Red Army Breaks Into Krivoi Rog In Ukraine War
Soviet monitor reports Red Army forces reached the town of Krivoi Rog and fought Germans on its outskirts. Railway stations including Dolgintsevo were said to be among those overwhelmed as the Dnieper bend city remains contested.
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ONDON
Krivei Rog
Ukraine
Dnieper bend
Moscow
Krivot Rog
Dolgintsevo
Krivoi Rog
LONDON
Baltic
Pskov
Berlin
Minsk
Russia
big ore sity
Dnieper
Japan reshuffles high command after Truk losses
Tokyo radio acknowledged heavy Japanese losses at Truk in the American attack and reported a sweeping shakeup in military leadership. Premier Tojo became army chief of staff, Osami Nagano was relieved, and Shigetaro Shimada was named naval chief. Emperor Hirohito installed Tojo and ordered Ushiroku as vice-chief as Iida took command of the army central district. Tokyo claimed two American cruisers sunk and 54 planes shot down.
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YORK
A.P
Tokyo radio
Japan
Truk
navy
Hideki Tojo
army
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific fleet
Dinant hawker
United States
imperial headquarters
navy ministry
Osami Nagano
Hirohito
Shigetaro Shimada
naval general staff
Japanese war ministry
Gen. Sugiyama
Tojo
United States foreign broadcast intelligence service
army central district
Domei
Sugiyama
Nagano
Tokyo
Nimitz Declares Major Pacific Victory At Truk
Admiral Nimitz announced United States carrier planes sank at least 19 Japanese ships probably seven more and destroyed 201 enemy planes while damaging over 50 at Truk. The report came from Pearl Harbor on Sunday.
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PEARL HARBOR
A.P
United States
Truk
Chester W. Nimitz
Vengeance Marches West Toward Tokyo
American westward drive against Japan reaches Eniwetok and Truk as Tokyo reacts with high level firings. Premier Hideki Tojo sacks Navy Chief Nagano and Army Chief Sugiyama, appointing himself to control. Map highlights Eniwetok in Allied hands and Truk after major strike. photo shows burning Japanese cargo ship and Truk airstrip.
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Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Eniwetok
Marshall Islands
Truk
Pacific
Hideki Tojo
Osami Nagano
navy
Sugiyama
army
America
U.S. Marine
Uman island
Truk atoll
Urges Bimetallic World Coinage
New York February 21 Prof Humphrey Michell of McMaster University Hamilton Ont advocates global adoption of a bimetallic monetary system. In a pamphlet for the Monetary Standards Inquiry he says it would aid world trade and prevent a repeat of postwar financial breakdowns after the First Great War.
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NEW YORK
Humphrey Michell
McMaster University
Hamilton
Ont
the
Monetary Standards Inquiry
160 Mile Fence Across Africa Keeps Disease Out
The 160 mile fence runs from the south end of Africa’s largest lake in Tanganyika to Nyasaland, crossing central Africa. Built to stop diseased cattle from moving south, it faced constant threats from wildlife and insects yet was completed in a year. The fence uses tall stakes and thorny sides to deter incursions.
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Tanganyika
Nyasaland
Africa
Tanganka
Rhodesia
Gas Company Event Bonspiel Draws and Results
All participants from the Gas Company event share results across multiple draws. Notable scores include Glasser 14 over Haig 10, and 9-20th Battery 14 over Bramwell 5, with various other matches such as Staples 16 and McKay 9 enhancing the overall tally.
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DRAW Glasser
Haig
20th Battery
Bramwell
Price
Rea
Boulter
Cookshaw
Haimes
Trimble
Staples
Clarke
A.M
DRAW Eckmiér
Brown
Greenway
MeConachie
Biaxall
Aos
Stewart
Axelson
McIvor
Jack Morrison
McKay
Bob’ ‘Paterson
DRAW Farenholz
Rose
Myers
Reid
A. Baker
Reyner
Scott’s Fliers
Gunning
Ross
Dewar
Kennedy
Gooder
King tables fur seal protection accord notes
Prime Minister Mackenzie King tabled in the commons an exchange of notes with the United States on protection of fur seals in the north Pacific. The move signals stronger bilateral cooperation amid concerns over seal populations and hunting limits.
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OTTAWA
Mackenzie King
commons
United States
north Pacific
Death of Edward Hearn A Longtime CN Telegraphs Employee
Edward Hearn aged 61, a Winnipeg native, died at his Toronto home yesterday. He had worked for Canadian National Telegraphs for 40 years. A daughter, Mrs. Donald Costello, resides in Winnipeg.
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TORONTO
Edward Hearn
Winnipeg
Canadian National Telegraphs
Donald Costello
Fourth Great Raid on Germany by U S Bombers
United States heavy bombers struck northwest Germany in a fourth major raid in 36 hours, with an estimated 2,000 aircraft and 1,000 escorts. The attack hit Leipzig and other targets while RAF and RCAF operations hit Stuttgart. US medium bombers also attacked the Coxyde airbase in Belgium.
