Wheat stocks climb in Canada and North America data
Ottawa reports Feb 3 stocks of Canadian wheat in store or in transit at 348,047,964 bushels with 321,592,083 in Canadian positions and 26,515,781 in U S positions. Weekly marketing total 7,654,963 bushels. Farm deliveries Aug 1 to Feb 3 total 148,411,362 bushels. Coarse grain deliveries: oats 1,414,732 barley 827,489 rye 277,454 flaxseed 59,353.
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OTTAWA
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
North America
United States
Monastery at Cassino Shelled as Nazis Hold Summit
NBC reporter Max Hill dispatches from Naples describing a concentrated shelling of the Benedictine Monastery atop Mount Cassino. The summit remained under German control after a week of heavy fighting, with shells striking the building and surrounding areas while observers reported Germans using the Abbey to direct troop movements. Associated Press confirms the Abbey was spared due to its cultural importance.
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NEW YORK
Max Hill
NBC
Naples
Mount Cassino
Hill
Cassino
Richard G. Massack
Associated Press
Allied Readquarters
Italy
Russia Not Asked To Aid Prevention Of Jap Atrocities
In the House of Commons Eden declined to say if Russia might be asked to act as protecting power to halt Japanese atrocities against Allied prisoners of war. He noted the Soviet government has offered good offices for prisoner correspondence and for relief supplies via their territories.
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LONDON
Eden
house of commons
Russia
commons
May Get New Post
London reports Captain H T W Grant of Halifax who commanded the British cruiser Enterprise in the December 28 Bay of Biscay action may be given command of a new Royal Canadian Navy cruiser. The Enterprise and HMS Glasgow sank three of 11 Nazi destroyers and routed the others.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
H. T. W. Grant
Halifax
Enterprise
Bay of Biscay
HM.S. Glasgow
Raid Indo China bombing and strafing Japanese targets
Allied air forces conducted two days of raids over French Indo China and central China. Medium and fighter bombers attacked Japanese rail and river transport, sinking four cargo boats on the Yangtse River and likely two more plus a large barge. One plane was lost but the pilot is believed safe.
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United States
Indo-China
central China
Yangtse
Berlin to Crack Down on Slackers
Berlin officials announce strict action against Germans not contributing to the war effort. Lt Gen Kurt Dietmar, spokesman for the German high command, warned civilians to end a "hide bound mentality" as the war enters a "shadow of a second front" and the enemy goes on the offensive.
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LONDON
Kurt Dietmar
high command
Berlin
ministry of information
Postwar Canadian Jobs Seen Ready For Market
Justice Minister St Laurent told a Montreal dinner that with proper manpower handling after the war there should be no difficulty finding a market for all Canadian goods. He noted the advisory reconstruction committee has gathered data on postwar projects and urged a Ministry of Reconstruction to coordinate plans across government and industry. He said the ministry would avoid regimentation while ensuring timely, right kind of labor for the right quantities.
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MONTREAL
Justice
St. Laurent
Canadian Lumbermen’s Association
ministry of reconstruction
Crawford Frost Named Director, Hereford Society
WINNIPEG Feb 9 The Manitoba agriculture minister said hog demand remains high and important while addressing the Canadian Hereford Breeders association meeting Directors named include R W Rutherford Winnipeg L V Robson Delo Sask J S Palmer Marsden Sask J A Paul McDowell Sask T J C Reid Moosomin Sask Frank Collicutt Crossfield Alta William Moore Garfield Alta W A Crawford Frost Nanton Alta and Charles Turner Westwold B C.
