Allied fliers press drive on Japanese convoy in New Guinea
Allied airmen report 138 Japanese planes shot down or crippled in four days of action as they chase remnants of a battered convoy fleeing New Guinea. They say three Japanese planes were shot down and another likely destroyed while Allied planes returned safely. BrigGen Kenneth Walker failed to return from a Jan 5 strike on Rabaul.
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
Australia
C.P
New Guinea
Kenneth Walker
Glendale
Cali
Rabaul
Lae
Solomon area
New Britain
Akyab Hit by British Bombers in Burma Push
British forces press Japanese positions around Akyab Burma with raids on Akyab Island and Rathedaung 25 miles north of the port. RAF bombers escorted by fighters struck Japanese villages and supply routes while machine gun attacks hit Jap transports along the Mayu river. railway cars were burned at an unspecified location.
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NEW DELGI
Akyab
Burma
Rathedaung
Bay of Bengal
Mayu river
RAF
Akyab Island
Caroling Mayor Leads Army Bands In Wartime Music
Capt Wayne King, former orchestra leader now with the U S Army special service, says Onward Christian Soldiers inspires marching troops. He cites songs like My Wild Irish Rose God Bless America and The Caissons Go Rolling Along as morale boosters and notes barracks bands and sing along groups are forming with mandolins guitars and ukes provided to the soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne King
special service
6th Service Command
Toronto Telegram
King
America
Army Air Corps
Marquess of Donegall
London Sunday Dispatch
Britain Renounces Extraterritorial Rights in China
Britain signs an Anglo-Chinese treaty relinquishing extraterritorial rights in China effective immediately. The accord mirrors a similar U S treaty and includes a plan to draft a broader friendship commerce and navigation treaty within six months after hostilities end or on demand.
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United States
China
ONDON
C.P
foreign office
Britain
republic
Washington
India
India agency
Canada
Horace Seymour
H. E. Richardson
the
T. V. Soong
JAPSTi
Roosevelt seeks record wartime budget of 109 billion
President Roosevelt sent a budget message urging Congress to approve 109 billion for all government purposes in the coming year, with 100 billion for war. He proposes 16 billion in new taxes and forced savings to finance half the war costs from revenue and the rest by borrowing. The plan aims to keep the United States industrial machine at full capacity to supply Allied forces. The monthly pace shown includes 8 billion dollars on average for war outlays in the current year, with total war appropriations at 77 billion so far and a request for 23.0 billion more for 1943-44. Major allocations include 46 billion for munitions and lend-lease, 21 billion for pay and subsistence, 2 billion for industrial construction, and 6 billion for food aid under lend-lease.
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J. F. SANDERSON
ASHINGTON
C.P
Roosevelt
congress
treasury
United States
Pearl Harbor
Clear Jap of rackets charge described as unwarranted
Ottawa November 11 The inquiry report by Commissioner J C A Cameron clears Etsuji Morii a naturalized Japanese who assisted evacuation operations in British Columbia of racketeering ties with the Black Dragon Society The official summary notes the charges were unwarranted and that reports cited by the Vancouver News Herald were baseless The Labour Minister released the 98 page document today marking a formal clearance of Morii while noting the inquiry continues on related findings (Continues on Page Three)
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OTTAWA
Non
C.P
Etsuji Morii
British Columbia
Black Dragon Society
Japan
J. C. A. Cameron
Cameron
Belleville
Cnl
Vancouver News- Herald
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
British Columbia Security Commission
Etsjut Morit
Black Dragon Society of
labor
Mitchell
Search fails for Morrison-Knudsen plane in Alaska
US coast guard and Royal Canadian Air Force fliers continued the hunt for the Morrison-Knudsen Company plane piloted by Harold Gillam with five passengers, after leads since last Tuesday proved false.
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EETCHIKAN
Alaska
coast guard
Royal Canadian Air Force
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Harold Gillam
Allied air raids hit targets near Rommel's Libya lines
Allied bombers raided Gabes Keblli west of the port and Kairouan in Tunisia as Rommel's forces retreated. Maj Phillip George Cochran of Erie Pa led a solo Warhawk mission against German headquarters, survived an aerial duel with a Focke Wulf 190, and returned safely. Marauder light bombers carried the day.
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North Afria
Marshal Rommel
Tunisia
Gabes
vilage
Keblli
Kairouan
African air force
Phillip George Cochran
Erie
Tripoli
Rommel
aih
hafids
Mediterranean
Wheat Price To Stay 90 Cents for 1943 44 Crop
Preliminary talks on wheat policy for 1943-44 indicate prairie farmers with about 18 percent less wheat may receive no higher price than 1942-43. The Dominion through the Wheat Board will likely keep the price at 90 cents per bushel for the current year, while discussions continue with officials and advisory committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JSMES McCOOK
Towa
Dominion
Canadian wheat board
Le Northern
Fort William
Wheat board
cabinet wheat committee
Montreal
Gardiner
Fuel Oil Crisis Cuts Maud's Milk Output
Maud the cow stops producing milk when not heated water is unavailable due to fuel oil shortages. Emil and Mrs. Daege of Middleport seek extra fuel oil for health protection of the cow and dairy production for eight people, but officials doubt approval given the crisis.
