Britain Rejects Hitler Peace Offer Amid War Resolve
Viscount Halifax rebukes Hitler's peace bid saying Britain will continue fighting until freedom for themselves and others is secured. He warns the struggle may cost all, while defending values worth sacrifice. Berlin says Hitler awaits official British reply before any offensive, as RAF reports engage Luftwaffe threats.
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Iis
Hitler
London
Great Britain
Reichstag
Lord Halifax
Europe
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Armored Train Presented To Mussolini
Rome reports Mussolini received an armored train in a formal ceremony presented by General Ritter Von Pohl. The train demonstrated 16 anti aircraft guns firing at a dummy plane as Mussolini watched from a special stand.
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Rome
Mussolini
Ritter von Pohl
Mussoline
von Pohlfeld
Mussolini Hitler
Decrees authorize loans to private industry and colonies
The Petain government enacted decrees granting loans up to 200000 francs to private industries and certain colonies for three months to cover salaries and essential raw materials as part of its reconstruction program with a rate adjustment for the French and Belgian franc.
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Petain
Medicine Hat Horticultural Society to Hold General Meeting
The Medicine Hat Horticultural Society will hold a general meeting Wednesday at 8 o'clock in City Hall.
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Horticultural Society
The
Medicine Hat Horticultural Society
Willl
Child Immigration Debated in Ottawa and New York Letters
Gerald Shepherd travels from an eastern port to Ottawa to meet Sir Gerald Campbell about evacuating British guest children and future immigration. In New York a public debate grows over US ships carrying British refugee children, with the American Women’s committee pushing a bill to allow U S ships to operate救 European refugee transport.
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Gerald Shepherd
Geoffrey Shakespeare
Dominions
Ottawa
Sir Gerald Campbell
Canada
Canadas
New York
United States
Britain
United Kingdom
New York Herald Tribune
American Women's Committee
Congress
Europe
Prorogation hinges on Unemployment Insurance bill debate
Ottawa July 22. Parliament begins debate on the unemployment insurance bill with prorogation likely around August 19. Labor minister McLarty chairs the Commons committee with Cardin and Mackenzie assisting, as industry groups seek hearings on the measure. Opposition centers on tax increases and added payroll deductions, while support backs starting the fund when employment is high.
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Dandurand
Senate
Puptimment
Commons
Labor
McLarty
Works
Cardin
Mackenzie
Labor Organiza
Dominion Government
Local Cloudburst Halts Fire Scene Then Clears
A Saturday evening cloudburst drenched the city with about .46 inch of rain at the airport and caused rapid flooding in seven minutes. Lightning struck trees and a fire at a Central garage auto, but the flames were extinguished by the rain. no damage reported. Two trees were damaged, Riverside Park and View Court, as heavy rain centered on the city with minimal effect at the Country Club.
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Riverside Park
View Court
Rain damages Alberta hay crops in heavy rains
Alberta hay crops suffered reduced market value after two weeks of heavy rains. Provincial field crops commissioner O S Longman said the damage extent is unclear but the hay crop is likely to be one of the largest in the province’s history.
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Hdmonton
C.P
Alberta
O. S. Longman
Longman
Rainy days dampened Edmonton exhibition crowds
Wet weather over Tuesday and Wednesday at the Edmonton exhibition reduced attendance but Thursday cleared skies and revived interest in the event.
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Edmonton Exhibition
Vancouver Predictor Reaffirms World Quake Forecast
Edgar C Thrupp a Vancouver retired civil engineer who claims to predict earthquakes reaffirmed a forecast that a particularly destructive quake will strike somewhere between now and August 10. He suggested Japan as a possible site due to recent volcanic activity but did not provide a precise location.
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Vancouver
C.P
Edgar C. Thrupp
Japan
Australian Navy Sinks Italian Cruiser and Sub Marine
Sydney celebrates as H M A S Sidney sinks the Italian cruiser Bartholomeo Colleoni in the Mediterranean. An Australian destroyer also sinks an Italian submarine. City decorates with flags in honor of the Sidney’s victory per Navy Minister J A Cameron.
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Sydney
H.M.A.S. Sidney
Bartholomeo Colleoni
Mediterranean
Navy
J. A. Cameron
Sidney
Roosevelt blamed for British hard line says Frankfurter Zeitung
The Frankfurter Zeitung editor and BBC radio report Roosevelt bears major responsibility for Britain's stiff stance toward Hitler and for illusions about Allied response. The piece accuses him of agitating against national socialism for years and of aiding misleading hopes in France and England.
