Nazi Retaliation Raid On London Beaten Back
London reports a renewed assault by German bombers against Berlin met heavy resistance as RAF fighters and London anti aircraft gunners caused high losses for the Germans. The British defense claimed 22 enemy bombers shot down versus one on a prior night, while London suffered casualties from shell fragments amid large fires. The Berlin high command boasted about damages in the Thames area as retaliatory raids continued.
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E C. DANIEL
Associated Press
ONDON
Berlin
London
Britain
air ministry
arministry
high command
Europe
North Sea
Thames Bend
Hitler
Newsmen accompany RAF bombing raid on Berlin
James MacDonald of the New York Times reports from an RAF bomber station in England that reporters from American, British and Dominion press and broadcast services rode on a large force attacking Berlin Saturday night. He describes 4000 pound bombs, incendiaries, widespread fires, and intense AA fire as the Lancaster force returned. The story notes the long effort by correspondents to gain permission for such a raid.
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Berlin
Britain
James MacDonald
New York Times
United States
RAE
ENGLAND
RAF
hell on earth
London
Herrenvolks
ministry of air
Postwar car of the future per Scarab designer Stout
Wm B Stout, Scarab designer, predicts a postwar automobile revolution with half today’s weight, plastics in panels, air cooled engines of 20–30 hp, rear engines, lighter structure, and a shift from decorative to functional design. He forecasts a wider, higher roofed car, sliding doors, coach‑style rear seating, and nonbouncing tires. (Continued on Back Page)
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Ihon
Wm B Stout
Stout
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
om Lee
a via
Falls Off Bridge As Train Passes
Police search Lake of Two Mountains for Agnes Grace Early a 30 year old Montreal woman believed drowned after she fell from a Canadian National rail bridge at St. Eustache Quebec while crossing with her father and sister as a train passed.
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ST. EUSTACHE
Que
Lake of Two Mountains
Agnes Grace Early
Montreal
drowna
Canadian National Railways
Miss Early
New Carrier Cowpens Launched by U S Navy
Camden New Jersey January 184 The aircraft carrier Cowpens, fourth United States carrier, was launched here at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation yards yesterday. It reports the ship was built in twenty weeks and one day.
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Cowpens
Unites’ States
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
British sink two axis supply ships in Mediterranean action
London datelined report says British naval forces sunk two Avis supply ships and damaged an escort vessel in the Mediterranean. A medium sized vessel under escort was sunk northwest of Tripoli, while a small enemy supply ship was sunk near Djerba island, with no British damage or casualties.
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LONDON
Mediterranean
admiralty
Tripoli
Djerba
Gulf of Ganes
Nineteen Rescued From Fire in Quebec Row House
A blaze on Uppertown Cotillard Street trapped residents in a three story rooming house. Nineteen people were rescued by firemen. eight moved to safety from the second floor while others jumped or escaped with help. The fire, believed to start in the basement, damaged a neighboring home.
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QUEBEC
Uppertown Cotillard Street
German bomber crewman captured after parachute landing
In Maidstone England on January 18 a German bomber crew member who parachuted out was seized by police while fleeing in a stolen car after his plane was shot down.
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MAIDSTONE
England
Soviets Reach City Long Circled By Nazis
Soviet forces lifted the siege of Leningrad, recaptured Schluesselburg east of the city, crossed the Neva to 30 kilometers depth, and advanced toward decisive gains along the Donets and Voronezh fronts. The Red Army reported captures near Kalitvenskaya and Mullerva while threatening Rostov and Kharkov as specialist communiques from Moscow detailed bold progress against German positions.
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ONDON
Reuters
Moscow
Leningrad
Red army
Schluesselburg
Ladoga
Donets
Manych
Voronezh
Neva
KHARKOV
Red
Kamensi
Restov
Rusia
Ukraime
Russia
Caucasus
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Mullerva
Moscow-Rostov
Kalitvenskaya
Kamensk
ike Milerovo
Rostovne Kamenaly
tower Don
edol
Rostov
Llangents
Stalingrad-Novorossisk
Rostov-Buxu
Stalingrad- Tikhottesk-Novorossisk
Latsk
British Subs Shell Italy in Mediterranean Raid
British surface craft and submarines blasted five supply ships from the Mediterranean lanes and shelled Italian shore targets today. Submarine deck guns hit inland targets while an escort vessel was damaged and several ships sunk or driven ashore, with Italian freight trains struck near Paola on the west coast.
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LONDON
Mediterranean
admiralty
lght wavel
Genoa
Sardinia
Paola
Fire Kills Montreal Man In Brandon Home
Orla Bonin, 36, of Montreal, is believed to have perished in a fire that destroyed his father s home in Brandon Quebec yesterday. He was reported the sole occupant of the dwelling.
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ST GABRIEL DE BRANDON
Que
Orla Bonin
Montreal
Ten Die in Army Bomber Crash Near Boise Idaho
Ten airmen were killed when a United States Army heavy bomber crashed near Boise Idaho early Saturday. Only survivor Joseph Koscicki suffered a broken arm and shoulder injuries in the disaster that also left unclear details about the accident.
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BOISE
Idaho
United States army
here
Joseph Koscicki
Unlucky 13 marks Sgt Rosenberg’s service milestones
Ottawa based Sgt Paul Rosenberg, back in Canada for medical reasons, recounts a string of 13s in his career. He left Canada on March 13, posted overseas May 13, met the King and Queen June 13, took his first leave July 13, completed 13 trips by September 13, boarded medically on October 13, returned to Canada December 13, and married an English wife 13 days after landing in Britain with their honeymoon ending on the 13th.
