Soviets Besiege Gateway To Latvia
Soviet forces press toward Pskov as two Russian armies converge from Lake Peipus and Leningrad highway. Guerrillas aid the Red army around Luga, severing transport routes and threatening a major German retreat toward the Baltic. A tank battle looms northwest of Zvemgorodka as storms ease and Stormovik aircraft engage Nazi armor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
OSCOW
Pskov
Latvia
Lithuania
Lake Peipus
Pskov lake
Leningrad
Luga
Nicholas II
Lake Ilmen-Staraya Russa
Baltic republics
Estonia
Germany
Valk junction
Riga
Keoslava Pustin
Red army
Pravda
Zvemgorodka
Livestock Board proposal and war service seats urged
EDMONTON February 14 James Walker provincial leader of the Independent group urged a permanent western livestock board with one representative from each prairie province to ease feed yard congestion. He also proposed that MPs who have joined the armed forces be returned to their seats by acclamation or by an assembly act while they serve. He argued it would be improper to oppose them during their absence. Continued on Page Three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDMONTON
C.P
prairie provinces
James Walker
Alberta
RAPS TREASURY
Coldwell
CCF
Humboldt
Regina
Gardiner
Rosetown-Biggar
PFRA
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act
German terror fears Russian occupation, says Ottawa Journal
London correspondent reports German anxiety over a Russian advance after atrocities in Russia. They fear no mercy once Red armies reach the Reich and may welcome restraint on Russian retribution. The piece notes Germany's hopeless military position and possible minimal resistance during a final Allied offensive. Lord Greene addresses the British Records Association.
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London
Ottawa Journal
Russia
Reich
Germany
London Times
Lord Greene
Motion To Adjourn House On Wage Order Ruled Out
Ottawa reports that PF C Black moved to adjourn the house to discuss postponing the wage-control order. Speaker Glen ruled the motion not urgent. the order has been in effect since December with certain clauses starting tomorrow. The move aimed to delay the wage increases and the cost of living bonus merge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
C.P
PF. C. Black
P.C
Cumberland
J. A. Glen
Black
commons
T. L Church
Toronto Broadview
ACT
Mackenzie Xing
ilegal
GRAYDON
Gordon Graydon
Canada
labor
King
Twelfth Raid On Rabaul Highlights Allied Aerial Offensive
Allied Headquarters says Rabaul was hit for the twelfth time in 14 days with 134 tons of bombs dropped on three airdromes. Three enemy aircraft were shot down amid light intercepts. Bombers also attacked a 3,000 ton cargo ship at Wewak and targeted Kendari, Dutch Celebes, Timor, and Buka Passage as the Alps downed three enemy planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALLIED
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
Wewak
New Guinea
Kendari
Dutch Celebes
Portuguese Timor
Buka Passage
Buka Island
Bougainville Island
Alps
Trade minister cites US wheat purchase plans for 1944
Ottawa reports Trade Minister MacKinnon said the United States plans to buy 175 million bushels of Canadian wheat in 1944 if transportation allows. The plan is coordinated by the War Food Administration via the Commodity Credit Corporation and could change with transport and war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
C.P
MacKinnon
United States
United States War Food Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
war food administration
Canadian Wheat Board
prairie
Fort William
commons
Canada
McNaughton to Move to Kingston
McNaughton and his wife are due to arrive next Wednesday to take residence in Kingston Ontario. The former commander of the Canadian army overseas is currently on holiday at the Seigniory Club in Quebec and has many friends in Military District No 3 headquarters and at Royal Military College.
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KINGSTON
Ont
A. G . McNaughton
Canadian army overseas
Seigniory Club
Quebec
Military District No. 3
Royal Military College
Allied advances in Arakan and Burma air offensive noted
An Allied communique reports Japanese forces being cleared from a section of the Arakan front in Burma as the overall situation improves. It highlights U S Air Force sorties in northern Burma and RAF strikes on Rathedaung, with one enemy plane downed and 12 damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW DELHI
Arakan
Burma
Lord Louis Mountbatten
southeast Asia
Mgakjedauk
Mayu
Tiddim
Fort White
United States
U.S Air Force
India
Heho
Rathedaung
Finn Decision Coming Soon
Stockholm reports indicate a possible Finnish move toward peace with Russia within days as Helsinki sources say the Social Democratic party presses the government. The party, Finland’s strongest, holds 84 of the 200 parliament seats and seeks terms with Moscow amid wartime strain.
