Allied Specialist Troops Reported Landing on Yugoslavian Coast
Stockholm reports say Allied specialist troops landed at several Adriatic coast points in Yugoslavia and fought Germans. No size or nationality details given. London sources call the claim planted by Germans. British and American officers have aided Tito’s partisans for weeks.
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ONDON
Stockholm
Yugoslavia
Algiers
Reuters
Zagreb
Budapest
United States
Zurich
London
Italy
Bari
Sir K. A. Anderson
Tunisia
George S. Patton
Sicily
Balkan
Adriatic
Josip Broz
Tito
Josip Drug Broz
Ban
Russians drive deep as Vatutin targets vital rail hubs
Gen. Nikolai Vatutin's forces push a fan shaped offensive from the Pripets toward the Ukraine and Dnieper bend, 175 miles of front. Soviet communique claims heavy German losses, captures large stores of war materiel, and advances toward Sarny, Zhmerinka, and Shepetovka as rails and roads near Warsaw and Odessa fall under threat.
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Rakitno
Vatutin
Warsaw- Odessa
Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
OSCOW
Nikolai Vatutin
Poland
Ukraine
Dnieper
Pripet marshes
Zhashkov
Belaya Tserkov
Nevel
Ivan Bagramian
Rumania
Black Sea
Rovno
Novograd Volynski
Warsaw- Kiev
Warsaw
Shepetovka
Novograd
Volynski
Vinnitsa
Zhitomir
Dniester
Zhmerinka
Odessa- Warsaw
Odessa
first Ukraine
Kiev-Warsaw
Sarny
Warsaw-Odessa
Gorodnitsi
Novograd-Volynski
Chudnov
Tarasha
Kazatin
Lipovets
Zhmerniksa
Miropol
Early Peterboro Days Parlor Stove Raising 80000 Turkeys
Victoria University president Dr W T Brown recalled Peterborough settlers of 1825 who received land cabins tools and seed crops and asked for teachers and ministers. The piece notes parlor stove history and American hearth lore as it hints at broader colonial life with a note to continue on Page Three.
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Peterboro
W. T. BROWN
Victoria University
Toronto
Peterborough
Peregrine Maitland
Brown
New York Times
America
Rocket Plane From UK US Joint Disclosure
A secret rocket plane project by British American teams has surfaced. The aircraft uses jet propulsion and aims for extreme speeds at high altitudes without propellers, though no technical details were released.
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WASHINGTON
Jan. T
RAF
United States army air forces
Vichy Names New Propaganda Chief
Vichy radio names Philippe Henrot as propaganda minister replacing Paul Marion who becomes secretary of state. Report also notes German rocket experiments on planes to boost takeoff power and speed. British and American jets discussed, with Jet propulsion first ordered by the British in 1939 and first successful flight in May 1941.
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NEW YORK
Vichy radio
Pierre Laval
Philippe Henrot
Henriot
Paul Marion
Laval
Allied air chiefs
Great Britain
Frank Ihle
R.A.F
Washington
H. H. Arnold
army air forces
British
air ministry
Gloucester Aircraft Company, Ltd
Power Jets, Ltd
England
Whittle
G Seyers
Gloucester Aircraft Company
Raymond Flier Saved After 30 Days Afloat In Dinghy
The RCAF reports the 12 man crew of a Sunderland rescued after 314 days afloat in two dinghies following a patrol crash. They survived by tying 12 Mae Wests together to aid air sighting, rationed water and gum with milk tablets, and were spotted by a US Liberator. The crew, including Raymond Flier of Alberta, were rescued near two RAF planes and resumed duties in the North Atlantic.
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Raymond Flier
R.C.AF
C.P
R.C.A.F. Sunderland
coastal command
RCAP
Mae Wests
Alexander Bolton
Ardill
Sask
De Le Paulle
RAF
North Atlantic
Russians advance 715 miles in 11 months on front
London January 7 The Russians have pushed the Germans back across the Polish frontier by about 715 miles since last February. The advance covers roughly two miles per day, linking feats from Stalingrad to the Polish border and measuring about 775 air miles from Stalingrad to the frontier.
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ONDON
C.P
Stalingrad
Halifax
Montreal
Round Clock Raids Continue Over Europe
London Jan 7 Allied air forces wage a six night round the clock campaign on western Germany and northern France. Mosquitos raid Germany and other RAF planes mine enemy waters while American and British fighters shield bomber streams across the channel. RCAF mines laid in enemy waters. Observers note a two hour outward flight window before the force returns.
