Bombers Hit Turin in Heavy North Italy Raid
London reports RAF bombers led by Stirling and Halifax attacked Turin and surrounding targets last night in the heaviest strike on northern Italy. The main objective was the Royal arsenal with large fires left burning and four British planes lost. Other Italian targets included a big factory as crews described the mission as a peacetime airliner trip over the Alps.
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LONDON
Royal Air Force
Turin
Italy
air ministry
Royal arsenal
Sicily
Mediterranean
Britain
Stirling
Alps
Berlin
R.A.F
British Isles
Swordfish origins puzzle haunts Nova Scotia fisheries
The article notes an annual Nova Scotia swordfish run near Louisburg and Cape Breton, yet questions persist about spawning grounds and origins. Scientists traced spawning to Messina Strait in Sicily, but the distance to North American waters raises uncertainties about how North American swordfish reproduce and travel.
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Nova Scotia
Messina Strait
Sicily
North America
Gulf Stream
Florida
Cuba
Connecticut
United States
Louisburg
Cape Breton
English Communist MP Attacks Churchill Then Apologises
In London on September 11 Prime Minister Churchill defended his aircraft production minister Lt Col Moore Brabazon against charges of insincerity over aid to Russia. Communist MP William Gallacher called Churchill a blackguard, then apologized and withdrew the insult after a heated exchange in the House of Commons. The row followed remarks linked to a Trades Union Congress speech in Edinburgh.
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LONDON
Churchill
J. T. C. Moore- Brabazon
house of commons
Russia
house
Col. Moore-Brabazon
CHURCHILL BLACKGUARD
William Gallacher
blackguard
Gallacher
Col. Moore- Brabazon
Mr. Churchill
Jack Tanner
Amalgamated Engineers Union
Trades Union Congress
Edinburgh
Bulgarians Are Accused By Moscow of Covert War Links
London dispatch reports Soviet Foreign Commissar Molotov formally charged Bulgaria with aiding Germany and Italy in attacks on Russia, especially Crimea Caucasus and Odessa. The accusation, voiced to Bulgaria’s ambassador and broadcast by Moscow radio, foreshadows possible Soviet sea air reprisals.
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LONDON
Bulgaria
Germany
Italy
Russia
Crimea
Caucasus
Odessa
Molotov
Moscow
Molotov, people's commissar for foreign affairs
Wheat grade lowered along Northern Alberta Railway area
Edmonton Sept 11 Wheat grade reduction anticipated due to wet weather along the Northern Alberta Railway. Threshing has not started yet while cutting resumes in many districts.
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EDMONTON
Northern Alberta
Won't Permit
Ottawa reports the McKinnon Industries strike at St. Catharines Ontario as a deliberate challenge to wartime wage policy. Munitions Minister Howe and Labor Minister McLarty pledge government action to keep the plant operating and to welcome workers back without interference. The dispute follows a failed conciliation board ruling on the wartime cost of living bonus and ongoing demand for higher wages.
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OTTAWA
Howe
McLarty
McKinnon Industries, Ltd
St. Catharines
Ont
Dominion
MR. HOWE
McKinnon Industries Ltd
McKinnon Industries Limited
Canada
Hunger-crazed trapper committed to mental hospital
A hunger-crazed trapper who left northern British Columbia hills and threatened Sinclair Mills with a knife after food was refused was committed to the provincial mental hospital by Stipendiary Magistrate P. J. Morgan. He reportedly consumed five pounds of meat during the incident at Sinclair Mills.
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PRINCE GEORGE
B.C
British Columbia
Sinclair Mills
P. J. Morgan
Nazis Sink Icelandic Ship Hekla in June Submarine Attack
Washington reports V Thor chair of Icelandic trade commission said the 1215 ton vessel Hekla was sunk in late June by a submarine while en route from Iceland to Canada. Berlin radio adds 14 crewmen lost. Hekla registered 225 feet from Reykjavik.
