Soviet claim German drive toward Moscow stalled in key sectors
Soviet bulletin says German offensives aimed at Moscow and Kiev are breaking against the firmness of Red troops. Counter-attacks are delivering heavy losses as fighting rages across the front from Smolensk to Zhitomir and the Baltic sea area.
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Kiev
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Henry Cassidy
Associated Press
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Japan Hardens South Asia Policy With Indo China Offer
A Bangkok dispatch says Japan offered Cambodia and Laos in French Indo China to Thailand in exchange for allegiance to Japan's new Asian order. The move risks Anglo American resentment and contradicts the Vichy Tokyo protocol on Indo China.
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Malaya
Senator Clark Proposes U S Control of Canada and Latin America
Sen Worth Clark of Idaho advocates taking control of Canada and all of Latin America, a plan called fantastic by colleagues. Sen Joseph C O Mahoney supports broad western backing, while critics call it imperialistic and dangerous to policy toward Europe and Asia.
Duke of Kent Trips to Canada for Six Week Air Tour
The Duke of Kent arrives at Rockcliffe airport in Ottawa for a six week inspection tour of Canadian air training establishments and war efforts. He will visit every province, inspect factories and shipyards, with weather guiding travel plans and no U S visit planned.
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Rockcliffe
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Air Force
Churchill Warns of Possible German Invasion This Fall
London July 29 Prime Minister Churchill warned Britain of a potential German invasion attempt in September saying all armed forces are to be at concert pitch by Sept 1 and remain vigilant. He rejected calls for a minister of production and criticized criticism of British industry for affecting relations with the United States and Australia. He declined to say if Finland would be formal German ally.
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Hast Davies
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Considerah
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Australia
Death of Nazi General Von Weber Reported
The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung disclosed the death of Maj. Gen. Karl Ritter Von Weber commander of a tank division on the eastern front on July 20. The notice appeared July 29 via the Associated Press.
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Berlin
Karl Ritter von Weber
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
The War Reviewed Smolensk Front and German Hopes
Analysis of German expectations for a quick Smolensk victory. Russian lines along the Dnieper remain largely intact west of Orsha to Mogilev, with a pivotal triangle centered at Orsha, Mogilev, and the Dnieper forming Moscow’s main defense bastion.
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Stani assures Inonu Russia won’t seize Dardanelles
Joseph Stani, after a British suggestion, wrote President Ismet Inonu that the Soviet Union has no plan to take control of the Dardanelles. The message was learned from high authority in Ankara, Turkey, on July 29.
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Ismet Inonu
Russia
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Black Seas
Opinions On By Law Vote Outlined By Local Citizens
Friday's by law vote on the 275000 money measure draws varied views from a city banker who supports borrowing to a butcher who opposes tying to a power firm. A barber asks for elected authority to spend and a bartender claims no knowledge and no vote.
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Appointment of J. W. Wright as Employment and Claims officer
Mr. J W Wright in charge of the local Employment Bureau received notice of his appointment with the Unemployment Insurance Commission as Employment and Claims officer. The position starts on August 1.
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J. W. Wright
Unemployment Insurance Commission
RAF Raids Sicilian Airfields and Benghazi Targets
The Royal Air Force said thirty four Axis planes were destroyed in widespread attacks on Sicilian airfields at Catania Syracuse Marsala and Borizzo near Trapani with other machines damaged and personnel casualties. No British losses reported. Benghazi also raided.
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Veterans Guard Is Honored by Military Promotion and Overseas Duty
Canadian Veterans' Guard gains recognition with expanded duties guarding German POWs in Canada and a special unit to be dispatched overseas to Canadian headquarters in London. Bert Alley of the Veterans' Home Guard is promoted to full colonel amid this acknowledgment by the minister of national defence.
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J. N. Ralston
Veterans' Guard
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Canada
Bert’’ Alley
Veterans’ Home Guard
Sikorski Announces Polish Soviet Accord on Honorable Terms
London July 29 Gen Sikorski Polish prime minister says his government has reached an accord with the Soviet government on honorable conditions. The agreement would allow resumption of Polish Russian diplomatic relations and release of about 200000 Polish war prisoners in Russia to form a Polish army to fight Germany.
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C.P
Sikorski
German Sub Hit 19 Allied Vessels in Atlantic Convoy
Berlin reports German high command claims 19 ships totalling 116 500 tons sunk from a British convoy in the Atlantic after days of heavy fighting. London did not immediately comment on the German claim.
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Atlantic
London
City Glances and Local Tidbits
Brief notes from the city include a reminder that biking in parks is banned and a neon Snack Spot sign on Third Street praised as a nifty job. A school board meeting produced little new, holidays noted, and tin cages for rats crafted at the Experimental Field. A "V for Victory" dart board is set for the Red Cross garden party Friday. An Air Force officer seeking Calgary accommodation during stampede week ended up in a hay stack. Western hospitality?
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V For Victory
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Red Cross Garden Party
Calgary
Japan’s 1916 Fronts See Russian Breakthroughs and Allied Bombardment
Twenty five years ago on July 29 1916 Russians broke through Austro German lines along a 13 mile front and forced passage of the Stokhod river. British forces shelled German reserve trenches from Ancre to the Somme as World War I battles rage in Europe. In a separate legal note a United States federal court awarded British ship Appam to its owners after a prize crew dispute.
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Escapes crash by parachute in military training plane
Edmonton July 29 CP LAC J W H L Monfette of Ste Agnes Lac Megantic Que was killed when a light Royal Canadian Air Force training plane crashed into a farmer s field two miles from No 16 elementary flying training school A flying instructor parachuted to safety in the incident marking a fatal crash with one survivor.
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Ste. Agnes Lac Megantic
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Porcupine on Courthouse Lawn Causes Brief Chase
Four citizens confronted Mister Billy Porcupine on the court house lawn after a late river crossing. The animal rolled into a ball as the men approached and hurried toward the river’s willows, escaping into privacy while observers noted the scene near the south Saskatchewan.
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Court House
Billy Porcupine
Billy
Eden Warns of Nazi Peace Offensive and Britain’s Resolve
Foreign Secretary Eden rejects any peace with Hitler and predicts a postwar reconstruction push in Europe with expected US aid. He warns a peace blitz may surface soon offering promises to occupied nations, while Britain refuses to allow another total war and seeks to keep Germany from rebuilding its military power.
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