Quiet War Front Expands as Japan Mobilizes Pacific
Reports from London and Shanghai indicate Japan is mobilizing up to a million troops while its navy and merchant fleet impose radio silence. In Washington Roosevelt signals retaliation and possible asset freezes. French Indo China under Japanese protection talks in Vichy and Hanoi move toward base arrangements with Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Pacific
London
Eden
Malaya
Indo-China
Shanghai
China
Hanoi
Singapore
Netherlands East Indies
San Francisco
United States
Vichy
Orient
Naoi
Satomatsu Kato
France
Jean Darlan
Women to Be Recruited for Auxiliary Air Force
Ottawa report says more than 2,000 women will join the Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force within two months. Recruits aged 18 to 43 will receive pay, allowances, clothing, medical care, and meals, with a training school near Toronto for nine trades. The force aims to free airmen by staffing service flying training schools under the BC ATP plan.
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Ottawa
Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force Headquarters
Defence
Ralston
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
R.C.A.F
Air
W.A.A.F
Air Force
S.C.A.F
C.W.A.A.F
Toronto
Air Force Headquarters
Guggenheim Estate Valued After Death Wound
The 72 year old William Guggenheim estate drops from 1 million to a reported 8 thousand after bequests to four showgirls Mary Alice Rice Mildred Borst Lillian Andrus and Florence Sullivan. The Content and Griffiths firm estimates gross estate at 20 thousand with net around 8 thousand.
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New York
C.P
William Guggenheim
Cinderelas
Guggenheim
Mary Alice Rice
Mildred Borst
Lillian Andrus
Florence Sullivan
Guggenheim Law
Content and Griffiths
City Market Quiet Amid Sparse Attendance
The city market opened with few farmers present and Megs selling for 20 and 25 cents a dozen while butter moved at 25 and 30 cents. Vegetables abounded with root crops leading. despite scarce rain farmers like Jere pressed on with harvests as late crops suffer more than early grains.
US Navy Plans Barrage Balloon Squadrons
The Navy will organize two barrage balloon squadrons totaling 150 balloons to defend fleet bases. The first squadrons will be stationed at Quantico Virginia and Parris Island South Carolina.
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Washington
United States Navy Department
Quantico
Parris Island
S.C
Colonies Aid War Effort with Loans and Gifts
London July 25 Colonial Secretary Lord Moyne told the Lords the colonial empire has sent over £20,010,000 about $89,000,000 to aid the war effort. Several colonies offered surplus funds as gifts but the money will be accepted as loans to be repaid for postwar development.
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London
C.P
Lord Moyne
Tobruk Patrols Strike Axis Siege Ring
British night patrols three miles south of Tobruk used hand grenades to harass a siege ring strong point, inflicting casualties before withdrawing. The operation aimed to fray Axis nerves around the Libyan port.
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Cairo
Tobruk
Short Circuit Sets Car Afire in Gainsboro Studio
A car owned by George Brown at the Gainsboro Studio caught fire around 4 45 p m yesterday. Firefighters found the vehicle behind the Savoy Cafe and quickly extinguished the blaze caused by a short circuit in the wiring. Damage was slight.
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George Brown
Gainsboro
Savoy Cafe
Willkie Urges Positive United States Defence Against Hitler
In San Francisco Wendell Willkie argues for an active U S defence to aid Britain and its enemies. He warns against waiting in the corner to be struck and calls for swift independent actions to deter Nazi aggression and bolster Allied strength.
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San Francisco
Wendell Willkie
United States
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Willkie
Russia
Britain
America
Germans Struggle as Offensive on Russian Front Lacks Decisive Result
British reports say the German army renewed its drive on the Russian front with no clear victory for either side. The Emil Ezyn bunker group south of the Pripet marshes reportedly surrendered after a 24 hour battle. The Soviet bulletin cites fierce fighting across five sectors from Leningrad to Smolensk and Zhitomir, with a German salient toward Moscow. Red Army defenders near Smolensk claim annihilating about 15,000 Germans. Moscow air defences repelled a fourth straight night raid. one German plane reached the capital and was shot down.
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Hitler
Emil Ezyn
Stalin Line
Pripet Marshes
Petroza Vodsk
Leningrad
Porkhov
Polotsk-Nevel
Smolensk
Moscow
Zhitomir
Ukraine
Red Army
Contemptible Ecuadorian Claim Struck By Peruvian Official
A Peruvian foreign ministry official dismissed an Ecuadoran claim that Japanese troops fight with Ecuador against Peru as laughable and ridiculous. He called the report propaganda and noted the supposed 3000 Japanese troops are not credible.
