Nazi Torture At Breendonk Prison Exposed In British Report
The 12 page British report details Gestapo inquisition methods used at Breendonk Belgium during the occupation. It cites torture including beatings, starvation, and a ceiling pulley lashings with hundreds killed or starved. It notes 500 deaths at Breendonk and 1 000 shot at Tir National with executions.
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21St Army
Breendonk
Belgium
Pbreendonk
Tir National
Brussels
Edith Cavell
Britain
Breendak
Chiang Kai Shek vows constitutional government in 1945
In a New Year message President Chiang Kai-shek pledged a constitutional government by year’s end. He urged convening a peoples congress within 1945 to adopt and promulgate a constitution and transfer power to the people once military conditions allow a counter offensive.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peoples’ Congress
Central Executive Committee
The
Kuomintang
Relief Ship Vega Delayed Reaches Guernsey Island
Official word from London states the steamship Vega carrying Canadian relief supplies for the Channel Islands arrived at Guernsey on December 27 after departing Lisbon December 22. Bad weather en route through the English Channel caused the delay.
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London
Vega
Canada
Channel Islands
Guernsey Island
Lisbon
English Channel
Overseas Mail Squadron Has Splendid Record
The Overseas Mail Squadron reports a strong first year with six routes from Rockcliffe to Prestwick and across Europe and Africa. It carried nearly 2,000,000 pounds of servicemen mail about 126,060,000 letters, using Flying Fortresses, Dakotas, and Liberator aircraft. Casualties included a mid March crash in Britain killing five crewmen and a recent missing plane from North Africa to Rockcliffe.
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Ottawa
R.C.A F. Over Seas
Rockcliffe
Prestwick
Scotland
France
Belgium
Holland
Italy
North Africa
Tunisia
Egypt
Britain
R.C.A.F
United Kingdom
Canada
Gibraltar
Algiers
Foggia
Bari
Naples
Cairo
Middle East
Azores
Normandy
Ortona Holds Service for Canadians Who Liberated City
Ortona Italy honored Canadians who fell in the Moro River battle and street fighting after the town’s liberation in 1943. A May 31 observance was postponed from Dec 31 by local officials to allow greater participation. Citizens praised the Canadians and the new life the victory enabled.
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Ortona
Italy
Adriatic
Moro River
Michele A Albanese
Ravenna
Nazi Leaders Promise Victory In New Year Proclamations
Goering and other Reich officials urged Germans to endure wartime hardship and trust in final victory. The DNB dispatch quoted Goering declaring it is our duty to advance the war next year and that victory and peace under Hitler will come, urging purchase of war saving stamps.
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London
Hermann Goering
D.N.B
Goering
Adolf Hitler
Australia’s High Commissioner to Canada to Retire
Australia’s Herbert Evatt announced Sir William Glasgow will retire from the Ottawa post after holding it since 1940. A successor will be appointed soon. Evatt credited Sir William’s personal qualities for the successful exchange of high commissioners and notes he was the first Australian high commissioner to a sister dominion.
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Canberra
Herbert Evatt
Australia
William Glasgow
Canada
William
Ottawa
Mr. Evatt
Sir William
Special Payment to MPs in Ottawa Flash
Ottawa reports a $200 special payment to members of parliament for the December short session amid the conscription crisis. Normally MPs receive $4,000 per session. the extra $200 is not paid to cabinet ministers who already receive indemnity plus salary.
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Ottawa
Dominion 1944 Canadian mineral output falls from 1942
Dominion bureau of statistics shows Canada 1944 mineral production valued at 482 million 260 thousand 463 dollars, down from 527 million 946 thousand 462 dollars in 1942. Decline totals 45 million 686 thousand dollars, with metals group most affected. production is lowest since 1939.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
British Submarines Sunk 165 Japanese Ships In 1944
The Canadian Press reports that British submarines sank at least 165 Japanese ships in 1944, including one cruiser and one destroyer. Of the total, 10 were warships and the rest merchantmen. American sub totals and broader strategic notes follow.
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London
Japan
Royal Navy
Navy
James Forrestal
Washington
United States
Burma
Sumatra
Andaman and Nicoban Islands
Nazi Tank Massacre Reported in London Headlines
London papers quoted supreme Allied Headquarters that a preliminary inquiry found two German tanks fired a hail of machine gun bullets into 130 captured American soldiers after they were searched for valuables and lined up in an open field.
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London
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Farming Units Made Available For Veterans
Ottawa reports about 3,000 small land holdings across Canada will be made available this year for veterans discharged from service. Veterans Minister Mackenzie says some holdings will support new homes and a limited number of full-time farming units will be released in 1945 for exceptional cases. The act provides grants to full-time farmers and to city workers seeking a small home outside high taxation areas, with assistance also for commercial fishermen adding farming to their fishing business.
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Ottawa
Canada
Mackenzie
Olafson Bridge A Canadian Fix for Italian River Obstacles
In the Italian campaign a light portable Canadian bridge designed by Capt Olafson of Eatonia Sask becomes the frontline solution for river crossings. Weighing 160 pounds the Olafson bridge spans gaps up to ninety feet with six sections and can be erected and dismantled quickly for repeated bridgehead operations along the Lombardy front.
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Adriatic
Lombardy
Oley) Olafson
Eatonia
Sask
Lamone River
Olafson Infantry
Income tax outlook for 1945 in Canada and Britain comparison
Informed circles expect no tax relief in 1945 and foresee possible higher rates if production is not hindered. The 1944 budget eliminated compulsory savings and shifted the saving mechanism. Canada's tax load favors low earners less than the US but remains lighter than Britain except at the top brackets where Britain is slightly easier.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Army officers visit Switzerland for Swiss gear purchases
A group of United States army officers recently visited Switzerland to negotiate the purchase of watches, typewriters and other Swiss manufactures for American forces in France, according to good authority.
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Berne
United States Army
Switzerland
France
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M.P
John H. Parks
Mill Creek
Indiana
Beaver Club
Canadian Army
Vincent Massey
Olafson
Fatonia
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