Russians Threaten Key White Russia Cities In Soviet Drive
Soviet forces pressed the offensive on the long eastern front winning 1,320 towns and villages in a single day. Gomel Mogilev and Vitebsk were reported in danger as Kiev Kremenchuk Dnepropetrovsk and Melitopol faced continued pressure. The Dnieper battle yielded heavy German losses and the capture of an east bank suburb of Dnepropetrovsk amid fierce hand to hand combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
C.P
White Russia
Gomel
Mogilev
Vitebsk
Kiev
Kremenchuk
Dnepropetrovsk
Metitopol
Crimea
Temryuk
Moscow
Caucasus
Kerch
Berlin
Dnieper
Cape
Kremenchug
Why King Speech Wasn't Broadcast
Ottawa September 28 Prime Minister Mackenzie King said he would have liked to broadcast his speech but CBC rules on political speeches between elections were cited as the ground for not broadcasting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Liberal Federation
Mackenzie King
CBC
The Left Hand Corner Bemoans English Degradation
The Left Hand Corner laments English being degraded by American slang, while W Somerset Maugham argues it will improve. He notes English has become Americanized through radio and movies, with some terms now common to both nations. He says priests wrong to claim debasement as English evolves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Somerset Maugham
Britain
thas
Redbook Magazine
London
England
Hanover War Raid Lifts Fear of Election Delay
London Sept 28 The R A F and R C A F joined in a heavy raid on Hanover and Brunswick with Lancasters Halifaxes and Wellingtons. Nine Canadian airmen were among the missing. Seven German planes were shot down and large fires were started in Hanover. Two named Canadian pilots Harold Lisson and Arthur Franklin led a successful night attack. Emden and other targets were hit in a coordinated effort following a prior American raid. This was the 11th heavy bombing on Germany this month and Hanover has now been bombed 48 times since the war began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALAN RANDALL
LONDON
C. P. Cable
R.A.F
C. AF
Hanover
Germany
air ministry
R.C.A.F
R.A. F
Brunswick
Emden
Holland
R.C. A.F
Harold Lisson
Edmonton
Arthur Franklin
Vandura
Saskia
Hamburg
Britain
Berlin
RAF Disrupts Burma Railways and River Transport
RAF Beaufighters and Hurricanes targeted railway yards and river craft in western Burma. Beaufighters hit a locomotive and rolling stock south of Yeu, plus trucks on a west road to the Chindwin river. At Henzada three river boats were damaged, a freight barge and 25 smaller boats hit. Hurricanes struck near Boronga Island sinking six sampans. No RAF losses reported.
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NEW DELHI
Burma
R.A.F
raiway
Yeu
Chindwin
Henzada
Irrawaddy river
Akyab
Boronga Island
Brave British Tars Saved Nurses On Bombed Ship
American nurses aboard a hospital ship bombed near Salerno on Sept 12 credit the coolness of nurses and the bravery of British sailors for guiding them to safety. Lieut Blanche Sigman recalled doors blown off and flames as nurses fled to lifeboats and rope nets, many in improvised garb, with 176 in one boat before transfer to another hospital ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DON WHITEHEAD
Associated Press
U.S. NAVY
GULF OF SALERNO
Italy
gulf
Blanche Sigman
Cambridge
Lieut. Sigman
Pressure on Finschhafen
Allied forces advancing northwest in New Guinea captured Sagerak eight miles northwest of Kaiapit, tightening pressure on the Madang shipping base. In Finschhafen area Australian troops pressed toward the air and supply base, while Wewak airfield defenses faced bombing raids and air battles with Allied losses minimal.
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Southwest Pacific
Markham valley
Lae
Sagerak
New Guinea
Madang
Kaiapit
Finsehhafen
Bumi river
Finschhafen
Wewak
Hansa Bay
midway
But
Dagua
Restrictions And Wounds In War Speech At Lib real Federation Dinner
Ottawa Sept 28 Defence Minister Ralston warned that every advance by Canadian forces brings wounds and suffering for young Canadians and bereavement at home He urged no one to think the war is won stressing it has only begun He noted restrictions and shortages but compared them to hardships endured by the fighting forces
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
C.P
Ralston
Liberal Federation
Douglas Abbott
Montreal- St. Antoine-Westmount
Col. Ralston
Nazi Patrol Ship Blown Up Off Le Havre
British light naval craft surprised three German patrol ships off Le Havre France. One German vessel blew up another burned and a third was badly damaged. All British ships returned to harbor. one British officer was wounded in the engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Le Havre
France
admiralty
King Peter Heads to Middle East from Britain
London dispatch reports King Peter of Yaroslavia has departed Britain for the Middle East with his staff, as announced to officials. The trip marks a notable royal movement amid ongoing regional affairs and reflects Yaroslavian diplomacy in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Middle East
LONDON
Peter of
Wheat Peg Set At $1.25 By Canada Wheat Board
Ottawa reports the Winnipeg Grain Exchange halted trading as the Canadian Wheat Board took over cash wheat stocks to Sept 27 closing prices. The government raised the initial payment to producers to 1.25 a bushel for No. 1 Northern at Fort William and announced early payments on participation certificates from 1940 to 1942 crops.