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WINNIPEG
D. L. Campbell
Manitoba
Canadian Hereford Breeders’ association
Campbell
R. W Rutherford
L. V. Robson
Delo
Man
J. S. Palmer
Marsden
Sask
J. A. Paul
McDowell
T. J. C. Reid
Moosomin
Frank Collicutt
Crossfield
Alta
William Moore
Garfield
W. A. Crawford-Frost
Nanton
Charles Turner
Westwold
B.C
Nazi Attache Surrenders To British Officials
Istanbul February report identifies the defector as Erich Vermehren, a 24 year old clerk to the German military attache in Istanbul. He deserted with his wife Countess Elizabeth Plettenberg citing disgust with Nazi brutality and is said to hold highly valuable information.
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ISTANBUL
Erich Vermehren
Petra Vermehren
Vermehren
Elizabeth Plettenberg
Lisbon
Pilot killed as RCaf training plane crashes near Dafoe Sask
A Canadian pilot died and four crew members were injured when a training aircraft crashed a half mile south of No 5 Bombing and Gunnery School at Dafoe Saskatchewan. The injured include a British air gunner instructor and three New Zealand student wireless air gunners. Next of kin have been notified. the victim's name will be announced shortly.
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WINNIPEG
No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School
R.C.AF
Dafoe
Sask
R.C.A.F
New Zealand
Four Awarded Croix de Guerre by Defence London
OTTAWA February 9 Defence headquarters announced the Croix De Guerre awards to one officer and three other ranks of the Canadian Army for bravery in the Dieppe raid of August 1942. Maj Frederick St Clair Wilkinson of Hamilton received the Croix De Guerre With Bronze Palm, Sgt Leslie Ellwood Scobie of Highland Park Michigan and Pte Joseph Noel of Montreal were cited with the Silver Star, and Acting L.Sgt Clive Ward of Gainsboro Saskatchewan received the Croix De Guerre with Vermilion Star. Noel’s award was announced in London Monday.
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OTTAWA
Defence headquarters
Dieppe
London
Frederick St. Clair Wilkinson
Hamilton
Ontario
Canada
Wilkinson
Leslie Ellwood Scobie
Highland Park
Mich
Western Ontario
Clive Ward
Gainsboro
Sask
Saskatchewan
Joseph Noel
Montreal
Jacouet River
Quebec
Noel
Allied hospital on Anzio hit by bombers and machine guns
Allied headquarters reported that enemy planes bombed and then machine gunned the American field hospital on the Anzio beachhead. The attack left 27 dead and 68 wounded, including three nurses, with the hospital positioned openly and clearly marked. Mass funeral services were held for the victims.
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ALLIED
ITALY
Anzio
Thompson elected president of Canadian Lumbermen Association
S C Thompson of Montreal was chosen last night as president at the Cana dian Lumbermen Association 36th annual meeting in Montreal. He succeeds E W Ross of Edmonston NB. W J LeClair of Ottawa was re appointed secretary manager. Theo Sparks will sit on the board representing Manitoba.
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MONTREAL
S. C. Thompson
Canadian Lumbermen Association
E. W. Ross
Edmonston
N.B
Six Alberta Fliers Saved From Sea
Six airmen rescued from two RCA F planes wrecked off Cape Mudge BC by a provincial police patrol boat. All were unharmed. one treated for shock and immersion in Campbell River. Names include FO D FP Swiffen Calgary hospitalised and WO J E Thompson Bowden Alberta among Calgary natives.
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Campbell River
B.C
FP. Swiffen
Calgary
J. E. Thompson
Bowden
Alto
Littlejohn
C. B. McDonald
D. Hall
I. R. McCullough
Nazis Claim British Bombed and Strafed Targets
Berlin radio alleged Allied planes bombed a Swedish Red Cross ship Wirll in Chios harbor and strafed a German hospital train in Italy on Feb 6. The broadcasts said several people were killed and blamed misidentification for the hospital train strike.
