Americans Menace Coutances in Normandy Advance
Allied dispatches report American armor driving into Coutances after a 15 mile west of St Lo push, sealing off remnants of the 84th German Army Corps near the sea. A second spearhead captured Tessy Eur Vire as tanks and infantry flood through a six to twenty mile wide gap. More than 4,000 prisoners taken. Germans hold six divisions near Caen as Montgomery eyes another blow.
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ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
Coutances
St. Lo
Tessy-Eur-Vire
Vire
Normandy
CAEN
Montgomery
Ontario Flier Wins Posthumous V C For Gallant Attack
Ontario flier Flt Lt David E Bud Hornell of Mimico Ont, posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for a daring U boat attack in the North Atlantic last month. He steered a Canso through heavy flak despite a failing craft to drop depth charges on target, dying of exposure after a crash landing as crew endured a 21 hour life raft ordeal. Five other survivors were decorated, with two crewmates killed in the action.
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OTTAWA
David E
Bud) Hornell
Mimico
Power
North Atlantic
Hornell
Set
Scott
Almonte
Ont
Fernand St. Laurent
Father Point
Que
B. C. Denomy
Chatham
D.S.O. FO
V.C. citation
Canso
Arctic Circle rim
Chinese Hold Leiyang Base Recaptured in Counter Attack
Chinese forces counter attacked and recaptured Leiyang, the southernmost point of their northward advance, as Hengyang remained contested thirty four miles north west in Hunan. The move aims to create a springboard for a southern plunge to link with Japanese forces north of Canton, while street fighting persisted in Hengyang.
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CHUNGKING
Leiyang
China
Hunan
Hengyang
Canton
Language barriers and world lingua franca debate
ER, lawyer, author, bibliophile, writes in The American Scholar summer number on international understanding hindered by language barriers. Tracing Volapuk Esperanto Idolom Neutral Latino Ido Occidental Novial JALA and Basic English, he weighs pros and cons of Basic English and the International Auxiliary Language Association proposal as the most promising, noting change may take generations. He also provides an intriguing statistics table on Brazil.
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Mr. Tinker
International Auxiliary Language Association
Tinker
LAROCQUE TINK
Air Battles Over Europe Across Central Germany
American heavy bombers about 1000 strong hit targets in central Germany with equal fighter escort as Berlin reported fierce air battles across the skies. The raids continued despite cloudy weather limiting operations on the Normandy front, followed by Italy-based bombers striking Ploesti and RAF Mosquitos bombing Stuttgart for a third time in four nights.
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LONDON
A.P
Germany
Berlin
Normandy battlefront
Reich
Debate on family allowance bill divides Progressive Conservative support
Ottawa July 28 debate on the second reading of the government's family allowance bill continued with Tory support from four Progressive Conservative members for the measure. John Diefenbaker A H Bence J A Ross and Howard Green said they would vote for it while T N Church criticized it. Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced two diplomatic appointments Henry Laureys to Peru and L E Pearson promoted to minister plenipotentiary. Diefenbaker called the bill unconstitutional and urged a court ruling before next July to clarify its operative status.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Progressive Conservative party
John Bracken
Gordon Graydon
house
John Diefenbaker
P.C
Lake Centre
A. H. Bence
Saskatoon City
J. A. Ross
Souris
Howard Green
Vancouver South
T. N. Church
Toronto Broadview
Walter Tucker
Rosthern
Mackenzie King
Canada
Henry Laureys
Africa
Peru
L. E. Pearson
Washington
Diefenbaker
Landeryou incident described by Coldwell at Lethbridge meeting
CCF Leader Coldwell offered his version of the expulsion of Alberta Social Credit candidate J C Landeryou from a Lethbridge meeting. Gardiner defended actions amid a tense moment, ushers escorted Landeryou after he failed to withdraw an accusation. The exchange centered on remarks about racial hostility and a dispute over parliamentary privilege.
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OTTAWA
C.P
C.C.F
Coldwell
commons
J. C. Landeryou
Social Credit
Alberta
Lethbridge
Alta
Gardiner
Mr. Coldwell
Canada
Norman Jaques
Jaques
Mr. Landeryou
Landeryou
Thomas Reid
New Westminster
Glen
Family allowances bill passes second reading in commons
Ottawa reports show the commons approved the family allowances bill on second reading by a recorded vote of 139 to none. Other briefs cover export credit insurance plans, veteran rehabilitation info, and amendments to Quebec savings banks act.
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OTTAWA
commons
MacKinnon
Pccasions
Mackenzie
Canada
DUMOULIN
Justice
St. Laurent
Defence of
Jacques Dumoulin
Quebec
Jacques Lauriel
Montreal
Defence of Canada
Steady Gains By 8th Army Near Florence
British and American forces press toward Florence as New Zealand troops seize San Casciano within seven miles of the city. Artillery duels across the Arno, with fighting near Cerbaia and Sete Spertoli. Westward, troops hold near Empoli while Adriatic actions continue with patrols and heavy fire. Continues on Page Three.
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RCME
Spertoli
yvelm
Mr miles
Empoli
Pisa
Adriatic
Senigailia
Dr Laureys Named Canadian Ambassador to Peru
Ottawa July 28. Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced Dr Henri Laurids Lauridsen as ambassador to Peru the first Canadian to hold that post and L B Pearson raised to minister plenipotentiary to the United States. Pearson long served as minister counsellor in Washington and contributed to UN relief efforts.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
Henri Laurbi
Peru
cpllen
L. B. Pearson
United States
Laureys
South Africa
Pearson
Washington
Leighton McCarthy
McCarthy
King
Humberto Fernandez Davila
Canada
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Mexico
external affairs department
London
organization of the United Nations’ relief and rehabilitation administration
Bulgaria Seeks Peace Talks With Allies
ANKARA July 27 delayed report says Bulgaria is negotiating with the Allies to exit the war. The moves come as Turkish developments unfold and another Ankara section of the dispatch remains unread.