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England
United States
America
France
Trail Of Silver In Victoria Reaches Half Way Mark
Victoria’s air supremacy fund to buy training planes is halfway complete at week end. A crowd lined Yates and Douglas streets to follow a half mile silver trail of dimes to dollars totaling 5 000. Major gifts include 10000 from the city 3500 from W C Todd and 2000 from Pacific Salvage Company.
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Victoria
C.P
Yates
Douglas
City
W. C. Todd
Pacific sSailvage Company
Tourists Narrow Escape on Lethbridge Highway Crash
Five Saskatoon tourists escaped serious injury when a rear tire blew out near hillside cemetery on the Lethbridge highway. Miss Maisie Cotwell drove as the car toppled and skidded into a ditch, leaving Mrs Colwell badly shaken. The group, including Mr Colwell and Werman Kernan, returned home after treatment.
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Saskatoon
Lethbridge
Hillside Cemetery
Maisie Cotwell
Witt
F. Colwell
Werman Kernan
Crestflower Minesweeping Trawler Sunk By Air Attack
The Admiralty announces the loss of H M Minesweeping Trawler Crestflower after an enemy air engagement. Skipper G H Goodinson and two ratings died. the vessel sustained damage and sank after being damaged. Next of kin have been informed.
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London
C.p.j
Crestflower
Admiralty
Royal Navy
Loss of destroyer Brazen as air attack sinks to port
The Admiralty announced the 1,360 ton destroyer Brazen was lost while being towed to port after damage in an air attack. Brazen fired pom pom blows at attackers as she sank, while HMS Beagle destroyed a Junkers 87 with pom-pom fire in the same engagement.
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London
C.P
Admiralty
Brazen
H.M.S. Beagle
Cmdr
R. M. Wright R.N
Beagle
Third Ship Flying Flag of American Republic Sunk by Nazi Bombers
The 1,282-ton Frousoula of Panama was sunk by German bombers off Cape Finisterre on July 15. Eighteen crewmen left in two boats. after four days three survivors reached a British port. The ship was the third Pan-American freighter sunk in this war, with Uruguay and Santa Margarita previously lost.
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Spain
British
London
Cape Finisterre
Barcelona
Uruguay
Santa Margarita
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
J. E. Vardavas & Co
Claimed Son of Chicago Millionaire Arrested in Calgary
A 15 year old Regina youth who claimed to be the son of a Chicago millionaire took hotel rooms in Calgary Edmonton and Banff using a telegram from the supposed father asking to charge a room and saying the father would pay. He faces Juvenile Court on theft charges after his arrest in Banff and transfer to Calgary.
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C.P
Regina
Chicago
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Banff
Efilmonton
Road work delayed by heavy rains in Alberta region
Edmonton July 22 Public Works Minister Fallon said continual rains hindered highway construction. Crews on the Calgary to Okotoks and Ponoka to Wtuskawin routes curtailed activity while rains interfered with the Edmonton Lloydminster road. Jasper highway west of Edmonton was less affected.
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Edmonton
C.P
Fallon
Calgary
Okotoks
Ponoka
Wetuskiwin
Edmonton-Lloydminister
Jasper Highway
Joint Trusteeship Proposal In Latin America
The United States urged twenty other American republics to back a joint trusteeship for European colonies in the Americas to prevent transfers to other powers and protect regional economy. Cordell Hull outlined U S aims and prepared resolutions at the foreign ministers meeting in Havana establishing concrete proposals.
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Havana
C.P
United States
New World
Cordell Hull
Siege of Ivangorod and Isonzo Front Movements
Austro German forces besieged the Polish town of Ivangorod on the Vistula. Italian troops advanced near Tolmino on the Isonzo front and French units seized high ground near Muenster in the Vosges as showers scattered across the region.
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Vistula
Tolmino
Isonzo
Muenster
Vosges Mountains
Russia Suggests Popular Government in Rumania
Bucharest reports say a Soviet note urged a popular government in Bucharest and King Carol sought guidance from Germany and Italy. Romanian sources note Moscow’s shift toward better ties and potential influence on Romania’s internal affairs.
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Rumania
Carol
Bucharest
A.P
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Italy
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Moscow Radio
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