Italians Enter Zeila and Hargeisa in Somaliland Campaign
British communique reports Italian forces entered Zeila port in British Somaliland and captured Hargeisa after a desert march. A second column, 2,000 men, occupied Cadweina, as Italian divisions mass near the Libyan frontier and Cheren area in preparation for actions toward Egypt and the Suez Canal.
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Cairo
Zeila
Gulf of Aden
British Somaliland
Hargeisa
Cadweina
London
Mediterranean
Egypt
Pai Oa
Suez Canal
RAF Bomber Raids Hit Paris Le Bourget and Hamburg
The air ministry said a Royal Air Force medium bomber bombed Le Bourget airport near Paris on Tuesday afternoon, dropping its load before anti aircraft batteries could engage. RAF planes also attacked an oil plant at Hamburg and started fires at airfields in Holland and northern Germany.
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London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
le Bourget
Paris
R.A.F
Hamburg
Holland
Germany
Britain to Buy Entire 1940 Egyptian Cotton Crop
London August 7 Richard Butler Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs announced Britain will set up a commission to purchase the full 1940 Egyptian cotton harvest of 1,600,000 bales valued at about 300 million pounds for government stock.
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London
C.P
Richard Butler
Britain
Government keeps regular channels for war information
Ottawa reports the government will not ventralize Public Information offices and will use regular channels to distribute war news. Minister Gardiner says the public interest is best served by press distribution through standard government information services.
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Ottawa
C.P
Gardiner
National War Services
Canada
Wide Co operation National Registration
Winnipeg shops convert to volunteer booths for Work under the National Registration Act as merchants offer space for registrants. Winnipeg registration plans cover August 19 20 and 21 with city stations listing all persons ages 1 to 65. Edmonton registrars to be appointed in government and liquor board offices for the 1921 national registration.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Ivull
East Africa Economic Council Formed for War Policy
Nairobi on Aug 7 reports the creation of the East Africa Economic Council to coordinate economic and commercial policies for war purposes among Kenya Uganda Tanganyika Zanzibar Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The body represents British possessions during wartime.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Colony
C.p.reuters
East Africa Economic Council
Uganda
Tanganyika
Zanzibar
Rhodesia
Nyasaland
British Columbia Mulls Women's Farm Corps to Ease Harvest Shortage
Premier Pattullo said the province is considering a women’s farm corps this fall to address a potential labor shortage in BC crops. Minister MacDonald expects clarity after this month’s national registration. Ontario faces similar harvest labor pressures with schools delaying opening and 35 youths to assist in registration Aug 19-21.
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Victoria
C.P
Pattullo
British Columbia
Pattulle
Merce
Alberta Premier Declares Disappointment Over Bank Charter Refusal
Edmonton August 7 Premier Aberhart says he is astounded and naturally disappointed at the federal government's refusal to grant Alberta a bank charter. He criticizes opposition in Parliament led by Finance Minister Halston and notes prior claims by former Finance Minister Dunning about possible approval within four corners of the Bank Act.
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Edmonton
C.P
Aberhart
Province of Alberta
Alberta
Halston
Povernment
Dunning
King
Fed
New School Being Erected At Brooks
Work began Monday on a one room frame school on Brooks school grounds north of the present building. The structure is a temporary site for high school pupils from rural districts until the brick school's planned addition. The Eastern Irrigation District is moving a larger school unit on skids for a future permanent site. Dormitories and an additional instructor are expected to be added.
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Brooks
Eastern Irrigation
Roosevelt hints veterans may guard duties if guard federalized
President Roosevelt said First War veterans might assume home defense tasks if the national guard is federalized. He cited hemispheric cooperation and unity of the Americas as key outcomes of the Havana pan American conference. Edith Bathgate, 52, of Winnipeg, drowned at Grand Beach after a heart seizure while swimming.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
Roosevelt
Havana
Americas
Edith Bathgate
Winnipeg
Grand Beach
Man
Lady Buckland Captures Nazi Aviator Roaming England
Lady Buckland widow of Lord Buckland and sister in law to Lord Camrose publisher of The Daily Telegraph today captured a Nazi aviator who had been at large nine days after bailing out of a disabled plane.
