Russians Halt Nazi Push at Stalingrad and Rzhev Gains
Soviet forces revived their defense at Stalingrad pushing back the German advance amid Red Army counterattacks in the Caucasus and eastern sectors. Northwest of Stalingrad Russian artillery and infantry reportedly killed 270 Nazis and recaptured several points as the Russians pressed offensives at Rzhev and along the western front.
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EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press Star
MOSCOW
Red army
Stalingrad
Volga
Caucasus
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Rzhev
Volga basin
Allied Airmen Batter Japanese Off New Guinea
Allied air forces pressed the fight north of Australia with a bomber strike against a Japanese cruiser off southeast New Guinea. Milne Bay reported no change while Tokyo claimed Japanese troops took several Sunda Islands. In a separate action, American Sky Dragons swept from Nanchang to Hankow destroying a Japanese headquarters and damaging warehouses, sinking several vessels and wrecking trains in Kiangsi and Hubei provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LLIED
Australia
C.P
New Guinea
Milne Bay
Berlin
Tokyo
Timor
Sunda islands
Netherlands East Indies
vetélan Australan
Lae haa
Russia
Sileeria
Sky Dragons
Nanchang
Hankow
Joseph W. Stilwell
Kiangsi
Poyanz lake
Alberta Seeks Treasury Renewal
Edmonton report states the Alberta government has applied for a one year renewal of a 463 750 treasury bill held by the Dominion government. The bill matured September 1 and covers an overpayment on the subsidy for natural resources previously held by Ottawa and transferred to Alberta. Ottawa policy allows renewals upon application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDMONTON
Alberta
Ottawa
Eyewitness account of Prince of Wales and Repulse sinking
D Gallagher byline from the Daily Express recounts his near fall from the sinking ship in the South China Sea. He describes walking along the hull, reaching a torpedo blister, and leaping into the sea while noting his inability to swim and sharing a cigarette with a nearby sailor as chaos erupted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South China Sea
D. Gallagher
we London
Daily Express
W. Orion Tewson
Ottawa Journal
Singapore
Burma
Labor Rally To Talk War
BLACKPOOL England Sept 5 The Trades Union Congress opens for five days with resolutions on postwar issues and war production pledges. The Amalgamated Engineering Union demands a second front this year and calls for government takeover of vital industries and personnel. A central planning board, higher servicemen pay, reinstating women in jobs, and equal pay for equal work are also urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BLACKPOOL
England
Trades Union Congress
Europe
Amalgamated Engineering Union
Cost of living index slips in Canada
Ottawa reports the Dominion Bureau of Statistics shows the cost of living index falling from 117.9 on July 2 to 117.7 on August 1 driven by cheaper beef and potatoes. No change to the cost of living bonus follows this dip, aligning with a prior forecast by Wartime Prices and Trade Board chair Donald Gordon that the index would ease toward October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Donald Gordon
Prices and Trade Board
Three Wounded in Belfast Gunfight Amid Ireland Violence
In Belfast violent clashes between police and the outlawed Irish Republican Army left three people wounded in the last 24 hours, including an eight year old child. The latest incident occurred just before dark in Lisburn Street Belfast as gunfire erupted across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BELFAST
cld
Irish Republican Army
NO HERALD LABOR DAY NOTICE
The Herald will not be published on Labor Day as it is a statutory holiday. News flashes will be posted on The Herald bulletin board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HERALD LABOR DAY
Herald
Herald bonefin board
Woman of 88 Sues Sow For $10,000 Damages
Mrs. Fannie Reid, 88, of Vancouver, sues her son Harley Reid and Annie C Vogel for 10000 damages in supreme court alleging kidnapping and false imprisonment last May. A habeas corpus writ freed her from a nursing home on August 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VANCOUVER
Fannie Reid
supreme court
Harley Reid
Annie C. Vogel
Justice Coady
Allied Raids Hit Bremen and Budapest In World War II
British and Russian air forces struck Germany from west and east with heavy bombing. Bremen was set aflame as Russian raids hit eastern Germany and occupied Poland. Unidentified Allied planes also attacked Budapest amid two hours of high altitude bombing.
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Germany
R.C.A.F
Bremen
Poland
Budapest
BBC
Berlin
Vienna
Austria
Koenigsburg
East Prussia
Breslau
Silesia
Budapes
Hungary
Russia
Shea
Tories Seek New Policy Conference Opens Off the Record
A 150 member Conservative gathering in Port Hope Ontario conducts a farmans style policy forum detached from party leadership and campaigning. J M Macdonnell of Toronto leads as an organizer and urges a plan to guide Canada’s conservative future. The session focuses on procedure with policy discussions to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PORT HOPE
Ont
G.P
national Conservative party
Canada
J. M. Macdonnell
Toronto
Canadian Trucks In Iran Drive Supply To Russia
Canadian made trucks and military vehicles move from Bushire on the Persian Gulf toward the Russian front. Canada, the US, and Britain coordinate the Persian Gulf route, a vast road system with extreme heat in summer and severe cold in winter, to supply the Red Army and Air Force. A single-track railroad runs from Bandar Shahpur to Bandar Shah, with rolling stock supplied by Canada Britain and Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. SANDERSON
WASHINGTON
Iran
Russia
Canada
Bushire
Persian Gulf
Burma
United States
Britain
Red Army
Air Force
Arctic Sea
Murmansk
Archangel
Cape North
Norway
marrow sea
Bandar Shahpur
Caspian Sea
Bandar Shah
Australia
Come Home All Is Forgiven Elopement Suspected Vancouver
Vancouver police shifted the case of Harry Alexander aged 17 and Isabel Carnes aged 16 from double drowning to possible elopement after their clothes were found near a swimming spot and neighbors reported their absence from home. W Alexander urged them to return, offering half of an eight room motel building and a share in his business.