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ANKARA
Bulgaria
Robots Bring Foe Fleeing More Deaths To Suburbs
Flying bombs over southern England and London unleashed new destruction. Bombs struck a store and a bus, toppled a car into a shop, starting fires as firemen and rescuers worked to reach buried victims. A village narrowly escaped as a bomb drifted after being shot at by fighters. Nine people remained buried in a house as rescue efforts continued. In another scene, a bomb killed two in Hyde Park while a band stand area was torn open and a hospital windows shattered.
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LONDON
C.P
England
Purople
mdon zoo
Hyde Park
Francis James Mortimer
Ten Jap Ships Sunk in Raid over Caroline Islands
Washington reports American carrier air forces sank ten Japanese ships including destroyers, an oiler, escort, or minelayer, and seven cargo vessels in a series of strikes in the western Caroline Islands. Marines now hold the northern third of Tinian with Mount Lasso. 159 Americans killed, 441 wounded, 32 missing on Tinian as of July 25, while enemy dead approach 2,089 and 62 taken prisoner. Bombing on Truk and Manokwari area continues with heavy forces, 70 tons on Truk and 59 tons on Manokwari.
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WASHINGTON
Caroline
navy
Tinian
Mount Lasso
Saipan
Marianas
Truk
New Guinea
Manokwari
Netherlands New Guinea
Caroline Islands
Stalin claims capture of Przemysl and Jaroslaw fall
London dispatch reports Marshal Stalin announcing the capture of Przemysl and the fall of Jaroslaw, a rail center, to Red Army forces. The Germans had evacuated the positions about a week earlier, according to the broadcast.
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LONDON
Marshal Stalin
Przemysl
Jaroslaw
Stalin
Russians Driving To Warsaw Front In Baltic Push
Russian Baltic forces report rapid progress around Warsaw Garwolin and Siedlce as Rokossovsky presses front while Bagramian cuts Baltic rail links isolating German troops in Latvia and Estonia. Siauliai and Memel nearby. Daugavpils advances push toward the Gulf of Riga and Riga. Unclear fortified lines, German snipers harass.
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Lwow
Bialystok
Daugavpils
Rezekne
Siauliai
Stanislawow
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Warsaw
Garwolin
Vistula river
Rokossovsky
Siedlce
Baltic republics
Ivan Bagramian
Latvia
Andrei Yeremenko
Gulf of Riga
Poland
Ivan S. Konev
Jaroslaw
Przemys
San river
German Silesia
Jap Retreat Accelerates Along Palel Tamu Road
Japanese forces pull back along the Palel Tamu road in northeastern India under air supported attacks, abandoning equipment and blowing supply dumps. Enemy troops try to disengage on the Tiddim road. In 48 hours they lost three strongpoints and over 200 dead on the road to Tamu while street fighting rages in Myitkyina. Bombers hit Mandalay railway yards and Monywa station.
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KANDY
Ceylon
Palel-Tamu
India
Tiddim
Tamu
Burma
Myitkyina
Mandalay
Monywa
Abandonment of Brest Litovsk Amid Red Army Advance
July 28 dispatch reports Brest Litovsk abandoned to advancing Russian forces as Soviet troops near Warsaw within 30 miles. Kaunas also said fallen. Berlin notes eight Russian army groups sweeping through Baltic states Poland and Carpathians toward East Prussia. Berlin claims Red Army near Garwolin and besieging Grodzisk fortresses with Polish garrison retreating to new lines.
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Daniel De Luce
Associated Press
OSCOW
Warsaw
Red army
Baltic
East Prussia
Germany
Carpathian
Hungary
LITOVSK
LONDON
Brest Litovsk
Kaunas
Lithuania
Fransocean
st Brest Litovsk
Baltic states
Poland
German Silesia
Czecho-Slovakia
Red
Berlin
Garwolin
Bug
3,400 Bombers Hammer Nazi Oil Facilities
American air forces pounded German oil targets at Merseburg and Ploesti, with over 3,000 planes, half heavy, operating from England and Italy. Moscow radio claimed imminent entry into Berlin as tanks advance.
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LONDON
Merseburg
Reich
Ploesti
Romania
England
Italy
BERLIN
MOSCOW
A.P
Mesecow
Red army
Dominion government
H. G. Crawford
Ottawa
Seamans
LETHBRIDGE
weather bureau
Kenyen Field
TOKYO
U.S
The Day In Parliament in Ottawa a busy day
The Canadian Press reports the house of commons will debate government bills including family allowance. Four Progressive Conservative MPs pledged support for the bill while Liberals criticized Bracken Grasdon and Dr Bruce. Ilsley says housing legislation will come soon. King announces Laureys as ambassador and Pearson’s promotion. J McCann tables the radio committee report proposing a full time chairman for the CBC. The senate passes three bills and sends a fourth to committee.
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house
Liberal
John Bracken
Progressive Conservative
Gordon Grasdon
Herbert Bruce
Toronto Parkdale
Ilsley
Mackenzie King
Henry Laureys
L. B. Pearson
United States
J. McCann
Renfrew South
commons
cane Broadcasting Corporation
senate
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Macleod
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