Stubborn Fighting Reported In German Russian Front
Moscow dispatch notes a wave of volunteers forming a people's army behind lines while Soviet forces deny gains by German offensive. Reports detail heavy, continuous fighting near Petrozavodsk Porkhov Polotsk Nevel Smolensk and Zhitomir with claims of destroying a German infantry division near Smolensk and repeated German air raids repelled.
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MOSCOW
C.P
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Nikolai Pedorozhny
Izvestia
Petrozavodsk
Porkhov
Polotsk- Nevel
Smolensk
Zhitomir
Soviet Information bureau
Mosecow
Leningrad
Zhitomyr
Kiev
Ukraine
Specific Action Is Promised By President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt said the United States would retaliate with specific action tomorrow against Japan for occupying naval and air bases in French Indo China. A move likely to be freezing Japanese credits and assets in the United States, with further steps possibly depending on the Pacific situation. A Shanghai report said 1,600,000 Japanese mobilizing since July 17, with reservists summoned and ships from China carrying personnel for active duty.
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YDE PARK
N.Y
A.P
Roosevelt
United States
Japan
Indo-China
Far East
Washington
Pacific
SHANGHAI
China
central
A P Takes Over Wide World News Photo Service
In New York on July 25 a contract of purchase was signed making Wide World News Photo Service a wholly owned subsidiary of the Associated Press effective Aug 1. Wide World has operated under the New York Times for over 24 years.
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NEW YORK
Wide World News Photo Service
Associated Press
New York Times
Wide World
the
Times
Whirl Away Triumphs Sweep Undefeated Three-Year-Old Derby Cashes
The St Thomas Times Journal notes Whirl Away’s dominant season as a three-year-old, winning the Kentucky Derby Preakness Belmont and Dwyer Stakes. The era’s top racer, he earned about 244168 in earnings and drew betting odds of one to five at the race start. Blenheim II appears in his English lineage, with racing bloodlines traced to Arabian stock. Continued on page 17.
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St. Thomas Times-Journal
Whirlaway
Whitaway
poppa
Blenheim II
Blenheim
Ameri
Japs Order Removal of British Goods from Hilda Moller
A Japanese military spokesman said troops were ordered to seize large quantities of cotton and textile machinery from the British ship Hilda Moller as they were claimed to belong to the Chinese government.
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SHANGHAY
A.P
Hilda Moller
Colonies Send Britain 89 000 000 for war effort
Colonial Secretary Lord Moyne told the Lords that colonies had sent or lent more than 89 million dollars to aid Britain's war effort. Funds to be repaid as post war development loans. He urged plans for future development and stronger colonial trade control after the war. Malaya and Northern Rhodesia prospered. Malta and Cyprus lagged. West Indies fared better than before.
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HAROLD FAIR
LONDON
C.P
colonial empire
Lord Moyne
house of lords
Tuse
Britain
Malaya
Rhodesia
Malta
Cyprus
West Indies
Making Survey of Conservatives H R Milner Edmonton
Accompanied by H R Milner and Gordon Graydon the Conservative leaders plan a rational survey to strengthen the party in the house of commons. Graydon arrived in Edmonton Wednesday before visiting Camrose and Wetaskiwin with Milner.
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H.R. MILNER
K.C. EDMONTON
C.P
H. R. Milner
Edmonton
Alberta Conservative association
Gordon Graydon
Brampton
Ont
Camrose
Wetaskiwin
house of commons
Graydon
Alberta
Soldier Drowns In Burrard Inlet
VANCOUVER July 25 Police drag Burrard Inlet off Point Grey for the body of Gunner W. R. Smith 22 year old artillery man who drowned last night while swimming with fellow soldiers He sank about 200 feet from shore as companions tried to reach him Mrs M E Smith of interior Bradner BC is his listed contact
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VANCOUVER
Burrard Inlet
Point Grey
W. R. Smith
west coast artillery
Gnr. Smith
M. E. Smith
intenor Bradner
B.C
Germans Claim Stalin Line Bastion Destroyed
German radio says Vi tebsk a city of 127000 and a Stalin line bastion has been wiped out. Nazi brief notes stiff fighting on the eastern front with many prisoners and war material daily. Spokesmen claim 26500 prisoners in the Nevel region and increasing deserters as political commanders falter near Moscow.
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Associated Press
ERLIN
Vitebsk
Stalin line
STIFE
BERLIN
Russia
high command
Moscow
Kremlin
Nevel
Red
Smolens
Trade Mission to South America Planned by Canada
Ottawa reports Trade Minister MacKinnon will lead a five man Canadian mission to South America leaving New York August 15. The trip visits eight countries to boost trade and goodwill, rebuilding after a Panama illness disrupted a previous voyage. Also aboard are L. D. Wileress, Yves Lamontagne, Escott Reid, and A. L. Adams.
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OTTAWA
MacKinnon
South America
New York
Panama
Canada
L. D Wileress
Yves Lamontagne
Escott Reid
A . L. Adams
One Albertan Believed Killed In Air Action
London reports the 75th casualty list listing 497 names. Among them is Calgary born and Britain residing F W O’Brien of the Royal Air Force. The list also names 12 Royal Canadian Air Force members and includes personnel from the Royal Canadian Navy and other Commonwealth air forces.
