Havana Treaty Signals Pan American Solidarity Amid Axis Alignments
Senator Key Pittman says ratification of the Havana Treaty shows Western Hemisphere unity ready to meet any aggression from the Axis through Germany and Italy and Japan. The Senate approved the pact by voice vote as Berlin confirms Japan's alignment, with 21 American nations pledged to act against transfers of sovereignty in the hemisphere.
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Washington
Key Pittman
Dem
Nevada
Havana
Japan
Senate
Berlin
Pittmas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
War Raid Lashes London as Nazi Luft Strikes Escalate
London endures another heavy night of bombing with RAF fighters scrambling to meet German wave attacks. Officials report as many as 133 planes lost by the Nazis in a single day, part of September’s toll surpassing 1,000 aircraft.
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London
Royal Air Force
Kent
British Air Attack Extends To Lorient Invasion Base Blazes
Royal Air Force bombers raided Lorient last night for more than three hours, wrecking buildings and warehouses and setting timber yards ablaze. High explosives and incendiaries fell at five per minute in clear weather. The invasion base at Lorient is in the occupied French coast area. Additional targets included a munitions works at Düsseldorf and railway yards at Hamm and Mannheim in Germany.
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London
Royal Air Force
Lorient
Air Ministry
France
Brittany
Dusseldorf
Hamm
Mannheim
Germany
Wheat Prices on Up Trend in Chicago Rally
Wheat prices rose in Chicago today as buyers entered the pit. Opening to closing quotations advanced with October at 71 1/2, December 73 1/4, and May 77 1/2 cents, reflecting continued gains from pegged levels in Winnipeg.
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Ogilvie Grain Dept
Cagney - Sheridan - O’brien
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Winnipeg
C.P
Chicago
Hinted Bulgaria and Spain May Join Axis Alignment
Italian circles suggest Bulgaria and Spain might join the Rome Berlin Tokyo pact as protection against Greece and Turkey. Observers say such an alliance could isolate Turkey, echoing U S and British interests in the Aegean region.
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Spain
Rome
C.P
Japan
Italy
Germany
Greece
Sofia
Aegean
Turkey
United States
New York
Hitler
Youth Training Open Night Delights Medicine Hat Citizens
Citizens of Medicine Hat enjoyed an open night at Youth Training Centre No. 4 with trainees performing gymnastic drills and a minstrel show. Supervisor Lewis Pozzi led demonstrations, the audience toured departments, and honors were given by Add A. F. Marshall and Dr. W. Geeshaw MP for the trainees progress.
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Citizens of
Medicine Hat
Lewis Pozzi
Kiven
Ruby
Red
Second Street
Cresawel
Tlee Club
Three Canucks Awarded D.F.C.
The air ministry announced three Canadian Royal Air Force members as Distinguished Flying Crosses. Acting Sqdn Ldr John Fulton of Kamloops British Columbia. P O Clare Arthur Hovendon Connor of Toronto. and P O Wilfred John Mike Lewis of Welcome Ontario were honored for attacks on Antwerp and Brussels respectively.
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London
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
John Fulton
Kamloops
B.C
P.O
Clare Arthur Hovendon Connor
Toronto
Brussels
Lewis
Empire Air Training Program Praised by Minister
Vancouver report on Sept 28 quotes Hon. C. G. Power praising the Empire air training plan. He says Canadian, British and empire pilots are key to defeating Nazism and notes Canada provides about 80 percent of pupils and 90 percent of instructors. He stresses continued, well planned training as essential.
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Vancouver
Canada
Britain
Empire
C. G. Power
National Defence
Air
Power
Air Plan
University of the Air
U S Will Continue To Send War Supplies To Great Britain
Assistant Secretary of State Sumner Welles reaffirmed that the United States will provide material support and weapons to Britain and its dominions. He warned of grave danger to the U S amid Japan's alliance with Germany and Italy and said the government prepares for any eventualities. The address praised British resolve and stated policy backed by Congress and the American people.
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Cleveland
Sumner Welles
Britain
Japan
Germany
Italy
Weles
United States
Foreign Affairs Council
Welles
Congress of the
Canada to send 2200 pilots to Britain by July
Washington reports Hon. C. D. Howe says Canada will ship more than 2,200 air pilots to Great Britain by July 1. Canada aims to produce 25,000 pilots a year, with three squadrons totaling about 1,000 men already sent.