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ROBERT STURDEVANT
Associated Press
STOCKHOLM
Finland
Helsink
Social Democratic party
Russia
Helsinki
Big Nazi Air Base Ruined
American fighter bombers pounded the German base at Gilze Rijen in Holland with no losses, while German night raiders dropped incendiaries on London in a Berlin described attack. About 50 to 60 raiders reached London. six were shot down, five over England and one after returning to France. The daylight raid followed a heavy Sunday assault by the RAF as the two month offensive against Nazi targets continued.
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E. B SULLIVAN
Associated Press
LONDON
Amercan
Gilze-Rijen
Holland
Berlin
England
France
strategic air force
RAF
Naz
British Regain Edge With Tanks
Allied perimeters at Anzio show a seesaw battle with lessened intensity. British troops recaptured a bottleneck bridge west of Carroceto Aprilia with tank support, while Germans briefly held the factory east of Carroceto after fierce fighting. American forces faced house to house combat around Cassino, and the Benedictine monastery at Cassino remained in German hands. Rome and Castel Gandolfo bombardment reports emerged without confirmation of the abbey’s bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
LGIERS
A.P
Anzio
Carroceto
Aprilia
Mussolini
Cassino
Pope
Castel Gandolfo
Mount Cassino
Rome
Casino
Anaio
Two Nazi intelligence men surrender in Istanbul
Two German intelligence agents in Istanbul have defected to the British. Karl Alois Von Kleckowski, second in charge of counter espionage, and Capt Wilhelm Hamberger, Gestapo agent, both Austrians, reportedly switched sides after orders to return to Germany.
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ISTANBUL
Turkey
Karl Alois Von Kleckowski
Wilhelm Hamberger
Gestapo
Kleckowski
Hamberger
Germany
Plane crashes kill dozens in three states
Nineteen men were killed when three bomber group planes collided and crashed at Greenville Army Air Base. Ten officers and men died in an Ardmore bomber crash. Seven U S Army fliers perished when a plane burned at Chase Field Beeville Texas.
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GREENVILLE
United States army air base
ARDMORE
Okla
HOUSTON
United States army
Chase Field
naval auxiliary station
Beeville
Tex
Italian-Canadian mayor of Treglio backs Liberal Ontario
In wartime Italy, mayor Joe Olivastri, born in Canada and long a resident of Ontario towns, explains his loyalty to the Liberal party. He notes Germans took his pigs and oats, his wheat spared, while his five daughters married locally and sons-in-law served in the Italian army.
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Ontario
Italy
REGLIO
Joe Olivastri
Treglio
Canada
Montreal
Peterborough
Midland
Ovalia
South River
Joe
Italan
Greece
Yugoslavia
Treghho
gosh
Drive Invaders From France Aim Says Roosevelt
President Roosevelt vows that Nazi forces in France will be driven out as he transfers a speedy American destroyer escort to the French navy under the lend lease act at the Washington navy yard. He cites underground French resistance and U S determination to expel invaders from France.
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WASHINGTON
France
Roosevelt
Washington navy yard
United States
United Nations
Champs Elysees
Nazis Renew Balkan Drive Against Yugoslavia
London Feb 14 German forces renewed a Balkan push against Partisans in Yugoslavia taking several small towns while suffering heavy losses, according to a Sunday night broadcast from Partisan Marshal Josip Broz Tito headquarters.
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LONDON
Yugoslavia
Josip Bros Trto
Korsun captured as Nazi forces crushed in Ukraine
The Red Army announced the capture of Korsun in Ukraine, describing it as the heart of the German front where remnants of 19 Nazi divisions were trapped. Other items note Canadian Pacific Railway declaring a dividend, while Norway evacuation plans under Germany’s X-plan are revealed by London officials.
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KOERSUN
LONDON
C.P
Red army
Korsun
C.P.R
MONTREAL
Canadian Pacific Railway company
GERMANY
NORWAY
Finland
Vidkun Quisling
Gestapo
Quisling
SEMOOM
admiralty
Simoom
Jane's Fighting Ships
COAST VANCOUVER
Arthur Herbert Evans
navy
RALSTON
OTTAWA
Defence
thesa 9
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Czar
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Dnieper
Pskov- Luga
Livestock Board
Walker
LA PR
Uplans
North
Finn
Bottleneck
lea
DOUGLAS AMARON
Aim
Maddy
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
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