8th Army Advances in North Africa Toward Mareth
Gen. Sir Harold Alexander announces the 8th Army has driven Axis forces from Libya and is advancing toward Tunisia. He says Rommel may test the Mareth line about 65 miles inside Tunisia and notes Allied air power will help pressure supply lines as they pursue the Axis.
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Harold Alexander
Egypt
Libya
Tripolitania
AIRO
A.P
Middle East
8th Army
Cirenaica
Alexander
United States air force
MARETH LINE
Rommel
Alexandria
Nile valley
Tunisia
North
Africa
Tunis
sarap
Toripoli
Mareth
Rommiel
Gabes land
Gulf of Gebes
North Africa
Rommell
Montgomery
38th
Bombing Report Ireland and Bay of Biscay Luftwaffe Losses
London reports British bombers struck western Germany at night with negligible damage. Beaufighter Coastal Command shot down three of four German planes over the Bay of Biscay. Caen railway yards in France were attacked by RAF bombers today.
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LONDON
Berlin
Germany
Reuters News
R.A
Air Ministry
Coastal Command
Bay of Biscay
Caen
France
Royal Air Force
Alberta Cabinet Discusses Farm Debt and Regional Talks
Alberta's cabinet plans preliminary farm debt discussions following the privy council ruling on debt adjustment. Ministers will meet Monday before a Saskatoon conference on Feb 26 with Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba to discuss farm debt. A separate item notes U S bombers striking Mingaladon air base near Rangoon leaving it ablaze with bomb craters.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
privy council
Lucien Maynard
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Manitnhe
NEW DELHI
Burma
United States
Mingaladon
Rangoon
10th air force
The Pacific Ocean as Magellan Named It
A Collier's essay by W. B. Courtney praises the Pacific as vast, calm, and mighty. It notes Magellan’s voyage from the Straits of Magellan to Guam and contrasts the ocean’s enormity with its many islands.
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Pacific Ocean
Magellan
Straits of Magellan
South America
Guam
W. B. Courtney
Collier's
Pacific
United States
North
South Atlantic
Hehring Strait
Antarctic Circle
equator
Guadalcanal Victory Boosts Allied Morale in Pacific
The report highlights Admiral Halsey praising Gen. Patch's quick "tailoring" of Guadalcanal as Allied gains expand in the Pacific. General MacArthur suggests a shift from island hopping, while Tokyo admits defeats. Guadalcanal marks a turning point as Japanese forces abandon positions for the first time in decades.
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Halsey
Guadalcanal
Patch
Russia
North Africa
Guadalcana
Tokyo
Pacific
MacArthur
New Guinea
Stalingrad
Papua
imperial
Saskatchewan River development urged in Commons
In Ottawa on February 10 John R. MacNicol urged immediate study into rehabilitating the Saskatchewan River for irrigation water power and transport. He favored dam sites and a potential boat route from Lake Winnipegosis to Prince Albert, stressing drought relief and broader prosperity.
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OTTAWA
Howe
house of commons
SASKATCHEWAN R
Saskatchewan
prairie provinces
John R. MacNicol
Toronto Davenport
Dominion
United States
Mr. MacNicol
Lake Winnipegosis
Prince Albert
Sask
MacNicol
North Saskatchewan
forks
South Saskatchewan
Toronto Parkdale
Roy T. Graham
Lib
Newfoundland Liberal Leader A E Hickman Dies
A E Hickman 67 former acting premier during the 1924 spring election and Liberal Leader in the Newfoundland assembly died at his home after a year of illness. In Washington the War Production Board outlined a plan to break bottlenecks in producing critical components for armament programs, to be carried out by the WEB with involved industries.
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ST. JOHN’S
Nid
C. P. Cable
A. E. Hickman
Newfoundland
old colony house of assembly
WASHINGTON
war production board today
United States
Taylor Succeeds Hon J G Taggart As Food Chief
Ottawa February 10 UK W Taylor secretary of the prices board since 1939 has been appointed foods administrator Donald Gordon board chairman announced today Taylor on leave from McMaster University Hamilton where he was dean of arts and professor of political economy succeeds Hon J G Taggart who returns to minister of agriculture for Saskatchewan Continues on page three.
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OTTAWA
W. Taylor
prices board
Donald Gordon
Taylor
McMaster University
Hamilton
J. G. Taggart
Saskatchewan
house of commons
P. J. A. Cardin
Carttin
Canada
Agriculture
Gardiner
Karl Flomuth
Waterloo South
F. D. Shaw
N.D
Red Deer
Brooke Claxton
Guadalcanal Taken Over by American Forces
Maj Gen Alexander Patch announced Guadalcanal is completely controlled by American troops with no remaining Japanese organized forces. Capt Myles Browning noted the last resistance fell at 4 25 p m Guadalcanal time. New Zealand forces aided by air and sea units participated in the campaign.
