Allies Hit Nazi Lines Near Rostov and Tunis
Allied warplanes bomb and strafe German armor near Rostov defences and attack targets around Ousseltia and Pont Du Fahs as Rommel faces pressure in Tunisia. Reports say Tripoli may fall, with British 8th Army advancing toward the city and near total Libyan campaign conclusion.
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Rostov
Tunisia
North Africa
Ousseltia
Pont Da Fahs
Roban
Lafayette
Pont Du Fahs
Rommel
RAF Blasts Ruhr Valley in Night Raid
London reports the RAF returned to attack Germany last night through heavy cloud. Four RAF planes were lost. Large fires raged in the Ruhr as observers could not gauge full damage. Berlin claimed six four engine planes down.
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LONDON
Germany
Berlin
Ruhr
air ministry
figger don
Britain
R.A F
Parachute history and the rise of British paratroops
The article traces parachute origins from Da Vinci to Baldwin and Blanchard, notes early military uses by Russians and Germans, and explains British paratroop training and selection. It highlights the semi automatic chutes, low drop heights, and the mix of men in the force, ages 19 to 32, with multilingual and map skills.
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Leonardo da Vinci
London
Ottawa Journal
Thomas Mastyn
M. Blanchard
Thomas Baldwin
Poland
Norway
Holland
Crete
lfe
FREIGHTER SUNK IN MEDITERRANEAN AIR SWEEP
The communique reports continued minor engagements in Bou Arada Goubellat. Allied forces destroyed 317 enemy tanks and shot down seven JU 87s. An Axis raid on Algiers caused minor damage. Ten enemy aircraft were shot down elsewhere and an Axis freighter was sunk in a sweep between Sicily and Tunisia. Eight enemy planes fell along the Gabes to Tripoli frontier as Rommel seeks a junction with Von Arnim. Three Allied planes missing. continuous war news.
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Bou Arada-Goubellat
Mediterranean
Sicily
Tunisia
Gabes
Rommel
Jurgen Von Arnim
Rumanians Claim 300000 Army Lost in Russia
Allied dispatches from the Balkans report Romania has written off its whole army of more than 300,000 men in Russia. Exact losses are unclear, but Russians claim 17 of 20 divisions were smashed and about 27,000 Romanians were captured in the early days of the current offensive.
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ANKARA
Russia
Balkans
507 Lost In Sinking Of Air Carrier Avenger
London report says 507 seamen including 68 officers were lost when the aircraft carrier Avenger was torpedoed during the French North Africa landing operations. The Avenger was among 16 Allied vessels officially listed as lost from landing armadas estimated at 860 ships and warships.
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LONDON
admiralty
Air Hero Taught Here Dies Missing Flight Officer Al Cheesman
Saint John fire devastates Charlotte street and King Square with $350000 damage to two hotels, a bowling alley and shops. In Port Arthur, Flight Lt. Al Cheesman, veteran of Wilkins expeditions, is reported missing after RC AF service in Arctic and Antarctic flights.
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Al Cheesman
SAINT JOHN, NG
C.P
Bank of Nova Scotia
Charlotte street
King Square
Saint Joan
MC.A
Saint John
Dan's restaurant
bank
Edward
Latour
Dunlop hotel
PORT ARTHUR
R.C.A F
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Eva Cheesman
Cheesman
Sir Hubert
Point Barrow
Alaska
Ontario
RCAF P
Trenton
Ont
RE No 8
Flp
eastern air command
al” Cheesman
Detroit
United States
Canada
Antarctic
Sir Herbert Wilkins
Arctic
Planes and Bloodhounds Open Hunt for Missing Twins
In Caernarfon Wales a wide search was launched with planes bloodhounds and Bren gun carriers for 34 year old twins Thelots Net and Jacqueline Colby missing since three days from a farmhouse at Pennffordd Goch a mountaintop above Dwygyfylcht village.
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CARDIFF
Wales
Penmaenmawr
Caernarfon
Thetots
Net
Jacqueline Colby
Pennffordd Goch
Dwygyfylcht
Gremlins Said To Be Behind Detroit Streetcar Chaos
DETROIT JAN 22 A citywide myth claims gremlins or similar pests disrupt Detroit street railways as wartime traffic surges. Reports describe buses and trolleys wandering off course, drivers asking directions, missing vehicles, and a rookie motorman diverted by a split switch. Police cite no proof, but public curiosity grows.
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DETROIT
Motor City
Woodward Avenue
Woodward
Buddy
Straight Woodward
Japanese Push Into Yunnan As China Reports Invasion
A Chinese spokesman said January 22 that 48,000 Japanese and Thai troops penetrated into Yunnan province aiming to blunt Chinese resistance and deter an Allied Burma invasion, following fears of an attack across Burma.
