Allies Repel Axis Attacks Northwest of Bou Arada
Allied forces repulsed Axis tank and infantry assaults northwest of Bou Arada on the central Tunisian front while gaining ground southwest of Pont Du Fahs. Allied planes bombed Castel Benito airfield near Tripoli as French troops in Tunisia received extra Allied equipment. A German claim of breakthroughs was noted. pan-Army actions continued with tank and infantry counterattacks and prisoner pulls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Bou Arada
Tonunian
Pont Du Fahs
Castel Benito
Tripoli
Asis
Mefjez HEBab
Tunis
Tunisia
fhe
Mutt language and missing names in a Leeds column
Canadian soldier on a Leeds tram asks a dog owner about the breed and mutt shows in the area. The owner quips about “mutt” terminology, while a away-from-home humor thread runs through a Minnesota staff anecdote about copy girl titles and a faded socialite encounter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
Leeds Yorkshire Post
Rommel Routed In Tank Battle
The British 8th Army reports driving Rommel's Axis from Beni Uld and closing near Tarhuna 40 miles from Tripoli. A second column moves along the coast to Zliten, 90 miles east of Tripoli, after a tank battle causing Axis losses. Allied air attacks ignite fires in Tripoli and at Castel Benito, with raids continuing into Tunisia against road junctions and concentrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarhuna
Tripoli
Misurata
AIRO
Rommel
Beni Alid
Cartbalde
Zliten
Beni Uld
Tripolatamian front
Castel Bemito
Middle East Command
Tunisia
Sfax
Gabes
Mrs Roosevelt In Montreal on short visit
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt arrived in Montreal wearing a black felt hat with veil and a seal coat, carrying a black handbag. She was greeted by Allan Bronfman, Dr Paul Weil, Hon F Philippe Bran, and Homer Byington, and expressed contentment about the trip from Washington while noting the President is fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MONTREAL
Eleanor Roosevelt
Allan Bronfman
Paul G Weil
Philippe Bran
Russia
Homer Byington
United States
Bronfman
Washington
Submarine Raids Sink Five Jap Ships
The Navy announced American submarines sank an enemy destroyer and four other ships in the Pacific. The action included two cargo ships a transport and a patrol vessel with areas of operation not specified. The tally continues a pattern of about six enemy vessels sunk every two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
navy department
Pacific
navy
British troops seize Kyauktaw Burma village
British forces in northern Burma report seizure of Kyauktaw on the Kaladan river about 49 miles northeast of Akyab with little Japanese opposition. A final advance was made in the Dondaik area on the Maya peninsula, and Rathedourne forces gained a foothold north of the village. Also notes the death of Herbert H Harris, 62, Toronto-based managing director of the Alexander Palace, who had lived in Moose Jaw Sak before moving to Toronto in 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW DELHI
Burma
Kyauktaw
Kaladan
Akyab
RAS
Dondaik
Maya peninsula
Rathedourne
Hi. H. HARRIS
TORONTO
Herbert AH Harris
Alexander Palace
Meaday Ife
Moose Jaw Sak
Coast Girl Murdered in Victoria Area
Police pressed a search into the death of Molly Justice, 15, found last night within two blocks of her home in Saanich. She was stabbed and beaten about the head and was employed at a local warehouse. Her mother, Mrs R Justice, lives with Molly. her father is deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VICTORIA
C.P
Saanich
Molly Justice
R. Justice
Fire destroys Nordal building in Selkirk blaze
A fire in Selkirk 26 miles north of Winnipeg threatened the main business district before being brought under control. The Nordal building housing two dry goods stores, a hardware store and a tailor shop was destroyed with an estimated loss of $90,000. Volunteer fireman Boyka was wounded when flames caused ammunition in the hardware store to explode, receiving a bullet wound below the right eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SELKIRK
Nordal
Winnipeg
Boyka
Deny Search For CP Plane Dropped
Montreal January report from Vancouver says search for the Canadian Pacific transport plane missing since December 20 with thirteen aboard is not abandoned. L B Unwin, CPA president, says every lead is followed and search continues under CPA direction. About 178000 square miles have been searched. CPA planes, RCAF, Trans-Canada aircraft involved. ground parties aided by BC police and armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MONTREAL
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
L B Unwin
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Mr Unwin
Royal Canadian Air Force
Trans-Canada Airlines
Caanadian
British Columbia
Baker Heads Beet Group Formed in Canada
Philip Baker of Lethbridge was elected president of the Canadian Sugar Beet Producers Association. Delegates from Alberta Manitoba and Ontario formed the group to improve beet quality and promote orderly marketing at just prices. Walter Atkin of Chatham Ontario, secretary, said they hoped to reopen the Wallaceburg refinery closed in 1942 due to declining output. Page Three continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PHIL BAKER
OTTAWA
Philip Baker
Lethbridge
Alta
Sugar Beet Producers’ Association
Alberta
Manitoba
Ontano
Canada
Walter Atkin
Chatham
Ont
Wallaceburg
Seven Point Plan Proposed to End Steel Strikes
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackennie King unveiled a seven point government plan to end steel strikes in Sault Ste Marie Sydney Trenton and other plants. The plan calls for immediate return to work, a 54 cent basic wage including cost of living, and designation of basic steel employees as national workers under the National War Labor Board to enable a new wage review. The National War Labor Board will be headed by a new chairman and steelworkers may apply to regional boards for basic steel status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenne King
