Soviets Take 400 Villages in Summer Drive Across Front
London reports Soviet armies pushing German lines along a 600 mile front during their summer offensive. A Moscow communique says 400 villages recaptured since 1941, with focus near Stalino, Konotop, and Smolensk. One spearhead neared Stalino, taking Zuevka, 28 miles away, as Donets advances added 150 villages to Soviet gains.
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LONDON
C.P
Dneiper
Moscow
Red army
Stalino
Donets
Russia
Hitler
STALING
Zuevka
Berlin
Allied Troops Seize Italian Toe Bridgehead and Invasion Advances
British and Canadian forces hold a 10 mile bridgehead between Reggio Calabria and San Giovanni and advance after landing along the toe of Italy. Evacuations reported opposite Sicily with many Italians surrendering as planes hammer positions from Salerno to Sulmona.
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Noland Norgaard
Associated Press
LLIED
North Africa
Reggio Calabria
San Giovanni
Sicily
Melito
Cape Spartivento
Messina Strait
Ross Munro
Naples
Middle East
Sulmona
Rome
Berlin
Japs Leave Rekata Bay
The Japanese abandoned their seaplane base at Rekata Bay on Santa Isabel, 145 miles northwest of Guadalcanal, according to a South Pacific headquarters spokesman. Allies cited bombers hitting Rekata Bay with no opposition and suggested the enemy withdrew without a fight. Unofficially, it was believed the Japanese evacuated the entire island, though U.S. forces had not yet occupied Santa Isabel.
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WILLIAM HIPPLE
Associated Press
UNITED STATES
South Pacific
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel
Guadalcanal
Allied
commmunique
Labour M P Tour Of Public Schools Endorses Open Doors
The Left Hand Corner reports Labour M P George Muff and party toured leading public schools including Eton and Harrow. They mingled with students and spoke frankly, avoiding snobbery. Muff, a miner's son, seeks wider access for proletarian youths to public school education and benefits. Salt demand grows for wartime industry and workers, with The Sept still continued on the back page.
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Eton
Harrow
London
Ottawa Journal
M.P.’s
George Muff
Muff
M.P
Berlin Nazi Orders Danish Surrender of Arms by Sept 7
Gen. Hermann von Hannecken ordered all Danish citizens to surrender weapons and ammo by Sept 7 under severe penalties. The decree rescinds martial law modification amid sabotage. Danish radio reported the move as German control shifting from administration to Danish authorities. 110 arrested for curfew violations in Copenhagen and a bomb killed several German officers at a Copenhagen hotel. Negotiations for a new Danish government under Werner Best and von Hannecken with former PM Scavenius failed to produce results.
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Associated Press
STOCKHOLM
Hermann von Hannecken
Denmark
Copenhagen
free Danish press bureau
von Hannecken
Werner Best
Eric Scavenius
20 Minute Berlin Raid Shatters Sky and City
Allied bombers attack Berlin with a 20 minute bombardment described as highly concentrated, dropping 1000 tons of bombs and steel. Canadian units report safe return after earlier raid losses. Observers note explosions near Calais and Dunkirk as round the clock assaults continue.
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William Smith White
Associated Press
Berlin
air ministry
Rhineland
France
ATe
English
Calais
Dunkerque
Canada to mark war exports with multilingual insignia
Canada will label its war supplies for the United Nations with the name Canada in Chinese Russian and English. A circular sticker featuring a red blue and gold maple leaf will bear Canada in three languages around the edge.
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OTTAWA
United Nations
Canada
mutual aid board
Alberta Miners Get Pay Boost Six To 57 Cents Day
The national war labor board approved wage increases for Alberta and British Columbia coal fields with retroactive effect to May 16, 1943. Basic day rates rise in several districts from 5.51 or 5.59 to 5.78 dollars, with adjustments also planned in Edmonton carbon and Princeton districts. Continued on page three.
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Alberta
OSTAWA
C.P
national war labor board today
British Columbia
Dumbheller
East Coulee
Lethbridge
Edmonton
Carbon
Drumheller
Princeton
R.ALF strikes hit Burma factories and targets
New Delhi Sept 4 British communique reports R.ALF fighters damaged three factories in Prome district Burma and dive bombed Kyauktaw on the Kaladan River starting fires in three buildings. Flights also damaged over 80 sampans on the Irrawaddy and hit a locomotive and several army trucks. A Wellington bomber destroyed buildings in Ramree village and a Japanese camp near Kyab area was attacked.
