Kirovograd Falls to Soviet Forces in Ukraine
Soviet offensives across the Dnieper bend report Kirovograd captured by the second Ukrainian front after breaking through German defences. Stalin announced the city’s fall with about 100,000 German troops routed in four days of fighting, as Soviet forces advanced 19 to 31 miles and widened the breach to 75 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UCU VY
BD ALU sae astwas eres
Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
OSCOW
Kirovograd
Dnieper
Red army
Klesow
Rovno
Poland
Sarny
Dolinovka
Krivoi Rog
Nikolai F
Konev
Kharkov
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Ukraine
Serdichev
Tanushpol
Homsomolskaya
Berdichev
Ludwig Sertotious
San Vittore Falls to Allied Attack Near Cassino
Allied forces seize San Vittore after a brutal 40 hour house to house battle near Cassino. United States and British troops advance along a 10 mile front, drive toward Mount Porchia, and tighten the noose on Cassino as German defenses ring the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
LGIERS
A.P
United States
San Vittore
Cassino
Rome
Via Casilina
Association Press
Don Whitehead
5th Army
Giusto
Rome road
Mount Porchia
Rumanians Begin Dismantling Factories in Bucovina and Bessarabia
Rumania starts moving factory machinery inland as Soviet advances push evacuees from Cernauti Chisinau and other towns in Bucovina and Bessarabia. Peasants drive cattle and carts fill with goods, roads blocked, civilians barred from railways to aid troop withdrawal and defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THOMAS F. HAWKINS
Associated Press
BERNE
Rumania
Cernauti
Chisinau
Bucovina
Bessarabia
Budapest
Basler Nachrichten
Violence in France Claims 500 Die Daily
Berne reports French police estimate 500 persons die daily across France from railroad sabotage bush fighting political assassinations Nazi reprisals and executions. A Paris dispatch notes Parisians battled a German patrol, killing 27 during the release of six Frenchmen jailed for printing a secret newspaper. two guerrilla women were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BERNE
France
Paris
Tribune De Geneva
Mont Beliard
department of Doubs
Fleet Air Arm booklet praised for vivid life of pilots
The 130 page Ministry of Information booklet Fleet Air Arm recounts enlistee to wings, detailing battles at Dunkerque Narvik Taranto Crete and the River Plate. It highlights carriers, planes, fleet maneuvers and convoy protection with Canadian training at Norman Rogers airdrome Kingston Ontario.
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Royal Naval Fleet Air Arm
Royal Navy
Pyeet Air Arm
Ministry of Information
air arm
Bomba Bay
Fleet Air Arm
navy
Royal Naval
Canada
Norman Rogers
Kingston
Ontario
sirman
Bolivian Revolt Aided By Unfriendly Forces
Secretary of State Hull said evidence grows that outside unfriendly powers spurred and aided Bolivia s revolution. He noted a plan to share information with 18 American nations on Villarroel s rise and said consults will let each country draw its own conclusions. Argentina, lacking ties with the Axis, recognized Villarroel last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Hull
Bolivia
ecameé
Gualberto Villarroel
Argentina
Axis
Villarroel
Rinfret Named Chief Justice of Canada
Ottawa January 8 Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the appointment of Justice Thibaudeau Rinfret as chief justice of Canada succeeding Sir Lyman Duff who retired at age eighty Rinfret a Montreal native and senior on the Supreme Court since 1924 was praised for broad experience and high esteem by judiciary and bar Duff served nearly forty years on the high court and was urged to stay by the government before retirement.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
Thibaudeau Rinfret
Canada
Lyman P. Duff
King
Rinfret
Montreal
Supreme Court of Canada
Lyman
legal profession of
Sir Lyman
high court
Wembley Soldier Buried 314 Days in Ortona Debris
In Sicily with the Canadians on January 8 authorities announced that L Cp. Boyd of Wembley Alberta, a Canadian infantryman buried 314 days in a ruined Ortona house remained conscious when freed. He was pinned under girders and cement blocks until rescuers clawed out the rubble and carried him to safety.
