London Bombing Drives Londoners to Repair Bomb Damage
London, Sept 19 CP Several casualties and damage from a daylight raid opened a new day of the Nazi offensive against London. The air ministry reported three German planes shot down near East Anglia and off the southeast coast. A government bulletin estimated about 90 killed and 350 severely injured as the most bombardment the city has faced.
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London
England
Air Ministry
East Anglia
Traurid
Rotterdam
Navy Bombards Italian Forces Near Sidi Barrani
The Mediterranean fleet of the Royal Navy bombarded Italian positions at Sidi Barrani in Egypt as heavy artillery moved along the coast by truck. Egypt remains belligerent after debate over the country’s wartime role.
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Cairo
Royal Navy
Egypt
Sidi Barrani
Hassan Sabry Pasha
All Quiet In Chihuahua and British Raids Feature War News
The War Department reports all quiet in Chihuahua state with no confirmation of Lt. Col. Cruz Villalva's rumored uprising. In Chihuahua City residents spread rumors of a Vallvtval victory and rebel leadership. Meanwhile British forces harass Italian positions in the Dodecanese and North Africa with air raids on Rhodes and Tobruk, and a large transport convoy burning between Salam and Sidi Buani.
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Mealco City
War Department
Chihuahua
Cruz Villalva
Chihuahua City
Vallvtval
Oon
Die Almaun
Presidentia
Royal Air Force
Dodecanese Islands
Marito
Rhodes
Calato
Africa
Berna
Tobruk
Salam
Sidi
British Censorship Tightened Over London Air Raid Times
Censors barred publication or transmission of air raid alarm times in London over security concerns. Also reported: France to pay 8 million Reichsmarks daily for German occupation, and 8 million quintals of wheat demanded. Graziani claims 170000 Libyan and Italian troops driving toward Egypt with 2000 motor trucks. Vice Admiral Basil George Washington dies at sea. A dud bomb found in Northampton, traced to Czecho-Slovakia, filled with sand.
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Times of London
France
Germany
Rome
Italy
Egypt
Graziani
Mussolini
Londogn
Basil George Washington
King George V
Royal Sovereign
Main
Northampton
Czecho-Slovakia
Royalty Cheer Nazi Envoy Guarded in London Visit
British crowds cheered as Joachim von Ribbentrop arrived under guard in London amid bombed areas. The King and Queen rode in a peace convoy through Chelsea, while residents waved from their homes. Observers noted talks linked to potential Axis moves and Spain’s possible entry into the conflict.
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London
Kent
Lomion
Chelsea
Too Old To Fight Donates All He Has
Jim Spratt a 72 year old cowhand from Bonepiie Springs northwest of Medicine Hat says he is too old to fight but will help the war effort by donating all he can. He gave 50 to a local bank manager with 40 aimed at an airplane for the RCAF and 10 to an ambulance fund. He told a friend he must do what he can while still able.
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Jim Spratt
Bonepiie Springs
Medicine Hat
Jim
R.C.A.F
Itr Apettin
Switzerland
Hitler
Volkischer Beobachter
National Zeitung
Basel
Germany
Anthony Eden
Federal Council
France
Bombs Damage London Museums Courtyard and Buildings
German raids damaged the British Museum courtyard and other central London buildings housing art and historic treasures. The inner temple law courts library and public record office were also damaged. the Wallace collection and a county hall were described as affected amid air raid disruption.
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London
British Museum
We End London
Press Association
Inner Temple
Law Courts
Public Record Office
Peter Robinson
Random County
Westminster Bridge
Parliggent
48 German planes down in British air battles
London Sept 19 Air Ministry reports at least 48 German planes destroyed in yesterday’s air battles over England. One German craft fell to anti aircraft fire. British losses reduced to 12 fighters as two missing fighters returned home. Nine British pilots from the destroyed craft reported safe.
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London
C.P
England
Air Ministry
Ministry
Polish liner Chrobry sunk in Narvik evacuation
The 11 442 ton Polish passenger liner Chrobry was destroyed by an aerial torpedo while with British ships in the Norwegian campaign. Nine crewmen died and an undetermined number of British troops were killed during the Narvik evacuation. British destroyers rescued several hundred men.
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New York
Germany
Poland
Narvik
Swiss rebuke over Pilet-Golaz audience with Nationalists
Swiss federal legislature denounces President Marcel Pilet-Golaz for meeting leaders of the totalitarian Swiss Nationalist movement. Four parties representing 126 of 191 seats say the interview was not justified by political necessity and warn against appeasement.