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NEW DELHI
Prome
Burma
R.AF
Kyauktaw
Kaladan
Irrawaddy
Ramree
AKyab
Day of Prayer Called Sunday in Canada Observance
Ottawa reports thousands of Canadians will observe a national day of prayer on Sept. 5 in a proclamation by the governor general. Congregations across the country will hold services as Canada recalls the 1939 war entry with Britain and the vow for victory and peace.
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OTTAWA
Britain
Canada
Dominion
Germany
Bracken Opens Quebec Provincial Exhibition
Progressive Conservative Leader John Bracken attended the official opening of the provincial exhibition in Quebec last night.
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BRACKEN
QUEBEC
John Bracken
No Herald Labor Day Publication Notice
Bulletin notes say no Herald issue on Labor Day. The paper will post weekend and holiday news on the Herald bulletin board as usual.
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HERALD LABOR DAY
Herald
Herald bulletin board
Canadians land in southern Italy with minimal resistance
Ross Munro reports that Italian coastal defences were negligible as Canadian troops crossed the Messina Strait to establish a beachhead with little opposition. British barrage illuminated the dawn as warships supported the landing, with no casualties seen in initial hours and Germans reportedly withdrawn to the hills.
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ROSS MUNRO
ITALY
Royal Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
Messina
8th Army
Sicily
Pachino
dians
MUNRO
Messing Strait
Sicilian
Penicillin Plan Backed by Canadian Munitions Dept
Ottawa reports the munitions department plans to assist enlarged penicillin production for armed forces. The Banting Institute at the University of Toronto has devised a scalable process and pilot plants exist at Toronto. additional facilities will be needed with government support expected to be substantial. Penicillin shown strong against difficult infections.
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OTTAWA
Banting Institute
University of Toronto
Nancy Oakes de Marigny accuses police of forced entry
Nassau Bahamas September 4 Nancy Oakes de Marigny said police forced their way into Alfred de Marigny home during a Wednesday search without a warrant. De Marigny awaits trial on killing Sir Harry Onakes. She claims defence representatives should have been present and that her request to contact her lawyer was ignored. She did not know if items were taken by Police Maj. Herbert Pemperton and detectives.
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NASSAU
Bahamas
Nancy Oakes de Marigny
Alfred de
Herbert Pemperton
W A R Bonus Cheques Mailed Alberta Farmers Get Payouts
Edmonton reports W A R bonus payments are being mailed to Alberta farmers who filed 1918 claims. Average checks run about 146 dollars, with about 60 000 farmers to be paid this year and total outlay expected between 8 and 9 million dollars.
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EDMONTON
C.P
W. C. Barrie
Alberta
Barrie
Larrie
Air Field Near Reggio Calabria Seized in Allied Action
Allied forces landed between Reggio Calabria and Catona with minimal opposition. Naval gunfire supported operations as Warspite and Valiant shelled Cape Del Arm. Bombers hit Sulmona railway targets and a Cairo explosives factory. Casualties included six Allied planes lost. Italian claims of 21 Allied planes down. Galico Marina became the first Emil landfall point on continental Europe.
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Reggio Calabria
Catona
Cape Del Arm
Rodney
Nelson
United States 9th Air Force
Sulmona
Cairo
North Africa
Italy
Six Swedish sailors dead after Baltic torpedo attack
A Swedish communique reports six crewmen killed when a torpedo plane hit the Swedish tanker Svea Reuter, a 1,700 ton ship, in the Baltic near the Gulf of Riga. Other items note a Baltimore train wreck with injuries, French rail junction bombings, Churchill meeting the chiefs of staff, the death of J. W. Barnes in Granum, missing Southern Alberta airmen, a major Vancouver fire, and Alberta treasury reorganizations.
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STOCKHOLM
Svea Reuter
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Riga
BALTIMORE
Pennsylvania Railroad
LONDON
C.P
Europe
channel
impecant
Rouyn
Amiens
Abbeville
France
CHURCHILL
WASHINGTON
A.P
joint chiefs of sport
J. W. BARNES
OLDTIMER
GRANUM GRANUM
Claresholm hospital
SOUTHERN ALBERTA
Southern
Alberta
R.C.UPF
Ottawa
David Henderson Bates
F. R. Bates
Diamond City
Richard Morey Christie
K. M. Christie
Cardston
Dele Spackman
Stirling
consumers bones aml
Alberta povernarets
treasury branch
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South
British Coal Troubles
Wall Street Journal
America at war
mae
STRAITS OF MESSINA
Straits of
JOHN H. COLBURN
D.N.B
Hermann Goering
coal branch
United Mine Workers of America
Saunders and Alexa
R.ALF
sault force
Toes Munro
America
C.D.T
Nancy
W.A.R
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Mediterranean
Cap Del Arm
Warspite
Valiant
Galico Marina
Reggio Calasria
Reggia
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