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SOUTH PACIFIC
Alexander ™. Patch
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Patch
William P Halsey, Jr
United States naval forces
Myles Browning
Halsey
NEW
Royal New Zealand Navy
Browning
Gandhi Fasts for Unconditional Release in Poona
Mohandas K Gandhi began a 21 day fast at the Aga Khan Palace in Poona after India's government declined unconditional release. He will drink only fruit juice and water during the fast, part of a dispute over his detention and civil disobedience campaign. The Viceroy urged halting the fast, but the government maintained only unconditional release could prevent it.
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BOMBAY
Mohandas EK
Gandhi
Aga Khan
Poona
government of
India
Marquess of Linlithgow
All-India Congress party
government of India today
hin
Countess Warwick Dies in London at 55
Marjorie Countess of Warwick widow of the sixth Earl and sister of Foreign Secretary Eden died in London today at age 55.
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LONDON
Marjorie
Countess of Warwick
Earl of Warwick
Eden
Admiral Halsey lauds Gen Patch on Guadalcanal
Admiral Halsey sent a congratulatory telegram to Maj Gen Alexander Patch noting his rapid success after taking command on Guadalcanal following the Marine withdrawal. The message used a humorous line about Patch quickly removing the enemy’s pants.
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SOUTH PACIFIC
Admairal Halsey
Alexander M. Patch
Guadalcanal
Admiral Halsey
Patch
Kharkov Threat Grows as Russian Drive Presses Belorod Gap
Russian forces push through the Belgorod gap north of Kharkov in a widening operation across a 200 mile front. Kursk and Belgorod fall to a rapid Soviet assault, while Rostov and Donets basin positions face heavy Russian advances amid winter conditions.
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Kursk
Belgorod
Donets Basin
Rostov
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
OSCOW
Kharkov
Upper Donets
Red army
Kramatorsk
Sea of Azov
Orel
Pravda
Moskalenko
fnvestia
Shebkino
Red
Kursk-Belgorod
north Caucasus
Donets
Gladstone Murray Resigns From CBC Post
Major Gladstone Murray announced his resignation as general manager of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Toronto on February 10. He had served as general manager from 1936 to November 1942 when he became director general of broadcasting and he will join a public relations counsel role in industry. The statement noted his departure from CBC and hinted at continued involvement in broadcasting.
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TORONTO
Gladstone Murray
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canada
Ontario Liberals Plan Convention To Choose Leader
Toronto February 10 The Ontario Liberal party plans a convention to select a leader and set future policy. Two committees of nine were named by Liberal legislators to arrange the event, expected in Toronto within two months of session prorogation, following the 1930 Hepburn convention structure.
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TORONTO
C.P
T. B. McQuesten
Ontario
Mitchell F. Hepburn
Luftwaffe Hits Department Store In South England
London reports a German air raid struck a crowded department store in a south England town this afternoon with many feared trapped in wreckage. London guns opened fire as raiders approached the capital and an all clear followed soon after.
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Luftwaffe Hits Department Store
South
England
LONDON
Lewisham
Four Men Die in Fire Near Arvida Quebec
Four men were burned to death when a three-hour fire destroyed nine construction huts and multiple buildings near Arvida, Quebec. Fire brigades from Arvida and Chicoutimi contained the blaze by 9 p.m. EDT. Officials expected to announce identifications shortly amid Aluminum Company of Canada inquiries into the incident.
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CHICOUTIME
Que
C.P.i
Arvida
E.D.T
Chicontin
mtn
Montreal
Aluminum Company of Canada
German Fighter Force Concentrated in Tunisia
London reports that Hitler has concentrated one fifth of Germanys fighter planes in Tunisia. The RAF commentator says this indicates the large task the Allies face to drive the Axis from North Africa. Details on total planes were not given, but the force is said to augment strength in Sicily Sardinia and the mainland for support and invasion precautions.
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LONDON
Hitler
Germany
Tunisia
Royal Air Force
North Africa
Sicily
Sardinis
Malian
Red Army captures Volchansk and near Kharkov
Soviet communique reports Volchansk fell, location 34 miles northeast of Kharkov and 24 miles southeast of Belgorod. Hed army advances further toward Kharkov, taking Chagayes 22 miles away. Canadian air crews escort Caen raid bombers over Normandy with Spitfires, no Canadian losses. Beer ration cut in Calgary to 12 small bottles or six large weekly. Earl of Portsmouth Oliver Wallop dies in Colorado Springs at age 86. Independent party in Alberta pledges solid unit if Progressive Conservatives return.
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HEDS
VOLCHANSK
KHARKOV
LONDON
Red army
Belgorod
monitor
Hed
Chagayes
CALGARY
C.P
Liquor Control Board
WYOMING
EARL
COLORADO SPRINGS
Colo
Oliver Henry Wallop
Earl of
Portsmouth
Big Horn
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Alta
Winston
Mediterranean
ALGERIA
ESSA
MARE
rage
PARLIAMENTAR
Swift Current
Graham
Progressive Conservative party
John Bracken
C.C.F
Social Credit
M. J. Coldwell
John Blackmore
K. W. TAYLOR
CHARLES H. McMURTRY
WARWICK
AON
CARDIN
CBC
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