Resistance Ends Few Enemy Left
Navy Secretary Frank Knox says Japan is evacuating Guadalcanal. He notes all enemy resistance on the island appears ended, with a few small groups possibly remaining. Knox cites southwest Pacific information and says the Solomons campaign has shifted to new naval and air activity.
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ASHINGTON
A.P
Navy
Frank Knox
Guadalcanal
Solomons
navy department
southwest Pacific
Knox
Australia
Minister W A Gordon dies in Toronto at 58
Hon W A Gordon longtime Conservative minister of mines immigration and labor dies in Toronto at 58 at sister Miss Ethel Gordon home. Elected in Tennis Kaming South in 1930 he held immigration colonization mines and labor portfolios before losing in 1935 and retiring after the Bennett government. He had suffered a heart attack two years earlier.
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TORONTO
W. A. Gordon
mines and immigration
R. B. Bennett
Viscount Bennett
Ethel Gordon
Tennis- Kaming South
immigration and colonization
mines
labor
Bennett
Unique walking stick conceals bagpipe set in Glasgow
The Left Hand Corner exhibits at Kelvingrove Museum a walking stick owned by Mrs. Jane Allison that unscrews to reveal a full chanter and drone. Dr. Henry Farmer notes the instrument is about 125 years old, once property of Mrs. Allison’s late father, Dr. James Douglas of Carluke. A tale from the Leeds Yorkshire Post on onions and wartime farming appears on the same page.
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Glasgow Corporation
Kelvingrove
Jane Allison
Greenlees Road
Cambuslang
Henry Farmer
Allison
James Douglas
Carluke
Leeds Yorkshire Post
ministry of agriculture
Parliament Day Ledger Shows War Aid Plan Debates
The House of Commons will resume debate on the address in reply to the throne speech and the Senate adjourned until March 2. On the previous day Finance Minister Tisley outlined a mutual aid plan proposing Canada provide 1,000,000,000 dollars of war supplies to United Nations nations lacking funds, to be delivered in the next fiscal year. J W Noseworthy urged higher incomes for industrial workers, Gordon Ross pressed a long term farm policy to build food reserves, and Maj Leslie Mutche opposed redistribution bills affecting Manitoba and Saskatchewan representation. The Senate did not sit.
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house of commons
senate
house
Tisley
Canada
United Nations
J. W. Noseworthy
C.C.F. York South
Gordon Ross
Moose Jaw
Leslie Mutche
Winnipeg South
Manitoba
Sasksichewan
OTTAWA
Walter Tucker
Rostheim
C. E. Johnston
N.D
Bow River
Maj
Leslie Mutch
J. A. Gregory
the Battlefords
G. R. Boucher
Carleton
Gardiner
Asley
United
Tariffs and labor fears frame second throne speech week
Ottawa reports of parliament show about thirty four MPs debating the throne speech with focus on farm and industrial labor, western industrial opportunities, and the war effort. Labour and farmer voices press wage equity and policy to lift incomes, while agriculture pushes for long term food reserves. Canada proposes a mutual aid plan to supply UN war needs worth 1 billion dollars next year as tariff cuts continue to be discussed.
Two Alberta Airmen Win Decorations
Ottawa reports seven Distinguished Flying Crosses and five Distinguished Flying Medals awarded to Royal Canadian Air Force members overseas. DFC recipients include Johnston of Winnipeg Barry of Fussell Manitoba Sibbald of Toronto Garbutt of Duncan BC Emery of Moncton Wilkin of Edmonton Bond Loving of New Westminster. DFM recipients include Larson of Calgary Osler of Refin a Lewis of Montreal Vachon of Ayer's Cliff Wright of Saskatoon.
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OTTAWA
R.GAF
R.C.AF
Brian
Earl Johnston
Winnipeg
William Alexander Renton Barry
Fussell
Man
William John Sibbald
Toronto
David Austin Garbutt
Duncan
Joseph Arthur Emery
Moncton
N.B
Richard Pennington Wilkin
Edmonton
Leslie Roland Bond Loving
Buea Vista
New Westminster
Frederick Hugo Larson
Calgary
Erwin Earl Osler
Refina
William Thomas
Lewis
Montreal
Everitt Thomas Vachon
Ayer's Cliff
Que
Reuben William Wright
Saskatoon
Canada faces food production growth outpacing demand
Parliament notes in Ottawa that food tonnage grows faster than production, with Minister Gardiner saying there is no food shortage. He cites record grain and meat output since the war, explains grain marketing policy, and outlines a long term farm plan to stockpile cereals for potential UK blockade scenarios, detailing shifts in butter, cheese, and beef exports.
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United Kingdom
Gardiner
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
MacKinnon
A Clean Sweep On Japanese Convoy By Submarine WaHoo
Aboard the U S submarine WaHoo at a Pacific base in February the crew marked a clear victory by attaching a broom to the periscope and hoisting a pennant with eight Japanese flags. They stated the target was a Japanese convoy north of central New Guinea, including a fully loaded transport with an estimated 1500 to 6700 troops bound for Wewak. Lt Cmdr Dudley W Morton, 34, commanded the raid and recounted torpedoes fired at a destroyer that appeared to take on water.
