Smolensk Breach Widened as German Offensive Presses On
German high command claims the Smolensk breach in the Stalin line widened as their armored forces push within about 230 miles of Moscow. An Axis diplomat in Moscow says Russia has 4,000,000 men in reserve behind Moscow, awaiting a counteroffensive, while Red air force targets oil fields and refineries in Romania. Russian guerrilla detachments reportedly recaptured two cities behind German lines.
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Russia
Smolensk
Stalin Line
Moscow
United States
Kazan
Tartar Republic
Istanbul
Biz
Romania
Ploesti
Red Air Force
Ankara
Four British bombers hit four ships off the Netherlands
Royal Air Force Blenheims probably destroyed four ships totaling 22,000 tons in a Dutch convoy escorted by anti aircraft ships. Three ships about 6,000 tons each were set on fire and a fourth around 4,000 tons blew up after a stern hit. A separate coastal command strike hit a German supply ship in a Norwegian port.
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London
Royal Air Force
Netherlands
Coastal Command
Dick Smith, Longtime CPR Engineer, Dies at West Coast Age 78
Dick Smith aged 78, famed CPR veteran, died after a lengthy illness in the city. Born 1862 in Shediac, N B, he started as a fireman with the Inter-Colonial Railway, became CPR engineer in 1891, retired Jan 1 1932 after 40 years service, survived by son Allan N Smith of Vancouver and three daughters. His wife died in 1933. He lived in retirement in the city and was a life member of the Masonic Order and a charter member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
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C.P.R
Richard Dill Smith
Caada
Medicine Hat
Allan N
Pete) Smith
Vancouver
G. M. Johnston
Windsor
Ont
Masonic Order
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Rationing of Cooperation Aims to Curb Use
Toronto July 19 Hon C D Isowe minister of munitions called the situation very serious and warned rationing of alma would be inevitable if the public does not respond to the government appeal to cut consumption. Mr Howe announced plans with the International Nickel Company for a large production expansion funded by substantial capital outlays. Howe returns from a British Supply Council meeting in Washington.
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Toronto
C. D. Isowe
Alma
Howe
International Nickel Company
Iocomany
British Supply Council
Washington
Evacuation Talks Begin Between Vichy and Britain
Vichy reports parleys with Britain over evacuating women and children from French Somaliland. The talks indicate dwindling hope that the outpost can resist the British and Free French blockade.
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Vichy
C.P
Britain
Medicine Hat praised for aiding airmen at No 34 SFTS
Capt H H Balfour visits Medicine Hat and commends the "splendid spirit" of citizens who arranged and furnished Empire Club rooms for No 34 SFTS airmen. He notes pleased with the air base, trainee progress, and local cooperation.
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Medicine Hat
Empire Club
No. 34
S.F.T.S
H. H. Balfour
M.C
M.P
Air
Air Council
A. Ap Ellis
C.E.E
O.C. No. 34
S.F. Tls
Balfour
War Fronts Update from July 1916
Entries summarize July 19 1916 gains by British near Delville and Longueval and Russian advances in the Caucasus with captures. July 20 1916 reports Allied progress along the Somme, Styr river crossings, and 12,000 Russian prisoners, plus a British inquiry into the Dardanelles campaign.
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Delville
Longueval
Carpathian
Jablonitza
Kirkibaba
Dyjmzlik
Caucasus
Somme
Styr
Dardanelles
Five Drown in Shallow Lily Pond Tragedy Near Goodfish Lake
At Goodfish Lake lily pond near St. Paul Alta five children died after a home made boat sank leaving four Schmelyk children and one Melnychuk child among the dead. Five others were rescued from waters four to five feet deep where reeds and lilies hindered their effort. The victims ranged in ages from 4 to 13. Police said ten children had been on the pond when the overloaded craft sank.
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ST. Paul
Alta
Goodfish Lake
Edmonton
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Héla'theéfn White
Kathleen Schmelyk
Cecile Schmelyk
Eddie Schmelyk
Antone Schmelyk
Nancy Melnychuk
Schmelyk
Melnychuk
Schmelyks
Record Heat Grimly Strikes Pacific Northwest
Heat and fires have claimed lives and damaged timber and grain across Oregon and Washington. Nine deaths in Oregon, two in Washington, dozens of prostrations as temperatures reached up to 115 degrees. Lightning sparked 954 fires in the two states’ forests, most controlled quickly.
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Seattle
C.P
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Washington
Forest Service
Portland
U S Blacklist Ires Germans
Berlin press reports United States froze funds of 1 800 South American firms in a move viewed as economic warfare. Voelkischer Beobachter accuses Washington of dictating terms and infringing on foreign rights while claiming neutrality and preparing for war.
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Berlin
Voelkischer Beobachter
United States
Roosevelt
Free States
Washington
South America
Sawfly Threatens Western Canada Wheat Crop
Dr C W Farstad assistant entomologist in charge of sawfly work at the Entomologist Station in Le thbridge says the wheat stem sawfly outbreak could cause millions of bushels of wheat loss across prairie provinces as eggs hatch and larvae feed inside stems.
