Hitler’s invasion armies may face vast Soviet counter attack
Soviet quarters in London predicted today a counter offensive by 3,000,000 Red Army troops within two weeks. Berlin boasted of German gains near Leningrad while London sources said reserves were being rushed to the front and Stalin would signal the big push once German reserves were spent.
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London
Leningrad
Red Army
Stalin
Moscow
Berlin
Britain Renews Air Campaign Duke Kent Visit Planned
The Duke of Kent will arrive by air at No 34 FTS around 10 a.m. Friday August 14 and be greeted by air force officials and civic leaders. He cannot accept formal receptions and public access is unclear. The visit reportedly focuses on inspecting the local Royal Air Force base.
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H.R.H
Duke of
Royal Air Force Base
Fines Imposed on Tobacco Firm and Alberta Partners
A Toronto tobacco manufacturer Louis D. Aronowitz and Alberta partners Robert Boyd and Joseph Dubisky were fined after Alberta Supreme Court jurors convicted them on combined charges. Aronowitz faces 10000 or four months in jail while Boyd pays 1000 or 60 days and Dubisky 500 or 60 days, part of a total 211500 in fines.
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C.P
Toronto
Alberta
Alberta Supreme Court
Justice Shepherds
Louis D. Aronowitz
Robert Boyd
Medicine Hat Jecber
Says Motor Carriers Give Vital Service
Walter K. Crawford of Hamilton said the Automotive Transport Association of Ontario has asked oil controller R. G. Cottrelle to restore quantity discount gasoline prices for public commercial vehicle operators. He argued regulation of non essential gasoline use should not apply to motor transport as carriers deliver milk fruit and other food from rural areas to cities.
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Toronto
C.P
Walter K. Crawford
Hamilton
Automotive Transport Association of Ontario
R. G. Cottrelle
Crawford
The War Reviewed Reports on Vyazma Near Moscow
The article notes limited German advances east of Smolensk, with a division near Vyazma 130 miles from Moscow. Supplies are strained, rear lines untested, and northern and southern thrusts not yet evident. A relief column fights to re-equip the Vyazma force amid ongoing front defenses.
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Hitler
Baltic
Black Sia
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Berlin
Viteosk
Soviet Defences Crumble Reported as German Squeeze Grows
The dispatch claims German columns press south toward Leningrad while Finnish forces advance from the north on the Karelian peninsula. It reports naphtha fired into forests and artillery fire, with the central front tightening around Red Army positions east of Smolensk and deep incursions into Ukraine as retreating Russian forces falter.
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Karelian
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Moscow
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Ukraine
Wheat processing tax ends today in Canada
Ottawa July 21 Trade Minister Mackinnon announced the wheat processing tax of 15 cents per bushel ends today and will not be in operation in the new crop year. The tax, in effect for two years, raised more than $5 000 090 in revenue and was aimed at financing government wheat programs. It was said to have borne heavily on bakers whose costs rose due to the war.
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Ottawa
C.P
Mackinnon
Canada
Heavy fighting south of Brody and Somme action reported
July 31 1916 reports describe Austrian forces opposing a Russian drive toward Lemberg near Brody Galicia. French repelled German assaults on the Somme front as German airships bombed towns along the Thames estuary.
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Galicia
Lemberg
Somme
Thames Estuary
MP Sir H P Latham Arrested For Military Offences
London July 31 Major Sir Herbert Paul Latham MP for Whitby has been arrested for alleged offences against the military law and is held for trial before a court martial. Details of charges not disclosed.
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London
Herbert Paul Latham
Whitby
Lost Control Car Crashes Near Irvine
Mrs. Acitzener, about 50, of Regina, is reported resting comfortably at General Hospital after a motor crash on the Medicine Hat Walsh highway yesterday at 4 pm. Her daughter Barbara, driving, said the car lost control on loose gravel and rolled four times, she was thrown from the wreck. Pattison's ambulance rushed her to Medicine Hat. Dr. Armstrong attends.
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Acitzener
Regina
General Hospital
Irvine
Medicine Hat- Walsh
B. C. Armstrong
Achtzenger
Barbara
Pola Negri Barred From Entering United States
Silent film star Pola Negri was denied entry as her five year permit expired and was not renewed, immigration officials said at Ellis Island.
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Pola Negri
United States
Ellis Island
Nip Nazi Plot in Argentina
Police in Parana announced the disruption of a subversive Nazi plot in Argentina after raids in the provincial capital. A large stash of propaganda documents was found in houses marked with swastikas and nine people were arrested in connection with the alleged plan.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Parana
Bracken Initiates Dept Clean-Up in Britain
London July 31 Lord Davidson resigns as controller of production in the ministry of information and Lt Gen Scorgie is granted leave of absence. The moves signal a top level clean-up by Brendan Bracken the minister amid criticism over news and propaganda handling.
