Twenty German Planes Shot Down Over Great Britain
The air ministry announced twenty enemy planes were shot down around Britain's coast today. Dover, a southeastern port near German-occupied France, endured a mass bombing with fifteen German planes reported shot down in the air battle. Eight bombers and seven fighters were downed by RAF units, with one British plane lost and some damage to others.
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London
Air Ministry
Britain
Dover
England
France
Royal Air Force
Germany Tightens Grip in Occupied Holland Under Rule
The article reports a harsh German occupation in Holland with death penalties for aiding Britain, bans on foreign radio, confiscation of property for anti Reich activity, control of Socialist and Communist parties, new German courts, and bans on loyalty demonstrations to Queen Wilhelmina. Agriculture and dairy face rationing and mass culling of poultry as fodder becomes scarce, worsened by feed shortages.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Holland
Social-Democratic Party
Communist Party
Revolutionary Social Workers Party
Wilhelmina
United States
M J Cox Dies in Tokyo as Foxed Fatal Jump
London and Tokyo dispatches report Reuters that Melville James Cox, a Reuters correspondent and former naval officer, died after leaping from a second floor window at a Japanese gendarmerie headquarters while under examination. Concurrent reports note British arrests by military police of nine British businessmen in Japan amid an espionage probe.
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London
C.P
Reuters
Tokyo
Melville James Cox
Foreign Office
Shanghai
APL
Japan
Melville James
Reasonal
James
Wat
British Federation of Industres Tor
Deammoend
M. Jona
Ringer
Holder
British Association
MacNaughton
Jones
Ingenious Plans In War Savings Drive
Edmonton and district residents contribute to the War Savings drive with inventive methods. Dr Andramion pasted stamps on folders to spark sales among nervous patients, while Paul Pierre the Swiss hairdresser stamps cosmetics to raise funds. Both plans aim to boost government support without profiting from wartime sales.
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Edmonton and District
H. R. Milner
K.C
Andramion
Paul Pierre
Pierre
Loss of destroyer Wren reported by Admiralty
The Admiralty announced the destroyer Wren of 1120 tons was lost to enemy air action. In the engagement another destroyer Montrose shot down two enemy bombers. Casualties were noted but the report did not state any losses.
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London
Admiralty
Wren
Montrose
Frost Hits Leader Sask Early in Year
Two degrees of frost were reported last night at Leader Saskatchewan the earliest frost recorded in the district this year. Damage was slight and confined to the district outside Leader townsite mainly affecting early cucumbers.
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Leader
Sask
Darrage
Stoppage of French Train Service Noted by Berlin
July 29 report from Vichy says all passenger trains between occupied and unoccupied France halted by German order. Petain government notes provisional cessation of government services to Paris and refugee return ban in the German zone. Berlin authorities deny knowledge of the stoppage and downplay significance of the report.
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Vichy
France
Petain
Paris
Saan
Berlin
Occupied
German Seaplanes Marked Red Cross Shot Down
Two German seaplanes marked with the Red Cross were shot down off the British coast by RAF fighters. The Air Ministry said the craft were used for reconnaissance and communications and carried papers showing they aided German war news services with bogus captions.
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London
C.P
Air Ministry
Germany
Royal Air Force
Ministry
Edmonton Boy Dies After Mountain Fall At Banff Camp
Edmonton youth Eric Mathew fourteen died from injuries after falling about twenty yards while passing a log on Hole in the Wall mountain near Banff. He fainted while scouting with Edmonton school boys camp musicians and was taken to Banff hospital, then transported home for burial. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Anthony Mathew of Edmonton and a member of All Saints boy choir.
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Banff
Alta
C.P. Norman Eric Mathew
Edmonton
Banff Hospital
Anthony Mathew
Famine in Europe darkens wartime harvest as blockade tightens
From London reports Europe faces a disappointing wartime harvest as Hitler’s advance and the British blockade threaten famine. Political sources predict a tighter blockade with Hugh Dalton to address the House of Commons this week.
