Britain preps gradual invasion as per Gayda claim
Virginio Gayda in Il Giornale D Italia says a rapid lightning invasion of Britain is unlikely. He predicts a drawn out campaign to wear Britain down, with Germany disorganizing the island and Italy targeting British naval forces in the Mediterranean and beyond. Reports from Europe hint at final invasion preparations and Gibraltar moves near La Lines.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
Britain
Gayda
H Gironale D'Italia
Germany
France
Italy
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
Berne
Spain
Gerikit
Gibraltar
England
Acros
Channel
la Lines
Camden Fire Kills Seven in Four-Block Blaze
A series of explosions leveled a paint factory and damaged 67 homes in central Camden New Jersey. Fire and blast fear spread as 500 National Guardsmen patrolled the area and residents sought missing relatives with 35 explosions heard. Local officials reported at least seven dead and a factory worth about 1 million dollars destroyed.
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Camden, Nut
C.pi
Camden
George K. Brurmer
Hin
R. M. Hollingshead, Jr
United States Navy
Gasoline Shortage Strangles Vichy Reorganization Efforts
Reports from Switzerland indicate a gasoline shortage in unoccupied France is hindering the Vichy government’s efforts to reorganize the area. Desperate shortages of food and supplies persist in about a dozen regions due to the lack of fuel for transport.
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Geneva
C.P
France
Switzerland
Old Box Cars Used For Storing Wheat
Winnipeg reports a flood of requests from western farmers for obsolete box cars to store grain. The Canadian Pacific Railway purchasing department says supply is tiny and already exhausted due to publicity urging preservation of cars for grain storage.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
Western Lines
C.P.R
Early Thursday ads offer splendid bar gain savings
Readers are urged to study today's News advertisements and shop Thursday morning to share in substantial savings. The message emphasizes value across multiple listings and encourages prompt participation.
American Intervention Is Seen German Loss Heavy
The Air Ministry reported July losses for Germany totaling 240 aircraft shot down and at least 600 officers killed or captured, with ten killed or taken prisoner. In Algeciras Italian aircraft reportedly bombed Gibraltar, explosions heard across the bay and anti aerial guns opened fire.
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London
Air Ministry
Germany
Algeciras
Gibraltar
Communal Feed Plans Considered in Britain War Economy
London reports consider replacing home cooking with mass produced dining halls to feed the population under government control. The plan may include assembly line cooking or government underwriting eateries to feed workers and the public, seen as a solution to wartime food protests.
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London
Britain
Whitehall
Ciades
Politics Hampers First Year of Prairie Farm Act
In Ottawa July 31, T. C. Douglas claims the Prairie Farm Assistance Act suffers from excessive political influence among field staff. He says it is hard to administer a complex act while running a politics machine, citing inspectors promoting elections over duties. Douglas suggests using municipal offices for administration. Diefenbaker proposes different governance.
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Ottawa
C.P
T. C. Douglas
C.C.P
Weyburn
House of Commons
House
United States Poised to Seize Caribbean Colonies
New York Daily News reports the United States plans a naval expeditionary force to impose a trusteeship over French and Dutch possessions in the Caribbean. Four old destroyers and two 75,000 ton former liners would spearhead the operation, with British and Caribbean support claimed as guaranteed.
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New York
New York Daily News
United States
Caribbean Sea
France
Netherlands
Sania Maria
Santa Barbara
United States Navy
Great Britain
Martinique
State Department
England
Bearn
West Indies
Havana
Hemisphere
Bank clearings for month ending July 11 rise then fall
The report shows July 11 bank clearings at 964597 dollars, down from 1013711 dollars the prior year. June 1940 clearings stood at 1001360 dollars, framing the month trend.
Wings Over Canada display at Eaton’s honours airmen
The T Eaton Company features a patriotic window display titled Wings Over Canada. A large Air Marshal Billy Bishop portrait is the centerpiece with photo enlargements of Canada’s aircraft industry the Commonwealth Air Training Plan and fighting craft including Bolingbrokes Stranraers and Spitfire fighters. The display invites close study.