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New Guinea
Wewak
Salamaua
Cmdr
Dudley W. Morton
Edmonton Water Main Break Floods South Side
Edmonton faced a five hour water outage after a broken main ruptured on the south side. Flooding forced evacuations of at least 40 homes in below freezing weather, icing cars and trapping residents. Heat and power facilities operated on emergency water as cafes laundries and hospitals cut back services. The event recalled the 1915 Saskatoon river flood in the same area.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Saskatchewan
Jap Ship Losses Placed at 459
New York report notes Japanese naval and merchant ships sunk by Allied forces since December 7, 1941, totaling 459 in the Pacific. The tally compares with 89 losses announced for U S naval and merchant ships in the Pacific region.
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NEW YORK
Pacific
Pacille
Four Die In Collision Of Training Planes Near Sacramento
Four British pilots were killed when their training planes collided near Sacramento on Friday night. The United States Army announced the deaths on Monday with no explanation for the crash given.
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SACRAMENTO
Calif
United States army
Col Ralston Leaves Hospital After Accident
Utawa dispatch reports Defence Minister Col Ralston injured in last month’s automobile crash has left Ottawa Civic Hospital and is recuperating in the country. Deputy minister George Currie, injured in the same accident, is improving but remains hospitalized.
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UTAWA
Defence
Ralston
Ottawa Civic hospital
George Currie
Allied bombardment hits Messina in heavy raid
Cairo Feb 9 Allied bombers of the Middle East command carried a heavy raid on Messina Sicily the important strategic city. The attack followed a day after the raid on Naples and signals a stepped up plan to pound Axis supply centers. One enemy fighter was shot down, two Allied planes were lost, and torpedo planes damaged a merchant vessel north of Sicily. Ground actions near the Tripoli frontier were limited to patrols and artillery exchanges.
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CAIRO
Messina
comuunique
Naples
Mediterranean
strait of Messina
Italy
Sicily
Tripolitania-Tunisia
8th army
Tunisia
LOUSSE
North Africa
Raids On Copenhagen Report Raids On Copenhagen
London reports a brief air raid alarm and quick air clear as a small German force crossed the coast under cloud cover. A passenger train bound for London was machine gunned near a tunnel but no injuries were reported. Bombing was limited to southeast England and Swedish shores, with Copenhagen reportedly bombed multiple times.
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LONDON
SWEDEN
England
B.A
Copenhagen
RAF
continent
Skager~rak
Paris
Stockholm
BRAF
Stockholms Tidning Ben
Population Of Canada Placed At 11 506 655
Ottawa report states revised final population figures from UML census by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics place Canada's population at 11,506,655. The total is 757 less than the earlier final count after adjustments from Northwest Territories. Final nationwide totals include 5,900,536 males and 5,806,119 females.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Northwest Territories
Kursk and Kharkov Face New Red Drive in War Update
Soviet forces renewed pressure along the Kursk front after crushing the Kursk garrison. Advancing southward, they moved toward Kharkov and the Donets basin as German lines weakened. Pravda declared the Kursk army as non existent.
British and German Channel guns clash near Dover
In Dover region heavy guns fired for about 30 minutes in the early hours, marking the first Channel gun duel of the day. British batteries opened at 3:40 am and held the barrage before German guns returned fire toward Dover. The exchange suggested a German convoy sighting as the Channel Runs indicate a passage through the strait.
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LONDON
Dover
Two Die In Ferry Crash Near Lake Placid
The Royal Air Force ferry command said a training aircraft crashed near Lake Placid last night. Two crew members died. names withheld until next of kin are notified. An inquiry into the crash is under way.
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MONTREAL
Royal Air Force ferry command
Lake Placid
ferry command
Lines Failed To Hold As Russians Advance Near Kursk
Dispatches report Gen. Schneider urging troops to persevere as Soviet forces push toward Kursk. Pravda recalls Stalingrad memory while Red Army overruns stations and cuts rail lines at Kursk Lugov. Germans warned lines would hold but were battered as relief efforts lag.
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Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
OSCOW
Red army
Kursk
Moscow-to-Crimea
Schneider
Kharkov
N. F. Vatutin
Kramatorsk
Donets
sea of Azov
Rostov
Don river
Pravda
Communist party
Bub
Stalingrad
Zaring
Kursk-Lugov
Paulus On Atrocities Question Paulus On Atrocities
New York report says Field Marshal Friedrich Von Paulus captured at Stalingrad may be questioned by the Russians about atrocities in the Ukraine. CBS correspondent Bill Downs cites a Russian officer hinting at an inquiry as Paulus possibly faces questions about Ukraine actions. The midnight communique says Germans abandoned and killed wounded, citing a hospital blast at Timiryazevo that killed 27 wounded German officers and men.
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Stalingrad
Freidrich Von Paulus
Sixth army
N. N. Voronoff
Paulus
Voronoff
Von Daniel
Schlemmer
Von Drebber
Rinoldé
NEW YORK
Friedrich Von Paulus
Ukraine
Bill Downs
CBS
Downs
Timiryazevo
Russians claim Belgorod capture near Kharkov
A Soviet monitor recorded a special communique announcing the capture of Belgorod fifty miles northeast of Kharkov, the region’s key railway hub, and the seizure of Shabekino forty six miles from Kharkov city limits. The report comes amid clashes on the eastern front.
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Tokyo
Buna
Niowepa
Western Liberal
Alberta
C.P. Agriculture
Mr. Gardiner
Lib
U-beats
Britain
United States
WALTER CLAUSEN
U.S
WAHOO
COL. RALSTON
RAD
BELGOROD
C.F
Shabekino
Hilversum radio
Aneta
Hendrik A. Seyffardt
werksmen
Queen's Park
EVANSVILLE
Ind
Evansville State Hospital for
Ida McClure
U.S. WASHINGTON
war production board
OREHI
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