Nazi Centre Bombed As Traitors Run
London report details a daylight RAF strike on Nazi headquarters in Oslo amid rising dissension in Norway. Four British bombers dropped bombs from about 100 feet, hitting Gestapo buildings while one plane was lost. Quisling denounced the raid as murder planes, claiming four dead and 40 injured. A second raid and a possible third aerial operation were noted.
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LONDON
C.P
Norway
Oslo
RAF
Vidkan Quisling
Tally
air ministry
Quisling
Stockholm
Scandinavia
Axis Roads and Communications Hit in Egyptian Front
Cairo reports fighter bombers attacked Axis communications in the Egyptian baffle area while long range fighters hit the coastal road between Sidi Barrani and Matruh. British communique says daylight raids followed a heavy assault on enemy air dromes in Sid Hameish. Malta air war credited two Axis planes shot down with no British losses.
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CAIRO
Sidi Barrani
Matruh
Sid Hameish
Malta
Gandhi's Friends in the United States
In Ottawa Journal sourced note, American figures urged Cordell Hull to back a provisional government and India cooperation with the UN. Names include Norman Thomas John T Flynn and Lindbergh and Wheeler era figures. The piece hints at prior activities and opinions shaping this appeal.
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vy GANDHY
UNITED STATES
Ottawa Journal
Washington
Cordell Hull
India
United Nations
ming
Norman Thomas
Pearl Harbor
Col. Lindbergh
Wheeler
John T. Flynn
RCAF Attacks Submarines Cited by Power
Ottawa reports Air Minister Power cites four Royal Canadian Air Force attacks on North Atlantic U boats as proof of growing activity. He notes depth charges dropped near subs produced debris oil slicks and wreckage, with one attack yielding probable or definite damage.
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OTTAWA
Power
Royal Canadian Air Force
North Atlantic
Maj
Royal Canadian Navy
United States
air force
Praise Canadians Their Show At Dieppe Headlines US Press
Washington reports a wave of tribute to Canadian troops inspired by Dieppe and a rethinking of a second European front. Editorials from major papers laud Canadian valor and praise Defence Minister Ralston's Dieppe statement as wartime publicity.
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J. F. SANDERSON
WASHINGTON
Dieppe
Defence
Ralston
Los Angeles Times
Hartford Courant
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Louisville Quarter Journal
Port Worth
Chicago Tribe
Pacific battle zone
Europe
Philadelphia Record
New York Daily Worker
Dominion
Allies blockading Dakar from Paris radio claim
Paris radio quoted a commentator calling Dakar under blockade by the Allies with plans for a forthcoming attack. The remark, broadcast by a German-controlled station, follows intensified Nazi propaganda about Allied aggression toward Dakar, a West African outpost far east of Brazil.
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LONDON
Paris
Dakar
Jean Azema
stratesh pom
Brazil
Allied forces force Japanese withdrawal in New Guinea highlands
Aggressive Allied patrols in rain, aided by artillery, drive Japanese from some positions in the Owen Stanley Mountains north of Port Moresby. It is the first Japanese retreat in the theatre since their July landings near Gons Mission, but Allied spokesmen caution that Japanese forces remain in the area and this is not a general withdrawal.
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ALLIED
Australia
C.P
Owen Stanley Mountains
Port Moresty
Gons Mission
New Guinea
Yoribaiwa
Port Moresby
Churchill to Make Brief War Report
London reports say Prime Minister Churchill will give a short war update when the house of commons reconvenes after recess. Observers also expect debate on the Indian situation as the session begins, though a date has not been announced.
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LONDON
C.P
Churchill
house of commons
commons
Pane Ra
Missing pilot J Edwin Gardiner in RCAF 200th casualty
Ottawa reports Pilot Officer John Edwin Gardiner son of Agriculture Minister Gardiner is missing after air operations over seas. The Royal Canadian Air Force lists him as the 200th casualty of the war.
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GARDINER
OTTAWA
John Edwin Gardiner
Royal Canadian Air Force
British Naval Power Remains Strong Despite Heavy Losses
Despite losing over 1,200 vessels in three years Britain’s navy and mercantile fleet remain formidable. AP notes replacement of ships by Jones and Lord Alexander, with shipyards turning out more than 500 warships in 30 months. Britain’s mercantile marine and ship repairs bolster the empire’s sea power as Canada expands its navy to 408 warships.
