Six Carriers Join Fleet
London report shows Admiral Alexander stating Britain has more aircraft carriers now than at war start despite losses. Five carriers were sunk earlier in the conflict: Ark Royal Courageous Glorious Hermes and Eagles. Since then Indomitable Formidable Victorious Illustrious and likely Indefatigable Implacable were added, bringing total carriers to seven barring the Furious. Continuous losses replaced, according to the official account.
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LONDON
C.P
A. Y. Alexander
admiralty
Britain
Ark Royal
Courageous
Glorious
Hermes
Eagles
Formidable
Victorious
Wide Raid on Burma Opens New Front Behind Lines
Delhi Jan 13 British bombers ranged deep into Burma without air opposition from Japan and attacked railways and shipping. Two Akyab island villages were bombed. Blenheims, escorted by fighters, hit railway buildings in Shwebo district while fighters strafed river craft on the Chindwin and Irrin waddies. Sampans carrying supplies near the coast south of Akusn were damaged.
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DELHI
India
Burma
Akyab
Shwebo
Chindwin
Irrinwaddy
Rathedaung
Akusn
Fire at Salvation Army warehouse in Portland
A general alarm summoned Portland fire units to a three story brick Salvation Army warehouse on Union Street near the waterfront late last night. The building had housed a previous fire several months ago.
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PORTLAND
Portlland
Salvation Army
Union street
Grass farming gains traction in postwar Britain
The article discusses ley farming as a balance between grass production and crops, citing Sir R. George Stacdon and William Davies as authorities. It notes 5,000,000 acres of English grassland plowed since the war and reports English farmers adopting ley methods to support dairy and other stock while boosting grain yields. A sidebar recalls hard winters and old-time home life as context.
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R. George Stacdon
William Davies
Amazing American Paratroop Attack
Lt Gen Henry H Arnold spoke to Douglas Aircraft workers in Santa Monica about the longest paratroop assault in history. He recalled 44 transport planes delivering troops 1,500 miles from Great Britain to an airstrip near Tunis with no losses. He compared Allied leaps to Nazi flights and credited C-47s and production line loyalty for turning weakness into strength.
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SANTA MONICA
Calif
Henry H. Arnold
Douglas Aircraft Company
Arnold
Great Britain
Tunis
North Africa
Gen. Arnold
America
army
Bedaux Arrest Reported By State Secretary
Washington January 13 State Secretary Cordell Hull disclosed that Charles Bedaux an American industrial engineer famed for an efficiency system has been arrested in North Africa on a charge of trading with the enemy Hull said he had learned of the arrest but not the details Bedaux rose to prominence in 1937 over an American tour planned with the Duke of Windsor and was an explorer who led expeditions worldwide including a 1934 attempt to cross northern British Columbia by tractor a trek cut short near its goal Carroll Bedaux captioned continues on page three
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WASHINGTON
Cordell Hall
Charles Bedaux
North Africa
Hull
Bedaux
Duke of Windsor
British Columbia
Mme, Bedaux
CAUCASUS
REDS
LONDON
C.P
Heuters
D.N.B
LETHBRIDGE
DIEPPE
CANADA
TORONTO
BR. & Harrison
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry
SMOLENSK
NEW YORK
CBS
BBC
Sloboda
Velikie Luki
Altind
France
St. Omer
Abbeville
Lille
DAWSON CREEK
B.C
EDMONTON
Fairbanks
Alaska
W. A
J. McG. Stewart
Pennsylvania
Bie
Trade Air Assaults Over Ruhr and England
RAF bombers struck the Ruhr for the seventh time in ten nights with one plane missing. A dawn raid on England's southeast coast killed and wounded residents as German raiders machine gunned the town. French daylight raiders attacked Folkestone near Boulogne.
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LONDON
C.P
RAF
Ruhr
air ministry
England
France
Folkestone
Boulogne
Golden Gate Park Builder Dies at 96 in San Francisco
John McLaren, famed builder of Golden Gate Park on a 1400 acre dune site in San Francisco, died Tuesday night at age 96.
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Golden Gate Park
SAN FRANCISCO
Iohn McLaren
Allies Bag 34
Allied air forces reported a bold raid on Tripoli and surrounding targets with a seven mile air battle from the west. Bomber and fighter groups claimed multiple ground and air victories including 50 trucks destroyed and one seaplane damaged, as operations against Rommel intensified across North Africa.
Guadalcanal Field Bombed By Japs
Washington reports a Japanese plane bombed Henderson Field on Guadalcanal injuring several and killing one. American bombers kept pressuring Munda airfield on New Georgia, with anti-aircraft fire noted but no opposition encountered. Ground actions noted small assaults around enemy outposts.
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WASHINGTON
Henderson Field
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Munda
navy department
United States
navy
New Georgia island
Ontario Quebec power pact signed for Ottawa River sites
Toronto January 13 Ontario's agreement with Quebec on developing Ottawa River power sites was signed by the Ontario cabinet. The plan would develop about 400000 horsepower and details will not be released until ratification by the legislature.
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TORONTO
Ontario
Quebec
Ottawa River
Gort Arrives in Britain for Consultations
London January 13 Field Marshal Lord Gort commander in chief of Malta arrived in Britain today for consultations.
