Libyan Folk Ask Freedom
Libyan leader the Grand Senussi vows to secure freedom for his people as reports say Cirenaica and Tripolitania endure Mussolini coercion. He frames Libyans as liberty loving and ready for self rule, while Libya’s fate is linked to Italian military actions and regional shifts.
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DEWITT MACHENZIE
Associated Press War
CATEO
Cirenaica
Libya
Traly
Tripeliania
Egypt
Tunisia
Athens
Africa
Mediterranean
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The Left Hand Corner Part II Continental War Reflections
The article discusses postwar reflections on France and the Allied effort, noting tensions between leadership and public perception. It cites French officials and observers on missteps, morale, and strategic outcomes, with references to wartime policy, aid, and the broader political mood in 1940s France.
Bandit robs teller of pants and $1600 in Montreal hold up
An armed holdup man robbed the Gowin Boulevard branch of the Banque Canadienne Nationale in Montreal. After escaping with about $1,000, the robber took the teller's pants and gun, discarding the trousers outside the building.
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MONTREAL
Gowin Lowlevard
Banque Canadienne Nationale
Bracken In Unity Plea For Ministers In Wartime
Manitoba premier Bracken calls for secretaries to aid ministers during war to shorten government delays. He accuses a bloated bureaucracy of overwork and inadequate democratic safeguards. Bracken vows to push for maximum government cooperation when he leads the opposition.
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WINNIPEG
Hondoha Bracken
Manitoba
progressive Conservative party of Canada
jasisught
Dominion
Canadien Broadcastings Corporation
Braden
Canada
Bracsen
braréer-a-coun
Lost Plane Still Sought Near Vancouver Search Resumes
Vancouver December 22 search planes prepared to resume the hunt for a Canadian Airlines flight with 13 aboard missing since Sunday New Westminster area reports placed the plane near Stave Lake and Harrison Lake about 35 to 86 miles east of the city. Experienced bush pilots Capt W J Holland and Cant Ernest Buddices piloted the aircraft which diverted after weathered landing attempts.
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VANCOUVER
interior Prince George
B.C
Stave Lake
Harrison Lake
here
Co. P. Airlines
cec
ods
Ernest Buddices
W. J.B. Holland
Quake Devastates Eastern Anatolia. Turkish Officials Fear Thousands Dead
Berlin dispatch reports a massive quake in northeast Anatolia near Torat, Wiksar, and Erna, about 260 miles east of Istanbul. Early figures vary. 660 dead and several hundred wounded were previously cited. Fires raged as homes collapsed and tremors shook the region.
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BERLIN
yadigo
imelidint
Anatolia
Turkey
Torat
Wiksar
Erna
Istanbul
McNaughton Outlines Christmas Message To Canadian Army
Lt Gen A G J McNaughton, commander of the 1st Canadian Army, states in a Christmas message that bold prewar employment plans failed due to strategy shifts. He says Canadian forces overseas stay resolute, will move forward when the time is right, and stresses duty, patience, and high morale as soldiers endure being far from home. The remarks came during a press conference in England on December 17.
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BORM
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London
Ottawa
O2ornus
Simcoe
M Bors
arcuts Boris
belis
Bons
EXGLAND
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A. G. J. McNaughton
1st Canadian Army
SETH Circe
Bain
McNaughton
England
army of Canada wall
Drive Down Valley Meets Stiff Fight Front
Soviet forces pressed the Don front as German resistance stiffened with counter attacks. Moscow reported the Red Army neared Millerovo, an important rail hub near Rostov, while defending a middle Don sector and expanding a drive toward the Black Sea port area. The battle involved thousands of mines removed and heavy tank support, with about 600 Entiennes reported killed or captured in the contested middle Don engagement.
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EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Red army
Von
Eosto
Black Sea
Millerove
Rostov
Don
N. FP. Vatutim
Millerovo
Stalingrad
Kalmyck
Bombing Raids Hit Kiska and Munda Airfields
US Navy reports heavy bombing of Japan's submarine base on Kiska Island in the Aleutians. American Fortresses and P-51 fighters attacked, while further raids targeted airfields near Munda in the Solomons, damaging cargo cars and asserting continued Allied action in the Pacific theater. Separately, a note on a 31 year reunion of a brother and sister in Toronto highlights human interest trivia amid war news.
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WASHINGTON
Japan
Kaska Island
Aleutians
navy department
Pace army Flying Fortresses
Munda
Solomons
North Pacific
Keta
viei
U States
granes
Flerg
Alana
Muna
New Georgia
Japar
Bougah
U S Airmen Down 44 German Planes In Raid
London reports that United States airmen shot down 44 enemy fighters in a Sunday bomber raid on Remilly Sur Seine. The communique notes six crashed, 23 went down in flames, one disintegrated in the air, and one plane was abandoned by its pilot.