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LONDON
Germany
France
French
air ministry
Strait of Dover
RCAF
Duff Retires Today at 79 Chief Justice of Canada
Sir Lyman Duff automatically ceased to be chief justice as he reached 79. On the eve of retirement he dined at Government House with the Earl of Athlone and Princess Alice. He has served over a decade as highest judge, acting as deputy governor general and administrator during vacancies. Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Justice Minister St Laurent attended. No successor named yet.
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OSTAWA
C. P
Lyman Duff
Canada
Sir Lyman
Earl of Athlone
Princess Alice
Government House
Lyman
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
St Laurent
Supreme Court
REPRESENTED WEST
RAF Heavies Raid Rhodes in Eastern Mediterranean
Allied air forces bombed Rhodes from Jan 5 to Jan 6, targeting the Nazi held island’s port and harbor facilities. RAF and American long range fighters reportedly sank several loaded sailing ships used by the enemy to supply the Aegean Islands, while weather hindered full detection and destruction of shipping. Two planes massed from all operations as the bombing remained well concentrated.
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CAIRO
Jan
RAF
Rhodes
Mediterranean
Aegean
Liquor For House Ad Sells Furnished Rooms In SF
San Francisco housing ad lists a reward of one case of bourbon for a two to three room furnished apartment. Asking price ranges from $60 to $85. The notice frames housing as a barter in January.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Jan
Stockholm report: 60000 left homeless in Stettin
The Morgen Tidningen reports 60,000 homeless after RAF and RCAF raid on Stettin, described as Germanys largest Baltic port. An eyewitness cites reports of up to 1,000 killed in the devastated city.
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STOCKHOLM
STETTIN
TOCKHOLM
Morgen Tidningen
Germany
Baltic
R.A.F
R.C.A.F
Allies Fight Across Snowbound Italian Front Near Casilina
Allied forces pressed the offensive along a 10 mile front toward Rome. American troops stormed German strongpoints near San Vittore and Monte Maio, capturing the peak and driving into the town, while British units south of the line took 79 prisoners for a two day total of 126.
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RICHARD G. MASSOCE
Associated Press
ALGIERS
San Vittore
Via Casilina
Rome
Cassino
Monte Maio
Viticuso
Venafro
Cevaro
Crash Fatal To 26 Cadets at Kingman Gunnery School
Kingman Ariz January report says twenty six aviation cadets were killed when a Santa Fe freight train collided with a bus carrying 36 airmen from the Kingman army gunnery school. Two of the ten survivors were not expected to live. Preliminary info indicates the bus failed to stop at a crossing after a night training mission.
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KINGMAN, Ariz
Jan
Santa Fe
Kingman
air base public relations office
30 Man Glider Passes Tests
A new experimental glider capable of carrying 30 troops and two jeeps was successfully tested at Ford airport in Dearborn on Thursday. The high wing monoplane features plywood wings and a stressed skin design, with flight instruments and radio aboard.
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DETROIT
Ford
Dearborn
Russians surround Kirovograd and push 25 miles on front
News bulletin reports Soviet forces surrounding Kirovograd and advancing 25 miles along a 62 mile front. Ukrainian troops captured 70 towns including Klesow near Sarny, with over 120 populated places liberated in the Kiravograd drive led by Gen. Ivan S. Konev.
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KIROVOGRAD
LONDON
HKirovograd
Dnieper
Moscow
1st
Klesow
Sarny
Poland
Ivan S. Konev
Kiravograd
Adzhamka
Novgorodka
SMUTS
PRETORIA
South Africa
C.P -Reuters
GERMANY
A.P
France
KINGMAN
Ariz
Kingman army air base
Santa Fe
GEORGE PORTER
LETHBRIDGE
Stacey Lumber Company
Porter
Martin Bros. funeral
COAL COMMISSION
EDMONTON
C.P
G. B. O'Conner
royal commission
Alberta
British Columbia
East Coulee
Whitecssrt
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Yugoslavian
Dravje
Slovenia
Zagreb-Fiume
Drave
Novo Mesto
HUNGARY
Krivoi Rog
Allied
WILLIAM FRYE
Vichy
Duff
SIR LYMAN DUFF
Heavies
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