Steel Men End Strike Ends in Ontario Plant Walkout
Steady vote ends the Algoma Steel Corporation walkout at Sault Ste Marie and Sydney plants. Workers approve pooling results and accept a settlement plan with a 55 cent minimum hourly wage and test-of-lying bonus, plus a 30 day resumable clause if demands aren’t met. Millard in Toronto urges immediate use of government machinery for final settlement.
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SAULT STE. MARIE
Ont
C.P
United Steelworkers Union of America
Algoma Steel Corporation
Sydney
N.S
Sault union
local 2251
C. H. Millard
Toronto
Millard
Big Blast at Rabaul in New Guinea Raid
A Japanese ship likely carrying munitions exploded in Rabaul harbor after bombers unleashed more than 15 tons of bombs on airfields and ships. A pilot reported hitting a 2,000 ton merchantman with two bombs, triggering a harbor light show. Other raids hit Lae and Port Moresby with limited damage and no casualties.
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NEW GUINEA
Rabaul
Lae
Port Moresby
Nylon Monofilament Brushes Replace Natural for Army Guns
The Left Hand Corner notes nylon monofilament bristles from Canadian Industries Limited replace natural hog bristles for gun cleaning. From submarine chasers to battleships, nylon brushes withstand long service and supply issues as thousands of miles of fronts demand replacements.
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North Africa
fowest
John Harwood-Jones
Russia
China
Canadian Industries Limited
Brownsburg
Que
Revolt Grows Reds Advance 245 Miles In Marseille
Revolting Frenchmen barricaded homes in Marseille old port district and engaged German troops with tanks and artillery. A state of siege was proclaimed. reports say 40,000 arrested or 6,000 depending on dispatch. Evacuation and razing ordered as Germans fortify coast.
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Marseille
Reuters
Aurich
North Africa
France
Lyon
United States office of war information
Mar Seille
ing
BAR
Zurich
Tass
Vichy
Bousquet
Cette
Montpellier
Beziers
LONDON
World Awaits News Of Highest Importance
London editors say Washington messages hint at momentous decisions and a grand strategy. They urge UN unity, consider North Africa solutions, and question De Gaulle Giraud handshakes, Tunisia impact, and unification of commands as major war planning shifts unfold. U boats report growing by ten monthly.
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DOUGLAS AMARON
LONDON
The
London Evening News
Washington
supreme war council
Axis
United Nations
De Gaulle
Giraud
Yades
Hitler
Tunisia
Russia
Pacific
Stalin Signs Himself Supreme Commander In Red Army
Moscow dispatch reports Premier Stalin for the first time signing himself supreme commander of the Red Army, as Soviet forces push forward in the Ukraine and Caucasus. He praised troops and workers in an order of the day broadcast by Moscow radio, noting 245 miles gained in two months and 260000 prisoners captured.
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EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
A.P
Stalin
Red army
Russia
Ukraine
Caucasus
Donshi
Rostov
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Soviet Union
British Commandos Stage Small Norway Raid on Larvik
A British source says a small commando raid occurred last Saturday night on Norway’s southern coast near Larvik and was successful. Details are scarce. Reuters reports a German agency claimed the attack involved seven torpedo boats with two possibly sunk and German defenses repelling the assault.
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LONDON
Norway
Reuters
Larvik
Fourteen Dead One Survives In Peru Airliner Crash
Pan American Grace airliner crash near Chaparra, 350 miles south of Lima, killed fourteen people including teen passengers and crew. Sole survivor is 26 year old British diplomat Alfred Howard, injured. Pilot was American Golden Gardener. Two other US citizens aboard.
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LIMA
Peru
National Telegraph
Chaparra
here
dorn Alfred Howard
Golden Gardener
Santiago
Chile
United States
navy yeomen
Prisoner Freed To Feed Starving Dog In Home
London Ontario January 26 A prisoner told magistrate his dog was starving at his Dorchester home The court released him to feed the animal and ordered a $10 fine plus costs for intoxication in a public place
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LONDON
Dorchester
Senate OKs Telegraph Merger Plan Between Postal and Western Union
The senate approved a bill by 71 to 10 to permit the merger of the Postal Telegraph Company and Western Union. The measure moves to the house where a similar senate approved bill died last session for action.
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WASHINGTON
senate
Postal Telegraph Company
Western Union
house of representatives
Important Announcement Due Tonight From The Canadian Press
An important announcement is expected to be made public at 8 pm tonight by The Canadian Press. No indication of its nature is given and the timing is set for this evening.
Probe on lend lease inquiry to scrutinize aid flow
Washington officials signal a Senate probe into lend lease shipments to the Allies. Proponents seek clarifications on Hopkins role and whether aid reaches people or is sold domestically. House Foreign Affairs Chair Bloom schedules witnesses and a June lend-lease extension likely.
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WASHINGTON
United States senate
Harry l. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Burton Wheeler
Dem
Mont
England
China
Sol Bloom
House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee
congress
Bloom
CBC Writer Dies In Action In North Africa
Ca nadian Broadcasting Corporation war correspondent Edward Baudry 33 died after anti-aircraft fire struck his plane over Spanish Morocco while en route to North Africa. He previously worked for Montreal papers La Patria and Le Canada and led radio programs Baudry and Harwood.
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MONTREAL
Edouard Baudry
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
North Africa
Spanish
Morocco
Baudry
CBC
England
Belgium
Canada
Britain
Algiers
La Patria
Le Canada
Baudry and Harwood
Yvet
Spanish Morocco
Africa
Campaign to raise 1000 dollars for European student aid
Montreal January 26. McGill University opens a drive to raise 1000 dollars to aid students held in European prison camps. Funds will be sent to International Students' Service to provide tuition, food and shelter for those students.
