Allies Break German Offensive in Tunisia, Tanks Key
British artillery and American tanks repelled the German push in central Tunisia as Gen. Juin said the Tunisian offensive was broken after decisive action by U.S. tanks. Allied and German reports confirmed Rommel’s objective to disrupt American forces, with British forces maneuvering toward the Mareth line and other Axis positions. American units withdrew from Beriang Kasserine and Sbeitla as fighting continued near the Algeria border.
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LONDON
O.B
Tunisia
Alphonse Juin
North Africa
United States
Algeria-Tunisia
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Idbya
Mareth line
Médenine
Juin
Morocco
communitte
Hadjeb El A1ouh
Faid Pass
Beriang
Kasserine
Feriana
Sbeitla
Security Radio Committees To Be Named Soon
OTTAWA February 1970 Two large house of commons committees on reconstruction and social security will be organized next week The Canadian Press reports Hon Cyrus MacMillan Liberal Queens PET will chair the 41 member social security committee and J G Turgeon Liberal Cariboo will again chair the reconstruction committee Dr J J McCann Liberal Renfrew South is expected to head the radio committee soon to be formed
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OTTAWA
house of commons
Cyrus MacMillan
Lib
Queens
PET
J. G. Turgeon
Cariboo
J. J. McCann
Renfrew South
Restrictions in Polish Decrees Reported by Polish Government
The Polish Review lists barbarous German decrees in Poland. The document shows penalties if Germany wins, forbidding Polish speech in public and Polish city names, printing Polish books, Polish music or songs, worship in church, belonging to Polish organizations, attending schools, museums, parks, or using public benches, and traveling without permits. It notes policing by partitioned sections and segregation in public life, with continued coverage on page 10.
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Polish Review
Poland
Canada
Chinese Rout in Kiangsi Declared By Chinese High Command
Chinese high command says a Japanese column was routed in northern Kiangsi province after attempting to advance from Fengsin near Nanchang. Japanese losses include many dead and a large stock of arms and supplies. Severe fighting continues across central eastern and southern China with moves west of the Salween River reported.
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CHUNGEKING
Kiangsi
Fengsin
Nanchang
Kapan
Salween
Yunnan
China
Parliament Debates Address In Reply To Throne Speech
The House of Commons will continue debate on the address in reply to the throne speech while the Senate is adjourned until March 2. Yesterday the Commons defeated by 182 to 20 a CCF subh amendment to the Progressive Conservative amendment. Hon P J A Cardin moved an amendment urging suspension of compulsory service until a House committee reports on manpower. The Senate did not sit.
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house of commons
senate
CCF
P. J. A. Cardin
Lib
Richelieu- Vercheres
house
OTTAWA
C.P
CCFP
Cardin
New Democracy
Dorise Nielsen
Unity
North Battleford
A W Neil
Ind
Comox-Alberni
Liguori
No Govt Split Likely Card in Move Over Beveridge Plans
British wartime unity appears intact as Labour backed by some Liberals votes against the Beveridge social security plan. Churchill faces possible vote of confidence while Bevin and Attlee may bow to pressure to avoid resignations. In Ottawa a surprise amendment on conscription policy reshapes the Commons debate as CCF and New Democracy back the change.
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Beveridge
LONDON
Britain
Churchill
Labor
house of commons
William Beveridge
the
Daily Telegraph
Labor Daily Herald
Labor party
Ernest Bevin
Home
Herbert Morrison
Dominion
Clement Attlee
Bevin
Gandhi Weakens as Fast Persists in Palace Confinement
Gandhi's condition worsened as he stopped talking amid a ten day fast in the Aga Khan palace. Doctors reported increased weakness with no change otherwise while Indians at the opening of a national conference debated U.S. intervention or approval of his confinement terms.