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JAMES McCOOK
OTTAWA
IC.P
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Canadian Wheat Board
wheat board
Fort William
MacKinnon
grain exchange
Women Hear Churchill Urges Sustained War Effort
Prime Minister Churchill told 6,000 women at a government conference in London that Britain must keep up its present war effort for the next two years and potentially longer. The gathering, at Royal Albert Hall, brought workers from industry, military arts, and voluntary services to win support for the victory drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. DANIEL
Associated Preat
LONDON
Churchill
Britain
London Evening News
Royal Albert Hal
war cabinet
Canadian Bombers Battle Wolf Pack In North Atlantic
Long range Liberator bombers from the Canadian east coast base attacked German U boat wolf pack subs during a two day running battle to mid Atlantic. One aircraft returned with a motor disabled by gunfire and wings damaged. Flight Lt John Martin of Winnipeg praised the crew after the engagement.
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OTTAWA
mid-Atlantic
RCAF
air force
funtie
RCAFs
North Atlantic
wistel
FO N A
Foland
John Martin
Winniper
John Bulung
Vancouver
Adamson
Vegreville
Alla
damace
WiliamC Maxwell
Toronto
Billings
Andy
British drive seizes Foggia air base and Salerno gains
Allied forces under Montgomery and Clark push through southern Italy capturing Foggia with its dozen air fields and advancing 2 to 5 miles north of Salerno amid German resistance. Canadians press inland as 16th armored losses mount. Foggia’s capture threatens Balkans and Ploesti oil fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
North Africa
A.P
Albert Kesselring
Foggia
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Mark Clark
5th Army
Salerno
Montgomery
8th
B! Shapiro
Montreal Gazette
Sth
Lioni
Castelnuovo
Melfi
Naples
16th armored
Italy
Kesselring
Balkans
Germany
Ploesti
Romania
Fogzia
Nazis Land on Corfu Invasion Report From Berlin
Berlin radio reported German troops landed on Corfu off Greece after Italian troops turned down a surrender ultimatum. The broadcast claimed a brief fight ended with German forces occupying the island and taking several thousand prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Berlin
Corfu
Greece
Berlin Claims Split Recaptured
Berlin radio said German troops recaptured Split, the Yugoslav harbor town held by guerrillas after Italy's capitulation, as reported in London today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
C.P
Berlin
Split
Italy
Russians siege Gomel as they seize two towns
Soviet forces capture Zyabrovka and Zakopite near Gomel as they close in on the strategic southern White Russian rail hub. In Washington Roosevelt hails the Foggia fall as a major strategic success. Canada sentences two men to seven years for a bank hold-up. Three RCAF members die in an Alaska crash. Alberta health leader Dr Will Hall elected president of public health association. Alberta backs wheat actions as war measure. Two Cayley sisters improving after a crash near Calgary.
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GOMEL
LONDON
C.P
Zyabrovka
Zakopite
Moscow
ROOSEVEL
FOGGIA
WASHINGTON
Naz Germany
Roosevelt
Italy
GEE
VICTORIA
Charles \. Latbot
Bob Dionne
Douglas and Bay street
Canadian Bank of Commerce
H.C. Hall
WILL
CALGARY
EDMONSON
W. H. Hall
Alberta Public Health Association
Dr. H. Siemens
Lament
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KING
gus
Canada
National Liberal Federation
Tiberal
RAF
Govt
Winnipeg
Mr. Churchill
Wolf Pack
ALASKA
Royal Canadian Air Force
R.C.AF
Suesday
MacMILLAN
C.P.i
B. MacMillan
Alberta
CAYLEY
Sizh
S. E. Elves
H. McCaw
Qu’ Appelle
Sask
High River hospital
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