Direct hits on Cassino Abbey assault by Allied air power
American bombers pounded Mount Cassino smashing roof damage on the Benedictine abbey held by Nazi troops. About fifty to a hundred direct hits left the monastery in partial ruins as Allied forces pressed the Cassino campaign.
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Rome
Benedictine
FIFTH ARMY
CASSINO
Mount Cassino
BBC
CBS
Berlin
Max Hill
NBS
Hill
5th Army
New Bill Targets Hutterites In Land Sale Ban
A new bill tightens land sale rules by singling out Hutterites and ends reference to enemy aliens. It permits renewal of pre March 31 1942 leases and allows transfers from pre March 1 1942 sale agreements. Minister C E Gerhart leads tax exemption bill for United States residents. Twenty one bills received first reading in three days.
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C. E. Gerhart
United States
Argentina May Declare War on Axis Rumors Circulate
Radio France at Algiers said Argentina considers itself in a state of war with the Axis, but Buenos Aires gave no confirmation. Montevideo dispatches report rumors Argentina might declare war on Germany after vague reports Nazi submarines sunk two Argentine ships.
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LONDON
Radio France
Algiers
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Argentina
Germany
FBI Finds Internal Causes Behind Sabotage Fears
The Kansas City Times notes fears of sabotage amid wartime disasters but FBI findings credit negligence and careless actions as the true culprits. Instances include a derailment prank by schoolchildren in Kansas City and fires from prank hotfoot games, with Hoover stating no major enemy sabotage in the U.S. since the war began.
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Kansas City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Conyersville
Ill
Detroit
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
military
Massey Returns to Canada Amid Ottawa Talks
Rt Hon Vincent Massey Canadian high commissioner to Britain arrived in Montreal from a trans Atlantic flight and is expected in Ottawa for talks with Prime Minister Mackenzie King and external affairs officials. His first face to face with King since 1941 follows heavy wartime duties visiting Canadian troops and camps across the world.
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VINCENT MASSEY
MONTREAL
Britain
OTTAWA
Canada
London
external affairs department
Massey
Mr. King
Reds Repel German Tank Assault Near Cherkasy Pocket
Moscow dispatch reports the Red Army halted a heavy German tank attack northwest of Tverigorodka aimed at rescuing Nazi forces trapped in the Cherkasy pocket. Red Star notes fierce fighting and progress of Soviet forces toward Pskov at the northern front.
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EDDY’ GILMORE
Associated ‘Press
MOSCOW
Red army
Tvenigorodka
Cherkasy
Red Sitar
Pskov
Red Star
Dnieper
Fritz
Grim Fight Lies Ahead Grim Fight Lies Ahead
Ottawa February 15 Defence Minister Ralston warned the house of commons of a grim power scenario to be faced before UN victory. He signaled continued debate on army estimates as opposition leaders and Grote Stirling prepare to hear the inside story of Lt General A G L McNaughton’s extended leave and relief from overseas command. Prime Minister Mackenzie King called for a party leaders conference to review correspondence.
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FRANK FLAHERTY
OTTAWA
C.P
United Nations
house of commons
Defence
Ralston
Grote Stirling
P.C
Yale
A. G. L. McNaughton
Mackenzie King
Gordon Graydon
Col. Ralston
McNaughton
Graydon
Secret gun posts raided in northern France by bombers
In northern France Allied air forces struck German fortifications with 150 American medium bombers on their 11th mission this month. RAF RAF and other Allied fighters escorted the cross channel raid, following a night with no Allied reports and Britain’s first raid-free night since February 10. This marks the eighth straight Gay targets in northern France attacked.
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LONDON
France
R.AF
R.C.AFP
Britain
Manning To Speak Today In House Debates Resume Session
EDMONTON Feb 15 Premier E. C. Manning will open the debate on the speech from the throne when the Alberta legislature resumes Tuesday afternoon. It will be his first address to the house since becoming leader of the house last June.
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EDMONTON
E. C. Manning
Alberta
Manning
Parliamentarian News Bulletins in Ottawa February 15
Parliament hears Gen Chisholm's remarks misinterpreted about women's role in war. Defence Minister Ralston says army policy not to call up below B-1 medical category and notes 11,000 deserters since May 1943. McNaughton leave matter likely dropped after inter party talks with King.