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JERRY YALE
Associated Press
NEW YORK
Britain
Jones
A. V. Alexander
the
admiralty
BBC
Europe
mercantile marine
Germans Halted On All Fronts In Russia Fight
Russians recaptured key positions around Stalingrad and on the German left as invasion deaths rose by about 3,000 in a day. Red Star reported heavy Nazi losses from counterattacks while Soviet troops held and advanced in several sectors amid ruined urban fighting.
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Russia
HENRY
CASSIDY
Associated Press
OSCOW
Stalingrad
Red Star
army
Red army
Chinese Forces Reach Rail Towns in Chekiang Siege
Chinese troops racing from Chungking advance 100 miles toward Hangchow and press two-column sweeps into Chekiang. They bypass Tungyane and reach the suburbs of Chuki and Chenghsien, both key communications centers near Hangchow, with Chenghsien a vital highway junction southeast of the port.
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CHUNGKING
Chekiang
Chuki
Chenghsien
Hangchow
Chenghaien
Chungkiang
Tungyane
British subs sink five to seven Axis ships in Mediterranean
British submarines have sunk at least five and probably seven Axis supply ships in the Mediterranean with another seriously damaged, according to a British admiralty communique. The strikes further hit enemy sea communications already strained as Axis forces in North Africa seek reinforcement and supplies amid Allied offensives.
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ONDON
C.P
Mediterranean
admiralty
North Africa
Enemy Paid Heavily For Sinking of Destroyer
Canadian survivors recount a four day Atlantic clash with U boats after Ottawa, aiding a convoy, sank. Of 189 aboard, about two thirds survived the initial torpedo strikes and hours adrift before rescue as merchant ships in the convoy were also sunk. Local sailors from Montreal Vancouver reported successes against subs but could not prove results. Continued on page three.
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JOHN LEBLANC
mid-Atlantic
Ottawa
estect
Navy
Macdonald
cds
Lieut. Dunn Lantier
Montreal
Lloyd I. Jones
Vancouver
tawa
Lattier
Wins Medal Discharged As Too Young
London reports 15-year-old David Grix was awarded the British Empire Medal for bravery during a Norwich air raid while serving in civil defence. Publicity says he was too young to enlist, and he wished to join earlier by aging up. He laments the medal may force his removal from service.
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LONDON
Mach
dobn
David Grix
Norwich
civil defence service
John
Edmontonian Graduates Paulson Names Dipple Badge Ceremony
Group Captain W E Dipple, officer commanding No 7 Bombing and Gunnery School of the Royal Canadian Air Force, presented air gunner badges to graduates at the school in Edmonton. Graduates included R K McLeod of Edmonton.
Bader Confined After Second Escape Attempt
London dispatch reports Wing Officer Douglas Bader, famed legless leader of the all Canadian Squadron of the RAF in 1941, confined to a small cell in a German prison camp after a second escape attempt. He lost both legs in an air crash after bailing out near St Omer, France, in August.
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LONDON
Mali
Geneva
Omir
Douglas Bader
BAP
Bader
St. Omer
France
Laval fires secretary of state amid revolt plot
Pierre Laval dismissed Jacques Benoist-Mechin, a secretary of state in the Vichy foreign ministry, accusing him of leading two plots to replace Laval with pro Nazi Jacques Dorlot. Also reports say a Royal Canadian Air Force plane with five crew members is missing off Nova Scotia and a US grand jury will probe transportation congestion impacting war orders.
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LAVAL
LONDON
Pierre Y Laval
Jacques Benoist-Mechin
Vichy foreign ministry
Jacques Dorlot
RCAF
NOVA SCOTIA
HALIFAX
C.P.J
Royal Canadian Air Force
Secam-Sheet harbor
GRAND JURY
WASHINGTON
United States justice department
transportation industes
raslroads
RUSSIA
LEAMINGTON
England
Anthony Eden
Pursia
Britain
United States
WILLKIE
MOSCOW
Wendell L. Willkie
Saterday
Europe
Great Britain
WEST HAM
CHELSEA
ARSENAL
West Ham United
Chelsta
Clapton Orient
Fulham
Portemonth
QUISTING
FRELBERNE
Switzerland
RAY
LEXINGTON
U.S. QUINCY
Mass
U.S. Lexington
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R.C.A.F
Royal
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Canada
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BRITISH NAVAL
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