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LONDON
Royal Air Force
Missine
O’Brien
F. W
Calgary
will
Britain
Royal Taradian Air Force
Canada
Indian Air Force
New Zealand
Troops Fight Fires on Avalon Peninsula
Canadian and United States forces clash in Newfoundland as they battle wildfires on the Avalon Peninsula near St. John’s. The two nations join efforts to contain the fast spreading blazes threatening towns and critical facilities amid hot, dry conditions.
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ST. JOHN'S
Mid
Canada
United States
Newfoundland
Avalon peninsula
Naval Bases Bombed by Royal Air Force Fires Hit Kiel Emden
London July 25 Fires and great damage followed Allied night raids on the German naval bases at Kiel and Emden. RAF forces also hit Wilhelmshaven and Rotterdam and blasted air fields in German-occupied France. Eighteen Nazi planes were shot down. Britain’s raid on Brest and La Pallice aimed at the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, with heavy bomber waves delivering multiple hits, marking Britain’s largest bombing show of the war.
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LONDON
Kiel
Emden
Royal Air Force
air ministry
Baltic
North Sea
Wilhelmshaven
Rotterdam
France
Germany
Britain
Russia
Brest
La Pallice
Scharnhorst
ministry
Japs Impose Radio Silence On Shipping
SAN FRANCISCO July 25 Japan tightens radio silence on its merchant fleet as U S policy increases pressure over Indo China moves. The measure halts communications at sea and reflects heightened wartime caution amid Roosevelt's denunciation of Indo China actions.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Japan
United States
Roosevelt
Tobruk Patrol Strikes Axis Fortified Lines at Night
British patrols near Tobruk pierced siege lines three miles from the Libyan port using hand grenades and withdrawal after inflicting casualties. The Middle East command reported several forays Wednesday night as Axis positions were probed to fray enemy nerves in the desert siege.
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CAIRO
Tobruk
Middle East
Lions International elects new officers at New Orleans meeting
Head International Lions in New Orleans reports George R. Jordan of Dallas was elected president without opposition. Edward H. Paine of Michigan City Ind was chosen first vice-president and Dr. F. E. G. Gill of Roanoke Va was named second vice-president, all by acclamation.
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HEAD INTERNATIONAL LIONS
NEW ORLEANS
George R. Jordan
Dallas
Texas
Lions International today
Edward Hi. Paine
Michigan City
Ind
FE. G. Gill
Roanoke
Air Ministers Return From UK War Conference
Ottawa reports Air Minister Power and Pensions Minister Mackenzie plus a large party of officials returning from nearly a month of war problem discussions in London. Power praised the trip as wonderful and satisfactory but said he would wait to brief the press after consulting with cabinet colleagues.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Air
Powor
Mackenzie
United Kingdom
Power
GFTAWA
Fower
Rockcliffe
Maj. Power
England
Riot erupts among Canal Zone labor camp workers
In Cristobal Panama Canal Zone a 90 minute riot pits about 3000 Latin American and West Indies labourers against each other at a Gatun defense camp. Several rioters jailed three seriously injured and 20 treated. Police restored order after clashes with knives and thrown objects.
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Cristobal
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Trinidad
Jamaica
West Indies islands
Japan backs resistance to British moves in Indo China
German spokesmen said Japan informed Germany of resolve to oppose by all means any British attempt on French Indo China. Tokyo and Vichy reportedly advised joint resistance to threats against their Far East order, denouncing American vilification as hypocrisy while casting U.S. actions as aggressive.
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BERLIN
A.P
Japan
Germany
Tokyo
Vichy
new order
Far East
Europe
Iceland
Azores
Cape Verde Islands
East Sizzles For Third Day
Ontario farmers endure a third day of a heat wave as temperatures hit 97 in Hamilton and 93 in Toronto. London reached 94 and Windsor Detroit tied the season high at 95. Crops quicken to harvest but damage remains unlikely unless heat endures.
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TORONTO
Ontario
Hamilton
London
Windsor-Detroit
Urge Support For Alberta Coal
Edmonton July 5. Efforts are being made in Ontario to publicize and increase the market for Alberta coal. Trade Minister MacKinnon says letters have gone out to thousands in Ontario signed by the technical adviser and the coal administrator of the wartime prices and trade board urging support for Alberta coal.
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EDMONTON
Ontario
Alberta
MacKinnon
technics
Hamilton resigns as school superintendent in Cardston
Thomas F. Hamilton, superintendent of St. Mary's School Division, resigns to become chairman of welfare for the Returned Veterans' Association in Calgary. No successor named yet.
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THOMAS F. HAMILTON
CARDSTON
iFrom
St. Mary's
welfare of Returned Veterans’ Association
Calgary
ECUADOR
QUITO
tA.P
Peru
Chacras
Santa Rosa
EDEN
LONDON
C.P
Ivan Maisky
Wellington Koo
Russia
China
MOSCOW
NEW YORK
A.P
Japan
MESSION
WASHINGTON
United States
Sumner Welles
SINGAPORE
C.P.Reuters
Far East
Malaya
DUKE
OTTAWA
J. A. Lowther
Duke of Kent
Government House
Canada
Lowther
H. J. Evans
Scotland Yard
BRITISH HOUSE
house of commons
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
LEON
Spain
Oviedo
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