North Africa front stormed as Allied command unifies
Allied command in North Africa is united clearing the way for an offensive to drive Axis from Tunisia, but storms sweep the front delaying large scale action. Air operations report limited patrols and a seaplane destruction off Sicily as Mateur and Maknassy sectors see minor advances amid rain and mud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel De Luce
Associated Press
ULIED
NORTH AFRICA
A.P
Tunisia
Cairo
Sened
Maknassy
Sicily
8TH ARMY
BBC
Reuters
Mateur
CBS
Rommel
Bizerte
Allied raid hits Wilhelmshaven naval base in night attack
London report says German base at Wilhelmshaven targeted by RAF with Emden also hit. Seven raiders downed, three planes missing. Canadian airmen among crews, including FO Fergus Green of Calgary who led a Lancaster. Crew member Sgt Fred Music navigator from Regina and Sgt Bill Roberts of MacGregor, rear gunner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Wilhelmshaven
R.A.P
air ministry
Lorient
France
Emden
Berliny radio
C.P. Cable
R.AF
Wilhelimshaven
Lancaster
Fergus Green
Calgary
Fred Music
Regina
Bill Roberts
MacGregor
Farm Imple ments and raft talk from distant lands
The article reports on rationed farm implements and a navy raft made from Queensland corkwood claimed to be unsinkable. It notes water, provisions lockers, and alcohol in corkwood trunks used by aborigines. It also covers a Fergus News Record item about George Clemons selling Holstein stock near Brantford with bulls fetching record prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
navy
Queensland
Fergus News Record
George Clemons
Brantford
United States
Canada
Chorge
Elmira
Ira Bauman
Toronto
Germany Fears Allied Invasion
NEW YORK February 12 The Voelkischer Beobachter said an Allied attack on continental Europe now appears very possible and would likely land in western France where Germany has important submarine bases. Berlin radio and others warned Britain could become a political vassal to the United States after Eisenhower was named supreme commander in North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW YORK
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Churchill
Europe
France
Germany
Berlin
Associated Press
Britain
United States
Eisenhower
North Africa
Isley Seeks Near Billion For War Budget
Ottawa reports Finance Minister Isley placed a resolution on the house order paper to introduce a supplementary 1942 war appropriation act for up to 858 million dollars. Direct war outlays for the year end are projected at 2.859 billion, not counting Britain gift of 1 billion. Non war outlays last June were estimated at 570 million, with total expenditures for 1942 43 around 3.57 billion, rising to 4.428 billion with the war aid. Prime Minister Mackenzie King also moved to suspend debate on the throne speech to allow quick passage of the war bill.
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OTTAWA
Isley
house of commons
federal treasury
Britain
Mr. Trisley
Mackenzie King
house
No Passport Requirement Changes for U S Visitors
Ottawa announced a new border policy allowing Canadian and British residents in Canada to visit the United States without passports for stays up to 29 days. A free nonimmigrant border crossing card will be issued by US consular officers in Canada with readmission endorsed by Canadian immigration. Cards valid for one year, with each visit capped at 29 days. US citizens unaffected. Passport offices in Moncton Windsor and Vancouver to close Feb 13. applications move to Ottawa.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
United States
external affairs department
Washington
Moncton
N.B
Windsor
Ont
Vancouver
Halifax
Fredericton
Saint John
St. Stephen
Quebec
Montreal
Toronto
Hamilton
Niagara Falls
Sarnia
William
Winnipeg
Regina
Edimonton
Calgary
Victoria
Parliamentarian News Bulletins Ottawa February 12
In Ottawa Angus MacInnis warns a 1944 report on proposed social security measures may be delayed. Beveridge argues social insurance needs employment support. MacInnis questions labor policy and criticizes the prime minister’s defense of Labor Minister Mitchell. Ogden layoffs at Calgary temporary with war orders. War estimates authorization of 858 million dollars to be debated. Wheat policy relaxes grain delivery rules for borrowers in need of cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacInnis
Vancouver
Dominion
Mitchell
labor
OGDEN
OTTAWA
More Jobs For Women In Ottawa Throne Speech Debate
The throne speech debate in the Canadian House of Commons nears a close as social security plans dominate discussion. Speakers including Mitchell Poullot Nicholson CCF Ross Marshall Mills MacInnis and others push for a comprehensive national social insurance charter. A vote was hoped for today to move the house toward new business, with continuation expected on page three.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
Canada
Labor
Mitchell
J. Earl Rewe
Dufferin Sinnoe
J. Francois Poullot
Temiscouatat
A. M. Nicholson
CCF
Mackenzie
Cora. Casselman
Edmonton East
0. G. Ross
Toronto St. Paul's
J. A. Marshall
N.D. Camrose
W. A. Mills
Nineteen Dead In Ferry Command Plane Crash
Montreal dispatch reports the ferry command bomber crash in Newfoundland on February 9 left 19 dead, two survivors, and crews from the United Kingdom Canada and the United States. The aircraft, en route from the United Kingdom to Britain, failed to land due to bad weather and crashed in an isolated area. Names and next of kin are listed for the crew and passengers, including officers Capt G P M Davies, Capt T R Harris, Navigator F G Brown, Radio Operator J D Jones, and Flight Engineer J B Merriman.
