Red Cavalry Annihilates German Unit in Frontier Clash
Soviet communique reports major Red Army counterattacks routing a German armored column aimed at Minsk. Operations target the Minsk sector and Luck-Lyons, with cavalry actions near the Prut crossing into Bessarabia. Moscows says tank corps HQs were routed, while other sources note conflicting Minsk claims.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Minsk
Prut river
Rumania
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329th tank corps
Moscow
tank corps
Minskerea
London
Luck
Poland
Russiern
Siinsk
No Need For Conscription If Every Canadian Does His Duty
Prime Minister Mackenzie King addressed a Calgary rally stating he hopes for a future time when it would be advantageous for him to join a Commonwealth conference in London. He emphasized the need to judge his absence by his responsibility to Canadians and indicated the speech would continue on page two or three.
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CALGARY
MACKENZIE KING
Commonwealth
London
Canada
tributes to Lou Gehrig mark a standard of character
The text cites Time magazine and Westbrook Pegler noting the emotional reaction to Lou Gehrig. It reflects on how Gehrig’s obituary tributes highlighted his decency and humanity, contrasting with the idea that only rare good men garner such praise. It references the notion that Gehrig set a standard for others in the public eye.
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Time magazine
Max Schmeling
Lou Gehri
Westbrook
Pegier
New York World-Telegram
Lou Gehrig
Lou Gehrigs
Lou
Lephant Continues On Page Eleven In Newspaper
Fragmentary OCR notes show continued coverage labeled Lephant across page eleven. Details are unreadable but imply ongoing feature or report with page navigation.
Gamelin Escape Rumor Denied by Vichy in France
Reports circulated that General Marie-Gustave Gamelin had escaped from confinement in France. Vichy government denied the claim. German radio later claimed a Bourrascang prison escape with two arrests, detailing search efforts and Clermont-Ferrand detentions tied to the incident.
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France
Marie-Gustave Gamelin
Vichy sovernment
NEW YORK
Allied forces
Gamelin
hr oss
Marshal Petain
Daladier
Bernaud
Bhim
Bourrascang
Clermont-Ferrand
Wodehouse blasted by British papers for Nazi radio stint
London papers attack P G Wodehouse after he broadcast to America for the Nazis while living in Berlin at the Adlon hotel. The Daily Express and Daily Mirror criticize his wartime actions and note the impact on Britain and its prisoners as they question his loyalty and humor.
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C.P. Cabie
The
Daily Express
the Mirror
P. G. Wodehouse
America
liv
Adlon
Berlin
Wooser
Wodehouse
Pauli Holt
Red forces comrades in arms praised by British minister
Cardiff June 28 Hugh Dalton minister of economic warfare told an audience that the Red army and the Red air force are comrades in arms though Labour members oppose Communism. He said Hitler wanted Britain to forget his crimes and saw the anti communism pact as bait for simpletons. The war, he insisted, was not against Communism but against the liberties of free men and the British Commonwealth.
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CARDIFF
Wales
Hugh Dalton
Red army
Red air force
Hitler
Russia
Britain
Ehutler
trnth
Pleased with Recruiting in North Manitoba
Captain Maris H. Garion head of a mobile recruiting unit in northern Manitoba reports 29 young men from Hudson Bay line Wanness settlement and The Pas signed up for active service yesterday. He says he is well pleased with the north response. Recruits include trappers farmers lumbermen clerks and four Indians.
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PAS
Maris H. Garion
Manitoba
Hudson Bay line
Wanness settlement
Garton
Red Division Annihilated in Eastern Front Claim
Axis sources in Turkey claimed Minsk fell to German forces and Nazi reports said German columns pierced Soviet lines and wiped out an entire Red Army division. No independent confirmation was provided and details remained unverified.
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STANBUL
Turkey
Minsk
Russia
ERLIN
Hitler
BERLIN
D-N.B
Nazi
DNB
Night RAF bombers Rake Bremen Port and shipyards
London reports the Royal Air Force bombers struck Bremen and its shipyards in a night raid with direct hits and widespread fires. Vegesack Vulcan yards, Bremen anti aircraft batteries, and other targets including Bremerhaven, Cuxhaven, Oldenburg, Den Weider, Calais and Dunkerque were hit amid bad cloud and ice conditions. The attack marked the ninth straight night of operations against Germany as round the clock offensives resumed.
