Roundup of Americans in German-occupied France
Berlin reported a round up of Americans in the German occupied zone of France, with Paris sources noting potential use as hostages to press concessions. About 300 Americans, mostly in Paris, were said to be detained. Charles E. Bedaux was among those taken, per unconfirmed reports. The U S embassy asked Laval’s government for reasons behind travel bans and other American controls, including film shipments and office closures. Laval then dismissed BenoistMechin amid rising tensions and plots rumors.
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BERNE
Switzerland
France
Paris
United States
Vichy
DUKE
Charles E. Bedaux
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Miss Fern Lombard
New York
Tours
Bedaux
Cannes
Pierre Laval
Washington
Laval
Jacques Benoist- Mechin
Benoist-Mechin
Defender of the public becomes clerk of the court in Canada
An old man and a first mate in a Nova Scotia court clash with a magistrate over minor offences. The mate demands a defender of the public, prompting the magistrate to explain the term as clerk of the court. The fr eman then produces whisky, claiming it is for the crock of the court as the scene ends with a comic misinterpretation.
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Nova Scotia
RCMP
Canada
freman
Hitler Calls For Troops From Romania And Croatia
Balkan sources report Romania and Croatia agreed to recruit more troops to fight Russia as part of German strategy after meetings involving Hitler and top officials. The talks, replacing a mid month conference also to include Hungary, suggest Romania gained favor in the Transylvania dispute as Germany pressed for manpower against Stalingrad resistance.
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BERNE
Switzerland
Rumania
Croatia
Germany
Russia
Balkan
Hitler
Joachim Von Ribbentrop
Anie Pavelic
Mihsi Antonescu
Romania
Hungary
Stalingrad
American Troops Land In Africa Report Claims Arrival
Reuters reported from Paris that American troops had arrived in Sierra Leone Nigeria the Gold Coast Belgian Congo and South Africa citing Lisbon messages. The War Department in Washington had no comment on the report.
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LONDON
Reuters
Paris
Lisbon
Sierra Leone
Nigeria
gold coast
Africa
Belgian Congo
Central Africa
South Africa
war department
Washington
Thorn Submarine Thorn Declared Lost by Admiralty
London dispatch reports the Admiralty stated the submarine Thorn is lost at sea with no further details. Jane's Fighting Ships lists Thorn as a new British submarine but provides no data on construction tonnage or crew.
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LONDON
admiralty
Thorn
Jane's Fighting Ships
Von Hoth Replaces Von Bock At Stalingrad Front
London reports confirm a Nazi broadcast from Stalingrad stating Field Marshal Fedor von Bock has been sacked and Colonel General Hermann von Hoth now receives reports from his commanding generals. Von Hoth previously led the 4th German Panzer Army in Stalingrad and commanded the Sra division in Smolensk and later the Yzih army.
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LONDON
O.P
Stockholm
Hitler
Fedor von Bock
Stalingrad
Hermann von Hoth
Von Hoth
Sra
Smolensk
Bombers Hit Japanese Bases West of Salween River
United States Army Air Forces blasted Japanese bases and lines of communication west of the Salween river in southwest Yunnan Province. Direct hits on Mengshih and Teng jueh started fires. five Japanese barracks were strafed along the Burma Road to Wanting, eight trucks destroyed, and three tanks damaged. An earlier raid along the Longing to Chefang highway destroyed ten enemy trucks and a staff car, with no losses to the attackers.
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CHUNGEING
United States army air forces
Salween river
Yunnan Province
United States
Mengshih
Tengjueh
Burima Road
Yunnan
Longing
Chefang
los
Miers
Hanoi
Indo-China
Army Bomber Crash Kills Flyers Near Ottawa Farm
A US Army bomber crashed on a pasture 14 miles southwest of Ottawa on Saturday, killing seven crew members. The aircraft struck the James Thomas farm and slid 400 yards before entering land owned by Leon ard Hiauding, causing fatalities and damage on the rural site.
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OTTAWA
here
James Thomas
Leonard Hiauding
Manning dooris
Wavell Signals Second Front Amid War Front Demands
Gen Wavell in New Delhi says British and American troops will open a second front on the European continent as soon as possible though timing remains unknown. He warns of casualties before reaching the continent and affirms allied unity with Britain, Russia, the US and China. Concurrently Labor figures press Churchill to answer Willkie’s Moscow call for action before next summer.
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Archibald Wavell
Wendell Willkie
Russia
Gen. Wavell
India
New Delhi
Britain
United States
China
Lord Strabolgi
Wimbledon
Churchill
Willkie
Moscow
Finland Hesitates Over War Alignments and U.S. Aid
Finland's semi official press in New York and Helsinki signals hope for U.S. guidance on Finnish policy. The Sosialdemokraatti article questions Germany ties while stressing Finland's passive war role and awaiting Secretary Hull's forthcoming statement.
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NEW YORK
Finland
United States
Washington
republic
Sosialdemoktraati
Helsinki radio
Germany
Hull
Sosialdemokraati
Drowns in Tub Bonnyville Child Dies in Rainwater Tub
Two year old Maurice Labrie son of Mr and Mrs Edmon Labrie of Bonnyville Alta drowned in a tub of rain water outside his parents home on Saturday.
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BONNYVILLE
Alta
Maurice Labrie
Edmonr Labrie
Labor views on second front moves stir Britain and allies
Emanuel Shinwell lauds Walkie’s call for immediate action while Lord Croft argues Britain already fought on thirteen campaigns and aided Russia. Moscow propaganda chief Georgy Alexandrov foresees a near second front, Pravda says allies will deploy armies. You Ribbetrop reacts.
