San Juan Earthquake Death Toll Tops 1600 In Argentina
A survivor described San Juan being struck by a massive tremor that cut the city at the roots. Rescue teams recovered hundreds of bodies as Argentina declares emergency. Official counts list 1600 dead and 13000 injured with 90 percent of buildings damaged in the quake. President Ramirez plans an emergency cabinet meeting and a personal inspection of the city.
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AENOS
Argentina
Geo. Pedro Ramirez
Buenos Aires
U.S
Ramirez
San Juan
Russians Drive Deep Polish Front as 100,000 Germans Die
Moscow says Soviet forces cut the Novosoklinki to Dno line north of Lake Ilmen and pushed 55 miles into former Poland in a Vatutin led drive. The communique reports 100,000 German deaths across one front in three weeks, plus 2,204 tanks and 1,174 guns destroyed and 7,000 Germans captured.
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ONDON
C.P
Novosoklinki-Dno
Lake Ilmen
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Ukraine
Poland
Moscow
Leningrad
Finland
Vatutin
Rovne
Kovel
Sarny
White Russia
Pinsk
Allied Troops Reach Rapido Near Cassino In Italy
United States forces have advanced to the Rapido River and consolidated positions on Mount Trocchio, closing on Cassino as heavy bombers attack the Messerschmitt plant at Klagenfurt in southern Austria and targets at Osoppo near Italy's northeast border. French troops advance northeast of Cassino toward the German base.
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ALGIERS
United States
Rapido
Cassino
Mount Trocchio
U.S
Liri
Rome
Messerschmitt
Klagenfurst
Austria
Trieste
Canal freight rises under Whitehall pressure in Britain
The London Observer reports canal freightage increased by 140,000 tons to 11% millions despite crew shortages and showers. Waterwomen reportedly man ten pairs of boats, with questions raised about feminizing terms like barges and related job titles amid wartime administration. The piece also notes broader themes of canal life as a last resort for independence facing official control. A separate note cites the Vancouver Sun and Christian Science Monitor on Frank Sinatra's crooning appeal and how management shaped audience response during a recent performance attended by 1,400 WAVES.
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London Observer
Whitehall
Vancouver Sun
Christian Science Monitor
Frank Sinatra
Frank
Monitor
Elton And Walker Lead on Alberta Independent Leadership Ballot
Calgary January 17 delegates packed the Independent Citizens' Association convention as D H Elton and James H Walker head the leadership ballot set for 8 p.m. after 5 p.m nominations. Percy Page urged a strong platform and bold provincial reform as delegates from most ridings, including Cypress in the southeast and Grande Prairie in the northwest, prepare for a vigorous election.
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Herald
CALGARY
Independent party
D. H. Elton
K.C
Lethbridge
James H. Walker
M.L.A
Raymond
J. Percy Page
Edmonton
Gypress
Grande Prairie
C.P
Percy Page
Independent Citizens’ Association
Airmail boosts Canadian troops in Mediterranean theater
Royal Canadian Air Force mail service for Canadian personnel in the Mediterranean theaters launches to speed letters home. Flight Lieutenant Al Davies and his staff at a British base post office spearhead a fast, reliable system, earning the "agents for the home folks" title as soldiers await mail with renewed eagerness. Airmail operations include new bag racks and a tour of the establishment by Davies.
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John Clare
R.C.AF
North Africa
ALGIERS
Royal Canadian Air Force
Mediterranean
beagle
Al Davies
Prince Rupert
Davies
missing persons bureau
Gibraltar
Italy
Middle East
Iraq
Iran
India
LAC. J. S. MacLean
Pictou
N.S
R.C.AP
Churchill and De Gaulle agree on cooperation for common victory
Prime Minister Churchill, healthy and active, reaches agreement with Gen. Charles De Gaulle on British French National Committee cooperation toward victory. They discuss arming underground French followers and governing liberated territories, with Churchill reserving arms decisions for Allied military command. The talks occurred in Marrakech, French Morocco after his illness.
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ALGIERS
Churchill
Charles De Gaulle
Marrakech
French Morocco
Europe
France
Britain
De Gaulle
French
Morocco
Broz Halts New Nazi Drives In Yugoslavia
Marshal Josip Broz Tito said his partisan army halted German drives and seized the initiative in several sectors of the snow covered Bosnian hills. Yugoslavs claimed to occupy Glina and advance on Petrinja as Allied weapon drops continued.
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Broz
Yugoslavia
ONDON
A.P
Josip Brox
Tito
London Denies Peace Talks With Germans
The Foreign Office rejected a Pravda claim that English officials met with German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop to discuss a separate peace. British officials said they knew nothing of such talks and offered no further comment while many in London and Moscow wondered about the origin of the rumor.
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ONDON
foreign office today
Moscow
Pravda
Ribbentrop
Joachim Von Ribbentrop
Portugal
Britain
Vokes Receives Italian Post In Italy Command
ALGIERS Jan 17 Canadian Maj Gen Chris Vokes 39 of Winnipeg and Ottawa the youngest general in Canada is placed in command of a Canadian division in Italy. Vokes previously led the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the 1st Canadian Division in Sicily where he earned the DSO. His brigade included the Loyal Edmonton Regiment Seaforth Highlanders of Canada a Vancouver unit and the Princes.
