Girl Victim of Bike Accident
Adeline Gillespie a 15 year old from 533A Sixth avenue is in General Hospital with a slight concussion after losing control of her bicycle at 8 p m on Sixth avenue near the Western Meat Market. She was thrown to the sidewalk and injured but not seriously. Dr M MacCharles attends. A separate motor collision at Bridge street and Industrial avenue scattered vegetables and caused only minor injuries.
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Adeline Gillespie
Sixth Avenue
General Hospital
Third Street
Western Meat Market
M. MacCharles
Bridge Street
Industrial Avenue
London bomb raids drive Londoners underground again
German air invaders prompted four daylight alarms in London with rescues and underground sheltering. Scouts returned later as night raids threatened, with British fighters repelling some targets while others over Wales were reported.
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London
Wales
Financiers Arrive to Arrange Large Allied Loan
In September 1815 London and Paris financiers reached New York to organize an early one billion dollar loan for the Allies. A German spy was executed at the Tower of London.
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London
Paris
New York
Tower of Londoi
Odds favor Britain tempered by air war pace
Washington reports that despite intensified Nazi bombing, neutral military observers and readers remain grimly optimistic about Britain. U S authorities who last month suggested odds were even or slightly in Britain’s favor are not ready to shorten the outlook.
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Washington
A.P
London
Britain
United States
Ideal Weather For Sub Attack
The Germans and Italians destroyed 84 575 tons of British and neutral merchant shipping in the week ending Sept 1. Admiralty reports total first year losses of 2 771333 tons with British 1 539196, allies 462924, neutrals 769213. Submarine attack weather blamed for high weekly losses.
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Lonlon
C.P
British Admiralty
Admiralty
London theatres to close indefinitely amid German bomb threat
The Palladium and six other vaudeville and movie theatres in London and suburbs will close indefinitely due to German bombing risk. The list includes Hippodrome Empire venues in Finsbury and Stratford plus New Cross and Penge. Attendance at the Canadian National Exhibition reached 1,642,000, up 16,000 from 1939.
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London
Paladium
Hippodrome
Klelborn
London Fire Hero George Faces Blitz with AFS Courage
The story follows George of the Auxiliary Fire Service in London during a brutal bombing week. He recalls near misses and dusts himself off after frontline fires, saving 12 horses from a blaze and rescuing a dog for an elderly owner. He praises AFS work and vows to do his bit to win the war.
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London
C.P. Cable
George
A.I.S
Call for All-Out War Against Reich by Britons
London editor John Gordon urges Britain to wage merciless total war on Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. He argues justice demands massive bombing and strikes in Germany and Italy, dismissing mercy for Germans who supported the war and calling for victory through overwhelming force.
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London
Great Britain
Nazi
Germany
Italy
John Gordon
The
Sunday Express
Hitler
Royal Air Force
Britain
Fuehrer
Gordon
Antonescu Moves Romania Toward Nazification
General Ion Antonescu announced the dismissal of 11 Romanian generals as he continued to investigate former King Carol's regime. He advanced anti Jewish laws amid new charges that Carol sold out to the Axis, with demonstrations quelled and actions planned to curb large real estate transfers during the inquiry.
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Bucharest
Romania
Ion Antonescu
Carol
Fall Dinner Meeting Tomorrow At Assiniboia Hotel
Dr. F. W. Gershaw will speak on the recent Ottawa session at the Junior Board of Trade fall dinner opening. Members of the Chamber of Commerce and City Council will attend at 6 15.
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F. W. Gershaw
J.P
Ottawa
Board of Trade
Assiniboia Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Ralston Tours Western Canada Military Installations
Colonel J L Ralston Canada's defence minister visits Shilo Camp west of Winnipeg and travels to Rivers Manitoba by auto and then by Trans-Canada Airlines plane with Col A A Magee and Col J K Lawson continuing inspection of Western Canada's armed forces.
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Shilo
Man
C.P
J. L. Ralston
Canada
Winnipeg
Calgary
Western Canada
A. A. Magee
J. K. Lawson
Col
Ralston
Rivers Man
Saskatchewan
Westbend
Trans- Canada Airlines
Nearly Half of War Loan Sold in Canada
Ottawa reports at 9 am MST that Canada’s second War Loan has seen $141,000,000 cash sales toward a $3,000,000,000 objective. Banks note brisk national sales as Mad Hatters embrace the motto Buy Bonds To Beat Barbarism. Morning returns suggest increases. Fair and warmer conditions with temperatures between 69 and 48.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Churchill to broadcast nationwide at 6 p.m. tomorrow
Canadian press late bulletin reports Prime Minister Churchill will address the nation at 6 p.m. tomorrow. Also noted are the deaths of Senator Guillaume Andre Fauteaux in Montreal and Senator Joseph Marcelin Wilson in Montreal, plus Alberta House to be used as a guest children clearing station and a Mount Azo eruption threatening nearby villages in Kumamoto Japan.
