Red Army presses offensives across Russian front
Moscow reports a sustained Soviet initiative in multiple sectors from Nevel to Zhitomir, with ground and air forces gradually shifting to offensive actions. Russian units raided German lines, ambushed artillery positions, and even bayonet and grenade street fighting in a German garrisoned city, while German fuel shortages limit their drive in the sixth week of the war.
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Henry Cassidy
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Red army
Nevel
Smolensk
Zhitomir
Ukraine
Red air fleet
Japan Moves Troops Into Southeast Asia Under Pact
Japanese troops began disembarking in southern Indo China under the new joint defense pact with Vichy France. Tokyo and Hanoi reports describe the shift as part of a broader move visible in the Far East. The Netherlands East Indies asset freezes, led by Britain and the United States, may reshape regional oil supplies and intensify economic pressure on Japan. Emperor Hirohito presided as Japan ratified the Tokyo Vichy accord, signaling wider deployment of military forces.
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LONDON
C.P
Indo-China
Reuters
Hanoi
TOKYO
foreign office
Japan Times and Advertiser today
United States
Japan
Washington
Netherlands East Indies
Britain
Canada
Indies
privy council
Hirohito
Paraguay Sets Death Penalty After Plot
Par ag uay decreed the death penalty for anyone attempting to cede territory or power to a foreign nation. President Higinio Morinigo framed the move as vital to national interests following a reported revolutionary plot in Bolivia and the expulsion of a German minister. Bolivian officials linked the La Paz conspiracy to wider regional concerns.
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ASUNULUN
Paraguay
A.P
Higinio Moringo
Bolivia
Morinigo
La Paz
Two American correspondents expelled from Balkan states
George Weller of Chicago Daily News reports that he and AP’s Gallagher and CBC’s Betty Watson were escorted from Athens to Berlin and banned from re entering or traveling in any Balkan country. The ban, in force before the German Russian clash, blocked access despite visas and promises for Romanian and Turkish exit.
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ROM
Lisbon
Balkana
George Weller
Chicago Daily News
Balkan
Greece
Wés Gallagher
Associated Press
Betty Watson
CBC
Athens
Berlin
Weller
Gallagher
New Training Plan Announced For Australia
Canberra July 98 AAP Army Minister Percy Spender announced a militia service training plan to raise mobilization strength on short notice. One quarter of militia is now in full time service including officers and specialists. Recruits representing half of each unit must complete continuous training. The plan aims to raise training standards and ease mobilization.
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CANBERRA
A.A.P
Army
Percy Spender
Fine Tobacco Combine Suit Of$210,000
Edmonton July 28 CP fines totaling $210 000 were imposed on 33 of 36 Canadian tobacco manufacturers wholesalers and jobbers after an Alberta supreme court jury found them guilty. Three defendants absent will be sentenced Thursday. Immediate appeals planned by at least 34 of the convicted.
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EDMONTON
Justice,.J. Shepherd
Alberta supreme court
Alberta
Imperial Tobacco Sales Company of Canada, Limited
Tucketts Limited
Peru Reports Bloody Repulse 5000 Invaders
Lima summary reports 5000 invaders repulsed and three Ecuadorian outposts captured after a battle that began July 22 in the Zaramilla River basin. Peru occupied Cincras Huadquillas and Balsalito as Ecuadoran forces were defeated. Ecuador says it will accept decorous regional steps to halt border clashes.
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LIMA
Peru
Zaramilla River
Cincras
Huadquillas
Balsalito
Julio Toxar Donoso
Ecuador
United States
Argentina
Brazil
Guayquil
Huns Active In Persia
The British government was reported to have warned Iran of dangers from German agents in Iran. A semi official estimate describes 2,500 Germans as an officers’ corps for a fifth column operating from Tehran and Tabriz. Nazis spread claims Britain would seize southern Iran and Russia the north, while Britain denies threats to Iran’s sovereignty.
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ANEKARA
Turkey
Iran
Persia
Teheran
Tabriz
HMS
Britain
Russia
Japanese trucks arrive in Saigon to support troops
Japanese military mission reports 1900 trucks have landed in Saigon from Hanoi to transport in coming troops to nine bases across southern Indo-China, signaling expanded logistics for Japan's forces in French Indochina.
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SAIGON
Indo-China
Indo- China
Hanoi
Huns declare Smolensk battle nearing completion
Berlin reports the German high command says Russian efforts to prevent destruction of trapped Red Army units near Smolensk have failed. The bulletin notes Soviet resistance near Leningrad continues with some German advances claimed. Volosovo is cited as a penetration point, though confirmation is disputed.
