Ships To Carry Men and Supplies Only Limit To Our War Effort
Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the House of Commons that Canada can send troops and supplies overseas only as ships allow. He cited Lt Gen McNaughton on Canada’s capacity, urged social insurance reform, and warned 1943 would be tougher for Canadian forces. Premier Aberhart warned state socialism creeping into Canada and danger to land control.
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C. R. Blackburn
UAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
house of commons
Canada
A. G. L. McNaughton
Dominion
EDMONTON
Aberhart
Alberta
Canada’s Revenue 91 Percent From Taxes in 1941-42
Ottawa reports public accounts show total revenue of 1.488 billion dollars for the year ending March 31, 1942, with tax revenue at 1.381 billion and war tax 102.9 million. Expenditures reached 1.885 billion, led by war outlays of 1.340 billion. ordinary costs were 444.8 million and capital outlays 3.43 million.
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OTTAWA
Canada
commons
Isley
Left Hand Corner News Notes and Municipal Elections
A London correspondent recounts a lighthearted incident involving a Royal Air Arm cadet who suffered a shoulder pain during a roll. An unfastened safety pin caused the pain, yet a note in the cadet’s sweater revealed a festive greeting from Miss B. The piece also notes long municipal service with Jack McMeeken elected to a seventh mayoral term in Sault Ste. Marie and Charlie Cox in Port Arthur.
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Pleet Air Arm
London
Ottawa
ato bay
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Sault Ste. Marie
Parliamentary bill extends chief justice term to 1943
In Ottawa, the house passed second reading 139 to 40 on a bill to extend Chief Justice Sir Lyman Duff’s term for another year from January 7 1943. Opposition cited age and concerns about extending tenure amid calls for younger judges while supporters argued exceptional circumstances and precedent.
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C.P
house of commons
Lyman Duff
St. Laurent
Hanson
ife
Coldwell
Canada
Roosevelt
United States Supreme Court
Blackmore
Sir Lyman
Ian
Hint 10.00 Sugar Beets
Ottawa rumors say Canada will boost beet sugar production this year. Government may remove 50 cents per hundred of the sugar excise tax, adding about 1.50 a ton to beet prices. Alberta acres could rise by 2000 as factories extend runs. Wartime sugar goals drive plan.
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The Herald
OTTAWA
Canada
Alberta
Dimout Enforced As Vancouver Stores Go Dark
Vancouver residents and shoppers faced a city wide dimout as new regulations forced store windows and streets to be shaded. Retail displays vanished into shadow with lights reduced well below one foot candle power, leaving districts in near darkness.
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VANCOUVER
Yanks Take Tunisia City
Allied forces in North Africa drive Germans from the village Sened near the Tunisian coast, then withdraw after their mission. British 1st Army repels a German attack near Pont Du Fahs toward Roban, taking 45 prisoners, inflicting heavy casualties, with a later Allied counterattack.
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North Africa
United States
Tunisia
Sened
Pont Du Fahs
Roban
Faid
Maknassy
Pont Du Fans
Allie
YANES TAKE
Japs and Allies Exchange Blows in Burma and Seas
Reports from New Delhi and London describe Japanese resistance near Donbalk on the Mayu peninsula and patrol activity in the upper Chindwin. RAF bombers attacked two Japanese occupied villages on Mayu and targeted positions on Akyab island while Tokyo claimed U S ships sunk near the Solomon Islands.
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Burma
Donbalk
Maya
Akyab
Tamu
upper Chindwin
Mayu peninsula
TOKYO
LONDON
Tokyo radio
Solomon islands
United States
Associated Press
CHUNGEKING
Central Daily News
Jan.il
Shanghai
Paulus Wounded Before Capture by Reds
German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus was seriously wounded before his capture by the Russians Sunday. Berlin radio said he may have attempted suicide and that he held poison in addition to his side arms. Paulus, commander of the 6th Army, was the first marshal of his rank to be taken prisoner in this war.
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NEW YORK
Friedrich Paulus
Berlin
6th
Associated Press
Churchill in Ankara Plans Turkish Defences and Turkish War Role
Prime Minister Churchill met Turkish President Ismet Inonu in Ankara to strengthen Turkish defences and discuss use of Turkish bases for an Allied drive into the Balkans. They reviewed the European situation and war strategy from Casablanca, with Roosevelt's views conveyed. Agreements covered material aid to Turkey and postwar issues, with Stalin apprised and a Turkish production mission in Britain.
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Balkans
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Parliament Roundup in Canada War and Postwar Plans
The Canadian senate and house debated the address in reply to the throne speech with Sen P DuTremblay moving and Sen Rupert Davies seconding in the senate. Prime Minister Mackenzie King warned against over optimism on war length as the RC A overseas expands to thirty eight squadrons and detailed Canada's manpower and industrial efforts. Gordon Graydon criticized agriculture, labour and manpower policies in his first major speech as acting PC leader, while M J Coldwell urged a government commitment to spending 2.6 million dollars in early postwar adjustments. King also tabled notes on postwar equalization of US interests in defence projects in Canada.
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Gordon Graydon
RCAP
Canada
senate
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P. DuTremblay
Rupert Davies
house of commons
Mackenzie King
R.C.Ae
Progressive Conservative house
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F. leauer
United States
Turkish leaders discuss defenses with Churchill in Ankara
Ismet Inonu president of Turkey met Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Ankara on Sunday to discuss Turkish defenses and allied cooperation. The talks aimed to reinforce security ties and strategic coordination between Turkey and the United Kingdom amid wartime tensions.
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Tarsus
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Ankara
Franz Von Papen
ISMET INONU
Churchill
Army Casualties Reported Safe After Dieppe Battle
Two officers once listed as missing are now reported safe in a Canadian Army casualty list issued last night by Defence headquarters. They fought in August’s Dieppe battle. No Alberta men were listed. Canadians bought war risk insurance exceeding 1.78 billion dollars up to December 31, according to a Finance Ministry statement.
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OTTAWA
Dieppe
Alberta
Finance
Usely
Reds Close In Around Rostov in War Pr ogress
Moscow February 2 AP — Russian forces push a wedge around Rostov to within less than 40 miles, capturing Zermovey and advancing toward Kursk Kharkov and Krasnodar. Reports say more towns fell west of Voronezh as German resistance eases on the southern front and Caucasus columns close on Krasnodar and Novorossiysk.
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HENRY C. CASSIDY
Associated Press
MOSCOW
APJ
Red army
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Zermovey
Kursk
Kharkov
Krasnodar
Rassing soon
London
ratio monitor
Voronezh
Kochetovka
Verblyud
Kuban
Stalingrad
Movorossisk
More Airmen From Canada
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced in the house that Canada plans to increase overseas RCAF squadrons from 30 to 38 within the year and to pay the pay and allowances of RCAF personnel in RAP squadrons. The H.C.A.P. will take on more maintenance, equipment, and welfare for Canadian airmen overseas, following the army and navy practice of funding forces and gear abroad. R.C.A.P. Headquarters issued a statement minutes after his throne speech address.
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OTTAWA
Mackenzie King
house of commons
Canada
H.C.AP
daig
R.C.AP
Kingsboke
Western Aleutians attacked by Japanese planes report no damage
Navy department says Japanese planes attacked American positions in the western Aleutian Islands on Sunday and Monday but caused no damage the first attack on U.S. bases there since last June. Earlier, two Japanese planes bombed ships west of Allied positions on Jan 2 5.
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WASHINGTON
A.P
navy department
United States
north Pacifica Islands
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