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MONTREAL
Europe
McGi University
Clues Sought In Slaying Aboard West Coast Limited
Albany Ore Jan 26 4 evidence from the 1800 mile West Coast Limited route was sent to Linn County as authorities pursue the case of Martha Virginia Brinson James 21 of Norfolk Va found slain in berth 13 on the southbound sleeper near Tan gent Oregon. Witnesses statements and the car papers were turned over along with three men held as witnesses and suspects in the case. The motive remains unclear with a theory of possible rape but no robbery.
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ALBANY
Ore
Southern Pacific
West Coast Limited
Linn County
Martha Virginia Brinson James
Norfolk
Oregon
California
Marine
Harold R. Wilson
Bulkley
Wash
borth Upper
John Funches
Robert Folkes
Los Angeles
Nazi raids hit English towns amid dawn bombing
German raids along the east coast of England continued at sunrise, striking two towns and injuring three people in a nearby village as anti aircraft fire rose. Two women were reported among the casualties while isolated midnight activity over southeast England produced no serious damage.
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LONDON
salit
England
East
Angia
Alberta Pilot Bags Nazi on First Night Hop
London report says Squadron Leader Allan Knight of Villa Alberta made his first night fighter mission in London nights, shot down a German bomber over the East Midlands, its engine aflame after a close pass at 150 feet. Knight, a Spanish Civil War International Brigade veteran, joined the RAF in 1937 and trained in Canada before service.
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LONDON
C.P. Cublei
Arvilla
Alia
east Midlands
air ministry
E.C.A.F
aelion
Knicht
International Brigade
Knight
RAF
Fleet Aly Arm
Canada
German spy Winter executed at Wandsworth Prison
Francis cis Johannes Winter, 40, a German spy posing as a refugee, was executed at Wandsworth Prison. He arrived last July 31 as a passenger, claimed Belgium escape, but confessed the voyage was arranged by the German secret service to obtain convoy movement reports. He was tried in secret, sentenced to death December 4, appealed, and was executed January 26. He was the 14th spy to die in Britain since the war began.
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LONDON
h—Franciscis Johannes Winter
Britain
Wandsworth
home office
Winter
Antwerp
Belgium
secret service
France
Spain
Jan
Germans Facing Bitter Struggle in North Africa
British 8th Army pressing Rommel and Von Arnim as Axis forces retreat in Libya and Tunisia. Cairo reports advance to Zatuia west of Tripoli. Rommel’s supply lines attacked near Zuara. U.S. troops reach Maknassy, 35 miles from coastal road, and French hold Oussedlia sector against East Tunisia attacks. Heavy bombing targets Tunisian bases at Bizerte and Tunis.
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Tripoli
Rommel
Van Arnim
Mareth Line
ONDON
C.P
Erwin Rommel
Jurgen Von Arnim
Africa
8th Army
Cairo
Zatuia
Zuara
Tunisia
Sicily
Rothmel
Von Arnim
Maknassy
Ousseldia
Rontniel
butts
Ine
Tunisian
Bizerte
Tinds
Sluily
Germany
Italy
North Africa
TUNISTA
North African
mifst
appar
Gets 15 Minute Term Skipped Bail In 1937
EDMONTON Jan 26 Frank Shulin formerly of Edimonton arrested in Toronto and returned here to face a charge of being drunk in 1937 and of skipping bail was sentenced to a 15 minute term by Mr Justice T M Tweedie when he pleaded guilty in supreme court Monday Shulin said he had been working in a gun factory in the east for the past three years Shulin at the direction of his lordship served his sentence in the prisoners box sitting there for 15 minutes
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EDMONTON
Frank Shulin
Edimonton
Royal Canadian Mounted
Toronto
T. M. Tweedie
supreme court
Shulin
De Gaulle and Giraud Reach Agreement in North Africa Talks
London dispatch reports Gen Charles De Gaulle and Gen Henri Giraud reached an agreement after mediation by Britain and the United States. Talks were part of broad war-winning plans, with military leaders from Britain and the United States involved. The main obstacle had been Vichy officers remaining in key North African posts.
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LONDON
Charles De Gaulle
Henri Honora Glraus
French North Africa
Britain
United States
De Gaulle
Giraud
Vichy
North Africa
De Gauulle
United Nations War Council Suggested by Reports
London January 26 Foreign Secretary Eden told the house he understood suggestions for a United Nations war council had been canvassed in the United States Yet he had nothing new to add to prior government statements Eden noted Prime Minister Churchill had studied a report from the United States on a supreme war council and whether it caused reconsideration of recent suggestions.
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LONDON
Eden
house of vominions
United Nations war council
United States
Thomas Moore
Churchill
supreme war council
Canary Death Triggers Tragic Suicide in Sodus
In Sodus New York on January 2 a 11 year old girl Jenne Lewis killed herself with a small gun after grieving the death of her pet canary killed by a stray cat. The incident follows the bird’s death which prompted the child’s extreme action.
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SOCUS
Jenne Lewis
Russian forces nearly wipe out 50,000 Germans at Stalingrad
Moscow reports a formal communique indicates German troops trapped before Stalingrad have been virtually liquidated. Allied air forces raid continent targets, destroying three enemy planes and hitting Bruges railway installations in coordinated strikes across northern France and Belgium. A Calgary area woman suffers severe burns in a gas explosion at her home. American forces consolidate at Kokumbona on Guadalcanal, reporting 293 Japanese killed and control of village and beach. Hi-Test No 2 well near Taber, Alberta, advances toward horizon potential as directors assess operations.
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STALINGRAD
LONDON
Moscow
C.P
1.C.AE
Axly
air ministry
Bruges
France
Belgium
GUADALCANAL
WASHINGTON
Kokumbona
navy department
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