Allies Reach Appian Way Shelling Rome Front
British and United States troops push four miles inland near the Pontine marshes and Nettuno, nearing Rome and placing the Appian Way under fire. German counterattacks recapture Rapido crossings as the 10th Army shifts to offense on the Cassino front. Allied reports note expanding beachhead and continued naval actions while German losses include a sunk destroyer and damaged ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LGIERS
Rome
Pontine marshes
Cassino
Rapido
5th Army
Nettuno
Tiber
8th Army
Italy
Anzio
Salerno
Appian way
Via Vasilina
Yugoslav Partisans claim successes against German forces
Yugoslav guerrillas reported annihilating a strong German column and pushing back other Nazi units in western Bosnia while fighting to retake Otocac and holding two villages near Sinj. Partisans seized two small enemy ships at Bajka and Dalmatian units retook villages near Sinj as Tito’s forces reportedly number about 300,000 with fresh volunteers arriving daily.
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LONDON
Livne-Gracovo
Bosnia
Tuzla
Josip Broz
Tito
Otocac
Hercegovina
Bajka
Krk
Adriatic
Sinj
Algiers
Yugoslavia
Allies Rake Nazi Targets in daylight air sweeps
Allied air forces launched daylight raids across the English Channel targeting northern France and the Pas de Calais area. Mosquito sorties in western Germany slipped back with no loss, while bombers from the United States and Britain hit military objectives along the invasion coast, with two Nazi airfields in France and Holland also struck.
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LONDON
C.P
English Channel
Germany
air ministry
Sweden
Europe
R.AF
United States
France
Dominion
CALAIS
Pas De Calais
England
Boulogne
Dieppe
Holland
Tremblay To Reply To Throne Speech In 1943 Session
Ottawa report says Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the reply to the Speech from the Throne will be moved by L. T. S. Tremblay of Dorchester and seconded by Walter A. Tucker of Rosthern. The Commons and Senate will prorogue the 1943 session at 3 p.m. Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
L. T. S. Tremblay
Dorchester
Walter A. Tucker
Rosthern
The
Commons
Senate
Venezuela withholds recognition of Bolivian regime
Venezuela said it would not recognize the Villarroel regime in Bolivia and ordered its charge d affaires back to Caracas. Cuba and Uruguay also announced they would not recognize Bolivia's new government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CARACAS
Venezuela
Villarroel
Bolivia
Cuba
Uruguay
Pipe shortage grips Britain as briar stock runs thin
London report flags a tight pipe supply due to scarce briar root and dry tobacco. Cigar prices push smokers to pipes, but wartime shortages curb production and exports. Privileged makers struggle as 600000 pipes arrive while demand tops 17 million. Old pipes quench moths in homes are prized finds.
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London
Ottawa Journal
West End
Nazi Communications Ripped Up By Soviets
Soviet troops seized Pushkin and Pavlovsk, crucial rail junctions south of Leningrad, after outflanking moves and frontal pressure. Stalin’s order hailed the captures as key blows to German rail links feeding Moscow. The Red Army pressed along the Volkhov river toward Chudovo, threatening another main Moscow Leningrad line.
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James M. Long
Associated Press
ONDON
Pushkin
Pavlovsk
Leningrad
Russia
Moscow
Stalin
Tsarskoye Selo
monitor
Tosno
Krasnogvardeisk
Red army
Chudovo
Moscow- Leningrad
Baltic States
sea
Novosokelniki
Riga
Baltic coast
Gulf of Finland
Novgorod
Bombers Hit Piraeus Harbor as Aegean Raids Continue
Cairo dispatch reports heavy bombers set fires in Piraeus harbor Greece on Saturday night. Allied air forces struck German supply routes in the Aegean sinking three sailing ships since Jan 16 and damaging others. Two planes were lost, crews of one saved.
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CAIRO
Piraeus
Greece
Aegean
Japs Flee In New Guinea
Allied headquarters report in New Guinea describe jungle fighting driving Japanese from strong positions along the Faria river in the Ramu valley. Australian thrusts flanked the enemy, leaving about 100 dead and pushing toward Madang while reducing the Finisterre range threat near Shaggy Ridge. Air and naval actions hit Bogadjim Lorengau and Hansa Bay targets, with freighters burned and supply dumps attacked.
