City Flames In Raid By 750 Bombers
London sept 11 hundreds of British bombers struck Duesseldorf and other western German targets in a night raid. The RAF loss was about 31 planes, with 750 to 1000 aircraft involved in the operation. Duesseldorf, a major metallurgical and chemical center, faced heavy destruction as fires burned after the assault.
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LONDON
C.P
Duesseldorf
R.C.AR
R.C.AF
Germany
RAF
CHEMICAL CENTRE
ely
Cologne
Rhine
Battlefront updates and Axis ship loss reported
Allied and Axis actions are described with British artillery shelling in the southern sector and a direct torpedo attack sinking an Axis merchant ship. The report notes limited Allied activity and a German commander’s forces under Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. The communist party statement confirms the torpedo strike and sinking.
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Erwin Ben Rommel
communistie
Left Hand Corner Air Duel Over France Battle
Squadron Leader T B Fitzgerald 25 year old New Zealander in a Hurricane duel with a German Dornier 217 over France. Fitzgerald fired from 200 yards, damaged the bomber and followed in a second burst from 400 yards. The Hun jettisoned bombs and landed safely after the fight, the pilot later describing the exchange.
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T. B. Fitzgerald
Hawker
Germany
France
Fitzgerald
sai Fitzgerald
iCharlottetorn Guardian
Queensland
William Six Shouldn’t Have Ration Card
Toronto wartime board says a dog named William aged six was listed for a ham ration card. The owner must explain why a dog is entitled to the ration card, after a check-up revealed Willam is not a six year old child.
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TORONTO
William
Willam
Naval Fight In Channel Off Holland Coast
London dispatch reports the admiralty said a German tanker was destroyed and an anti aircraft vessel probably destroyed in an early morning clash off the Dutch coast. An enemy armed tracer and six other small units were severely damaged while Britain lost a motor gunboat.
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LONDON
C.P
admiralty
Holland
Britain faces coal crisis as winter cuts loom
Fuel Minister Gwilym Loyd George warned in Bumenavon that Britain's coal position is serious. He said the nation must reduce fuel use or risk war factories closing, affecting civilians and industry this winter.
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Watersephai
Gwilym Loyd George
Britain
Australians Halt Japs In Fierce New Guinea Battle
Allied forces fought bayonet clashes to slow a Japanese push toward Port Moresby in the Owen Stanley range. Casualties were heavy on both sides as bitter fighting continued on the southern slopes. Prime Minister Curtin said Allied plans to stabilize the New Guinea front are being carried out with high ranking officers visiting the area.
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ALLIED
Australia
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Owen Stanley
commounique
Efegi
John Curtin
house of representatives
Canberra
Aled
Efogt
British Forces Captured Three Madagascar Ports
British forces captured the three west coast ports Ambanja Majunga and Morondava on Madagascar with little resistance and small losses Prime Minister Churchill informed the House of Commons the operation involved land sea and air units and had U S approval The Vichy garrison was estimated at under 10 000 mainly native troops with white officers and a few white troops Japan reconnaissance planes were spotted near the island in the Mozambique channel suspected to have come from an aircraft carrier
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ONDON
C.P
Madagascar
Churchill
house of commons
Africa
Mozambique channel
noo
foreign office
Vichy
Ambanja
Diego Suarez
Majunga
Morondava
United States
Ams
Britain’s Home Guard Reaches 1,750,000 Members
Prime Minister Churchill stated on Thursday that Britain's Home Guard now numbers 1,750,000 volunteers. The figure reflects broad civilian defense mobilization during the wartime period and underscores the scale of Britain's home front effort.
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LONDON
Minnster Churchill
Britain
Mulock On Visit To London
London note reports Canadian Postmaster General W P Mulock, who flew to Britain, is in London for a short stay on official business. The announcement specifies the trip and current status of his visit.
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Mulock
London
C. P. Cabiel
W. P. Mulock
Britain
Amery Credits India Gov t Action Against Gandhi Campaign
Secretary of State for India Anthony Eden Amery said the British government prevented the All-India Congress from pursuing Gandhi’s civil disobedience plan. He defended the arrest of Gandhi and colleagues, calling the Congress disorder a scheme to sabotage India and threaten regional stability, with further disorders anticipated.
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India
All-India Congress party
Mohandas KK. Gandhi
Amery
Congress
China
Burma
Shoot Judge In French Court Free Prisoner
A report from DNR states three men forced into a Nantes court during a trial in France and shot the presiding judge. They injured two spectators and escaped with the accused man. No charges against the suspect were provided in the broadcast.
