Drive Looms On Dnieper Drive Looms On Dnieper
Russian forces widen gains along the southern front near Kharkov and Kursk in a push toward the Dnieper industrial valley and the Caucasus. Oboyan falls south of Kursk as German positions retreat, while Malinovsky takes command of the Rostov front. weather warms in Rostov area.
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EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Hed
Kharkov
Kursk
Ore
Dnieper
Donets
Sea of Azov
Rostov
Kuban
Caucasus
Taman
Red Star
Red army
Rodiony Malinovsky
Oboyan
Lyons
France
Fatezh
Canada Getting Like France and Ottawa War Tactics
The Royal Air Force and army co operation planes raided Wilhelmshaven and western Germany, with Halifax and Wellington squadrons taking part. One Canadian plane is missing and eleven bombers plus three recon aircraft were lost. In Ottawa, Prime Minister Mackenzie King blasted dissenting Quebec Liberals and independents in the house, warning against aims to undermine the war effort and signaling possible general election.
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LONDON
C.P
RAF
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
air ministry
CAE
B.C. AF
army
France
G. R. BLACKBURN
OTTAWA
Mackenzie King
house of commons
house
King
P. J. A. Cardin
Lib
Richelieu-Vercheres
works and transport
Quebec
test secision
Canada
BLACKMORE
John Blackmore
the
New Democracy
Russian, Polish, and Greek eateries lure war guests in London
The Ottawa Journal correspondent notes OMINION troops on leave in London favor Allied social spots in the West End. Russians Poles Greeks and other wartime arrivals flock to Polish restaurants praised for modern cuisine amid a variety of foreign venues. The writer recalls Polish dining customs and travel memories from the Carpathians.
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OMINION
London
West End
Ottawa Journal
Soho
Carepathians
nis
Poland
Four Bills Placed Before Legislature
Edmonton February 20 The Alberta legislature adjourned after Throne Speech debate as four bills were before the House Three bills on labor wages and insurance were given first reading and a district courts act amendment was introduced The Saskatoon debt conference resolution calls for a tribunal to adjust farm debts and stay proceedings until adjudication while the Throne Speech urged new debt legislation postwar reconstruction and expanded health and education services The move was supported by C E Gerhart and J C G Mahaffy with focus on federal rationing control and farmer interests.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Alberta
J. C. Mahaffy
Calgary
willead
C. E. Gerhart
Acadia
Saskatoon
Privy Council
Gerhart
Canada
Three New Senators Named for Three Provinces
Ottawa reports Prime Minister King announced three new senators to the upper house. Hon. James Peter McIntyre of Mount Stewart Prince Edward Island, Wishart Mck Robertson of Halifax Nova Scotia, and Gordon Peter Campbell of Toronto Ontario were appointed to represent their respective provinces.
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OTTAWA
King
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Ontario
James Peter McIntyre
Mount Stewart
Wishart Mck, Robertson
Halifax
Gordon Peter Campbell
Toronto
General Alexander Takes Command of North African Ground Forces
A CBS report from Algiers states Gen Sir Harold Alexander now commands all Allied ground forces in North Africa under Eisenhower's direction. The change follows Casablanca conference directives between Churchill and Roosevelt.
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NEW YORK
CBS
Algiers
Harold Alexander
Middle East
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Casablanca
Churchill
Roosevelt
Spellman postpones Vatican flight due to storms in Barcelona
Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York delayed his planned plane trip to Vatican City because rain and wild weather grounded flights. He spent the delay visiting local sites and awaiting clearer skies.
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SPELLMAN
BARCELONA
Spain
Francis J. Spellman
New York
Vatican City
JAPS BEATEN BACK TWICE ON SALWEEN FRONT
Chungking Feb 20 Chinese high command says Japanese efforts to cross the Salween River in western Yunnan were repulsed in two attempts. Japanese reinforcements were landed on the Suichow peninsula in Kwangtung, with Haihong seized Feb 17 and Suich Feb 19. Northern Kiangsu forces continue counterattacks with heavy enemy losses. Fighting also reported in Hunan and Hupeh.
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CHUNGKING
Burma
Salween
Yunnan
Suichow
Kwangtung
Haihong
Suich
Kiangsu
Hunan
Hupeh
Japs Shelled In Aleutians
The United States Navy said warships bombarded Japanese positions on Attu island in the western Aleutians near Holtz Bay and Chicago Harbor. Two Japanese seaplanes attempting to attack were shot down. Additional bombings hit Kolombangara and New Georgia in the South Pacific. Results of the Attu bombardment were not observed, likely due to fog, with aerial reconnaissance to assess damage when fog lifts. The size of the American force involved remained unclear.
