Goebbels Seeks Total War Mobilization in Germany
Propaganda Minister Goebbels outlines a stepped up German war effort and urges rally around Hitler. He promises a secret weapon soon and says total war will be reality next month with Himmler reorganizing the reserve army and Speer intensifying production to meet fronts and war needs.
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London
Goebbels
Hitler
Berlin
Marshal Goering
Junkers
Britain
Russia
United States
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Himmler
Albert Speer
Falconer of Duval Led Canadian Army Company in War
Archibald John Falconer 61 of Duval Sask died after building a company for the Canadian army in the First Great War. He trained as an officer in 1916 and advanced to major. Postwar he ran a general store and insurance agency in Duval and served 20 years as village secretary treasurer. His wife died in 1943. He also worked 12 years for the Saskatchewan Farm Labor Board.
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Duvall
Archibald John Falconer
Duval
Saskatchewan Farm Labor Board
Medals Awarded to British Servicemen by Russian Authorities
One hundred six medals were awarded to British service men and merchant sailors for valor in North Africa and Italy and for delivering armaments from Britain to Russia. Each medal included a book of vouchers allowing free travel on all bus tram and railway routes in Russia.
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London
North
Africa
Italy
Britain
Russia
Narrow Escape for Nazi Leaders Near Arromanches
The London Evening Standard reports that Adolf Hitler Heinrich Himmler Hermann Goering and Erwin Rommel narrowly escaped death when a Spitfire squadron dropped 12 500 pound bombs on their headquarters near Arromanches France. The attack hit moments after the four leaders had departed.
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London
London Evening Standard
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Hermann Goering
Erwin Rommel
Arromanches
France
Cheap meals trial feeds Gambian schoolchildren
In Bathurst Gambia a midday meals experiment for African school children shows progress with five schools now serving meals at four cents per child.
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Bathurst
Gambia
Athens Claims Status as Europe’s Oldest Capital
Athens asserts its title as the oldest continually inhabited capital in Europe. The claim emphasizes ancient history and enduring urban presence spanning multiple eras and civilizations.
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Athens
Europe
De Gaulle Seeks Practical Accords With Britain and U S
Gen. Charles de Gaulle spoke to the French consulate assembly in Algiers in his first public remarks since returning from the United States. He urged rapid practical accords with Britain and the United States on coordinating French administration and Allied armies in liberated areas. He praised allied bonds and Russia's role, and noted cordial talks with Canadian and refugee government leaders in London.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
America
de Gaulle
United States
France
England
Russia
London
Wheat stock decline hits four exporters to 1.176 billion
The agriculture department estimates major exporters' wheat stocks fell from 1.748 billion bushels on July 1 1943 to 1.176 billion this year, a record single-year drop of 578 million. US stocks stand at 350 million versus 620 million last year, with Canada at 375 million and 626 million, Argentina 285 million and 307 million, and Australia 160 million and 195 million. The review notes US reliance on Canadian stocks and forecasts Canada's stocks fall to a record 191 million.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Foreign Agricultural Relations Division
The
Department
United States
Canada
Argentina
Australia
British comedy star Anna Russell heads to Prince Albert show
British wartime comic Anna Russell will perform at the Prince Albert Saskatchewan Exhibition on August 10 11 and 12 after a rapid wartime switch from early war comedy numbers in Britain Her favorite music is grand opera because it is corny.
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Britain
Anna Russell
Western Canada
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Miss Russell
Wartime farm price support plans to ease postwar decline
Ottawa outlines a transitional system to stabilize farm prices after the war. A three member board will administer a price floor tied to wartime levels, with the board buying and selling to influence markets, drawing on models from the Canadian Wheat Board and meat boards. The act’s purchase powers activate by proclamation later.
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Ottawa
Department of Agriculture
J. G. Gardiner
Canadian Wheat Board
Old
Bacon Board
Meat Board
Wheat Board
Northwest Service Command Moves to Whitehorse Yukon
Headquarters of the Northwest Service Command will shift from Edmonton to Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory within 60 days. Colonel F S Strong Jr announced the move at Edmonton. A rear echelon office will stay in Edmonton for liaison with Canadian authorities and the Alaskan wing of the U S Army Air Transport Command. The overall strength of the command will be reduced.
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Edmonton
Northwest Service Command
Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
F. S. Strong, Jr
N.W.S.C
Air Transport Command
Strong
Invasion Advances on Tinian and Guam Airstrips
American forces have stormed nearly a mile inland on Tinian and seized the island’s western third of the main airfield. In the Marianas striking at Guam, 125 miles south, allied forces isolated a major airstrip and hammer at the approaches to Agana, the former U S capital.
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Pearl Harbor
Tinian
Marianas
Guam
Agana
United States
Canadian battalions from Dieppe now in action in Normandy
Four Canadian battalions of the 2nd Division that fought at Dieppe on August 19 1942 are now in action in Normandy. War correspondent Ross Munro lists The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Winnipeg The Essex Scottish Regiment of Windsor Ontario The South Saskatchewan Regiment Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal as part of the units deployed.
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London
Dieppe
Normandy
Ross Munro
Queen's Own
Cameron Highlanders
Winnipeg
Essex Scottish Regiment
Windsor
Ont
South Saskatchewan Regiment
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
Naval gunnery devices made in Montreal on million dollar CPP contract
Royal navy rangefinder directors control towers and range transmission units were produced at Angus shops of the Canadian Pacific Railway under a $1,192,000 contract for 120 units. First unit sent during the Battle of the Atlantic. subsequent work continues in the munitions department with details withheld.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Angus
Heavy German Losses Reported In Baltic Offensive
Moscow claimed in a special broadcast that Germany suffered 539,890 killed and captured in the first month of the summer drive. From June 23 to July 23 four Russian armies said they killed 381,410 and captured 158,480 Germans, with large losses of aircraft, tanks, guns, mortars, machine guns, trucks, rifles, locomotives, and other equipment seized.
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London
Moscow
Germany
Vancouver Considers Sunken Highway For Traffic
Vancouver city engineers study a sunken mile and a half business highway to ease postwar traffic. City Engineer Charles Prakenridge proposed the project with an estimated cost ranging from 4 to 5 million dollars.
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Vancouver
Charles Prakenridge
Members of Parliament Serving in British Forces
The report notes 63 Members of Parliament are serving in the British armed forces aside from the Home Guard. It highlights the continuing involvement of parliamentarians in the war effort and the cross section of political figures contributing to military service.
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London
Home Guard
Canadian Navy May See Action In The Pacific
Ottawa reports Canadian naval doctors study tropical diseases and ship air conditioning as the Royal Canadian Navy may join in Pacific operations against Japan. A source says decisions hinge on Europe, with British and Canadian forces potentially basing in the Indian Ocean to back Burma and Malay peninsula recoveries.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Navy
Japan
Pacific
Royal Navy
United States
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Hong Kong
Singapore
Mediterranean
Ceylon
Australia
Burma
Malay Peninsula
Indian Ocean
British wartime comic star Anna Russell heads for Prince Albert
Anna Russell a rising British concert and opera star turned wartime comedian prepares to leave for Prince Albert Saskatchewan for personal appearances at the Prince Albert Exhibition on August 10 11 and 12. She credits a offhand performance in wartime troops show for her success and notes Canada and the West offer strong expansion and opportunity with immigration.
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