Budget Next Tuesday Night in Parliament
Ottawa reports the Canadian House of Commons will focus on the war budget next week with Finance Minister Isle producing the 1943 44 war year appropriation. Debate will cover a $3 90 000 000 appropriation for war needs and a $1 000 000 000 war supplies fund for the United Nations.
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OTTAWA
C.P
House of commons
Isley
lone
United Na ONS
M. J. ‘oldwell
G C.F
King
toto
Fire in Winnipeg Club Costs Ten Thousand Dollars
A theft of 200 dollars led to a fire at Crystal Palais Dance Gardens in downtown Winnipeg early today causing about 10 000 dollars in damage. Fire Commissioner E B Houston said the thief set the blaze to erase evidence, ransacking the hall office of C McDole and breaking a desk drawer briefcase containing the money. A nearby store and restaurant on Portage Avenue sustained smoke and water damage. the Capitol Theatre area escaped damage.
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Crystal Palais
Winnipeg
E. BH Houston
Homston
C. McDole
Capitol theatre
Portage Aven
Left Hand Corner Reports Russian to Newfoundland Bird Route
A Royal Ontario Museum correspondent notes a kittiwake marked in 1988 by a Moscow bird ringing bureau was recovered at Bonavista Harbor Newfoundland a year later by Dr BlaZ fisheries expert. Previous cases of similar Murmansk to Newfoundland migrations are on record at the museum.
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Minimapisk
Russia
Newfoundland
Royal Ontario Museum
A. A. Blaw
Gentral Bureau
Moscow
Bonavista Harbor
Blaz
Murmansk
New Toundlang
rossing
Newid dland
PAqr
Kittiwakes
conv
Debt boards eyed to settle farmers' debts in three provinces
Saskatoon Feb 27 government officials and 17 farm groups will appoint a committee to draft a bill for farm debt adjustment through tribunals in three prairie provinces. The proposed boards would reduce principal and interest, alter payment terms or stay actions, with a chief provincial judge as chair and two commissioners representing creditors and debtors.
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SASKATOON
praine
50 000 Women In Uniform Soon
Ottawa reports Canada plans to arm 50 000 women by end of 1943 across three services. The Canadian Women's Army Corps, the Women’s Division of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the Royal Canadian Navy Women’s Service target about 25 000, 20 000, and 5 000 women respectively, to raise total in service from around 20 000.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Canadian Women's Army Corps
R.C.a
Royal Canadian Women’s Naval Service
air force
Army
Drumheller Man Reported Killed Overseas in Dieppe List
Ottawa reports eight men formerly listed as missing after the Dieppe battle are now recorded killed in action. Among the deceased is Sapper Joseph White of Drumheller. The overseas list from the Canadian Army names the eight, with no other Sibert names included.
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OTTAWA
Dieppe
Joseph Whithe
Drumheller
Sibert
First American Air Raid Reported in European War
From a cockpit over England a U S bomber station, February 27, six heavy bombers led an American air armada in the third attack on Germany. The force blasted the docks at Wilhelmshaven, one of Nazi Germanys principal naval bases. This marked the first time reporters accompanied an American air raid in the European theatre.
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U.S
ENGLAND
Germany
Wilhelmshaven
Docks At Wilhelmshaven Under Heavy Air Attack
A wartime diary describes near two hours of German fighter sweeps and heavy flak against Wilhelmshaven docks. Maj Joseph Preston, Elgin Minnesota, and Capt Clinton Breeding directed operations as ships were damaged or sunk. Gun crews opened fire as enemy planes closed to within range.
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Joseph Preston
Elgin
Minn
Frisian islands
Clinton Breeding
Russian Offensive Rolls Back Nazis
Soviet forces press westward in winter offensive from Kursk to the Black Sea coast. In the north ski troops tanks and artillery push through snow while in the south heavy fighting near Kramatorsk yields repeated front changes. The Soviet communique reports 1 000 Germans killed over two days and 300 more overnight, with 14 German tanks destroyed in one sector. Farther north gains near Kharkov reported as Red Army advances toward the Dnieper amid renewed Nazi resistance. German reports claim Soviet breakthroughs were frus trated and that German forces conducted defense and counterattacks in multiple sectors, with notable trench gains by German troops north of Orel and repulsed Soviet attacks south of Lake Ilmen.
