Raid on Germany Continues With Night Bombardment
RAF bombers and allied fighters attacked targets in the Rhineland and northern France. The raid followed by a second strike in two nights, with US Army Air Forces Fortresses and Canadian air crews aiding. Seven bombers failed to return, suggesting about 150 aircraft in the attacking force.
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LONDON
RAF
Germany
Rhineland
United States
ARCAF
USAAF
France
Britain
bulding yards
Flensburg
Prime Minister Praises Fighting Men and Women
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King urged civilians at home to support Canadian troops wherever they serve. He highlighted honors for veterans and cited Lt Col Cecil Merritt of Vancouver, awarded the Victoria Cross, as embodying Canada's fighting spirit.
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OTTAWA
Mackenzie King
King
Genadian Brosscasting
Comrades in Arms
Diepre
Cecil Merritl
Vancouver
Canada
Left Hand Corner Exposes War Work by Bank Staff
The piece notes bankers and white collar financiers working Sundays in Sheffield’s war effort, with managers and clerks from banks and shell factory workers clocking shifts from early morning to late afternoon. It critiques social divisions and hints at U S influence, ending with a provocative aside and a reader continue notice.
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Sc.in
Sheffield
England
New Yorker
Englend
Thales
Russian dummy guns used to foil German attack near Stalingrad
Soviet war report describes fake plywood gun barriers on a hill north of Stalingrad. German bomber circled, saw no real guns, then bombed elsewhere. At night Russians replaced dummies with real cannons and rebuilt after dawn attack. Craters mar the dusty steppe.
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OSCO
swory
Stalingrad
Price Wage Czar Named By Roosevelt
Price administrator Leon Henderson announced a 60 day emergency price ceiling on most food items not yet controlled and planned rent control nationwide. The move raises government control of the average family food budget and freezes dealer prices from Sept 28 to Oct 2, with exemptions for fresh fruits vegetables fish and peanuts.
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WASHINGTON
Leon Henderson jtoriay
United States
Fenderson
Saskatchewan Regiment Private Mentioned After Dieppe Battle
A Medicine Hat native, a member of the Sau Saskatchewan Regiment, is listed as “mentioned in connections” after Dieppe. He enlisted as a private and served with the unit, cited in dispatches from the campaign.
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Medicine Hat
i' eisgatches
Dieppe
Sau Saskatchewan Regiment
thas fighting unis
Lethbridge Heran
Hog Prices Up Monday Amid Pork Trade Shifts
Canada plans to ship 675 million pounds of pork products to Britain next year at prices about 10 percent higher than the expiring 606.9 million pound contract for 1941 32. Hog prices in Canada are forecast to rise 10 percent. The old contract ends soon with shipments expected to meet the target 600 million pounds.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Britain
Gardiner
Tate
Mrr
Wilshire
staboard
Canadian bacon board
Herriot Held as Prisoner in Unoccupied France
Berlin radio citing Vichy reports says Edouard Herriot 70, former French premier, is confined in a camp at Vals les Bains in unoccupied France. The move follows accusations of anti-Vichy stance and collaboration warnings amid political purges affecting Paris leadership and remaining exile figures.
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LONDON
Berlin
Vichy
Edouard Herriot
France
comentario
Vals Les Bains
Kahan
Hervion
nis chateau
Lron
sact Helmot
wimg
Marshal Petamontecims
ene
senate cf
Pietre Laval Herrici
premser
Mar
Jeanneney
Albert Lebrun
Lebrun
Russians Drive New Stalingrad Offensive From Volga Front
Russian forces seized the initiative against Germany near Stalingrad lifting pressure on the west flank and pressing attacks inside the city. Red Army tank and troop actions pushed along the northern front and into German lines while defenders inside Stalingrad countered with renewed assaults on besieging forces.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
OSCOW
Red army
Volga basin
Stalingrad
Red
ChresierGar
Gay
zained
Red Star
Big Convoy Sets Sail From Gibraltar
A Swiss radio report from Algeciras Spain notes a 2 car cargo ship escorted by six destroyers and three submarines leaving Gibraltar heading toward the Adriatic. The report reflects Axis and neutral sources noting heightened naval activity at Gibraltar.
