Rhineland air raids and Italian advance near Salerno
RAF Mosquito bombers hit targets in the Rhineland while Allied air offensives report heavy U S Fortresses raids on Emden and Beauvais Tille. British 8th Army pushes 22 miles toward Foggia as Cassano falls and Italian front lines renew east of Naples with further advances near Salerno.
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Rhineland
LONDON
air ministry
Holland
Britain
Emden
JENTH U.S
U.S
Rheims
Paris
France
R.A.F
Noland Norgaard
Associated Press
North Africa
Mark Clark
Cassano
Naples
broad bay
FOGGIA
Bernard Montgomery
Cerignola
Margherita Di Savoia
Oranto
Gulf of Manfredonia
Cairo
Reuters
Balkans
Germany
Soviets Enter Dnieper City
Red army broke into the suburbs of Dnieprondtrovsk on the western Dnieper and captured Temryuk, the last major German town in the Caucasus, as Moscow announced. Troops push deeper into White Russia toward Gomel Mogilev and Vitebsk, facing swampy terrain and autumn weather that may slow progress.
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JAMES M. LONG
Associated Press
LONDON
Red army
Dnieprondtrovsk
Dnieper River
Kiev
Temryuk
Caucasus
Moscow
WHITE RUSSIA
Smolensk
Gomel-Mogilevorska-Vitebsk
Dnieper
Communist party
Pravda
Gomel
Gomel-Chernigov
Repki
VITEBSK
ORSHA
Smolensk-Minsk
Monastyrschina
old Poland
MOGILEV
Tziganovka
Khotemsk
KEW
Monty Dines With 8th Army Troops In Sicily
General Montgomery toured Sicilian front lines north of Medica chatting with Canadian soldiers. In a sunlit square he asked helmetless troops to reveal their looks, then asked their origins and praised unity within the 8th Army. Soldiers shouted Victoria Vancouver Winnipeg as he joked about origin strength.
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Montgomery
Medica
Monty
Glasgow Record
8th Army
Victoria
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Glen
ARMY POST
King To Give Liberal Council Probable Date Of Next Election
Ottawa hosts about 300 delegates for a two day Liberal Federation session to appoint a permanent executive and reorganize the party coast to coast. Prime Minister Mackenzie King, voted with complete confidence, may announce the timing of the next general election as leaders weigh the party’s future.
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King
Liberal Council
C. R. BLACKBURN
OTTAWA
National Liberal Federation advisory council
Mackenzie King
McLarty
Liberal
federation
Mr King
iRAHAM
Stuart Garson
Manitoba
Adelard Godbout
Quebec
Godbout
Two-Pant Suits Back or Towa in Canada
The Prices Board announced trousers with cuffs and two pant suits can again be bought in Canada. The March ban followed fears of a cut Australian wool supply and uniforms demand for the armed forces. Developments in the Pacific and eased military needs prompted the reversal. no price increases and two pant suits must meet ceiling rules.
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C.P
Prices Board
Pacific
Sharp Fight In Corsica Continues Near Bastia
Allied communique reports French troops in northeast Corsica pressing Germans in sharp engagements west of Bastia. French shock battalion raids caused German losses as they evacuated Crisoneccia airfield after destroying equipment and fuel. German air evacuation hampered by Allied air attacks.
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North Africa
Corsica
Bastia
Crisoneccia
Batra
Miners Walkout Halts Seven Lanarkshire Pits
About 3,000 miners in Lanarkshire refused to work on Saturday to protest the arrest of six miners fined £5 each in a Glasgow court after a prior strike. The walkout occurred despite union leaders' advice, idling seven pits in Glasgow.
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GLASGOW
C.P
Lanarkshire
Oxford wife moved to Edmonton hospital
Mrs Frank Oxford 25 year old wife of an Amish grain buyer is in a Hardisty hospital with a streptococcus infection and will be transferred to Edmonton hospital early Tuesday her husband said Sunday night. She has received penicillin treatments.
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OXFORD
EDMONTON HOSPITAL
HARDISTY
Alta
Frank Oxford
Edmonton
Nazi Warships Sabotaged In Norway
London dispatch reports three German capital ships Tirpitz Scharnhorst and Lutzow sabotaged by their crews in Alten fjord Norway after the Italian fleet surrender news. Witness says damage extent unclear and mutinous crews feared use of fleet against British forces.
