Recall Scenes Of Battles Of First Great War
Ottawa notes that as the 1st Canadian Army advances toward the Seine Allied forces recall the bloodier clashes of 1916 to 1918. It cites Somme fighting in 1916 including St Eloi Sanctuary Wood Hooge Courceliette and Vimy Ridge, plus Paschendale Amiens and the Queant Drocourt line from 1918.
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Ottawa
Seine River
France
Seine
Somme
St. Eloi
Sanctuary Wood
Hooge
Courceliette
Vimy Ridge
Paschendale
Amiens
Queant-Drocourt
Truce Party Fire Near Cape Giens Escapes Casualties
War report by George Tucker recounts a near collision at Parquerelle where a truce party aboard a torpedo boat approached harbor under white flags. German shore batteries opened fire at point blank range as 88 mm shells roared, yet the vessel escaped with no casualties while battleships pounded the peninsula.
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Cape Giens
George Tucker
William C. Baxter
Baltimore
Parquerelle
Peninula
Polish Army Receives Congratulations From Crerar
Lt Gen Crerar sent a message of congratulation to Gen Stanislaus Maczek commander of the Polish armored division fighting with the Canadians in France. He said Polish troops played an important and gallant part in the fighting and that the 1st Canadian Army is proud to count them among its formations. He added that mutual effort promises a timely final victory.
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France
Crerar
Stanislaus Maczek
Falaise
Mensage
German Woman Found Among Dead Tank Crew in France
Reuters correspondent Doon Campbell reports a German woman found among casualties of a German tank knocked out in recent fighting with the British Second Army in France.
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London
France
Doon Campbell
Reuters News Agency
Death by own action rocks French coastal defense head
Admiral Siegfried Wieder aged 35 commander of German naval forces in southern France was found dead by suicide in St Eutrope near Aix en Provence four days before the Allied invasion. French resistance said he faced possible execution over alleged links to anti Hitler plot.
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ST. Eutrope
France
Siegfried Wieder
Nice
Perpignan
Aix en-Provence
Wieder
Netherianders and Jews moved from Vught to Germany
A Nazi occupied report says about 3000 Dutch people including all Jews at Vught concentration camp have been transported to Germany for re internment. The transfer is shown as part of a policy to empty Dutch camps and political prisons by sending internees to Germany.
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London
Vught
Holland
Germany
Netherlands
Campaign Against Illiteracy Drives Mexico Nationwide
President Avila Zamacho issues a decree ordering adults to teach reading and writing to illiterate Mexicans aged six to forty. The measure aims to raise literacy across the country. Mexico's first navy consisted of a small flotilla of armed rowboats.
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Mexico City
Avila Zamacho
Mexico
Bright Prospects Seen for Dumbarton Oaks Peace Talks
Three U S senators hailed the Dumbarton Oaks conference as promising for a future peace organization. Senator Tom Connally said outcomes look propitious while Senator Arthur Vandenberg called the session favorable. Senator Sheridan Downey asserted great events loom as John Foster Dulles arrived with Dewey ideas for a U N type body.
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Mich
Senate
Sheridan Downey
Dem
Cal
Woodrow Wilson
John Foster Dulles
Thomas E. Dewey
Hull
Andrei A. Gromyko
Allies to Swap Ill Prisoners and Civilians at Goteborg
Ottawa says a September exchange between Germany and Allied nations will repatriate seriously ill and wounded prisoners and surplus personnel at Goteborg Sweden. British and German civilians will swap on the same day aboard the Drottningholm, with lists and next of kin notices to follow.
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Germany
Ottawa
Goteborg
Sweden
External Affairs Department
Goteburg
Canada
United States
New York
Gripsholm
Nextyof-Kin
Drottningholm
Ontario Women May Help Harvest Alberta Grain
A. P. Mac Lachlan, acting manager of the national selective service here, said arrangements are set for civilian workers to go to the prairie provinces. Two groups of women from Ontario will assist in Alberta harvests, including current Ontario farm workers and women with Ontario farm experience invited by western friends.
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Ontario
Alberta
Edmonton
Canada
A. P. MacLachlan
Natonal
Exposed Plotter in London Reveals Goerdeler Informer
German Trans Ocean News Agency reports a Luftwaffe teletypist exposed as a plotter against Hitler. The girl allegedly received a 400000 dollar reward for informing on Leipzig mayor Karl Goerdeler, with two Luftwaffe staff earning 50000 dollars each for aiding her.
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London
Transocean
Hitler
Karl Goerdeler
Leipzig
Luftwaffe
New Anti Cholera Vaccine Reported by Dr MacDonald
Dr Ellice MacDonald of Fort Ellice Saskatchewan leads a trio with Drs Robert Jennings and R W Linton announcing a new cholera vaccine. The vaccine is easy to produce inexpensive and requires a single dose for cure or prevention. Immunity lasts about a year and 65 000 doses fit in a small flask.
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Toronto
Ellice MacDonald
Fort Ellice, Sask
Franklin Biochemical Research Foundation
Newark
Delaware
MacDonald
Robert J. Jennings
R. W. Linton
Franklin Institute
J. MacDonald
Brig
Jen. H. F. MacDonald
Canadian Pensions Board
D. H. MacDonald
Saskatchewan
Official figure on Athabaskan crew prisoners set at 81
Ottawa reports 81 crew members held as prisoners of war after the Canadian destroyer Athabaskan was sunk in the English Channel last April. The German radio claimed 85 were rescued. Britain later confirmed 43 survivors. 203 were missing. The same dispatch notes labor relations board bargained for five industries at the Great Lakes.
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Germany
Ottawa
Athabaskan
English Channel
Allen B. Thrasher
Toronto
Naval Headquarters
Britain
Labor Bargaining
National Labor Relations Board
The
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
T.L.C
Allied Forces Destroy 1200 German Tanks in Western France
Allied authorities report destruction or damage to about 1200 German tanks in western France since D-day. The tally reflects sustained armored losses amid ongoing operations across coastal and interior fronts.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
France
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Steviano Field
Winnipeg
Joseph S. Davis
Stanford University
California
Davis
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
R. P. MacLean
Kelowna Courier
Associatio
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St. James Leader
Association
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Mr. MacLean
J. T. Irving
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Dr. Davis
G. 8. Mathieson
Alexander Christie
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