Bombs Rain on Nazi Cities in Wide Raids
The RAF hit Berlin and twelve other German cities in a night raid range from Norway to France. Targets included Magdeburg Hanover Essen Krupp works and Cologne with heavy fires reported. Thirteen bombers were lost and Nazi daylight raids followed on a northeast coast town, with casualties.
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London
Norway
France
R.A.F
Berlin
Magdeburg
Hanover
Essen
Krupp
Air Ministry
Stettin
Kiel
Bremen
Osnabruck
Duisburg
Cologne
Reich
Netherlands
le Havre
Britain
General Alexander visits Calgary for inspections of training centres
Major General R O Alexander arrives in Calgary from Vancouver by Trans-Canada Air Lines. He, with Brigadier Harvey, inspects Red Deer’s Canadian Army Services Corps centre then proceeds to Camrose and a city inspection. The trip includes a parade with over 1 000 officers and various units before returning to Vancouver.
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Calgary
C.P
R. O. Alexander
D.S.O
Comer
Facine Coast Command
Vancouver
Trans-Canada Air Lines
M. W. Harvey
V.C
Mit
Military District 13
Alberta
Harvey
Red Deer
Reva
Canadian Army Services Corps
Burton Williamson
Eyerney
Russian forces claim Mariampol and Korazonk
25 Years Ago report notes Russian troops capture Mariampol and Korazonk during Giljein action. British torpedo destroyer Lasay sunk off the Dutch coast. Anzac forces lead British advances north of Pozieres and raid German trenches at La Folie Farm on Vimy Ridge.
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Atty
Mariampol
Korazonk
Giljein
Pritish
Lasay
Anzaca
Pozieres
la Folie
Vimy Ridge
Calgary War Ace Presumed Killed
Royal Air Force pilot Flight Lieutenant William L. McKnight D F C of Edmonton is listed missing and presumed killed after air operations on January 12. He had 23 enemy planes credited and served in the all Canadian squadron under Douglas Bader. Calgary’s B G Haylock is also reported killed on active service.
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London
C.P. Cable
Vlying
William L. McKnight
D.F.C
Edmonton
Alta
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
Lnr
Douglas Bader
PO. McKnight
B. G. Haylock
Calgary
Raid on Gneisenau
Pilot Officer Jack Alder of Goderich Ontario describes his first operational flight over German-occupied territory as navigator and bomb aimer aboard a heavy bomber. The Canadian Press observer details risks from anti-aircraft fire and enemy fighters.
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Jackalder
Goderich
Ont
Royal Canadian Air Force
Alberta bans children under 18 from public gatherings
Edmonton August 13 The Alberta board of health ordered all places of public assembly closed to children 17 years old and under to stop poliomyelitis spread after four new cases raised the season total to 22. The order covers churches schools theatres pools playgrounds and similar venues with owners responsible for enforcement.
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Edmonton
Alberta Board of Health
Alberta Health Department
Calgary
Red Deer
Lomond
Local Boards of Health
Canada 1940 Motor Vehicle Output Surges Ahead
Production in Canada during 1940 rose 43 percent in number and 76 percent in value compared with 1939, signaling a strong rebound in the automotive industry and reflecting higher demand and inflationary effects on output and pricing.
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Canada
Sing Sing Prison Name Origin Revealed from Indian Terms
The name Sing Sing prison derives from the Indian words ossine ossine meaning stone upon stone, reflecting the rugged quarry-like setting. The historical note links the facility’s naming to native language and geology.
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Sing Sing Prison
Ossine
Public Works bans minors at pools amid polio scare
Edmonton health board notes no polio or other communicable diseases in the city and reports no cases. Officials confirm an order restricting public gatherings of youths 17 and under at swimming pools and related events. Placards marked Quarantined have fallen into disuse as the mood shifts.
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Department of Public Works
Edmonton
Focal Health Board
Petains Surrender Shocks Capitals Across Europe
German charges claim United States seeks to seize Martinique following Petain's pro Nazi shift. Berlin ties the speech to covert American plots, while Washington and London debate U S interests and potential break with Vichy. De Gaulle gains support as Darlan is hailed in Germany. Continued on Page Nine.
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Germany
United States
Martinique
West Indies
Marshal Petain
Berlin
Petain
Washington
London
Vichy
Fetain
State Department
Brazil
Dakar
Americas
Hull
Charles de Gaulle
Lord Beaverbrook
London Daily Express
Jean Darlan
Darlan
France
Fuehrer
Hindenburg
Nazi Foreign Office
Continent
Royal Guest Arrives in City During Royal Tour
The Duke of Kent arrives from Calgary at 10 o clock tomorrow. No one may use the station platform or North Railway street and standing room only is ordered on the sidewalk. His visit will conclude with a stop at City Hall to sign the visitors book. Doubled parking is discouraged along the route. The trip goes from the station north on North Railway, west on Second Street to City Hall, south on Sixth Avenue to the Empire Club rooms, then through the business district to the airport.
