British Tobruk Victory Claims 14,000 Prisoners Taken
British headquarters announced capture of Tobruk after a 36 hour frontal drive. More than 14,000 prisoners were taken including four generals and an admiral. British casualties were under 500 with 2,000 wounded evacuated. RAF raids on Derna created fires visible eighty miles away as a lead to the Libyan coast push. Continued pressure east of Metemma and across East Africa noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.P
Tobruk
Eritrea
EAST AFRICA
Wishia
Carenta
RAF
DERNA
Royal Air Force
R.A.P
Libyan
Romanian premier orders army to quell Iron Guard revolt
Bulgarian reports say the Romanian government, through its Budapest legation, claimed to have quelled a rebellion by Iron Guard extremists after a machine gun attack on the Bucharest building housing Premier Ion Antonescu. The statement says 609 Iron Guard legionnaires organized the assault, and Antonescu ordered a reestablishment of order with army and police.
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BUDAPEST
Iron Guard
Romania
Ion Antonescu
Bucharest
legation
Antonescu
George Petrovicescu
RAF Men Arrive in Canada to Train Air Power
RAF personnel arriving in an east coast Canadian port from Poland to Australia are set to move west by train to join training and operations. The convoy includes instructors officers and several Canadians such as Flying Officer E. W. Edser of Vancouver and Flight Lieutenant S. H. Kernaghan of Regina, returning to Canada for the first time in eight years.
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Royal Air Force
Poland
Australia
Atlantic
Britain
E. W. Edser Vancouver
G. Granna
S. H. Kernaghan
Regina
Kernaghan
Canada
Azores strategic location in Roosevelt address
President Roosevelt highlighted the Azores as closer to the U S Atlantic shores than Hawaii to California. National Geographic notes the islands lie near the eastern limit of U S naval operations, with New York 2098 nautical miles away and Bermuda and Newfoundland at 1800 and 1200 miles respectively. Horta, a key trans Atlantic cable hub, hosts six companies in one building and serves trans oceanic flights.
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Roosevelt
Azores
Atlantic
United States
Hawaii
California
Lisbon
Portugal
Payal
Horta
Nazi Pilot Arrives for Internment in Canada
PORT, Jan. 23. A high ranking Nazi flier, likely Major Helmuth Wick who was reported missing on Dec. 4, arrived with hundreds of German prisoners of war en route to an interior Canada prison camp. Wick is credited with downing 56 planes in the Spanish Civil War and current conflict, and is said to be 25 years old and awarded the Oak Leaves. He is among the three top-scoring German pilots and may be joined by Lieut Adolph Gallant and Lieut-Col.
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C.P
Helmuth Wick
Canada
Wick
Adolph Gallant
Two Ontario Fliers Die First Canadians in Mediterranean
A letter to Mr and Mrs Harry Minchinton of Toronto confirms two Ontario airmen as the first Canadians to die in Royal Air Force operations in the Mediterranean. The RAF squadron commander's note describes a plane crash killing FO Edwin Charles Minchinton and Flt Lt Bruce MacCallum, son of Ottawa's Mrs J D MacCallum.
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TORONTO
Harry Minchinton
Ontario
Royal Air Force
Mediterranean
R.A.F
Edwin Charles Minchinton
Minchinton
Bruce MacCallum
J. D. MacCallum
Ottawa
Capture Of Tobruk Forces Break Italian Stronghold
British and Australian troops cracked the Tobruk perimeter in Eastern Libya at dawn. Inside the rim they cleared about 100 square miles, silenced ports and gun posts, bottled up Tobruk town and harbor, and captured thousands of Italian prisoners. The advance puts Britain on half of Cyrenaica with complete garrison near. Mussolini’s troops seemed routed, no Italian planes or fleet offered aid. Continued details to come on Page Three.
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EDWARD KENNEDY
Associated Press
TOBRUK
Italy
Libya
Britain
Cyrenaica
Mussolini
John Bull Seen as Giant Rallying Formidable Forces
New York January 23 Prime Minister Churchill speech described by The New York Times as a massive machine getting up steam for a long pull. John Bull is not a stout gentleman but a giant rallying hidden forces for a supreme test. Hitler sees the mighty enemy Britain aims to meet.
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NEW YORK
C.P
New York Times
Churchill
John Bull
Hitler
Farmers Seek Large Farm Income Rise At Nation Gathering
Canadian farmers from across the country endorsed a manifesto at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture convention in Toronto. They demand an immediate and substantial farm income increase tied to national income and call for a coordinated national policy for agriculture covering marketing and production. W A Amos stressed the discussion during the session.
