Canada U S Food Pool Agreement Reached In Washington
Canada and the United States announce a program to complement food production for 1943 and coalitions to share surpluses. A joint agricultural committee will monitor production and distribution while Canada plans to ration meats and canned goods if needed. Canada will ship 45 percent of its fish pack to the United States with other allocations to Britain domestic market and UN partners.
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J. F. SANDERSON
WASHINGTON
Canada
United States
United "Nations
Agriculture
Gardine
Claude Wickard
Department of Agriculture
United States department
Britain
sess joint board
United Nations
Gardiner
Left Hand Corner mocks moron remark in divorce suit
A Los Angeles woman sues for divorce after her husband calls her a moron. The Emporia Gazette’s W A White riffs on universal ignorance, noting editors and public figures often misjudge knowledge. The column hints the case continues on the back page.
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Los Angeles
W. A. White
Emporia Gazette
Jack Benny
Ginger
Buddy Rogers
Fulton Lewis
Lewis
Sally Lunn
Nazis bag 150 Norse in southern Norway arrests
German occupation forces arrested 150 Norwegians in seven southern Norwegian towns during December. Secret police swept through communities imposing martial law and searching households for weapons and radios. Those detained face charges including possession of weapons and secret radio sets, with death as a possible punishment.
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STOCKHOLM
Sweden
Norway
Canada vows to fight until Japan is crushed
In a national broadcast from Canberra, Canadian High Commissioner T. C. Davis declared Canada would not lay down arms until Japan is completely crushed. He stated the United States shares the view that Japan is the main enemy and that both nations will unite to press the effort.
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Canada
Japan
CANBERRA
C.P. Cable
T. C. Davis
Australia
United States
Marine’s coconut accident in Solomons leaves leg broken
Denver January 7. Ernest Scofield United States marine has returned from the Solomons after a coconut fell from a tree near his foxhole striking his left leg breaking it. The incident is described as a coconut casualty.
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DENVER
Ernest Scofield
United States marine
Solomons
Roosevelt vows 1943 advance toward Berlin Rome and Tokyo
President Roosevelt told Congress the United Nations war effort gains momentum across Europe Asia and Africa fueled by a miracle of production in the United States. He outlined three war progress themes including Russia's Stalingrad defense Allied offensives and steps toward a postwar peace and freedom from want and fear.
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J. F. Sanderson
ASHINGTON
U.P
Roosevelt
congress
United Nations
Europe
Asia
Africa
United States
Berlin
Rome
Tokyo
house of representatives
America
Russia
Stalingrad
secret service
capitol
Great Jap Fleet Forms at Rabaul
Melbourne reports air reconnaissance over Rabaul shows Japanese shipping concentration at the New Britain base has increased since Tuesday. Pilots returning from missions say warship protected shipping at Rabaul now rivals that fielded by Japan for its first eastern Saleman counter attack. Washington announces two new airfield raids on Bougainville and New Georgia in the Solomons and a possible hit on a Japanese transport near the Shortland Islands yesterday.
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MELBOURNE
Japan
Rabaul
New Britain Island
United States
WASHINGTON
United States navy
Bougainville Island
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Shortland island
Air Ministry awards Distinguished Flying Medal to Sgt George Nichols
The air ministry announced the Distinguished Flying Medal award for Sgt. George Edward Teasdate Nichols of Alberton South Prince Edward Island. Nichols is a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force and served with the RCAF.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
air ministry
Fit
George Edward Teasdate Nichols
Alberton South
PEI
RCAF
New RAF Bombers Hit Japanese Positions in Burma
New raids by American and British forces targeted the Rathidaung area north of Akyab on the Arakan coast. The British communique said the flights inflicted casualties and damaged enemy buildings in Burma.
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NEW DELHI
F.AP
Rathidaung
Burma
Akyab
Arakan
Valuable move on Don Canadians sent to North Africa
The Evening News praised a detachment of the Canadian army being sent to North Africa to gain firsthand war experience. It argued the move helps overcome a handicap, as many Canadian soldiers have not yet fired a shot, while Britain’s seasoned units train others by sending veterans to lessons learned in active battles.
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DON
C.P. Cabie
The
Evening News
Britain
North Africa
Dunkerque
Allies Lose Hill Forts West of Mater in North Africa
Reuters reports from Allied North Africa that German forces recaptured hill positions near a crucial crossroads west of Mater, 15 miles from Mateur. The day before, British troops and Commandos seized Jebs Azzag heights. US Rangers aided in the attack. A daylight German counterattack reclaimed the positions, forcing the Allies back to their previous line despite RAF support.