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London
Lord Davidson
Ministry of Information
Norman D. Scorgie
Brendan Bracken
Scorgie
British air raids pound Germany from coast to Norway
London reports renewed Allied air campaign over Germany and occupied territories after weather delay. Overnight raids hit Aachen and Cologne with a Heligoland Bight daylight attack sinking a 1200 ton vessel and damaging others. Seven British planes missing in Heligoland raid and three in night attack. No casualties reported.
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Germany
Norway
Air Ministry
Occupied
Aachen
Cologne
Heligoland Bight
England
City Death Toll Surges in July Demand figures show sharp rise
July deaths in the city exceed twice the 1940 July total, per vital statistics. Births and marriages remained steady. The release outlines the comparative figures for the month of July.
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Vital Statistics Department
New Gas Rules Take Effect Friday Across Province
Beginning Friday dealers may not extend credit to customers with exceptions for His Majesty's Forces vehicles provincial and Dominion department cars taxi firms and commercial vehicles Cash deposits are banned. Springfield Mass July 31 Cornelius J Carmody of County Clare Ireland dies at 102 yesterday.
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His Majesty’s Forces
Springfield
Mass
Cornelius J. Carmody
County Clare
Ireland
Treasury official: Rum Row wiped out by war
Washington July 31 The war has wiped out Rum Row Elmer L Ivey United States treasury law enforcement coordinator said yesterday that in the last year there was a complete absence of organized liquor smuggling at sea.
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Washington
A.P
Elmer L. Ivey
United States Treasury
City Glances and Warnings From Bingville
City officials warn farmers to use discretion bringing livestock into town as rattlesnakes have been found inside limits. Financial clearings show this month 1 613 588 last month 1 442 038 and last year 964 597 with weekly figures 335 518 418 253 and 228 700. Paving extends on airport road from city limits to cemetery hill while the Employment Service office resumes normal hours in Room 7 at the Post Office building.
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Harvard
House of Flowers
Airport Road
Cemetery Hill
Defence Dept cooperates in gasoline conservation drive
Ottawa July 31 The National Defence department will cooperate in the voluntary gasoline conservation campaign by issuing no courtesy cards for army vehicles and designating one day weekly for maintenance of military transport. Commanding officers are told to devote that day entirely to this training phase.
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Ottawa
C.P
National Defence Department
Interior seeks 100000 gas stations closed at night
Interior Secretary Ickes declared a move toward compulsory restriction on gasoline use. He urged the oil industry to close 100,000 eastern stations from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. seven days a week starting August 2. The measure would affect Atlantic seaboard sellers Maine to Florida and may lead to ration cards if voluntary limits fail.
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Washington
C.P
Tekes
Atlantic Seaboard
Maine
Florida
Ickes
Canadian Press chief arrives in Britain wartime study
J A McNeil general manager of the Canadian Press has arrived in Britain to study wartime reporting and the operations of the CP London bureau. He will meet CP war correspondents and observe how Canadian corps news is chronicled for Canadian dailies.
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London
J. A. McNeil
Canadian Press
Britain
McNeil
C.P
Raid Hits Kirkenes and Petsamo Ports
The admiralty said a severe raid by naval aircraft yesterday struck the northern Norwegian port Kirkenes and the Finnish port Petsamo. At least four supply ships were hit. Sixteen British planes were lost and four enemy planes shot down.
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London
Admiralty
Kirkenes
Petsamo
Boy Drowns In Moose Lake Near Bonnyville
Nine year old Giles Bougie drowned after jumping from a raft blown from shore on Moose lake near Bonnyville. Two companions were saved. The tragedy occurred Sunday and local authorities investigated the incident.
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Bonnyville Alta
Jay
C.P
Giles Bougie
Moose Lake
Eee
Keitel's Son Killed on Eastern Front
The youngest son of Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel was killed on the eastern front yesterday. Georg Keitel served as an artillery lieutenant and died in combat.
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Berlin
Wilhelm Keitel
Big Command
Hang
Georg Keitel
Experimental Plant Production of Power from Wheat
Ottawa reports Canada considers an experimental plant to produce power alcohol from wheat amid wartime shortages. The National Chemurgic Committee favors subsidies to cover higher costs, citing foreign exchange savings, reduced油 imports, and the potential to blend up to 20 percent alcohol with gasoline without major carburetor changes.
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C.P
Canada
National Chemurgic Committee
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
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