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London
Europe
Hitler
Hugh Dalton
House of Commons
Hitler Seeks Quick Transylvania Peace Talks In Romania
Bucharest reports the Romanian government shows willingness to cede a narrow border strip of Transylvania to Hungary. Berlin notes Hitler, in a Bavarian Alps retreat, set rules for a "new order" and will receive a fourth group of southeast European statesmen during the past week amid invasion speculation.
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Bucharest
Transylvania
Hungary
Berlin
Bavarian Alps
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Hitler
Great
Continuen
Invasion plans reportedly set for mid August
Rumors in Turkey citing German circles say Marshal Goering approved a full scale Nazi attack on Britain to begin mid August with mass air raids on shipping and preparations for a main invasion. Reports claim Hitler expects major casualties and hospitals are being prepared in western Germany with Italian nurses and doctors drafted.
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Ankara
Turkey
Germany
Wilhelm Goering
Britain
Hitler
Italy
R A F Strikes Axis Targets Over Africa and Europe
CAIRO reports three Italian planes shot down and others damaged in air operations over Italian possessions in Africa. LONDON notes RAF bombing of seventeen Mazi airfields in Germany Holland Belgium and northern France with three British planes missing. VALETTA announces four Italian planes destroyed off Malta with no British losses.
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Cairo
C.P
Royal Air Force
London
Mazi
Germany
Holland
Belgium
France
Air Ministry
Austro German Troops Press in Poland and Pelagosa Island Loss
Austro German forces push in Poland near Lublin Chelmailway. French repel a major German assault at Barrenkopf in the Vosges. Austrian naval squadron fails to retake Pelagosa island in the Adriatic, held by Italians.
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Poland
Lublin
Poole Co Wins Airport Building Contract for Medicine Hat School
The Poole Construction Company of Edmonton has the contract to erect buildings for the Medicine Hat Service Flying Training School. Five double hangars, one single hangar, a drill hall and smaller structures are planned. Fred Hooper leads a crew at the site as demolition continues on the Fair Grounds. Plans outline three concrete runways each 500 feet wide with asphalt and crushed gravel surfaces. Leveling of the auxiliary field seven miles west proceeds apace.
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Poole Construction Company
Edimonton
Medicine Hat
Fred Hooper
Edmonton
Car Crash Near Enderby Kills One Injures Four
One person was killed and four others injured when a car returning from a Canoe dance failed to negotiate a highway curve and struck a power line pole near Enderby British Columbia. Stanley Anderson, 25, of Vancouver, died. Thelma Triggs 19 Olly Wittala 27 and Hanner Ponpila in Mara were seriously injured and Philip Wittala 18 of Mara the driver was less seriously hurt. Enderby lies 225 miles east of Vancouver.
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Enderby
B.C
C.P
Philip Wittala
Mara
Vancouver
British patrolmen missing in Libyan frontier battle
British patroling troops were reported missing after a fight on the Cyrenacian Libyan frontier near the Mediterranean. An Italian communique said two British Blenheims were shot down and two Italian aircraft were missing.
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London
C.P
Cyrenacian
Libya
Mediterranean
Japanese Peace Offer Rejected by Chinese Circle
Hong Kong reports informants close to Chungking say China refused all Japanese overtures to halt hostilities and sign a broad settlement. Proposals allegedly included cession of five provinces to Japan, recognition of Wang Ching-wei as Chinese president, shared control of British Burma and French Indo China, and indefinite abeyance of Manchoukuo.
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Hong Kong
Chungking
China
Asia
Japan
Wang Chling-wei
Chinese Republic
Burma
Indo-China
Thailand
Siam
Manchoukuo
Pan American Committee Agrees on Trusteeship Plan
Havana report says a sub committee reached a cordial agreement on a plan of trusteeship for European possessions in the Americas. Delegates expect the resolution to express hemispheric unity for defense and joint administration if ownership changes occur. Leopoldo Melo, Argentine delegate, notes plans will surprise skeptics.
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Havana
Americas
New World
Roosevelt Leopoldo Melo
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