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Smolensk
BERLIN
Moscow
Leningrad
Soviet Union
Hitler
D.N.B
Volosovo
D.N
Second Camp To Start August 3
Seven teen units of the Canadian army reserve, mainly from northern and central Alberta, will move to Sarcee military camp on Sunday August 3 for a two week training period. The Calgary regiment (tank) will attend with 17 officers and 275 other ranks under Lieut Col W J Juli M C.
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CALGARY
CPI
Canadian army
Alberta
Sarcee
Military District 13
Calgary regiment
tank
W. J. Juli
M.C
Moscow Radio Message Warns German Widow of Death
London dispatch reports Moscow's German service informing Frau Erma Kraemer that her husband Lance Corporal Ludwig Kraemer of the 116th Infantry Regiment died after a five hour battle. he died holding a photo of his wife and children. The broadcast urged opposition to Hitler and called for an end to bloodshed.
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LONDON
Moscow
Elberstadt
Darmstadt
Frau
Erma Kraemer
Frau Kraemer
Ludwig Kraemer
116th
the
Berisina
Poland
France
Balkans
Hitler
Gesture Of displeasure marks Canada ends treaty with Japan
Ottawa reports Canada will terminate its commercial treaty with Japan as a gesture of displeasure at Japanese expansion into French Indo China. Prime Minister Mackenzie King informed Japanese minister Seijiro Yoshizawa that article XXVII of the 1911 Anglo Japanese treaty allows a 12 month notice, expiring July 26. Trade had already stalled due to asset freezes. government says action has limited immediate effect.
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Indo-China
Canada
Mackenzie King
Seijiro Yoshizawa
United Kingdom
Japan
London
Bombing of London by German planes shocks capital
German planes raided London for two hours early today dropping bombs on several districts. Casualties include at least six women and six children killed. Docks at Dunkerque were also attacked while weather limited British response. This marked the first London raid in two months and the fourth since a major Allied bombing campaign began.
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LONDON
Dunkerque
Royal Air Force
Berlin
England
air and home security ministries
R.A.F
Germany
Efforts to Spark NSW Strike Fail Over Hunger Protest
In Sidney on July 26 AAP reports efforts to mobilize 360 000 unionists for a one day strike over the hunger strike of two Communist detainees failed Only about 30000 workers in Sydney and 20000 elsewhere in New South Wales stopped work reducing output in several industries
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SIDNEY
Australia
A.A.P
Sydney
New South Wales
Train crash at Tripoli claims two engineers
Chapleau Ontario July 28 final toll from last Tuesday's CP Railway collision near Tripoli rose to two as Engineer J Corston of Chapleau died in hospital. Earlier, engineer Percy Buncombe died shortly after the crash.
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CHAPLEAU
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railway
Tripoli
J. Corston
Percy Buncombe
Australia Stands With Britain and U S in Pacific
Prime Minister Robert Menzies stated Australia will remain alongside Britain and the United States on Pacific measures. He cited Indo China importance to Australia and New Zealand, rejected Japanese aggression theories, and affirmed continued normal relations despite Axis alignment and Rome Berlin statements. Australia’s Malaya troops and defense efforts underpin the stance.
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CANBERRA
A.A.P
Robert Menzies
Australia
United States
Pacific
Indo-China
New Zealand
Far East
Japan
Matsuoka
Rome
Berlin
Malaya
Nova Scotian Sgt Ross Awarded Distinguished Flying Medal
London July 28 Sgt Murray Hugh Ross of No 29 Squadron Royal Air Force, born 1908 in Sydney Nova Scotia, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal. The citation praises him as a courageous and efficient wireless operator and air gunner.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
Murray Hugh “Ross
No. 29 ‘Squadron
Royal Air Force
Sydney
N.S
Ross
Air Minister Power III Hospitalized After Throat Infection
Ottawa July 28 Air Minister Power went from a press conference to Civil Hospital with a throat infection contracted on his Britain visit. He is expected to be confined for three to four days. The reports also cover Soviet legation staff, British troop movements in Burma, Japan price supports, Mexico's potential entry into war, Finnish encirclements, German army progress explanation, and a crash injuring Raymon d May.
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POWER III
OTTAWA
C.P
Power
quinty
Britain
HELSINKI
Finland
A.P
legation
BURMA
NEW YORK
Berlin radio tonight
Bangkok
Thailand
NBC
Londos
TOKYO
Tokyo stock exchange
government securities agency
amoney
MEXICO
MEXICO CITY
Manuel Avila Camacho
Russia
Siescow
Red army
RAYMOND
St. Michael's hospital
Picture Butte
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Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada, Limited
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Tuckett Limited
Hamilton
Tuckett: Tobacco Company, Limited
W. C. Macdonald, Incorporated
L. O. Grothe, Limited
B. Houde Company, Limited
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RAF
Dutch East Indies
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HUNS
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