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NEW DELHI
C.P
Mohandas kh
Gandhi
India
United States
Ghakravarthi Rajagopalachan
Rajagopalachar
America
rand
King defends war effort and rejects sub amendments
In Ottawa, Prime Minister Mackenzie King said four sub amendments to the address in reply to the throne speech amount to a motion of no confidence. He argued the government is better able than a house committee to plan the war effort and warned passage could alarm Allies and isolationists while affecting Canadian forces.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
house of commons
P. J. A. Cerdin
RicheHes
Vercheres
house
Cardin
King
Canada
J. Francois Pouliot
Lib
Temiscouata
Pauliot
Great Britain
United Nations
United States
pariament
Alberta MLA DeBolt Attacks Finance Interference in Alberta
In Edmonton Feb 19 Alberta House debated the throne speech with H B DeBolt SC Spirit River denouncing the so called interference control of high finance. He argued it delays a hoped true state health service for Alberta and harms citizens by impeding food clothing and shelter during a time of abundance.
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EDMONTON
H B DeBolt
Spirit River
Alberta
Japan Fears Allied Invasion
Tokyo radio quoted Col Nakao Yahagi saying the United States plans a mortal attack on mainland Japan from the north. He claimed Alaska would be headquarters for the assault, citing daily Aleutian bombings, 17 new air fields in China, and efforts to link Alaska with China to reinforce aircraft to the continent.
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NEW YORK
Tokyo
United States
Japan
Nakao Yahagi
Japanese army
federal communications commission
Alaska
Aleutians
China
Bonspiel Results Morning Draws and Scores
Curling results list ensuing matches with teams Hotelmens Ellison Eatons and Ellisons Wolfe McConachie and Aird. Notable scores include Brown 6 over Aird 14 and McConachie 10 over Hood 12 with multiple draws at 10:30 AM and 1 AM times.
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DRAW Aird
Brown
Stewart
Armstrong
Eatons
J Wolfe
Gookshaw
Ellisons Nunn
Sautee
McConachie
R. Paterson
Hood
McKay
DRAW Trimble
Gunning
Chalmers
McIntyre
T Anderson
Haimes
McDonald
Connor
Crow
Ellsons
Wolfe
Yokom
Ellisons
LPM
Aird
F Wolfe
Rae
J. Wolfe
Meyers
Eliisons
Thousands die taking supplies to Russia, Bristol address
Sir Archibald Southby defended British aid to Russia amid critics saying thousands of British seamen have perished delivering essential supplies. He warned that unless Britain can outpace Hitler in building U boats, the war could be lost.
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RUSSIA
BRISTOL
Archibald Southby
Rrussia
Hitler
Tirpitz Engages In Firing Practice After Repairs
London Feb 19 Reuters dispatch from Stockholm reports the Tirpitz Germanys powerful battleship has been firing at targets in the North Sea. The piece says damage from a Russian submarine attack in the Barents Sea last July appears repaired and hints the ship may be preparing raiding operations.
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LONDON
CPA
Reuters
Stockholm
Germany
North Sea
Barents Sea
Nazi Naval Base Raided by RAF and RCAF Squadrons
London dispatch reports a heavy RAF Halifax bomber strike on Wilhelmshaven naval base aided by RCAF crews. Coastal command and Dutch coast shipping were also targeted, with two RCAF aircraft missing and total losses listed as four bombers, two fighters, and one coastal command plane.
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LONDON
Cable
RAF
RCAF
Wilhelmshaven
R.C.A.F. coastal command
Netherlands
coastal command
air ministry
France
Belgium
ministry
Germany
R G Martison
Vancouver
RCAP
Seattle Bomber Crash Kills and Mists 28 in Plant Disaster
Seattle toll rises to 28 dead or missing after a four engine Boeing bomber crashed into Frye and Company’s four story packing plant during a test flight. Fifteen bodies found within twelve hours including eleven Boeing technicians led by pilot Edmund T Allen. Thirteen missing workers believed trapped in rubble or elevator shafts. Rescue efforts hampered by fire, smoke, and collapsing walls.