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LONDON
C.P
Reuters
North Africa
Mater
Mateur
Bizerte
GBS
Charles Colligwood
Jebs] Azzag
Alles
United States Rangers
toprmost
Collingwood
RAF
Fighting French storm Umm El Arauch in Fezzan
London dispatch says Brig Gen Le Clerc’s forces in southern Libya captured Umm El Arauch, the main Axis outpost in Fezzan, after three days of fierce fighting. They advanced northward over 1000 miles from Lake Chad bases, took hundreds of prisoners and seized guns and machine guns. The attack, commanded by Col In gold, killed Gecki’s son in active service in the French air force.
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LONDON
tonigat
Le Clerc
Libya
Umm-El-Arauch
Fezzan
Lake Chad
Umm-El-Araueb
Eight Sons Of Family Join Up, Ninth on Way
Montreal report shows Frank Senez joins Canada's armed forces with RGAF induction. His brother Wilrid Senez is missing overseas, prompting the ninth son Roger to delay enlistment at his mother's request. Halifax note observes few brains paid as bounties in 1942, down from prior year.
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MONTREAL
Senez
Canada
Frank Senez
RGAF
Roger
Wilrid Senez
B.CAF
HALIFAX
Jan
Halifax county
La Guardia Bans Horse Meat Sales In New York City
Mayor La Guardia told the New York City council that horse meat is degrading and urged that it never be sold in the city. He warned that wherever horse meat is sold there will be degradation, and spoke on the issue during a council session yesterday.
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LAGUARDIA NEW YORK
Russians Smash Through Nazi Line at Two Points
Russian forces under Lt Gen Constantin Rokossovsky broke German lines on a 20 mile front near the Don, driving toward Rostov within 75 miles and recapturing towns along the river. The advance continued despite Axis resistance in the Caucasus area, with gains of up to 25 miles northwest of Prokhladnenski and several settlements retaken in central fronts.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
OSCOW
Red army
Lower
Don
Rostov
Caucasus
Constantin Rokossovsky
Moscow
Kargalsko-Beliansky
Kamishevskaya
Hasirev
Kholodny
Sea of Azov
Monoix - Nalchik
Prokhladnengki
Prokhladnenski
Apolompkays
Mineralnye Vody
Nalechik
Nalchik
Soviet information bureau
Stalingrad
U-Boat Up Mississippi
German radio reported a submarine traveled 99 miles up the Mississippi toward New Orleans to destroy a bridge. The raider was detected and forced to return to the Gulf. no independent confirmation. The alleged date was not given.
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LONDON
United States
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
U S Envoy To Finland Ordered Back On Constitution
NEW YORK, Jan. - United States minister to Finland H F Arthur Schoenfeld arrived at La Guardia Field and said he has been ordered back for constitutional reasons. The brief statement was made as he touched down after a trans Atlantic flight.
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NEW YORK
H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld
United States
Finland
constitution
La Guardia Field
One-Ton Slow Bomb Described by Censors
London reports censors allowed the first mention of the 3,000-pound slow bomb used in raids on Germany. With a secret braking device it lands with reduced spots and concentrates destruction on impact. Drag is a cap at one end and the explosion’s toward and outward effects are described as terrific.
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LONDON
Germany
R.AP
Nazis Oust Gen Nehring in Tunisia Command Change
Berlin dispatches report Gen Walther Nehring was replaced by Col Gen Von Arnim as commander in chief of Axis forces in Tunisia. Swedish papers cited confirmation from a newsreel and Berlin sources offered no comment on significance. British sources had no confirmation. Reserves strain noted as Hitler-era party members called up for winter duty.
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EDWIN SHANKE
Associated Press
STOCKHOLM
Sweden
Jan. T.—iP
Berlin
Walther Nehring
Von Armim
Tunisia
Svenska Dagbindet
Von Arnim
Hitler
Dagens Nyheter
Tunis
London
Gurgen Von Arnim
Germany
Nehring
Tunnisia
Ber
Hillery
Vancouver Pilot Wins D F C For Bagging Nazi Sub Off East Coast
Vancouver pilot Lt. M. J. Belanger receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for leading a three attack run against German U boats off the east coast with Canadian aircraft "Kayo" and a crew including J. H. Houser D. C. Bullock R. M. Cameron P. N. LeMarre. The operations damaged or possibly sank submarines in 113 hours of action and were described as promising by Air Minister Power.
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OTTAWA
Jan
ICPI
M. J. Belanger
D.F.C
Vancouver
J. H. Houser
Hamilton
D. C. Bullock
Winnipeg
R. M. Cameron
Springhill
N. S
Cpl
P. N. LeMarre
Montreal
Belanger
Air Minister
Power
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