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LOSPON
Algeciras
Spain
crasers
Gibraltar
Export Of Calves To US Banned
Wartime food authorities announce a blanket export ban on calves and beef cattle to the United States from Oct 3 to 6, shifting control to the Wartime Food Corporation and restricting shipments unless the corporation exports on its own account.
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United States
Wartime Food Corporation
Prices and Trade Board
imal corporation
acatement
ce seid
comesiuc
food corporation
Great Britain Launches Drive To Apply Science To War
Britain accelerates use of science in World War II with a new advisory council to guide the United Nations. Sir Lawrence Bragg and Prof. J. E. Lennard-Jones join the government committee for scientific and industrial research as the empire plots rapid knowledge sharing and practical wartime applications.
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Great Britain
United Nations
BARCLAY
LONDON
Britain
United Naters
Empire
Germany
teo famous
seusis
Lawrence Bragg
J. E. Lennard-Jones
committee for scientific and industrial research
Prince George acquits trader in murder case
Port Selon trader Tommie Clarke was acquitted by an assize court at Fort Nelson of the murder charge in the Nisehead Francis case dated June 28. The acquittal ends the Briday proceedings in this Gan district.
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PRINCE GEORGE
B.C
Tommie Clarke
Port Selon
parr Briday
Nisehead Francis
in- Gan
Fort Nelson
Air Activity Over Egypt and Mediterranean Fronts
Allied bombers attacked Derna and Sid area targets in Libya with fires on landing grounds and airfield activity near Toorux. Six German planes were shot down with no Allied losses. Italian high command claimed Braich fronts attacked and British and Axis forces traded air blows in the eastern Mediterranean.
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u?P—Heany
Derna
Sid
Baneish
Toorux
ROME
Braich
El Alacren
Alned
Tianant
Meunerranean
Cards Blank Yanks 2-0 in World Series Showdown
Ernie White pitched superbly for the St. Louis Cardinals blanking the New York Yankees 2-0 before 70 090 fans to grab a 2 1 series lead. White allowed six singles with six strikeouts aided by sharp outfield plays from Terry Moore and Enos Slaughter. The Cardinals benefited from three Yankee hits and base running in the third and a ninth inning tally off Marv Breuer, while Chandler started for New York.
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GAYLE TALBOT
Associated Press
erere STADIUM
New York
A.P
Ernie White
St. Louis Cardinals
Yankees
Jess Haines
White
Terry Moore
Enos Slaughter
iCardinals
Spurgeon Chandler
Yankee
adrait
Marv Brewer
R. H. EL Cardinals
W- Cooper
Marvin Breuer
Jim Turner
Bill Dickey
Australian Forces Close On Mee Guinea Ridge Yet Face Supply Strains
Australian ground troops push toward Mee Guinea's Owen Stanley ridge, within five to six miles of the crest after forcing Menari. Allied air attacks hamper Japanese attempts to halt advances and disrupt supply lines. Royal forces report cross movements toward Port Moresby as sea and air actions persist in the Coral Sea and Solomons.
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ALLIED
australia
Mee Guinea
Owen Stanley
Menari
Port Moresby
Rabaul
New Britain
Solomons
Buks
British Troops Advance in Madagascar Press War Update
An army communique reports British and Indian forces advancing south on Madagascar from Tenav and reaching Amtsirabe after delays from road blocks. Vichy French forces were overcome at Sambtsina railway station as British push toward the island’s southern tip.
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EONDGX
Madagascar
Tenawarte
Indian Ocean
Sambtsina
Amtsirabe
Wartime Wages Order Affects Political Groups
The Saskatchewan regional board ruled at its weekly meeting that political organizations with employed staff fall under wartime wages control and must pay a cost of living bonus.
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REGINA
Saskatchewan regiona sar
Executions Reported of 217 Croats in Axis-Nazi Crimes
News bulletin from London reports 217 Croats executed during a German occupation in a Croatian village as Axis forces tighten control in Yugoslavia. Also noted are air raid mentions on Alexandria, and various brief items from Oct 2 to Oct 3.
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LONDON
Reuters
BRIT
LOXBON
Maron C. Taylor
Vasiran
arreved
TIM BUCK
TORONTO
F. L. Cohen
Dion
Ont
Arthur White
Brooke Township
WINNIPEG
C.P
F. J. White
the
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Queen Mary hospital
Reehampton
Sydn
a. A. F. MacLachlan
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