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Lethbridge
C.P
C. W. Farstad
Alberta
Canada
Prairie
Farstad
Auto Ditch Incident Injures No One Near Swan Mine
A car driven by Bill Slater on No 3 highway near Swan Mine track turned over at 9 20 last night. Traveling south Slater said braking relining pulled him into the ditch and the left side. Accompanied by Mrs Slater and Miss Ivy Palmer none injured. Car damage heavy with engine and lights smashed.
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Bill Slater
First Street
Swan Mine
Slater
Ivy Palmer
Strobel
Third Street
Empire Club Plans Sunday Noon Meeting
The Empire Club executive will meet in the rooms tomorrow Sunday at 12 30 noon sharp. Full attendance is desired for the brief session.
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Empire Club
Fires Start From Lightning Hit British Columbia Regions
Lightning sparked hundreds of small forest fires across Vancouver area and Vancouver Island as crews battled several large blazes easing only with rain in spots. Forestry officials warned the danger remained extreme amid closed woods for logging and camping. Twenty-two Edmonton Fusiliers aided crews at the Seymour watershed blaze near North Vancouver while fires dotted the Fraser Valley around Chilliwack and Harrison Lake with forty five fires in the Chilliwack area.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
4Ower
Vancouver Island
Fraser Valley
Seymour
Edmonton Fusiliers
Blair Rifle Range
Chilliwack
Harrison Lake
Continuance Sought for Canada New Zealand Trade Pact
Ottawa favors extending the Canada New Zealand trade agreement for the war duration rather than yearly renewals. Talks with former NZ PM J G Coates and Trade Minister Langstone discussed keeping the pact active through hostilities and restoring fuller cooperation after peace.
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Ottawa
J. G. Coates
New Zealand
Langstone
Canada
Weather and crop outlook in Alberta and Irvine-Walsh flats
The day saw a high of 101 and a low of 65 with 93 reading at 11:30 am. A smoke haze and cool breeze suggested a cooler afternoon than yesterday. Despite heat, Alberta crops may yield better than 1940 in well tended fields, while Irvine-Walsh flats crops are badly burnt and late spring plowed fields offer poor returns. expected average yields in better areas range from five to eight bushels per acre.
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Alberta
Irvine-Walsh Flats
All-Out War Mobilization Urged by Douglas
Lieut. T. C. Douglas, MP for Weyburn and Saskatchewan CCF president, urged that victory requires mobilizing the entire economy. He called for conscripting wealth and industry alongside manpower to back federal war powers, warning a limited draft would be a poor man's conscription and face CCF opposition.
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Saskatoon
C.P
T. C. Douglas
Weyburn
Saskatchewan
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Douglas
C.C.F
Ocean waves and tard surfacing headline city notes
City notes describe a slow surfacing in the CPR roundhouse area and various town tidbits. Eaton's blanket ads warmish weather reports and a leaking water wagon offers free showers to kids. A deep cellar dig near Moore's Furniture and Harvard's House of Flowers on Third street precede Bill Oliver taking over a section Monday.
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C.P.R. Roundhouse
Harvard
Third Street
Bill Oliver
New Zealand Budget Calls No Tax Changes and War Spending
The New Zealand government on Wednesday announced a budget plan calling for no taxation changes and authorizing expenditure of 79.7 million pounds on the nation’s war effort.
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New Zealand
Edmontonians Throng Summer War Fair Closing Day
Thousands attend Edmonton summer fair on Wednesday the last for wartime, with officials predicting a new attendance record as the event winds down.
Axis shipping toll rises as bomber fleet grows
London reports Sir Archibald Sinclair states at a Liberal conference that British bombers have sunk no less than 300000 tons of enemy shipping and damaged a similar amount in four months. He says RAF strength is growing steadily and bomber command will strike deeper into Germany.
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London
C.P
Archibald Sinclair
Air
Liberal Party
Archibald
Royal Air Force
Germany
Weather Delays and Weather in War Front as Russia Fights
The article notes July and August rains in western Russia slow Nazi advances while muddy roads and swollen streams hinder retreat. It argues heavy rains risk more to Russians than Germans if key positions near Leningrad Moscow and Kiev fall, and discusses Hitler’s aim to destroy the Red Army and its link to broader aims against communism.
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Russia
Moscow
Napoleon
Ukraine
Hitler
Urals
Stalin Line
Leningrad
Kiev
Bobruisk
Rostov
Caspian Fields
Red Army
Europe
Auto Starts Fierce Blaze in Seminole Refinery Area
A dramatic explosion suspected to be caused by an automobile exhaust igniting vapors at a Seminole refinery site. The blast sent flames and debris into the air, damaging storage tanks and nearby homes. No precise casualty figures are provided in the readable text.
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Seminole
Okio
Parka
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Norse
Dick’ Smith
U.S
Mussolini
Amba Alagi
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Dominion
Eaton’s
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Moore
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