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LONDON
DNR
vaws and propaganda agency
whd
Nantes
France
Canada Led New World In Nazi Fight
Prime Minister Mackenzie King, in a Quebec broadcast, said Canada led the New World in opposing Nazi aggression during the first years of World War II. He noted Canada was the first New World power to back Britain, sending destroyers, air squadrons, and arms, and accelerating the Second Canadian Division as Germany threatened Britain.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
Mackenzie King
Dominion
Britain
North America
Jame
Germany
Russia
France
British
mid-Atlantic
acceler
Attlee Plans Visit to Newfoundland and Canada
Dominions Secretary Clement Attlee, speaking to Newfoundland lumberjacks in Scotland, disclosed plans to visit Newfoundland and likely Canada. He thanked the Newfoundlanders at their Aberdeen shire camp for their work and indicated the government’s appreciation.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
Dominions
Clement Attlee
Newfoundland
Scotland
Newfoundland secon
Canada
Attlee
Newffoundlanders
Aberdeenshire
Socialist party in Italy reemerges against Fascism
From Berne Switzerland a dispatch says Italian Socialists, once quelled by Mussolini’s followers, have reorganized with illegal units in factories across much of Italy. The report notes they aided a brief strike at the Figo works, with no police or soldiers present during the action.
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BERNE
Switzerland
Socialist party 1
Italy
Mussolini
Delmonte Democrate
Zurich
Canada to ship wheat to Greece as aid
Ottawa reports Canada will gift 16 000 tons of wheat monthly to Greece for starving citizens. Eight Swedish ships will transport the grain under international agreement. Canada may draw from stocks to sustain 15 000 tons per month. harvests exceed 690 million bushels with 400 million on hand, and duration of aid is unclear.
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OTTAWA
Canada
MacKinnon
RCAF Graduation Honors Five Men and Two Women
Gold medals were presented to five aircraftmen and two airwomen at graduation ceremonies at the Royal Canadian Air Force technical training centre in St Thomas Ontario. Winners included Clifford L Humphrey of Edmonton and G Whitnack of Kathyrs Alta among others.
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THOMAS
Ont
technical training centre
Royal Canadian Air Force
Clifford L
Humphrey
Edmonton
Whitnack
EKathyrs
Alta
Hitler demands Stalingrad hold at any price
A Moscow dispatch reports Hitler ordered the German's greatest army yet to seize Stalingrad. Red Star notes Axis forces outnumber prior campaigns as fighting rages in a black storm of planes, tanks, and shells with 1,000,000 men on each side involved in the broader Moscow push.
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HENRY C. CASSIDY
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Russia
Sloscow
Hitler
Stalingrad
Volga
Red Star
Joseph Stalin
Roper Files Papers for Edmonton By-Election Nomination
Edmonton Sept 1. Elmer E. Roper CCF nominee files nomination papers as the first candidate for the Edmonton provincial by election set for Sept 22. More candidates expected to file later. Nomination deadline 2 00 pm Saturday. Voter enumeration shows 55 755 eligible, down 3 890 from 1940 list.
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EDMONTON
Elmer E. Roper
C.CF
Americans 96 Japs 8 By Clark Lee Associated Press
At sea with the U S fleet off the Solomons, August reporting nine six enemy planes shot down in a two battle over Guadalcanal and sea action. US forces claim forty seven down by navy fliers, twenty one by Marines and Army pilots, remainder by anti aircraft fire. Eight US pilots reported missing. Japan has lost more than one hundred fifty planes in the Solomons fight since August seventh.
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CLARK LEE
Associated Press
SOLOMONS
Guadalcanal
United States
ses
Indira Gandhi Arrest Reported in Allahabad City
Indira Gandhi wife Feroze Gandhi and about a dozen others were arrested Thursday night in Allahabad. Police charged a crowd at a political gathering and a curfew was imposed from 7 34 p.m. to 2 a.m. Indira Gandhi is the daughter of Pandit Nehru, head of the All India Congress party.
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ALLAHABAD
India
C.P.j
Indira Gandhi
All-India Contess
Pandit Nehru
Feroze Gandhi
Fevore Gandhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Zagreb Bombings Reported By Rome Broadcasts
Rome radio said nine bombs were dropped on Zagreb killing two persons and damaging several houses. The September 11 report noted by the Romanian broadcasts described the air raid on the Croatian capital during the night.
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ROME
Zagreb
British Columns Advance On Madagascar Capital
British motorized columns reportedly move on Antananarivo after seizing Majonga and Motondava on the west coast. A British submarine and warship were claimed sunk by Oslo radio in the Mediterranean and off Mozambique within the last 74 hours. Chinese forces still clash on Kin hwa outskirts as Chekiang reports extraordinary activity around Gibraltar amid Flying Fortress bombers. Brazil police in Florianopolis arrest suspected Nazi elements at Santa Catarina as clandestine transmitters are shut down. An explosion at the Essex Specialty Company plant in Hackettstown, New Jersey, killed several and damaged property.
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VNCHY
Zanaoarive
brand
Antarabe
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Majonga
Motondava
LONDON
Oslo
Mediterranean
Mozambique
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Fuhling
Kinhwa
Lanchi
Chekiang province
GIBRALTAR
Reuters
strait of Gibraltar
Britain
BRAZIL
FLORIANPOLIS
IAP
Seeiden
Germany
Santa Catraina
ty Nai
TOS
HACKETTSTOWN
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API
Essex Specialty Company
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army
Chicago
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