04 Jan 1943
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Newspaper
Lethbridge Herald
Location
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 04, 1943
Page
1
British bombers attacked Ruhr towns last night in a two day assault on Nazi strongholds, with three RAF planes reported missing. US heavy bombers raided St Nazaire, losing seven aircraft, while fighters escorted the formations and clouded skies aided the long round trip.
Ottawa officials forecast a swift revival of Canada’s 100 million dollar tourist sector once hostilities end. They cite renewed interest in exploration and the new Alaskan highway as attractions likely to draw visitors nationwide. In other war news Japanese forces seize Macheng near Hankow as Chinese defenses resist.
In 1942 wartime research expands across rubber, foods and steel making. Key advances include resource saving processes, new steel methods, and plant cultivation for rubber while air cargo development promises large passenger and cargo planes. Shortwave radio grows, aiding battlefield coordination and distant communications.
Graphic map depicts General Bernard Montgomery and the British Eighth Army driving Rommel westward across North Africa. It shows key conquests including Sollum, Bardia, Tobruk, Derna, Barce and Benghazi with rapid advances after El Alamein.
India's 60 million untouchables face a centuries old pariah status. Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar argues for legal and social reforms as he works from the viceroy's council to uplift the downtrodden in a caste driven society. He details the pervasive caste system across 700,000 villages and the government's failing efforts to dismantle it. (Continued on Page Three.)
A Yugoslav partisan force of about 300,000 men forms under a unified command, featuring a rare mix of professionals veterans workers peasants and an Orthodox priest Vladimir Zecheyick who became a notable figure after the Axis invasion. The article contrasts this with Draja Mihailo Vic, the Chetnik leader facing internal dissension as Axis observers note.
Allied headquarters reports Buna mission fallen and a narrow Sanananda Point pocket surrounded. An Allied communique says the enemy position is hopeless and mopping up has killed about 850 Japanese in the Buna area. Australian and American troops advance toward the next objectives.
In England near a hill crest Canadian Scottish volunteers from Victoria advance with Churchill tanks in a coordinated tank infantry drill. Three days of practice with the Three Rivers tank regiment include signals, cover, and staged fire as officers supervise from Bren carriers.
A White Book from the State Department charts a decade leading to total war as seen by American diplomats 1931 to 1941. It highlights early signs of emotional storms in German Japanese and Italian minds and cites a 1934 Berlin report by Consul-General Messersmith noting German inferiority sentiments and demagogic rhetoric. Continued on Page Three.
St John s, Nild Jan 4 A royal commission inquiry opened before Justice B Dunfield into the Knights of Columbus service hostel fire of December 12 set the death toll at 99. The remaining balance of the inquiry will be held in camera.
A spectacular fire in Ottawa's lower town Saturday night destroyed a two-storey building and burned the contents of a brewer's warehouse. Twenty four people were left homeless. The estimated damage neared $110,000.
In Tunisia Allied RAF and American pilots shot down 28 enemy aircraft and damaged 34 more while striking Axis supply bases. French forces advanced toward the Tunis Tripoli highway as southern Libya operations continued from Lake Chad area. American fliers accounted for 23 destructions, including 19 German and Italian planes defending Tunis harbor. Fortresses hit two ships, damaged a power plant, and targeted docks. convoys and encampments at Sousse and the Sousse Sfax railway were also bombed.
Rt Hon George Perry Graham Liberal senator since 1926 and former close associate of Sir Wilfrid Laurier died at his Brockville home after a long illness. A newspaperman by early career, he entered public life 53 years ago, joined the Senate at 67, and often served as Liberal Leader in the absence of Raoul Dandurand. He remained a key Liberal figure through Mackenzie King administrations.
New Delhi reports RAF strikes in Burma continue with raids on enemy villages in Rathedaung, strafing a convoy near Meiktila and returning to shelter near Monywa. No aircraft losses noted. Ground forces in Rathedaung area not detailed. Meiktila and Monywa locations provided for context.
Red army drives German forces back from Mozdok and severes a Nazi thrust toward the Grozny oil fields. Russian reports claim major losses for the Germans, recapture of Mozdok and Malobek, and new advances on multiple fronts while preparing to cut off Nalchik.
Tokyo and Yokohama silk exchanges will close for the war duration by government wish, halting raw silk exports crucial to the empire. The move follows reorganization of Tokyo and Yokohama stock markets under government supervision to curb panics and stabilize the economy.
Canada forms its first all-Canadian bomber group within the BAAR effective January 1 at 12:01 am. Vice-Marshal J. E. Brookes commands the unit, with headquarters in an old English mansion near the bomber station from which Canadian crews fly missions over Germany, Italy, and occupied territories.
London Jan 4 Royal Air Force fighter command pilots including RAC squadrons destroyed 430 enemy planes over Britain and the continent in 1942. The ministry said losses totaled 593 aircraft with 49 saved and many others bailed out or prisoners. Germany reported 443 planes shot down on its side of the Channel and 118 over England during daylight. Since the war began Britain has destroyed 15 573 enemy aircraft in Europe and the Middle East. Far Eastern and American totals not included.
A United States battleship in the south Pacific destroyed an entire group of 33 Japanese planes during October and November air battles. The vessel, under Captain Thomas Leigh Gatch, sustained one bomb hit but quickly repaired and sailed into the Guadalcanal action on November 4. The navy released the first detailed account of the ship’s performance against enemy air and surface attacks.
A telegram from Rome says Italian Minister Ambrosetti, the Fascist envoy to The Hague, was killed in an automobile accident while traveling from The Hague to Rotterdam on Thursday.
Regina, Jan. 4. Mrs. Frank Bill, 35, was taken into custody after confessing at the city police station that she had killed her two children. Police found the father trying to restore life to Ernest, three, and Marilyn, five weeks, after they were pulled from a salt water cistern in the basement. Mrs Ril told officers, Lock me up I have dust killed my two children.
News wires report Moscow radio in a special communique claims Soviet troops seized Chernishkovskaya and its railway station about 109 miles southwest of Stalingrad. They say substantial booty includes 17 planes and millions of shells and bombs amid war supplies.
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