Bombing Raids Hit Milan Turin and German Plants
British air force claims raids on Italian aircraft factories at Milan and Turin. Aluminum works at Bad Reichenhall and chemical plants at Waldshut near the Swiss border were struck. Airdromes at Freiburg and Hansheim damaged. Boulogne harbor attacked despite heavy anti aircraft fire. All aircraft returned.
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London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Milan
Turin
Alumannum
Germany
Boulogne
Freidburg
Hanshen
Farin
Bad Rheimfelsen
Waldshut
Basel
Rhine
Reheinfelden
Lake Constance
Geneve
Lausanne
Italy
Romanshorn
Friedrichshifen
High Command
Berne
Britain Converted to Massive Defence Areas in War Readiness
London reports Britain turning into a great defence area as air battles rage with Germany. RAF strikes target invasion routes while bombers drop leaflets and combatants face high losses. Authorities outline home security measures and local authority control under wartime defense policy.
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Royal Air Force
Naveed Porenelanst
Caip
Britains
Air Ministry
Britain
Tiippea
Hood
Calais
Boulogne Notre
Dover
Londeoos
Bocerab Commissioners
Fur Lengih
Land, Wiles
Scotland
A Ministry of Home Security
RAF claims 513 German planes down in week
London reports air ministry says RAF fighters shot down 513 enemy aircraft in seven days with over 700 German planes destroyed in 12 days since August 8. Sporadic raids hit RAF airfields. two bombers downed. 144 bombers reported Sunday. Nightraiders strike northern Germany and nearby Lake Constance area.
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London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Ministry of Home Security
Canada Plans Second War Loan To Aid War Effort
Ottawa announces a second war loan to raise up to three hundred eighty million dollars for wartime funds. Finance Minister Ilsley says terms will be set Sept six with sales possibly opening Sept six and loans delivered by October. Existing holders may roll over bonds or convert, with cash options for maturities beginning Sept one. The plan aims to expand the government’s financing as Canada increases its war contribution.
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Ottawa
Ags
Canada
SBS Hoo Ugo
J. Ok
Hiskey
Tim Fetal
Dominion of Canada
Boma
Liley
Dominion of Canada Securities
Roosevelt and King Set Up Joint Defence Board
Roosevelt and King agreed to form a permanent joint defence board for Canada and the United States. The group will study sea land and air issues with members from both nations and meet soon to begin cross border security planning.
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Roosevelt
King
Joint Defence Board
Hyde Park
C.P
State, War and Navy Department
United States Defence Board
White House
Canada
United States
C. R. Blackburn
Ogdensburg
N.Y
C.po
Sunlay
Quilitary al Lance
McKenzie King
Franklin Doosevelt
Aml
Thes
Unites States
Noreed
Board On Defence
Joint Board On Defence
Heary L. Stimeon
Republcan
Hat Kids Form Own Battalion
A Canadian Kids Foreign Legion drills at Grat's Rink for 90 minutes daily under Major Dick Haley and General Vincent McNaughton. The unit includes 21 NCOs and boys aged 10 to 14 with drill, small arms work, and leadership roles highlighted by Captain George Pauling and Sgt Jerry Grande. Continuation noted on Page Four.
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2Nd Battalion
S.A.R
Canadian Kids Foreign Legion
Grat’s
Dick Haley
Vincent McNaughton
Walter Gray
Phen
Major Haley
George Pauling
Jerry Grande
Idso
City bands plan Elkwater Lake day parade
Medicine Hat Junior Band of 50 to receive a picnic on Sunday September 1. The bands will parade and play for hundreds of martial music fans in Elkwater Lake district after a prior senior band performance drew large crowds.
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Medicine Hat
Elkwater Lake
Alkwater
Censorship Provokes Protests Over London Air Raid News
London editors protest nine hour delay in releasing Friday air battle reports to Canada and the United States. The Telegraph calls the delay a grave error and demands a counter offensive against the blitzkrieg of lies. North American readers received news of yesterday’s raid before the warning signal.
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London
CCPA
Canada
United States
Daily Telegraph
Timers
Telegraph
U.S
Iito
North America
Local Registry Opens Amid Busy Registration at City Centers
At six local centers the first shift of work began at 8 am as staff settled into a careful, steady routine. Supervisors say registrations are not heavy but steady with queues rarely lengthening beyond four. A CPR worker averaged about 7 minutes per set of 18 questions while two foreign born women required over 16 minutes. Headquarters note many residents have applied for special deputy registrars and Scouts Bob Church and Pandolph Norris assisted by messenger duties. Temperature around 86 58.
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Wondy
W& Vk
Wive
C.P.R
Bob Church
Pandoelph Norris
No. 5
Yvioop
Westhimster Church
Senate approves bill to let ships rescue child refugees
The United States Senate unanimously passed a bill enabling American ships to remove child refugees from war zones, following House approval. the measure returns to the House for minor amendments. In London, British home guards downed a German dive bomber near South London, the war office reported. The King approved Distinguished Flying Crosses for Elmer Gatnce and Petrus Hugo, the Canadian South African team who shot down three raiders.
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Washington
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
London
War Office
Elmer
Dutch
Lionel Gatnce
Lethbridge
Edmonton
Petrus Hendrik Hugo
Cape Province
Norton Girl Hurt In Tractor Mishap
Lily Deering 19 of Norton district suffered serious injuries when a tractor her father Mantel Deering was driving slid off a road into a ditch. She was found on the fender and is in General Hospital from shock.
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Lily Deering
Norton
Miso Deering
General Hospital
Santa Age
Poiviss
J. BR
Patterson Ly
Womas
Mantel Deering
Deering
Romania Rejects Hungarian Border Return Proposal
Rumania told Hungary at a conference that the Magy ar plan to return two thirds of Transylvania would not be considered. A counter proposal for population transfer and fringe territory was offered, with German backing cited by Romanian officials.
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Rumania
Hungary
Transylvania
Germany
Kiwanis Delegates Attend Western Conference in Moose Jaw
Charley Peasley Webb Niblock and Percy Riches represent local Kiwanis at a western Kiwanis clubs business session in Moose Jaw where the conference ends Tuesday. The Junior Shop undergoes beauty treatments. Chalmers Bigney of Pictou found guilty of begging in City Police Court and sentenced to thirty days. Early morning registration was heavy at Elm and Elizabeth with moderate turnout elsewhere. Two ancient rivals meet tonight in a softball final as Medallas chase two straight championships. Grahams ready to argue the matter.
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Charley Peasley
Webb Niblock
Percy Riches
Moose Jaw
Chalmers Bigney
Pictou
N.S
Thedustrial Diamond
Grahams
France adopts fascist pattern to seize control of industry
In a move echoing authoritarian rule, Pascist pattern decrees in Vichy outline government appointment of commissars in every industry. Committees of organization will regulate production, prices, and transfers while workers and employers may name candidates but the government appoints. The law targets unions including C G T and C G P and may dissolve major combines, with effect stated as limited to unoccupied territories initially.
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Vichy
France
National Workers
Employers
Labor Organization
C.G.T
Confederation Generale du Travail
C.G.P
Confederation Generale Duo Rational
Employers’ Union
Frrance
Comite Des Forges
Ministry of Labor and Industrial Production
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