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SEATTLE
Pacific Northwest
Boeing
Frye and Company
Boeing Field
Edmund T Allen
August Haba
Fred
L. D. Bonner
Alberta Legislature Opens Amid Sparse Pageantry
Edmonton Feb 19 Lacking much of peace time pomp Alberta ninth legislature began its third session with the Speech from the Throne predicting new debt measures and expansions in agriculture education health and services. Lieut Governor J C Bowen in Windsor uniform read the 12 minute address as galleries filled and party officials displayed regalia. After adjournment Edmonton’s E E Roper joined the House as the lone CCF member amid warm welcomes from both sides.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Alberta
J C Bowen
Windsor
Dawson
E E Roper
OCP
H J Macdonald
Lib
N B Taney
Red Army advances in Orel region push toward Kiev
Soviet forces smash defences in Orel province capturing Zalegoshch and other towns. The offensive aims toward Kiev on the Dneiper. Kharkov already fell and Rostov and Kursk earlier. Taganrog’s lifeline severed as Matveev-Kurgan falls. Western Caucasus troops drive Germans toward the Taman peninsula and Kerch Strait.
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OSCOW
Red army
Orel
Zalegoshch
Yelets
Kiev
Ukraine
Dneiper
Kharkov
Rostov
Kursk
Taganrog
Matveev-Kurgan
Sea of Azov
Gorlovka
Caucasus
Taman
Kerch strait
Crimea
Gerhart urges federal pledge on rationing control
EDMONTON Feb 19 CPY C E Gerhart Social Credit member for Acadia Coronation opened debate in the Alberta legislature on the Speech from the Throne. He sought assurance that the federal government will never let a private institution control rationing tickets or the issue of all ration tickets. He warned against private control of money and coupons and backed government retention of ticket issue power.
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EDMONTON
CPY
EF. Gerhart
social Credit
Acadia
Alberta
Canadas
Gerhati
H E DeBolt
Spirit River
J KH Mahaffy
Calgary
Geraght
Churchill Suffering Acute Catarrh Says Downing Street
Prime Minister Churchill is confined by a cold and has acute catarrh of the upper respiratory passages, according to a statement issued from 10 Downing Street. The illness limits his public engagements for the time being.
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LONMON
Churchill
bec
Denting Street
Poltava Emerges as Key Target Amid Donets Clash
Russian forces tightened grip around the Donets basin and pressed westward, seizing settlements near Nososhakhtinsk Horatkov and Kramatorsk. Soviet artillery repulsed German counterattacks as mobile units pushed on the flanks, signaling a retreat. Poltava, a 100000 resident city on the Vorskla river and hub of sugar production, loomed as a probable objective for German withdrawal along the Kharkov rail line.
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POLTAVA
Donets
Nososhakhtinsk
Voroshiloverod
Kramatorsk
Horatkov
Kharkov
Vorskla
Russia
Kharkovy
Kharkov-Kley
One Dead and 17 Missing in US Army Plane Crash
Washington February 18 1944 The war department announced that one U S army officer was killed and 17 persons including four civilians are missing after an army transport plane crashed in the Pacific about seven miles offshore at an unnamed base on February 7 Three survivors were rescued from the wreckage and local search efforts continued for others missing.
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WASHINGTON
war department
United States army
Pacific
Five Die In Bombing Crash At Consolidated Aircraft
Five Consolidated Aircraft employees died and 11 were injured when a heavy bomber crashed and burned shortly after takeoff near Tucson on February 19. Authorities stated workers were aboard for a wakeoil test flight and investigations began to determine the cause.
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TUCSON
Amt
Consolidated Aircraft company
Body found of laborer near Kananaskis in freezing death
Calgary reports the body of C Jameson, a laborer at a camp in the Kananaskis area, found nine miles from the camp by a Native. It is believed he froze to death on the night of February 7 while attempting to walk from Canmore to the camp.
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CALGARY
C Jameson
Kananaskis
Jameson
Canmore
Russians Capture Three More Towns In Ukraine
London dispatch reports Soviet communique via Moscow radio announcing the capture of Oboyan and the railway towns Lubelin and Nerepa near Kharkov. Enemies garrisons were surrounded and either captured or wiped out in these strikes.
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UKRAINE
LONDON
C.P
Oboyan
Kursk
Belgorod
Moscow radio
Assa Laken
Lubelin
Nerepa
Kharkov
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