Major Campaign Looms in Tunisia War Front
From North Africa correspondent Wes Gallagher reports a major expansion of fighting as German and Italian troops shift from Bizerte to the Tunisian front. He details rain, terrain, supply lines, and air battles, noting Allied tank limits in mud, German artillery strength, stalled land operations in the north, fading Luftwaffe effectiveness, and scarce airfields hampering Allied airpower.
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Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
NORTH AFRICA
Hitler
Mediterranean
Bizerte
Tunis
ISEVEN
Tunisia
Sardinia
Sicily
Greece
France
atrfields
Small Scale Ruhr Attack Strikes German Targets
London reports RAF bombers struck German industrial targets in the Ruhr for the second night running. Two British planes are missing amid claims of four enemy planes shot down by Berlin radio. The raid appears limited in scale compared with prior offensives.
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LONDON
C.P
RAF
Ruhr
air ministry
Berlin
Germany
continent
St. Nazaire
France
Daily Express
Hoare And Gort Meet Gen Eisenhower
A Vichy radio report from Madrid said Sir Samuel Hoare the British ambassador to Madrid Lt Gen Dwight Eisenhower in charge of Allied operations in North Africa and Field Marshal Viscount Gort commander in chief of Malta met at Gibraltar preparation for North Africa actions was noted by the Nazi controlled station though unconfirmed by London or Washington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Vichy
Madrid
Samuel Hoare
Dwight J. Eisenhower
North Africa
Viscom
Gort
Malta
Gibraltar
NALCHIK
C.P
Moscow
Natchik
mupster
Caucasus
WASHINGTON
A.P
war department
Srench
Féndouk
Tunisia
BURMA
C.P.J
Reuters
New Delhi
Bay of Bengal
United States army air force
Mahoyan
Cherichera
Fondenk
OTTAWA
NSW FOODS ADMINISTRATION
Ottawa Journal
department of agriculture
prices board
U.S
Roosevelt
United States
ARMY
Allied
Mark W. Clark
Insects as Food Across Cultures and Professions
The piece notes that various cultures eat insects like grasshoppers and crickets and that doctors Wilder and Keys propose considering ant eggs and grubs as food in hard times. It argues many find animal organs edible yet underutilized and hints at broader cuisine ideas. The second item profiles fishermen in wartime Boston area, praising Captain Courageous as a successful mariner turned businessman amid North Atlantic toil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
West Indies
Russell M. Wilder
Thomas E. Keys
Journal of the American Medical association
Dre. Wilder
Keys
Marc A. Rose
Captain Courageous
England
North Atlantic
Boston
CHou
Seven Die In Blast At Massena Cafe
A can of gasoline exploded in a Massena restaurant blowing out the wall and killing seven occupants who were bus passengers from Potsdam. Two others were badly burned and taken to Massena General Hospital. The cafe is owned by Walter Hutchins. bus driver Maurice Kiah remained unaccounted for.
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MASSENA
N.Y. N.Y
tanes
Massena General Hospital
B. 3. Watkins
New York
Potsdam
Walter Hutchins
Maurice Kiah
No Action in Desert Reported by British Forces
Cairo January 5. Severe sandstorms halted aerial operations over the Libyan battle area where British troops were last reported in contact with the retreating Axis army in the Wadi Beil El Chebir Buerat El Hsun region. The British headquarters communique added there was nothing to report from our ground forces.
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CAIRO
Wadi Beil El Chebir-Buerat El Hsun
commuunique
Native fifth columnists found in North Africa
London reports a Moroccan radio claim that German parachute drop teams were inserted behind British lines in Tunisia and that every captured operative has been court martialed.
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NORTH AFRICA
LONDON
Morocco
Tunisia
Aussie Conscript Law Adopted by State Parties
Melbourne dispatch reports a 24 to 12 vote by a special conference of state labor parties approving Prime Minister Curtin's plan to use conscripted Australian militia in southwest Pacific territories deemed allied with Australia's defense. Youths under 20 barred from front lines. Queensland and Victoria opposed. bill to amend the Defence Act of 1902 to follow.