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ALGIERS
Chris Vokes
Winnipeg
Ottawa
Canada
Italy
Vokes
Sicily
D.S.O
Loyal
Edmonton Regiment
Seaforth Highlanders
Vancouver
Princes
Halifax Denies Pravda Peace Talk Rumor
Lord Halifax rejected a Pravda report that two English officials met German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop for a separate peace. British officials in Moscow and Cordell Hull said there was no basis to the tale and could not explain its publication. The London denial followed widespread astonishment at Pravda printing the rumor.
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HALIFAX
WASHINGTON
Lord Halifax
Pravda
Communist party
Moscow
Joachim Von Ribbentrop
Cordell Hull
Cairo
Eisenhower Arrives in Britain to Direct Allied Invasion
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower has arrived in the United Kingdom to head the western Allied attack on Hitler’s Europe. The announcement from Supreme Headquarters confirms he has assumed duties and met President Roosevelt and Gen George C Marshall during transit. Churchill, recovered, met with Gen Charles de Gaulle in Marrakech to agree on French involvement in the invasion.
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RUSSELL LANDSTROM
Associated Press
LONDON
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
Mediterranean
Britain
Hitler
European
Allied expeditionary force
United Nations
United Kingdom
combined chiefs of staff
F.D.R
United States war department
Eisenhower
Washington
Roosevelt
George C. Marshall
Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
Marrakech
French Morocco
Marines Take Hill 660 In Bitter New Britain War
USED HEADQUARTERS New Guinea Jan 17 AP United States Marines capture Hill 660 a strategic height in the Bergen Bay area of the Cape Gloucester New Britain invasion beachhead Australian jungle fighters also seize Sio on the Huon Peninsula and push toward Saidor while Allied forces cripple a Japanese cruiser in a heavy attack on ships at Rabaul New Britain in the South Pacific command action
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New Britain War
New Guinea
United States
Bergen Bay
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
SIO
Huon Peninsula
Saidor
Rabaul
Al- Hed
South Pacific command
Plane Lost On Lethbridge Coast Trip
A twin engined R C A F monoplane bound for Victoria from Lethbridge Alta has not been reported since 745 p m eastern time last night when about 25 miles east of Vancouver air force officials said no other details were given
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VANCOUVER
C. P
Victoria
Lethbridge
Alta
air force
Von Rundstedt's Son Captured by British Patrol
Cairo January 11 A corporal serving on the Adriatic front in Italy and the son of Field Marshal Karl Rudolf Gerd Von Rundstedt was captured recently by a British patrol it was learned Sunday.
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CAIRO
Karl Rudolf Gerd Von Rundstedt
Adriatic
Italy
Fires kill nineteen in Victoria grazing land blaze
Melbourne Australia January 17 UPI weekend fires swept thousands of acres of grazing land in Victoria livestock regions destroying sheep and cattle herds and killing at least nineteen people.
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MELBOURNE
Australia
UPI
Victora
Red Army Push Breaks Nazi Line Near Nasva
Pravda reported a major Red army offensive north of Novosokolniki driving German troops back and burning villages as they retreated. The advance began at Nasva with the railroad town said to have fallen the day after the initial assault.
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MOSCOW
Red army
Novosokolniki
Leningrad
Pravda
Nasva
Bulgarian Reservists Called Up by Sofia Radio
Sofia radio urged all Bulgarian reserve officers up to age 60 to rejoin the colors immediately, a Reuters dispatch from Ankara reported.
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LONDON
Sofia radio
Reuters
Ankara
Canadian trainer crash kills two pilots near Stratford
Toronto dispatch says No. 1 Training Command reports instructor PC J F Henning of Atlin British Columbia was killed when a twin engined Anson trainer crashed in Perth county about 20 miles from Stratford during a routine flight from No 13 Service Flying Training School at Centralia. A student pilot also died in a farm crash near Staffa.
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TORONTO
No. 1 Training Command
R.C.AP
PC. J. F. Henning
Atlin
B.C
Perth county
Stratford
No. 13
Service
Centralia
Staffa
Red army seizes several towns in new offensive drives
Soviet forces report capture of Sloboda Kiselevichy Ansimovo Gvozdove and Kureva north of Novosokolniki while on the Ukraine front Tuchin district centre in Rovno region falls to advance. German attacks north of Uman repulsed as fronts fire and recon actions continue. Sandwiched totals: Germans lose 166 tanks and 39 planes Sunday.
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LONDON
C.P
Red army
Novosokolniki
Sloboda
Kiselevichy
Ansimovo
Gvozdove
Kureva
Ukraine
Tuchin
Rovne
Rovio
Uman
Moscow
ALGIERS
A.P
Italy
BURMA
NEW DELHI
Mayu
Maungdaw
Akyab
U.S
Ifold
E. S. McCracken
Canadian Pacific Railway
Algoma
C.P.R
COPENHAGEN
STOCKHOLM
Free Danish press service
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