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TORONTO
C.P
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
W. A. Amos
Lindbergh Urges Peace Plan With U S Britain
Charles A. Lindbergh told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that a war won on the current basis is unlikely and urged a “ne foliated peace.” He said no invasion by Germany or Britain could succeed without a prior collapse behind the lines and warned against American mistakes in wartime policy.
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WASHINGTON
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Great Britain
house of representatives foreign affairs committee
Lindbergh
Germany
Britain
Confesses to Murder at Hanging in Brampton
Brampton Ont January 23 Sheriff F S Hutchinson said Gordon Ross Matthews aged 22 confessed to murdering his wife before his execution at 1 05 am He had been convicted of beating his wife and of throwing her body into a lake last July Matthews was hanged this morning after a prior trial.
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BRAMPTON
Ont
F.S. Hutchinson
Peel county
Gordon Ross Matthews
Matthews
Second Nazi Captured at Last Coast Port Detainment
Police in P City captured the second of two German prisoners who escaped during transfer from ship to trains after arrival from the United Kingdom. The first escapee was recaptured last night. Hundreds of German airmen and seamen are bound for internment camps in the interior of the Dominion.
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United Kingdom
Dominion
Franceschini Appeal Refused inEnemy Alien Case
Toronto Daily Star reports James Franceschini, a millionaire Toronto contractor held in an internment camp as an enemy alien, had his appeal refused. Justice H. D. Hyndman forwarded findings to Ottawa for review, and the decision states Franceschini will not be freed.
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TORONTO
Toronto Daily Star
James Franceschini
millioaire Toronto
H. D. Hyndman
department of justice
Ottawa
Ttigs
Franceschini
the Star
Equipment To Make Big Guns To Cost 16 Millions
Ottawa reports that production of heavy land artillery and naval guns will require nearly 16 million dollars for plant equipment. Canada will finance on behalf of the United Kingdom. Orders for heavy guns manufactured in Canada now total about 100 million dollars. Plants across eastern and western Canada participate in the program.
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OTTAWA
Canada
United Kingdom
Canadian padre urges medal for Queen Elizabeth amid war bravery
Archdeacon F G Scott of Canada proposed to Prime Minister Mackenzie King that King George be asked to award the George Medal to Queen Elizabeth for bravery. The telegrams highlight wartime valor and royal recognition.
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QUEBEC
F. G. Scott
Mackenzie King
George
Tobruk fall prompts British in Derna area patrols
London Jan 23 British military circles report that over two Italian divisions were captured at Tobruk along with booty, bringing total Allied prisoners to about 100,000 in North Africa. The fall of Tobruk was announced yesterday by Cairo. Advanced British patrols have reached the Derna Mekili coast area 95 miles west of Tobruk.
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G.B
DERNA AREA
TOBRUK
LONDON
C.P
Middle East high command
Cairo
Derna-Mekili
Derna
Priestley Retires Sutherland Named Calgary Official
Jan 23 Calgary notes a UFA convention retirement as N F Priestley of Coaldale steps down from vice presidency. He is succeeded by J K Sutherland of Hanna. Priestley is expected to become manager of the UFA central cooperative with headquarters in Calgary.
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CALGARY
U.F.A
N. F.Priestley
Coaldale
Priestley
J. K. Sutherland
Hanna
south
U.F.A. central co-operative
British troops control airports at El Adem El Gazala El Tmimi
British forces reported to command key airfields including El Adem El Gazala and El Tmimi as part of ongoing operations. Patrols and movements described in dispatches indicate extended reach into contested zones, with emphasis on logistical control and security for aviation units.
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G.B
El Adem
El Gazala
El Tmimi
RAF Bombers Hit Catania Airfield In Sicily Raid
Heavy explosions and fires near runways and hangars at Catania airfield after Royal Air Force bombers attacked the Italian airbase housing German dive bombers. Other items report Johnson opposing lend lease, a 1941 wheat program proposal, a flu relief flight from Lac du Bonnet, and De Gaulle saying France will rejoin the war if Tunisia is invaded.
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CATANIA
CAIRO
Egypt
Royal Air Force
Sicily
JOHNSON
WASHINGTON
Hugh S. Johnson
United States
house of representatives foreign affairs committee
Great Britain
Hamilton Fish
New York
WHEAT POOL
TORONTO
C.P
Lew Hutchinson
Alberta Wheat Pool
Canadian Federation
LAC DU BONNET
Man
Winnipeg
Ronnie Simpson
Poplar River Indian reserve
TUNISIA
FRANCE
LONDON
C.P. Cable
Charles De Gaulle
Free French
Vichy
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desert wastes
Alexandria
Tunis
Rumania
Elgin
INTERIOR
C.F.A
obeo
U. S
MALY
Port City
URGES GEORGE
QUEEN ELIZABETH
SUTHERLAND
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