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MELBOURNE
John Curtin
southwest Pacific
Australia
New Guinea
C. G. Fallon
C. G. Fallon, said “lacked cancer.” . ‘Mr. Curtin
Queensland
Victoria
Indictment Ties 33 to Knights of the White Camelia
Thirty three persons led by George E Deatherage and the New York Evening Enquirer were indicted in Washington on charges of conspiring to impair morale and promote insubordination in the armed forces The new indictment adds five defendants and cites a range of associated organizations and quoted material from their literature
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WASHINGTON
George E. Deatherage
United States Justice Department
Knights of the White Camelia
New York Evening Enquirer
justice department
the
Enquirer
Paper rationing forces ten percent page cut at The Herald
The Herald will reduce pages by ten percent under newsprint rationing starting January 1 1942 to match 1941 usage. Editors trim space and lines to fit smaller edition while pledging to publish all essential news. The shift mirrors Britain where major papers shrink yet maintain coverage.
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Britain
Canada
U.S
Lethbridge Herald
Herald
London Times
London
The Herald
Bevin Predicts Big Battle Break for Britain in War
London reports Ernest Bevin, labor minister, declares in a government training center speech that Hitler will soon face the war's greatest disaster. He urges resolute action and says Britain could lift weight from Russia and strike a knockout blow in the coming weeks.
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LONDON
Hitler
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Russia
Bevin
Cornwall Snowed In With $1,000,008 Losses
Cornwall Ont January 5 1961 still without telegraph or telephone connections after the worst winter storm in history. Hundreds of poles and lines are down with 1000 breaks on local lines and glaze ice on remaining wires. Public service officials estimate storm damage at 1 000 000 plus and full restoration will take months. Power shut down citywide and only trains and a few cars connect the outside world. New Year functions canceled and Industrial plants idle as power gradually returns. The Cornwall Standard Freeholder could not publish from December 28 to January 2.
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CORNWALL
Cornwall Standard-Freeholder
And That Isn’t All Brother Marriage Mishap
Lunenburg Nova Scotia January 5. George Abramson contemplates marriage woes after a year filled with accidents. He broke both legs in an auto crash before his wedding and had the ceremony in his hospital bed. A baby arrived, then a slip on ice during a Sunday outing caused another leg fracture.
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LUNENBURG
George Abramson
Abramson
Jap Tactics In Burma Puzzles Allies Near India Border
London dispatches report Burma front observers puzzled by Japanese tactics near the India border. It remains unclear whether the Arakan coast commander will defend Akyab or withdraw. British forces press in, Allied air power hits targets, ships move in and out of Akyab as双方 harass with jungle dash attacks.
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LONDON
Burma
India
Arakan
Akyah
Aliyah
partoon
Bay of Bengal
Reuters news spency
Akyab
Minor Damage In Jap Raid On Chinese Centre
Twenty one Japanese planes dropped over one hundred bombs on the southwestern fringe of Kweilin the capital of Kwangs province but Central News reported damage as negligible. Shiukwan provisional capital of Kwangtung province was bombed by six planes and Chuhaier on the Canton Hankow railway was machine gunned. Eight other planes were in reconnaissance over Kwangtung and Anan province in extensive fights.
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CRUNGKING
Kweilin
Kwangs province
Central
Shiukwan
Kwangtung province
Chuhaier
Funan province
Kwangtung
Ainan
Romanian government orders dissolution of religious sects
A Budapest dispatch reports that the Romanian government has ordered the dissolution of all religious sects in Romania with their properties reverting to the state. The move is described as sweeping by the Neue Zürcher Zeitung in Berne dated January 5, 1947.
