Only Military Targets Will Be Bombed By RAF
Air Marshal Sir Philip Joubert stated the RAF will target military targets only, continuing to strike Berlin Bremen Hamburg and Ruhr cities while avoiding civilian areas. He warned of ongoing winter raids, defended bombing industrial targets, and said Allied forces are ready to repel any invasion plans by Hitler.
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Great Britain
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Philip Joubert
Brictish Broadcasting Corporation
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France
Sir Philip
Italy
England
Philip
Hitler
Engish Channel
Nazi broadcasts warn on prisoner lists for propaganda
The War Office memorandum in London, released via the National Defence Department, cautions Ottawa readers that German wireless broadcasts listing prisoners of war should not be trusted. It says such lists are intended to lure listeners with German viewpoints and are often incomplete or inaccurate, while asserting efforts to locate missing personnel continue abroad and at home without any action needed by relatives.
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Ottawa
War Office
London
Rational Defence Department
Kindergarten Pete MontreAl German pilots in blitz claim
A letter from Essex recounts a 15 year old Montreal German pilot and crew aboard a bomber shot down near the writer's home. Five in the German craft. three unharmed, one slightly hurt. The note reflects Hitler's blitz over England during the war.
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Montreal
England
C. G Eigie
Essex
Wes
Ottawa debates united war services drive plan
War Services Minister Gardiner outlined a push for a single, united public appeal to support wartime services. Delegates discussed reducing multiple appeals and coordinating with the Red Cross, with a possible cutoff date and further talks before September 18.
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United War Services
War Services
Gardiner
Red Cross
Germany fortifies borders to deter Soviet coup risk
Diplomatic circles in Washington report Germany has taken extensive precautions against a Soviet coup during any Hitler invasion of the British Isles. Berlin is said to have massed over 1,000,000 troops in German or occupied zones near Russian territory and fortified areas in northern Norway. Troops are described as positioned north and south of Tromso to block a thrust from Finnish corridors toward Norway or the Atlantic coast. Diplomats note Germany also guaranteed new borders of Romania against Soviet attack along the Black Sea.
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Washington
Hitler
British Isles
Niway
Tromso
Sweden
Norway
Atlantic
Rumania
Black Sea
Dangerous Vichy moves to expel Jewish and émigré group
In a post reorganization council, under M. Petain, ministers ordered public and private bodies to expel all employees or members deemed unable to serve the nation. The government also stripped citizenship from a group that left France between May 10 and June 30 without authorization. Names were not disclosed.
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Vichy
France
Council of Ministers
M. Petain
Council
Petain
Canadian ex-Servicemen’s Association picks honorary presidents
London reports LT Gen A G L McLaughton and Major General G R Pearkes of Canada’s overseas forces have accepted honorary presidencies in the Canadian ex-Servicemen’s Association of Great Britain. The association was formed after the first Great War by veterans of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces.
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London
A. G. L. Mclaughton
G. R. Pearkes
Canada
Overseas Forces
ex-Servicemen's Association of
Great Britain
Dian Expeditionary Forces
Japanese envoy seen as likely successor to Horinouchi
Yoshisuke Aikawa, a leading Japanese industrialist, is seen as the most probable successor to Kensuke Horinouchi as Japanese ambassador to the United States. Horinouchi was among many diplomats recalled in a global shake-up of Japan's diplomatic corps.
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Kensuke Horinouchi
United States
Yoshisuke Aikawa
Japan
Horinouchi
Three Converted Liners Ottawa Naval Convert Crews
Munitions Minister C D Howe announced that three converted liners will serve as auxiliary cruisers this fall starting with the Prince Robert, followed by the Prince David and the North Star in October. The ships, altered to meet navy needs, were built on Pacific and Atlantic coasts and the St Lawrence. The program costs about 62 million dollars and keeps shipyards busy through 1941.
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Ottawa
North Star
C.D. Howe
Canada
Naval Service
Pacific
Atlantic
St. Lawrence River
Howe
British Admiralty
Churchill Vows Britain Ready For Invasion Threat
Prime Minister Winston Churchill declares Britain ready as Hitler's invasion threat looms. He cites indiscriminate bombings of London and a Nazi armada massing from Norway to the Bay of Biscay, emphasizing resolve to defend the island and preserve freedom.
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Britain
London
Hitler
British Isles
Winston Churchi
Channel
Norway
Bay of Biscay
Europe
Military Training Canada Nears Call for Single Men
War Services Minister J. G Gardiner announced that Canada has about 968,625 single men aged 19 to 45 available for military training from 243 constituencies. Nationwide registration reports total 968,625. 21-year-old class totals 17,038 with 29,750 planned to be called initially and a projected 40,000 unfit.
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Canada
Ottawa
War Services
J. G Gardiner
Canadian pilot tops RAF squadron on Libyan front
A pilot officer from Victoria BC is the ace of a Royal Air Force squadron on the Libyan frontier. He has bagged five Mussolini bombers and fighters. The Canadian joined the RAF two years ago. His squadron has accounted for more than 30 Italian planes.
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London
Toria
Royal Air Force
Mussolini
British Youths Arrive For Air Training Here In Canada
Ottawa reports the imperial air training plan expanding rapidly as British youths, Australians, and New Zealanders train in Canada. First fully trained air crew to graduate from the initial school at Eglinton Hunt Club will depart late this month, with pilots and gunners following. By year end 33 schools will operate, rising to 48, supporting 16 000 personnel across 29 sites, with Canadians and Britons mixed in classes.
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Ottawa
Dominion
New
Eglinton Hunt Club
Toronto
United Kingdom
Air Force
Free French group warned Syrians face occupation
Syrians have been warned that unless they line up with free France they must face German or Italian occupation. The warning was given by Gen. de Larminat, governor of French Equatorial Africa, and his committee of free Frenchmen in London after the territory shifted from Vichy to de Gaulle.
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Free France
de Larminat
French Equatorial Africa
Vichy
Charles de Gaulle
London
Bomb in Berlin Incendiary Bomb Falls Near Goebbels Garden
German wireless broadcast claims an incendiary bomb weighing about 215 pounds dropped near Reich Propaganda Minister Goebbels residence. It damaged the minister’s garden but allegedly destroyed only a bed of roses.
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