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Maud
BUPFALO
N.Y
Emil F. Daege
Middleport
Daege
Albion rationing board
Buffalo
Sam R. Ward
Daeges
Chungking High Priced by War Analyst
Chungking, wartime capital of China, ranks among the world’s costliest cities. Delays in dispatch limit detail. High prices stem from scarce accommodations and poor transport, reflecting broader Chinese hardships amid war. food supply is generally adequate despite shortages.
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DEWITT MACKENZIE
Associated Press
CHUNGKING
Chialing
China
Two Subs Sunk in Convoy Battle Across Ailiatic Waters
The admiralty and air ministry say two Axis submarines were almost certainly sunk and at least six more damaged as a large convoy crossed the Ailiatic to British shores. British Polish Norwegian warships and US Canadian British aircraft escorted the convoy amid 65 submarine wolf pack attacks. One merchant ship took a torpedo hit while the convoy’s defense claimed success against the U boats.
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Ailiatic
admiralty
air ministry
United States
RAF
United States navy
Meteor seen over Windsor rocks local roundhouse
Windsor witnesses report a falling meteor described as a great bomb burst at the Canadian Central Railways roundhouse early Saturday. Employees reported the bright object streaking across the sky and exploding with a loud sound.
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WINDSOR
Ont
Canadian Cetlonal Railways roundhouse
Georgievsk Falls to Red Drive on Rostov
Moscow says Georgievsk and Mineralnye Vody fell as part of a Caucasus push on the Rostov rail line. The midday communique reports 13 more settlements captured, along with advances near the Don front and Zhukov credited for leading the offensive.
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ONDON
C.P
Moscow
Georgievsk
Mineralnye Vody
Baku-Rostov
Rostov
Lower Don
Russia
Gregory Zhukov
Zhukov
Red army
Georgievskaya
restrord
Baku
Grozny
Mozdok
e& new
lower
Don
war bulletin
Exemption Fight Grows as Farmers Seek Conchie Stand
More than seventy Anglo-Saxon and French farmers approved a resolution urging repeal of all statutes allowing exemption from military service for conscientious objectors. The plan calls for forwarding to municipalities veteran groups MPs and Manitoba Legislature. A pair of earlier resolutions were reaffirmed seeking land options for retarded men and restricting objectors from land deals until the war ends. MP Harry Leader proposed fixed land values during the war using the lowest price period as a basis.
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PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE
Man
Mt. WI
Manitoba
soldier settlement board
Jana
Harry Leader
Toll of Atlantic Sinkings Reaches Thousands
New York reports reveal at least 4000 to 6000 seamen killed or missing since Pearl Harbor as merchant ships endured submarine attacks. Last week alone 73 killed and 87 missing. total Allied and neutral losses over 387 ships. US Navy notes 3,211 merchant marine casualties from Sept 1941 to Dec 1942, with 61 American captains lost and 17 Allied masters captured in western Atlantic actions.
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NEW YORK
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
United States navy department
Pretender to French Throne Reaches Algiers
The County of Paris pretender to the French throne arrived in Algiers on Christmas Day, shortly after Admiral Darlan’s assassination. He had been hiding in Spanish Morocco and is not expected to become a major political factor in North Africa.
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ALGIERS
Algeria
Paris
Jean Darlan
Spanish
Morocco
Allied Armada At Gibraltar Reported At La Linea
The Paris radio quoted La Linea saying a new Allied shipping concentration was visible at Gibraltar. It reported 30 freighters and numerous warships anchored off the British fortress, with no aircraft carriers present.
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LONDON
Jan Kle
Paris
La Linea
Spain
Gibraltar
Ex-President Augustino Justo Dies in Buenos Aires
Former Argentine president Augustino Justo, 65, dies in Buenos Aires after a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been a staunch supporter of Pan American solidarity and democracy, and his death comes weeks after his wife's passing. Last rites were given by the Catholic Church.
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BUENOS AIRES
Augustino Justo
Justo
Youth in Ice Skates Charged With Reckless Driving
Spokane police say 17 year old Polee was behind the wheel of a speeding car when officers stopped him and charged him with reckless driving while wearing ice skates.
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SPOKANE
Wash
Jfm Polee
British Sub Utmost Lost Overdue Submarine Utmost
The admiralty said the submarine Utmost, under Lieut. J W D Ccombe, is overdue and presumed lost. It is part of the Ursula class of 730 tons, eight subs, first completed in 1938. In Kitchener, Ont, F Wickstrom, hotel manager, has solved gasoline rationing and robber restrictions by skiing to work.
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LONDON
admiralty
Utmost
J W. D Ccombe
los
Ursula
SEIS
KITCHENER
Ont
F. Wickstrom
Wickstrom
Fighting French move toward Tripoli advances northward
Brig. Gen. Jacques LeClerc said operations in the northern Fezan area are proceeding satisfactorily as Fighting French forces organize military and administrative structures after advancing from Lake Chad toward Tripoli.
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TRIPOLI
LONDON
C.P
Jacques LeClerc
Lake Chad
Libya
Brach
RICHELIEU
North Africa
William Glassford
United States
Dakar
U.S
TUNIS
Suh Air Force
La Goulette
Tani
FRANCE
WAF
Dunekerque
Abbeville
air ministry
QUEBEC
MONTREAL
Adelard Godbout
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THE SEPT HAND
WES GALLAGHER
AXIS AFRICAN
Meg
Red
Mazdok
GEN
GREGORY ZHUKOY
Algiérs
Argentina
REPHN
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