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BERNE
Budapest
Neue Zurcher Zeitung
Rumania
Kai-Shek Protests War Strategy After Mission Withdrawal
The United Nations faces a rift as General Chiang Kai-Shek orders the Chinese military mission home to Changking. He protests the Atlantic Pacific supply balance and the focus on Europe first, while Churchill and Roosevelt maintain a Europe-centered strategy. The issue highlights tensions within Allied planning during World War II.
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J. F. SANDERSON
WASHINGTON
C.P
Chiang Kai-Shek
Changking
United States
United Nations
Hsiung
Atlantic
Pacific
Europe
Churchill
Roosevelt
JAPAN
China
Australia
Ship blast kills two on Prescott steamship voyage
A boiler explosion aboard the Joseph Dubrote, a Prescott Marine Engineering Training ship, killed William Power, 26, and Ewart Booth, 19, and wounded William Churchill, 30. Next of kin listed in Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Verdun. Ottawa experts were dispatched to the scene.
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OTTAWA
Prescott
Ont
Joseph Dubrote
Prescott Marine Engineering Instructional School
Transport Department
William M. Power
Wiliam Power
Mulgrave
N.S
Ewart David George Booth
David Walter Booth
Verdun
Que
William L. Churchill
Christine Church Winniper
Fined 560 On Exchange Charge In Montreal Case
Gar rett Brownrigg of St John’s Natd was fined 500 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to Foreign Exchange Control Board charges. He allegedly exported 1000 Canadian dollars to the United States and attempted to export 430 Canadian dollars and 65 U S dollars on a second date.
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MONTREAL
Garrett Brownrigg
St. John's
Natd
Foreign Exchange Control Board
Brownrigg
United States
U.S
Theft hits farmer as horses stay put in night
Piedmont Mo January 5 Fire Richard Smith reports a theft of his horse collars after he tied his team to a hitching post and went into town for business. He returned after dark to find both collars missing, leaving his horses tied but unattended.
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PIEDMONT
Richard Smith
Beef Rationing Affects Eastern Abattoirs in War Time
Ottawa officials say eastern abattoirs may continue to hold beef for the armed forces as cattle marketings lag and holiday shortages bite. If supplies improve, the order will be rescinded. western regions not yet affected. Canada shows more than 20 million pounds of frozen meat in reserve. A Toronto wholesaler warns of restricted meat supplies for civilians as beef shortages loom during the war and rationing seems likely.
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OTTAWA
Jan
prizes board
munitions department
Canada
TORONTO
Court Validates Wartime Economic Control Orders
The Supreme Court of Canada upholds the governments wartime administration system under the War Measures Act. It finds the order appointing a chemicals controller and his powers, plus a sample controller order, to be proper delegations of authority. The decision confirms governor in council power to establish economic regulations and controllers for wartime needs.
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Supreme Court
C. R. Blackburn
UAWA
dan
C.P
supreme court of Canada
narrare
governor-in-council
St. Laurent
Toronto
Kingston
Ont
Rinfret and Tascheresx
Kerwin, Hudson and Davis
Red pincers surround Nazis trapped in Russia
Red army forces close on encircled Axis garrisons west of Stalingrad after capturing Chernishkov and Chernishkovskaya on the railroad to Likhaya. Soviet reports claim fierce fighting across the Don and Caucasus with hundreds of German casualties and several towns occupied, while broadcasting error claims and German counterattacks are described as lies.
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Russia
ONDON
C.P
Stalingrad
Chernishkov
Likhaya
Chernishkovskaya
Moscow radio
Soviet monitor
Soviet information bureau
middle Don
Velikie Luki
Caucasus
Red army
middle
Don
Rahev
Velikie Lukt
northern
Natchik Recaptured in Soviet Caucasus Drive
Soviet radio claims Natchik, a key Caucasus center, was retaken amid heavy German losses. The announcement covers Dec 24 to Jan 4 with casualties over 11,060 Germans reported in the northern Caucasus.
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Gen. Eisenhower
Guadalcanal
Kai-Shek
Alles
KAT-SHEK
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