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VANCOUVER
Sept. S —A
W. Alexander
Harry Alexander
Isabel Carnes
peach
udhes
British forces claim vast hits in Africa campaign
The article outlines British military advances in Africa during the early years of the Second Great War. It credits London with routing large Italian forces and Axis elements across East Africa, Libyan fronts, and the broader theater, noting substantial casualties inflicted and extensive distances covered by sea from the British Isles.
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LONDON
France
Dunkerque
Britain
Europe
Africa
Asia
Ireland
British isles
Gibraltar
Malta
Cyprus
Palestine
Iraq
Syria
Iran
India
Greece
Persian Gulf
Russa
Abynania
Alan Cunningham
eouth
Addis Ababa
Empire
Egypt
United Kingdom
Canadian officers named to overseas division commands
Defence Minister Ralston appoints Brig. H. L. N. Salmon and Brig. K. R. F. L. Keller to command Canadian divisions overseas. Both brigadiers promoted to major-general. Additional postings include Brig. H. A. Young Brig. M. H. S. Penhale and Lt. Col. H. D. Graham advancing to brigadier and brigade commands.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Defence
Ralston
HL. N. Salmon
KR. F. L. Keller
Halston
H.A. Young
Lon con
M. H. S. Penhale
irom
army
H. D. Graham
G. R. Bradbrooke
Brg
R. S. Swin
Furs
Amy
N. E Rodger
cevieral
Canadian milit
Big Guns Duel Off Dover Straits Amid Coastal Shelling
German and British long guns exchanged fire across the Dover Straits near Cape Oris Nez. British coastal batteries replied as shells lit the sky and explosions shook the coast. Off the French coast near Boulogne enemy searchlights were seen and a six shell salvo ended the exchange. Ottawa car loadings for the week totalled 6 241, up from the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Dover Straits
Cape Oris Nez
Boulcune
Unidentified Air Target Declared Friendly in Seattle Alert
Seattle alerts shifted from initial siren signals at 5:26 to 5:35 am with a later all clear at 6 am. The Fourth United States Fighter Command described the target as friendly after radio silence was ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SEATTLE
United States fighter command
British forces claim limited El Alamein victory after repelling Axis counterattacks
In Cairo on Sept 5 British South Army reported holding new positions on the El Alamein front after three heavy Axis counterattacks failed to regain ground. RAF and DoommULigie officials noted Rommel's assaults were repelled as British armor and artillery pressed the Axis withdrawal and captured central positions. The weeklong Rommel campaign was described as a limited Allied victory with heavy German Italian armor losses likely.
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CAIRO
Sth
El Alamein
Egypt
RAF_ DoommULigie
Sirmarid Alexander
Ervin Rommel
Rommel
Alexandria
Suez
Valley of the Nile
Maj Gen Price Named Red Cross Commissioner
Toronto report states Maj Gen C B Price DSO DCM has been appointed overseas commissioner for the Canadian Red Cross Society. He will remain connected with the Canadian army and will be seconded for this special duty by the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
Red Cross
TORONTO
das- Hee
P. H. Gordon
Canadian Red Cross Society
C. B. Price
DSO
Justice Gordon
Raid on Budapest Leaves Civilians Killed
Nazi controlled Vichy radio reports civilians killed in last night air raid on Budapest. The Hungarian capital endured its first wartime raid of the conflict, with alert lasting one hour and 50 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BUDAPEST
LONDON
CPI
Vichy radio
Hungary
Air Marshal Bishop arrives in Britain as events unfold
News items report Air Marshal W A Bishop of the Royal Canadian Air Force arriving in Britain by plane on a Saturday. Other dispatches describe a 16 year old boy shot in a Belfast gun battle, Tory manpower policy talks, bombing of Budapest and East Prussia, Czech executions linked to Heydrich, German Dutch clashes, and US arrests of three men accused as Japanese agents.
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BISHOP
GREAT BRITAIN
LONDON
W. A. Bishop
Royal Canada Air Fore
Britain
BELFAST
Gerard Adams
Heliasi
Adams
PORT HOPE
C.P
Soa
Komid
SUDAPEST
NEW YORK
Budapest
Hengary
Neemleshere
East Prussia
Moscow
BBC im Lemion
HEYDRICHS
S$ SiC
Gestapo
Reinhard Heydrich
Cuech
soekesman sal
Aneta
Sentinelle
Netherlands
Germany
WASHINGTON
st hag
inter- American affairs
Jayant
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TRIPHAMMER
East Indies
China
Treasury
Roman
Labor
Govi
Koenigsberg
Tories
Port Hope, Ont
H. R. Milner
By FRANK FLAHERTY
Mt. Himeimat
Alamein line
El Alamein front
Dominion
New Highway
DOUGLAS AMARON
C.s
Salmon
Keller
Demindon Bureau of Statistics
WALTER RUBEN
HOLLYWOOD
J. Walter Rute
Virginia
Bruce
Dante BrilliSti
Udili
PAT
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