ago.
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MADRID
Spain
Judge Fortier Named War Services Board Chairman
Ottawa July 18 Judge H A Fortier of Hull newly appointed chairman of the Quebec provincial war services board with headquarters in Quebec City replacing Judge Alfred Savard in the Quebec Court of Appeal is named to lead the body.
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QUEBEC SERVICES
OTTAWA
H. A. Fortier
Hull
Quebec court of appeal
Quebec provincial war services board
Quebec City
Alfred Savard
Voronezh Battle Marked By Soviet Advances In Don Struggle
In the Voronezh battle the Red army recaptured five communities and pressed counterattacks on Nazi garrisons guarding Don river crossings south of MilHerovo. Moscow radio reported German troops retreating across the river near the city as Soviet shock troops pursued. The danger to Voronezh remained high as Germans clung to buildings and attempted barricades, with fuller details continued on Page Thread.
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EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press
OSCOW
Don steppes
MilHerovo
Red army
Voronezh
Don
Moscow
Allied air raids strike Rabaul and surrounding seas
Allied airmen bombed wharves and shipping at Japanese held Rabaul New Britain and shot down three Japanese planes on other missions in the seas north of Australia. Two enemy planes were shot down over the Solomon Islands and one or two Japanese fighters attempting to intercept Allied air scouts over Timor were sent into the sea.
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Australa
Rabaul
New Britain
Australia
Aled
Solomon Islands
Tulagi
wero
Timor
U S G Men arrest 14 enemy aliens in New York
FBI announces the arrest of 14 enemy aliens in New York including 13 Germans and one editor from a Haitian language newspaper. They were sent to Ellis Island for hearings before the enemy alien board.
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U.S
NEW YORK
P.J
Federal Bureau of Investigation
F.B.L
Tallag
Ellis Island
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Highlands club
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Norm Lee
Olwark
Ball Tait
Calgary
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Riggins Indestries, Inc
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