Fernie Woman Dies In Calgary Area Car Crash
A Fernie woman died in a head on collision on the Macleod Trail four miles south of Stavely, injuring five others including four Fernie residents and a Seattle man. The crash involved three cars. one driver fled the scene. All injured were taken to Claresholm hospital and reported resting later that night.
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Iran Goverment Orders Cease Resistance Amid Anglo Russian Invasion
Iran Premier Ali Faranghi announces to Teheran that all armed forces are to refrain from resistance as British and Russian forces push toward Iran’s key outlets Khorramshahr Abadan and Bandar Shahpur. Dispatches say old regime resigned after failed talks with Britain and Russia.
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Still Short Houses Here Still Short Houses Here
A local inquiry shows a continuing housing shortage as newcomers to the coastal area struggle to find homes. The Chamber of Commerce reports no let up in demand for advice and assistance from newcomers, both military and civilian, in securing shelter.
The War Review Describes Leningrad Defense Amid Warsaw Threat
The piece portrays the siege of Leningrad as a prelude to a broader struggle with Nazi forces threatening Warsaw and Belgrade. It cites a Russian defense buildup including bunkers and anti aircraft batteries, a million man northern force, and continued city evacuations and supply lines.
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Fadden Named Australia’s New Premier After Menzies Resigns
In Canberra on August 23, Arthur W. Fadden was chosen unopposed as prime minister after R. G. Menzies resigned amid a Labor party dispute over sending a minister to London. Fadden, a Brisbane chartered accountant and longtime MP since 1936, succeeds Menzies.
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Britain to Receive Large Food Supplies From Canada
Hon J C G Gardiner told a luncheon in Winnipeg that Canada plans this year to send Britain 650000 cases of canned milk at least 125000600 pounds of cheese 1000000 cases of eggs and not less than 600000000 pounds of Wiltshire cheese and pork sides four fifths of prewar Wiltshire imports.
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Took Command of Illustrious Carrier Tustrious Aloord
Captain Lerl Louis Mountbatten, cousin of the king and a senior British naval officer, formally assumed command of the damaged aircraft carrier Tustrious in a ceremony on the ship's flight deck. The Adustrious undergoes repairs at an undisclosed U S port as Mountbatten succeeds Captain G. Seymour Tuck.
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Army death list reaches 360 total casualties
The Canadian Army's 61st casualty list reports three overseas deaths, raising the total killed and missing since the war began to 360. One man is listed as dangerously ill. details include unit and status amid war reports from Ottawa.
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Japanese Withdraw Thousands From Central China
Foreign military sources say about 10 000 Japanese troops are withdrawn weekly from Central China to Hai Nan or French Indochina. The withdrawals began a month ago with no reports of abandoning Central China points in 12 years.
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RAF Attacks Persian Airfield To Halt Iranian War Effort
Reports say Royal Air Force struck a Persian airfield destroying many aircraft and crippling Iran's air capabilities. No Iranian planes were reported interfering with Indian progress amid the operation.
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Russians Blow Up Major Dam on Dnieper River
Moscow reports that Soviet forces destroyed the great Dnieper dam south of Dnieperopetrovsk to deny the Germans access to hydroelectric power and the first five year plan milestone. Spokesman Lozovsky said measures were taken to prevent German use of the dam and its machinery.
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Ancient Egyptians Used Stable Sweepings for Fertilizer
Ancient Egyptians enriched fields by extracting ammonia from stable sweepings as a fertilizer method.
Hitler presses Turkey as Nazi push nears Black Sea
Hitler warned Turkey he may claim Black Sea waters as his war nears, while German forces cut rail lines to Gomel and Sebastopol. Berlin battles on two fronts with Russia. Turkey faces invasion fears as Thrace tightens traffic bans and Vienna reports calm abroad.
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Dominion bacon contract new terms with Britain
Winnipeg Aug 25 Canadian Agriculture Minister Gardiner announces a fresh deal with Britain's Ministry of Food to supply 600,000 900 pounds of Canadian bacon at 22.15 per 112 pounds Wiltshire grade A fob to the Canadian seaboard. The accord raises the second year price by 25 percent for 425,900,000 pounds and will be signed in Ottawa next week.
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Laval Shooting Sparks Roundup in German Occupied France
In Paris and Versailles authorities rounded up over 300 people in protective custody after the Laval Deat assassination attempt. Three early Communists were executed by special courts. Paul Colette, a Free French follower, faced trial as tensions rise over suspected Anti-Bolshevist Legion involvement.
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Two Miners Face Court Charges in Nova Scotia
In Stellartown Nova Scotia two Acadia Coal Company workers were ordered to appear in magistrate court on alleged illegal striking charges. The summonses were served by the R C M P from New Glasgow, following a recent power plant strike by 15 miners seeking higher pay.
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Prime Minister Mackenzie King Visits Queen Mary
Prime Minister Mackenzie King returns to London after visiting Queen Mary and meeting with officials. He attends a British war cabinet session and holds talks with British ministers on coordinating the empire war effort and manpower optimization for maximum effectiveness.
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Evacuation Ordered For Dnieperopetrovsk Industrial City
Soviet communique announces evacuation of the industrial city of Dnieperopetrovsk in the Ukraine tonight. In Washington the twenty one American republics agree to operate foreign vessels driven into western hemisphere ports by war. At Rideout Ontario a CPR freight derailment leaves sixteen cars off track with no injuries. In Cairo seven killed and thirty wounded in an Axis raid on the Suez canal. Vichy says British warships and armed launches control French Somaliland waters after blockade runners halted and cargoes seized.
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Government seizes control of Great Britain railways
The British government assumed full control of all railways and placed the four main lines and London transport under the London Transport Board. The Great Western, London Midland and Scottish, London and Northeastern, and Southern railways are affected.
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