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EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Red army
Kursk
Black Sea
Kramatorsk
Soviet information bureau
iin London
Kharkov
Dnieper
Kuban
Caucasus
Orel
Lake Ilmen
No Oil Sent To Spain by U S
Washington reports conflicting comments on shipments to Spain. Barcelona reports say the United States exports oil cotton food and supplies, while the state department denies any oil has left the country. Senator Reynolds calls the export a damned outrage. Senator Danaher argues continued aid supports the war effort.
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WASHINGTON
Barcelona
Fridas
United States
Spain
state department
Robert Reynolds
senate military committee
John Danaher
Aberhart Still Promising Social Credit Goals of ’35
Alberta Legislature winds up Throne Speech debate as Premier Aberhart vows to pursue Social Credit pledges pending the Monday budget. He challenges Ottawa promises and cites Prime Minister King’s 1935 statements while warning against Liberal obstruction. Independents vote against the Throne Speech. Social Credit lines hold.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
Aberhart
Social Credit
Hing
Mr. King
Prince Albert, Sask
Lionel Tellier
St. Albert
C. E. Gerhart
Acadia
Premier accuses Calgary mayor of outworn remarks
In an Alberta legislature session on Thursday and Friday Premier Aberhart traded barbs with Calgary mayor A Davison Ind. over a debate on Throne Speech. The premier quipped about “dotage” and the mayor retorted about his fourteen years as mayor, prompting the sharp exchange.
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EDMONTON
Aberhart
Alberta
A. Davison
Ind
Calgary
Davison
Mr. Davison
Heavy Raid On Cologne Becomes Largest Since May
London reports hundreds of Allied bombers including RCAF groups attacked Cologne last night in a very heavy raid. At least two RCAF squadrons participated with three Canadian bombers missing and seven RAP planes lost. Weather allowed good results as fighters targeted northern France rail lines and the US air force joined the daylight attack on Wilhelmshaven.
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LONDON
A.F
R.C.A.F
Rhineland
Cologne
RCAF
RGA
bomber command
France
R.C.AF P
United States air force
Wilhelmshaven
Disaster at Bear Creek mine traps 75 miners
Associated Press reports 75 miners were trapped after an explosion at the Smith Coal Company mine near Bear Creek Montana at 11 a.m. C.D.T. Rescue efforts hindered by smoke and gas. one body recovered, three rescued in critical condition. Crews flown by plane from Billings.
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Associated Press
EAR CREEK
Mont
Smith Coal Company
D.T
Bill Romek
Romek
Bulte
Billings
Canadian Farmers Underpaid Says Hon John Bracken
Campbellton New Brunswick February 27 John Bracken Progressive Conservative leader told a public meeting that Canadian farmers though one third of the population receive only one sixth of the income He urged wealth to be fairly distributed and said his party would seek improvement across the Dominion He emphasized he was only one Canadian in 11 000 000 and called for nationwide cooperation during his New Brunswick tour.
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CAMPBELLTON
John Bracken
New Brunswick
Bracken
Dalhousie
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Gets Six Months For Breaking Jail In 1915
PORT ARTHUR Feb 27 John McDonald recently captured in Montreal was sentenced to six months imprisonment by Magistrate C D Lemay after conviction for escaping from Port Arthur Jail in September 1915 He had earlier received a six month suspended sentence for failing to meet court stipulations including reimbursing crown costs for bringing him from Montreal to Port Arthur for trial
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PORT ARTHUR
John McDonald
Montreal
C. D. Lemay
Washington's Pledge Marked By U S Govt
Oneida Wis Feb 37 41 The United States paid 149th consecutive year 1600 dollars to 3434 Oneida Indians as peace and friendship consideration. Peru Parver Oneida Agent handed cheques to the general counsel for distribution.
