Foe Filters Into North Edge Of City
The Russians report German forces have pushed a wedge toward Stalingrad from the southwest and penetrated the city’s northwestern defenses while stressing casualties on both sides. Midday communique notes at least 48 German tanks lost and about 2,000 killed. A Soviet unit reportedly withdrew to new positions near the Kotelnikovsky Stalingrad pincer as Yank crews claim several German assaults repulsed in other sectors. Red army advances and cavalry recapture of a Nazi village south of Krasnodar are also reported amid naval raids on the Caucasus coast and Soviet strikes on German ports.
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EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Stalingrad
Germany
Pravda
Black Sea
Communist party
El- Alamein
Qattara
Reuters
Cairo
Tokyo
El Alamein
Nile valley
Suez
Middle East
London
Emvin Rommel
Russia
90th
164th
North Africa
Australian Front Holds After Heavy Kokoda Fighting
London dispatch reports Japanese forces launched a strong attack along the Kokoda front in New Guinea. Australian posts retreated under pressure but Allied positions were being restored. main defense line intact and heavy fighting continued. Milne Bay strafing and Lae air base attacks noted as Allied planes operated over eastern New Guinea.
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LONDON
C.P
Kokoda
New Guinea
Sy MARLING SPENCER
Associated Press
ALLIFT
Australia
Milne Bay
Lae
Salamaue
Kokodi
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
Office Boys Now Rationed As Schools Open
Ottawa report says office boys will be rationed to government offices on a first come basis when public schools and colleges reopen for the fall term. About 200 youths who spent summer in government service will leave for classes, prompting the measure.
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OTTAWA
Civil service commission
Dehydration in Diet Nearing Mainstream War Efforts
London discussions among scientists consider capsule forms for food to conserve shipping. Dehydrated eggs already familiar to housewives, with eggs and vegetables, meat, and even fish being dried for victory. A London luncheon showcased dehydrated dishes as a potential future staple amid war pressures.
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London
Ottawa Journal
Middle West
am! Dunlop
Sydney
Key to Allied strategy lies in Middle East land bridge
London dispatch notes three years into the war that holding the desert corridor from Egypt to the Caucasus is crucial. Rommel pressures west of the Nile while Stalingrad stalls the German advance, with observers cautious yet hopeful for 1943 offensives. Growth of Allied air power strengthens morale across theaters.
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ONDON
C P
Hitler
Poland
Middle East
Caucasus
tid Nile
Ervin Rommell
Stalingrad
lower Volga
United Nations
Europe
Pacific
desert
Red army
Soviet Russia
Baku
Africa
India
China
southwest Pacific
Burma Base Hit in Second Day of Air Attacks
United States planes attacked the Japanese airdrome at Myitkyina in northern Burma for the second straight day. The mission targeted barracks, a warehouse area along a railway and the railway terminal. Two large fires and several small ones burned along the railway, with direct hits on barracks. All planes returned safely. Col Walter Dockrill, Vancouver shipping man and Oriental representative of the Canadian Training Company, died in Hong Kong on Aug 11, according to the Canadian Red Cross Lottery.
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Burma
Joseph Sitwells
HONG KONG
VANCOUVER
Robert Williams
Red Cross Lottery
Walter Dockrill
British Columbia
Japan
Canadian Training Company
Col Dockril
Empire Stevedoring Company
Togo Resigns As Foreign Minister in Tojo Cabinet
Tokyo radio reports Shigenori Togo has resigned as foreign minister and Premier Hideki Tojo takes over the post. Togo, a former ambassador to Berlin and Moscow, had headed overseas affairs since December 1941 and was appointed foreign minister in October 1941 after Japan’s earlier surrender of the Tokyo embassy.
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TOKYO
Shigenori Togo
Hideki Tojo
Tokyo radio
Togo
Berlin
Moscow
Pearl Harbor
foreign ministry
Tojo
Yoshitsugu Takekawa
British Beaufighters Down German Seaplanes Over Channel
British Beaufighters of the coastal command shot down two of three German seaplanes encountered over the western approaches of the English Channel yesterday. Two British planes were reported missing from yesterday's daylight patrols.
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LONDON
coastal command
English Channel
air ministry
Firm Names Vanish From Ads in Employment Push
In Ouita, Sept 1, selective service officials ordered all help wanted and situation wanted ads to be run only through employment offices. Firms must use employment offices to fill positions and ads will appear under the national selective service name, concealing sponsoring firms until applicants apply.
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OUITAwa
selective service
national selective service
Pearkes to Take Pacific Command Post in Canada
Defence Minister Ralston announced Maj. Gen. G. BR Pearkes, currently commanding the 1st Canadian Division overseas, will soon arrive in Canada to become general officer commanding in chief Pacific. Pearkes, 53, earned the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele in World War I and has led the 1st Division since July 1940. Lt Gen Kenneth Stuart has assumed temporary Pacific command.
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OTTAWA
C P
Ralston
G. BR. Pearkes
Canada
comanding
FPacis
Pearkes
Passchendaele
Kenneth Stuart
Pacific
Irish Plot Against Allies in Northern Ireland
Belfast dispatch reports a large arms and explosives dump captured near the city and linked to the outlawed Irish Republican Army. Police say a manifesto condemns U.S. forces in Northern Ireland and signals planned attacks onBritish, police, and U.S. forces. Seventeen people detained as officers pursue leads on a pilot and massed support for the operation.
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BELFAST
Palict
Irish Republican army
Northern Ireland
LEA
United States
legas organization
the
crown
enaugh
Novelist John Willard Dies in Hollywood at 37
In Hollywood on Monday novelist play wright and actor John Willard aged 37 known for The Cat and the Canary died. He was the author of the mystery play and had a notable career in stage and screen.
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BOLLYWOOD
John Willard
Chinese Rout Frantic Japs Near Kinhwa Advance
Chinese forces report rapid advances toward Kinhwa as reinforcements for Japan are routed. Tangki fell fifteen miles west of Kinhwa, threatening Japanese positions along rail lines between Hine hwa and Lasichi and near Nenocheng.
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CHUNGEING
acast Chexiang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kinhwa
Hinehwa
Lasichi
qisin
Tangki
Binhwa
Kinho
Albertia’s Minister Flies to Mexico
OTTAWA Sept 1 Trade Minister MacKinnon will fly to Mexico this weekend as Canada’s representative for the inaugural Canada United States Mexico passenger mail and express airline service. He hopes to discuss trade matters with Mexican officials during the visit and suggested future missions to expand trade between the two countries.
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OTTAWA
MacKinnon
Mexico
Prince Murat Wounded in Nazi Attack Report
Prince Achille Murat of the Napoleonic Wine is reported in serious condition at Blois hospital after wounds suffered in a RAP attack on the Bordeaux-Paris express. The Vichy government says the injuries occurred during the raid carried out by Nazi-dominated forces.
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VICHY
Princ Achille Murat
Blois
Chinese move near needed air base as Japanese hold Kinhwa
Chinese forces press toward the Kinhwa area near a major Chekiang air base with columns from the west and south within nine and twelve miles respectively. Reinforcements for Kinhwa were reportedly intercepted and redirected. Other dispatches note steel strike talks in Ottawa ending without a settlement and Japan’s defensive posture possibly signaling a Siberian move.
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BASS CHUNGEKING
Kinhwa
Chekiang air base
OTTAWA
C.P
Labor MUnister Michell
Seaji Sit
Maine
Out
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DELHS
Joegh W. Sidwell
Siberia
BELFAST
Irish Republican army
Norfiern Ireland
ZAK
NALEWA
BCEMA
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Bare
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