All-out Drive Hits Axis Line at El Alamein
Gen Sir Claude Auchinleck's army of the Nile attacks all fronts at El Alamein and drives back Axis centre on the Ruweisat ridge. See-saw tank melee and flank assaults continue as heavy reinforcements arrive and air support improves despite dust storms.
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AIRO
A.P
Sir Claude Auchinleck
Tel El Bisa
El Makh Khad
Meteiriya
Auchinlecks
London
tain
Wiule
Auchinleck
Government Silent On Second Front Amid Atlantic Talks
London July 23. Anglophone debate grows over a second European front to ease pressure on Russia. Sir Stafford Cripps told the House of Commons the government will not reveal military plans to MPs or in secret sessions, citing the risk to national security. Aneurin Bevan pressed for public reassurance as demonstrations increase.
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LONDON
commons
Aneurin Bevan
Labor
Ebbevale
Sir Stafford
Bevan
Plan moving of married Japanese workers in B C camps
Vancouver July 23 plan by Minister of Public Works R W Bruhn to remove married Japanese men from Yellowhead Blue River road camps to projects in Reverstoxe Sicamons and Hope Princeton areas. Transfer of single Japanese men is expected to be ordered later by federal officials.
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VANCOUVER
R. W. Bruhn
Yellowhead-Blue River road
Reverstoxe-Sicamons
Hope- Princeton
Bruhn
Poachers Scorned in Scottish Duke Case Backed
The St Thomas Times Journal notes poachers are seen as the lowest in society, with crime ranging from wife beating to arson feared as insurance fraud. A Scottish duke’s poaching case is highlighted as a stark example of social judgment and legal peril.
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St. Thomas
Stretcher Boat Innovation in Royal Army Medical Corps
A wartime feature describes the Royal Army Medical Corps adopting stretcher boat tactics inspired by commandos. The article shows a stretcher plus waterproof ground sheet used to ferry patients swiftly across water, highlighting staged preparation and safe crossing across a calm waterway.
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Royal Amy Medical Corps
Conscription by Order in Council Plan Discussed in Ottawa
Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the house of commons that if overseas conscription is imposed it would not require royal assent. He said he would seek a confidence vote in the house when the measure is needed. Budget business resumed with Bill 80 amid debate on conscription amendments.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
house of commons
Tast
Pal Oote
King
house of and
Civilians Die In Nazi Raid
London reports a German lone bomber raid on an east coast town causing several civilian deaths and extensive damage. A second bomber strike hit East Anglia and southern England with casualties and property loss. The RAF did not cross over due to poor weather.
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LONDON
dayleft
east England
east Midlands
East Anglia
England
RAF
Germany
continent
George Ross Named On Beef Committee
Ten beef cattle producers were chosen to form an advisory committee for the War Time Prices and Trade Board foods administration. The group will meet in Ottawa for two days starting next Monday to discuss feeder cattle availability, with appointees from British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario Quebec and the Maritime provinces representing major cattle and farm groups.
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OTTAWA
Prices and Trade Board
foods administration
Federauton of Agriculture
British Columbia
Leslie Cameron
Seef Cattle Growers’ Association
Alberta
George G. Russ
Lethbridge
Western Stock Growers’ Association
HM. L. Taggart
Olds
Ontario
Steuan, Brown
Shedjden
OQtario Feedex Cattle Committee
B Warnitka
Asociatio
co-opersine
Barrie
Queber
Bennett Bury
provincial department of agricultur
Maritime
Walter Goulton
Windsor
Maritime Federation of Agriculture
Three Canadians killed by shell during training in England
In England three members of Princess Fatima's Canadian Light Infantry were killed when a 25 pound shell fell short during battle training as infantry battalions advanced under heavy artillery fire. The dead are Private F. W. Grimes of Winnipeg Bill Boak of Portage la Prairie Man and George Gascoyne of England. Their names appeared in a Canadian Army casualty list issued at Ottawa. This marked the first serious accident in weeks during special training.
