British Army rolls toward Tunisia and Sfax battle intensifies
The 8th Army pushes forward within 35 miles of Tunisia as Allied forces press toward Rommel's rear guard. German resistance grows at Zuara and Duara while Italian claims downplay losses. Allied air power pounds targets in Tunisia and Sicily amid minor central Tunisia engagements.
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LONDON
Tunisia
Sfax
A. Cairo
Zuara
Tripoli
Rommel
duara
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Protest Spanish Consulate in Vancouver Resolution
A BC executive meeting of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation adopted a resolution protesting Spain's new Vancouver consulate and urging closure of all Canadian consulates. The preamble alleges the Fascist Spanish government is a chief source of Axis propaganda and espionage among the United Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VANCOUVER
Canada
Co- operative Commonwealth Federation
British Columbia
Spain
United Nations
Locomotive Attacks Highlight Strain on European Railways
The piece notes the hazard of being a locomotive engineer in German-occupied Europe and explains why Allied and German actions target rail networks. It cites British communiques on Hechter plane attacks and analyzes how each destroyed locomotive worsens an already fragile continental transport system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Europe
Low Countries
France
Hechter
No Friction In Allied Commands Says Eisenhower
Allied headquarters in North Africa reports Lt Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower denied rumors of quarrels with U S minister Robert Murphy British resident minister Harold MacMillan and British civil liaison officer William Mack. He said no differences of advice exist among British and American staff across civil political or military matters based on nationalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALLIED
NORTH AFRICA
Dwight D. Eisenhower
London
Washington
Robert Murphy
United States
Harold MacMillan
William Mack
Port Arthur sinks Italian sub in western Mediterranean
Allied communique reports Canadian corvette Port Arthur destroyed an Italian submarine with depth charges and gunfire while escorting a convoy. Some survivors found. Also 19 Axis planes destroyed in Tunisian front raids on Bizerte and Gabes. Port Arthur crew includes Able Seaman Andrew Armit of Lethbridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lethbridge Bay
Port Arthur
Tunisia
North Africa
C.P
Mediterranean
HM.C.S
Royal Canadian Navy
Edward Theodore Summons
RC.N.Y.R
Bizerte
Gabes
ville de Quebec
Cmdr
Robert Ernest Coleman
R.C, NLR
Montreal
Coleman
Africa
Allied headquarters
Andrew
Andy} Armit
A Armit
Lethbridge
HMCS
Navy
William ‘Bird Armit
Civic Nominations Across Southern Alberta Towns
Civic nominations reported from Vulcan Pincher Creek Bow Island Claresholm Nanton Raymond Taber and Raymond show mayors and council members elected or contended by acclamation with several school board trustees named or reappointed. Contests noted for Raymond mayoral race and local council seats in multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Vulcan
Herald VULCAN
W. D. Allan
P. McAskill
J. G. Monkman
P. T. Graham
Jessie Gold
John Mitchell
Pincher Creek
Gwn
FP. Prey
J. F. Gray
S. Pearson
G. Peterson
W. Upton
F. Crossland
J. H Jackson
MacLean
A. Mekerricher
M. V.Burns
A. Pelletier
J. W.Harwood
J. Fournier
Bow Island
Herald
J. W. Reid
E. Carlson
L. M. Cullen
Herb, Thacker and
Willam Calder
Claresholm
George W. Ringrose
Charles 5. Gaskett
John R. Watt
T . Milnes
Myrtle Fairbairn
R. L. King
NANTON
O. E. Smith
H. T. Nixon A S Shaw
Luther
Raymond
F W. Cope
S | May
town councl
Jos
McLean
Linyd Me
Phee
J. O. Hicken
Alvin Jones
G. J. Gibb
T. W. Meldrum
Miller
Opposition Leader Graydon Criticizes War Policy Debates
In Ottawa on February 1 the opposition led by Graydon challenged the governments manpower policy and wartime measures in the address in reply to the throne speech. He urged pruning tradition in debates and pledged to oppose government policies in the national interest when necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Graydon
house of commons
C.P
Gordon Graydon
commons
Progressive Conservative party
Canada
Port Hope
Ont
John Bracken
Manitoba
people’s movement
Alberta Debt Act Invalid upholds Dominion power ruling
