Train Derailment Blocks Traffic near Daysland
Crews from South Edmonton and Wilkie Sask clearing wreckage from a Canadian Pacific Railway line east of Daysland after a freight train derailed Monday. Fourteen cars left the rails. track damaged 50 feet. five cars badly smashed. thousands of bushels of wheat spilled. no injuries reported. Cause under investigation.
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Obey
Sland
South Edmonton
Wilkie
Sask
Canadian Pacific
Here
Daysland
Edmonton
C.P.R
Canada to meet Britain's bacon and ham contracts
Ottawa reports bacon board officials say Canada will fulfill the Britain request for 425 million pounds of bacon and hams under the current contract and can handle the 1941 42 contract for 600 million pounds with some ease.
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Ottawa
Canada
Britain
United Kingdom
Ministry of Food
Bacon Board
War Review Sees Axis Cohesion Amid Finland Romania Values
Edward E. Bomar reports Berlin insists Finland will not seek separate peace though technically not Axis. Romania remains tied to Nazi aims while Bulgaria resists token forces. Hungary’s zeal questioned as winter looms and German gains depend on Finnish cooperation. Viscount Knollys named Bermuda’s first civilian governor in 18th century-era appointment noted in Hamilton.
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Berlin
Finland
Adolf Hitler
Axis
Hitler
Russia
Red Army
Viscount Knollys
Bermuda
Hamilton
Thorson to Head Censorship Coordination Body
Ottawa reports that government responsibility for directing all censorship activities has been placed under War Services Minister Thorson, who will also chair a reorganized censorship coordination committee.
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Ottawa
War Services
Thorson
Independents To Convene In Edmonton On Nov 24
J Percy Page M L A and secretary of the Independent group said a convention will discuss the future status of Alberta independents in Edmonton on November 24. The convention was chosen at a group meeting with each single member riding allowed four delegates, and Edmonton and Calgary each allotted 12 delegates including the sitting independent members.
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Edmonton
Alberta
J. Percy Page
M.L.A
Calgary
Gas blast injures 35 airmen at Calgary RCAf depot
A sewer gas pocket exploded under the No. 2 Supply Depot canteen in East Calgary at 6 45 pm Saturday injuring 35 airmen. Twenty two were hospitalized and 13 treated on site. Four seriously hurt. all recovering. Insurance covers 3500 damage. Building loss 3000 contents 500. Explosion lifted floor shattered windows and hurled debris across the room.
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Calgary
R.C.A.F
Roosevelt Labor Day speech labeled with no new foreign policy
Berlin sources described President Roosevelt's Labor Day address as developing nothing new in foreign policy. MacKenzie King had a quiet day at the hotel in London, while Ottawa announced A. H. Williamson of Vancouver as controller of supplies in the munitions department, a post formerly disclosed unofficially.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
London
Mackenzie King
Ottawa
Howe
A. H. Williamson
Vancouver
Ten aboard RAF plane lost at sea cross roads of policy
Count Guy Baillet Latour son of IOC chairman was among ten aboard a Royal Air Force ferry command transport declared lost by the air ministry. The flight left North America Monday and was due in Britain today. crew included Samuel Walter Sydenham of Edmonton and other officials from Britain, the United States, and Australia.
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London
Guy Baillet-Latour
Henri de Baillet-Latour
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Air Ministry
Samuel Walter Sydenham
Edmonton
Alia
North America
Britain
R. Mowat
Bistol
British Library of Information
E. Taylor Farnborough
Hampshire
Eng
British Air Ministry
S. Picking
U.S.N
United States Navy
L.H. Wrangham
Imperial Army
Mark Benjamin
Wembley
Middlesex
Central Scientific Office
Washington
Kenneth Garden
Coogie
Sydney
Australia
Geoffrey L. Panes
Tonbridge
Kent
Charles Alvan Spence
Little Neck
N.Y
Montreal Twins in WAAF Confuse Friends and Co workers
May and June Saunders two 20 year old identical twins from Montreal joined the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force in London as clerks. In a Birmingham chocolate factory they caused mix ups as staff struggled to tell them apart with one saying she had no boyfriend while the other claimed June’s. They have three brothers, two in Canada and one with Canadian forces in Britain.
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London
C.P
May
June Saunders
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Montreal
Birmingham
England
W.A.A.F
June
W.ava.f
Canada
Britain
Silk Stocking Illusion Promoted By Dancers
San Francisco reports dancer Maxine Frances and friend Alice Hulett devised leg painting tips to simulate silk stockings. They recommend soluble theatrical makeup, hair removal, neat paint, even top line, artificial light lustre, a garter, and a contrasting skirt to prevent revealing the illusion.
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San Francisco
C.P
Maxime Frances
Alice Hulett
Maxine
Edmonton Prophet Predicts War End This Week
Harry Snider an Edmonton amateur forecaster says the war will end Sunday night and any post event fighting will be just cleanup He predicts Hitler and three other dictators will die within a week after August 31 and claims the world will know Germany has lost by Sunday night He is credited with predicting Edward VIII abdication the Dunkirk evacuation and Rudolf Hess's flight to Britain
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Edmonton
Harry Snider
Hitler
Snider
Edward VIII
Dunkerque
Rudolf Hess
Britain
Holiday death toll in U S rises during Labor Day weekend
Chicago dispatch reports 614 people died violently in the United States over the Labor Day weekend. Traffic crashes accounted for 416 deaths, with 73 drownings and 125 deaths from shootings stabbings falls fires and other violent causes.