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LONDON
United States
Germany
R.A.F
R.C.AF
Stuttgart
Leipzig
United States air force
U.S
Coxyde
Belgium
Seize Half of Eniwetok Island in Pacific Advance
United States infantry and marine troops landed on Eniwetok Island and seized the western half and all of the atoll except Parry Island base. Nimitz announced light casualties after Saturday landings. Marines had already captured Engebi Island with its mile-long airfield and other northern atoll islets.
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PEARL HARBOR
United States
Eniwetok Island
Eniwetok atoll
Parry Island
Eniwetok
Chester W. Nimitz
Engebi Island
Parliament Proposes Wednesday Cabinet Committees Plan
Ottawa February 21 Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced in the commons that cabinet faces a question of great importance to Britain with an answer due by Thursday. MPs approved a motion to devote Wednesdays to committee work, with debates and sit downs on Fridays as needed. The vote saw Progressive Conservatives opposed, joined by several CCF and New Democracy members. The discussion touched on keeping members busy and ensuring quorum amid committee focus.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
commons
Great Britain
King
house of commons
Progressive Conservative
C.C.P
Rev
T. C. Douglas
C.C.F
Weyburn
G. H. Castleden
CCF
Yorkton
Joseph Noseworthy
York South
Stanley Knowles
Winnipeg North Centre
William Bryce
Selkirk
M. J. Coldwell
New Democracy
Mr. King
Gordon Graydon
Ian MacInnis
C.CF
Vancouver East
Mr. Graydon
John Bracken
Mr. Hanson
Allied air blitz over Germany in 36 hours shocks world
In a colossal Allied air offensive over 36 hours, about 6,000 bombers and fighters were mobilized to drop perhaps 7,000 tons of explosives, with comparisons showing London's 450-ton worst raid. RAF, RCAF, and US bombers hammered Leipzig and Stuttgart, while American daylight blows targeted fighter plants and northwest Germany.
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Germany
Nazidom
Reich
London
Britain
RAF.R.C.AFP
Leipzig
Stuttgart
R.C.AF
RAF
R.AF
Toronto Officer Fraser Ritchie Dies in London
Lieut. Fraser Ritchie of Toronto died suddenly in hospital. He transferred from the medicals to public relations at Canadian military headquarters about a year ago and had been stationed in London.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
Fraser Ritchie
Toronto
Ritchie
medicals
Allied air raids pock-mark Rabaul and New Guinea
Allied forces delivered 123 tons of bombs on Rabaul's Vunakanau and Tobera airfields, destroying and damaging aircraft and ground facilities. Separate strikes along the New Guinea coast hit six barges and supply dumps, with dive bombers targeting villages north of Alexishafen and Amele.
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ALLIED
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
Vunakanau
Tobera
New Guinea
Bismarck Sea
Admiralty Islands
marine Corsair
Solomons
Cape St. George
New Ireland
Hansa Baxm
Alexishafen
Amele
Madang
Lost 17 planes and ship in two day attack
Admiral Nimitz reported seventeen American planes lost and one ship moderately damaged in the two day attack last week. He denied any landing at Truk and described a merry-go round strike by hundreds of carrier planes after Japanese air opposition was knocked out early. The initial US approach went undetected and there was no enemy air opposition.
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Nimitz
Truk
Tokyo
United States
sec
Stalin not seeking expansion into Europe says Moscow
The Sunday Observer cited Premier Stalin telling a diplomatic corps member in Moscow that Russia has no intention of expanding into central or western Europe. He denied harboring conquest and dismissed comparisons with Hitler as ignorance of politics.
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LONDON
Observer
Stalin
Moscow
Russia
central
Europe
Hitler
Allies breach Nazi defenses at Anzio beachhead
Berlin cited by radio reports morning offensive gains south of Rome with temporary breaches and heavy German casualties. Separately Berlin claimed a raid in Finnmark Norway and major Allied air strikes damaged Messerschmitt factory sites at Leipzig Mackau Brunswick Bernberg. Nominations for rural district councillors listed in Barons Sugar City and hospital board candidates. Tokyo shake-up signals move to curb military power. Government House considered as veteran convalescent home in Edmonton.
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ANZIO
LONDON
C.P
Rome
NORWAY
Batisfjord
Finnmark
Leipzig
Brunswick
Bernberg
U.S
M.D
D. H. Hassell
Sugar City
Raymond
J. Sharpe Henry
N. W. Peterson
Paul Moreland
Den: Wilde
TOKYO
GOVERNMENT HOUSE
EDMONTON
Dominion
teoke
W. A. Fallow
Ottawa
Mr. Fallow
Dominica
Yallding
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Kenneth L. Dixon
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Cassino
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Jens
JApp
ren
AROUNE BLANDS
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jait
SRUSALE
China
Toronto Star
Soviet Arctic
AR P
Beck
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R.A.F. Wallops Stuttgart
GLADWIN HILL
H. H. Arnold
United States Army Air Forces
SPAIN
FRANCE
Canadian Press
JOSEPH STALIN
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