Britain Seeks Peace Between China and Japan in War Aid Talk
British circles report London may close the Burma Road for three months to China to urge peace with Japan. The move aims to cut war supplies via the route if talks succeed, with the United States informed and no objections raised. A Chinese official warned of action if Britain acts against China, while Malaya’s acting governor said Britain will exhaust efforts for peace, seeking to avoid extended East Asian war.
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China
United States
Britain
London
Great Britain
Burma
Washington
Burma Road
Chungking
Foreign Office
League of Nations
France
Asia
Singapore
Straits Settlements
Malaya
S. W. Jones
Jones
Germany
Hitler
Churchill Pledges Unyielding War Effort For Victory
London July 15 Prime Minister Churchill declared Britain will fight to final victory rejecting terms or parley He warned of a long hard war through 1942 with 1 5 million trained troops and a united government ready to endure any extremities He said London would be laid in ashes rather than enslaved and pledged to defend every village town and city
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London
Churchill
Britain
Germany
Italy
France
Uate
Hitler
Great Britain
United States
Twenty Two Air Dromes Bombed Over Week End
London reports RAF attacked Germany and Holland over the last 48 hours destroying air dromes and facilities. Bombing targeted Bremen Paderborn Diepholz Gelsenkirchen Hamburg Bremen Hamm Soest Ghent oil depots and airdromes. Coastal command also hit Ghent oil stores. Two RAF planes failed to return.
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London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Germany
Holland
Bremen
Paderborn
Ruhr
Diepholz
Osnabruck
Gelsenkirchen
Giant Wadlow Dies After Foot Infection Complications
Manistee Michigan reports the death of Robert Wadlow aged 22 once billed as the world's tallest man at eight feet nine and a half inches and weighing 49 pounds. He died from complications related to a foot infection.
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Manistee
Mich
Robert Wadlow
Alton, AL
Cupid Busy Rush For Marriage Licenses In Canada
Couples overwhelmed the marriage license offices in several Canadian cities to beat new compulsory training rules. Medicine Hat saw 14 men slip under the gate Friday and Saturday, a tally higher than many months in the quiet season of the marriage mill.
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Cupid
Medicine Hat
Militia to Train Hundreds of Thousands of Draftees
Canada plans the largest expansion of its militia in history to train hundreds of thousands of volunteers and draftees. Non parachuted active militia will recruit new battalions as mobilization proceeds, potentially growing units from 1 000 to brigade or division strength. The appeal for men continues across Canada with volunteers and draftees urged to join.
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Dorrawa
Cha
Canada
I 1
Must Make Temporary Sacrifices of Liberty to Win War Says Beatty
Sir Edward Beatty told the Quebec audience that Canada entered the war by free choice to defend a Christian order and a free society. He warned the struggle would be bitter and lauded Britain and France as the source of liberty while contrasting dictatorships and free nations.
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Beatty
Quebec
Canada
Edward Beatty
G.B.E
North America
Britain
France
Sir Edward
Alberta School of Religion Opens at Camp Fairweather
The 17th annual Alberta School of Religion opens July 30 at Camp Fairweather eight miles west of Calgary and runs until August 9. Lecturers include Dr. Douglas C. MacIntosh of Yale University and Dr. Carlyle King of the University of Saskatchewan. A large enrolment is expected.
Dairy Farmer Gored by Bull in Moose Jaw
Thomas G. Reekie age 60 a Moose Jaw dairy farmer was fatally gored by a bull at his farm home Friday night. His body was found in a brushy area near the homestead confirming the fatal incident in Saskatchewan.
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Goreo
Moose Jaw
Sask
Thomas G. Reekie
Stamp Out Hitler Shows Set For Medicine Hat Tonight
Medicine Hat theatregoers are urged to buy two or more War Savings stamps at the Monarch and Roxy box offices to gain a free ticket. An 8 pm open air concert by Citizens and Boys and Girls bands precedes indoor shows at 8:30 featuring a new full length picture not shown elsewhere in the city plus musical numbers by the Melody Maids and Sailor's orchestra.
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Medicine Hat
Monarch
Roxy
Monarch Theatre
Citizens
Méloday Maids
Sailler
Forest Fire Sweeps Into U S From Canada Amid Winds
Missoula Montana July 15 CP fighters struggled to stop a new wind driven forest blaze that crossed from Canada into northern Idaho. Across the four northwest states 8 000 to 10 000 men fought lightning sparked fires along a 200 mile front. Some regions received parachute drops and air reconnaissance aided efforts.
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Missoula
Mont
Canada
Idaho
Kanigsu Forest
Washington
Montana
Oregon
Miners Report Mass Entombment Belief at Seaman Mine
Five grimy miners carried from the blast shattered Seaman mine say about 50 men remain in the pit possibly entombed. A gas blast roared through slope 16 section, conditions in diggings unknown. Five men were at the explosion sector entrance while 13 others from slope 18 emerged earlier.
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Johnstown
Seaman
Koppers Company
Ultimatum to Britain Predicted by German Italian Editor
Rome reports Virginia Gayda claimed Germany and Italy would serve Britain an ultimatum in days offering surrender or destruction. She said preparations would finish soon and Britain must choose between submission to Europe’s forces or an imminent, grim war measured by days or hours.
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Rome
Virginia Gayda
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
Gayda
Britain
Europe
Churchill
Local Nazi Sentenced in Canada Disaffection Case
The trial of Philip H. Wirth aged 43 of this city under the Defence of Canada Regulations concluded this afternoon with Magistrate W. H. Ellis sentencing him to seven months in Lethbridge jail. R.C.M.P. charged the case with Varley Mulligan as Crown Prosecutor and Samuel Short as defence counsel.
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Philip H. Wirth
Defence of Canada
W. H. Ellis
Lethbridge
R.C.M.P
Varley Mulligan
Samuel Short
Concert in Riverside Park Draws Large Sunday Audience
A Junior Boys and Girls band under Dan Burgess presented an open air concert in Riverside park to a large appreciative crowd. They performed There'll Always Be An England and received strong praise. They plan another show on Second St between 8 and 8:30 tonight.
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England
Riverside Park
Dan Burgess
Crand
Second St
Gala Night at Monarch Theatre for Stamp Out Hitler
In front of the Monarch theatre a public address system has been installed and decorations displayed for the screening of the motion picture Stamp Out Hitler. A gala time is expected before and after the show.
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Monarch Theatre
McNaughton Promoted to Lead New Allied Army Corps
Maj. Gen. A G L McNaughton, commander of the 1st Canadian Division, is promoted to lieutenant general and appointed to command a new British army corps including Canadian forces in England. Announcement came from National Defence Minister J L Ralston with government consent.
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British Army Corps
Ottawa
A. G. L. McNaughton
Canadian Active Service Force
England
J. L. Ralston
Ister
National Defence
Government of Canada
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