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New Guinea
Faria
Ramu
Shaggy Ridge
Madang
Faria river
Bogadjim
Hansa bay
Plane wreck near Lac Berube claims two RCAF officers
BASE ST PAUL Que Jan 24 CP searching parties Sunday removed from the wreckage of a Royal Canadian Air Force plane the bodies of two officers killed Friday when the craft crashed into a mountainside near Lac Berube about 60 miles below Quebec Alexandre Dion a forestry guard identified the victims as Flight Lieutenant L E Price of Quebec City and an army Dental Corps captain from Montreal
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ST. PAUL
Que
Royal Canadian Air Force
Lac Berube
Quebec
Alexandre Dion
La Galette
L. E. Price
Quebec City
army Dental Corps
Montreal
New Allied Landing Roils Northern Italy Cities
Panic grips Germans as demonstrations erupt in northern Italy after the Rome flank attack. German officers killed in Genoa skirmish, eight Italian youths executed, 29 held as hostages. Berlin fears Allied air superiority could outpace German reserves as Nettuno bridgehead expands toward Rome. Officials flee Rome, quartermaster HQ moved to Florence, army commands to Chiusi.
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John Colburn
Associated Press
STOCKHOLM
Rome
Italy
Morgen Tidningen
Genoa
Berlin
5th Army
Nettuno
Gaeta Bay
MADRID
Florence
Chiusi
Secret Weapon Amphibious War Moves On
The Allied high command previews amphibious warfare as the key to cracking Hitler’s west wall by a bridgehead south of Rome. The operation, the most hazardous yet most successful among Allied efforts, demands air and sea superiority, favorable terrain, and careful timing for supply, artillery reach, and fighter-bomber support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WES GALLAGHER
Associated Press
LGIERS
Jan
Allied high command
Hitler
European west wall
Rome
Dieppe
Philippines
Java
Pacific islands
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Salerno
Two British Generals and an Air Marshal Return Home
London reports that Lt-Gen. Philip Neame VC Lt-Gen. Sir Richard OConnor and Air Marshal C T Boyd, three distinguished British officers, have returned to Britain after escaping Italian captivity. Captured in 1941 near Derna Libya and 1940 in the Mediterranean region, they were held near Florence at a camp when Italy capitulated. They declined to detail their long escape journey.
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LONDON
Britain
Philip Neame
V.C
Richard O'Connor
C. T. Boyd
Italy
Neame
O'Connor
Derna
Libya
Boyd
Mediterranean
Middle East
Florence
Eisenhower Assumes Command of European Theater
London Jan 14 Gen Dwight D Eisenhower takes over all U S forces in the European theatre in addition to his role as supreme commander of the Allied expeditionary force The move aims to streamline headquarters and free officers for immediate field duty Maj Gen John C H Lee becomes deputy commander and Maj Gen W B Smith named chief of staff in the European theatre Col Royal Lord Worcester Mass and Washington is appointed deputy chief of staff for the European theatre while holding his current supply duties.
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LONDON
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Allied expeditionary force
Allied headquarters
Eisenhower
Jacob L. Devers
Gen
John C. H. Lee
services of supply
W. B. Smith
supreme headquarters
Smith
Britain
Gen. Eisenhower
Col
Royal Lord
Worcester
Mass
Washington
Farm conference ends in Edmonton end of week
A three day conference of 28 provincial district agriculturists in Edmonton concluded Friday afternoon with discussions on farm labor and department problems. R. M. Putnam, director of extension in the department of agriculture, reported the closing today. Parleys focused largely on departmental matters.
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EDMONTON
R. M. Putnam
department of agriculture
US Bombers Resume Raid on Reich Across Northern Germany
United States heavy bombers with a large fighter escort attacked multiple military objectives in northern and western Germany. One formation conducted an expedition to strike targets and wrecked an important objective, leaving fire and smoke in the area.
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U.S
LONDON
A.P
United States
Germany
CRIMEA
C.P
Kerch
WASHINGTON
Bolivia
La Paz
state department
Pierre Boal
BALTICS
Red army
Gatchina
Narva
Estonia
Leningrad
Krasnogvardeisk
Lega
Pskey
EDMONTON
Selen Low
Alberta
DETROIT ARMY TRUCK DEPOT
DETROIT
Wayne army ordnance depot
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Port
Sen
Fiume
Senj
Reuters
Sth
U.S. Fliers
Tremblay
Tucker
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Aaron Pickles
CHURCHILL
Winston Churchill
house of commons
UANIA
ATVIA
Dagens Nyheter
10th Army
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