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Newspaper
Lethbridge Herald
Location
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 08, 1942
Page
1
Delegates debate Bracken Dakar as potential successor and consider resignations and leadership bids. MacPherson voices support while others discuss candidates and nomination procedures for the convention.
The Allied defensive lines hold at Tebourba southwest of Tunis as two forces clash in a decisive counterattack. Both sides trade heavy bombardment while Allies seek to choke supplies and reinforcements. Dakar’s UN port gain strengthens Allied logistics for North Africa. United Nations navies may use Dakar port and airfields.
British Eighth Army holds position near Agheila Libya as Allied air raids hit Bizerte La Goulette and Sfax in Tunisia. Tebourba area fights intensify forming a triangle of Yebourba Djederda Myreur with allied forces pushing toward Bizere and Tunis amid air cover shortages.
Navy Secretary Frenk Knox said 51 of 73 French ships in Toulon were sunk or damaged, with 20 left intact and four escaping as Germans moved in. The report cites aerial reconnaissance and lists battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and submarines affected or scuttled.
A garbled note from authorities on North Atlantic coasts cites birds and reptiles as not portents of winter. A Georgian woman reports a white faced possum warning of harsh conditions from New York to New Jersey. Old prophecies claim frost will end vegetation and trigger animal migrations. 1878 records are referenced.
Heavy snows on the Soviet front hindered offensives but Moscow said Red Army troops pressed forward in costly assaults on German fortifications and communications around Stalingrad Vyazma and Rzhev. The daily bulletin claimed heavy German losses and continued Soviet advances despite weather.
German high command says armored forces counter attacked in the Ha Jinin Lake Simen sector north west of Moscow breaking through Russian lines to a depth of nine miles and astride supply routes. Soviets renewed attacks along the Don River bend with tanks, but the assaults failed.
The official report notes significant German losses while a temporary setback is reported. In Velixie Lusi area, German forces reportedly pressed allied troops and injured one, as Vietnamese counterattacks led to reoccupation of key positions.
New York dispatch reports wartime anxiety spreading among civilians along the coasts of The Netherlands Belgium and Sicily as allied forces move inland. The article notes mass evacuation efforts and civilian displacements caused by advancing troops and wartime operations.
An Army jeep and its crew joined a stag hunt in England, surprising observers as hounds pursued a stag across streams and mud. An officer halted the jeep, with hunters noting that such chasing by soldiers is frowned upon and hunting there is by invitation only.
Franco speaks to German audience denouncing liberalism and capitalism and praising Spain’s future under his regime. He urges readiness and sacrifice, promising a new era and secure life for Spain as the Falange cheers and chants. Continued on page three.
Allied officials announced Dakar would be turned over for use by Allied air fields in North Africa. Eisenhower said the rights to use Dakar were granted by Pierre Besson in cooperation with Admiral Darlan, with future French naval use to be decided at Dakar talks. The move is seen as ending the German submarine threat in the South Atlantic and shortening distance for American forces.
Vancouver police report a 19 year old girl detained in Lethbridge after a Trans-Canada Airlines stop. She faces theft charges connected to an alleged break‑in at Frans Dove’s Vancouver home. A diamond stickpin and other items were found in her possession as she traveled toward Toronto.
The piece asserts growing fatigue with New Deal policies and hints at Republican gains if the trend persists. It cites concerns about administration moves and forecasts stronger GOP performance in 1944 elections.
Allen E. Arscott, general manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce for six years, was appointed executive vice president at the bank’s annual meeting in Toronto. He was succeeded as general manager by Srey M. Wedd, who since January had served as acting general manager.
Pilot Officer L W Powell of Edmonton led a three-ship attack over northern France targeting a German machine gun emplacement and an anti aircraft gun. The action raised his confirmed aerial kills to 21 as squadron comrades Engelled and Belton engaged additional enemy positions and strafed a Nazi camp at Baibec.
Ottawa official said the wheat acreage reduction bonus would likely continue into 1935 and 1942 under the wheat acreage policy. He could not yet estimate how much of Canada's 1932 wheat carryover could be deliverable next year.
London Britain’s government announced the draft age will be lowered to 18. Bevin told the House of Commons the change applies to overseas service only after training and that the 18 limit would not be dropped further.
A fragmented clipping reports remarks by George Black, member of parliament, discussing Ontario mayoral elections and a Liberal-Conservative balance. He indicates no preference for altering the political arrangement. Des Des. 1-2-2.
A wartime bulletin reports Berlin crowds demonstrating against Hitler's troops during a recent raid. Washington notes Gen. Henry H. Arnold saying Allies threaten German supremacy in the Mediterranean and possibly Europe. Allied forces strike in Tunisia and Mosquito bombers hit northwest Germany as war news continues.
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