Hour Aerial Attack on Insidious Car Carryer
British aircraft carrier Insidious with Mediterranean Fleet weathered seven hours of German air assault on January 10, taking 1000-pound bombs and torpedoes. The 23,000-ton vessel limped to port under its own power, while witnesses described near cataclysmic damage to the flight deck during the aerial bombardment by 40 to 50 Nazi planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LARRY ALLEN
Associated Press
qive
Mediterranean
HMS
Britain
Tobruk Hold Out As British Move In
Tobruk remains ringed by a 30 mile defensive line as Italian forces of about 30,000 dig in to resist a siege. British armored units press from the west while infantry and artillery push from the east and south. air and naval forces observe. Italian gunners show sporadic activity, with Tobruk Tom the name for a large artillery piece the British seek to silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
TOBRUK
Libya
Mediterranean
wee end AL ALR
Rodolfo Graziani
Bengasi
Bardia
Adkar mountains
Derna
RAF
El Adem
Bomber From Macleod Is Total Wreck
A twin m otored Avro Anson from Macleod No 7 SFTS crashed near Pincher Creek injuring three crew. Flying Officer Mansfield is seriously hurt, LAC Maurice Strong is critically injured, AC2 Alexander Reith has a fractured arm. The aircraft burned and wreckage scattered. all three were hospitalized and next of kin notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PINCHCR CREEK
No. 7 Service Flying Training School
Macleod
St. Vincent's hospital
M. J. Brayton
Macleod air training station
A L James
Macleod service flying school
Herald
Pincher Creek
R J Mansfield
Royal Air Force
Maurice James Strong
Argyle
Man
Alexander Allan Reith
Punnichy
Sask
RCAF
Pitcairn Island offers aid for English refugee children
A letter from Pitcairn Island dated October 15 1940 reports the community of about 200 people has abundant food and will supply food and homes for 35 refugee English children. The islanders, descendants of HMS Bounty mutineers, are shifting from barter to a money economy as supply shipping remains limited due to German raiders. Dr Harry L Shapiro of the American Museum of Natural History was the recipient. H A Maude notes efforts to straighten the island’s constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ITCAIRN ISLAND
Pacific
Harry L Shapiro
American Museum of Natural History
preas
HMS Bounty
H. A. Maude
Shapiro
Forty Enemy Planes Hit in Catania Raid
Cairo dispatch reports 30 to 40 aircraft burned or severely damaged in the raid on Catania airdrome Sicily last Sunday night. The base is linked to German dive bombers against the British fleet. Communique notes wrecked and damaged hangars and many bomb craters. Benghazi raid details follow, with fires at the waterfront and harbor damage.
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CAIRO
Catania
Sicily
Royal Air Force
Bengasi
Libya
Tobruk
customs houses
Benina
Trajan
ROME
National Day of Prayer Broadcast in Quebec Set
Montreal broadcast and filming planned for the High Mass in Notre Dame Basilica. The service on February 9 will be televised and aired nationally as a day of prayer in Quebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MONTREAL
victor
Notre Dame
Quebec
Damaged British Cruiser Southampton Abandoned and Sunk
The admiralty said after Friday’s raid by German dive bombers and Italian planes on a Mediterranean convoy the battleship Southampton, badly damaged, was abandoned and sunk while being towed. Most crew were saved. Also damaged were the aircraft carrier Illustrious and the destroyer Gallant, both reaching port.
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LONDON
admiralty
Mediterranean
Southampton
Illustrious
Gallant
Two Italian Supply Ships Sunk By British Submarine
The admiralty reported that a British submarine Pandora under Lt Cmdr J W Linton sank two Italian supply ships in the central Mediterranean. Each about 5,000 tons southbound likely bound for Africa, one carrying deck cargo of motor transport.
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LONDON
C.P
admiralty
Mediterranean
H.M.S
Pandora
Cmdr
J. W. Linton
Africa
Norway
Jane's Fighting Ships
Britain
Big German Naval Bases Are Blasted
London reports a four hour night raid by British bombers on Wilhelmshaven, the main German North Sea fleet base. Harbors at Bau Hafen and neighboring docks suffered vast fires, with air units also striking Emden Bremerhaven and Flushing and northern airfields. One British plane is listed missing.
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LONDON
C.P
Wilhelmshaven
air ministry
Netherlands
Germany
Bauhafen
Hafen Canal
Emden
Bremerhaven
Flushing
Holland
Brest
France
Derby Medal Awarded to Late L W Schuster for Paper
The Liverpool Engineering Society awarded the Derby Gold Medal to the late L W Schuster of Heathroyd for a paper on the relationship between the mechanical properties of materials and their liability for failure in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LIVERPOOL
Derby
Liverpool Engineering Society
L. W. Schuster
Heathroyd
Enchant Farm Home Scene Fatal Shooting by Son
A farm home in Enchant district witnessed the death of Mrs Jennie Robertson from a rifle bullet fired accidentally by her son Kenneth Robertson 24 while attempting to shoot a coyote. The 30 30 rifle bullet passed through the floor, striking her as she watched from a downstairs window. RCMP and Dr Carson conducted the investigation. no inquest was deemed necessary and the case was referred to Edmonton’s chief coroner. Information was hard to obtain due to a downed telephone line and rural distance.
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Jennie Robertson
James P. Robertson
Martin Brothers
Kenneth Robertson
Kenneth
RCMP
Carson
Vulcan
Edmonton
Robertson
Plane found in Lake Muskoka pulls missing RAF crew
Divers recovered one of two RAF planes missing from Camp Borden since December 13. The underwater find near Lake Muskoka at 110 feet depth revealed two bodies in the wreck, nose down, tail upright, according to diver Dennis Coffey of Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.C.A.F
LAKE MUSKOKA
GRAVENHURST
Ont
C.P
Royal Canadian Air Force
Camp Borden
Dennis Coffey
Toronto
Cottey
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IPRA
Sicilian
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FDR
WASHINGTON
A.P
Roosevelt
United States congress
BEATTY
SAINT JOHN
N.B
Edward Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
C.P.R
Canadian airlines
ministry of shipping
NEW YORK
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