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LONDON
iC.Pj
United States
Remilly-Sur-Seine
RAF Causes Heavy Loss at Akyab Port in Burma
RAF fighters braved heavy anti aircraft fire to strike at the Akyab area on the Bar of Bengal port, damaging the air field, a river steamship, and a canal position. Other fighters shot down two Japanese planes over the northwest Burma coast. two British planes were missing. British forces advance toward Alethang-Yew, near Maungdox, 11 miles south of the frontier, with light resistance from the Japanese. Calcutta reports say Alethang-Yew, 21 miles south of Maurgdas, was occupied amid continued frontal advances along the coast.
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Akyab
Bar of Bengal
Burta
Alethang-Yew
Maungdox
Burma
CALCUTTA
LONDON
Maurgdas
Aled
India
Alethang-Yor
Azyab
Smail
Galencia
miernins
Dutch Naval Officer Escapes Hong Kong Camp
A Netherlands naval officer, a former submarine commander who patrolled the China Sea, escaped a Japanese camp in Hong Kong. He recounted his escape to reporters at the Netherlands embassy, detailing the breakout after Pearl Harbor.
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Hong Kong
WASHINGTON
Netherlands natal
myson
Netherlands
patito
China Sea
Pearl Harbor
Raiders Within Five Miles Of Strategic Base
A World War II dispatch reports an air hit and run raid in North Africa near Bizerte and Misurata. Commandos penetrated near five miles from the Tunisian coast while German forces held strong positions. Losses were light as the raid broke into small parties to reach the hills and evade counterfire. The operation followed Rommel’s forces toward Misurata as weather slowed ground actions in Tunisia.
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Tripoli
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Rom S$ army
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westware
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Bizerte
tas
wich
Morocco
Misurata
mies
Cairo
Pripali
Sundar
Tunisia
Aerial Miracle Over Lake Ice In Canada Flight
Capt Sid Gerow pilot of a Royal Air Force ferry test flight reported an emergency over a snowbound lake when a crewman fell through a floor trap. Gerow and Harry Gulluhs from Toronto attempted to save Griffin from the aircraft before the distress call faded as the plane neared Dorval airport.
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Quebec Lake
ONTREAL
Sid Gerow
lake ice
snd
Grifffths
Royal Air Force ferry command
Gerow
Wayzata
Mann
Boston
Harry Gulluhs
Toronto
St. Loum
here
Dorval
Laer
civics of
Getung
dacq
By Their Wives Rank Known By GEORGE TUCKER
By Their Wives describes British West Africa troops along the Gulp coast under colonial officers. The piece recalls a trek through dust and heat, noting discipline, tribal identifiers, and the officers’ pride in their soldiers. It portrays soldiers as culturally distinct yet bound to the British command structure.
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GEORGE TUCKER
GOLP
British West Africa
Smash Raid Hits Munich Rail Works
Munich suffered heavy bombing as Allied raids struck rail facilities in a second night of attacks. Reports say large sections of the city were set aflame with fires visible miles away, while German night fighters attempted interceptions. Canadian members of the FLAP participated. Berlin acknowledged some damage yet claimed defenses scattered the raiders.
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LONDON
C.P
Munich
Nagi party
Reich
forte
Berlin
Germany
air ministry
Menich
United States
Romilly-Sur- Stine
France
Soldier Runs Amok In Baltimore Fatal Attack
A U S Army private from Baltimore, 29, obtained a submachine weapon and opened fire near Fort Meade, wounding two other Black soldiers and a civilian before being shot dead. Authorities investigated possible motives and whether race played a role in the incident.
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Ds LisERIA
Jann W. Walams
Baltimore
Lwo
a. McMienari
man
Canadian Reinforcements for Overseas War Effort Reported
Dec 22 dispatches describe large scale Canadian Yeomen’s Army Corps training plans for a major hospital base in Britain and reinforce overseas efforts. Reports also note a court denial of a habeas petition for Marc Carrier, and British prisoners lost when a Japanese transport was sunk with hundreds captured. Further items mention an Ottawa probe into alleged mistreatment of POWs, ongoing west coast search for a missing airliner, and the discovery of a pensioner’s body in Prince Albert.
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Britain
MARC CARRIERE
WRIE
MONTREAL
E. F. Surverer
Euenday
Marc Carcire
Bee
LSIS
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department
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suTyners
China
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