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SICILY
C.P
Ortona
Wembley
Alta
Boyd
Destruction of two U boats by Royal Navy on patrol
Royal Navy ships northwest of the Azores reported sinking two German U boats within eight hours. One was a large patrol submarine encountered on the surface by HMS Kite. it submerged and was later attacked by depth charges. Dawn brought continued contact and HMS Woodcock joined the attack as light rose.
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LONDON
Jan
C.P
Azores
Admiralty
H.M.S. Kite
Kite
H.M.S. Woodcock
Poison Gas City Ruined By Allied Bombers
London dispatch reports British Mosquito bombers raided western Germany for a seventh straight night. Ludwigshafen and Mannheim were hit as American daylight attacks claimed to deal a heavy blow to Ludwigshafen’s chemical works. German high command acknowledged significant damage from about 231 Allied bombers.
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W. W. HERCHER
Associated Press
LONDON
Britain
Germany
western Reich
Ludwigshafen
Stockholm
Morgen Tidningen
Mannheim
Strafe Jap Troop Ships
Allied airmen in the south and southwest Pacific sunk or damaged 30 Japanese troop and supply barges, with 100 enemy killed or wounded. Attacks targeted barges near Sio and Sarong harbor in New Guinea, Rein Bay, and Rabaul, reflecting easier hunting conditions rather than a surge in traffic.
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New Guinea
south
southwest Pacific
Sio
Sarang harbor
Rein Bay
Rabaul
New Britain
Nazi Raider Sunk by Brazil and US Fleets
The Brazilian government news service announced from Recife that combined Brazilian and United States units sank a German blockade runner in the south Atlantic. Capt. C. E. Blaine, chief of staff of the US South Atlantic fleet, said patrols located the raider carrying war supplies to Germany from Japan after an intensive search by both fleets and aviation units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RIO DE JANEIRO
Brazil
Agencia Nacional
Recife
United States
south Atlantic
C. E. Blaine
Germany
Japan
Vancouver nurse's son helps sink Scharnhorst
Lieut. G. S. Covernton of Vancouver, a Royal Navy destroyer flotilla officer, cabled his parents that his action helped sink the German battleship Scharnhorst. The message, sent Jan 8, described the raid and closed with loving words from the son.
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VANCOUVER
G. S
Steve) Cavernton
R.C.N.V.R
C. F. Covernton
Lieut. Covernton
Home Fleet
Royal Navy
No Press Release From Ottawa Fire Brief
Ottawa on January 8 CPI A reporter called navy public relations seeking H A Howard. A voice said Howard is on the street and the building is on fire. The fire was confined to a pile of paper in a basement store room. Public relations officers of all three armed forces were in the building. There was no press release.
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OTTAWA
CPI
navy public relations
H. A. Howard
Howard
P.S
Canadian Aid to Russia Fund hits over three million
The Canadian Aid to Russia fund reports a Vancouver branch cheque of $13,680.36 last week, lifting the total to $3,300,067.67. The announcement came from fund headquarters in Toronto on January 3.
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TORONTO
Canadian Aid to
Vancouver
Lampley, former M L A for Peace River, dies
News from Edmonton reports William Jerome Lampley aged 73, former Social Credit MLA for Peace River, died at his Berwyn home after a month of ill health following a stroke. He had been in declining health since the stroke.
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J. LAMPLEY
M.L.A
PEACE RIVER
EDMONTON
C.P
William Jerome Lampley
Social Credit
Berwyn
Lampley
U.S
TREASURY ISLAND
GUADALCANAL
A.P
Bougainville
Solomons
navy
ORTONA
LONDON
Cairo
Italy
Torre
Macchia
CANADA
OTTAWA
trade and commerce department
VANCOUVER
Catalina patrol
Boeing Aircraft of Canada Limited
U.S. MAY INSTITUTE
UNIVERSAL ARMY SERVICE
WASHINGTON
Army
Navy. Journal
Roosevelt
congress
United States
George C. Marshall
America
Only 377 Japanese Prisoners Held by U S
Los Angeles date January 8 United States under secretary of war Robert P Patterson told a press conference that only 377 Japanese prisoners have been taken by U S forces. He cited the figure to illustrate the difficulty of defeating Japan and warned that Japanese defenses are carried out with fanatical zeal.
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LOS ANGELES
Robert P. Patterson
United States
Japan
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