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LONDON
C. Po
Tirpitz
Scharnhorst
Luezow
Alten fjord
Norway
Reuters
Stockholm
Luetyow
Deutschland
SPITSBERGEN
Britain
Karl Dueniig
Scapa Flow
Kiel
Atlantic
Canadians Advance 400 Miles Through Italy From Reggio
Canadian troops advanced about 400 miles from Reg gio beaches through Calabrian mountains to the east coast and Taranto Gulf. The route included Gambario and Delanuova near Reggio then Cittenova, with little fighting as Germans were unaware of the Canadians’ location. The main force is believed to be from the Canadian 1st Division, previously in Sicily.
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ITALY
Eighth Army
Straits of Messina
Sicily
W. H. Rose
Montreal
R. M. Stuart
Welland
Ont
Terrell
Canadian Army
Africa
Reggio
Iralian
Gulf of Taranto
Salerno
Gambario
Laurentian
Delanuova
Deharuood
Cittenova
San Giovanni
Estevan Woman Recovers After Penicillin Doses
Estevan Saskatchewan September 27 Mrs John Anderson 23 recovering in hospital from peritonitis after penicillin treatment. The drug was flown from Regina by a No 38 Service Flying Training School RAF plane after arrival from Toronto. Doctors say the peritonitis followed kidney removal last Wednesday.
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ESTEVAN, Sask
John Anderson
Estevan
Regina
No 38 Service Flying Training School
R.AF
Toronto
Anderson
Allied Convoy Reaches Port Amid U-boat Attack Claims
London reports an Allied convoy attacked by U boats while Churchill spoke in parliament has arrived at port. The admiralty has not announced the outcome. Berlin claimed heavy losses including 12 destroyers and nine merchant ships totalling 46 000 tons, a figure viewed as an exaggeration.
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Churchill
house of commons
admiralty
Berlin
Hanover Was Greatest Raid In History
New York report cites British information service saying R A P raid on Hanover Germany Wednesday night was the largest bombing attack in warfare history. In 33 minutes 2338 tons of high explosives struck the industrial city. previous record was Hamburg with 2300 tons.
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NEW YORK
British information service
R.A.P
Hanover
Germany
Hamburg
Nazi E-Boat Sunk In Fight Off British Coast
London, Sept. 27. The admiralty said at least one German E-boat was sunk and several damaged in a clash when British light forces intercepted a Nazi flotilla off Britain's east coast. The Branc Tir eur was sunk. German crew abandoned ship as it exploded. Other E-boats were engaged with some hits, visibility hampered results.
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LONDON
admiralty
Britain
Branc Tireur
Berlin
Englsh
Fecamp
Associated Press
Beaverbrook to See Roosevelt and Stalin
London Daily Herald reports Lord Beaverbrook newly made Lord Privy Seal may travel to Washington to confer with President Roosevelt as Churchill’s special representative. Possible further trip to Moscow could see him meet Premier Stalin.
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LONDON
London Daily Herald
Lord Beaverbrook
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Daily Herald
Moscow
Stalin
Mussolini Returns to Italy Seeks Pact Rejuvenation
Berlin radio announced Mussolini's return to Italy on the third anniversary of the Tripartite Pact and quoted him aiming to breathe life into the shattered alliance. Other items report Social Credit happiness in Edmonton, King warning Liberals war remains main preoccupation, and Czechs executed amid Belgian death sentences.
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MUSSOLINI
ITALY
BERLIN
LONDON
C.P
Benito Mussolini
HANSELL
SOCIAL
legislative assembly
CENIS
NEW YORK
BBC
Mt Cenis
Alps
France
OTTAWA
Fricca
Tuc oy
EDWARD JOHNSON
CBC OTTAWA
The Evening Journal
Metropolitan Opera Company
whammers
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bee
Dnieper City
Harper's Magazine
C. J. Fernand
rive
R T Graham
Swift Current
Gray Turgeon
Cariboo
Ross Munio
Canada
RCSS MUNRO
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
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Beaverbrook
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