British Mop Up Conscription Passes Berlin Claims
Allied frontline reports say British armored forces push west of El Alamein amid two days of sharp fighting while Royal Air Force bombs axis gun positions and supply lines. Australian troops reportedly hold Hill of Jesus area as Soviets fight to defend Rostov and halt Axis thrust toward Stalingrad. German claims Rostov captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Rostov
Alamein
AIRO
A.P
El Alamein
Claude Auchinneck
R.A.F
Quebec Will Obey Law
Former minister of transport and public works P J A Cardin told the house of commons that Quebec would submit to conscription for overseas service as the majority wishes. He defended the government bill, warning that when enacted it will be the worst democracy has seen, but pledged obedience and no trouble. He challenged opponents to try to defy Quebec, saying Canadiens will not be wiped out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TAWwa
C.P
J. A. Cardin
transport and public works
Mackenzie King
house of commons
Quebec
Cardin
YMCA Secretary Seized by Gestapo Tactics Revealed
The ILCA of Canada claims YMCA official James W. Brown, longtime Romania liaison, was subjected to torture by Nazi Gestapo seeking political secrets he did not possess. Brown, a New York tied Canadian liaison, allegedly faced coercion amid wartime diplomacy and refugee work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YELCA
national council
ILCA
Canada
James W. Brown
YMCA
Romania
liveliy
New York
Brown
USA
Rygmianis
international committee
the
Gestapo
RAF Bombers Hit Ruhr and Rhineland in Heavy Raid
A strong RAF bombing force attacked western Germany's Ruhr and Rhineland targets, with extensive raids on Nazi-occupied airfields in the Low Countries. British and Canadian crews reported several enemy aircraft shot down and bombers missing, while dawn raids over northern France continued the follow up after the night attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
CPI
Royal Air Force
Germany
Ruhr
Rhineland
Low Countries
Britain
Ton PO Arthur George Lawrence
Brandon
Man
J. F. Wilmer
Vancouver
RCAF
channel
France
ZErmitain l
Midlands
East Anglia
Bedford
Rostov: Key Russian port and oil hub in 1941 campaign
Rostov on the Don, 25 miles from the Black Sea, became a pivotal 1941 battleground as Ukrainian civilians joined Ewald von Kleist’s troops to repel German forces. German claims framed the retreat as voluntary, while allies noted Rostov’s strategic role as a major oil, road and rail gateway to the Caucasus and a growing site for shipbuilding and armament production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CSTOV
Black Sea
Don Rywet
Hitler
Russia
Ewald vo Kleist
tus
Berlin
Rostov
Caucasus
Ingh
tme
Taganrog
Ukraine
Hull Sketches New Post War World Of Humane Civilization
Police in St Boniface Manitoba seek the person who abandoned a few days old baby girl in a car outside St Boniface hospital. A note pinned to the scarpled diaper asked for baptism and adoption by a good family, with fifty dollars attached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
ST. BONIFACE
Man
C.P
St. Boniface hospital
Parliamentary notices and wheat acreage report in Ottawa
In Ottawa today, a provision in the War Revenue Act allows seizure of property for unpaid taxes after 15 days from a mailed notice, a move described as drastic. Revenue Minister Gibson says it is not new. Prairie wheat sowings fall 27 percent to 20,659,000 acres, with coarse grains and flaxseed rising significantly from 1941 levels. oats and barley reach new highs, driven by Alberta and other western provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
CPI
Donald McNiven
Regina
house of commons
Yukon
Gibson
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
bureau
Hull Sketches
State Secretary Cordell Hull outlined a postwar world focused on economic and social betterment, built on United Nations cooperation. He urged creation of an international agency with power to enforce peace, highlighting the U.S. move away from isolation in recent months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. SANDERSON
WASHINGTON
Cordell Hil
United Nations
United States
Hull
Critish Poreita
Anthony Eden
Henry A. Wallace
Lions Buy Paper From Same Boy in Toronto Downtime
In Toronto on July 24 delegates at an international convention bought and sold a small newspaper in a downtown restaurant. The paper changed hands 49 times before returning to the original newsie after the final transaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TORONTO
House Passes Bill 80 by 141 to 45 Vote in Commons
Ottawa July 24 The house of commons gave third reading to Bill 80 authorizing compulsory overseas service by order in council after a heated political session. Prime Minister Mackenzie King defended his leadership and willingness to seek a general election if needed. The bill now goes to the senate for final approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. BLACKBURN
