German Raid Last Night Most Venomous of War
British bombers attacked targets in the Berlin area and Germany and France as part of extensive raids. The Luftwaffe carried out a daylight foray over southeast England and two Welsh towns, causing civilian casualties and damage to homes, shops, and churches.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Holand
France
Air Ministry
Rathenau
Leipzig
Junkers
Dessau
Reisholz
Dortmund
Nordenham
Bremen
England
Wales
Press Association
Britain
New York
British Broadcasting Corporation
National Broadcasting Company
Goerlitzer
Peace talks in Vienna split amid Transylvania tension and war moves
In Vienna Hungarian Premier Teleki and Romanian Foreign Minister Manoilescu held separate talks with Ribbentrop and Ciano as peacemaking efforts from Rome and Berlin suggested possible results. Bucharest reported withdrawal of Romanian army units from the Russian frontier to avoid border incidents while tensions with Hungary rose over air clashes and civil airport attacks. Russia sought to prevent border incidents and assured Romania of similar restraint.
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Vienna
Austria
Rome
Berlin
Transylvania
Paul Teleki
Stephen Csaky
Mihail Manoilescu
Ribbentrop
Ciano
Bucharest
Bucovina
Moldavia
Russia
Rumania
Moscow
Grigore Gafencu
Molotoff
Cameroons and Congo Back Britain in World War II
General De Guulle announced that the French Cameroons and Congo have declared for Britain, aligning with Chad in support. The move doubles France’s equatorial holdings aiding Allied influence and potentially restricting Italian and German naval and air operations in the region.
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London
General de Guulle
French Cameroons
Congo
Chad
Britain
Cameroons
United States Considers Selling Destroyers to Britain
Washington reports discuss possible sale of 50 over age destroyers to the United Kingdom to aid Britain against Hitler. Officials caution the move could provoke Germany and draw the U.S. into war before prepared. White House and State Department give no comment.
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Washington
C.P
Offiehias Mereathe
United States
United Kingdom
Britain
Hitler
Europe
Germany
White House
State Department
Suffield Well Blasted During Drill Test
The well about 20 miles north of Suffield, drilled by Dominion Drilling, was blown with dynamite yesterday. Haliburton Company representatives from Calgary were present with electrical gear to photograph the event at 4 200 feet, to study the strata structure at that level.
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Owell
Suffield
Dominion Drilling Company
Haliburton Company
Calgary
Registrations in Medicine Hat riding reach about 28133
Registration figures released by Registrar H O Duggan show Medicine Hat federal riding nearing 28133 total registrations. Eight rural polls yet to report and over 210000 farms sent in from the district supplement 7578 certificates filled August 19 to 21.
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Medicine Hat
H. O. Duggan
Duggan
W. F. Oates
Canada wholesale price index slips barely this week
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports the weekly general wholesale commodity price index for Canada at 82.6 for the week ended Aug. 23, up from 82.5 but well above last year. Farm product index stands at 62.8, while industrial material prices equal 121, with year-ago levels around 65.1.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Naval Flyers Blast Depots Off Norwegian Coast
The Admiralty reports the fleet air arm struck German oil depots on the Norwegian coast. Two remaining tanks were hit, a motor patrol vessel set on fire, and two hits scored on a 2,000 ton supply ship. All aircraft returned safely.
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London
Admiralty
Fleet Air Army
Accident At Petawawa Camp Kills 2 Soldiers
A shell explosion during firing practice at Petawawa Camp Ont killed Second Lieutenant A R Millard and Gunner Paul Beland and wounded eight others including three seriously. Gunner J P McMillan Sgt J R Donnell and Bombardier A R Gardiner were seriously hurt. others were lightly injured. Ottawa ordered a court of inquiry to investigate the mishap.