Sault bie
Maine
Ont
Sydny
Trenton
MDT
Machengie King
Sault Ste Marie
Sydney
national war labor board
Mitchell
hts
national board
King
RAF Bomber Command Hits Three Axis Ships Off Dutch Coast
British patrol bombers struck three enemy supply ships in a convoy off the Dutch coast. RAF bombers also laid mines in enemy waters while fighters attacked freight trains and locomotives in northern France. No British losses reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
ai ministry
RAF bomber command
Europe
fighter command
France
Soviet Armies Smash On Along 1 200 Mile Front
Soviet forces widened their relief corridor to Leningrad after breaking through nine miles of Nazi fortifications and lifting the siege, with two Russian columns under Gen. Govorev and Gen. Meretskov driving from Leningrad and the Vokhov river. They claimed 13,000 German deaths, 4 divisions routed, 1,260+ taken prisoner, and large equipment captures. Frontwide progress extended from Leningrad to the Caucasus as fighting continued south of Lake Ladoga and near Voronezh and Kamensk regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
OSCOW
Leningrad
Leonid Govorev
Vokhov
Kirkill A. Meretskov
Schluesselburg
Russia
Red
Caucasus
LADOGA
London
Moscow
Lake Ladoga
Vorohealt
Voronezh
Leningrad Citizens Praise Soviet Winter Offensive Gains
Moscow dispatch from January reports Soviet forces smashing German positions from Lake Ladoga to the Caucasus. Jubilation in Leningrad follows news of direct land link with the nation after 17 months of air supply, as the Red Army pursues a widening advance near Velikye Luki and Stalingrad region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HENRY C CASSIDY
Associated Press
MOSCOW
All Russia
Red army
Lake Ladoga
Leningrad
hugh Caucasus
Tavestia
Lake
Ladoga
Red
Velikle Luki
Salsh
Stalingrad
Kharkov
Nowa river
burage Pravda
Stalingrad Tour Report From the Front Line
Eddy Gilmore files a vivid tour describing a flight toward Stalingrad on the Volga. The Red Army shows a battered battlefield with wrecked tanks and planes, cannons strewn about, and smoke over the city. A machine gunner’s scare ends the flight as a belt snags the trigger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press
RED ARMY
STALINGRAD
Volga
Abganerovo sé¢ctor
Paul Holt
London Daily Express
Man Celebrates 99th Birthday in Toronto
An elderly Toronto resident marked his 99th birthday on January 19. He reflects on past leadership as a former Ontario chief justice and eyes the postwar future, proposing Allied forces deploy in the Balkans to show Germans can be defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TORONTO
Wile Nan Mutors
Ontario
Lustice
toda
Warning on further newsprint cuts in North America
Ottawa reports possible year end newsprint use 25 to 30 percent below 1942 levels as rationing expands. Washington and Ottawa cite wartime paper limits with U S publishers facing about ten percent cuts similar to Canada, timing tied to labor and power conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
United States
Ottga
Jast. Dee
Washington
Canada
War Production Board
Lazare Fire Loss Placed At $30 000
Fire at Lazare caused extensive damage with losses unofficially estimated at 30000. Volunteers fought the blaze as reports confirm the property was destroyed and residents were not harmed. A separate Buckingham Palace incident involved an anti aircraft shell falling in a garden and damaging Brussels sprouts bed with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON Inn
Buckingham Palace
brussels
Sanananda Point Falls as Japanese Stronghold Crumbles
Allied forces said to have captured Sanananda Point and the adjacent village at noon after coordinated attacks by Australian and American units. The fall ends Japanese stronghold in northeastern New Guinea, with remaining pockets inland under attack as mop-up continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CYATES McDANTEL
Associated Press
AUSTRALIA
Aled
Sanananda Point
Sanananda
New Guinea
Tomitaro Horii
Santananda village
Sanananda Poin
Giruwa
Tarakena
Sanananda Point ling
Gong
Buda
Statement On Shackling Soon in House of Commons
London January - Secretary Eden told the House of Commons a statement will be made soon on the shackling of prisoners. He noted Allied prisoners are still shackled in Germany and that Britain and Canada halted retaliatory binding in December. The move aims to protect power safeguards and possible improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Jan Y
Foletum
Eden
house of commons
Hugh ONeill
Germany
Hush
Switzerland
Russians capture 52000 Nazis in Voronezh and Kamensk fall
Broad Russia announces 32000 prisoners on Voronezh front and Kamensk rail hub seizure near Rostov. Also notes 44000 more captives today, Kharkov junction at ४jutki, and British forces 30 miles from Tripoli amid Africa Corps pursuit. Ond. Marcel Perron ten named Algeria governor general. BBC reports Soviet marines held island fortress near Leningrad. Mackenzie King to meet premiers Jan 28 over revenue losses from liquor regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KAMENSK
LONDON
Rostov
Moscow
Voronezh
Red army
Kharkov
TRIPOLI
Cairo
Indio
8th Army
Nazi Africa Corps
ALGERIA
Morgpeo
Marcel Perronten
Argentina
vey Chatel
Algiers
LENINGRAD
NEW YORK
BBC
Sehlwesselburg
Lake Ladoga
MACKENZIE KING
VICTORIA
CP.J
Ottawa
Hark
Also Mentioned on This Page
Allies
Axis
CALGARY
B W Dack
Dack
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Calgary Board of Trade
Alberta Petroleum Association
Western Canada Bituminaus Coal Operators Association
Calais
Minneapolis Star Journal
Barbara Rexford
Page
Mrs. Roosevelt
MRS ROOSEVELT
BAG TOWN
COAST
Baker Heads Beet
BAKER HEADS
Staiigrad-Tskhoretsk
THimay
Donets
northern
Den
SIR Wi. SILLOCK
LAZARE Man
Mondur might
amoutie
Foulbird
TN PALACE GROEN
Sanananda Point Falls
rage
Britain
Dieppe
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!