12000 Steel Workers Strike At Algoma Plant
Sault Ste. Marie Ont Jan 14 1949 Workers at Algoma Steel Corporation plant went on strike after a two year dispute over basic wage rates. 4000 additional strikers join 5000 at Dominion Steel and Coal Sydney N S and 3500 at Tren ton N S. 300 maintenance staff remained to operate.
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SAULT STE. MARIE
Ont
C.P
Algoma Steel Corporation
United Steelworkers of America
C.1.0
American Federation of Labor unions
Algoma
Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation
Sydney
N.S
Trenton
Sydney works
Dr K C George Yeh on China war aid shortage
London January 14 Dr K C George Yeh director of the Chinese ministry of information said war supplies reaching China are ridiculously small He commented on President Roosevelt s address noting planes are delivering more than the Burma road but heavy equipment has not reached China via any route
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LONDON
K. C. George Yeh
Chinese ministry of information
China
Roosevelt
United States Congress
Burma road
Burma
Dr. Yeh
How Could He HALIFAX Door Breaking Case
Halifax January 14 a lawyer Kaizer pleaded not guilty in Magistrate Flinns court to a charge of breaking a restaurant door. The proprietor testified he saw Kaizer break the door, Kaizer questioned how the man could see him from twenty feet away while the kitchen door was closed. The magistrate ordered Kaizer to repair the door by Saturday.
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HALIFAX
Courtney Kaizer
R. J. Flinn
Kaizer
The Greatest Swindle in the World And Aftermath Debate
The Ottawa Journal correspondent recalls Lord Vansittart and H R Knickerbocker arguing Allied missteps after World War I. They critique reparations, loans, and postwar economics, noting Germany paid billions yet faced defaults and restructuring. Also an obituary notes Violet Vanburgh, famed English actress and clergy daughter.
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United States of America
Germany
Lord Vansittart
H. R. Knickerbocker
London
Ottawa Journal
Scapa Flow
France
Venn Ven
St. Thomas Timps
Essen Raid Noted As Easy Run By Canadian Bombers
London January 14 Canadian airmen flying Lancaster bombers aided the RAF raid on Essen in the Ruhr. They reported thick clouds over the target but glimpsed fires and the glow of numerous blazes as a sign of success. Sgt. Stan Price from Brockville Ontario described the mission as easy with stationary searchlights. Frl. Sgt. Walter Einarson of Wynyard Saskatchewan piloted one Lancaster on the raid.
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LONDON
Essen
Ruhr
Stan Price
Brockville
Ont
Frl
Walter Einarson
Wynyard, Sask
Spy Used Cell For Headquarters in Cape Town Jail
German spy used Cane Town jail as headquarters to gather intelligence on British merchant ships and plan signals to Berlin. A Durban girl was linked to the case. authorities recovered a school copy book with invisible ink messages and other documents from interned nationals warning against escape.
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CAPE TOWN
Union of South Africa
Germany
H. G. Lawrence
Lawrence
Laurenco Marques
Portuguese East Africa
Berlin
Africa
Drops 200 Feet In Car Then Walks Mile To Help
Harry Wicker survived a 200 foot drop near Didsbury Alberta when his car skidded off a narrow icy road. He walked about a mile seeking help before freezing to death. His body was found days later. He leaves a wife three children and siblings Herman Kelly and Mrs Mortimer of Calgary.
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DIPSBURY
Alta
C.P
here
Harry Wicker
Sundre
Wicker
Herman
Didsbury
Kelly
Cliff Mortimer
Calgary
Glace Bay Mulls Naming Air Field Edwards Field
Glace Bay NS January 14. The board of trade voted to ask Air Minister C G Power to rename the Ayarey NS air station Edwards Field. The proposal honors Air Marshal Harold Edwards, longtime Glace Bay resident and commanding officer of the RCAF overseas.
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GLACE BAY
Six Die In Crash Near Mosquero New Mexico
Six men were killed when a four motor army bomber crashed near Mosquero in northeastern New Mexico on Wednesday. A seventh crewman parachuted down. his chute was found on a mountainside and searchers were seeking him. In Washington, Senator Hugh Butler urged the United States to seize Pacific islands after victory, establishing bases to constrain Japan and prevent future wars.
