Reds Fight Fiercely In Stalingrad
Reinforced Red army troops battle within Stalingrad and along the Nazi left flank as German wedges threaten the city. Soviet counter thrusts gain near Voronezh and in the Caucasus while Russians claim gains in the Upper Don basin and barbed wire entanglements.
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STALINGRAD
Voronezh
Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
OSCOW
A.P
Karelian
central
Caucasus
Red army
Volga
Berlin
Don
Raottha
rUYy 2 aantt
MOZDOR
Kylinin Front
Lake Umen
central Caucasus
Allied air blitz hammers New Guinea bases amid Buna drive
Allied bombers blasted Japanese bases in New Guinea and New Britain for a second day. Rabaul and Buna were targeted with fires seen for miles, while Lae and Salamaua were also hit. Allied fighters attacked transport and supply facilities near Buna as barges burned along the coast.
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Australia
C.P
New Guinea
New Britain
Port Moresby
Rabaul
Solomon islands
Salamaua
Lae
Buna
Owen Stanley range
Russians Raid Enemy Port in Baltic Firestorms
Moscow reports Baltic fleet airmen struck an enemy port last night, facing strong anti-aircraft fire. The communique says several big explosions and five large fires broke out in the port, with possible linkage to Swedish sightings of foreign planes near Denmark after the blasts.
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MOSCOW
Soviet information bureau
Stockholm
Sweden
Denmark
Jap official recalled from Russia by Tokyo dispatch
A German radio broadcast reports the first secretary of the Japanese embassy at Kuibyshev, Russia, Punao Miyagawa, has been recalled for consultation. The dispatch says the diplomat would likely leave the Russian provisional capital on September 25.
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NEW YORK
Tokyo
Kuibyshev
Russia
transocean
Punao Miyagawa
Left Hand Corner reports heavy tank losses in campaign
London correspondent notes mechanized warfare causing high casualties among brass hats. Three generals captured or killed, including Vyvyan Poor in an air crash, Jock Campbell in a car smash, and Lieut General Gott killed. Gott known as Shofer Gott, a six foot two university agent with gymnastic energy. Auchinleck before campaign weighed in at thirty one. Continued on back page.
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London
Ottawa Journal
notL
gies teeteetine
Guy WG GraaetG
SASEMERE
Vyvyan Poor
Jock” Campbell
V.C
Shofer Gott
gant
Generel Auchinieck sud Us
Canadian Destroyer Assiniboine Bays Sub
The Canadian destroyer Assiniboine took part in a fierce close range battle against U boats in an unannounced location. Naval Minister Macdonald called it one of the war’s most spirited actions and noted details of other actions will be withheld. The Assiniboine, acquired just before the war, previously shared honors in 1940 with a British cruiser in capturing a German merchant ship.
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OTTAWA
Assiniboine
Macdonald
L. W. Murray
Newfoundland
RAF Bombers Mine Dutch Waters And Rail Targets
London reports a large bomber force scattered mines in enemy waters and coastal and naval aircraft attacked shipping off the Netherlands. RAF fighters raided railway targets in occupied France. Five bombers were lost. A lone German raider attacked southeast Britain by daylight, unaffiliated with the bombings.
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LONDON
coastal command
Netherlands
France
air ministry
German high command
Britain
English Channel
Evacuation Ordered in East Yorkshire Coastal District
The War Office announced that a large eastern Yorkshire coastal area facing the North Sea would be evacuated and the district taken over entirely for military use. No reason given. Belgian agency reported German authorities ordered many Ostend families out with as little as three hours notice, fearing raids.
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LONDON
war Office
east riding of
Yorkshire
North Sea
Ostend
Heligoland Bight
Reich
England
East Anglia
Netherlands
Belgium
Parachute Troops From U S Begin Training With Britain
London Sept 19 United States parachute troops have been in Britain for some time Lt Gen Dwight D Eisenhower commander in chief of the AEF disclosed Friday They have joined forces with British parachute troops for training exercises.
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LONDON
United States
Britain
Dwight D. Eisenhower
AEF
Tired Face Of Britain Br BRITAIN’S FACE IN WAR-WEARY LONDON
Canadian Press staff writer surveys bombed London streets from Fleet Street to Marble Arch. He notes a tired calm on the faces of English people, with hints of resolve and stubborn stoicism amid wartime weariness and danger.
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CHARLES BRUCE
LONDON
C.P. Cable
Fleet Street
Middle Temple
Strand
Piccadilly
Park Lane
Hyde Park
Marble Arch
England
Lincolnshire
York
Duesseldorf
Duisburg
Revelstoke Sailor Dies Hugging a Shell in Battle
Kenneth Wiley Watson of Revelstoke B C died at 18 while aboard the Canadian destroyer As Algonisboine during a battle with a German submarine. He was the youngest on board and his first ship and battle. A burial service followed with praise for his bravery as shipmates fought to defend their vessel.
