29 Bombers Lost During Mass Raid Over Hamburg
The British Royal Air Force and Canadian squadrons hit Hamburg in the heaviest raid since a late June attack. Four Canadian bomber squadrons used Halifaxes Wellingtons and Hampdens. Twenty nine aircraft failed to return. The city with Blohm and Voss shipyards capable of building 25 U boats at a time faced oil refineries explosive works and sea plane factories.
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ONDON
Liabig
Hamburg
Germany
R.A.F
R.C.A.F
Reich
Bremen
Blohm and Voss
Edmonton man with muscular atrophy dies in sleep
Victoria reports the death of Herbert Granville Chatham a 31 year old Edmonton native who suffered progressive muscular atrophy for three years He had previously offered himself as a medical experiment hoping for recovery and did not receive offers from physicians despite his appeal published through The Canadian Press to newspapers in Canada and the United States.
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VICTORIA
Herbert Granville Chatham
Edmonton
Chatham
Canada
United States
Australian Governor General Gowrie Term Extended
The King extended Lord Gowrie's term as governor general of Australia by one year on the Australian government's recommendation. His term, set to end January 22, 1943, will now run until January 22, 1944.
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LORD GOWRIE
AUSTRALIA
LONDON
C.P. Cable
King Sunday
Bear Attacks Reported Across Thunder Bay Area
The Fort William Times Journal cites farmers reporting increased bear attacks on sheep and cattle in Thunder Bay. A Pass Lake farmer says a bear killed four cows weighing about 800 pounds and dragged one body roughly 400 feet, suggesting an unusually large, powerful animal.
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Thunder Bay
Fort Willam
FBI Seeks Three German Saboteurs Across U.S.
The FBI issued descriptions of Walter Kappe, Reinhold Rudolf Barth, and Joseph Schmidt as three expert saboteurs believed active in the United States. Details list ages, heights, builds, eye color, and notable traits, with Schmidt noted as resided in Alberta and later fleeing to Mexico and Germany.
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WALTER HAPPERHEINHOLD RUDO
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Walter Kappe
Walter Kappel
Rheinhold Rudolf Barth
Joseph Schmidt
Paul Schmdt
Jerry Swenson
Canada
FBI
REINHOLD RUDOLF BARTH
BARTH
Schmidt
Germany
Alberta
province
Mexico
Nam
Lorient
France
Washington
Hong Kong debate erupts in House with mob remark
In Ottawa July 27 a Hong Kong debate in the House of Commons yielded a morning of shouting as Prime Minister Mackenzie King faced opposition calls. John Diefenbaker pressed to table evidence from the Hong Kong inquiry and a critical letter by Lt Col George A. Drew. Speaker Glen ruled only commission evidence within the report could be used. King withdrew a mob remark at Hanson's request, and Diefenbaker urged reorganization of defence after How ard Green opened the debate.
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OTTAWA
CPI
Mackenzie King
Hong Kong
house of commons
John Diefenbaker
Con. Lake Centre
King
George A. Drew
Ontario
commission
Glen
Drew
Conservative House
Hanson
Diefenbaker
Howard Green
Vancouver South
committee of supply
defence department
Allied Patrols Engage Japs In New Guinea
Allied patrols clashed with Japanese forces on the Papuan peninsula in New Guinea as Allied planes hammered bases on occupied islands north of Australia. Japanese raids struck Darvin and Yowsyville, the latter described as Australia’s capital of the north, but the commu nique said no serious damage occurred. The war, centered around the Gona Mission Buna sector, saw skirmishes inland at Awala about 25 miles from Buna as Allied outposts held firm against renewed attacks.
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ULIED
Australia
New Guinea
Darvin
Yowsyville
Muboh
Salamaua
Buna
Gona
Douglas MacArthur
Awala
Buns
Parliamentarian News Bulletins Hong Kong expedition inquiry debate
Ottawa July 27 Rev T C Douglas CCF Wes burn said in the house that the Hong Kong expedition inquiry and the post of the inquiry commissioner Sir Lyman Duff has not been dealt with frankly. He called the Duff report amazing and said only fragmentary documents supported the findings. Douglas questioned why Britain and Canada failed to share intelligence and urged full battle training for all Canadian troops.
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OTTAWA
C.P
T. C. Douglas
C.C
Douglas
Lyman
Duff
Hong Kong
United States
Pacific
Canada
war office
national defence department
CCF
Winnipeg Grenadiers
West Indies
Douglas himslf
Sidi Barrani Ravaged By RAF Raiders
A German and Allied air war report details RAF limited ground assault on the El Alamein front, heavy RAF bombing of Tobruk, and attacks on Axis barges off Sidi Barrani. Dust storms limited air operations as desert battles continue. UK US bombers aided raids, and British fighters claimed several enemy aircraft down over the Nile delta.
