Oil Shortage Hampers Nazi Mobility As Allied Air Attacks Peak
Supreme Headquarters reports US air forces struck 64 German oil sites cutting gasoline output and crippling ground mobility. Officials say German fighter and bomber losses, plus jet engine plants targeted, have eroded Luftwaffe strength. The joint effort, from Britain Italy and Russia, aided the invasion by reducing German air opposition and misaligning German production.
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France
Germany
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U.S
Britain
Italy
Russia
London
Work of vandal in Vancouver shocks city hotels
Leather cushions in the Vancouver hotel lounge were cut in the ongoing “slasher” case sought by police for four weeks. Over the past two weeks three cushions were slashed, with merchants and theatres reporting similar attacks on suits, coats, and chairs ripped open.
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Vancouver
Preparing bill on farm price floor in Ottawa
Reports in Ottawa say a future price board may be appointed. A bill is under preparation to establish floor prices for agriculture to continue after the war and will be presented to the commons by Hon. J. G. Gardiner. No details or cabinet discussion yet.
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Ottawa
Commons
J. G. Gardiner
University of Alberta to Offer Russian History Course
Dr. Robert Newton announced at the University of Alberta that the next session will feature a Russian history course taught by Prof. R W Collins. The course will cover political and social development of Russia with emphasis on the period since 1861 and modern Russia.
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Edmonton
Robert Newton
University of Alberta
R. W. Collins
Russia
Land proposes selling surplus Liberty ships to United Nations
Vice Admiral Emory S. Land, chairman of the Maritime Commission, suggested selling some surplus Liberty ships to the United Nations at war's end and keeping about 1,000 ships in a national defence pool for future use.
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Baltimore
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
United States
United Nations
Less Butter Made Ottawa
Dominion bureau of statistics reports Canada creamery butter output in June 45,531,104 pounds versus 46,550,623 a year earlier, down 2.2 percent.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Wheat needed for starving people in Europe
Lethbridge Canada Trade and Commerce Minister James A. MacKinnon said Canada's development as a leading industrial nation has surpassed expectations. He noted wartime trade boosted prosperity and that agriculture will remain vital to international trade as liberated countries demand Canadian wheat and other produce. He also indicated no strong likelihood of an early federal election.
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Alta
Trade and Commerce
James A. MacKinnon
Canada
Mr. MacKinnon
MacKinnon
Belgium
Netherlands
Norway
Nazi War Economy Forecasts German Defeat By End Of 1944
A Foreign Economic Administration report prepared by William T. Stone states Germany faces substantial certainty of defeat in 1945 if not 1944. It argues German war material stocks and production cannot sustain full-scale Allied offensives, with material use and reserves down to less than one year's output.
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Washington
Germany
Foreign Economic Administration
Wlliam T. Stone
FEA
CCF Gains Ground in Ontario Says Opposition Leader
E B Joliffe, opposition leader, told reporters in Fort Frances that the CCF movement is gaining strength in Ontario. He claimed the party’s support now nearly doubles what it was at last year’s provincial election. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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E. B. Jolliffe
Ontario
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C.C.F
Caen Mass Killings Mark German Withdrawal
The Caen siege ends with reports of mass killings of 14 French resistance members in the town prison. An RAF or British civil affairs brigadier estimates 25,000 civilians evacuated from a 50,000 population. Thousands seek refuge in Lycee Malherbe and Saint Etienne church, with 1,300 wounded in Saint Sauveur hospital. Civil affairs rush in to assess needs and distribute rations.
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Normandy
Lycee Malherbe
Church of Saint Etienne
Saint Sauveur
Cail
Cadomin Miners Stop Work Over Lack of Doctor
Colin Campbell secretary-treasurer of Cademin Coal Company said efforts over more than two months failed to secure a physician for the Cadomin coal miners and their families. Cadomin miners declared a stoppage in protest of no medical practitioner.
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Cademin
Edmonton
Colin Campbell
Cademin Coal Company
Cadomin
Lost S-28 submarine with sixty crew presumed dead
The 21 year old 800 ton U S submarine S-28 was lost in the Pacific during training with about 60 men aboard. The navy said salvage is impossible due to deep waters and there are no survivors. Also reported: a Canadian light anti aircraft regiment near Caen has destroyed 33 enemy aircraft with Bofors since D Day.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Caen
How German Troops Are Now Moved Around
London assesses German strength by region with about 60 to 65 divisions in France and the Low Countries and nine Panzer divisions in Normandy. It notes reinforcements from Denmark Norway and Russia and estimates 180 to 185 divisions on the Russian front with eight in Finland.
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Italy
10Th Panzer
Russia
London
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Low Countries
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Norway
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British U boat hunter Capt. Walker dies in England
Captain Frederick John Walker D.S.O. with three bars, commander of the Royal Navy's second escort group, died in hospital at Liverpool at age 47 from exhaustion. Known as Britain's ace U-boat killer, he pioneered relentless patrols in the North Atlantic then counted two U-boats destroyed in official tallies and damaged many more.
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Liverpool
England
Britain
Frederick John Walker
D.S.O
Walker
Royal Navy
Atlantic
North Atlantic
German Surrenders Reach 200000 in Allied Offensives
The BBC broadcast reports nearly 200000 German soldiers have surrendered to Allied forces since the summer offensives began. The tally includes over 35000 in Italy, more than 54000 in Normandy, and over 110000 in Russia.
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New York
BBC
Italy
Normandy
Russia
Italy’s Premier says no objection to armistice terms disclosure
Premier Ivanoe Bonomi stated the Italian government would not object to publishing the armistice terms and had left the decision to the Allies. He answered that the Allies asked if his regime objects to publication of the voluminous provisions.
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Rome
Ivanoe Bonomi
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