Trials Open At Aldershot
Trials opened at Aldershot as a Canadian general court martial charged Pte Lloyd States with mutiny related offenses. Pte Emmanuel Schuler and Pte I L MacIntyre faced multiple charges with two more soldiers to be tried later. The hearing featured objections over court composition but proceeded with officers from Canadian units.
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Ross Munro
England
G.P. Cable
Aldeshot
Pte. Lloyd States
nego
New Glasgow
N.S
Royal Canadian Regiment
Ontario
Emmanuel Schuler
Burstall
Sask
Lord Strathcona Horse
Winnipeg
Pte. I. L. MacIntyre
Stawards
P.E.I
R.C.A. 8.C
CALGARY
G. M. Graham
Halifax
T. J.Rutherford
Owen Sound
Ont
R. C. Clark
Vancouver
B.C
R. B. Forbes
Fredericton
RK. J. Burgess
Grand Fails
T. M. Gantie
N. J. McNeill
Europe
Graham
Schuler
MacIntyre
Allied planes sink 207 Japanese ships, 430 planes
Admiral Nimitz announced Allied air and sea attacks across Honshu, with 207 Japanese vessels sunk or damaged and 430 planes downed in two days. The curbside bombardment targeted the Maizuru and Kure bases, while new totals push the war's toll higher as British forces report 2,000 more Japanese killed in Burma along the Sittang bend, and over 6,000 enemy dead in nine days of fighting near Rangoon.
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GUAM
Nimitz
Suruga gulf
Tokyo
Japan
CALCUTTA
Sittang river
Burma
southeast Asia command headquarters
Rangoon
Rangoon-Mandalay
Scots Guards officer dies in active service legacy revealed
The Scots Guards lieutenant died in October and left about 15000 to Sergeant Thomas Denne and sums from 250 to 1000 to 22 other non commissioned officers and men. The 26 year old islander from Jura left an estate near 2500000 and admired his men, saying war shows common qualities beyond class.
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Scots Guards
Thomas Debnam
tieut
Brown
Jura
St. Thomas Times
A. B. H. BROWN
Battleship and Cruiser Losses Mark Japanese Toll in Sky Attacks
In Japan on July 31, reports recount British and Japanese vessels damaged and sunk amid air attacks. Japanese ships including Haruna Ise Tone and others suffered losses as American air forces claimed eight enemy sunk and forty nine damaged, with escorts and submarines noted among the combat casualties.
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GAM
Haruna
Ise
Tone
Robo
Oyada
tees
Petain Dictated Armistice Rise In Darlan Testimony
Gen Maxime Weygand testified that Petain sent a secret telegram to Admiral Darlan ordering him to cease operations against Allied forces at the time of the North Africa landing. Weygand said he acted to seek an armistice on military grounds, not from collusion with Petain, while noting Darlan was favorable to the Germans during the 1942 invasion. The testimony raises questions about Petain's role in halting French resistance.
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PARIS
Maxime Weygand
Marshal Petain
Jean Darlan
United States
North Africa
Germany
high court of justice
France
Weygand
Darian
Africa
Admiral Darlan
Gen. Weygand
LeBRUN
Albert LeBrun
Twelve Jap Cities Get Raid Warnings
Guam July 31. Twelve Japanese cities including four previously warned were warned again by Maj Gen Curtis LeMay that they are marked for destruction by B 29s. More than 1.3 million people live in these 12 targets. Leaflets dropped from six bombers warned evacuate immediately and noted industrial centers on Honshu and Hokkaido.
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GUAM
Curtis &. LeMay
20th Air Force
LeMay
Japan
Mito
Hachioji
Maebashi
Toyama
Nagano
Fukuyama
Otsu
Maizuru
Honshu
Nagaoka
Nishinomiya
Hakodate
Hokkaido
Kurume
Kyushu
Koriyami
Gripsholm to bring repatriates to Jersey City with families
The State Department announced the liner Gripsholm will reach Jersey City on Thursday carrying 1,132 repatriates from India and 364 American citizens with family members from Greece. The arrival ill be part of a coordinated repatriation effort with the liner sailing under a neutral flag.
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WASHINGTON
state department
Gripsholm
Jersey City
Nal
Thursay
India
Greece
Stalin Ill Delays Talks At Potsdam
Premier Stalin has been slightly indisposed for two days delaying the Big Three talks. Molotov sat in with Truman and Attlee on Sunday with no continuation yesterday. Stalin’s physician ordered rest. condition improved and a three hour session was planned for the afternoon.
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POTSDAM
Stalin
Attlee
Truman
Molotov
Strikers Move Toward Negotiations With Canada Packers
United Packinghouse Workers of America members voted to accept arbitration terms offered by Mr Justice Richards. Negotiations to open follow his terms, with Toronto plants affected and spread to Saskatoon Winnipeg and other cities. About 5,300 on strike and 400,000 in potential payroll impact cited.