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OTTAWA
Ralston
commons
Brock Chisholm
army medical services
Toronto
Gen. Chisholm
Col
ARMY
the
J. A. Ross
P.C
Souris
Col. Ross
Fight 2 000 Japs Burma Front North of Akyab
British and Indian troops fought daily action against about 2000 Japanese forces on the Arakan front north of Akyab Burma. The Japanese, after slipping behind Allied lines, established strongholds and attacked supply routes while UK and Indian troops pressed counter measures to reopen rear lines.
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CALCUTTA
Arakan
Akyab
Burma
Buthedaung
Ngakyedau
The Day In Parliament Wartime War Expenditure Debate
The House will continue debate in committee on the war appropriation resolution while the Senate does not sit. Yesterday Prime Minister Mackenzie King invited opposition leaders and ex defence minister Grote Stirling to read secret correspondence on leave for Lt Gen A G L McNaughton and relief of overseas command. Defence Minister Ralston said 60 000 men are needed for 1944 45 and the overseas reinforcement pool remains at plan level despite casualties. Trade Minister MacKinnon announced the United States will buy 175 000 000 bushels of Canadian wheat in 1944 if transport is available.
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house
senate
Mackenzie King
Grote Stirling
P.C
Yale
defence
A. G. L. McNaughton
Ralston
MacKinnon
United States
Nazis Take Slav Town
LONDON Feb 15 German troops have captured the railway town of Koprivnica on the Zagreb Budapest trunk line ten miles south of the Hungarian border in a drive on Yugoslav positions north of Zagreb Marshal Josip Broz Tito announced today Ludbreg ten miles northwest of Koprivnica on the Bednja River also fell Tito said in a broadcast but Yugoslav Partisans claimed a major success destroying installations in the mercury mines near Idrija in Slovenia
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LONDON
Koprivnica
Zagreb
Allies Grab Rooke Island in Vitiaz Strait
Allied forces have occupied Rooke Island in Vitiaz Strait between New Britain and New Guinea with no Japanese opposition, while Gorissi village on New Britain was seized. Allied air power pounded Rabaul and Kavieng, destroying planes and a freighter, as Japan’s supply lines suffer growing strain.
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ALLIED
Southwest Pacific
Rooke Island
Vitiaz Strait
New Britain
New Guinea
high command
Gorissi
Capt Gloucester
United States
Borfen Bay
Cape Gloucester
Rabaul
Kavieng
New Ireland
Admiralty Islands
Wewak
MacLachlan Ruled Out Of Order In Alberta House
Alberta legislature session opened with a clash over reading a letter from Lord Sempill. Independent MP MacLachlan protested the reading, saying it went beyond thanks and included debatable content. Government officials said the Speaker invited Sempill, not the government, and the matter should be placed on the order paper. Continuous debate followed on reforms and prairie livestock issues.
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MacLachlan
Sempill
EDMONTON
assembly
Lord Semppill
Alberta
George MacLachlan
Pembina
national war services council
ing
Lord Sempill
Lucien Maynard
Maynard
Dawson
James Walker
Monastery Bombing Endangers Allied Refugees and Monks
Allied officers warn the monastery must be removed to save soldiers lives as bombs strike the abbey after leaflets urged monks and Italian refugees to evacuate. Air bombardment began at 9:25 am as fire and smoke rose from the hillside amid uncertainty whether evacuees obeyed the warning.
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Rome
M.D.T
Doukhobor march fears clash at Brilliant
Reports from Doukhobor settlements say 150 Sons of Freedom are preparing to march to Brilliant amid fear of trouble. Police shuttled between Shoreacres and Brilliant as guards protect buildings and bridges. Nelson police visited Shoreacres hall where 150 Doukhobors gathered.
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C.P
Sons of Freedom
Brilliant
Shoreacres
Nelson
LONDON
Royal Navy
Holland
admiralty
ROOSEVELT
U.S
WASHINGTON
A.P
United States
ALBANIA
CAIRO
Edmund F. Davies
Davies
Monte Carlo
Geneva
Daily Mall
Riviera
Maude Lady
Orr-Lewis
Frederick Orr-Lewis
Canadian Vickers company
Maj
Milne
France
Cannes
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Rapido River
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