Canada Moves to Freeze Japanese Assets in Retaliation
Ottawa announces broad freezing of Japanese assets in Canada and echoes London and Hyde Park statements. Chinese assets are frozen to prevent their fall into Japanese hands as Tokyo expands in French Indo China. Britain suspends all commercial treaties with Japan and coordinates with the United States on asset control.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Dominion
Canada
London
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N.Y
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Britain
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Chungking
Assassination of Socialist Leader Marx Dormoy in Montelimar
Marx Dormoy, 53, Socialist leader and former interior minister under Leon Blum, was killed by a time bomb in his hotel room at Relais De L Empereur in Montelimar last night after being detained there. He played a key role in dissolving nationalist groups like Action and Croix De Feu, and had been jailed since September 26, 1940. Police sealed the hotel as details emerge.
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Marx Dormoy
Relais De L’Empereur
Montelimar
Leon Blum
Popular Front
Action
Croix De Feu
Jacques Doriot
St. Denis
130 Millions Jap Funds Immobilized
The United States froze over 131 million dollars in Japanese assets and property as part of an economic war, immobilizing funds tied to some 70 000 Japanese residents in U S territory. Britain Canada and other dominions moved to similar asset freezes in parallel actions with The Netherlands and Latin nations notified.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Pacific
Japan
Singapore
Netherlands East Indies
Roosevelt
Germans claim Soviet retreat in Ukraine and Moscow raid
Berlin reports Soviet rearguard resistance in Ukraine broken and Axis forces pressing the retreating Russians. A daylight raid hit Moscow railway facilities as German planes claimed direct strikes. Berlin residents endured their first air raid in two months, though authorities said no bombs fell in the city. Dienst Aus Deutschland suggested the war will continue indefinitely with a decisive Stalin line battle to come.
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Ukraine
Carpatho-Ukraine
Korosmeto
Moscow
air ministry
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Stalin line
Frisco Firms Feel Pinch
Frisco in San Francisco July 26 reports Japanese business houses fear closure as Roosevelt freezes Japanese assets. Banks see withdrawals as Nipponese line up at windows. Yokohama specie bank dominates Japanese finances with ships and crews unsure of next move.
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Calif
Japan
United States
Roosevelt
Yokohama, specie bank
The Left Hand Corner continues on Back Page
The narrative follows Joanne Manning who leaves for Sydney with her parents after spending most of her early life on Christmas Island. Doctors urge her to avoid playmates to build immunity, while her English father administers the island. The piece notes the island’s vast size and lagoon as they head home after a three year stay.
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Joanne Manning
Sydney
Christmas Island
Pacific Ocean
equator
Joanne
T. H. Manning
Pacific
Suvaborn
Dozen Axis torpedo boats sunk in Malta attack
London dispatch reports about two dozen Axis torpedo boats sunk while attempting to strike Valetta harbor. Admiralty later says the British convoy passed safely with no merchant ships lost, despite prior claims of losses including a destroyer and several freighters. Italian claims alleged significant British shipping damage. Twelve planes were downed in the engagement.
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C.P
Valetta
Mediterranean
Malta
admiralty
H.M.S. Fearless
Man Prisoners Carry Manicure Sets Says Canadian Soldier
Edmonton July 26 Corporal Harold Wheeler of the Royal Canadian Air Force said German prisoners carry manicure kits and have neatly trimmed nails. The 23 year old Edmontonian volunteered details after returning from overseas where he aided English police in escorting captured Nazis at Canada House in London last fall and winter.
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EDMONTON
Harold Wheeer
Royal Canadian Air Force
Wheeler
Canada House
London
Care Addressing Mail For Overseas Plea By Postmaster General Mulock
Ottawa July 26 Pleading for proper care in addressing mail to Canadians overseas Postmaster General Mulock announced that in June 18259 pieces of mail passed through the overseas directory causing five corps members to cite rolls and military records. He urged that troop mail include the regimental number rank name unit details and the phrase Canadian Army Overseas where applicable.