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London
C.P
Buckland
Lord Buckland
Lord Camrose
Daily Telegraph
England
British seek hundreds of millions in war supplies
The British government began negotiations for hundreds of millions of dollars in tanks artillery and other war goods in addition to prior Allied orders. Purvis told Morgenthau the program covers many types of supplies not previously purchased in the United States. Ottawa reports Burns named as assistant to Crerar. About 800 Edmonton civic workers and families attended a civic works picnic in 20 years.
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Washington
C.P
Arthur B. Purvis
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
United States
Edmonton Civic
Civic Works
News to Publish Canada Registration Questions Series
Beginning Friday August 9 The News will publish a series explaining the 18 questions all Canadians 16 years old or older must answer for national registration. Each article covers three or four questions to aid readers and provide accurate guidance with deputy registrar instructions and the cooperation of H O Duggan registrar for Medicine Hat. Readers are urged to save the articles for reference during registration.
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H. O. Duggan
Medicine Hat
Accra Sunk Off Irish Coast After Torpedo Attack
The 9337 ton British freighter Accra was torpedoed and sunk off the west coast of Ireland while in convoy. Officials denied refugee children were aboard. 450 survivors were landed, 25 missing, one life boat overturned in rough seas. The submarine was believed sunk by escort ships.
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London
C.R
Accra
Ireland
Elder
Dempster
New York
C.P
Canada
House panel approves emergency excess profits tax plan
Washington Aug 7 AP The House tax sub committee approved an emergency excess profits tax on U S corporations to be based on actual profits or invested capital with an expected annual yield of 300 to 500 million dollars Chairman Jere Cooper said the full Ways and Means committee and Senate Finance will begin public hearings Friday
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Washington
House of Representatives Tax
Jere Cooper
House
Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committee
Alcantara Engaged Again Rumor Reported
A Brazilian paper claimed Alcantara is engaged again citing unconfirmed rumors. The report said loud explosions possibly from clashes between the British armed merchantman Alcantara and a German raider were heard at sea last night. British officials had no information.
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Rio DE Janiero
Andren
Winnipeg man named divisional head for Investigators Syndicate
Mr and Mrs C Keith Muir of Winnipeg halted in Medicine Hat en route to Calgary where Mr Muir assumes duties as divisional manager for Investigators Syndicate covering Southern Alberta and Southeastern B C He joined the staff six years ago and in 1938 became Winnipeg city agency manager His rapid advancement reflects his organizational ability and sales skill He plans to visit Medicine Hat often.
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C. Keith Muir
Winnipeg
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Muir
Investigators Syndicate
Alberta
B.C
Medicine Hut
Canada approves broad social and war legislation
The first session of Canada’s 19th parliament adjourned with royal assent given to 24 government measures and 61 divorce bills. The unemployment Insurance Act makes compulsory unemployment insurance for 2,100,000 workers, and a treachery penalty law was enacted. An amendment to the Canada Wheat Act also becomes law as the Senate approves the supply bill.
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Ottawa
Canada
Commons
Senate
Lyman P. Duff
Carbon dioxide aids in war and rescue operations
The article explains carbon dioxide’s wartime uses from transport and rescue to air combat. It details a bottle of liquid CO2 attached to inflatable life boats and emergency vests, releasing gas to rapidly inflate devices used by aviators and refugees across flooded zones.
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New York
Tapo
Holland
Walter Kidde
Grasshopper Drift Over City Warns Farmers to Act Now
Local farmers warn the grasshopper invasion could worsen this fall if not quickly managed. Officials describe a northwest drift over the city with millions seen moving on wind currents. Shallow fall cultivation is urged to destroy egg-laying sites while bait is discouraged as the sole method.
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Departments of Agriculture
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Richard Greene
Mrovie Stax
Hollywood
Vancouver
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C.A
U.S.A
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Royal Navy
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