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London
Churchill
Montreal
Guillaume Andre Fauteaux
Senate
Edmonton
Government House
Alberta
George A. Macdonald
Joseph Marcelin Wilson
Wilson
Kumamoto
Azo
Kyushu
Japan
Pounding continues as RAF strikes German targets
Heavy British bombers raid Germany and occupied Europe, hitting lighting plants in Berlin Bremen Hamburg shipyards Kiel Wilhelmshaven Essen Barnstorf, docks at Kiel, and factories. They also strike shipping concentrations in Ostend Calais Boulogne and Cap Gris Nez artillery emplacements. Three planes did not return.
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Berlin
Berliner Zeitung
London
Warsaw
Rotterdam
Churchill
Germany
Wesermuende
Bremerhaven
Holland
Belgium
France
Bremen
Hamburg
Kiel Naval Base
Wilhelmshaven
Essen
Barnstrof
Ostend
Calais
Boulogne
Cap Gris Nez
Dover
Krefeld
Brussels
Defense lawyers win delay amid raid claims in court
In London a court postponed a case as defense lawyers argued their offices were attacked by enemies. Bombs dropped by raids scattered papers in the matter as Justice Sir Travers Hmmphreys heard the claim. A Kansas gardener reportedly let weeds grow to hide a melon patch.
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London, &F&ept
Ings
Travers Hmmphreys
Pratt
Kansas
City Glances Army Recruiting and War Loan Ad
The medical board recruiting for the Edmonton Fusiliers and 17th Anti Aircraft Battery will convene tomorrow at 1 30 in the Canadian Legion Hall. Stamp sales at the post office are up over 1939 figures for August 1940 3436 80 versus 3089 45. An Eaton Co Western Ltd window display for the 2nd war loan is timely. W J Craft Safeway Stores supervisor is visiting. Several Medicine Hat youths have been called up for compulsory military training.
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Edmonton Fusiliers
17Th
Canadian Legion Hall
Eaton Co. Western Ltd
Medicine Hat
Three Men Jailed for Defence Regulations Breach
After an RCMP investigation three men were charged and found guilty of uttering statements likely to disaffect His Majesty under Defence of Canada regulations. Frank Kostner 29 Patricia Richard Frasch 49 Hilda and Jacob Kobley 36 Medicine Hat each receive six months in Lethbridge jail.
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R.C.M.P
Defence of Canada
Lethbridge
Frank W. Kostner
Patricia
Richard Frasch
Hilda
Jacob Kobley
Medicine Hat
Children of British doctors to stay with Canadian hosts
Nelson B C September 10 under the British Medical Association plan 1500 children of British doctors will come to Canada. They will be housed with Canadian medical men for the duration of the mor. Dr T C Routley Toronto general secretary of the CMA announced at opening sessions in British Columbia.
Admiralty reports raid on German camp in Norway
The Admiralty said dive bombers attacked a German military camp near Bergen, Norway, yesterday and damaged two German supply ships along the coast. Reconnaissance confirmed two of three tanks at Dolvik oil depot destroyed and a third tank plus pipelines severely damaged from August 8 raid.
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London
C.P
Admiralty
Bergen
Norway
Norwegian
Dolvik
Leaflet Bombardment Drops War Bond Leaflets on Medicine Hat
Three Wellington bombers in V formation dropped thousands of leaflets urging war bond purchases over Medicine Hat this afternoon. The wind carried most papers away, with one landing on Allowance Ave in the possession of Const. Harold Watt. Souvenir hunters plan a paper chase as night falls.
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Medicine Hat
Allowance Ave
Const
Harold Watt
Gehrig libel suit filed against Powers and News
Lou Gehrig files a $1,000,000 libel suit in state Supreme Court naming Jimmy Powers New York Daily News sports editor and News Syndicate Co Inc as defendants. The action, reported August 13, was not yet filed with particulars.
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New York
Lou Gehrig
New York Yankees
Jimmy Powers
New York Daily News
News Syndicate Co., Inc
State Supreme Court
Medical Association convention
Dr Routley spoke amid a convention reflecting on the Dominion government assuming care for children and for those aided to Canada seeking refuge from war’s horrors. The discussion framed government responsibility for vulnerable youths and refugees alike.
Quotas Increased New Wheat Delivery Rules Announced
Ottawa report shows Hon. J. A. MacKinnon outlining steps to resolve cash advances against farm stored wheat. Provinces banks and elevators resist lending on stored grain with limited federal guarantees. MacKinnon heads to prairie provinces for on the ground information as talks continue.
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Ottawa
C.P
J. A. MacKinnon
Prairie Provinces
Prairie Province
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Canadian Press
Elephant and Castle
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Reich
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Antonescu
B.T
Col. Ralston
W. J. Craft
Safeway
Lou
Medicine Hat Lodge No
A. Ashdown
Boylan’s
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