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LONDON
Lord Gort
Malta
Britain
Laffey Goes Down Fighting in Solomons Night Action
SAN FRANCISCO Jan 3 The destroyer Laffey under Captain Hank engaged a Japanese battleship during a night clash in the Solomons on Nov 12 12 The Laffey pressed the attack at near 25 knots delivering torpedo salvos and gunfire The battle ended with the Laffey sinking or enduring heavy damage and its crew praised for aggression in the high sea engagement.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Solomons
W. E. Hank
More Canuck Units Overseas
British port scene recounts arrival of thousands of reinforcements for the Canadian Army overseas and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Army units form the majority, with RC AF personnel and Navy members returning from leave. The Atlantic crossing was uneventful. A detachment from Manitoba training centres was involved in the Almonte train wreck. officers praised soldiers for aiding civilians, notably Pte. P. F. Whitta of Kenora. Thirty six killed in the accident, troop train spared.
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ALAN RANDAL
CP. Cable
RGA
United Kingdom
Canada
R.C.AF
Royal Canadian Navy
Atlantic
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Royal Canadian Artillery
Manitoba
Almonte
Ont
Pte
PF. R. Whitta
Kenora
Canadian Pacific Railway
Almonte station
Germans Step Up U-Boat Output
The German navy is reportedly turning out submarines faster than Allied forces can destroy them despite heavy bombing of German factories from bases in Britain. Meanwhile the United Nations are building cargo ships, escort vessels, and patrol craft at high speed, with more than 100 submarines active in the Atlantic at once, likely a fraction of their total strength.
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JOHN M. KIGHTOWER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
United Nations
Britain
Atlantic
Saarbruecken Heroes Win Commissions
OTTAWA January 13. On HCAF headquarters announced that two members of the Saarbruecken bomber crew which toured Canada last September have been commissioned pilot officers. Segurd Dufford Lee of Kaldonan Manitoba navigator and Donald Randolph Morrison of Sherbrooke Quebec wireless operator air gunner. Both earlier held flight sergeant. Lee at Central Navigation School Rivers Manitoba on instructional duty Morrison at Saint John New Brunswick. The pair were part of the crew led by John Higham Assiniboia Saskatchewan which crossed the Atlantic after bombing Saarbrucken Germany last September and were received by Prime Minister Mackenzie King within 24 hours after dropping their bombs over Europe.
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OTTAWA
HCAF
Canada
Segurd Dufford
Siggy) Lee
Kaldonan
Man
Donald Randolph Morrison
Sherbrooke
Que
Lee
Central Navigation School
Rivers
PO. Morrison ia
Saint John
FO. John Higham
D.C
Assiniboia
Sask
Atlantic
Saaroruerken
Germany
Mackenzie King
Europe
Ship Survivors Land in New York After Submarine Sinking
The navy announced survivors have landed in New York from a medium-sized US merchant vessel torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine late in November in the Indian Ocean.
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WASHINGTON
navy
New York
United States
Indian Ocean
Russians Gain In Violent Battling in Caucasus and Stalingrad
Russians report gains along a 100 mile Caucasus front from Mineralnye Vody toward Rostov and near Stalingrad as Red Army advances threaten German lines. German counterattacks persist on the Don and Caucasus fronts while Red Army reserves repel a lower Don assault.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
OSCOW
A.P
Caucasus
Maikop
Black Sea
Red Star
Rostov
Mineralnye Vody
Kalmyck
Salsk
Don
New Russian Offensive Reported Near Voronezh
The German high command said Russians landed a new offensive in the Voronezh area in a Berlin radio broadcast relayed by Reuters. Voronezh anchors the line south toward Stalingrad and the Caucasus, with other summer pushes noted south of the city as Russian forces press in the south.
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LONDON
C.P
Voronezh
Berlin
Reuters
Stalingrad
Red army
Ukraine
Kursk
Kharkov
Soviet Air Raids Hit Krasnodar In Key German Hub
The Soviet noon communique reports several populated places captured in night fighting and notes Red Army planes swept far west to Krasnodar, attacking the airdrome at this important German rail center 150 miles south of Rostov and 60 miles east of Novorossiysk.
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KRASNODAR
Caucasus army
Red army
Rostov
Novoros
Five Thousand Steel Workers Prepare to Strike
Canada faces a possible wave of walkouts as 5,000 more steel workers vote to strike at Alpoma Steel in Sault Ste Marie after a Tuesday walkout at Dominion Steel and Coal in Sydney. The government seeks conciliation with labor officials en route to Sydney and Sault Ste Marie to press union members to stay at work and return Sydney workers to jobs.
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OETAWA
C.P
Canada
United Steel Workers Union
C.I.0
Sault Ste. Matie
Ont
Alpoma Steel Corporation
Do'minton Steal and Coal Corporation
Sydney
Damirton
labor department
A. R. Pettigrove
Monccon
N.B
D. B. Chant
Ottawe
Sault Ste. Marie
Raid on Agrigento hits Sicily coast killing seven
Rome reports daylight bombing of Agrigento on Sicily's southern coast, seven killed. Italian high command notes loss of two torpedo boats from enemy action and provides few details. Libyan front says reconnaissance by ground patrols and an Allied air base was bombed with damage to planes and armored vehicles.
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Tripolitania
Libya
Tripoli
ROME
high command
thes Agrigento
Sicily
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Rommel
Cairo
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