Allies Lose Tunisia Hill
Allied troops relinquished Diebet Mansour also known as Hill 648 after a German counter attack amid heavy mud and bad weather. British forces had held the summit six miles southeast of Bou Arata, part of a strategic Tunisian mountain pass system near the Axis supply line.
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WES GALLAGHER
Associated Press
ALLIED
North Africa
Tunisia
Diebet Mansour
Pont Du Fabs
Bou Arata
Tunisian
Djebel Mansour
Gabes
Gafsa
R.A.F
Pont Du Fahs
high command
Rome
LONDON
May Probe MacLean Canadian Navy Charges
Ottawa reports Naval department officials prepare a statement Navy Minister Macdonald may publish in reply to Andrew D. MacLean's article Pairmiles and Foul. Power told the House of Commons an inquiry into the charges was not certain, noting a disgruntled officer’s letter to the press does not mandate an inquiry.
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MACLEAN CANADIAN NAVY
OTTAWA
Naval department
Navy
Macdonald
Andrew D. MacLean
Toronto
B.C.N.V.R
Power
house of commons
Gordon Graydon
Progressive Conservative
department of novel affairs
Public health view on room temperature debate
Surgeon General Parran advocates 55 degree rooms with possible 10 degree lower impact, while opposing views warn of unpleasant adjustment and potential sickness as civilian medical resources are stretched. The Quebec Chronicle Telegraph notes severe cold would force bundling until adaptation, with health possibly improving after adjustment. Continued on Page Four.
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Parran
Quebec Chronicle Telegraph
Churchill Rides In Triumph To Tripoli
Churchill visits the British 8th Army in Tripoli and reviews tanks in a victory parade after Casablanca and Turkish parleys. He flies from Cairo to Castel Benito, dines with Montgomery, and tours the city aboard an open staff car amid cheering crowds. The journey continues with plans for new undisclosed destinations as Axis plans swirl.
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Gibraltar
A.P
Churchill
Casablanca
8th Army
Tripoli
Mr. Churchill
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Italia
MONTGOMERY
Antonio De Oliveira Salazar
Portugal
Francisco Franco
Spain
Franco
Count Francisco Gomez Jordana
Piazza d’Italia
Italy
CAIRO
United Nations
Castel Benito
Cyprus
Bernard L. Montgomery
New Zealand
Mal~ Geo
Bernard Freyburg
Ulley
Castel Benito don
Alled- alr
Giraud Sets Up War Council
Allied headquaters in North Africa report Gen. Henri Giraud forms a war committee replacing the late Admiral Datlan Imperial Council. The body, seen as less political, includes Giraud as commander in chief and governors Pierre Boisson Marcel Peyrouton August Nogues, Jean Bergeret, and others. It follows Casablanca talks with Churchill and Roosevelt and signals possible liaison with De Gaulle. Continued on Page Three.
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ALLIED
North Africa
Giraud
Jean Bergeret
Auguste Nogues
French
Morocco
Pierre Boisson
West Africa
Marcel Peyrouton
Algeria
Japanese shipping hit in Ambon raid and Rabaul strike
Allied dispatch from Australia reports three Japanese merchant ships destroyed or damaged off Ambon by bombers. In ground fighting at the Admiralty Islands 129 Japanese killed. One small Jap boat sunk at Lorengau harbor. A 100 ton vessel went down in Tala sea after two direct hits. Seventh straight night of heavy bombing on Rabaul with fires at Lakunai Vunakanau and a raid on Bobo on the Aru islands starting ammunition dumps fires and explosions seen 30 miles away.
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Ambon
high command
Netherlands East Indies
New Guinea
neon
Admiralty islands
New Britain
Lorengau
Tala sea
Rabaul
Lakunai
Vunakanau
Bobo
Aru
Dutch New Guinea
Japs Claim Major U S Navy Losses In Solomon Islands
Berlin radio quoted Japanese saying American naval losses in the Solomon Islands total six battleships four aircraft carriers 34 cruisers 21 destroyers and several submarines and minesweepers. A Washington navy spokesman called the claims grossly exaggerated regarding Jan 29 30 attacks near Rennell Island sinking two battleships and three cruisers.
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NEW YORK
United States
Berlin radio today
Solomons
Associated Press
navy department
Washington
Rennel Island
Guadalcanal
John I McFarland Dies Noted West Grain Expert
John I McFarland born in Halton county Ontario in 1873 rose to dominate western wheat trade during economic lows. He guided the Alberta Pacific Grain Company from a single Strathcona elevator to 301 country elevators across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta before selling in 1926.
