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Newspaper
Lethbridge Herald
Location
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1942
Page
1
British and African troops push toward Tananarive with little resistance as Vohemar is occupied and west coast landings expand. Gen. Sir William Platt’s communique notes rapid progress, small garrison forces, and a potential junction with Nosybe landing units.
Senator Warren Magnuson after touring Alaska defenses argues Japan attacked the Aleutians to base a Siberia invasion from Kiska and to block the lend lease route to Russia. He reports Aleutian defense is in good shape and notes Japanese foothold attempts were costly.
Karl Boehmer a Berlin Nazi propaganda chief confidant fell from grace after boasting at a Bulgarian Legation reception that Germany would invade Russia a week away His slip prompted a Foreign Office probe and arrest for treason through negligence He died of wounds in Cracow after battlefield service on the Eastern Front
A colonial communique describes southern Madagascar operations near Mahaho thirty miles inland from Anésirabe and a 200 mile Ma Jung a to Tahanarive road bridge over the Betsiboka river. The aim is to remove Madagascar as a base for Axis agents and submarines. Radio broadcasts from Tananarive are noted.
A pilotless Curtiss-Wright aircraft plunged through a building roof in Buffalo New York, killing ten and injuring 39 others. Witnesses described looping and a bombing-like impact. Several named victims include Francis Ryan, Lester Glenn, and Paul Chase among the deceased or injured.
Edmonton report notes two candidates filed nomination papers for the September 22 by election. Elmer Roper of the CCF was first to file, followed by J F Lymburn K C running as an Independent. Nomination deadline is 2 pm today.
AP staff report from off the Solomon Islands details a two day air and sea clash in which American planes damaged Japanese carriers destroyers and submarines and shot down nearly 100 enemy planes. U S losses include one damaged ship and five navy and three marine pilots missing.
Report says two stray shots from a hunter near a highway struck the automobile carrying apostolic delegate Msgr. Antenwatti in Moncton as he prepared to depart for Ottawa. The incident occurred ahead of his departure from Ottawa to Moncton with Magr. Antoniatti close by.
Lieutenant Governor E A McNab wings a graduating class at No 4 Service Flying Training School Saskatoon. Graduates include E J Keefe Shaunavor Saskatchewan and Alberta students M Calder D R McBeth Meinykar Edmonton G C Grainger Grain Ger L C Hagg Champion Fr W MacKenzie Stettler W H MacKenge G F Thornton Calgary MOR Nelson Banff B Todd Pesorok among others.
Allied air forces bombed Japanese shipping and positions in the New Guinea theatre. A destroyer was set on fire and sank after attacks on Normanby Island while other targets near Buna and Teoen Island were hit. Allied planes reported no losses and enemy advances stalled as both sides regroup for a planned big engagement near Port Moresby.
London reports the German radio promising counter raids in response to the Düsseldorf assault. Col Gertz warned of unprecedented extensive raids by heavy bombers against Britain. No sign of large Nazi air activity over the U K last night, with only a few planes over East Anglia and no bombings reported.
German forces press near Stalingrad as Red Army defenders hold their ground in a fierce 18 day siege. Soviet counter offensives near Leningrad push toward Sinjavino while new German efforts north of the city threaten operations around Grozny and the Caucasus.
A Hindu Brahasabha committee urged Prime Minister Churchill and Soviet United States and Chinese representatives to visit India to see conditions firsthand in the freedom campaign. Europeans in Calcutta backed transferring full powers to India's national government, while Indian nationalists criticized Churchill's lack of an immediate plan to end the dispute with Britain.
Ottawa reports the death of Herbert Macintyre MacCallum age 67 of Ottawa a former Western Canada insurer known in Regina and Ottawa. He died Friday in Toronto General Hospital after living in Ottawa since 1925. Survivors include his sister Mrs C Gordon of Toronto brother A MacCallum of Vancouver and two sons H R MacCallum of Toronto and D D MacCallum of Ottawa.
Edmonton, Sept. 12. Laver and James Hart of Edmonton, charged with gross indecency, were remanded for trial to the supreme court after a preliminary hearing in police court before Magistrate A. J. Mitlar.
Heavy rain fell across the Taber area and north toward Vauxhall and Barnwell causing difficulty for motorists and halting combine operations. Farmers and harvesters were present in town as lighter rain spread through the district on Thursday.
PORT BENNING Ga Sept 12 47 The nucleus of the first Canadian parachute battalion consisting of enlisted men and six officers received the silver wings of qualified jumpers from the American parachute school. Brig Gen George P Howell presented the wings assisted by Maj William T Ryder who had recently returned from a study of parachute training in Britain.
War time information board accepts resignations of G Herbert Lash and Claude Melancon from director and associate director roles. Bruce Hutchinson of Victoria, noted newspaperman, joins board staff under new reorganization chaired by Charles Vining. Resignations are regretted though board would have stayed with them as senior executives.
Allied batteries in the southern Alamein front shelled Rommel’s forces. Aus air activity increased with at least two Axis planes shot down by Allied fighters and another Messerschmitt 109 downed during an attempted attack on an Allied airfield.
A digest of dispatches reports Lord Strabolgi urging arbitration with the United States, Canada tax revenue rises, Japan claiming sunk US transports in Tasman Sea, Joe Louis vs Billy Conn fight date set for October 12 at Yankee Stadium, Ottawa probe into padded war contracts, insanity verdict in a maternal killing case, and riots and bombings in Bombay with Gandhi detention context.
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