Huge Nazi Army Built Up to Steady Morale
London reports Hitler is expanding the Waffen SS into an estimated 15 to 20 divisions or more than 500,000 men. The force, trained for street fighting, has been establishing barracks and machine gun posts in major cities since 1941. Commanded by Kurt Daluege, it includes elite units such as Leibstandarte, Das Reich, and Totenkopf, plus Viking and other motorized divisions.
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London
Adolph Hitler
Nazi Party
Waffen SS
Hitler
Muscolini
Hitler Youth
Norway
Denmark
Holland
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Kurt Daluege
Leiberrandarte
Adolf Hitler
Das Reich
Viking
Europe
Price Board Orders Purchases To Curb Bundling
Ottawa issues an immediate price board order making it illegal for merchants to force customers to buy extra goods when buying other items in short supply. Exceptions cover practices established during or before Sept 15 to Oct 11, 1941 and goods under provincial control such as alcohol. The order does not hinder selling items normally sold in sets.
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Ottawa
Price Board
Coal Output Ottawa June Production Declines
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports Canada's coal mines produced 1,346,851 tons in June, down from 1,386,452 the same month last year. First six months total 3,853,962 tons, a 6 percent drop from the first half of 1942.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Viscount Halifax Arrives in Britain with Lady Halifax
London report says Viscount Halifax the British ambassador to the United States and Lady Halifax have arrived in Britain in a diplomatic visit to conclude talks and resupply the embassy staff.
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Britain
London
Bomb tonnage totals across Germany in World War II
Air ministry figures show RAF and RCAF bombed Germany from Sept 3 1939 to July 31 1943 totaling 136100 tons. Ruhr received 68700 tons, 44700 in the first seven months of 1943. Mediterranean air forces delivered 28000 tons since Italy entered the war. Nazi bombing of Britain amounted to 71000 tons to date, with only 2000 tons in the early war period.
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London
RAF
RCAF
Germany
Air Ministry
Ruhr
United States
Mediterranean
Italy
Britain
Montreal police uncover large hoard in north end home
Police locate a cache worth about 10000 in a cupboard under a sink in a Montreal north end house. The find includes 5000 to 6000 in Canadian currency 25 pounds of silver in tin cans 150 in US currency assorted jewellery and over 50 pounds of sugar awaiting owner identification.
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Montreal
United States
In-Command Admiral Cunningham Leads Allied Mediterranean
In Command Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham of the British Navy serves as commander in chief of Allied operations in the Mediterranean theater guiding strategy and coordination among forces during World War II.
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Sir Andrew Cunningham
Mediterranean
Axis planes seized in Sicily dwarfing losses top 999 captured
Allied air command reports 999 Axis aircraft recovered from Sicilian fields. Among them 232 Messerschmitt 109s, most wrecked but a surprisingly large number were still serviceable and flown to salvage centres. American anti aircraft gunners are aiding Malta's defenses in new evidence of Allied cooperation.
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Sicily
Allied
North Africa
Allied Air Command
Instrument Instructors Sing On Tail Of Oxford Tainer
Expert RCA F instrument instructors sing a flight map on the tail of a twin engined Oxford trainer. Wing Commander D F Macdonald commanding officer No 1 Instrument Flying Training School Deseronto Ontario and Squadron Leader Harry Gibson of Newcastle on Tyne chief flying instructor lead the crew. Macdonald is a RAF pioneer in synthetic training via the Link and an authority on instrument flying. Gibson, an airlines pilot before the war, has flown 37 operational bomber trips against enemy targets.
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D. F. Macdonald
No. 1
Instrument
Deseronto
Ont
Harry Gibson
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Macdonald
RAF
Gibson
Submarine attack misses cargo carrier off St Lawrence
During last summer a Nazi submarine fired torpedoes at a Canadian freighter near the St Lawrence. Captain Mac Lamoureux of Montreal and first officer Ross Sinclair of Toronto maneuvered the ship to safety. The torpedo exploded on the south shore, shocking villagers with shattered windows. The submarine then dived but struck the freighter, reportedly sinking after the collision.
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Maxinean
Ross Sinclair
Toronto
St Lawrence
Mac Lamoureux
Montreal
Women take major role in northern mail handling
Dominion and provincial postal officials report women are taking a major part in handling mail during a 4,500 mile inspection trip through the Northwest Territories and Yukon. Women are assisting at McMurray Canal project Fort Norman Fort Nelson and Dawson City with the Ottawa chief G Herring and district officials from Calgary Vancouver and Edmonton present.
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Edmonton
Dominion
N.W.T
Yukon
McMurray
Fort Norman
Fort Nelson
Dawson City
G. Herring
Ottawa
Alr
Dominion Postal Department
J. B. Corley
Calgary
G. H. Clarke
Vancouver
T. J. Reilly
King Proclaims Sept 3 National Day of Prayer and Dedication
London. Buckingham Palace announced the King directs Friday September 3 as the fourth anniversary of the war to be observed as a national day of prayer and dedication. The announcement states His Majesty hopes the day will unite the nation in reverent reflection and support.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Submarine War Talks Delayed By High Level Agreement
Washington reports that a July anti submarine operation statement was postponed by agreement of the president and Prime Minister Churchill. The Office of War Information did not add details. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Churchil
O.W.L
Forage Seed Supply Seeks Global Aid and Growth
Ottawa reports Canada plans a major role in rebuilding after wartime disruption by supplying forage crop seeds. Officials urge farmers to save seed including Alsike clover and alfalfa to meet domestic UN and liberated areas needs. Seed dealers must issue profit certificates from Lindsay office to share profits.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Nelson Young
Mr. Young
Lindsay
Ont
Agriculture Department Special Products Board
Roy F. Hendrickson
United States War Food Administration
United Nations
Evacuation Plans Reported for Berlin Government
Stockholm reports from Dagens Nyheter that a traveler from Germany says Berlin officials plan to evacuate the city. The Zurich correspondent notes ministries preparing to relocate, with the destination kept secret as nonessential civilians already depart.
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Stockholm
Zurich
Dagens Nyheter
Germany
Berlin
Surgical feat saves soldier with two heart stitches
CAMP BRECKINRIDGE reports a surgical feat where a soldier stabbed in the heart survived after two stitches were placed in the heart muscle. Capt. TR Curran, post hospital executive officer, credited Major William Q. Gillesby surgeon and former University of Illinois instructor. The patient, unnamed, walked in his ward eight days later.
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Terian
Breckinridge
TR. Curran
Post Hospital
Curran
William Q. Gillesby
University of Illinois
Build Many Houses Edmonton
Victor T. Goggin of Toronto, managing director of Wartime Housing Limited, said the construction program for 17 500 houses across Canada is approaching 2529.
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Edmonton
Victor T. Goggin
Toronto
Th Wartime Housing Limited
Canada
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T. W. L. MacDermot
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N. W. Morton
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H. P. Spaulding
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