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MONTREAL
C.P
Tol
ferry command
Newfoundland
Britain
United Kingdom
Canada
United States
Claims Jap Lost 30 000 In Single Landing Attempt
Maj Gen Alexander A Van Gegrift recalls US Marines in the Solomons saying the Japanese suffered 30000 dead in one landing attempt. He noted the enemy’s tenacity and that, after months of fighting, only 560 prisoners were taken. Nearby, a Swedish warship reported shooting down a German seaplane off Karlshamn.
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FHILADELPHTA
Alexander A. Van Gegrift
United States
Solomon Islands
sturing
RWEDES
BTOCKHOLM
Thurstigg
Karlshamn
Two Pronged Push In Donets Basin
Fierce Soviet resistance and rapid advances pushed two strong arms around the Donets basin in southern Russia, threatening Kharkov and advancing toward Rostov. Gen Vatutin’s northward thrust reaches Melikhovsk, while Lorovaya’s feat cuts Kharkov’s rail link to the Donets and Crimea, widening the threat to German defenses.
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Eddie Gilmore
Associated Press
OSCOW
Red army
Donets
Russia
Kharkov
Kamensk
Lozavaya
Ukraine
Kharkov-Crimea
Melikhovsk
Don river
Novocherkaysk
VATUTIN
N. FL Vatutin
Rostov
Bogurayev
Mechetny
Zaitsevka
Kerchik
Aattsevka
Red
Lozovaya
great
Dnieper
Lorovaya
Donets Basin
Crimea
Rapid City Temperature Fluctuations Reported
Weather bureau records show rapid changes across Rapid City with temperatures ranging from five degrees at 9:20 a.m. to as high as 60 degrees at 11:45 and again at 1:30 p.m, then dropping to 15 degrees by 1:00 and back to 15 by 5:30 p.m.
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KANSAS CITY
weather bureau
Rapid City
S.C
Rumor Rommel Wounded Report From Tunis Front
A New York Sun dispatch claims unconfirmed word that Marshal Rommel was wounded in a major American bombing raid on Gabes and possibly hospitalized in Tunis, with no details on injury severity. The report cites Gaull MacGowan, Sun correspondent, and notes no firm confirmation.
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NEW YORK
The Sun
Marshal Rommel
Gabes
Gaull MacGowan
Sun
Rommel
Tunis
Jap Navy Is Badly Hit by U S Bombers at Guadalcanal
United States bombers and torpedo planes sank three Japanese destroyers and damaged at least four more during two attacks on forces evacuating Japanese officers and technical personnel from Guadalcanal in early February. Dive bombers hit one destroyer, sinking it in three minutes, while torpedo planes damaged others as Japanese Zero fighters attempted to sweep the sky. The battleship losses came as Japanese ships carried out evacuation, with about 1,000 men moved in landing barges under cover of darkness off Cape Experiment.
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WILLIAM HRIPPLE
Associated Press
GUADALCANAL
United States
navy
New Georgia
faiis
CGinadalranal
Cape Experance
Start S.E. Project Urged in Ottawa House Action
Ottawa advocates push to begin the Southeast Irrigation project as wartime and postwar needs rise. John Blackmore introduces resolution in the House of Commons urging government to proceed with construction and funding. The objective cited is boosting Canada’s production capacity to support the war effort and postwar recovery.
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OTTAWA
Tesdlu fon
house of
Magic Eye Finds U-Boats at Night
The BBC reported that RAF aircraft hunting U boats now use radio location devices. CBS notes U boats surface at night to recharge but can be detected as anti submarine planes scan the ocean in darkness and drop bombs and depth charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW YORK
BBC
BR.A.F
CBS
Landslide hits B C camp traping workers. toll unknown
News wires report a landslide at a Prince Rupert to Kwinktsa line construction camp 40 miles east trapping many machinists. The slide 300 feet long four to six feet deep buried the bunkhouse early Friday. doctors rush crews to the site as authorities seek the missing. Nearby reports mention Krasnodar captured by Russian troops, mosquito bombers raid northwest Europe, Kiel U-boat base damaged, and a Toronto factory blast killing two women.
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B.C
VICTORIA
Prince Rupert
Kwinktsa
KRASNODAR
LONDON
C.P
Mrasnodar
Kuban
Restov
Krasnoarmeiskaya
Voroshilovsk
Black Sea
Novorossisk
RAI
GERMANY
BELGIUM
FRANCE
KIEL
RAF
Skoda
Pilsen
Czecho-Slovakia
Zurich
Reuters
TORONTO
Gregg model Aircraft Co
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Winston Churchill
Gen. Montgomery
U.S
Angus MacInnis
C.C.PF
Vancouver East
William Beveringe
Howe
M. J. Coldwell
C.F
Yisley
MacKinnon
wheat board
Dnieperanoclrovsk
Donets reion
Sea of Azov
Asis
CRIM
Sea of
Axoy
Caucasus
Starominskaya
Kanevskaya
Caucasus Black Sea
Crimean
Lethbridge
ENS INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCH
CHICAGO
Church of England
International Council of Religious Education
A. H. Priest
Alta
western
Jap Navy
S.E
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