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Emanuel Shinwell
Newport
Walkie
Britain
United States
Lord Croft
war office
Russia
Germany
Georgy Alexandrov
Communist Party
Moscow
Pravda
VON RIBBENTROP
Joachim You Rib
US Debt Tops 390.6 Billion as War Prep Accelerates
Washington reports the government debt has risen to 390,600,900,000, more than double the pre war level. The debt is increasing at about 4,000,000,000 each month as the United States girds for possible involvement in global conflict.
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WASHINGTON
United States
R C A F Planes Join U S Air Force In Kiska Raid
In a navy release from Washington the United States and Royal Canadian Air Force planes attacked Japanese shore installations and ships at Kiska in the Aleutians last Friday. The raid damaged a transport, shot down a fighter, and destroyed six planes while strafing two submarines. About 150 Japanese were killed or wounded as fires started on one ship. The total ships sunk or damaged in the Aleutians now reaches 23.
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WASHINGTON
navy
Kiska
Aleutian Islands
Aleutians
Mussolini Seeks Independence in Balkan Military Policy
Moscow dispatch reports Mussolini moving to assert independence in Italian Balkan policy after Berlin rejected his bid to appoint an Italian army chief for Balkan forces. Italy builds coastal and inland lines south of the Dalmatian port of Spit.
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MOSCOW
thanbul wid
Spit
Dalmatia
epigecral Yagoslavia
Adriatic
Milan
sespicion
Berlin
Tass
Mussolini
Balkans
Balkan
Queen Ill Confined To Bed With Acute Bronchitis
Buckingham Palace announced the Queen has been in bed for a week with acute bronchitis and will not resume normal activities for the next three weeks while making good progress toward recovery. No cause for anxiety was noted by the palace.
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LONDON
Buckingham Palace
Cut Holidays Down To Six
OTTAWA, Sept. 25. By order in council the Federal government declared that only six statutory holidays should be observed by employers and employees for the duration of the war apart from Sundays. The holidays named are New Year's Day Good Friday the first Monday in July Labor Day Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. The move aims to promote uniformity and remove uncertainty over holiday work while preserving reasonable opportunity for religious duties.
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OTTAWA
Labor
Mitchell
Dominion
Germans Claim American Troop Convoy Hit Hard
Berlin reports from German broadcasts claim German submarines sunk three transports and a destroyer in a north Atlantic attack on an American troop and supply convoy en route to Britain. The German communiqué says the fast convoy carried troops, munitions, and war materiel, with no corroboration from other sources. London says the United States Navy headquarters declined to comment on the German claim.
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BERLIN
north Atlantic
Britain
England
ory
LONDON
United States navy
high command
35th Day Of Epic Siege Is One Of Fury
At Stalingrad German shock troops pour in by air as Red Army fights from windows and rooftops. The 35th day sees heavy combat with 36,090 Germans inside the city and Soviet counter moves to blunt the drive. Pravda notes the city’s streets erupting in explosions and dust that never settles as armored ships and fast cutters replace former pleasure boats along the Volga.
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Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
OSCOW
A.P
Stalingrad
Red army
Volga
Pravda
Freeze essential workers to farm in wartime proposal
Washington September 26 Maj General Lewis B Hershey head of United States selective service proposes seizing essential farm workers by offering them a choice between continuing agricultural production or entering military service to ease a growing farm labor shortage. The plan was described as one possible means to alleviate the shortage amid wartime demands.
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WASHINGTON
Lewis B. Hershey
United States
selective service
R C A F Planes Collide Near Dunnville Ontario
Two Royal Canadian Air Force planes crashed today after a midair collision over the old feeder canal 13 miles west of Dunnville Ontario witnesses saw one aircraft burst into flames. The incident occurred near Welland Ontario with authorities reporting both planes from a local RCAF station and the crash location detailing a fiery impact. Also in France, Italians aged 21 to 33 in the occupied zone were ordered to present military papers at Italian consulates.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Dunnville
here
WELLAND
Ont
Sept
FRANCE
VICHY
Stalingrad siege intensifies as Russian forces push back Germans
Fighting rages house to house in Stalingrad with grenades and machine guns as Red Army reports heavy German losses. A Russian communique cites 600 Germans killed and captures in ruined districts while another sector claims 1,000 killed gunners and prisoners taken. Northwest of the city, German attacks aim to blunt the assault as defenders endure brutal combat.
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Red Army
Staliingrad
Stalingrad
Isvestia
Red Star
Lafleche to enter cabinet eyed in Ottawa report
Ottawa report revived says Maj Gen L R Lafleche associate deputy minister of national war services may join cabinet to fill Quebec vacancy. Hungarian defense held as battle of Stalingrad continues. raids and battles noted with cautious language by observers. Victoria liquor control discussed with federal authorities. Maitland to Ottawa and back to province. Aberhart praises archbishop statement on credit issuance to Banks. US merchant ship torpedoed in North Atlantic. eleven RAF planes lost over northwest France due to icing. new Quebec party formation announced in Montreal with farm labor plank.
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BAYS LA FLECHE
OTTAWA
Ottawe Evening Citizen
L. R. LaFieche
national war services
Quebec
BERNE
Switzerland
Budapest
Stalingrad
VICTORIA
C.F
R. L. Maitland
British Columbia
ABERHART
EDMONTON
C.P
Cantesbury
WASHINGTON
sary department
United States
North Atlantic
LONDON
RAF
France
MONTREAL
Australia
New Zealand
Etphege Beaadoin
Beandein
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Chungking
Nazi Machine
Von Bock
U.S. Army Air Force
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