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United Packinghouse Workers of America
C.I.0
focallid
Justice 5
BE. Richards
Winnipeg
Toronto
Canada Packers Limited
Justice Richard
Canada Packers
Justice Richards
Richards
Canada
Montreal
Hull
AFL
Saskatoon
Peterborough
Edmonton
Vancouver
prairie
Richards meat
C.P
Fred Dowling
C10
Mackenzie King
Canada Packers, Limited
Justice S. E. Richards
packing home workers
10000 On lle De France heads for Canada
The troopship carrying nearly 10,000 Canadian soldiers and airmen under Gen Crerar sails from Gourock Scotland bound for Canada as the army dissolves. The group includes Canadian Women’s Army Corps members and nursing sisters. Crerar likely receives retirement leave with Prime Minister Mackenzie King to welcome him.
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ABUARD ILE DE FRANCE
C.P
Crerar
Europe
Canada
Mackenzie King
Gourock
Scotland
Canadian Women's Army Corps
RAF
Tactical Air Force
Jack Weir
Vancouver
F. A. Morrison
aie
Saskatoon
STRATHEDEN
QUEBEC
ocean
Wolf's Cove
Plains of Abraham
Collapse Of Japanese Navy War's Biggest Anti-Climax
SAN FRANCISCO July thirty one forty four The Japanese navy is dead per Allied naval officers who wrecked it, yielding the greatest anti climax of the war. Carrier planes hit Yokosuka and Kure destroying four battleships, at least six carriers and six cruisers at moorings with minor resistance. A staff officer aboard the 3rd fleet called it the end of the Jap navy in flat terms.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Pacific
Yokosuka
Kure
Japan
3rd fleet
Laval Lands in Linz Surrender to U.S. Authorities
Pierre Laval, expelled from Spain after a 90 day stay, landed in Linz Austria and surrendered to United States military authorities in the American zone. He flew from Barcelona aboard a German-manned Junkers 188 and faced potential Franco-American diplomatic challenges due to France's death sentence in absentia.
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GEORGE TUCKER ICRANKFORT
Laval
France
Bougainville Fight Rages in Southwest Sector
Manila reports renewed heavy combat as Japanese troops bolster a half conquered Bougainville garrison. Australian forces seize half of the island's southern garden areas while floods slow cleanup and Japanese artillery complicates operations. The Numnuma trail fighting is described as brutal as the Kokoda line. Estimates place about 85,000 Japanese in the Solomon Islands region.
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MANILA
Bougainville
Shortland Island
southwest Pacific
big island
Numnuma trail
New Guinea
Kokoda
Owen Stanley range
Solomonsslands
Bourainville
New Britain
New Cuinen
Rabau
Man Plunges 100 Feet From Vancouver Scaffold
Albert B. Grant of Vancouver, about 50, fell more than 100 feet from a swinging scaffold between the ninth and 10th floors of the Rogers building during a late Monday shift as ropes failed after he signaled helpers on the street. He worked for J. Boshard and Son Ltd decorators in steam cleaning the structure. Eyewitnesses reported Grant appeared to indicate the scaffold was secure before the fall. Grant left a sister Mrs Thomas Ender Shawville Que and a brother Ezra Campbell’s Bay Que.
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VANCOUVER
Albert B. Grant
Rorers
Grant
J. Boshard and Son, Ltd
Thomas Ender
Shawville
Que
Ezra
Campbell's Bay
Laval surrender to occupy forces in Austria to be sent to France
Pierre Laval, expelled from Spain, fled to Austria where he surrendered today to United States or occupation authorities. They arranged to hand him over to France at once. The swarthy former chief of the…
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EAVAL FRANKFORT
Laval Surrenders To American Forces In Austria
French Premier Laval and party arrived in four Junkers 188 aircraft at Horsching Linz Austria where United States troops took Laval into protective custody. General Copeland of the US 15th Infantry led the French occupation transfer toward Innsbruck as Paris says surrender is step toward trial for treason.
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Vichy
Horsching
Linz
Austria
United States
Laval
Inter
John Copeland
FRANCE
Copeland
15th infantry division
Innsbruck
Paris
Marseille
Marshal Petain
tria
Richards withholds terms of strike arbitration
News bulletins report Mr Justice S E Richards delaying release of arbitration terms for the United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 114 strike until union acceptance is confirmed. Other items note Stalin at Big Three talks, a Bengal market plane crash killing over 100, and a Taber farm fire loss. Truman to fly to Britain post conference. calls to nationalize Canada Packers echo government action discussions.
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TRUMAN
BRITAIN
POTSDAM
Plymouth
England
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Augusta
United States
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tside
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atpeepe
Petain
Darlan
PETAIN LANDS
GRIPSHOLM COMING
SAINT JOHN
N.B
E. Claude Seeley
Progressive Conservatives
C. F P. Phinney
Seeley
Phinney
A. C. Smith
Progressive Conservative
Steve Michaldeon
Fort McMurray
Alta
Clear Water
Draper
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Vernon
Plane Lands
Spain
PIERRE LAVAL
POESDAM
CALCUrTA
Reuters
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Nadaripur
Bengal
TABER FARM
ABER
Russell Schoenert
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