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LONDON
WCF
Royal Air Force
Bremen
2ir ministry
Vegesack
Vulcan
Bremerhaven
Cuxhaven
Oldenburg
Den Weider
Calais
Dunkerque
Two Airmen Killed in Plane Crash Near RCAF Gunnery School
Two airmen, Sgt. W. G. Walker and L.A.G. L. Fenner, were killed when their aircraft crashed in flames near the Royal Canadian Air Force gunnery school at MacDonald, sixty miles west of here, on Friday.
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WINNREPLG
W. G. Walker
LAG. L. Fenner
Royal Canadian Air Force
Macdonald
Aan
coz
Mare's Long Journey in Camouflaged Plane
China envoy Dr Quo Tai-Chi arrives in Chungring to assume foreign minister duties after a 25000 mile journey from London via the United States. Most of the trip was by air in a camouflaged airliner.
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CHUNGRING
APjJ
Quo Tai-Chi
China
London
United States
Crop Loans Funds Jump
Washington report on June 28 says the Senate Banking Committee approved a $1250,000,000 increase in crop loan funds and a four year extension for the Commodity Credit Corporation. Two House provisions were modified including parity price supports and the loan extension term.
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WASHINGTON
United States senate banking committee
govrnment
senare
house
secretary of agriculture
To Probe Prices Furniture Trade
Washington July 28 Price Administrator Leon Henderson said the federal trade commission would immediately investigate furniture makers nationwide. He said the action followed a five percent price boost by certain groups in the industry and came after the office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply urged no further price changes without prior consultation.
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WASHINGTON. Joliune
Leon Henderson
federal trade commission
United States
Henderson
price administrator
thet ther
Canadian Women Army Corps to enlist up to 3600 women
Ottawa reports plans to recruit 2000 to 3600 women into the Canadian Women Army Corps over six months. recruits will serve as drivers cooks stenographers clerks storewomen and messengers in uniform with pay lower than male soldiers. applications to join will be handled by War Services Ministry and Col Ralston's department.
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C.P
War Services
Thoron
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Col Ralston
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Canadian Navy
national war service
Ralston
Thorson
U S Ships Supplies To North Africa
American shipments of oil and vital supplies to French North African colonies resume after new understandings between the United States Britain and Vichy authorities. A French tanker was seized by a British warship as Nazi air bases in Syria were discovered. The move aims to prevent Vergniaud forces from intervening against Britain and to avoid partition of colonies, with fuel for tractors a key need.
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Vichy
Germany
Srriz
United States
Britain
Avica
Mediterranean
Bermuda
Schehaazade
Casablanca
Syria
Iraq
London
Maxime Vergana
Africa
Charles de Gante
Speed Syria Campaign Escalates On Syrian Front
June reports say British and Free French forces intensified attacks along the southern Syrian front to force a breakthrough. Free French troops reportedly reached 2.3 miles south of Nebex, 45 miles northeast of Damascus, as authorities describe a plan to encircle Beirut, 75 miles south and west.
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BEIRUT
LONDON
Nebex
Srriz
Damascus
cedar
Defence of Sault Canal Prepared at Mackinac Island
Lt Col Harold A Furlong Michigan defense administrator told the Michigan Bar Association that plans are being made to defend the Soo canal locks at Sault Ste Marie against axis bombing. He warned attacks could come via submarines and aerial drops, though he suggested the fear might be overstated.
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Mich
Harold A. Furlong
Michigan
Gélivert
Saukte Ste. Marie canal
Michigan Barkers’ Association
Atlantic
Hudson Bar
linely
Soo ship canal
Soviet Prepared for Losses But Are Confident of Victory
London dispatch reports a Russian source claiming the Soviet army plans retreats and heavy operations while asserting Russian forces will prevail. It notes refurbished troops since 1939-40 and contradicts British beliefs that Russia could be defeated shortly. The piece mentions intensified RAF bombings and Russian hopes to target German troop concentrations.
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LONDON
Hank
todary
Red army
Rusia
Russia
manmoeuvra
Afoscow
Germany
Nazi air losses and Cold War currency debate sweep headlines
News briefs report Nazi air force losses in the early days of the German Soviet war, U.S. Senate approval of two year renewal of dollar revaluation powers, and other wartime dispatches from London Washington and Singapore including battles in Africa and shifts in rubber sales to Japan.
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Columbia Broadcasting System
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A.P
JAPAN
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