Canadian Force Carries Out Great Invasion Maneuvers
Canadian forces rehearsed a large scale invasion in England with a secret U S observer presence. A vast British navy armada supported the exercise as engineers repaired defenses while sea and air units simulated bombardment and landings. Squadron aircraft and the fleet worked to mirror real combat conditions for a hand picked audience.
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Ross Munro
England
Britain
United States Expeditionary Force
Northern Ireland
English
Lord Louis Mountbatten
A. G. L. McNaughton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
United States Army
Navy
France
Norway
Hitler Presses in Caucasus as Egypt War Shifts Focus
The article argues Hitler aims to push toward the Caucasus oil gateway with heavy British and Red Army losses on both fronts. It notes Soviet resistance remains strong, while Rommel’s gains in Egypt could alter the strategic balance. Australian troops’ reappearance boosts British morale as the desert fight renews.
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Rom
Erwin Rommel
Libyan
el Alamein
Rommel
Central Press
Egypt
Middle East
Hitler
Caucasus
Cairo
Egyptian
Australia
America
Wanted Dishwasher At Metropolitan Restaurant
Help wanted for immediate dishwasher position at Metropolitan Restaurant. Applications accepted on site.
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Metropolitan Restaurant
Reappointment For General Waller
Richmond Virginia July 13 Brigadier General Samuel Gardner Waller adjutant general of Virginia since 1931 will continue in that post under a parene by Governor Dar en General Waller was appointed adjutant general by the late Governor John Garland Pollard and has served through Peery and Price administrations He acted as adjutant general from November 1929 to May 1930 In September 1940 he resigned his commission as Brigadier General commanding the 91st Infantry Brigade Virginia National Guard because of duties as adjutant general Governor Price then appointed him to the same rank on the state staff adjutant general s department
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Richmond
Samuel Gardner Waller
Virginia
Daren
Waller
John Garland Pollard
Peery
Price
91St Infantry Brigade
Virginia National Guard
Adjutant-General’s Department
Dominican Republic and Haiti Divide Hispaniola
The Dominican Republic occupies two thirds of the island of Hispaniola while Haiti covers the remaining third.
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Dominican Republic
Hispaniola
Haiti
Australian dash and daring in war turns Rommel back
The piece praises Australian grit and General Sir Claude Auchinleck for stabilizing the Eighth Army in Egypt. It credits Auchinleck with reversing a retreat, staving off disaster, and hints at a larger Allied attack on Rommel if resources allow. It suggests knocking Rommel out would alter the Mediterranean balance.
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Claude Auchinleck
Eighth Army
Rommel
Scotman
Egypt
Auchinleck
Middle East
Mediterranean
Danzig Raid Marks Longest Daylight RAF Strike
The RAF mounted a 1750 mile daylight raid on Danzig submarine yards with four motor bombers and support over Flensburg, despite storms and bad weather. Twelve planes previously attacked Augsburg in 1939, three were lost. The operation signals expanded reach into Germany and neighboring regions, increasing air defense concerns for Hitler as RAF planes threaten targets from Warsaw to Rome.
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London
Britain
Germany
RAF
Danzig
Augsburg
Free City
Hitler
Bremen
Cologne
Essen
R.A.P
Poland
Warsaw
Italy
Rome
Targts
Slovakia
Hungary
Yugoslavia
R.A.F
Front Royal rector named liaison chaplain to seven army camps
The Rev. Ronald H. Rowland rector of Calvary Episcopal Church Front Royal resigns effective September 1 to become Liaison Chaplain for Episcopal men at seven army camps in the Maryland Diocese. He will also serve as rector of Church of the Epiphany Odenton near Fort Meade. A World War veteran and British Army reserve officer, he is a Somersetshire native.
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Ronald H. Rowland
Calvary Episcopal Church
Front Royal
Army and Navy Commission
Diocese of Maryland
Protestant Episcopal Church
Church of the Epiphany
Odenton
Fort George G. Meade
Rowland
Officers Reserve Corps
Somersetshire
Rites Held for Mrs Eye at Bridgewater Methodist Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Lela Eye wife of Rev W D Eye were conducted yesterday at 11 AM from Bridgewater Methodist Church. A large crowd attended including W J Lupton of Kernstown and Mr and Mrs Cecil Lupton of Washington. Honorary pallbearers included several ministers from the Baltimore and Virginia conferences.
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Bridgewater
Lela Eye
W. D. Eye
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
W. J. Lupton
Kernstown
Washington
Methodist Church
Baltimore
Virginia
Fuel Dealers Urged To Place Ads On Oil To Coal Conversions
In Washington on July 13, Howard A. Gray, acting director of the solid fuels office, urged Eastern Seaboard retail fuel dealers to launch ads and publicity campaigns urging users to convert furnaces from oil to coal and to order coal now. The government warns heating oil supply cannot be guaranteed next winter and consumers may not grasp the seriousness of the fuel situation.
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Washington
Seaboard
Solid Fuels Office
Retail Deal Association
Howard A. Gray
Fuel Office
Errant Promotion Prompt Traps Private by Army MP Pledge
A civilian in an army shirt and tie, bearing insignia like a lieutenant, boasted to two privates that he would promote them to corporals the next day. Army MPs the two privates and detained him as a prisoner.
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Salt Lake City
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