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Washington
C.P
C. D. Howe
Canada
Dominion
Great Britain
Howe
England
United States
Britain
Bombers Bomb Camps Raid Sollum and Abyssinia
A report from Cairo states two raids hit Sollum targets including an airdrome and a camp with direct hits on three aircraft and likely damage to a fourth. South African squadrons bombed Maji in Abyssinia on Sept 25 with strikes on the airfield and buildings. Additional reconnaissances over Abyssinia and Italian Somaliland. RAF bombers from the Sudan raided Assab. all aircraft returned safely.
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Cairo
Sollum
Maji
Abyssinia
Ethiopia
Italian Somaliland
Sudan
R.A.F
Assab
Veteran cowboy donates month’s pay to air force
James Spratt a 71 year old buffalo Alberta rancher turned over one month’s pay totaling 40 dollars to a bank in Medicine Hat for forwarding to Air Minister Power for the purchase of aircraft equipment. The donation was announced from Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Buffalo
Alta
Royal Canadian Air Force
James Spratt
Medicine Hat
Power
City Glances and Rail Timetable Update
Cold mornings greet Medicine Hat as a single CPR schedule change takes effect Sunday No 3 runs 10 minutes later arriving 2 35 am and departing 2 55 am Wardln Johnson on holiday in the east ill in Toronto Youth Training Centre No 4 built waste paper cans appear in the business section amid city efforts to recycle.
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C.P.R
Medicine Hat
No. 3
Two RAF RCAF officers killed in Ottawa area plane crash
A training plane crashed near Ottawa injuring no survivors as Wing Commander Grenville Mammerton Shaw and Flying Officer Donald Sidney Thomson Young were killed. Shaw, born 1907 in England, served with No. 3 Training Command Montreal. Young, born 1897 in Saint John, attended Rothesay Collegiate and McGill. Both wives live in Montreal.
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Ottawa
C.P
Grenville Mammerton Shaw
Royal Air Force
Donald Sidney Thomson Young
Royal Canadian Air Force
Montreal
Department of National Defence For Air
Uplands
Shaw
England
R.C.A.F
Non. 3
Westmount
Que
F. FL. Shaw
Stonehill Mansions
Streatham High Road
London
Yount
Saint John
N.B
Rothesay Colegiate School
Rothecay
M.B
McGill University
Edna Clayton Young
Sidney Clark Young
Alberta Weekend Forecast Signals Warm, Fair Weather
The forecast calls for warm, fair conditions in Alberta today and Sunday with no precipitation expected. Temperatures hover around seasonal norms, supporting outdoor plans and light activities across the region.
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Temp
Alberta
Third Victory for R A Force in Battle of Britain
London report says Prime Minister Churchill hailed the RAF destruction of 133 German planes as a third great and victorious day for the Royal Air Force. He cited the scale and intensity of fighting and noted Sept 27 ranks with Sept 13 and Aug 15 as major RAF triumphs in the Battle of Britain.
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London
C.P
Churchill
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
Britain
Canadian apple crop hit by weather and storms
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports a nationwide fruit crop decline led by apples after a gale damaged Nova Scotia and New Brunswick orchards. Overall harvest now pegged at 3,722,400 barrels, down 698,600 from August and far below the 1939 crop of 5,791,900.
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Ottawa
C.P
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
First Flotilla Arrives Safely in Britain This Week
The first flotilla of American destroyers transferred to Britain arrived at a wartime port after a voyage from an east coast Canadian port. The ships endured a sub attack and will move for minor alterations before entering service. No official welcome occurred as they slid in quietly.
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United Kingdom
Britain
Atlantic
United States
Royal Canadian Navy
War This Week Battle On Many Fronts Still Indecisive
Britain intensified bombing of Berlin while the RAF pressed coastal raids and targeted sites such as the Klingenberg power station and Tempelhof. German daylight raids on London continued with limited success against daytime defenses as aerial warfare widened across fronts. The Rome Berlin Tokyo pact aligned Axis aims as the United States imposed scrap steel and iron export embargoes, and de Gaulle’s Free French amphibians reached Dakar prompting withdrawal after local support favored him.
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Berlin
United States
Tokyo
Roosevelt
Japan
Washington
Cordell Hull
Britain
British Empire
Charles de Gaulle
Dakar
South America
de Gaulle
Royal Air Force
Klingenberg
Tempelhof
London
R.A.F
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Merritton, Ont
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Mexico
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Arizona
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U.S
Wardln Johnson
Fair Ann
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