Allied RAF Raids Sardinia and Naples Bombed
Allied headquarters reported Wellington bombers struck six air fields in Sardinia near Tunisia, with aircraft on the ground set ablaze and airfield facilities hit. One plane failed to return as daytime raids continued and four enemy fighters were shot down. In Naples, Allied heavy bombers attacked the waterfront, with direct hits on ships and large fires reported. Italian radio said four US aircraft did the raid and caused extensive damage with casualties.
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
North Africa
R.AF. Wellington
Sardinia
Tunisia
Tyrrhenian sea
Italy
Cagiiari
Tunisian
afr
NAPLES
CAIRO
United States
high command
sommunique boadcast
heart
Associated Press
Ciano Named Ambassador to Vatican
The Rome radio reported that Count Galeazzo Ciano, son in law of Mussolini, has been named Italian ambassador to the Holy See. He will be accredited after six years as foreign minister, a post he lost in Mussolini's cabinet reshuffle last week. He is expected to succeed Prof. Bernardo Attolico, who died in office Feb 9, 1942 after presenting credentials to Pope Pius.
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LONDON
Rome
Galeazzo Ciano
Mussolini
Holy See
Ciano
Vatican
Italy
Reuters
Bernardo D. Attolico
Pope Pius
Maple wooden soles aid damp workshoe demand in BC factory
P W Luce in Toronto Saturday Night reports British Columbia maple is used for thick wooden soles in shipyards and war plants where workers tread damp floors. Maple soles, an inch thick and noisy but long wearing, replace rubber boots as leather tops are oil waterproofed. P A Christensen runs a half century old factory making these shoes.
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British Columbia
P. W. Luce
Toronto
P. A. Christensen
103 Years Old Dominion City Resident Celebrates Birthday
William Sandy McDonald, a resident of Dominion City in southern Manitoba, turns 103 today. Born in Dufftown Banffshire Scotland, he immigrated to Canada in 1896 and farmed in the Pembina district until 1918.
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DOMINION CITY
Man
William
Sandy) McDonald
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Dufftown
Banffshire
Scotland
Canada
Pembina
More U Boats Loose Than Ever Before Says Knox
Navy Secretary Frank Knox declared at a press conference that there are now more German submarines at sea than even last June, marking the U-boat as the Atlantic wartime menace. He added there is no question but that Biller counts on submarine warfare as a major sea effort.
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WASHINGTON
Navy
Frank Knox
Atlantic
Knox
Biller
Canada forms five man war supplies board in Ottawa
Finance Minister Isley announced in the house that Canada will set up a five man war supplies allocation board to transfer supplies on a credit basis to Allied nations. Parliament will be asked for a 1 billion dollar grant to fund board operations and Britain’s stake in Canadian war plants will be taken over. Canada aims for direct dealings with nations needing war goods and aims to keep accounts balanced through reciprocal exchanges where possible. Finance minister also said the 1943 44 budget should be ready within two to three weeks.
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OTTAWA
C P
Asley
house of commons
Canada
Miley
United Kingdom
Canadian munitions department
war supplies allocation board
United Nations
wat
Tisley
United States
Britain
Tistey
parliasment
Isley
Lorient U-boat Base Pounded by Large RAF Raid
Lorient on the French Atlantic coast endured the heaviest bombing of the night as a large bomber force hit the submarine base. Canadian airmen said fires were visible for 100 miles, with seven bombers missing. RAF reports indicate extensive destruction of docks and facilities, part of the campaign to cripple U-boat production and supply.
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LOUIS V. HUNTER
LONDON
C.P. Cable
Lorient
Atlantic
RCAF
air ministry
ing
Russ Harling
Winnipeg
RAF
Bill Gray
R.AP
Folkestone
Straits of Dover
French
Dutch Nazi Chief Seyffardt Fatally Wounded in London
Gen Hendrick Alexander Seyffardt, 70, chief of the Netherlands Nazi legion and former Dutch general, was shot outside his home in London, with a German controlled Netherland radio report stating his death occurred Saturday. He had joined the Nazi side after retirement and held a cabinet post under Mussert.
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LONDON
C.P
Lir
Hendrick Alexander Seyffardt
Anet
Netherlands radio
Seyffardt
Hague
Sast
Aneta
Seyfardt
Anton A. Mussert
flarry
Hitler
Netherlands
peace courts
Holland
Nazi General Killed in Tunisia Says Berlin Radio
Berlin radio quoted by Reuters reports Lt General Wolfgang Fischer commander of a German armored division was killed in action on February 1 in Tunisia. The broadcast notes his death as a significant loss to German forces amid North African fighting.
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LONDON
Reuters
Berlin
Wolfgang Fischer
Tunisia
Baby fatally bitten by rat at Aberdeen hospital
Two day old Harold Scott Sobey died after a rat emerged from his nursery basket at Aberdeen hospital in New Glasgow Nova Scotia. An inquest heard nurse Lillian Ernst describe the early morning discovery and hospital officials testified rats had previously troubled the facility. Stellarton mayor Frank Sober urged a full investigation to prevent recurrence. Harold Sobey Sr. is serving overseas with the Canadian army.