The Privy Council dismissed Alberta's appeal against a Supreme Court of Canada decision finding Alberta's 1937 debt adjustment act ultra vires. The five‑member Judicial Committee led by Lord Maugham ruled the Dominion has power over the matter, with Saskatchewan Manitoba and New Brunswick supporting Alberta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SCOTT YOUNG
Cunrdian
LONDON
C.P. Cable
privy council today
New Brunswick
Alberta
Roosevelt Ends Trip Returns to White House
President Roosevelt completed his Casablanca voyage and sailed home across the Atlantic. He and his party joined the big cruiser from Casablanca to Miami and then traveled by special train to the capital. Met by Admiral Leahy and officials, the group stopped in Trinidad en route from the Casablanca wartime conferences.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
White House
Casablanca
Miam
Atlantic
Brazil
Florida
Harry Hopkins
Walliam Leahy
Ross McIntire
John L. McCrea
LEAHY
Trinidad
British West Indies
Panama Canal defence
Stalingrad Clean-up Shows 300000 Enemies Wiped Out
The Soviet release reports the 330,000 strong German siege force at Stalingrad nearly annihilated. Paulus and 15 generals captured. about 240,000 buried, 46,000 in Red Army custody, 44,000 still in north Stalingrad. More towns taken in the Caucasus as Russian winter offensives advance west of Voronezh and toward Rostov.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
OSCOW
Hitler
Stalingrad
Friedrich Paulus
Don
Volga
Red army
Soviet information bureau
monitor
London
Voronezh
north Caucasus
Caucasus
Ryazanskaya
Krasnodar
Black Sea
Belorechenskaya
Maikop
Leningrad
ahso
Constantin Rikossovsky
Moscow
6th Army
4th tank
Kharkov
Rostov
Knox Under Jap Attack in Tour
Navy Secretary Knox Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Halsey faced two Japanese air attacks in two weeks. First at Espiritu Santo and a heavier seven hour strike on Guadalcanal. No casualties reported. Knox hailed the attacks as very inaccurate and predicted prospects of an air strike on Tokyo. He praised U S submarines and ship destruction efforts as the war widens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PEARL HARBOR
Navy
Frank Knox
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Ocean area
United States South Pacific force
Espiritu Santo
New Hebrides
Guadalcanal
Knox
Halsey
Tokyo
Roosevelt Thanks Paralysis Helpers On Birthday Fund Drive
President Roosevelt, age 81, thanked the nation for birthday parties and March of Dimes campaigns raising funds to fight infantile paralysis. He noted two wars, one for humanity and one against disease, as an encouragement from Allied councils while away from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
Flynn asks F D R to withdraw his nomination to Australia
Edward J. Flynn said in Washington that Senate friends assured him his nomination as United States Minister to Australia was certain and asked President Roosevelt to withdraw it. He said he would not permit the nomination to spark partisan debate in wartime and would serve the country wholeheartedly if confirmed.
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EDWARD J. FLYNN
WASHINGTON
Mlynn
Cattle Sales Down Sharply in Early 1943 Canada
Ottawa reports a steep drop in cattle movements for the first 23 days of 1943 with stockyard sales from 78,223 to 38,332 head and shipments to plants from 32,053 to 19,293. For the week ending Jan 28 sales and shipments totaled 13,313 head versus 25,319 last year. no U.S. exports in 38 days versus 34,432 last year.
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OTTAWA
agriculture department
United States
Allied Offensive Looms in Tunisia Reported
Allied troops stab at German positions in three central Tunisian sectors in screening operations that may lead to a general offensive and the final battle for North Africa. British forces in Rabsa repelled a German attack using 52-ton Mark VI tanks guarded by 88-millimetre guns. two Mark VIs and four fighter tanks were destroyed.
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Bone
Tripolitania
Tunisia
Sicily
Rommel
Jurgen Von Arnim
MESSINA
North Africa
LONDON
Tunisian
Rabsa
C.P
Svatove
Kupyansk
Vornshilovgrad
Rostov
Kharkov
SEATTLE
Faid
Sfax
JOHN ABRAM JANZEN
COALDALE COALDALE
Feh
Coaldale
Peter K. Redekop
Mr. Janzen
Canada
Russia
Bruderhelm
Alta
Ridekop
WINNIPEG
OTTAWA
Mitchell
house of commons
Stanley Knowles
C.C.F
Winnipeg North Center
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Berlin
Australia
Napoleon
Eisenhower
offier
Privy Council
incil
Paulus
Tikhoretsk
WALTER B. CLAUSEN
COL
Flynn
F.D.R
GHlyl
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