German Attack From North Is Halted By Reds
German assault on Stalingrad from the northwest was checked near the Volga approaches. In the southwest Soviet tanks drove a wedge into enemy lines and forces retreated in this vital sector. A separate retreat occurred 400 miles southwest at Novorossisk. An anti-aircraft battery repelled 50 German tanks near Stalin grad until reinforcements came. Continuous air battles raged over the approaches as Red Star reported 23 planes downed and eight damaged.
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Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
OSCOW
Stalingrad
Volga
Red army
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Red Star
Lake Ship Goes Down Near Manitou Island
The American Steel and Wire freighter Steelvendor foundered about 15 miles east of Manitou Island in Lake Superior after an SOS at 12:20 am EDT. Of 25 crew, at least 24 were saved by nearby vessels, with John Seecon initially listed missing. The ship, 1695 gross tons, 250 feet long, built in 1923, carried steel. The cause remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CLEVELAND
American Steel and Wire Co
Manitou island
Lake Superior
Cleveland district coast guard
coast guard
Charles M. Schwab
Pickands, Mather and Co
Wiliam G. Clyde
Pittsburgh Steamship Co
American Steel and Wire
John Seecon
Chicago
Steelvendor
The Left Hand Corner and the Don River Caviar Trade
An odd reminiscence ties a famed bend near Volga to caviar from the Don in Southern Russia. Early Alaskan butchers aside, a million sturgeon yearly are fished there as roe is pressed and salted into prized caviar for distant tables.
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Volga
Timoshenko
Russia
Don
Sea of Azov
Australia
okd
German tanks halted by Russian anti aircraft battery
Investia reports German planes bombed the Stalingrad approach as tanks surged toward a Russian anti aircraft battery. The battery halted the tanks but two German infantry companies closed in. Russians fought until nightfall, destroying 37 tanks, and captured mortars and shells after exhausting their own ammo, holding the position until reinforcements arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Investia
Stalingrad
Chinese Units Encircle Kinhwa in Chekiang Province
Field dispatches report Chinese forces encircling Kinhwa provisional capital of Chekiang as heavy fighting unfolds on its outskirts. Lupao in Kwangtung recaptured while two Chinese columns advance from Kiangsi. Guerrillas reoccupy towns near Kiangsi border as large numbers of puppet troops desert to join China.
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CHUNGKEUNG
Kinhwa
Chekiang
Lupao
Kwangtung province
sho
China
Pacific Army Command May Affect Edmonton Area
Edmonton area is not yet informed on possible changes from the creation of the Pacific army command and the setup of Six Division divisional HQ at Jasper. Col Brown Edmonton area commandant said there will be no intimation of changes at present.
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EDMONTON
Pacific army command
Jasper
Col
Brown
Saarbruecken Blitzers by Frank Flaherty
Five young veterans of the air war arrive in Canada after flying over Saarbruecken and eastern Canadian cities within 24 hours. The Wellington bomber crew from the Moose squadron, among RAF and RCAF units, has dropped 150000 pounds of bombs and earned a leave plus a duty to train others for future missions. The crew includes Pilot Officer John Higham and Sergeants Arthur Leach Donald Morrison Siguard Lee and Karl Sveinson.
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Canada
Steel
FRANK FLAHERTY
OTTAWA
Germany
Saarbruecken
air force
Wellington
Cologne
Rostock
Moose
RAF
R.C.AF
Hitler
Reich
John IE Higham
Assiniboia
Sask
Arthur Leach
Islington
Ont
Donald
Donald (Four-Gun) Morrison of Sherbrooke, Que. Siguard (Iggy
Franco reshapes cabinet with Serrano Suner out
Madrid dispatch reports General Francisco Franco appoints Ramon Serrano Suner’s replacement as foreign minister by Francisco Jordana and makes broad cabinet changes. Francisco Aseno becomes minister and Blas Peres takes interior post, amid other shifts in Francoist Spain.
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MADRID
Ramon Serrano Suner
Franco
Falange party
Manuel Mora Fuguzioa
Jaume Luna Melendez
paris
Wall Newspapers In British Army Camps Stimulate Soldier Life
British army camp wall newspapers, written by soldiers for soldiers, number over 39 and publish weekly independent of official control. Editors come from tanks and other units, with professionals from various fields. They feature cartoons, original pictures, and a space for grievances called the beciers colony to raise issues with commanding officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BARCLAY
LONDON
Karlsruhe Raid By Canadian Air Crew Burns City In Night Attack
Canadian bomber force struck Karlsruhe under clear skies and bright moonlight. Fires raged as they left, seen from 100 miles away. Crew included Sgt Peter Kucheryk, Sgt Jim Pocock, Sgt Francis Cunningham, and Sgt Alec Land. One Halifax damaged by flak. Sgt Charles Palmer steadied a crippled plane and landed safely.