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OTTAWA
Paul Rosenberg
Canada
England
Nazi Raid in Revenge Reassures Germany
London cabling from Sunday night reports a Luftwaffe attack aimed at London as retaliation for Berlin raids. The broadcast claimed retaliation against Church and gangsterism, but gave no detail on the raid’s scale or damage.
Photo released of USS Hornet during Santa Cruz action
Washington photo shows the 20000 ton aircraft carrier Hornet listing after a forenoon air attack during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on October 26, 1942. The ship was later sunk by US surface units after efforts to save her failed.
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Washington, DC
Hornet
Solomon Islands
Santa Cruz Islands
No Decision On Canadian Steel Strike Ottawa Jan 18
A three hour morning session failed to reach final decision on ways to end the steel strike. Cabinet ministers and United Steel Workers delegates planned to resume talks at 2 pm MDT. The Conference on Parliament Hill included Prime Minister Mackenzie King and labor ministers from Ontario Nova Scotia. Ottawa officials reported tentative steps toward resuming work by 13,500 employees in Sault Ste Marie Sydney and Trenton.
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iCP
United Steel Workers of iertea
CHW
Millard national
USWA
Totoritosal
Cahndus
Algoma Steel Corp
Saulte Ste Maile
Ont
Deminion Steel and Coal Corp
Sydney
Trenton
I NS
Millard
Miuster Makenzie
Parliament Hill
Mitchell
Ontario
Nova Scotia
OPEAWA
Jan
IR—C
United Steelworkers of America
teol-plant
Mackenzie King
Sault Ste Mare
King Kimsalf
Train collision injures Chapleau crew in Ontario wreck
A head on collision between two Canadian Pacific Railway steamers injured one Chapleau engineer, with thirteen freight cars derailed. The east bound engine suffered a back strain while crew members jumped to safety. other crew members were uninjured. The crash occurred Sunday morning about 65 miles west of Chapleau at Guzellus Murphy.
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Ont
Pacffc
Guzellus Ont & Murphy
Fires Leave 26 Homeless In Winnipeg Week end
Twenty six persons were driven from their homes in sub zero weather during the week end after two rooming house fires in Winnipeg and another fire of unknown origin in a suburban Norwood home. In Norwood Mrs Frank Gilligan woke to find her house afire and helped her five children to safety through a bedroom window.
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Winnpeg
Norwood
Frank Gilligan
Axis Flushed From Defences 8th Army Near Tripoli
British 8th Army, after breaching Rommel's lines at Bucrat El Hyun, pressed toward Tripoli within about 100 miles, seeking a direct route across the Tripolitanian peninsula. Gen Montgomery's forces advanced over 80 miles, with several prisoners reported. Allied air forces bombed Tripoli and targets along the coast, while Tunisian actions and enemy losses were noted in late reports.
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Tripoli
Desert
AIRO
8th Army
Libya
Rommel
Buerat El Hsun
Misgrata
Harold Alexander
Middle East
Cairo
Beni Alid
Bernard Montgomery
Tripol
Beni Lid
Beni Uhd
Tauorga
Bir Dufan
foces
Nome
bulle Un
Tunisian
Lampeduga
Zitten
Wisurataang
Sfax
asaults de
Tobrai
RAP
Buerat Cl Hsun
TUNISIA
11th Army
Sedalia
8th
Tanisha
Price Chief Roosevelt Remembers Prentiss Brown in Move
President Roosevelt indicates Prentiss M Brown as director of the Office of Price Administration to replace Leon Henderson who has just resigned, amid changes in wartime price controls.
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Prentiss M Brown
price
Leon Henderson
Italian General Dies In Action On Russian Front
The Vichy radio announced that Italian General Paolo Perrazzi was killed on the Russian front. In New York reports, Morocco radio cited Geneva sources saying Italian fortress commanders in Mediterranean islands and naval bases were dismissed at Von Rundstedt’s demand for poor defense organization.
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LONDON
Vichy radio
Paolo Perrazzi
NEW YORK
Morocco
Geneva
Medtenanean
Itahlan
Marshal Von Rundsted
Pennsylvnia coal miners vote to end strike
News from Wilkes-Barre reports Glen Alden Coal south Wilkes Barre colliery workers voted to end their wildcat strike and return to work following a War Labor Board demand. Other dispatches note a zero Fahrenheit reading at Pincher Creek and a blustery New Guinea victory for Australian forces under General Vasey. At least 12 killed from tornadic winds in Georgia and Alabama, a Lozare Manitoba fire threat, and eight wells planned for Taber area drilling by Barnwell Taber City Nassau Explorations.
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WILKES-BARRE
Glen Alden Coal company
south Wilkes Barre
war labor board
MLERCLRE
mercury
Waterton Park
Lethbridge
ALSSILigs
NEW GUINEA
SYDNEY
Gables
Gorart
Vasey
Sir Thomas Blamey
Australia
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A.P
Georgia
Alabama
Pike county
LAZARE
MAN
C.P
FABER
TABER
tHerald
Locat oi
Barnwell-Taber City
Nassau Explorations
B.C.-Nassau
Barnwell-Taber
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