Allied Tanks Cross German Border Into Belgium Namur Charleroi
Allied tanks crossed the German border and were reported by Radio Atlantic to have reached Namur and Charleroi in Belgium. Adolf Hitler was announced to speak in a sensational broadcast the next day. British 51st Highland Division and 1st Canadian Army captured St Valery on the coast near Dieppe as other Canadian units advanced from the Seine to the Somme.
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A.P
Radio Atlantic
NBC
Namur
Charleroi
HITLER
LISBON
Adolf Hitler
VALERY
FRANCE
51st (Highland
St. Valery
Dieppe
Seine
Somme
Gothic Line Breached as Allied Forces Push Deep Into Italy
Allied forces including British 8th Army Canadian Indian and Polish troops drive on the Gothic line on a 20 mile front near the Adriatic and push across the Arno toward Pisa. American 5th Army advances west of Florence as air power supports raids on Bologna. Communiques report breaking through the last Po line with important gains and heavy fighting ongoing.
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Italy
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Adriatic
53th
Arno
Florence
8th Army
Metauro
River
5th Army
Livorno
Leghorn
Pisa
Bologna
Brenner Pass
DOUG HOW
C.P. Cable
Appennines
Pesaro
Three Drown As Boat Overturns Near Discovery Passage
In Victoria the provincial police report three people died when a small fishing boat overturned in Steamer Channel Discovery Passage about 60 miles north of Court Enay B C. The deceased are John Law 60 George T Law 32 and Mrs George Law 31 of Vancouver. The bodies had not yet been recovered.
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VICTORIA
Steamer Channel
Discovery Passage
Courtenay
B.C
John Law
George T Law
George Law
Vancouver
Cotton Ed Smith remembered as fiery long-time senator
ED SMITH, long serving South Carolina senator, known for harsh rhetoric and bloc loyalty, faces defeat in a seven term bid. He acted as a staunch segregationist and isolationist, clashed with anti-lynching bills, and displayed flamboyant habits. His political career spanned 35 years with a record length on Capitol Hill.
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Senate
United States
South Carolina
agriculture committee
Franklin Roosevelt
Cotton Ed
Tor Crean
ED SMITH
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Left Hand Review Continued On Back Page
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Vimy Ridge Captured By British 2nd Army in France
In France on Sept 2 Allied forces announced Vimy Ridge near Arras has fallen to the British 2nd Army in advances through Flanders. Lt Gen Dempsey reported to Lt Gen Crerar that Dieppe was captured earlier, marking a great day for Canada with the 2nd Army glad to have helped. No immediate word on the Vimy memorial condition.
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Ross Munro
FRANCE
C.P. Cable
Vimy Ridge
Arras
Flanders
Dempsey
Crerar
Amiens
Romania Freed of All German Troops
Swiss radio quoted Romania declaring it free of German troops. Demands in Sofia for war on Germany echoed as Red Army neared Bulgaria, with Premier Bagranov resigning amid armistice talks in Cairo. Hungarian premier Lakatos vowed to resist Romanian moves, while Soviet forces reported limited gains near Paraca Warsaw and a tense front across the Balkans.
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United States federal communications commission
Romania
DANIEL DE LUCE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Bulgaria
Germany
Sofia
Red Army
Danube
Giurgui
Ruse
Ivan Bagranov
Great Britain
United States
Cairo
Baghanov
Ploesti viveline
Giurgiu
Yugoslavia
Greece
manian
Geza Lakatos
Hungary
Budapest
United States office of war information
Transylvania
BBC
Bucharest
Balkan
Poland
Baltic
Stalin
Paraca
Warsaw
Reich
Bremen Raid Extends Destruction In City Docks
British Mosquito aircraft struck Bremen in a night raid, destroying a three mile area of docks and the commercial center. Earlier raids on Aug 25 pummeled Atlaswerke shipyards and 20 Weser dockyard warehouses. Allied forces hit targets in France and the Low Countries, damaging roads rails canals and military assets. The operation included destroying or damaging hundreds of vehicles locomotives railroad cars guns sites and artillery pieces. A notable strike hit caves on Nozembre Island near St Malo.