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CHUNGKING
Jan
Yunnan province
Burma
New Anson For Flying Schools
Ottawa January 22 The Canadian designed flying classroom the Mark V Anson aircraft earned its first test flight under RCAF auspices Thursday The aircraft aims to train navigators wireless operators and bombers with a plywood veneer fuselage and two Pratt and Whitney engines replacing Jacobs engines used in current Ansons in RCAF training units The Mark V is largely a Canadian redesign with most original features altered from the English built model
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OTTAWA
RCAF
Pratt and Whitney
RGA
Canada
England
Exemption for Seigniory Club Construction Workers
In Quebeck January 22, construction workers at Seigniory Club were exempted from national selective service rules requiring seven days notice before termination. Labor Minister Mitchell informed President J B Sterling of the Canadian Construction Association of the change.
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Que
national selective service
Mitchell
J B. Sterling
Canadian Construction associa
New Typhoons Bagged Five Nazi Planes
London reports that five of 14 German aircraft shot down yesterday in the defense of London were destroyed by new British high speed fighters called Typhoons. The air ministry announced Thursday.
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LONDON
air ministry
Scrap brass buttons to be replaced in uniforms
Washington reports the Army will scrap brass buttons as plastic replacements cut metal use. Under secretary of War Robert Patterson said savings are unlikely in brass hats, noting the move could save 966,000 pounds of brass this year.
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WASHINGTON
United States army
Robert P Patterson
Patterson
Russians Break Through In North Caucasus Oil Region
Soviet communique and Moscow dispatch report Red Army advances in the Don and Donets basins carving oil rich areas south of Rostov toward Voronezh and Kharkov. Efforts center on Rostov‑Don and Voroshilovgrad sectors with gains along the Don valley and flank successes.
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iBy EDDIE GILMOREK
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Red Army
Rastov- on-Don
Varoshilovsk
Caucasus
Rostov
Don and
Donets
Voronezh
Russian high command
Hharkov
Voroshilovgrad
Akhaya
Sea of Azov
Jower Don valley
AIM
MASKOP
Mikoyan-Shakhar
north Caucasus
Maikep
Tighten Rules For Manpower
Ottawa reports new Manpower regulations tighten civilian selective service and military call up rules. The measure consolidates previous provisions and expands exemptions while limiting farm work off the farm to sixty days a year and requiring 18 to 65 year olds to register if unemployed seven straight days. Clergy, students, and housewives are exempt. The changes take effect immediately following governor in council approval.
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OTTAWA
national selective service
Mitchell
Loyalty?. Beacons Journal reports wartime crew defied Sunday unloading ban
Akron readers learn six Guadalcanal veterans claim a civilian crew on a four ship near the island refused to land urgently needed supplies Sunday due to CIO National Maritime Union rules. The Wasp carrier pilot called the incident the worst scandal of the war and three marines, two sailors, and the pilot gave individual accounts, with names withheld.
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Guadalcanal I
AKRON
Beacon Journal
Guadalcanal
Heaton Journal
office of censorship
navy
Wasp
CIO
National Maritime Union
No Progress In Canadian Steel Strike
OTTAWA January 22 The steel strike in two large plants and three smaller ones drags on with no settlement in sight. Prime Minister Mackenzie King and C H B Millard national director of the United Steelworkers of America exchanged letters over wage demands. Millard argues a total rise of two to three million dollars annually would cover the demands, while King warns such a course would wreck price control.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie Hing
C. H B. Millard
United Steelworkers of America
jeft prospecta
Mr. King
Mrr Millard
Millard
Tripoli Falls Claimed by Free French in Brazzaville Report
Brazzaville listening post quotes radio Morocco saying Tripoli has fallen and passed into Allied hands with ammunition stockpiles intact. News items also report Soviet forces capturing Mikoyan Shakhar, large scale airfield attacks on northern France and Belgium, and a hoped for early steel settlement in Sault Ste. Marie. Toronto warns of a dire meat shortage weekend.
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BRAZZAVILLE
TRIPOLI
MONTREAL
C.P
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
radio
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Foundouk El Avoueb
London Dually Mail
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Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
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RAF
King’s Tomb
Glasgow Herald
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CHINA
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Saisk
France
Belgium
SAULT STE. MARIE
William Mahoney
E. Dalrymple
Algoma
Mahoney
Alawma Steel Corporation
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TORONTO
Andrew Murdock
Toronto Meat Dealers’ Associated
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