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Associated Press
AIRO
Egypt
El Alamein
R.A.F
CAIRO
Tobruk
Briish
Sini Barram
panuons
Bitish
United States
RCMP
Crete
Nile delta
Port Sak
Germans Pour Reinforcements South of Don in Caucasus Push
Allied dispatch reports heavy German reinforcements massed for campaigns toward the north Caucasus and Stalingrad as tanks and planes strike near Tsimlyansk. The Russian air force pounds moving German columns while the Stalingrad to Tikhoretsk rail line endures heavy bombings. Russian troops hold positions as the Don river rail towns around Bataisk are cited by the German high command as captured.
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Stalingrad
Berlin
Rostov
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
OSCOW
A.P
north Caucasus
Volga
Don river
Tsimlyansk
Stalingrad-Tikhoretsk
Caucasus
Don
Kotelnikovo
Sal
Zimovniki
Tikhoretsk
Bataisk
Baku
Tank Battle Along the Don Continues as Germans Try Crossings
A midday Russian communique reports 30 German tanks knocked out in one Don sector while fighting rages with Germans attempting multiple crossings. Earlier, Russia noted two German bridgeheads near Tsimlyansk and claimed its forces hold the ground, pinning down numerically superior enemy units.
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Don
Tsimlyansk
Nova Scotia Fishing Schooner Sunk by Axis Submarine
A Lockeport Nova Scotia fishing schooner named Locke M. was sunk by an Axis submarine off the Nova Scotia coast after surfacing at dawn. The 17 crewmen rowed 100 miles to land. three were injured but all survived. The vessel, owned by Frederick W. Sutherland, was the first Canadian fishing boat sunk by enemy action in this war.
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Jety
C.P.J
Lockeport
N.S
Nova Scotia
Locke
Channel Battle Off French Coast Sinks One German Trawler
Royal Navy coastal forces sank one German anti-aircraft trawler and severely damaged another. The action, off the French coast, left two minor British casualties and slight damage reported by the Admiralty. French citizens attack German detachments in Besancon and Brest reportedly kill 56 Nazi troops. others burn a German war factory.
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LONDON
French
point blank
Tange
Royal Navy
admiralty
MOSCOW
Monow
Besancon
Brest
Amgers
Germans push Rostov front as losses rise in fierce fighting
German assault on Rostov area reported with heavy fighting and significant Soviet losses. Russians claim 20 German tanks lost and over 700 men in hours of combat. On the Bryansk front near Moscow a surge in activity sees a height captured and a German mechanized regiment routed, with 20 German tanks disabled and 1,250 killed. the regiment's remaining 300 men taken prisoner.
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Rostov
Naz
Bryansk
Moscow
Don
Tsimiyansk
May Use Trucks in Carrying Harvesters
Ottawa reports exemptions for harvest operations in the prairie provinces from the Wartime Prices and Trade Board truck passenger rule. The window runs Aug 1 to Oct 15 with no need for individual applications. Exemption does not alter provincial laws or safety rules.
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OTTAWA
CPIJ
prairie provinces
Instalment Buying Out New Down Payment Rules
Ottawa July 27 The Wartime Prices and Trade Board issued further instalment restrictions over the weekend. A new order, effective Aug 1, requires heavier cash down payments on many articles. Clothing and footwear face a one third down payment with no less than five dollars, and a maximum six month credit period. Furniture, mattresses, and bed springs must have a two percent down, replacing ten percent. Both new and used items are affected, with cash down payments required in full. Exemptions apply to uniforms for armed services and merchant marine.
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OTTAWA
Prices and Trade Board
Heather
administration of consumer credit
Foiled raid alarm as Chungking air defenses rise
Reports from Chungking say the first air raid alarm in 11 months sounded Monday night. US warplanes reportedly engaged Japanese raiders who crossed the border toward Chungking, but immediate combat details were unclear.
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TRE
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PARLIAMENTAR
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RAF
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IC.P
RLAF
Mediterranean
SE.C.AF
Arthur Hartis
bom command
air ministry
API
United States military commission
TOI
BRITAIN
Hideki Yojo
Osaka
Japan
Great Brita
Transoctan
Toxie dispatch
GLAIRMORE
Blairmort
Uta
public works department
Hansell iN
Macleod
West Canadian Colieries Ltd
department of agriculture
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