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WASHINGTON
V. Thor
Icelandic
government trade commission
Hekla
Iceland
Canada
BERLIN
NEW YORK
United States
National Broadcasting company
Reykjavik
German raider sinks Kota Napan near Panama area
A German raider in the Pacific has sunk the Netherlands motorship Kota Napan about 1000 miles west of the Panama Canal. The 7322 ton ship, carrying rubber tin and palm oil to the United States, had a crew of 48 and 12 passengers. The fate of the crew and the ship’s exact departure date from Batavia were unclear.
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NEW YORK
Pacific Ocean
Panama Canal
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Galapagos Islands
Kota Nopan
United States
Kota Napan
Germany Seals Ring of Allied Blockade by Invading Russia
The United States commerce department said Germany sealed the ring of the Allied blockade by invading Russia. The economic survey prepared for the foreign commerce weekly notes Nazi claims that food and raw materials from Russia were crucial to breaking the blockade and aiding the Reich’s war effort.
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WASHINGTON
Germany
Russia
United States commerce department
department
foreign commerce weekly
Europe
Hitler’s Voelkischer Beobachterfront page shock
Berlin dispatch notes the Voelkischer Beobachter issued today without a war report on the front page. The brief item reflects wartime censorship or editorial choices as the regime's messaging stays focused elsewhere.
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BERLIN
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
World Awaits Roosevelt Speech on Neutrality Reform
Roosevelt prepared a comprehensive radio address on foreign policy with a focus on the Neutrality Act and war at sea. White House officials said the speech would be clear and English only, with secrecy surrounding its content until airtime. The address follows the Greer incident and ship sinkings, and lawmakers weigh repeal with divided opinions.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen Early
Constantine Oumansky
Hull
Russia
W. Averell Harriman
senate
house
Hyde Park
N.Y
E.D.T
U.S
Greer
North Atlantic
Gerald Nye
North Dakota
senate naval affairs committee
Patrick McCarran
Nevada
Ten Villages Regained By Soviet Army
Moscow reports Red Army counter attacks push 12 miles into German lines on the central front and press toward Leningrad approaches. Kiev and Odessa battles continue as German losses mount. Red Star cites 30,000 German casualties in 50 days before Kiev and heavy losses in northern sectors. German and Finnish forces resist along the north, while a Danish ship Chilean Reefer is claimed sunk by a German agency.
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MOSCOW
Red army
Leingrad-Murmansk
Red Star
Leningrad
Russia
Kiev
Ukraine
Odessa
Black Sea
Tarees
Kiley
people's army
Students Ban Cars at New England Colleges
Harvard joins nine New England colleges urging students to leave automobiles at home to conserve gasoline. Williams Amherst and Wheaton have implemented outright car bans.
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BOSTON
Harvard
New England
Williams
Amherst
Wheaton
Pamphlets Urge Leningrad Defenders to Surrender
Berlin reports German planes dropped warnings on Leningrad urging civilians not to defend the city. Spokesmen say Russians must choose whether the city is taken intact or as debris. Germany claims to spare civilians to reconsider defense, threatening heavier bombardment if house to house defense continues.
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BERLIN
Leningrad
Australian air minister rules out Russia service
Melbourne Sept 11 Royal Australian Air Force formations will not be sent to Russia Air Minister John McEwen said Australia may see its airmen serve in RAP units only if infiltrations into the Royal Air Force proceed, but no Australia Air Forces will be directly deployed to Russia for RAP service.
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MELBOURNE
Royal Australian Air Force
Russia
John McEwen
R.AA
Royal Air Force
United Church Leader Robert J. Wilson Dies in Toronto
Rev. Robert J. Wilson, 69, minister emeritus of College Street United Church and a leading figure in forming the United Church of Canada, died at his Toronto home. He retired from active ministry in February 1939.
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UNITED CHURCH
TORONTO
C.P
Robert J. Wilson
College Street
M. J. Coldwell
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
house of commons
FRANCE
LONDON
Bergham
Holland
air ministry
RAF
HMS LONDON
Royal Air Force
Europe
Harold Balfour
air
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