Red Army routs German division in Gomel sector attack
Moscow dispatch reports the Red Army routed the 29th German infantry division in the Gomel area on the eastern front, with thousands of German casualties. Red Star said counter-offensives were launched after smashing repeated German attacks and a five-day tank battle near the river N. Air support aided the ground drive as German losses mounted.
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MOSCOW
A.P
Red army
Gomel
Kiev
Smolensk
Hitler
Red Star
Red air force
Tass
brealy
5. A
Britain and United States Agree to Curb Lease-Lend Misuse
London reports Britain will prevent misuse of material shipped under the lease-lend act and restrict exports to counter German propaganda. The move aims to stop U S produced materials from competing with American industry in export markets and to prevent further strains in Allied unity.
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LONDON
C.P
Britain
United States
Germany
Large Atlantic convoy reaches Britain safely
A massive wartime convoy has arrived at a British port with no casualties among the ships or men. The convoy's enormous freight was already unloaded and dispersed, according to reports from London.
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LONDON
Atlantic ocean
Two Fliers Are Drowned In North Atlantic
Halifax report states Royal Canadian Air Force officers Flt. Lt. R. E. Shaw of Toronto and Sgt. Observer A. N. Van Allen of Vancouver drowned when a twin engine flying boat had an accident on North Atlantic air operations on Sept 9. Rest of crew saved. Next of kin named.
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HALIFAX
Royal Canadian Air Force
R. E. Shaw
Toronto
A. N. Van Allen
Vancouver
North Atlantic
RCAF
Dartmouth
Shaw
A. E. Shaw
Highland Crescent avenue
Van Allen
Ruby M. Van Allen
Reconsecration Week Opens With Wreath Laying
Ottawa marks the second anniversary of Canada’s war entry as Prime Minister Mackenzie King lays a wreath at the national war memorial and the Governor General does the same in Quebec City. The week urges all Canadians to consecrate themselves to victory and a righteous peace, with daily ceremonies and radio and church observances.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Mackenzie King
Quebec City
Dominions
national war memorial
navy
army
air force
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Lapointe
national war services department
J. T. Thorson
Parliament Hill
Lord Tweedsmuir
George VI
Germany
house of commons
Remembering Cordelia Macdonald and Uncle Tom’s Cabin Drama
The obituary notes Cordelia Howard Macdonald died at 93. As a four year old she played Little Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin, a scene that moved audiences to tears. The article recalls the book’s 1852 publication, North versus South reactions, initial serial release for $300, and John P. Jewitt’s two volume edition.
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Cordelia Howard Macdonald
Eva
Harriet Beecher Stowe
United States
East Lynne
Isabel
Willie
St. Thomas Times-Journal
North
South
Boston
John P. Jewitt
Leningrad Not Cut Off As Nazi Strategy Revealed
Berlin reports Nazi sources say Germany may starve and shell Leningrad into surrender rather than storm the city. German lines claim only 15 miles remain to the city, with access to Lake Ladoga still open. Mines reportedly left by Russians, including in Schleusselburg, are cited along with hospital mines. front dispatches describe a bitter clash for the former czarist capital.
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BERLIN
Leningrad
Lake
Ladoga
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Schleusselburg
Russia
F.B.I. Withheld Nine Pages From Gestapo Espionage Case
In Brooklyn a trial of 16 men on espionage charges saw Judge Mortimer W. Byers deny defense access to private F.B.I. notes. Witness Sebold disclosed he handed a Gestapo espionage assignment to the F.B.I. The notes, if admitted, could alter evidence. The government argued the notes remain a secret public document.
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NEW YORK
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mortimer W. Byers
Brooklyn
Wiliam G. Sebold
F.B.I
Germany
Sebold
gestapo
Long Island
F.B I
Hamburg
Canadians Level Spitzbergen In Destruction Campaign
Canadian expedition engineers demolished wireless stations and mined and burned coal mines powerhouses and harbor facilities at Spitzbergen destroying German weather reporting links and disrupting air raids. From the air the scorched island showed towns in flames with warehouses wrecked and vast coal dumps reduced to cinders.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
Spitzbergen
Britain
Atlantic
Tromsoe
Norway
Royal Canadian Engineers
Barentsberg
Longyearby
Royal Engineers
fleet air arm
Red Deer Presbytery Wants Liquor Sales Curbed
INNISFAIL Alberta Sept 10 The Red Deer Presbytery of the United Church meeting at Rocky Mountain House yesterday strongly condemned the federal government for failure to curb liquor business during wartime. Drastic restrictions in liquor sales were requested in resolutions passed.
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INNISFAIL
Alta
C.P
Red Deer
Oslo Under Civil Siege Declared by German Commissioner
German commissioner Joseph Terboven declared a state of civil siege for Oslo and nearby districts in Norway, aligning with earlier measures on coastal areas begun August 2 to curb disturbances to public order as the war reached a decisive phase.
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OSLO
Norway
Joseph Terboven
Roosevelt to Demand Strict Accounting for Ship Sinkings
President Roosevelt preparing a speech likely to demand strict accounting from Germany for American lives and ships lost at sea. The Sessa was torpedoed and shelled without warning about 300 miles from Reykjavik, sinking minutes later with three survivors aboard.
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Roosevelt
U.S
LLOYD LEHREAS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
United States state department
Sessa
Iceland
United States
Lansdale
state department
navy department
H. K. Bjerrejaarad
Germany
the department
Reykjavik
New York
toxpa
Seek Proper Farm Income
Regina Sept 10 Admitting disparity between the income of industrial labor and farm income Finance Minister Ashley told a Canadian club meeting that the federal government has done and is doing its best to minimize the spread He noted western farmers feelings as they compared income trends but warned no government could fully correct the balance The industry concentration in the east requires all regions to use their intelligence and tolerance to avoid misunderstandings Continued on Page Three.
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REGINA
Asley
Germans Claim Two More Merchantmen Damaged
Berlin reports German high command claims two more merchantmen damaged in the Suez Canal zone by air assaults. A P dispatch adds a separate note that a German dive bomber was shot down over Suez with minor damage to Axis forces and no EBLAF casualties.
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BERLIN
high command
Suez Canal zone
SUEZ
CAIRO
EBLAF
STEWART A
SEARLE
PEG GRAIN EXCHANGE
WINNIPEG
C.P
Learle
Searle Grain Company, Limited
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
exchange
George S. Mathieson
Norris Grain Company, Ltd
ROOSEVELT
VATICAN CITY
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
Pius
HMNS
MOSCOW
Yelnya
GREECE
CRETE
R.AF
A.P
Royal Air Force
Middle East
Corinth Canal
Candia
BURLINGTON
Ont
Macdonald
Toronto
H.M.C.S
Canada
Royal Canadian Navy
Lakeside park
HENRI DENIZ
FRANCE
MARSEILLES
Syria
HULL
WASHINGTON
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Ladybird
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high seas
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