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MOSQUERO
N.M
New Mexico
U.S
PACIFIC
WASHINGTON
Hugh Butler
United States
Japan
French Capture Strategic Heights Northwest of Kairouan
French troops in Tunisia seized two strategic heights known as Jebel Haoub and Jebel Bou Davouss northwest of Kairouan near Sousse. The broader front showed little Allied activity with air power limited by weather. A Moroccan division near Kairouan reported 17 Germans killed and eight captured, while 80 Italians were taken in nearby fighting.
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ULIED
North Africa
Tunisia
Kairouan
Erwin Rommel
Libya
Royal Navy
Gibraltar
North African
Sousse
Jebel Haoub
Jebel Bou Davouss
Pichon
Algiers
Morocco
RAF
mili
Bomb Raid Hits Essen With 100 Tons In 12 Minutes
London reports RAF strike on Essen, main Krupp armament complex, as 100 tons of explosives and incendiaries were dropped in a 12 minute raid amid a Ruhr Valley blackout. Canadians in Lancasters participated. several bombers were lost. Other Ruhr targets also hit.
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Essen
LONDON
Krupp armament works
RAF
Ruhr
France
Netherlands
RCAF
air ministry
high command
Berlin
Sunderland
Five Children and Woman Die in Texas Blaze
A Houston fire killed five children aged eight months to five years and a woman in a two story frame building. The Goforth family losses included two children and Mrs Goforth who jumped from the second floor crying for her babies as she burned. The agency head warned other occupants may have died. the shipyard worker Mr M F Goforth was away at work.
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HOUSTON
Tex
Jan
M. F. Goforth
Goforth
Ted Felds
Harris County Emergency Corps
Nazi envoy to Romania fired on in Bucharest
London January 14 Reuters quoted Russian reports saying Baron Manfred Von Kiltinger German minister to Romania survived an assassination attempt on January 12 in Bucharest. Several shots were fired at his automobile, the student attacker was arrested, according to Tass reports relayed from Geneva.
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LONDON
C.P
Reuters
Manfred Von Killinger
Rumania
Bucharest
Moscow
Geneva
Tass
Von Kiltinger
Odlum Chooses Staff for China Legation
Ottawa January announces Maj Gen Victor Odlum will head the new Canadian legation in Chungking with Dr George Patterson as legation counsel Maj Hiram Wooster as assistant military attache and Ralph Collins as third secretary Also Warwick Chipman KC will accompany the Chile mission with Jules Leger and M J Wechsler slated for Santiago and a full military attache listed for Chungking speaks Chinese note posted.
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OTTAWA
George 3. Patterson
Toronto
M.C
Hiram Wooster
Royal Canadian Engineers
Ralph &. Collins
external affairs service
Victor Odlum
China
Chungking
external affairs department
Dr. Patterson
legation
Maj. Worster
Mr. Collins
Warwick Chipman
K.C
Montreal
Chile
Jules Leger
Chipman
Santiago
M. J. Wechsler
fulk
Raid Japs at Akyab and Kyauktaw Targeted by Air Force
British communique says R A P planes hammered Japanese positions in the Akyab area Burma and attacked targets at Kyauktaw ten miles north along the Kaladan river. Bombs were dropped on Akyab Island villages for a second day while anti aircraft guns at Akyab air port were silenced by fighters and shipping in the Maya river were strafed. One aircraft has not yet reported back to base. no land activity noted.
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Jean Darlan
CAIRG
Field Marshal
Rommel
Africa Corps
Misurata
Tunisia
Tripolitania
Tunisian
Sousse
R.A.P
Akyab
Burma
Kyauktaw
Kaladan
Akyab Island
Akyab aire
Maya river
NAZY
Kumagorsky
Zhuravakove
Mineralnyye Vody
Kalaborka
Orbelia novka
Pobegallovskeye
Caucas
Ruma
arp
Stalingrad
Calgary Man Reports Nazis Rounded Up and Removed Cuffs
Calgary January 4 a letter dated November 7 1942 from Cpl Albert K Thompson 19 Calgary Army Tank Regiment prisoner of Dieppe describes prisoners being united and suggests an end to distress. The note received by his parents confirms Canadian prisoners were unharmed and brought to Calgary.