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ONEIDA
Wis
United States
George Washington
Peru
German Attacks In North Beaten
Allied forces reoccupied Kas Serine and moved toward Thelepte air field near Feriana as Rommel withdraws. In northern Tunisia British units repulsed multiple Axis tank assaults near Goubellat Bou Arada and Beja, with 400 Axis soldiers captured and heavy enemy losses reported.
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LLIED
North Africa
Kas- Serine
Thelepte
Feriana
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Jurgen Von Arnim
Goubellat
Bou Arada
Pont Du Fahs
Djebel
Mansour
Medjez-El-Bah
Mateur-Beja
Beja
Gandhi Apathetic as Fast Enters 18th Day
Bombay February 27 government communique reports Monhandas K Gandhi shows little change in health on the eighteenth day of a 31 day fast to win his unconditional release from Poona internment. He is described as somewhat apathetic and not quite cheerful. Lloydminster Saskatchewan February 27 a railway accident in CP yards last night killed Herrmann 40 the driver of a locomotive when his engine was sideswiped by a rear coach. he was married and a father of two.
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BOMBAY
Monandas EK Gandhi
thea
Poong
bulletin
LLOYDMINSTER
Sask
Q—FL
Herrmann
Canadian Pacific Railway
Allied forces report gains in Tunisia with tank battles
In a battlefield communique Allied forces say seven enemy tanks were destroyed for one British tank in a single clash as fighting continues. Montgomery’s forward elements are reported south of the Mareth line in southeastern Tunisia with no opposition. Allied fighters and fighter-bombers target Axis vehicle concentrations in northern Tunisia and destroy a railway locomotive near Tozeur. Bombers pound Gabes, the Mareth fortifications, and enemy positions, with allied action extending to Cagliari, Sardinia.
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Sir Bernard Montgomery
Marethi line
Tunisia
Tozeur
Gabes
Cagliari
Sardinia
Beurling Revealed in Weyburn Aerial Mock Battle
Weyburn Sask February 27 crowds witnessed a lively practice dog fight with a Harvard trainer plane featuring Canada’s RAF ace FC George Buzz Beurling of Montreal. Beurling, noted BD S C D P C D F M and Bay winner, arrived at No 41 Service Flying Training School during a Canadian tour. He spoke of Malta incidents and enjoyed a soft drink after the Weyburn event as locals chatted with him.
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WEYBURN
Sask
Canada
FC George
Buzz) Beurling
Montreal
Beurling
Malta
S.C
No. 41 Service Flying Training School
RAF
Swift
FO Beurling
PO R B Hirsch
big mercy
FO. Beurling
Weyburnetty
Flu Epidemic Strikes Winnipeg Hospitals Closed
Winnipeg battles a flu outbreak with hospitals filled and hundreds confined at home. Churchill’s condition reported satisfactory after pneumonia attack. RAF strikes Sicily factory while England defeats Wales 5 3 in soccer. Ottawa keeps beer sale restrictions unchanged amid pressure.
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WINNIPEG
CHURCHILL
LONDON
Downing Street
RAF
SICILY
MALTA
Royal Air Force
Fiiday
RAAF
ENGLAND
WALES
C.P. Cable
Wembley
Manchester City
Liverpool
Chesterfield
Mansfield
Huddersfield Town
Doncaster Rovers
Rochdale
Burnley
Lovely Athletic
Bristol City
AVEGE
EDMONTON
C.P
Humphrey Mitchell
Edmonton chamber of commerce
labor board
OTTAWA
Dominion
Canada
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Caldwell
Hon
London Telegraph
Shane Leslie
dial ag
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Exmouth
Rawlinson
Fourth Army
Montana
Drew Farm
GLADWIN HILL
Comeuucu
pa.id
Mr. Aberhart
Von Armin
Daniel De Luce
GANDHI
Harvard
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