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Associated Press
ASHINGTON
United States navy
Attu islands
Aleutians
sominarique
Holtz Bay
Chicago Harbor
Attu
United States
Kolombangata island
New Georgia island
South Pacific
U.S
Aberhart Plans Budget Ahead of Friday Session
EDMONTON reports Premier Aberhart hopes to present the provincial budget at the next sitting, contingent on finishing debate on the Speech from the Throne. He declined to comment on a Workers Compensation Act report from Dr. J L Robinson’s committee, which urged a three man investment panel for the board. OTTAWA notes community pastures under the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act total 944,460 acres as of March 31 1942, grazing 24,000 cattle and 9,119 horses, per a Commons tabled report by Agriculture Minister Gardiner.
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EDMONTON
Aberhart
Alberta
J. L. Robinson
D.C
Medicine Hat
workmen's compensation board
OTTAWA
house of commons
Gardiner
Canada to seek 3.39 billion war appropriation for 1943-44
The Canadian government will ask Parliament for a war appropriation of 3.39 billion dollars for the 1943-44 fiscal year, exceeding the current year by over 1 billion. The bill covers naval, military, and air operations, aid to United Nations purchases in Canada, and related wartime measures, with potential loan funding. It includes provisions for overseas pay, air personnel overseas, and expanded forces across all services.
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UAWA
UC.P
Asley
United Nations
Canada
Transfer Draftees to War Industry Under Study
Ottawa reports government weighing large scale transfer of draftees from home defence teams to coal mining logging basic steel and other war work to boost industrial output. Selective service to place men where needed with potential return to civilian labor, even for those without trades. Aims to relieve coal shortages and expand war production nationwide.
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Herald
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Pacific coast
Alaskan
Selective service administration
selective service
Steel-Nerved Commandos Raid Deep in Tunisia
British commandos push far into northeast Tunisia in a daring overland raid behind Italian lines. The force struck through to the Mediterranean coast near Cape Serrat and moved east toward Bizerte, blowing roads and engaging Italian outposts with light casualties.
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Tunisia
ROSS MUNRO
C.P. Cable
Cape Serrat
Bizerte
Mediterranean
Munro
New York
Axis
welch
no-man’s land
Allies Turn Nazi Drive Halted In Tunisia Action
Allied forces in central Tunisia repelled Rommel's attempt to push toward Tebessa, with German tanks and self-propelled guns destroyed near Sbiba and at Kasserine Gap. Berlin claimed nearly 3,000 prisoners, as Allied withdrawals in the Ousseltia valley refocused positions to the west of Perinna and Kasserine amid foul weather.
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North Africa
Tunisia
Erwin Rommel
Tebessa
Sheitla
Kasserine
Sbiba
Sbeitla
Qusseitia
Kila
Perinna
Shiba
Ousseltia
Liberators strike Burma airfield and targets on Burma front
British communique reports B 24 Liberators unloaded bombs on Teunggoos airdrome in southeastern Burma starting fires aided by enemy night fighters repelled. Two villages on Akyab Island were bombed and machine gunned yesterday, with small shipping and rail lines attacked by fighters elsewhere on the Burma front.
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NEW DELHI
India
Teungos
Burma
Akyab
U S Forces in Solomons Use New Planes
US Navy fighters including the Corsair entered action in the Solomons under Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Reports from London and Washington cite rapid deployment of advanced aircraft to bolster Pacific operations.
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U.S
SOLOMONS
PEARL HARBOR
United States navy
Chester W. Nimitz
U.S. Pacific
LONDON
C.P
cricus
Emmanuel De Nickere
KEARNEY
Neb
Eed
Hutchinson
Kas
NEW YORK
Berlin
GOV'T
INDIA
GANDHI
NEW DELHI
Mohandas
SASKATCHEWAN
M.LA
SASKATOON
Orest Zeredko
Bhing Lake
Redberry
Pridsy
DONALD NELSON WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
Donald M. Nelson
war production board
White House
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Ukraine
Richelieu
seay
Dakar
French West Africa
Ramon Fenard
New Capolor
Nek Southern Front
Orel
Naval Base
ipig
PAULSON
G. A. Lawrence
No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery school
RCAF
A. W. Earle
South Edmonton
Alexander
SOUTH CHINA
Priday
Vichy radio
domrmandos
Rommel
WES GALLAGHER
TOUNGOO
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