Canada to Build Landing Barges for War Use
Ottawa reports Canada may begin constructing large landing barges similar to car ferries to support British war needs. Projects aim to keep inland and coastal yards busy for a year or more while shifting to new barge designs that carry troops tanks and heavy transport gear with minimal long layoffs for skilled workers.
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Ottawa
Canada
Keela
Canadian Pacific
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Dominion
Foreign workers in Germany treated as livestock
A Netherlands student who escaped Reich labor camps describes crowded huts behind barbed wire at Mauser Berlin factory where foremen decide beatings. She cites inadequate housing, minimal medical care, disease, and a Trifstrasse Camp with 3000 men and two water taps.
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London
Germany
Aneta
Netherlands
Reich
Hest
Mauser
Berlin
Returning Canadian Veterans Arrive in Halifax on Lady Nelson
More than 100 wounded Sicily and Italy veterans of the Canadian First Division aboard the hospital ship Lady Nelson arrived in Halifax. They await transfers to trains bound for their home provinces, with many other validated troops, RCAF personnel, and Women’s Army Corps members also aboard.
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Halifax
Sicily
Italy
Eighth Army
Lady Nelson
Britain
R.C.A.F
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Decline in Official Cost-of-Living Index in December
Ottawa reports the official cost-of-living index fell from 1194 on November 1 to 1193 on December 1, a wartime rise of 184 percent. Decreases in food and fuel indices offset gains in home furnishings and miscellaneous items, with beef pork oranges turnips and cabbage driving the food drop while butter eggs and potatoes rose.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
Nazi Engineers Build Strong Defences in Italy
German engineers rush to complete an Italian Siegfried Line a few miles behind the battle line near Cassino and inland from Pescara as Canadian forces approach the Adriatic coast. Allied observers warn of long war of attrition while Canadians seize Point 59 near Ortona and the coastal highway to Pescara despite snow and winds.
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Algiers
Europe
Rome
Cassino
5Th Army
Pescara
Adriatic
Sth
Maritime Provinces
Ortona
Workers Warned London by Cripps on 1944 War Strain
Sir Stafford Cripps, minister of aircraft production, told Greater London factory workers this year would be the hardest yet on both fighting fronts and factory output. He warned that the United Nations face a wounded Nazi foe and urged vigilance against over optimism.
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London
Greater London
Stafford Cripps
Vast North Africa training center readied for invasion
British American and French forces train across Tunisia Algeria and Morocco in a coordinated effort described as one vast training centre for troops destined for future Mediterranean operations.
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French North Africa
Algiers
United States
North Africa
Mediterranean
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
Powdered eggs export plan to Britain announced
Ottawa reports the department of agriculture and the special products board will buy several thousand carloads of eggs from Canadian producers for export as powdered eggs. The price of 35.5 cents a dozen will hold through 1944. Eight plants in central and western Canada are equipped to process, packaging into 14 pound cartons for catering use and five ounce packages for households.
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Ottawa
Department of Agriculture
The
Special Products Board
Great Britain
Canada
Ten of Woolworth Building elevators idled by coal shortage
The Woolworth Building in New York saw ten of its twenty four elevators shut down due to a coal shortage. Building superintendent E J Mc Veigh said a fresh fuel supply was expected soon as the structure relies on steam powered generation.
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New York
Woolworth Building
E. J. McVeigh
Guarding Vital Sea Lanes of North Atlantic
The Royal Canadian Navy patrol fleet of motor launches has operated seven months under Capt J A Keenan plus HMCS Venture base ship command. Lt Cmdr R M Powell and Lt Cmdr Thomas Denny head the staff. The flotillas patrol from Labrador to Key West and Bermuda, aiding distressed ships and rescuing hundreds of survivors since the war began.
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North Atlantic
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Navy
Canada
J. A. Keenan
Heenan
R. M. Powell
Thomas Denny
Victoria
Labrador
Key West
Fla
Bermuda
Sunny South
Germany
Halifax Harbor
Scharnhorst
Norway
Sir Bruce Fraser
Russia
New Oil Wells Open in Turner Valley Alberta
Alberta oil men hail 1944 start as Northend 1 in Turner Valley yields 20 barrels an hour on upper porous lime, near Hudson’s Bay 13 producing about 400 barrels daily. Seven to ten locations deemed proven oil land are expected to test soon with lower horizon completions planned. Buy War Savings Stamps Regularly.
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Calgary
Alberta
Alberta Petroleum Association
Turner Valley
Northend
Hudson's Bay 13
Plans for British aid to Europe after invasion begins
London reports the British government plans a second invasion wave and will rush surplus clothing and footwear to Europe. The Board of Trade and Ministry of Supply surveyed stores for surplus stock now sorted at depots and ready for crossing the Channel. Knitted wear and footwear are expected from Canada and the United States to ease Britain’s shortages.
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London
Europe
Board of Trade
Ministry of Supply
Canada
United States
Britain
Spaniards on Volkhov Front Clash Amid Home Call Claims
A Russian broadcast claims Spanish troops fight Germans on the Volkhov front in northern Russia despite Spain’s government assertion that all Spaniards have been recalled. The communique cites captured Spanish soldier Jesus Peres Sanchez as authority for the claim.
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New York
Volkhov
Russia
Francisco
Jesus Peres Sanchez
New Jet Propulsion Plane Emerges From British American Labs
A joint statement from the RAF and the United States Army Air Forces announces a jet propelled aircraft developed by British and American labs. The plane uses jet engines built by Power Jets with Gloster Aircraft and signals early production soon. Whittle is credited for pioneering work begun in 1937.
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Washington
Sereeny
Igh
RAF
United States Army Air Forces
Alled
Great Britain
Frank Whittle
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
British
Air Ministry
Gloster Aircraft Company, Ltd
Power Jets, Ltd
England
Whittle
Bis
P. G. Sayers
Gloster Aircraft Company
R.A.F
Ministry of Aircraft Production
U.S.A
Canada meals praised as abundant despite wartime rationing
The wartime information board reports Canada and allied nations such as the United States Australia and New Zealand enjoy extremely favorable diets. While some European and other countries face shortages, Canada Britain and the US show better fed populations due to higher purchasing power and distribution.
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Ottawa
Canada
Wartime Information Board
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Britain
Mortality rate among Middle East Allied casualties in 1943
In Allied Middle East hospitals during the year ending April 1943 about 20 000 battle casualties were treated with a 21 percent mortality rate. Total deaths reached 611. This compares with a 7.44 percent rate in Egypt and Palestine hospitals in the last war. 2350
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Cairo
Middle East
Egypt
Palestine
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McNaughton
H. D. G. Crerar
Kenneth Stuart
First
United Nations
Hm.c.s. Venture
Bernard iTolly) Paget
Autralia
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