Hans Claim Sebastopol Is In Danger
Berlin reports German shore batteries beat back Russian warships fleeing the Baltic near Leningrad. German spokesmen say air forces damaged ships at Kronstadt and a battleship Oktiabrskaya Revolutia, while encircled Soviet armies near Kiev face intensified pressure.
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BERLIN
Baltic
Leningrad
high command
Black seas
Ossel
Gulf of Finland
Kronstadt
Hitler
Oktiabrskaya Revolutia
Kirov
Kiev
Red Army
Dnieper
Tresna
Nazis Claim 13 British Vessels Sunk in Atlantic
Berlin reports a German high command communique says U boats sank 13 ships and damaged another in attacks on two convoys and a lone tanker, the 6,200 ton Sitala. British confirmation not available.
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BERLIN
high command
Atlantic
Sitala
Misjudged Hawks and Owls Teach Farmer Lesson
Ornithologist recounts how hawks and owls long vilified as poultry enemies are often misjudged. A farmer's hawk kill reveals a rat in its talons, showing circumstantial evidence can mislead about these birds' true status. D W E Saunders, London.
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St. Thomas Times-Journal
Saunders
D* W. E. SAUNDERS
London
St Kitts Strikers Extend Walkout At McKinnon Plant
ST CATHARINES Ont Sept 99 About 500 workers entered the strike bound McKinnon Industries plant after employees unanimously reaffirmed their decision to stay on strike at a mass meeting last night. The strike entered its 12th day today.
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ST. CATHARINES, Ont
McKinnon Industries
Bombers Sweep Five Nations in RAF Weekend Offensive
London reports the Royal Air Force used over 600 bombers and fighters in a 36 hour weekend offensive against targets in Germany Norway Holland Belgium and France with about five percent loss. Canadians boosted the effort with pilots like Sgt Graham Robertson Sgt George McClusky and Lt Bob Morrow noted for claims in earlier sweeps and escort missions.
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LOUIS HUNTER
LONDON
C.P. Cable
Royal Air Force
Germany
Norway
Holland
Belgium
France
R.A.F
Berlin
R.AF
Graham Robertson
Toronto
D. E. Robertson
Moose River
N.S
George McClusky
Kirkland Lake
Ont
Bob Morrow
Vancouver
CALGARIAN
W. H. Pentland
Calgary
May Occupy All France May Occupy All France
Berne Switzerland reports say units in Vichy fear France could fall to occupation if sabotage by Communist elements continues in the German zone. Marshal Petain’s appeal aims to unite France to avoid deeper German friction as the war drags on. In Paris, a German officer was killed, Capt Scheben, with funeral held yesterday as papers note.
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BERNE
Switzerland
A.P
Vichy
France
Marshal Petain
Petain
Paris
Scheben
Edmonton Flier Hurt In Crash Near Big Lake
Edmonton police report Royal Canadian Air Force trainee L R Fletcher, a student pilot at No 16 Elementary Flying Training School, injured in a Tiger Moth crash during a forced landing near Big Lake ten miles northwest of Edmonton. He suffered arm fractures and facial cuts along with other cuts and bruises.
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EDMONTON
L. R. Fletcher
No. 16
Royal Canadian Air Force
Big Lake
Second Note To Roosevelt in Shanghai Dispatch
A second personal message from Japan's Premier Prince Konoye to President Roosevelt was reported en route. French circles said it contained counter proposals to Roosevelt's Aug 28 reply. Kaname Wakasugi carried the note to Washington, departing Sept 15.
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SHANGHAI
Prince Konoye
Japan
Roosevelt
Konoye
Kaname Wakasugi
Washington
TOKYO
Japan Chronicle of
Kobe
foreign office
United States
Britain
Pacific
western Pacific
Prime Minister Plans No Speeches Till House Meets
Ottawa dispatch reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King will withhold his conclusions after a Britain visit and present them to Parliament when it convenes in early November. He spoke on wartime gravity in a broadcast but said details of his reactions would come later, possibly to Parliament.
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OTTAWA
Mackenzie King
Great Britain
DARDANELLES
BERNE
Switzerland
Ankara
Aksham today
Caradanelles Straits
ISTANBUL
FORT KNOX
WASHINGTON
war department
Royal Armored Corps
United States
MANCHOUKUO
KOREA
MANILA
U.S
U.S.S.R
MOSCOW
Russia
Germany
ISLAND OF
DAGOE
LONDON
C.P
Reuters
Stockholm
Riga Bay islands
Oesel
Muhu
Vormsi
CANADA
WINNIPEG
Ontario
HANSON
BRITAIN
ROYAL AIR FORCE
England
C.P. Cable
R. B. Hansen
Royal Canadian Air Force Army
War Must Be Won States Jam. Moore War Must Be Won States Jam. Moore
Marshall Bateman reports from Calgary on September 22 as Tom Moore president of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada opens the convention. He says the strike is no substitute for the ballot in war time and that government must govern and enforce edicts. Moore credits welcome by provincial civic and union leaders and cautions against labor leaders who speak for labor. Delegates applaud Premier Aberhart when he states Alberta opposes centralization of power and riches.