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C.P
Bremen
Atlaswerke
Weser
France
low countries
Nadal road
Nozembre Island
St. Malo harbor
Goering Ousted From Air Defense Command
Basel report cites Geneva Tribune noting Hitler stripped Hermann Goering of air defense command and gave it to Nazi party chiefs An informant says Goering under house arrest at Karinhall estate but no direct evidence links him to the July 20 assassination attempt though many associates were involved and some executed
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BASEL
Switzerland
Geneva Tribune today
Hitler
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Germany
Goering
Karinhall
Herald to skip Labor Day edition
The Herald will not publish on Labor Day Monday as it is a statutory holiday. War bulletins will be posted on the bulletin board and Tuesday’s edition will carry full accounts of weekend and holiday happenings.
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Herald
Cabinet To Meet Tues
OTTAWA Sept 2 The federal cabinet plans a Tuesday meeting described as of utmost importance marking the first full gathering since the session end Aug 14. Officials stayed silent on agenda while sources hinted at unusual topics and revived talk of a general election amid London dispatch rumors of a Churchill Roosevelt conference possibly in Quebec City.
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OTTAWA
London
Churchill
Roosevelt
Quebec City
Road To Berlin Distances From Front Lines
The Associated Press reports Russian front 322 miles from Warsaw suburbs, Northern France 410 miles from Sedan, Southern France 395 miles from Voron, Tusken front 590 miles from Pesaro.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
France
Sedan
Voron
Tusken front
Pesaro
Yanks Close In On Lyons
Allied 7th Army columns push toward Lyon as German forces retreat and dig rear-guard positions. More than 55 000 prisoners taken since the invasion, with 35 000 captured by French troops including 15 000 at Marseille and 10 000 at Toulon. American units reach Contes near Nice while advancing from the Grenoble area.
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7th Army
Lyon
Patech
France
Marseille
Toulon
GRENOBLE
Contes
Ruiviera
Nice
Faven
19th army
Voiron
Anone river
Billy Bishop to retire from active RCAF service
Air Marshal W A Bishop VC Canadian air ace will retire later in autumn and move to reserve status while returning to civilian work as vice president of McColl Frontenac Oil. Power said retirement was reluctant and tied to suspended recruiting, acknowledging Bishop’s broader contributions to the RCAF.
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Power
W .A
Billy) Bishop
RCAF
Bishop
McColl-Frontenac Oil Co. Ltd
Maj Power
Bishon
Canada's Hour of Triumph at Dieppe T
Ross Munro recounts the 2nd Canadian division’s return to Dieppe on Sept 2 1942 marking a triumphant entry after a 40 mile Rouen Dieppe advance. He notes crowds cheering flowers, no Canadian casualties, and the division’s advance under Lt Gen Crerar with Maj Dennis Bull Francis leading a squadron amid armored cars and infantry regiments.
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France
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Rouen
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De La Londe
Seine
Rouen-Dieppe
Dennis Bull-Francis
Montreal
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iis
J K_ Bate
Saskatoon
G. M_ Wood
Extevan Sask
John
ner
Toronto
Jack Cowan
Winnipeg
Cpl
Tom Samuel Duck Lake
Sask
Adran Merce
Hanover
Harvey Wiens
Fred Cummings
Shawinigan Falls
Que
Ed Boreland
John Fence
Chu Chua
Ray Coleman
Ewenglen Sask
Doc Morse
Huxley
Alta
Ontario
Royal Regiment
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry
Essex Scottish
Windsor
Nazis Quit Brussels Threaten To Come Back
London dispatch reports a Brussels radio farewell in which German announcers conceded the loss of Brussels in Belgium and warned that they would return with Allied forces at the Belgian border. An SS leader said Belgians should stay calm while Nazis vowed to watch the population and endure their principles, promising yet another return.
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Brussels
LONDON
Hitler
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Allies Reach Charleville and Vimy Ridge Pushes
Allied forces reported major advances on a broad front. American units reached Charleville and near the Belgian border, while British and Canadian troops seized Vimy Ridge and pressed toward the Havre channel port. The advances bring Allied armor toward the Saar and the Luxembourg border as German positions along the Siegfried line face pressure.
Americans Reach Italy From France After Push Toward Nice
News dispatches report American troops advancing east of Nice have crossed into Italy by seventy miles and seized Ventimigna. Reports also claim American forces entered the western Brest sector in Brittany after a heavy bombardment as Allied forces breach the Gothic Line, while Bulgaria nears a turning point and Finland appears ready to exit the war with Russia.
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Verdun
Thionville
Luxembourg
Metz
Lorraine
France
Germany
ITALY
NEW YORK
Nice
Ventimigna
BBC
CBS
BREST
LONDON
Berlin
Brittany
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MOSCOW
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STOCKHOLM
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Marshal Mannerheim
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South Saskatchewan Regiment
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Black Watch
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