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Canada
T. Eaton Company
Billy” Bishop
Bolingbrokes
Stranraers
Treachery Act Passed by Senate During War
Ottawa July 31 The Treachery Act providing the death penalty for acts against the public or aiding the enemy was passed by the Senate yesterday. Conservative leader Meighan questioned if provisions would stay in force indefinitely and, assured the act would be operative for the duration of the war, gave consent to intermediate passage.
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Ottawa
Senate
Meighan
Final Runs for Old C P R Engineers Murdoch Morrison and George James
Murdoch Morrison of 538 Cam bridge street ends a 37 year CPR career tonight at 9 50 p m guiding No 12 from Lethbridge into the station. George F James retires tomorrow after starting with the CPR in 1904 with most service on the Lethbridge and Medicine Hat divisions.
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Murdoch Morrison
Cambridge Street
C.P.R
Morrison
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Murcoch Morrison
George F. James
Mr. James
George James
Britain seals Arctic to Africa shipping block
Britain orders a wartime shipping ban effective at midnight extending from the Arctic to North Africa. Non-British lines must use certified navigators to access coaling, drydock and insurance at British ports, with potential water denial for offending ships. The move ends wartime control bases.
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Arctic
Africa
London
Britain
House of Commons
Dalton
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Alcantara
South Atlantic
Admiralty
Aegean
Dodecanese Islands
Greecian
Refresher Course Yields High Praise From Royal Military College
Capt. C. W. Richardson of the Infantry Reserve and 43 Canadians completed a two week refresher war course at the Royal Military College Kingston Ontario. He called the program extremely worthwhile noting emphasis on home defense tactics and problems. Other Albertans and officers named include Major H. H. Strachan VC MC S A R Major E K A Pitman S A R Major D G L Sunningham MC VLD G S O M D 18 and Capt. R. Wood Edmon ton Fusiliers.
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C. W. Richardson
Infantry Reserve Co Y
Veterans Home Guard
Royal Military College
Kingston
Ontario
Richardson
Connaught Ranges
Ottawa
T C A official touts empire air training scheme value
William Straith of Trans-Canada Air Lines, western traffic manager, told Rotarians in Lethbridge that every cent spent on T C A airports and buildings has been repaid many times over by the foundation laid in the British Empire air training scheme.
Evacuee Children Arrive in Canada From England
About 100 children plus escorts arrived at a Northwest port under the British evacuation program. They walked 72 abreast along the wharves to floating decks, each group led by guardians. Gas masks coats and identity discs were worn as gun crews in steel helmets welcomed them aboard. In London, a German radio station at Bremen went off air in daytime for the first time, signaling potential air raids.
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Canada
Great Britain
London
Bremen
Germany
Premier Denies Charges Canada Arming Japan
Ottawa reports a heated defence debate as M. J. Coldwell and Hon. Grote Stirling pressed the issue of Canada arming Japan. The Prime Minister denied any export of essential war material and rejected calls for a secret session to disclose war plans or U S base proposals in Canada.
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Ottawa
M. J. Coldwell
Canada
Japan
Great Britain
House of Commons
Grote Stirling
Coldwell
United States
War News and Local Note: 1915 Reported
1915 July 31 items include Lublin under Austrian occupation and Pope Benedict’s peace appeal. German subs sink eight British trawlers in the North Sea. artillery actions reported in Artois and the Aisne Valley. Cairo RAF communique notes reconnaissance flights with eleven enemy aircraft seen, Tobruk and Derna. Obituary: Clifford F. Ross, 67, veteran Acadian Recorder reporter in Halifax.
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Lublin
Poland
Pope Benedict
North Sea
Artois
Aisne Valley
Cairo
R.A.F
Tobruk
Derna
Clifford F. Ross
Acadian Recorder
Halifax
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Cordell Hull
U.S
Camden, N.J
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Mary Kobus
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Douglas
NEW York News
Caribbbean
Aegean Sea
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Kingston, Ontario
T.C.A. Justified
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