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CALGARY
Chi
Tom Moore
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Ottawa
Aberhart
Alberta
Ferry Bomber Is Missing
Montreal reports a Hudson bomber with three Canadian crew members missing since Sept 20 on a ferry flight from Newfoundland to the United Kingdom. On board were Fit Lt R F Leavitt of Regina Sgt-Observer Elwood W McFall of Ottawa and R D Anderson of Benjamin River N B. Radio contact was lost about halfway across the Atlantic and has not been reestablished.
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MONTREAL
Royal Air Force
Newfoundland
United Kingdom
R. F. Leavitt
Regina
Elwood W. McFall
Ottawa
R. D. Anderson
Benjamin River
N.B
Leavitt
Observer McFall
Royal Canadian Air Force
Anderson
ferry command
Atlantic
Held In Killing Of Two Women In Montreal
Thomas Bell a 41 year old ex railway worker released from a mental hospital last Tuesday was held criminally responsible by a coroner s jury for the deaths of two women in Montreal. The victims Mrs Sarah Bell 46 widow of Bell s half brother and Mrs Lilian Somerville 62 a boarder in Mrs Bell s home were killed Saturday night with a tread knife.
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MONTREAL
Thos. Bell
Sarah Bell
Bell
Lilian Somerville
Bulgars May Declare War Report From Ankara
A BBC transcript notes King Boris of Bulgaria traveling to meet Hitler with army chiefs. Reports suggest the conference could signal a Bulgarian war stance against the Soviet Union, though Berlin officials doubt the meeting will occur.
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néw YORK
Boris
Bulgaria
Hitler
British Broadcasting Corporation
Russia
NBS
CBS
BBC
Ankara
Turkey
Berlin
Von Ribbentrop
von Brauchitsch
Raeder
von Papen
Two RAF trainees die in Suffield crash
Two Royal Air Force airmen were killed when a training aircraft from No 34 Service Flying Training School at Medicine Hat crashed near Suffield Alberta. The crash occurred while the plane was operating under the Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Suffield is about 26 miles northwest of Medicine Hat.
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SUFFIELD
Alta
C.P
Royal Air Force
No. 34
Service
Medicine Hat
Slain Vancouver Druggist Suspect Sought Across West
Vancouver police issued circulars to Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba and Washington state seeking a lookout for the suspected killer of 72 year old druggist F W Pawcett. The slayer may have fled the province as authorities widen the search across the West.
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VANCOUVER
F. W. Pawcett
British Columbia
prairie provinces
Washington state
Norwegian Escape Ships Sink Off Bergen Harbor
Exchange Telegraph reports 100 Norwegians attempting to flee to Britain were killed when their two small vessels were sunk by German bombers outside Bergen harbor. The incident underscores peril in the North Sea as war in Europe continues.
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LONDON
C.P
Exchange
Goteborg
Sweden
Britain
Bergen
No Help Is Too Great For Russia
London reports British and American action must speed aid to Russia after the Kiev victory. British tank production to Russia rises for a week as workers delay vacations. Soviet envoy Ivan Maisky appeals for more tanks and cites Russian losses on the 2000 mile front, visiting a Midlands factory with tanks bearing V for Victory signs.
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LONDON
Kiev
United States
Russia
Ivan Maisky
Britain
supply ministry
Maisky
Midlands
Moscow
Italian assault craft sink ships at Gibraltar raid
Rome notes that Italian navy assault craft slipped under Gibraltar guns and sank three supply ships while badly damaging a fourth, with authorities calling the raid a one way mission. The fate of attackers remains unconfirmed and no British confirmation was available.
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ROME
Gibraltar
Battle For Leningrad Rages Amid Kiev Fall Report
Fiercest fighting on the Russian front centers on Leningrad as workers call to defend the city with a win or die slogan. Kiev capitulation acknowledged by communiqués, while Soviet naval air units claim damage to German forces on the southern flank.
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Leningrad
MOSCOW
Odessa
Putilov
Kiev
Black Sea
Sir Alan Hunter Quits His Post
London notes Maj Gen Sir Alan Hunter resigns as director of prisoners of war with Lt Gen Sir Oswald Berrett’s future as inspector forecast. The Daily Mail reports internal troubles within the prisoners of war department not to be publicized now. War Office confirms changes but does not disclose reasons.
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LONDON
Alan Hunter
Oswald Berrett
The
Daily Mail
prisoners of war department
war office
British submarines sink two Italian liners near Libya
British submarines in the Mediterranean attacked a convoy carrying Axis reinforcements to Libya and sank two Italian liners, damaged a third, and possibly all 24,469-ton Vulcania class ships. The action occurred last Thursday with no clear count on ships or lives. The Middle East air force also struck Axis shipping, destroying a schooner and leaving another sinking, while a destroyer was damaged off Tripoli and a merchant ship was set ablaze. Benghazi harbor works received heavy RAF hits during the same night.
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LONDON
Mediterranean
Libya
admiralty
Middle East
Tripoli
Bengasi
Royal Air Force
Dodgers blank Phillies to widen pennant lead
In Philadelphia on September 22 Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Curt Davis delivered airtight pitching to blank the Phillies 5-0, moving 15 games ahead of St Louis in the National League pennant race. The day’s edition also reports on Turkish denial of any fleet passage through the Dardanelles, a damaging Istanbul fire, and other world news briefs.
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DODGERS
PHILADELPHIA
A.P
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis
Phillies
Curt Davis
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