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OTTAWA
Mulock
Canadian Postal Corps
Canadian Army Overseas
Canada
Philippines troops join U.S. Army under MacArthur command
President Roosevelt ordered all organized Philippine forces incorporated into the U.S. Army. General Douglas MacArthur will command the combined force, with Philippine units placed under a U.S. officer who will direct their entry. This move marks stronger U.S. control amid tensions with Japan.
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United States
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
army
war department
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Philippine commonwealth
army of
N.Y
armed services of the
Japan
Pacific
Russia Claims Huw Assault Is Stymied
MOSCOW reports say Moscow withstood a fifth night of dwindling air raids and the Nazi land offensive remains stalled after a week of heavy fighting. The Red Army claims stubborn combat near Polotsk Nevel Smolensk and Zhitomir with German losses heavy and 45 planes shot down last Thursday. Russian air forces attacked German lines and bases and strikes hit Constanta and Sulina on the Black Sea.
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Red army
Polotsk-Nevel
Smolensk
Zhitomir
Moscow war bulletin
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Black Sea
Constanta
Sulina
First Cutting Of Oats Reported In Taber
From our own correspondent, Taber July 26. The first cutting of oats was found near Michael Hauka’s field on the north edge of town. Heat last week rushed the crop to maturity and the oats appeared fairly good with thick stocks and good height.
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TABER
Michael Hauka
British convoy carried reinforcements for Mediterranean forces
A. V. Alexander said in a broadcast that the British convoy which repelled Italian attacks Wednesday and Thursday carried reinforcements in ships with fresh troops munitions and stores for Mediterranean forces.
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LONDON
A. V. Alexander
the
admiralty
Ready to Land Hong Kong Report on Japanese Landing
The Chinese central news agency cites Kunming informants reporting a Japanese force of 30,000 near southern Indo China poised to land. The report emphasizes impending military action and suggests significant regional implications for the Southeast Asia theater.
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HONG KONG
Chinese central news agency
Kunming
Indo-China
Students graduate at No. 8 service flying school
In Moncton New Brunswick on July 26 a group of students from the No 8 service flying training school of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan graduated. Among the graduates was F. W. Wood of Edmonton.
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MONCTON
N.B
No. 8 service flying training school
British commonwealth air training plan
F. W. Wood
Edmonton
Japan Freezes U S Funds in Retaliation Across Oceans
Tokyo announced a sweeping freeze on all financial transactions by United States nationals and extended to the Philippines and U S territories. Britain’s move to abrogate commercial treaties prompted Tokyo to similar actions, aiming at the entire British Commonwealth. The measures follow an agreed Indo China joint defence with Vichy France.
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TOKYO
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Indo- China
Vichy France
Philippines
To Pay Cash For Gasoline
Toronto reports federal oil controller G R Cottrelle announced an order prohibiting credit purchases of gasoline on and after July 31. Gasoline must be delivered directly to the tank of the car, with credit only for licensed taxi cabs and commercial vehicle operators. Police are empowered to enforce the cash sale regulation.
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TORONTO
G. R. Cottrelle
Bonus Order is Clarified
Ottawa officials said a Labor Gazette supplement clarifies the cost of living bonus order P.C. 7440. It notes a twofold purpose and criticisms from farmers, investors, and unions about guarantees and wage ceilings. The supplement stresses the bonus is not compulsory and outlines the order’s principles.
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OTTAWA
Labor Gazette
labor department
RAF Blasts At Berlin In Air War Report
An American made flying fortress on a recon mission bombed Emden this morning. Air ministry says fighters patrolled over the French coast and an enemy patrol vessel near Boulogne was attacked. one enemy fighter shot down. Heavy bombs hit central Berlin last night with large flashes reported.
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Emden
air ministry
Boulogne
Britain
Berlin
Truce in Peru Ecuador talks eyed for today
Well informed sources expect a boundary hostilities truce between Peru and Ecuador to be agreed upon today in Lima as World War II news continues.
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ECUADOR
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