Steel strike near end halts in three centres
Ottawa reports the steel strike ending after talks between government and unions. About 13,500 workers in Sault Ste Marie Ontario and Sydney and Trenton Nova Scotia idle since the stoppage. Terms of the settlement not fully disclosed, but officials urged return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Mitchell
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Sydney
Trenton
Elmer J. Maley
John Doherty
Philip Murray
Us. W.A
executive board
the
United Steelwork
Hauling Whaling Yields and Never Again Group Overview
The article notes 1941 British Columbian whaling outputs totaling 328 by sea mammals with 566505 gallons of oil 271 tons of bone meal and 577 tons of fertilizer and a value over 298000 dollars. It also describes the Never Again Association and its stated aims with a London base at Baker Street and events at upscale hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HALES
Canada
REVVER
British News Review
Baker street
London
Savoy Hotel
Park Lane
Grosvenor House
Philip Gee
Huge Allied convoy reaches Africa port in North Africa
London report says a large Allied convoy carrying reinforcements of men guns vehicles and other gear arrived at a North African port. The convoy sailed with Archer Brooks aboard and the voyage was uneventful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Daily Mirror
Archer Brooks
Temperatures Drop Across Western Canada With Cold Wave
In Winnipeg and western Canada a cold wave persisted with 52 below readings in Prince Albert and Saskatoon. Red Deer reported 44 below with potential evacuations for unheated homes while Edmonton measured 39 below and Calgary 30. Winnipeg saw 27 below at night and 33 below this morning as Fort William’s reading touched zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WINNIPEG
Lethbridge
lakehead
Fort William
Prohibit Coal Stokers Move Restricts Manufacture and Use
Ottawa orders curb on coal stokers for homes and small buildings. Large capacity stokers banned. only devices under 60 pounds per hour may be produced. A standard model will be produced by about 40 manufacturers with interchangeable parts. This aims to conserve critical materials and cut screw feed stokers by over half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
The prices board today
E J. Laidlaw
Canada
Martinique Army Chief Joins Fighting French Forces
Fighting French headquarters report that May R. Sarrat commander of the Martinique garrison escaped the island and joined the Fighting French in Washington. He switches allegiance amid Caribbean island crisis as Parisian forces reorganize in exile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinique
WASHINGTON
R. Sarrat
Caribbean
RAF Raids Kill 890 In Berlin
Stockholm reports diplomatic sources estimate RAF bombing raids on Berlin last weekend killed 890 Germans. German authorities have confirmed only 110 dead, the highest single tally since the war began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
STOCKHOLM
RAF
Berlin
Nazi Arms Cities Raided
British RAF bombers hit western Germany including the Ruhr and cities such as Düsseldorf Essen Duisburg Cologne and Frankfurt. Berlin radio reported civilian casualties and property damage. German raids on eastern and southern England caused light casualties. Allied air forces swept northern France and Belgium with several aircraft losses reported. targets included Terneuzen Ghent area and air fields near Maupertus Abbeville St Omer and Cherbourg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
C.P
R.A
Germany
Ruhr
Dusseldorf
Essen
Duisburg
Cologne
Frankfurt
Berlin
RAF
England
France
Belgium
Ghent
Cherbourg
Terneuzen
Maupertus
Abbeville
St. Omer
Two Navy Planes Missing With 25 Aboard
The U S Navy reported Friday that a transport seaplane with 19 aboard is overdue on a Pearl Harbor to San Francisco flight. It last reported circling near San Francisco early Thursday. A twin engined cargo transport from Winslow Arizona to San Pedro California with six aboard is also overdue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
United States navy
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco
navy
Winslow
Ariz
San Pedro
Calif
Fire kills a couple at Henley farm home
In Dunnelville Ontario yesterday Thomas Coricott aged 70 and his wife 73 died in a blaze that consumed their Henley area farm home six miles east of town. The fire is thought to have started from an overheated stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DUNNVILLE
Thomas Coricott
Henley
here
Bam Able Held After Knife Slashing Case
Bam Able, a Black man, admitted trimming his nails with a knife when it slipped and cut Laura Belle Young requiring 32 stitches. Witnesses testified this was at least the seventh injury, totaling over 100 stitches. the court sentenced him to five years in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CHARLOTTE
N.C
Bam Able
Laura Belle Young
Sam
Laura Belle
Tripoli Falls as British 8th Army Advances in Africa
London reports the 8th Army seized Tripoli after fierce fighting with Axis forces. Rommel's retreat left behind rear guards as British aims push toward Tunisia. The fall completes a major blow to the Italian empire in Africa, with American support noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ONDON
A.P
Tripoli
Mussolini
Churchill
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Middle East
Cairo
high command
Rome
Berlin
James Grigg
Libya
BBC
Africa
Mareth line
Montgomery
El Azizia
Rommel
London
GLENN BABB
Associated Press
Tripoli falien
Washington
Morocco
Nile
Fall of Tripoli Marks End of Libyan Campaign
A British Eighth Army assault crushed Tripoli at 5 a.m. after heavy artillery and air bombardment. The fall ends Mussolini era control in North Africa as German rearguards withdraw while Allied air forces pound the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AIRO
Tripoli
Eighth Army
Regrouping of Allied Commands After Libya Victory
Allied forces prepare new groupings and command assignments as the Libyan campaign nears completion. British generals Alexander Montgomery Anderson and American Eisenhower, with Clark, contend for leadership of a combined African and European invasion, signaling far-reaching strategic planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libya
Europe
Alexander
Montgomery
Kenneth Anderson
Eisenhower
Mark Clark
Anderson
Britain
Allied forces end Papuan resistance at Sansananda point
Allied troops smashed the last organized Japanese resistance at Sansananda point and wiped out more than 725 enemy after six months of fighting began with the Japanese landing at Gona. Austra Man and American forces mop up remnants as patrols comb jungles. enemy material including field guns and trucks captured. Bases at Salamaua and Lae remain, while bombers hit Rabaul and a dawn raid on Darwin reported.
