British Troops Close In On Faenza Amid Ridge Battle
British South Army forces capture Castiglione near Faenza and push 500 yards from the Cosina river as patrols advance along the Adriatic coast toward Ravenna. Allied air forces strike Ruhr and Rhineland targets including Aschaffenburg and synthetic oil plants.
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Rome
Sth
Faenza
Bologna
Castiglione
Cosina
Adriatic
Ravenna
London
R. A.F
Dominion
Rhur
Rhinelands
Wehrmachts
Aschaffenburg
Frankfurt
Ruhr
Sterkrade
Castrop Rauxel
Children’s Aid Society Nears End of Service
The Children’s Aid Society faces dissolution with about 90 percent of income from government subsidies. A special meeting on December 5 will address integrating services with Manitoba’s public welfare division to sustain child care adoption and mother’s allowance across districts, amid funding denial and staffing challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Aid Society
Ggghild
Manitoba
Provincial Department
Public Welfare
Ivan Schultz
F. W. Jackson
Gosman awarded DFC and other honours in Canada visit
Sqdn. Ldr. G. Gosman, celebrated for wartime service from the Battle of Britain to two tours with a pathfinder squadron, has arrived back in Canada visiting Dauphin with his family. He wed Hilary Daw son in England. Three officers with long service gained Canada honours, including Sqdn. Ldr. Hindle receiving the Air Force Cross, and Adams Henry and Falconer receiving King’s commendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Pathfinder
Ldr
Gosman
Canada
Dauphin
A. D. McKee
England
Hilary Dawson
Women's Air Force
No. 10 Sfts
H. E. Hindle
No. 2 Training Command
Winnipeg
L. J. Adams
J. S. Henry
J. R. Falconer
No. 7
B.&gs
Bomb-aiming Hero Hugh Fisher Aboard Tirpitz Sink
Hugh A Fisher from Dauphin Manitoba served as a flight engineer turned aircrew member in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He helped release nine of the 29 earthquake bombs used in the sinking of the German battleship Tirpitz in Tromsoe fjord. Fisher, 24, enlisted in 1940 and went overseas in October of last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.C. A.F
Tirpitz
Norway
Tromsoe Fjord
Hugh A. Fisher
Dauphin
Arthur L. Fisher
Burrows District
Fisher
R.C.A.F
Public welfare service plans discussed with society in dissolution
Deputy minister and K. O. Mac Kenzie outlined proposed integrated public welfare service here if the society dissolves. Dr. H. N. Macneill, president, presided as chair during the full discussion of the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. O. MacKenzie
H. N. Macneill
Appeal To Men Of Dauphin For Britain Clothing Drive
A Dauphin Rotary appeal asks local men to donate used clothing for British servicemen. Collecting at Legion hall caretaker, with packing Saturday. Needed are men’s suits, socks, shirts, underwear, boots, shoes sizes 8 to 10 and overcoats, clean and mended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin
Britain
Taxi Car Collision at Street Intersection in Ashville
A collision occurred Friday around 5 p.m. at the First Street and Fourth Avenue S.W. intersection in Ashville. The taxi driven by John Healey and the car driven by John Skwarok damaged an estimated $75 and $200 respectively. bruises were reported for passenger Mrs. D Reichert and for Mike Genik.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Healey
John Skwarok
Ashville
First Street
Fourth Avenue
S.W
D. Reichert
Mike Genik
No. 7 May Be Extended In Air Training Plan
Unofficial forecasts suggest No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery School may be retained as a skeleton training unit after the British Commonwealth air training plan ends March 31. No. 1 CNS Rivers and No. 18 SFTS are also likely to stay, while No. 10 SFTS Dauphin is slated to close. Winnipeg units No. 8 repair depot and No. 7 equipment depot would join the new No. 2 training command formed December 1. Some 100 plus personnel would remain as holding units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.C.A.F
Air Force
No. 7
No. 1
C.ns
Rivers
S.f.ts
Winnipeg
No. 2
Dauphin
No. 5 ration book goes into use today
No. 5 ration book is issued and goes into use for the first time today, with sugar and preserves coupons becoming valid in the new book as part of wartime shortages.
V V M To Speak At Dauphin Lions Charter Night
Victor V. Murray the Winnipeg Tribune feature editor known as V V M will be guest speaker at the Dauphin Lions Club Charter Night banquet set for Thursday this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor V. Murray
The
Winnipeg Tribune
V.vm
Dauphin Lions Club
Manitoba Victory Loan Total Still Climbing
Final returns show the Manitoba division reporting a Seventh Victory Loan total of 108,241,650 with 192,655 subscriptions against a 192,000 buyer objective. Winnipeg and non Winnipeg subscribers, including business institutions, account for major shares as units in Dauphin, Winnipegosis, Ethelbert, and Ste. Rose du Lac reach varied percentages of their quotas.
