Parachutists cut off Narva in Soviet push
Russian parachutists landed behind German lines at Narva while Soviet forces drive toward Pskov from two directions. Red Army actions threaten the Pskov Riga railway as Germans counter in the Lake Peipus region. Prisoners and heavy fighting are reported near Korsun and Zhenigorodka as the encircled German units resist.
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Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Moscow
Red army
Pskov
Lake Peipus
Lake Pskov
Samolva
Riga
Narva
Red Star
Gdov
Luga
Leningrad
Dnieper
Fritz Von Mannstein
Zhenigorodka
Yazlonovka
Taraschcha
Belya Tserkov
Von Mannstein
Korsun
STOCKHOLM
Gulf of Finland
Helsinki
House Talks Sugar Beets in Ottawa
Ottawa February 11 J John Blackmore New Democratic leader moved that the commons adjourn to discuss the sugar beet production situation Speaker J A Glen blocked the motion saying the reasons were not sufficient Noble sugar administrator warned of a possible greater sugar shortage in Canada in 1944 45 Beet sugar production costs rose during the war due to higher wages trucking and service charges Farmers urged government aid in the continued fight over sugar supply
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
C.P
J— John Blackmore
New Democracy
commons
J. A. Glen
Blackmore
S. R. Noble
Canada
gov
King Receives Mackenzie Letters and Relic Gun
Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King was surprised to receive two 1852 letters written by his grandfather to William Holmes of Walpole, plus a six barrel muzzle loading revolver Holmes carried as Mackenzie’s bodyguard. The letters discuss land near Walpole. Holmes reportedly warned Mackenzie about a collapsing platform plan.
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Henry Smiley
Portland
Oregon
Mr. Holmes
William Lyon Mackenzie
Mackenze
Mackenzie
William Holmes
Toronto
Quebec
Walpole
Mr. Mills
Jesse W. Mills
Port
WILLIAM
Roper Flags Oil Policies
Alberta MLA Elmer E. Roper denounces oil policy as benefiting a few private interests and international monopoly, arguing wealth from resources should favor the public. He cites Turner Valley profits eclipsing provincial revenue and urges throne speech to show policy change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDMONTON
Alberta
Elmer E. Roper
C C F
Willkie Adopted by Blackfeet as Flying Eagle
Wendell Willkie became a member by adoption of the Blackfeet Indian tribe in Great Falls Montana. Chief Bull inducted him into the tribe and gave him the name Flying Eagle at a colorful ceremony.
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GREAT FALLS
Mont
Wendell Willkie
Chief Bull
Flying Eagle
Parliamentary News Bulletins From Ottawa Feb 17
In Ottawa the Army Act is criticized as badly drafted and the Tory party blamed for its acceptance. Pouliot argues for clear legislation as railway workers reach 21,000 in service. McNaughton rank debate and secret session calls surface as government shows correspondence. A new labor code compels collective bargaining in war industries affecting 2.5 million workers, with no strikes during bargaining and agreement periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
C.P
J. F. Pouliot
Temiscouata
commons
Mr. Pouliot
Montreal
McNAUGHTON
Navy Attacks Truk Base in South Pacific War
Several hundred U.S. carrier planes and powerful naval surface air forces launched a heavy attack on Truk, the principal Japanese naval base in the South Pacific, early yesterday. The air strike from Pearl Harbor targeted Truk with sustained bombing by carrier planes and navy units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wee
A.P
U.S
Truk
South Pacific
PEARL HARBOR
T.H
Carolines
3366 Allied Bombers Lost In 43 Over Europe
London report states 3366 Allied bombers were lost over Germany and northern Europe in 1943 from British bases. RAF flew 2369 losses and 997 American losses. Sir Archibald Sinclair told the House of Commons that January 1944 losses were 319 British and 178 Americans, likely including Canadian and other Dominion air forces.
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LONDON
C. P
RAF
Germany
Europe
Archibald Sinclair
House of Commons
Prisoner Offers Blood for ailing Magistrate in Letter
Vancouver report says Oakalla Prison inmate wrote to Mackenzie Matheson, ill in hospital, offering to donate a quart of blood. He described long junk living and his blood likely tasting like a rattlesnake, and suggested he could come in anytime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VANCOUVER
Mackenzie Matheson
Oakalla
Health Bill Is Introduced In Alberta Legislature
EDMONTON Feb 17 A bill introducing a department of public welfare was placed before the Alberta legislature by Hon Dr W W Cross minister of health. The act creates a minister and deputy with salaries set by the governor in council and outlines duties including inquiry into welfare statistics dissemination of information and promotion of public welfare. Continued on page three.