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AUSTRALIA
Sansananda point
Gona
Sanananda
car
mi unique
New Gainea
Salamaua
Buna-Sanananda point
Lae
Rabaul
New Britain
Darwin
WEW GUINEA
Papua
RAF Pounds Jap Burma Bases Reported in Central Burma
A British communiqué details RAF strikes against targets in Prome district and Donblak in central Burma. Western Burma raids shelled Danblak and damaged supply lines on the Schwedaling-Prome road. Air attacks harmed shipping on the Irrawaddy and Arakan coast. two British planes missing. small raid on Chittagong area with minimal casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW DELHY
C.P. RAF
homembher
Prome
Burma
Donblak
Danblak
Mayu peninsula
AkVab
Schwedaling-Prome
Irrawaddy
Arakan
Bengal
Chittagong
Hospitals lack beef as packing plants have surplus
Sydney Nova Scotia January reports Mayor D J MacLean told the Cape Breton Joint expenditure board that local hospitals cannot obtain beef for some time while packing houses hold ample supplies. He said the beef was consigned to the army but hospitals should be given consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SYDNEY
Cape Breton
D. J. MacLean
Cape Breton Joint expenditure board
MacLean
Executions Reported of Eighteen Women in Austria
Reports from Austrian papers say 18 women were executed by the Gestapo since January 1 in Austria. Most faced charges of high treason as authorities increased wartime reprisals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
STOCKHOLM
Sweden
Gestapo
Austria
City explores tax on high earning women workers
Sydney officials consider state legislation to tax women wage earners over 660 dollars yearly. Council cites heavy male enlistments reducing city revenue in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SYDNEY
Capture of Salsk Speeds Offensive
Soviet troops smash through German lines along the Manych waterway and capture the railroad center and air base of Salsk, 100 miles southeast of Rostov, dispersing fresh German forces. Red army advances push toward Voroshilovgrad and Kharkov, with Konstantinovskaya taken near the Don river as campaigns unfold along Sal and Donets valleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
OSCOW
Soviti
Manych
Salsk
Rostov
BERLIN
high command
Caucasus
Don
Stalingrad
Red army
central
KHARKOV
Voroshilovgrad
Konstantinovskaya
Don river
Donets
Sal River
Kamersky
A G Baalim Named Member Alberta Mobilization Board
Arthur G. Baalim of Lethbridge was appointed a member of Alberta’s mobilization board, which handles selective service in the province. He said the post would involve southern call ups and deferment applications as the government moves toward broader manpower coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.G. Baalim
Alberta Mobilization Board
Herald
UAWA
Arthur G. Baalim
Lethbridge
mobilization board
Alberta
Baalim
Calgary
the Herald
Alberta National War Services Board
Harvey
McIsaac, KC
boand
Edmonton
Haalim
Ron Humphrey Mitchell
Tabor
Igbor
Sydney steel strikers weigh settlement proposals
The central committee of the Sydney steel union discussed resuming operations after receiving settlement proposals from the national office of the United Steel Workers of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SYDNEY STEEL
SYDNEY
N.S
C.P
Sydney steel union
United Steel Workers of America
ARSENAL
BRENTFORD
LONDON
C.F
Coventry
Northampton
Manchester City
Bury
Derby
Cheaterfield
Scotland
Glasgow Rangers
Morton
Hibernians
Airdrieonians
NEW YORK
J. L. Tisley
Dentin
ROME
TRIPOLI
Italy
North Africa
Itellans
3rd Army
LETHBRIDGE
Claude Thomas Caff
Florence Way Cuff
Fifth Avenue North Lethbridge
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Artillery
BRUSHTON
N.Y
A.P
Bhner Shutts
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Red Cross
R.A.F
U.S. Navy
Alfred E. Wall
North African
Jurgen Von Armim
Tripolitania
Gabes
Mediterranean sea
Tunis
Sicily
Harold Alexander
D. Eisenhower
British &th
isi
United Nations
R.AF
Rostov Falls
SALSE
armed forces
A. G. BAALIM
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