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CALGARY
Albert K. Thompson
Mth Army Tank Regiment
Dieppe
L. Thompson
Canadians Learn African Lessons At A Combined Operations Base
Canadians adapt Dieppe and North Africa lessons to train seamen for future sea assault craft. Lt. BR. M. Smith of Regina, in command during Dieppe, emphasizes plane identification to prevent misidentification by landing crews. Sub-Lt. Allan Legate, 24, of Drumheller, Alta, serves under him.
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SCOTLAND
Dieppe
United Nations
French North Africa
BR. M. Smith
Regina
Smith
ord
Mary seaman
flotila
Allan Legate
Drumheller
Alta
Nazis Seek More Men
German officers tour the Reich to relabel unfit men as usable for garrison duties or desk work to free up fit troops. The plan targets about 2,000,000 men, but faces the challenge of replacing labor in occupied lands and supplying trained workers for war industries. About 700,000 men from Ukraine are already sent to work in Germany, with 100,000 workers recruited in Selzen.
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Reich
arrmied
Fitz Satckel
SELZEN Sauckel
offllnds
Europe
Ukraine
Germany
Berlin
J Harper Prowse Named KC in Alberta Honors List
J Harper Prowse IC a Maritime lawyer and Taber town solicitor is named a King’s Counsel in Alberta. The list includes twenty Alberta lawyers with seven from Calgary and others from Edmonton, Vegreville, Red Deer, Taber, Lacombe, Drumheller, Vulcan, Wetaskiwin, and more. Prowse settled at Taber after moving west in 1908 and has three sons in the armed services. The article also notes Saskatchewan agricultural societies being urged to lead farm activity and agricultural thought.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
Calgary
King's Counsel
Premeter Aberhart
aAttorney
G. W. Baldwin
A. Blavett
P. E. Poirier
C. W
W R. Sandercock
Drumweller
Herbert J. Maber
Vulcan
Bruce D. Howatt
Wetaskiwin
J. Harper Prowse
i.C
Taber
armed services
Lowe
Herbert J Maver, KC
England
Canada
Tweedie and McGillivray
Nazi Line Caves Before Red Tanks
Red Army drive widens in the Caucasus with spearheads reaching towns west of Mineralnye Vody as tanks lead advances and German counterattacks falter. Twelve towns recaptured. combat reports cite heavy fighting, German losses, and Soviet gains along the Rostov Baku line. Cold weather stories follow about snakes seen swimming in a water hole near Silver Water, Ontario.
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Mineralnye Vody
Berlin
Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
OSCOW
Jan
Red army
Caucasus
Rostov-Baku
Red banner
Leningrad
Voronezh
Don bend
Novo Bladgodarnoye
Blagodarnye
GORE BAY
Ont
Clit McCuigh
Earl McGibbon
Silver Water
here
Canadians Overseas to Join Fleet Air Arm
A group of Canadian aviators described as Royal Navy Heel air arm members arrived at a British port with large numbers of U S forces and a substantial contingent of New Zealand and Australian air personnel. Winnipeg mayor seeks more war work for Manitoba to reduce layoffs, citing 3,000 unemployed men and 5,000 registered women. Moose Jaw cooperative fined $100 for raising wages contrary to wartime rules. Winnipeg group offers to form a women's land army to fill agricultural labor gaps. Goebbels admits Germany faces a tougher task in year four of war. Port Coquitlam raid nets $500 in liquor stolen from a government store. second such robbery in district near Vancouver.
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FLEET AIR ARM
LONDON
xroup
press association
Royal Navy
United Staates
New Zealand
WINNIPEG
MANITOBA
Garret Coulter
Howe
national selective service
MOOSE JAW CO-Of
MOOSE JAW
Moose Jaw Co-operative Society
P.C
Central board
WINNIPEG GROUP
WOMEN'S LAND ARMY
C.P
Gordon Kenants
Winnipeg Central Volunteer bureau
Douglas L. Campbell
GOEBBELS
GERMANY
LISBON
Joeph Goebbela
s DNB
SHIEVES
B.C
PORT COQUITLAM
Vancouver
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Atoy
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