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STANLEY GALLANT
HM.C.S. Assiniboine
Assiniboine
Max Bernays
Bermays
H.MSC.S. A.siniusiness 2
gunters
Gallant
nol
Prince Edward Island
ATLANTIC
T—Kenneth Wiley, Watson
Revelstoke
B.C
Shipmatin
oae
Cmdrid. H. Stubbs
Hai Tax
effetr. sax
Watson
4-Ton Bombs Used by RAF
London reports that 8,000 and 4,000 pound bombs were used in raids on Karlsruhe and Dusseldorf, with extensive destruction. The air ministry described night attacks that devastated industrial areas, fired large areas, and blanketed Dusseldorf in fires as reconnaissance photos informed the assessment.
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RAF
LONDON
ralés
Karlsruhe
Doesseldorf
alr
teday
Germany
Hilier
Australia May Draft Labor for Farms
Canberra Australia Sept 2 Willam J Scully minister of commerce said he is considering drafts of Australian white collar workers for part time farm labor to relieve rural manpower difficulties He suggested bank tellers shop clerks and professional men might be asked to devote spare time especially weekends to work on the land.
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CANBERRA
Australia
New President of Federal Aircraft Ottawa
Ottawa reports the resignation of Ray Lawson as president of Federal Aircraft Limited announced by Munitions Minister Howe. James remains chairman of the board and W A Neaman, already managing director since 1941, becomes president.
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FEDERAL AIRCRAFT
OTTAWA
Ray Lawson
Federal Aircraft Limited
Howe
Lawson be. James
W. A. Neaman
Pederal Aircraft Limited
US to import BC apples in eight month period
Ottawa reports the United States will accept up to 800000 boxes of British Columbia apples in an eight month period starting this month. Of this total 400000 boxes will be imported from September to December and the second four month period will be set around December 1, with a total not exceeding 400000 boxes.
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OTTAWA
British Columbia
United States
agriculture department
Smoke and flames hinder German assault on Stalingrad
London dispatch reports German claims that smoke and flame from the city's defenses hinder their six day siege. A Berlin spokesman said great clouds of smoke impair attacks and torrents of blood have flowed in the streets over the past two days.
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LONDON
Stalingrad
Berlin
Prisoners Reported Alive After Dieppe Action
Ottawa reports six sailors previously listed as killed at Dieppe are alive, five now prisoners of war. Two men once listed missing are safe. Officers Lt Col Catto Maj MacTavish Maj Elmer White Lieuts Clarke Bath among those moved from killed or missing. Pte Herbert and Pte Lefebvre also confirmed safe. Continues in later list.
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OTTAWA
Dieppe
national defence headquarters
Douglas E. Catto
Toronto
Royisl Regiment
Ptes
Leo Fortin
Robert Lefebvre
Montreal
Japanese forces repulsed near Chungking in Henan
The Chinese high command announced that 1000 Japanese soldiers advancing from Haiyang toward Chuntun and Luton in eastern Henan were repulsed on September 8 with considerable casualties.
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CHUNGKING
Chuntun
Luton
Haiyang
estern
Henan
British Take Brickaville Madagascar
British forces occupy Brickaville on Madagascar east coast 160 miles east of Tananarive, after west coast landings earlier. The move aims to control rail and highway links to the capital and other communications. Vichy describes the troops as light units. progress toward Tananarive is unreported.
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LONDON
C.P
Vichy
Madagascar
Brickaville
Tananarive
wees
Farm Row Up To Roosevelt
Chester A. Bloom reports from Washington that Roosevelt faces deadlock as Congress delays action before October 1 to halt rising food and farm prices. Price Administrator Leon Henderson calls current controls ineffective and criticizes Brown Wagner plan as insufficient to stop inflation. House debate continues with Steagall proposing related measures.
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WASHINGTON, D.C
house
genste
Roosevelt
Leon Henderson
senate
Brown and
Wagner
Henry B. Steagall
Alabama
FARM ROW
War tolls rise as Axis losses mount in Europe and Pacific
A sequence of brief dispatches reports heavy Soviet casualties in the southern Rostov area, a British submarine overdue and presumed lost, a Cuban court sentencing a German spy to death, Russians pressing Finnish forces, Dominion government August expenditures totaling 501,363,381, a trio of deaths in a Columbia bomber crash, and new British tanks described as superior, plus a Toronto fight leaving an officer and youth hospitalized.
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MOSCOW
Communist party
Kossis
URGE
LONDON
admiralty
yexvel
Omer
E. P. Forkinsen
HAVANA
AP.J
Henry August Luning
Luning
spo
America
HELSINKE
Raussen
Lage Onega
Klind
DOMINION
OTTAWA
Dominiey
COLUMBIA
S.C
CARDIFF
Wales
James Grieg
TORONTO
WICPI
hompitay
Black
Howard Chard
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Mozdok
Terek River
trned
RABAUL AND
RAND
Niewspaper
Heroes Of Sea Fight
CPO
Assiniboine Bays
USS
J. H. Berry
munitions and supply department
Lnree
Port Falls
New Island Landing
U.S
CHESTER A. BLOOM
Herald
Washington
Ppa
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