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Petawawa
Ont
A. R. Millard
Montreal
Paul Beland
J. P. McMillan
J. R. Donnell
A. R. E. Gardiner
H. Brown
James Malloy
H. Moreau
J. O'Dowd
L. Cossman
Moreau
O'Dowd
Pembroke Hospital
Canada
Ottawa
Defence
J. L. Ralston
Col
A. A. Magee
Canada Ahead in War Readiness Four Divisions by Dec
Ottawa announces Canada is two divisions ahead of 1914 in war effort with 2nd Division ready for command under Lt Gen McNaughton after training in England. The 3rd Division to concentrate in the Maritimes by Oct 1 15 and 4th by Dec 15, all nearly ready. Bren gun production and a quickly standardizable tank design also noted.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canada
J. L. Ralston
England
A. G. L. McNaughton
Maritime Provinces
Scottish Child Evacuees Arrive in Eastern Canada
David Williamson sang with the 88 Scottish youngsters arriving from Scotland under the British evacuation program. The children were taken to Royal Victoria College in Montreal for temporary housing before placements in Quebec Ontario and Western Canada. The voyage carried notable Scottish families and Balmoral attire. Miss Elsie Ahrens of Saskatoon acted as escort. A Dublin coroner's jury found German bombs killed three girls at Campile Fire.
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David Williamson
Westernay
Scotland
John
David
Royal Victoria College
Montreal
Quebec
Ontario
Canada
Bruces
Bains
MacGregors
Elsie Ahrens
Saskatoon
Dublin
Campile
Churchill Told To Douse Cigar In Air Raid
In an air raid on the Kent coast, Prime Minister Churchill was urged by Ramsgate Mayor A B Kempe to extinguish his cigar as he entered a shelter. Churchill, joking, dropped the cigar and commented There goes a good one. Meanwhile the King and Queen visited a northwest shipyard, drove rivets into a keel plate, and viewed a nearly ready warship amid a quiet night after sleeping on a royal train.
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Air
London
The
Press Association
Hitler
Air Ministry
Churchill
Kent
A. B. Kempe
Ramsgate
King
Queen
Lancashire
Rotary swimming gala and war charity Moose Carnival noted
Geophysical Service of Dallas members now in Medicine Hat travel to Three Hills for this week. Revenue figures show last week 207602 and this year 199962, with last year 197938. Rotary gala warns no boats in pools while Ross McNeill reports for RC A F duty and Tom Marshall safety orders. Moose Carnival begins a three day run with proceeds to war charities.
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The
Geophysical Service of
Dallas
Texas
Medicine Hat
Hat
Three Hills
Rotary
War Charities
One Finger Print For Short Visit
Ottawa reports new US travel rule requiring finger prints from Canadian residents and British subjects in Canada visiting the United States. Short visits under 29 days need one print. longer stays require all four fingers and thumb. No formal printing, only prints on identification cards from the right index finger.
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Nassau
Bahamas
C. P
Vyvyan Drury
New York
Duke of Windsor
United States
Canada
Drury
Duke
Miami
Dominion
Ottawa
Legation
Independents press Alberta Legislature for emergency grain act
Nineteen independent Alberta legislators urge immediate legislative session to draft emergency financing for harvest and storage of the 1940 crop. They began proposals at a conference in Edmonton and plan to present them to Acting Premier Manning following his August 22 invitation.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
E. C. Manning
Overdue Venezuelan tanker Bolivar reported lost
Burma announces the oil tanker Bolivar of 2651 tons is overdue and presumed lost. The report comes from Rangoon officials as British and Allied shipping concerns grow in the region.
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Rangoon
Burma
Bolivar
Medicine Hat Chamber aids service trainees with rental list
The Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce compiled a spring list of citizens offering living quarters to help men working at the Service Flying Training School. Secretary W. T. Bannan said the listings are proving useful as rooms and apartments remain scarce, with vacancies still available for those seeking addresses.
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Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce
W. T. Bannan
Chamber of Commerce
Germans Use Confetti Tactic Against British Fighters
British airmen report German bomber crews now throw confetti into the slipstream to blind pursuing fighters. One pilot notes the tactic risks turning blitzkrieg into a paper chase.
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London
Q.K
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Petawawa Camp
Col. Ralston
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R.C.A.F
Tom Marshall
City
Alta
Sudbury
Morris W. Wilson
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Ministry of Aircraft Production
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