Huns Claim Leningrad Is Shelled
Berlin reports heavy German artillery shelling Leningrad as encirclement tightens. The four sentence communique says successful operations on the east front and Leningrad is under fire while Retonia is freed. Dienst Aus Deutschland notes fate of the city is only a matter of time despite no authentic reports.
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BERLIN
Leningrad
Retonia
Germany
Dienst Aus Deutschland
high command
Berne
Switzerland
Early cigarettes in England and global spread commentary
The piece traces the arrival and spread of cigarettes in Britain, noting evidence from Dickens era and 19th century travelers. It cites Dickens citations from 1857 onward, Trevelyan’s 1860 remark, and Ford’s Spain observations, suggesting a century or more of cigarette use alongside continental adoption.
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England
Manchester Guardian
Dickens
Little Dorrit
Monsieur Rigard
George Trevelyan
Soho
Richard Ford
Spain
Italian Ships Torpedoed In Mediterranean Operations
London reports a 23 635 ton Italian liner believed to be Duilin was torpedoed and almost certainly sunk off the Italian coast while sailing with two other passenger ships. A 10 000 ton cruiser was hit and seriously damaged by a British submarine in an attack on an Axis naval force near Sicily. An Axis destroyer was destroyed outside Tripoli harbor by Royal Air Force planes.
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LONDON
Mediterranean
admiralty
Italy
Sicily
Tripoli
Cairo
Royal Air Force
Noted French Writer Shot In Vichy
Marcel Gitton a prominent Communist journalist who had broken with his party died in a Vichy hospital from an assassin bullet wound. He was shot last night by an unidentified assailant who escaped on a bicycle. Gitton was a Humanite collaborator and former secretary general of the Metal Workers Union. Two men arrested.
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VICHY
France
Marcel Gitton
Gitton
Paris
I’Humanite
Metal Workers Union
chamber of deputies
Seine
Push Huns Back From Leningrad In Artillery Duel
Soviet dispatches report Red Army counterattacks near Leningrad advancing nearly a mile at one point and taking four villages. Tallinn troops arrive to bolster Leningrad defenses and rejoin fighting. Kiev and Odessa resist with mass oaths to defend their cities as Germans fortify positions around Leningrad.
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MOSCOW
Red army
Leningrad
Russia
Tallinn
Pravda
Communist party
Kiev
Odessa
Black Sea
Sees British Coastal Guns and Defense Batteries
London September 5 Prime Minister Mackenzie King quietly inspected coast defenses to deter any Nazi invasion. Escorted by Lt General Bernard Paget and senior British officers he viewed long range gun batteries with E P Taylor from the Canadian munitions department Brig G P Vanier and W J Turnbull also present.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
Mackenzie King
Bernard Paget
southeastern command
E. P. Taylor
Canadian munitions department
Washington
British supply council
G. P. Vanier
G. P. Vanier, officer commanding military district No. 5
Quebec
France
W. J. Turnbull
Recipe For Longevity From Civil War Vet Bennett
PHILADELPHIA September 5. Harry Ellsworth Bennett a Civil War Medical Corps veteran and father of 11 children aged 75 to 52 celebrated his 101st birthday. His longevity recipe includes being a vegetarian dressing nattily smoking 10 cigars daily drinking a glass of beer, attending baseball games, and playing rummy or poker at night.
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PHILADELPHIA
Harry Ellsworth Bennett
Clarification of Prime Minister Speech Sparks Error
British censorship mixed with timing caused The Canadian Press to publish an introduction implying Prime Minister Mackenzie King urged the United States to back Britain as Churchill did. In reality King called for U.S. assurance of support against Germany, matching Roosevelt to Canada, but the insertion was delayed. The error circulated before corrections appeared.
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NEW YORK
Churchill
Mackenzie King
North America
King
Mr. Churchill
United States
Britain
Germany
Japan
Roosevelt
Canada
Labor conference urged by Carey for defeat of Hitlerism
Camden N J Sept 5 James B Carey CIO general secretary called for an immediate U S Britain labor conference to forge a strong weapon against Hitlerism He urged unity of all labor movements and shared plans of action to secure a permanent democratic victory The broadcast aired during the UR EMW annual convention with Jack Tanner of Great Britain speaking from England.
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CAMDEN
N.J
James B. Carey
C.I.O
United States
Britain
Hitler
U.R.E.M.W
Jack Tanner
Amalgamated Engineering Union of Great Britain
England
King's Appeal Hailed by British Press in London
King’s direct suggestion that the United States reciprocate Britain's pledge to aid the Far East is hailed as a landmark Imperial declaration. British papers call it bold, urging U.S. direct intervention. The Times notes the appeal aims for full cooperation to shorten the war and spare further bloodshed.
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LONDON
C.P
free world
United States
Nazi Germany
Mackenzie King
Daily Express
King
The Times
Churchill
U S Destroyer Greer Attacked by Submarine
Officers and crew say depth charges likely sunk the submarine after the Greer was attacked in daylight near Iceland. British aircraft aided the defense, and Roosevelt said the ship was attacked more than once while carrying mail.
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Iceland
United States
Greer
Icelang
Drew Middleton
Associated Press
New York
Fratce
Britain
London
Roosevelt
Middleton
BERLIN
Dienst Aus Deutschland
foreign office
Atlantic
reich
WASHINGTON
Mr. Roosevelt
navy department
Howe says rationing for war materials to curtail nonessential use
Ottawa Sept. 5 Munitions Minister Howe announced during a press conference that production has reached a stage demanding direct curtailment through rationing. Rationed materials will first prioritize war tools, with nonessential outputs diverted to support military needs. Canada’s plant capacity could outfit a full infantry division in six weeks, while unemployment remains absent as idle capacity is redirected.
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OTTAWA
Howe
News bulletins spanish prisoners' hopes revived
Madrid reports a government decree speeding trials and safeguarding arrested persons, reviving freedom hopes for tens of thousands of civil war prisoners held for months or years without hearings. Other items note Vichy food seizures, Franco relief efforts, and international tension.
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MADRID
A.P
Spain
VICHY FOLICE
VICHY
France
Paris
LONDON
C.P
Russia
Poland
Polish telegraphic agency
HUNS
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
BERLIN
Germany
ALMA
Ont
Peter Farley
Rosetta
C.P. Cable
Pognan
MOSCOW
LENINGRAD
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