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Lima
Peru
A.P
Foreign Office
Ecuador
War Review Describes Vichy Surrender Of Indo China
The piece argues that Vichy France has in effect consented to an Axis dismemberment of its colonial empire by surrendering French Indochina to Japan to deter a British Chinese Free French invasion. The move risks broader harm to Americans and others if Japan remains entrenched and colonial flags linger.
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Vichy
Japan
France
Parasites Fail to Stop Sawfly Infestations in Alberta
H L Seamans chief of the Lethbridge entomological laboratory states since 1927 sawfly declines are due to drought in Alberta and Durum wheat farming in southern Manitoba and southeastern Saskatchewan. He cites that parasites have existed in some areas but have made no impact on infestations.
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Lethbridge
H. L. Seamans
City plebiscite eyed on 275000 power plant loan
Medicine Hat voters face August 15 by law vote on borrowing 275000 for a power plant unit addition. Only property owners assessed at 400 or more may vote. renters have no say. Advance polls at City Hall run August 12 13 2 PM to 8 PM 14 2 PM to 10 30 PM and August 15 9 AM to 8 PM.
Travel Round World To Fight Nazis
Thirty five young Netherlands fliers arrived in New York after a circuitous journey from Java to Cape Town and on to the United States en route to England to join the fight against the Nazis. They fled the Netherlands, passed through France and Dunkirk, formed a squadron in England, and sailed for Java before returning aboard the Tabian to New York via the Panama Canal.
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New York
A.P
Java
Netherlands East Indies
England
Netherlands
France
Cape Town
Tabian
aPnama Canal
Thirty German Planes Downed in RAF Night Raids
London reports the Royal Air Force night raids on Kiel Emden and other targets left large fires and heavy damage. The air ministry says thirty German planes were shot down in yesterday offensive sweeps over Kiel Emden Wilhelmshaven Rotterdam and air fields in German occupied France.
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London
Kiel
Emden
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Baltic
North Sea
R.A.F
Wilthelmshaven
Rotterdam
France
Convoy Hit in the Mediterranean Destroyer Sunk
The British convoy in the Mediterranean was subjected to a heavy attack with a destroyer sunk and a merchant ship damaged, the Admiralty announced in London.
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London
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Chamber discussion on Sirois Commission findings and national resolutions
At the monthly Chamber of Commerce meeting a Canadian Chamber questionnaire on the Royal Commission findings was handed to the legislative committee for completion by Saturday. A second questionnaire covers police, labor, taxation and agricultural issues and a roads committee will draft resolutions on the trans Canada highway and interprovincial cooperation with Montana aviation plans.
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Chamber of Commerce
C. of C
Royal Commission On
Dominion
Legislative Committee
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Royal Commission
Alberta Chambers of Commerce and
Boards of Trade
Lethbridge
Montana
Northwest Aviation Planning Council
Alaska
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Recordsoy bean crop expands in southeast Alberta
Officials of the Alberta Linseed Oil Company report the southeast Alberta soy bean area reaching a historical high with about 200 acres planted. The crop endured a hot spell, showing strong potential despite extreme temperatures as harvest lags wheat by about two weeks. Flax acreage this year is 50 to 75 percent larger than 1840, surpassing recent years.
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Alberta
Alberta Linseed Oil Company
G B to Get Most of B C Salmon
Ottawa July 25 The Trade Minister announced an agreement giving two thirds of British Columbia’s 1941 canned salmon production to the United Kingdom. He estimated the shipments will exceed 1,000,000 cases, far more than Canada has supplied before.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
United Kingdom
MacKinnon
Canada
Beecham To Conduct Vancouver Symphony Season Start
Sir Thomas Beecham signed to conduct the Vancouver Symphony for the season opener in October with four appearances and two more optional. Allan de Ridder, former Vancouver conductor, moves to Hart House Quartette as viola, succeeding Milton Blackstone. de Ridder joins next month.
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Vancouver
C.P
Allan de Ridder
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Hart House
Sir Thomas Beecham
Sir Thomas
Vancouver Symphony
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
de Ridder
Milton Blackstone
Hert House
City Glances and Heat Wave Quips Downtown
Nine tons is the claimed weight of a steam roller at work on city streets. The War Emergency Training Centre draws about eighty thousand dollars annually for Medicine Hat. A Maple Leaf Milling employee jokes about heat easing appetite to nine sandwiches. River water floods Finlay Bridge area with motorists splashing mud while driving.
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City of
Medicine Hat
Maple Leaf Milling Company
Eee
Finlay Bridge
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Jean Knox
Lona
Auxiliary Territorial Service
A.T.S
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G.B
B.C. Salmon
T. Beecham
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