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CROSS-CHANNEL BOMBARDMENT RUGBY, Oct. s.— There was heavy cross-Channel bombardment to-night when heavy guns on each side of the Straits of Dover opened fire. British long-range guns opened fire soon after nightfall and after a short time German batteries at Calais and Cap Gris Nez replied. Shelling was very fierce on both sides and lit up the sky for miles. —8.0. W. i U.S. PRODUCTION GOALS RUGBY, Oct. s— By the end of this year all war production goals set by President Roosevelt, would be exceeded by American workers, declared Mr William Green, president of the American Federation of Labour, when opening the annual convention at Toronto. A total of 600 delegates, representing 5,500.000 trade unionists in Canada and the United States, also heard an address by Mr H. M. Mitchell, Canadian Minister ol Labour, who warned them that greater sacrifice would be needed in both countries before victory was; achieved. “If we wind up with our, freedom and our shirts we will be lucky.’'—B.O.W,
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 6 October 1942, Page 6
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