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Chicago
United States
Pierre Laval Showing Progressive Improvement
Pierre Laval's physicians report the former vice premier wounded at Versailles last Tuesday is showing progressive improvement as of September 2. The bulletin notes the condition remains grave but there is steady improvement in his health.
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Vichy
Pierre Laval
Versailles
Extremists and Moderates Struggle for Japanese Dominance
Reported from Shanghai describe a split in Tokyo between German-influenced extremists and practical moderates over Japan's future policy. Clashes over war or peace directions, possible coups against Konoye, and a contemplated rapprochement with the United States and Britain are outlined as the central forks shaping Japan's stance amid a broader war context.
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Japan
Berlin
Hitler
Shanghai
Tokyo
Pacific
Asiatic
Netherlands East Indies
Thailand
Vladivostok
Russia
United States
Konoye
Britain
Finland vows war continues on Russia in Karelia
Helsinki reports Finnish attacks on Russian troop concentrations and supply bases on the Karelian isthmus. A Finnish leader declares the war against Russia is not finished despite rumors of Finland dropping the fight after regaining much territory from the 1939-40 conflict.
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Helsinki
Karelian
Russia
Finland
RAF Planes Strike German Coast in Night Assaults
London Sept. 2 The Royal Air Force launched another heavy attack on the German held coast of Northern France after daylight sorties filled the skies from morning to evening. Cologne bore the brunt of the night attack as British planes struck an enemy supply ship off Dunkerque, leaving the vessel enveloped in smoke per the air ministry communique.
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London
Royal Air Force
France
Cologne
Dunkerque
Air Ministry
Polish POW Thanks Canadian Red Cross Letter Address
Edmonton officials reported a Polish prisoner of war in Germany sent a letter of thanks to the Canadian Red Cross. The message read Canada Red Cross Province of Alberta ULSA Canada America, thanking for parcels of clothing received by Poles in Germany. An unrelated death: LAC Daniel Gordon May of Toronto killed at Brantford when struck by a propeller at No 5 Service Flying School.
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Edmonton
C.P
Canadian Red Cross Society
Germany
Canadian Red Cross
Lac
Daniel Gordon May
Toronto
Brantford
Ont
No. 5 Service Flying School
Tobruk Garrison Repels Major Air Raid
British defenders in Tobruk repelled a heavy Monday air raid as 100 planes attacked the Libyan port. Despite the assault, damage and casualties were negligible, according to the British Middle East command.
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Cairo
Tobruk
Libya
Mediterranean
Middle East
Better Late Than Never Counterpane Exchange
A middle aged woman at a Knoxville department store asks to exchange a counterpane she bought twenty five years ago for a new one. The floor manager recalls the store never stocked that counterpane type, and the woman explains she bought it in anticipation of marriage that never happened until now.
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Knoxville
Tenn
C.P
Allied powers seize German ships. Greece under control pressure
News from September 2 1916 reports Allied governments demanding control of Greek postal and telegraph systems and deportation of Central Powers agents in Greece. three German vessels seized off Piraeus. A combined Russian and Romanian assault drove Austrian forces back across the Cerna.
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Greece
Piraeus
Cerna
Major Bradley named CO of 39th Field Battery
LETHBRIDGE Sept 2 Major Bradley commander of a coastal defence unit on the Pacific coast has been named commanding officer of the 39th Field Battery Royal Canadian Artillery which will be mobilized here Brigadier F M W Harvey commanding officer of Military District No 18 announced Saturday.
Avers Viewpoint Is All Wrong
Edinburgh Sept 2 CP Jack Tanner president of Sean ed Engineering Union charged Col Moore Brabazon Mittifiter for aircraft production had expressed the hope the German and Russian armies would exterminate each other and leave Britain the dominating power in Europe Tanner made the charge before the Trades Union Congress he did not name the occasion but said such a viewpoint may nullify our whole war effort.
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Edinburgh
Jack Tanner
Sean Ed .Engineering
Cal
J.T. C. Moore-Brabazont
Mittifiter
Britain
Europe
Tanner
Trades Union Congress
Col. Moore-Brabazon
Thirteen Die in Marseille Plane Crash
An Air France transport plane plunged into Lake Bol ton near Marseille killing 13 onboard including Jean Gourret a French armistice commission member. Italian Mario Peterini was among three gravely injured. investigators cited engine trouble before the crash near Marignane airport.
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Marseille
Air France
Bolton
Here
Jean Gourret
Mario Peterini
Auccumber
Toulouse
Marighane
Gourret
Five Canadians Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Five Canadian airmen receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross for daylight attacks on German warships sheltering in French harbors. Recipients include Pilot Officers J A Durban J P Erly and R H Sutton and Squadron Leaders W Keddy and L J Sticky. They serve in Royal Canadian Air Force units attached to RAF No 40 group. One observer listed as missing after a Sunday attack.
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London
J. A. Durbcan
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
J. P. Erly
Toronto
R. H. Sutton
Winipeg
W. Keddy
Burnside
N.S
L.J
Sticky
Lethbridge
Alta
Duncan
Erly
Sutton
Aymters
Royal Canadian Armoy
Royal Alp
Canada
R.C.A. BP
Nere
R.A.F
Ty 8
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Moscow
W. Averill Harriman
U.S
The
Canadian Press
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Dnieper
Crimea
Smolensk
Finn
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Lord Louis Mountbatten
King George
G. S. Tuck
Alex Paulette
Ilustrious
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