Churchill welcomed by Canadians in Ottawa visit
Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Ottawa by special train from Washington to an enthusiastic reception. Crowds cheered as he stepped onto the platform, waved, and lifted his hat while Churchill, still smoking his cigar, acknowledged the ovation. Continues on page three.
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JAMES McCOOK
OTTAWA
C.P
Winston Churchill
Washington
Fas
Churchill
staton
Ontario Pilot Is Crash Victim
Royal Canadian Air Force officials said today that Stt-Piulot C B Pierre of Port Rowan Ort was the pilot killed when an RCAF fighter plane crashed Saturday in the Kerriscae residents district. The plane failed to come out of a loop, clipped Lerifie speed near a home, and plunged into flames, severing telephone wires and damaging a power line before striking the ground.
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VANCOUVER
Royal Canadian Air Force
Dogfish in British Columbia Waters Wears Colorful Markers
In the Strait of Georgia off the British Columbia coast researchers at Nanaimo attach colored discs to dogfish snouts to track movements. Once nuisances, dogfish now attract value for their liver oils rich in vitamins, boosted by war needs and scientific study. The program, part of fisheries research, features fish marked with fifty-cent rewards for the discs returned.
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British Columbia
feneral fisherieg
Nanaimo
Strait of Georgia
Eirth Columbia
Atlantic
Moscow and Tula Freed From Immediate Danger
Moscow and Tula reportedly freed of danger as front lines report new Red Army advances west of Moscow and east of Kalinin. German headquarters and maps captured in a surprise Russian attack. rumors of German retreat supported by Soviet claims of rapid progress.
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Tula
Moscow radio
Mozinsk
Kalinin
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aodis
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Red army
Forced Landing in County Kerry Sparks International Rumors
A German reconnaissance plane forced landed in County Kerry on Friday. Belfast rumors claimed two German generals including Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch alighted in Ireland like Hess’s entry to Scotland. Irish officials denied and said the crew was interned, the highest ranking member a sergeant. The plane was badly damaged. Four killed in Quebec rail crash near South Durham.
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County Kerry
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Walther Von Brauchitsch
Eire
Rudolf Hess
Naz
Scotland
London
Kerry
Bowen cancels Alberta levee for New Year Day
Edmonton December 29 Lieutenant Governor J C Bowen of Alberta cancels his annual levee scheduled for New Year Day due to Canada joining Britain the United States and all Allied nations in making Thursday next a Day of prayer
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EDMONTON
Canada
Britain
United States
J.C. Bowen
Alberta
Daring 3 Way Raid on Norway Reported by Allied Offices
London dispatch says eight enemy ships totaling 15 650 tons were destroyed in a British raid on Vargso Norway. Commandos aided by Home Fleet and RAF seized or killed the German garrison, damaged tanks and ammunition stores, and destroyed a Quisling industrial plant.
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LONDON
C.P.J
Vargso
Bergen
Norway
Home Fleet
Royal Air Force
Germany
admiralty
war office
air ministry
Russia
Jaws Make Some Gains In Malaya
British command announces Japanese troops swept south of Ipoh and took Kuching, capital of Sarawak, with forces in close contact on the Perak front. Tokyo says Ipoh fell near noon Sunday while Kuantan on the east coast saw air attacks with no casualties reported.
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SINGAPORE
Ipoh
Malaya
Kuantan
Rest Cure or Invasion in the Balkans
NBC reports from New York that Germany is using the Turkish border area as a rest resort for exhausted units. The Martinique radio quotes Ismet Inonu asking Nazi envoy von Papen why soldiers line the border. Papen supposedly answers that German high command is rotating units after heavy fighting in France.
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NEW YORK
Bulgaria
NBC
Martinique
Isme Inonu
vomi Papen
Balkans
Foussian
Turkey
tne artinique radio
Roosevelt pledges Philippines freedom and protection
President Roosevelt pledged to the war battered Philippines that their freedom would be redeemed and independence established and protected. The United States resources would back the pledge as a navy statement said the fleet was not idle amid reports of Japanese advances toward Manila. The president spoke as Japanese campaigns timed with New Year’s holidays were noted by observers.