OTTAWA
C.P
house of commons
Mackenzie King
J S. Roy
Ind
Gaspe
C C.F
Quebec
Quebec Liberals
senate
British envoy to Iceland found dead while fishing
The British minister to Iceland, Charles Howard Smith, age 41, was found dead yesterday on the bank of a small river where he had been fishing. Physicians attributed the death to heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REYKJAVIK
Iceland
Charles Howard Smith
Hong Kong Debate to Open Commons Session Monday
Ottawa July 24 Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the Hong Kong report debate will be first business in the house of commons next Monday. The statement sets the agenda for the opening of formal proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Hong Kong
house of commons
Mackenzie King
Troops to Azores Reinforce Portuguese Islands
In Lisbon on July 24 44 percent cramped text. The Inner Quanz sailed with troops for the Azores this morning, the second shipload in two days sent to reinforce the Portuguese Islands. In Washington Yugoslavia and the United States signed a mutual aid agreement pledging material and spiritual resources to win the victory for the United Nations. Cordell Hull and Foreign Minister Momtchilo Nintchitch signed the pact, the tenth such agreement made in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LISBON
Portugal
Azores
WASHINGTON
Yugoslavia
United States
United Nations
Cordell Hull
Momtchilo Nintchitch
Allied naval patrol sinks enemy ships near German coast
Allied forces including the Dutch and Polish navies and British coastal craft attacked German coastal batteries and warships off the French coast at night. The escort, led by Rear Admiral R. Richards, pressed the engagement at close range despite the enemy's superior armament and shore defense, forcing the ships to break off and retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Rava
G D K Richams
het
Al lied bombers attack Hong Kong twice this month
A Chungking dispatch quoted the KuweiLin correspondent of Takungpao stating that Allied bombers attacked Hong Kong and Kowloon twice this month. The report comes via the News Chronicle from Chungking dated July 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
News Chronicle
Chungking
Kuweilin
Takungpao
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Allied air raids batter New Guinea base targets
Allied airmen struck the southeast New Guinea coast base as Japanese forces moved in, destroying transport and shore installations. Dive bombers and medium bombers conducted five separate raids on the RAF site, while enemy troops reportedly beached at Amabai and held a foothold near Buna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALLIED
Australia
New Guinea
Gons Mission
Buna
Ambasi
Papua Peninsula
Lymburn Nominated by Independent Citizens Association
J F Lymburn former Alberta attorney general from 1928 to 1935 was named unanimously Thursday by the Independent Citizens Association to contest the Edmonton provincial by election caused by the death of M Draggan. The Edmonton branch elected Lymburn at a nominating convention, with W Kelly Porter as meeting chairman. The by election likely to be held in October and will pit Lymburn against other party candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. EF. LYMBURN
EDMONTON
J. F Lymburn
United Farmers of Alberta
independent party
Draggan
Lymbum
Independent Citizens Association OF Alberta
Kelly Porter
Timor E Roper
Commonwealth Federation
RAF Bombers Hit Ruhr and Shinwell in Night Strike
July 24 dispatch from Rube London reports RAF bombers with a force far larger than German defenses dropping two ton bombs on the Ruhr and Shincland including Duisburg. German strength said to be 49 planes as the night raid targeted multiple industrial areas.
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EAF
RUBE LONDON
C.P
RAF
Britain
Hukr
Shincland
Duisburg
air ministry
sai
TAPS
CHINA
CHUNGRING
A.P
Lishui
Chekiang
high command
MEDITERRANEAN
Matrah
Exipi
EUROPE
LONDON
BLAIRMORE FLIER
RCAF. LAC
Jeph Evan Morgan
Evan Morgan
Bizitmore
Canadian Air Force
Ottawa
John W. M. Harry
Ldmonton
Leonand Bescher
Calgary
Leste Caddel
Edmonton
DON
Caucasus
WAYNESBORO
Tenn
here
Grig
Frank C. Mahin
Camp Forrest
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Rommel
El Ruweisat
Jesus
Qattara
Nazaire
RAP
fem
wthchante Messerschmitt
Ams
Malta
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
OSCOW
A-P
Red army
northern
Donets basin
Stalingrad
Novocherkassk
Tsimlyansk
Tikhovtsk-Stalingrad
Dontis
Erisians
Volga
Soviet information bureau
GRAD
P. J. A. Cardin
Y.M.C.A
Oxford Union— Confederation
ENGLAND
Key
Alberta
House
King
P.M
HANSON
U.S
JF. Lymburn
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