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NEW GLASGOW
N.S
Aberdeen hospital
Harold Scott Sobey
Harold Sobey
Stellarton
Lillian Ernst
Sobey
Mary I. Croffman
Saint John
N.B
Katherine Nelson
Frank Sober
Aberdeen
Rangoon in Flames Bombing Report From Burma
A British communique states RAF Liberator bombers dropped nearly 30 tons of heavy bombs on Rangoon, with fires left burning in the target area. Earlier daylight sweeps through western Burma hit a Japanese village near the Kala dan River and destroyed enemy motor transport near Taungup Pass, with shipping attacked off the coast.
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NEW DELHI
Rangoon
Burma
Kala~dan River
Taungup Pass
Harold Gillam Dies A Hero
Harold Gillam, veteran Alaska aviator, perished while saving passengers after his plane crashed in a January blizzard near Boca De Quadra south of Ketchikan. He died from starvation exposure and shock after landing north from Seattle, with coast guards recovering his body on the beach.
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KETCHIKAN
Alaska
Harold Gillam
Arctic airways
Boca De Quadra
Ketchitan
Gillam
Seattle
coast guard
Churchill In Drive Threatens Britain Again All Nazi Bases
Churchill returns from a 10,000 mile air tour of North Africa and the Middle East as Britain presses for a European invasion. The Times and Daily Express urge speed and a united Allied push, while Churchill meets ministers in Cairo, Adana, and Algiers before flying to London.
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Churchill
Britain
JAMES KING
Associated Press
LONDON
North Africa
Middle East
Europe
Times
Lore Beaverbrook
Daily Express
America
Daily Mail
Casablanca
Cairo
Algiers
Wiliam Vanderkraat
Paddington
Roosevelt
Adina
Turkey
Ismet Inonn
Cyprus
Tripoli
Four Guilty Of Defrauding Govt
Montreal jury returns guilty verdicts against four men charged with conspiring to defraud the federal government and three companies of 200000 in war sub contracts for the munitions department. Patr ick Lynch and three co defendants faced immediate sentencing set for Feb 16. defense plans appeal.
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MONTREAL
C.P
court of King’s bench
Patrick Lynch
Engine Works and Trading Incorporated
Donald
Patrick Noonan
Daniel Taugher
Wilfrid Lazure
John Ahern
wall Institute
Brazil joins United Nations in war against Axis
In Rio de Janeiro on February 8 Brazil announced full partnership with the United Nations in the war against Germany and Italy. The government also said Brazil adheres to the Atlantic Charter after a cabinet meeting with President Getulio Vargas.
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RIO DE JANEIRO
Brazil
United Nations
Germany
Italy
Getulio Vargas
Grave Problems Facing Allies in North Africa
Canadian Press war report from Algiers notes grave economic strain in Allied North Africa. Agriculture dominates the economy with oranges, vineyards, olives, and grain. market disruption after France’s fall weakens trade, shipping, and access to imported goods. Gasoline, oil, textiles, and spare parts shortages afflict farmers even before Allied landings.
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NORTH AFRICA
ROSS MUNRO
ALGIERS
C.P. Cable
France
republic
Algeria
Morocco
Tunisia
Burmis Lad Dies In Snow
Morris Rusch a 13 year old from Burmis was found dead in a snowdrift near Burmis after a days long missing persons search. He wandered onto an overhanging drift by the Oldman river and apparently died from exposure or suffocation after the snow collapsed. His parents and two sisters survive. No inquest planned. Funeral arrangements pending.
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COWLEY
Morris Rusch
Burimis
Burmis
CPR
Oldman
Burmis Lumber company
Morris
hal
Carl Lindholme
Ed. Rusch
McFarland Rites On Wednesday in Calgary
Funeral services for John J. Mc Farland Canadian grain expert who died in Vancouver hospital after a heart attack will be held at Knox United church Calgary Wednesday at 2 p m Interment will follow in Union cemetery
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CALGARY
Fob
C.P
John J. McFarland
Vancouver
Knox United church
Union cemetery
Kursk Falls to Soviet Drive in Major Front Move
The Moscow radio confirmed the capture tonight of Kursk, a key German base and the province capital, as Soviet monitors relay the message. Kursk, 125 miles north of Kharkov and 280 miles southwest of Moscow, served as a springboard for the German summer offensive toward Voronezh and Stalingrad. The capture of Korochna, east of Kursk and Kharkov, was also announced.
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OSCOW
Red army
Don
Rostov
Russia
Azov
Orel
Kursk
Kharkov
Kramatorskaya
Belgorod
Gosteschevo
Savitsi
Slavyansk
Kupyansk
ONDON
U.P
Moscow radio
monitor
Voronezh
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Moscow
Korochna
French Capture Height in Tunisia War Report
Allied headquarters announced French troops occupied an important height in the Kebly river region of Tunisia. In China, sixty Japanese planes raided Kweilin, causing extensive damage but initial reports indicate no casualties. A malaria outbreak in Colombia prompted U S Marine support to Uribis, with about 3 000 fatalities among a population near 40 000.
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TUNISIA
North Africa
APJ
high command
Kebly
KWEILIN
CHINA
CHUNGKING
Kwangsi
matura l
Sugar Loaf
COLOMBIA
BOGOTA
Brean F. Johnson
United States Marine Corps
United States
Auden mountains
Uribis
Guajira peninsula
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Miami
Fla
Wiliam D. Leahy
Harry L. Hopkins
Lieut. Cone
R.A.F
B.C
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Stalin
McFarland
Mme. Giraud
NEW FORK
BBC
CBS
Henri Honore Giraud
C.P. Cade
Vichy
Gibraltar
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