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LONDON
Berlin
Red Cross
Aegean Islands
Italy
Wirll
Chios Island
Roosevelt Dodges Fourth Term Question at Press Conference
President Roosevelt refused to answer if he would accept a fourth term, calling it “one of them things.” He said there was no news on the matter after his Tuesday press conference in Washington.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
United States
Canada Coal Output Edges Down in December 1943
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canada's December coal production at 1,609,349 tons, down 130,351 from December 1942. For 1943 output rose to 3,550,000 tons from 3,275,000 in 1942, with imports at 28,652,654 tons and exports at 107,785 tons. Average mine employment in November stood at 26,738.
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OTTAWA
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Captured Nazi Urges Surrender On Moscow Broadcast
General Walter Von Seydlitz, once a German artillery officer captured at Stalingrad, urged German officers and soldiers on the eastern front to surrender to the Red Army. In a Moscow broadcast monitored by US FCC monitors, he asked them to join the Free German National Committee to help forge a free and independent Germany. He serves as president of the Soviet-sponsored union of German officers and as vice-president of the Free German National Committee in Moscow.
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NEW YORK
Walter Von Seydlitz
Stalingrad
Red Army
Moscow
United States
federal communications commission
Von Seydlitz
free German national committee
Germany
union of
Fatal Explosion Rocks Arvida Plant in Quebec
Montreal Feb. 9 report says Joseph Dallaire of Arvida Quebec died in hospital Tuesday night after an explosion at Aluminum Company of Canada plant in Arvida. Eight others were injured when a section of the powder plant was destroyed.
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MONTREAL
Joseph Dallaire
Arvida
Que
Aluminum Company of Canada
Arvide
Boyle Again Heads Macleod Trade Board
Practically the same officers were elected at Macleod and District Board of Trade annual meeting in Aerodrome dining room. Hon. presidents were Judge A. M. McDonald and James Hartley. president D. A. Boyle. first vice-president G. R. Davis. second vice-president Hugh McLean. secretary J. W. Colwell. treasurer Ralph Nunn. Guest speaker Wm. Anderson urged postwar reconstruction in Canada with focus on agriculture, paper from straw, coal by‑products, shipbuilding, hydro‑electric power, and a minister of reconstruction. 85 present.
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MACLEOD
Macleod and District Board of ‘trade
Aerodrome
A. M. McDonald
James Hartley
M.L.A
D. A. Boyle
G. R. Davis
Hugh McLean
J. W. Colwell
Ralph Nunn
L. K. Orr
L. C. McBride
C. S. Reach
Wm. Murphy
G. Charlton
L. Cuthbert
Pederson
Chas. Mason
H. ‘T. Halliwell
A. E. Hartley
C.P.R
Fr. McGillivray
Canon Robt. Axon
A. F. Howick
W. J. Huston
Wm. Anderson
Alberts
Canada
Orient
Russia
Anderson
Alberta
Child of Two Swallowed By Sinking Earth
In Pittston Pennsylvania on February 9 a two year old girl Jule Ann Fulmer vanished when a mine subsidence opened a large hole under her feet. Her aunt described how the child disappeared as passersby looked on and a tangerine rolled away as the sole clue.
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PITTSTON
Jule Ann Fulmer
Jule Ann
Tokyo Claims 58 Missionaries Slain
Tokyo radio reported that American airmen killed 58 and seriously wounded 80 missionaries or family members in a machine gun attack on Japanese barges near Wewak New Guinea on Sunday. Authorities will submit a detailed report to the Vatican about the act, described as inhuman propaganda linked to Allied disclosures of Japanese war crimes.
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NEW YORK
Tokyo
Wewak
New Guinea
Vatican
Predict Severe Cold Snap In U S
Forecaster H A Downs warns the United States faces its most severe cold of the winter within 24 to 48 hours with subzero readings already observed in Minot and Bemidji. Arctic air will sweep southwest through the Dakotas Wyoming Nebraska and Minnesota and reach Wisconsin Iowa and Illinois within 36 to 48 hours.
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CHICAGO
United States
plains
Great Lakes
H. A. Downs
Minot
N.D
Bemidlj
Minn
Duluth
Dakotas
Woming
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Downs
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