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John I. McFarland
Halton county
Ontario
Ms post
Winnipeg
east
Dominion
Alberts foothills
Edmonton
Alberta
John McFarland
Calgary and Alberta Grain Company
McFarland
Strathtona
South Edmonton
Alberta Pacific Elevator Company
Alberta Pacific Grain Company
Globe Elevator Company
Calgary
Alberta Pacific
west
Manitoba
Saskatchewen
Farm Prices Held Unfair in Ottawa Debate
Parliament resumed after a week of sharp questioning over farm policy. Western MPs E. E. Ferley and Walter Tucker pressed for fairer farm prices and action to prevent a crisis in agricultural production, criticizing the Prices Board for fixing prices that undervalue farmers' goods. Continued on Page Three.
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CFI
E. E. Ferley
Qu' Appelle
Walter Tucker
Tieut
Tucker
Canada
Prices Board
Another Nazi General Slain
New York report says Lt. Gen. Amo Jabr commander of a German infantry division was killed on the Miadie Con fent, according to the Berlin radio. Jabr had recently received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his audacious counter attacks on the Don.
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NEW YORK
Amo Jabr
Berlin
Associated Press
Jabr
Spearhead Swings Cut Off Kharkov Threat to Donbas
Soviet forces push west and south through snowbound Ukraine and Donets basin, smashing German lines and threatening a Donbas encirclement. Izyum and Yuma provide new bridgeheads over the Upper Donets as Vatutin’s spearhead drives toward Kharkov, with Voroshilovgrad still held and Kharkov within 50 to 80 miles. Pravda notes Stary Oskol’s fortifications as battles intensify along a widening front.
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Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
OSCOW
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Ukraine
Donets
Hitler
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Rostov
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Kursk
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Yuma
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Yama
stiil
Voroshilovgrad
Donets basin
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Voronezh
Pravda
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Stary Oskol
Tzyum
Five Die In Blast At War Plant At San Palo
Five people died and eight were injured in an explosion at the Chemurgic company plant in San Palo California on Friday. The blast occurred in a room where workers packed railroad torpedo signals. four of the dead were women employees of the firm.
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SAN PALO
Calif
Chemurgic company
Massigli Named Commissioner for Foreign Affairs in Paris Fight
London Feb 6 The Fighting French national committee meets with Gen Charles de Gaulle appointing Rene Massigli former French envoy as commissioner for foreign affairs Massigli escaped German-occupied France to join the Free French last week replacing Rene Pleven who remains national commissioner for French colonies
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LONDON
French national committee
Charles de Gaulle
Rene Massigli
France
Rene Pleven
Where's The Money Coming From Editorial Pushes Social Credit Funds
An Alberta Social Credit leader broadcasts from Eastern Canada raising concerns over funding. The editorial questions the source of money for radio broadcasts, noting subsidies from the public treasury and the Alberta Social Credit Board’s spending, and asks for assurances that public funds are not financing eastern broadcasts.
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REMIER ABERHART
Alberta
Canada
Social Credit
Monetary Reform, Organization of Canada
Alberts
Alberta Social Credit Board
Debates Continue In Parliament And Senate Adopts Address
The Canadian Parliament continued discussion on the throne speech address in the House of Commons with MPs including Captain Hughes Le Pointe and Major Lestie Metch voicing concerns. The Senate adjourned until March 2 after giving royal assent to a one year extension for Chief Justice Sir Lyman Duff.
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Senate
house of commons
Hughes Le Pointe
Lotbiniere
Lestie Metch
Lieut
Tucker
Canada
Harry Leader
Portage
Prairie
A. HH. Bench
Saskatoon
Lyman Duff
Ciano Fired By Mussolini Amid Cabinet Shakeup
London reports Mussolini abruptly dismissed his son in law Count Galeazzo Ciano as foreign minister in a broad cabinet shakeup. Observers call the move a bid to salvage prestige after Africa losses and Axis reversals, with mobilization decreed for many Italians and women to support war industry.
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LONDON
ti—Mussolini
Galeamo Ciano
Italy
Africa
Mus
sonia
Russia
Casabianca
Mussolini
Rome
Reuters
way
Little Roxy Dead After Long Illness in Evansville
Little Roxy, an 88 year old elephant who toured Europe and the United States, died in Evansville after weeks of care. The animal had been lured periodically by an automobile wrecker during her final illness.
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EVANSVILLE
Ind
Little Hoay
Roxy
Axis ships sunk by British subs in central Med
British submarines sank three Axis supply ships and a tanker in the central Mediterranean and set another supply ship afire. In the same area, Allied naval forces reported ongoing operations against Axis logistics and shipping as part of the North Africa campaign intensification.
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LONDON
C.P
Mediterranean
admiralty
EISENHOWER
TUNISIA
NORTH AFRICA
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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