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ENGLAND
CP. Cable
Princess Fatima
Canadian Light Infantry
F. W. Grimes
Winnipeg
Bill Boak
Portage La Praine
Man
George Gascoyne
Ottawa
Ottawa funds authorize aid for nursing education drive
Parliament reviews a war appropriation reallocation totaling 115000 to recruit and train nurses. Funds include 15000 for the Canadian Nurses Association education campaign, 7500 for nursing education facilities, and 259000 for graduate nurse scholarships. A nursing workforce shortfall cited follows troop shifts and marriages. Roy and Church clash over conscription policy and six month hoist amendment.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
Mackenzie
Graduate Nurses’ Association
Canada
Germans Lose 6000 Killed in Voronezh Front Battle
Moscow radio reported heavy fighting south of Voronezh on the Upper Don front with 6000 German casualties.
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MOSCOW
Moscow radio
Voronezh
Nazis Closing In On Gateway to Caucasus
Soviet Russia faced its gravest crisis of the German Russian war as Nazi columns closed toward Rostov and Stalingrad. Axis forces pressed from Novocherkassk Voroshilovgrad and Taganrog while a Don crossing threat loomed at Tsimlyansk. Russian bombers attacked reinforcements, and counterattacks continued near Voronezh amid heavy fighting.
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Caucasus
Stalingrad
Von Bock
Russia
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
OSCOW
Soviet Russia
Rostov
Don
Red army
Novocherkassk
Voroshilovgrad
Taganrog
Likhaya
Volga city
Don river
Sea of Azov
Tsimlyansk
Sal
Fedor Von Bock
Dan
Voronezh
Australian High Court Upholds Federal Tax Plan
Melbourne July high court rules federal parliament acted within powers in adopting a Dominion wide uniform taxation plan. Victoria South Australia Queensland Western Australia challenged the measure, NSW and Tasmania did not seek decree. Plan held valid. states to receive financial assistance for essential services. potential Privy Council appeal hinted.
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MELBOURNE
Australia
high court
Victoria
South Australia
Queensland
western Australia
New South, Wales
Tasmania
commonwealth
privy council
Canberra
One Dead in Halifax Area Air Crash
An aircraft from Rover Air Force Station Debert Nova Scotia crashed in woods near Wentworth twenty miles from the base. One American airman was killed and three injured. a Canadian also died amid the crash aftermath. Eastern Air Command headquarters announced the incident on Wednesday night.
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HALIFAX
Rover Air Force Staton
Debert
Wentworth
eastern air command
Is Tomato Fruit or Vegetable in Canning Rules
Vancouver sugar rationing officer O H Bell asks Ottawa whether a raw tomato is a fruit or a vegetable for canning сахар quotas. If fruit, it gets a sugar quota. if vegetable, no sugar. The U S Office of Price Administration has ruled pickles as one item. Webster’s dictionary classifies tomato as a fruit.
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VANCOUVER
O. H. Bell
Ottawa
office of price administration
United States
Webster's dicionary
Japs Gain New Base In New Guinea
Allied headquarters report a Japanese landing on the southeastern New Guinea coast near Butts on the Papuan Peninsula. About 1500 to 2500 troops were ashore after a strong air and sea assault from Allied planes, with Japanese losses heavy and Allied fighters shot down. The move follows the Coral Sea defeat, increasing pressure near Port Moresby and Salamaua.
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YATES McDANIEL
Associated Press
Grail
ALLIED
Australia
Pentinsula
Salamaua
Rimmen
Soviet Braces as Red Army Holds Don Basin Front
Soviet forces report stronger resistance from Tsimiyansk to Novocherkassk as German forces surge into the lower Don region. R.A.F. conducts daylight sweeps over German supply lines and defenses while Allied ships and air forces reinforce North Africa and Europe.
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ROSTOV
MOSCOW
Don basin
Red army
Tsimiyansk
Novocherkassk
RAF
LONDON
IC.P
CORDELL HULL
WASHINGTON
P.J
Corde Hulls
Y.D.T
XBC
EGYPT
CAIRG
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W.P.T.B. Foods Administration
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South Africa
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Roynd
home of commons
Roy
Mackenzie Kings
T. L Church
Con
Toronto Broadview
oii
Mr. Church
New Guinea
Vital Moresby
Mayo
Burma
United States army
Northern Ireland
Europe
BRITAIN
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