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Duke of Kent
Calgary
North Railway Street
Lang
North Railway
Second Street
City Hall
Sixth Avenue
H.M.F. Empire Club
Airport
Special Delivery Milk Ban Ordered in Alberta
The Alberta provincial board of public utilities bans special delivery of milk and creams in Edmonton Calgary Lethbridge Red Deer and Crow’s Nest Pass effective Aug 16 to conserve gasoline for Canada’s war effort. Distributors may only use regular delivery vehicles for the consumer’s area.
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Edmonton
C.P
Provincial Board of Public Utilities
Alberta
Calgary
Lethbrilze
Red Deer
Crow’s Nest Pass
G .M. Blackstock
Canada
Rural co operatives run seven thousand phones in Canada
About 7 100 or five per cent of the telephones in Canada are operated by rural co operative companies. The sale of gasoline and oil in Saint John NB and vicinity has shown a definite reduction, oil company officials and service station operators report.
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Canada
Saint John
N.B
Wartime Steel Board Formed in Canada
Ottawa announces creation of a Wartime Steel Advisory Committee to aid steel controller H. D. Scully and Munitions Minister Howe. The panel will seek radical readjustment of supply from Canadian sources to prevent a serious dislocation of the war effort.
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Ottawa
C.P
H. D. Scully
Howe
No Encirclement Menzies States
Sydney dispatch reports Australians awaited cabinet sessions with Prime Minister Menzies refraining from new acts against Japan. He said ministers would form the cabinet view for Britain and other dominions, stressing Britain is not party to encircling Japan but cares about empire security, naming Singapore as a key point.
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Sydney
Australia
C.P
R. G. Menzies
Far East
Britain
Japan
Singapore
Endurance golf match at Medicine Hat goes to 57th hole
City notes record a strenuous 18 hole duel between Jim Fairbairn and Jack McKay at Medicine Hat Golf Course, finally decided after the 57th hole. Also in brief, Captain N A White and Lieut G H Davison are identified with local militia, and Highway Patrol works on river flat ball diamond preparations with seeding to grass required.
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Jim Fairbairn
Jack McKay
Medicine Hat
River Flat
Nazi Horde races to the Black Sea
Nazi high command claims troops pursue retreating Soviet forces toward Black Sea ports and describe an Odessa squeeze. Berlin says western Ukraine is collapsing as Red Army counters. Moscow reports battles along the front and a Danube bridge destruction. RAF raids Berlin again.
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The
Black Sea
Hitler
Ukraine
Odessa
Ochakov
Bug River
Red Army
Berlin
Semeon Duchenny
Dnieper River
Moscow
Danube River
Cerna-Voda
Bucharest
Constanta
Lake Ilman
Leningrad
D.N.B
Royal Air Force
Situation Grave at National Steel Car Plant in Hamilton
C H Millard executive director of the steel workers organizing committee says the situation is grave at the National Steel Car plant in Hamilton. He asks Prime Minister Mackenzie King to personally attend to the matter. A strike began July 28 over union recognition and a prior walkout followed unjust dismissal claims. Brunning, government controller, must meet the negotiating committee without delay.
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Toronto
National Steel Car
Hamilton
C. H. Millard
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Mackenzie King
Department of Labor
Ottawa
E. J. Brunning
Millard
Brunning
Advance Poll Records Minimal Ballot Turnout
Two ballots were cast at the advance poll yesterday for the 275 000 money by law loan to extend the city electric light and power plant. Polls open today and tomorrow at city hall for advance voting and Friday for the main vote with hours listed.
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City Hall
New Gas Well Being Drilled by City of Medicine Hat
The City of Medicine Hat began drilling a new gas well two miles north of Crescent Freights. The operation aims to reach about 1,100 feet in depth and should take roughly two months to complete. The well will reportedly be added to the city’s reserve list.
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Medicine Hat
Crescent Freights
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Western
Desert
Gen
Alexander
Canadian Press
Gneisenau
Hartland de M. Molson
Atlantic
EATON
White Cross Sale
NEW Wartime Steel Board
Menzies
Masonic Hall
Finnegan
N. A. White
S.A.R
Adjutant Field Experimental Station
Suffield
G. H. Davison
Warsaw
Ink la Welsinis
Sorocinotora
Os Owinsk
Vologda
Polant
Aun Gory
Rumovird
Orshal
Vee Rae
Staraya Russa
Przemysl
Smolensk
COMEL
Voroviez
Kharkov
Seeastar
Red
Ukraine-Black Sea
Nigolaev
P.m
Alexandra High School
Montreal Street
Blackburn
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