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EDMONTON
department of public welfare
Alberta
W. W. Cross
provincial executive council
Public Service Efficiency Act
public welfare department
Allied Fliers Smash Kavieng and Wewak in Pacific Raid
Allied headquarters report a heavy raid on Kavieng New Ireland turning the town into an inferno. Medium bombers attacked at low altitude with fighter escort, sinking a 3,000 ton cargo ship and several vessels while 65 tons of bombs and 100000 rounds were expended. Fifteen airmen were rescued as a seaplane landed under fire. A second strike on Wewak damaged or destroyed 27 enemy planes on the ground and in the air. Allied Marines cleared Bergen Bay and Cape Mensing east of Cape Gloucester as the Marnes push east from the Cape Gloucester airdrome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MARLIN SPENCER
Associated Press
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
Southwest Pacific
Kavieng
New Ireland
Green Islands
Wewak
New Guinea
Bergen Bay
Cape
Peace Now Movement Found To Be Seditious
The Dies committee labeled the Peace Now Movement seditious and treasonous, saying its aims to negotiate peace interfere with war prosecution. In New York, secretary Bessie Simon said executives were informed unofficially and preferred not to comment before official notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Dies committee
Peace Now
house of representatives committee on
house
New York
Bessie Simon
Labor Code Publicized by Canadian Government
Labor Minister Mitchell announced a new labor relations code that mandates compulsory collective bargaining in war industries under Dominion jurisdiction. Once a bargaining representative is certified, employers must negotiate. strikes are prohibited during the agreement and disputes go to arbitration if talks fail. The code covers mining, smelting, war material manufacturing, construction, transport, communications, and public utilities, and guarantees employees the right to join unions or employer organizations. A national labor relations board with up to eight members will oversee filings and verify bargaining agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Dominion
Canada
JACK WILLIAMS
C.P
Mitchell
Dominions
national labor relations board
labor department
King withholds Bloc Populaire recognition in Commons
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King refused to recognize the Bloc Populaire as an opposition party to the same extent as the Progressive Conservative CCF and New Democracy at the house. He cited strict parliamentary practice naming only the official opposition leader for recognition. Raymond pressed for invite to a leaders conference on Lt Gen Mc overseas command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Graydon
Mackenzie King
A. G. L. McNaughton
Canadian army overseas command
C.C.F
New Democracy
OTTAWA
Bloc Populaire
house of commons
Progressive Conservative
C.CF
Bloc
Maxime Raymond
A G. L. McNaughton
King
C.C.P
Raymond
The Day In Parliament in Canada War Measures Debate
The House of Commons will continue debate on the war appropriation resolution while the Senate adjourns to March 7. Yesterday Prime Minister Mackenzie King refused to grant Bloc Populaire the same opposition status as other parties. government says it has nothing to hide on McNaughton leave and relieved command. Defence Minister Ralston notes many Canadian junior officers will be loaned to Britain. Air Minister Power says RC AF gains greater control under new air training agreement. The Senate did not sit.
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house of commons
senate
house
Mackenzie King
Bloc Populaire
Progressive Conservative
C.C
New Democracy
A. G. L. McNaughton
Defence
Ralston
Air
Power
R.C.A.F
R.A P
Allies Grimly Hold Posts on Italian Beachhead
Allied forces grimly hold positions south of Rome amid heavy German assaults on the beachhead in Italy. British and American troops withstand intense infantry tank and artillery attacks as air forces clash with 130 sorties in the battle zone and rail yards near Rome are targeted. Monastery ruins at Monte Cassino bombed again while Cassino town sees lighter combat. Aprilia area north of Anzio reports renewed German offensives.
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Mount Cassino
Italy
Cassino
Rome
APLES
A.P
R.A
Monte Cassino
Abbey Hill
San Stefano
Orte
Orvieto
Perugia
CARROCETO
Aprilia
Anzio
Harold Alexander
Allied
Alles
passino
Albaneta
CASSENO
Garigliano
Sinking of Allied troop ship with 1000 lost, US report
War department announced the sinking of an Allied troop ship in European waters with about 1000 American soldiers lost. The date of sinking was undisclosed and the ship went down at night in heavy seas, though around 1000 men were rescued. Also notes a massive US air and naval attack on Trek in the Caroline Islands, details scarce due to radio silence. Castel Gandolfo bombing reported from Rome. Russian army reportedly within 20 miles of Poker. 140,000 Nazi peasants begin trek home from Russia after evacuation orders.
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U.S
WASHINGTON
war department
TRUK
PEARL HARBOR
T.H
Caroline Islands
Chester W. Nimits
mid-Pacific
ROME
CASTEL GANDOLFO
LONDON
C.P
PSKCV
Ankara
Poker
RUSSIA
MADRID
Black Sea
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W. L. M. King
Roper
Turner Valley
ROPER CRITICAL
Willkie
Blackfeet
Pouliot
Mitch
U.S. Navy
Sir Archibald
R.A.F
bomber command
Kavieng, Ponape
Mensing
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Marnes
B.P
Edward Kennedy
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