Allied Planes On Offensive Around World
The Allied air campaign in 1943 achieved air superiority in all theaters and pushed offensives worldwide. The RAF reported heavy bombing of German cities including Cologne Essen Dortmund Duesseldorf Wuppertal Bochum Rheydt and Hamburg with extensive losses, while Berlin raids followed. The RAF noted strong anti submarine success and widespread use of pathfinder bombing, with bombing capacity increasing and German defenses on the Western Front inclining.
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London
RAF
North Atlantic
Europe
Ruhr
Hamburg
Cologne
Essen
Dortmund
Duesseldorf
Wuppertal
Bochum
Rheydt
Germany
Western Front
RLAF
Italy
Britain
Austria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Bulgaria
Greece
Bomber Command
Reich
RCAF Medical Return Policy Under British Rule
A spokesman for the RCAF medical service notes Canadians are returning from Britain under an air ministry ruling effective April 15. The rule requires three or more months of treatment before repatriation, but he says it is not rigidly enforced and many exceptions exist. Some patients may stay overseas longer for needed treatment.
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Ottawa
R.C.A.F. Medical Service
Canad
Air Ministry
RCAF
Tojo Warns Diet of Real Allied Counteroffensive Fierce Fighting
Premier Hideko Tojo told the upper house that Allied counteroffensive is real and serious with fierce fighting on multiple fronts. Tokyo radio also said recent Allied actions in the South Pacific reached a decisive stage in which the fate of the nation will be decided. Two Russians, held since 1941 on the Russian front and used in a German anti-aircraft crew, escaped to American lines in Italy and asked how to reach the Russian army.
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New York
Hideko Tojo
Tokyo Radio
United States
South Pacific
FIFTH
Italy
Dominion Strategic Role in Postwar Global Air Travel
In a year end review H J Symington of Trans-Canada Air Lines highlights Canada’s strategic position in postwar aviation. He notes the shortest North America Europe Asia routes cross Canada and the government recognises both opportunity and responsibility. He recalls 1943 trans Atlantic service started for urgent war business and cargo. only Vancouver to Victoria route extended at home. Traffic estimates show 1943 passengers 141,900 up 36,000. mail 3.9 million pounds up 1.5 million. express 40,000 pounds up.
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Montreal
Trans-Canada Air Lines
H. J. Symington
T.C.A
Canada
Air World
North America
Europe
Asia
Symington
Mr. Symington
Vancouver
Victoria
Letters from Canadian servicemen airlifted to Ottawa batch
The RCAF will carry a large batch of letters from Canadian servicemen in the Mediterranean theatre back to Canada aboard RCA F s new mail squadron. The airmen spent Christmas week delivering mail by air to Mediterranean posts on the first trip of the squadron. First two Flying Fortresses reached Britain with 1 100 pounds of letters and 1 400 pounds were loaded for the flight south to the Mediterranean.
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Ottawa
RCAF
Canada
Rca.f
Air Force
Mediterranean
Britain
Credit for raids Ottawa
The RCAF said the RAF bomber command pathfinder force, including one famous Canadian squadron, received a big slice of credit for the success of recent Berlin night raids.
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Ottawa
R.C.A.F
R.A.F. Bomber Command
Pathfinder Force
Canada
Berlin
Newspapers for Canadian Troops to Fly to Italy Weekly
Defence Minister Ralston announced 6000 copies of The Canadian Press News eight page tabloid will be flown to Italy each week from England. A Mediterranean theatre newspaper will merge Canadian Press News with local area reports. The 8th Army News is cableled daily in the field. Mail news and film shortages were cited as key complaints and efforts to supply all three were promised.
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Ottawa
Ralston
Canadian Press News
London
Italy
England
Mediterranean
8Th Army News
Air travel in Ottawa rise 58 percent in September
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports passenger air travel climbed 58 percent in September year over year. The month carried 30,578 passengers, down from 31,503 in August but up from 19,398 in September 1942, reflecting a seasonal dip from August.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Sub Menace Defeated Says Rear Admiral Murray
Rear Admiral L W Murray of the Canadian Northwest Atlantic declares the U boat menace defeated in a New Year message to Allied naval forces and the RCAF. He expresses hope that in 1944 Allied ships and air power shift focus from the Atlantic to the Pacific and continue the fight with mer chant marine support.
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Halifax
L W. Murray
R.C.N
Canadian Northwest
Atlantic
Pacific
London Censorship Tightens Ahead of Allied Invasion
Capt. Eugene F. Nute will take over as the U S army chief press censor as a broader censorship system is expanded. The move aims to curb speculation on imminent Allied operations in the continental invasion under Gen Dwight D Eisenhower. Tightening rules are expected to affect war news moving from Britain to the United States.
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London
Britain
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eugene F. Nute
U.S. Army
Nate
OFF LEND LEASE Capital Goods May Be Removed From List
Washington reports that the lend-lease program may drop some capital goods from Britain’s list along with munitions and foodstuffs. The change would require British purchases of items like machine tools on a cash basis and redirect them to private channels. The move stems from belief Britain’s war plants near peak capacity and further aid would only spur peacetime production.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Foreign Economic Administration
Social Security Plan For Canada Is Under Way
Ottawa outlines postwar social security measures including basic income, health insurance, child allowances, unemployment benefits, and pensions. Marsh reports costs around 1 billion yearly for income support and another 1 billion for postwar works. Provincial jurisdiction over health. A national fitness program and housing plan are also proposed.
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Canada
Ottawa
House of Commons Committee On Social Security
L C. Marsh
Government Reconstruction Committee
Dominion
Marsh
Mackenzie
National Council On Physical Fitness
Social Security Committee
Hospitals Ready to Meet Wartime Emergency in Canada
Ottawa officials outline plans to expand hospital capacity for war injuries. The health department details increases from 2,500 beds to 7,200 with potential to reach 15,000 or more. Additional spaces include 80 beds in Ontario and contracts for 935 beds in Edmonton Winnipeg and Ste. Anne de Bellevue.
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Ottawa
Battefields
Allme
Defence Department
London
Toronto
Saint John
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Ste. Anne de Bellevue
Que
Vancouver
Regina
Montreal
Halifax
Toronto Air Service Plan by TTC and Gray Coach
The Toronto Transportation Commission and Gray Coach Liner seek postwar permission to run helicopters and aircraft for an Ontario wide air service. They note hundreds of air force veterans among staff and intend to use existing Gray Coach terminals. The plan includes at least one daily trip over all coach routes linking Ontario with Buffalo and Niagara Falls, with a map of proposed helicopter routes.
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Toronto
Toronto Transportation Commission
Gray Coach Liner
Dominion
Air Force
Air Service
Gray
Ontario
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Noy
Editorial Tribute to General McNaughton at Change of Command
The Daily Express lauds Lt Gen A G L McNaughton for relinquishing command of the Canadian army overseas. Britain recalls his December 1939 arrival with the first Canadian contingent and calls his leadership pivotal through years without battle.
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London
A. G. L. McNaughton
Daily Express
Britain
McNaughton
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Tojo
Annious
the Empire
King George VI
Empire
Mediterranean War
Haly
SUB Menace
Murray
U.S
Churchill
Middle East
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Bay of Biscay
Far East
Crerar
Fastern
London Daily Express
Gen. McNaughton
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