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LOUIS V HUNTER
LONDON
Karlsruhe
Bill Duncan
Mid- land
Ont
Hallfax
Duncan
Peter Kucheryk
Toronto
Jim Pocock
Francis sco Cunningham
North Battleford
Sask
Alec Land
Portage La Prairie
Halifax
Charles W. Palmer
Dundalk
More Subs Destroyed In War Update
London report cites July and August as the war’s most successful months for Axis submarine destruction. A. Y. Alexander says many subs were sunk or put out of action, with new methods and devices proving effective. He notes Tirpitz has stayed in Norwegian waters. Scharnhorst repaired and due back soon after 16 months out.
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LONDON
O.P
A. Y. Alexander
the
admiralty
Alexander
Tirpitz
Norwegian
Admiral Scheer
Lueizow
Admiral Ripper
Scharnhorst
Brest
Irish Police Round Up 56 LR.A. Suspects
Belfast dispatch reports police arrested 368 suspects in Northern Ireland as part of a roundup tied to the execution yesterday of Thomas Williams, an IRA member, for killing a constable. The rest of Northern Ireland stayed quiet with no further demonstrations reported.
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BELFAST
Thomas Willams
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Dublin
Axis Suffering Hail Of Bombs On Egypt Front
Axis forces under Rommel faced heavy bombardment and stinging air and artillery fire as Allied aircraft pounded Rommel's lines along the El Alamein sector. British mobile units probed and attacked armored columns, with no decisive Axis penetration reported four days after the expected offensive. The siege line along the 40 mile front remained largely in screening action as bombardment continued.
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Rommel
AIRO
Egypt
A.P
Erwin Rommel
African corps
the Nile
El Alamein
Ruweisat-Himeimat
Ruuwelsat-Himel
mat
Aus
Four Killed One Escapes In Mid Air Canada Crash
Four airmen were killed and a fifth escaped with minor injuries when two Royal Canadian Air Force planes collided during a routine training flight near Paulson Manitoba about 240 miles northwest of here. The dead were pilots and two student gunners from No 7 bombing and gunnery school at Paulson. Names withheld pending next of kin notification.
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WINNIPEG
Royal Canadian Air Force
Paulson
Man
her
No 7
Newsprint Allocation Set to Match War Needs
Canada imposes an allocation system to handle shortages of power and labor in the newsprint industry. BR. L. Weldon of Montreal is named newsprint administrator with authority to allocate production and shipments. If mills cut output below demand, shipments will be redirected to meet customers through other mills.
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OTTAWA
Canada
ttme Prices and Trade Board
BR. L. Weldon
Montreal
Hiker Completes 12700 Mile Walk Across North America
Willim Henry Cooke, who began ten years ago on a walking tour, arrived in Halifax after traveling 12,700 miles. He reported covering Canada coast to coast, then proceeding to the Mexican border, through the New England states, and returning to Halifax.
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HALIFAX
Willim Henry Cooke
Canada
Frands
New England states
U S Sub Sinks Five More Japanese Ships At Sea
U S navy reports in the western Pacific sinking five enemy ships including a Japanese light cruiser and damaging three others. The update notes success in naval action as part of ongoing war operations.
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U.S
United States navy
Pacific
LETHBRIDGE
Canada
Macleod Air Force
ROMMEL
EL ALAMEIN
FIEST
ICELAND
REYRIAVIK
AP.1
United States army
Teelend
Focke-Welt Kurker
Berkjevik Thurdsy
VICHY
STALINGRAD
LONDON
GITAWA
C.P
Humphrey Mitchell
Industrial Deputes
zere
Sanlt Ste. Marie
Ont
Sydney
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King Kinhwa
PACIFIC COMMAND
Solomons
US navy
Washington, DC
United States
Solomon islands
Tanamboga island
Gavutu island
Guadalcanal island
Solomon group
Washington
Saarbruecken Blitzers
Ramon Suner
rage
Axis
Romimel
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