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Berne
A.P
Marcel Pilet-Golaz
National Council
Switzerland
Federal Council
War Loan Nears Its Objective In Canada
Subscriptions for Canada's second war loan rose by 11.59 million to 283.94 million, narrowing toward the 300 million目标. The week may see a closing as books stay open, with notable employee and corporate subscriptions including Sun Life, Montreal Tramways, and Canadian Gypsum Co. Ltd., a United States Gypsum Co. subsidiary, contributing 250 thousand.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canada
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Montreal Tramways
Canadian Gypsum Co. Ltd
United States Gypsum Co
Soviet Denmark Trade Pact Aims for 7.2 Million Crowns
Soviet Russia and Denmark signed a trade agreement allowing Russia to buy ships diesel engines motors and other equipment from Denmark while Denmark takes cotton waste kerosene petroleums and other goods from the USSR and the United States. The deal sets a 7 200 000 Danish crowns turnover for each side based on prewar exchange rates. R J Foreman 61 general freight traffic manager of the O N R died at his Montreal home.
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Moscow
Russia
Denmark
U.S.S.R
Germany
R. J. Foreman
The
Montreal
Gem traders fear wartime loss of Indian jewels
In New York a gem collector cites royal figures ready to flee with rubies and emeralds if war expands to the East, saying maharajas and other rulers have packed precious stones in small bags for rapid departure.
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New York
Marie Palace
India
Orient
Menarajahs
Charles Eddy Puskow
City Glances and Local Notices From Town
The article notes a hot afternoon with maple bugs on City Hall and Post Office. Cypress school division holds its third annual fair and sports day tomorrow with local merchants supplying free ice cream to children. Returns from the clearing house show $346,274 this week, $380,781 last week, and $391,132 the year prior.
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Cypress
Attendants Nab Man After Cash Register Tampering
Two service station attendants in Toronto yesterday stopped a man who claimed to be Cameron Good from Vancouver after he was seen tampering with a cash register. He was charged with theft of $46 after witnesses reported seeing a man leaving with a handful of bills.
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Grabber
Toronto
C.P
Cameron Good
Vancouver
RAF Pounds Shipping Concentrations Along Channel Coast
The Royal Air Force continues nightly raids on shipping concentrations along the German held English Channel coast to disrupt invasion plans. Targets include Ostend Calais Boulogne Zeebrugge Dunkerque Le Havre Cherbourg with attacks also in Belgium Germany and off the Netherlands coast. Seven RAF planes were lost.
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English Channel
Air Ministry
Yesday
R.A.F
Ostend
Calais
Boulogne
Zeebrugge
Dunkerque
le Havre
Cherbourg
Belgium
Germany
Netherlands
Nazi raids cause minimal London damage in air war report
The Ministry of Security said Nazi air raids inflicted little harm on London shipyards and heavy industry. It found two percent of oil stocks destroyed, a damaged aircraft factory, and one gas plant affected, with arsenals largely untouched.
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London
C.P
Ministry of Security
Canucks Posed Now on Defence But Preparing for Offence
Lt Gen A G L McNaughton, commander of the Canadian corps in Britain, says Canada’s troops have a positive defence role while building an offensive capability. He notes British manpower growing and industry easing supply problems as the 2nd Division trains under Major-Gen Victor Duul and engineers work on crucial roadwork. Included is a visit to an Alberta casualty station, with nursing staff from Edmonton and Winnipeg, and a mobile operating laundry and anti-aircraft battery staffed by Western Canada crews.
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Edwin Johnson
England
C.P. Cable
A. G. L. McNaughton
Army Corps
Saskatchewan
McNaughton
Duke
Britain
Victor Dulu
Canada
Alberta
Morris Weinles
Edmonton
N. Elvin
Winnipeg
M. Fuller
Queena Esdale
Western
C. R. McCullagh
Saskatoon
Best in English People Amid War Say London Leader
Lady Mayo-Robson of London told a women's club near Montreal that war has leveled society. She said class distinctions have vanished and that values have been lost due to the conflict.
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Montreal
Lady Mayo-Robson
London
Autoists Advised To Lock Car Doors
City police urge car owners to lock doors or remove keys when parked for any length of time to deter theft. A local man found his car missing Tuesday evening, later learned it was abandoned at Macleod with the gas tank likely empty.
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Macleod
Canucks Capture First Prisoners in England Fight
A German airman bailed from a disabled fighter and, wounded, was captured by Canadian troops in southeast England during a road reconnaissance. The man, already stretchered to a casualty clearing station, later received treatment from an Edmonton unit. Major Ibbotson of Montreal helped secure the scene.
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England
C.P
Ibbotson
Montreal
Alberta
Edmonton
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