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National War Finance Committee
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Greater Winnipeg
Coun
Dauphin
Winnipegosis
Ethelbert
Unit
Ste. Rose du Lac
Clear Lake Photographer Fined for Sales Infraction
A. R. Henson appeared before Magistrate J. Fleming in Minnedosa police court on November 18. He faced a WPTE charge for conditional sales in his Clear Lake photographic business. He pleaded guilty, was convicted, and fined ten dollars plus three dollars and seventy five cents costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Henson
J. Fleming
Minnedosa
W.P.T.E
Clear Lake
Henson
Dauphin Soldier Dies Of Wounds
Cpl. Ivan Swets of Dauphin dies of wounds from service in France and Belgium. He joined the army in 1943, trained at Petawawa and Ipperwash, Ont, and went overseas the same year. Aged twenty, he studied in Dauphin and worked for A. N. Duff contractor. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. William Swets and four siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Swets
Dauphin
Cpl
Lake Superior
France
Belgium
Swets
Petawawa
Ipperwash
Ont
Ivan Swets
A. N
Gmr. N. E
Italy
Spr. M
Murray
Ontario
Jean
Lola
Ralion Board Secretary Praises Dauphin Merchants
R. Fagen, chairman of the vocational service committee, praised Dauphin merchants for their role in rationing foodstuffs and ammunition. He described vocational service as raising business ethics and cited local efforts to distribute limited stocks fairly amid about 150000 monthly food coupons and 10000 ration books in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Fagen
Dauphin Rotary Club
Dauphin
Dauphin Ration Board
Fagen
Rotary
Air Training Plan To End March 31 In 1945
Hon C G Power announced that the British Commonwealth air training plan will end March 31 1945. BCATP establishments will close except for operational training units retained for Canadian purposes. The plan will be succeeded by a shadow training organization for Allied air fighters overseas.
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C. G. Power
B.ca.t.p
Record to date on Victory loan campaigns in Unit 38
The Herald recalls Dauphin and district support for Victory loans from 1941 to the Seventh loan. Unit 38 subscriptions total about 2.6 million with annual quotas rising from 105 000 to 570 750 and ongoing strong community participation across seven drives.
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the Herald
Canada
Dauphin
District
Unit 38
Dominion
Unit
Special Session Opens In Ottawa On Conscription Question
A special session of parliament opened in Ottawa on Wednesday to review conscription for overseas service. Observers fear it could become the most bitter session in dominion capital history as Prime Minister Mackenzie King prepares to move a motion that could decide his government’s fate.
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Ottawa
Dominion
McKenzie King
Home Defense Representation by Manitoba Towns and Districts
The total strength of N.R.M.A. personnel whose residence at enrolment was in Manitoba was 3 814 on Oct 11 1944, announced by the department of national defence. Dauphin town has 26 men in Home Defense and the district representation numbers 289. The report lists cities towns and rural districts represented.
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N.rm. A
Manitoba
Department of National Defence
Dauphin Town
Home Defense
Dauphin
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Nanking
Shanghai
R. F. Thompson
G. Gosman
Hugh Fisher
O.V
W .G.white
the Store of Service
Dauphin Theatre
Paramount Presents
Stanwyck
Robinson
Fibber MC Gee & Molly
Robert Fellows
Howard Estabrook
Katharine Hepburn
Ralion Board
Aeas
Saare
Budapest
Malinovskys
Beausejour Um Birtle
Iteieied
Boissevain
Brandon Tee Ste Tees
Brooklands - Carman
Astee Deloraine
Elkhorn Emerson
Gilbert Plains
Gimli Tee
Eames
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Gretna
Hamiota Hartney
Killarney
Manitou
Morden
Morris
Neepawa
Prairie Tates
Roblin
Russell
St. Boniface
Selkirk
Shoal Lake
Souris
pAneenseeneewes
Stonewall
Swan River
Teulon the Pas
Transcona
Virden Winkler
St. Vital
West Kildonan
Oakbank
Molson
Kildonan
Marquette
Fort Garry
Norwood
Onekee
Provencher
Lisgar AR
Gardner
John Gardner
British Columbia
SPIES
Clark’s Bottled
United Stores Limited
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