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Russia
WASHINGTON
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Domel
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Domeil
Hong Kong
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Winie Hons
Mi Roosevelt
Churchill arrives late for Ottawa war cabinet meeting
Winston Churchill met the Canadian cabinet war committee in Ottawa after a public reception. He entered the east block at 12:10 pm local time, 40 minutes after the start, amid cheering crowds and photographers. He joined Prime Minister Mackenzie King and the chiefs of staff for discussions before lunch and a return to Government House.
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OTTAWA
Winston Churchill
Churchill
cabinet war committee
Mackenzie King
King
privy council
army
navy
air force
Government House
Princess Alice
Union Station
parliament buildings
Libyan campaign footage reveals risky retreat exposed
A first wounded survivor from the Liban campaign describes Axis forces hiding in Tifton transit routes and Fiumiars peas as a movie crew filmed explosive devices. The footage shows the pony explodes when caps are removed and cameras blow when cranks turn, with British casualties noted.
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LONDON
Tifton transoed
Feumiars
Dutch and Allied Forces Hit Japanese Positions in Pacific Skirmishes
A string of World War II actions reports Dutch forces battering Japanese positions on Celebes and New Guinea coast. Allied planes strike ships off Borneo, while raids on Sarawak and Pontianak, Borneo, kill and injure civilians and destroy shops and buildings.
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Celetes
Mari
Sarawak
Medina
Matacca
Tpoh
cin omai
COMMU ALons
Perak
Malaya
Anti Rapore
Madan wea
Anita
Pontianak
Borneo
Calgary Obituary of Robert Wauchope, War Veteran
Robert Wauchope, 56, Calgary, died Saturday after a brief illness. Born in Scotland, he was the son of the late Major General Sir Robert Wauchope, a noted figure in the South African war. An Oxford graduate, he served in the South African war and enlisted with the 1th Battalion in Calgary at the outbreak of the Great War, later as a prisoner of war in Germany for three years.
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CALGARY
Robert Wauchope
Scotland
Oxford
1th
Germany
Manila Struck Twice as Allied Force Reports Losses
The navy said U S submarines sunk two more enemy ships in the Far East and a U S destroyer suffered slight damage from Japanese planes. MacArthur shortened Philippine lines north of Manila and consolidated troops in Pampanga as Japanese reinforcements arrive. Manila, bombed again, faces pressure in the south with reinforcements landing in southern Luzon.
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ASHINGTON
navy
United States
Far East
U.S
MacARTHUR
A.P
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
United States war department
Pampanga province
Lingayen Gulf coast
TANILA
Axis Forces Harassed In North Africa Operations
British columns advancing from the south engaged the retreating Axis force around Agedabia and forced some units westward. Royal Air Force raids targeted Axis troops isolated at Bardia while harassing enemy motor transports on roads west of Agedabia. RAF actions weakened defenses and contributed to strategic pressure in the region.
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CAIRO
Egypt
Agedabia
Bildish
Axi
Tost
Royal Air Force
Bardia
RAP
Bengal
RAF
saldoe
Civilian Casualties Reported in First Raid on Rango
Six hundred civilian casualties were listed after the initial Japanese raid on Rane goon in Burtos last Tuesday.
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NEW DELNT
Ranegoon
Burtos
Churchill to Broadcast From Commons Tuesday
Ottawa reports indication that Prime Minister Churchill will address a joint Commons and Senate meeting in the House of Commons for about an hour. The speech will be carried nationwide by the CBC network from 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT. Churchill to meet the press late tomorrow after Commons adjourns.
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OTTAWA
Churchill
Howe of Commons
tomorcoy
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
MLS
House of Commons
Churchill Praises Canada War Effort and Alliance
Prime Minister Churchill thanked Canada for its magnificent war effort at a Vancouver meeting with the Canadian cabinet and said he plans to visit Canada to express appreciation for the country’s role. Canada is praised as central to organizing the English-speaking world in the war.
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Black Sea
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