Antonescu Forms Strong Military Government in Romania
Premier Ion Antonescu ousted Iron Guard members from his cabinet and formed a robust military regime in Bucharest assisted by generals who helped quell the revolt. Iron Guard leader Horia Sima was reportedly arrested while trying to flee. Soldiers hunted down terrorists amid snowbound streets as curfew tightened.
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BUCHAREST
Rumnia
Ion Antonescu
Antonescu
Iron Guard
Tron Guard
Horia Sima
Associated Press
British forces close in on rail hub near Derna in Libya
British and empire troops push from Tobruk and across Egypt fronts toward Derna Libya with 25 000 Italian prisoners taken and 111 000 total since Africa offensive began Derna rail centre Agordat and Barentu in Eritrea also being closed in and Luftwaffe raids report on Derna and Barce as ground actions continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AIRO
Egypt
Italy
Eritrea
Derna
Middle East
Tobruk
Royal Air Force
Barce
Libya
Mechile
Agordat
Barentu
Catholic Church of Netherlands Defies Nazism
The Catholic episcopacy in the Netherlands read a pastoral letter in all churches on Sunday reaffirming it will not administer extreme functions or burial rights to those who support Nazism. Signed by the archbishop and four bishops, the letter rejects blessing or interment for liberals socialists and national socialists aligned Catholics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
Bern
Catholico
Canadian Pastors Return to Servce From Abroad
The Left Hand Corner notes a wave of Canadian clergy returning from U S and international postings to resumes ministerial work in Canada. EV G Campbell Wadsworth takes Montreal West United Church, with others such as Rev D M Mac Intosh to St Johns Halifax, Rev L M Outerbridge to Regina Metropolitan, Rev A A B Moore to Parkdale Ottawa, Rev H Salton to Yonge Street Toronto, and Rev J S Bonnell to Fifth Avenue New York after Canadian service.
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EV. G Campbell Wadsworth
Canada
Boston
Montreal West
Parkdale United church
Ottawa
H . Salton
Brooklyn
Yonge Street Church
Toronto
J. S. Bonnell
Westminster United Church
Winnipeg
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church
N.Y
A Boon to Wives
Police radio devices now used on New York officers may soon allow husbands detained downtown to notify wives of delays. The system promises convenience for late meetings and correspondence, easing anxious homes as wearable two way sound gear enters mainstream use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis Star-Journal
New York
New Germany Changes Name To Maryhill
Announcement from St Boniface church in New Germany reported the change of the hamlet’s name to Maryhill. The community, with about 200 residents, follows a prior local rename of German Mills to Parkway last week in Ontario.
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New Germany
Maryhill
St Boniface Roman Catholic
Parkway
Absence Of Nazi Raids Puzzles London Mood
London woke to seven days without an air raid alarm as Britain saw minimal air activity. The air ministry said only a brief enemy flare and one bomb on an empty Northwest town, while the armed trawler Galvani downed a Junkers 88 off the Norfolk coast and four enemy crew were captured. Many Londoners wonder what Hitler plans next.
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LONDON
C.P
Britain
air ministry
ministry of home security
Hitler
isles
North Sea
Norfolk
admiralty
British Whaler Slips Into New York Harbor in Snowstorm
The 13,797 ton British whaler Hektona, aged 42, arrived in New York with 15 merchant marine officers to man ships recently purchased by Great Britain. The vessel slipped into the harbor during a blinding snowstorm after operating in Norwegian waters before the war and appears to have been converted into an oil tanker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW YORK
Hektona
Great Britain
Generals Held After Fall of Bardia and Tobruk
The captured generals were flown to Cairo and placed in officer prison camps there. They are shown surrounded by British officers on arrival. Since Bardia and Tobruk fell, many more generals have been taken.
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Cairo
Bardia
Tobruk
Sidi Barzani
Pescatori
Mezzari
Gallina
Rioting in Northern Italy Denied as Troops Rumor Surfaces
News wires report fascist spokesmen denying rioting in northern Italian cities and claims German soldiers were sent to police. Italian officials called the tales baseless while CBS relayed Balkan dispatches of clashes in Turin and Milan with heavy casualties. Nazi sources later acknowledged troops en route to southern Italy and said they were cheered in Milan, denying any northern uprising.
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ITALY
BERLIN
ROME
Columbia Broadcasting System
Turin
Milan
Tne
CBS
Winston Burdell
Belgrade
Fascist party
Gestapo
Wilhelm- Strasse
Two Canadian Veterans Reunite in Britain in Same Unit
In England on Jan 27 two First World War veterans, QMS Alexander R. Bedard of Prince Albert and CSM Peter L. Hyde of Calgary, serve together in the Canadian Active Service Force. Both ran unsuccessfully in 1935 elections, weigh 190 pounds, and were born on April 4. Hyde has a son in the same unit and a daughter at Canadian military HQ in London.
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ENGLAND
C.P
Britain
Alexander R. Bedard
Prince Albert, Sask
Lethbridge
Peter L. Hyde
Calgary
Alberta Highland infantry regiment
Q.M.S. Bedard
Social Credit
Mackenzie King
Prince Albert
C.5
M. Hyde
R. B. Bennett
West Cailgary
N.C.O.’s
C.S.M. Hyde
London
Vulcan Station Agent Dies After Car Crash
Charles Holder a 56 year old Canadian Pacific Railway agent at Vulcan died after being hit by a coupe on Cemetery Road Sunday afternoon. The driver was named as George Armstrong 21 of Vulcan. An inquest will be held Tuesday. Holder came to Vulcan in 1935 from Medicine Hat division and had no local relatives. a Memphis Missouri brother requested burial there.
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VULCAN
Charles Holder
Canadian Pacific Railway
Cemetery Road
George Armstrong
Holder
Vulcan station
Medicine Hat division
Hatton
Dunmore
Memphis
King George V Arrives with Halifax in Naval Display
HMS King George V arrives at Annapolis with Lord Halifax and Lady Halifax aboard, signaling close Anglo American ties. President Roosevelt meets the new British ambassador and his wife as the battleship sails Chesapeake Bay after a secret North Atlantic crossing.
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H.M.S
King George V
Lord Halifax
Roosevelt
Annapolis
United States
Lady Halifax
Chesapeake bay
North Atlantic
Plane lands in field after snowstorm near Hanley
Flying Officer W. S Hale made a good landing in a farmer’s field three miles north of Hanley after losing his way in a snowstorm during a flight from Edmonton to Calgary. He remained in Hanley as no steps had been taken to move the aircraft into town.
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HANLEY, Sask
W. S Hale
Hanley
Edmonton
Calgary
Hale
Lone Raider Kills Several On East Coast
A German bomber dropped high explosive bombs on an east coast district killing several people and damaging buildings. it was shot down by the air ministry tonight. Another lone raider dropped several bombs on a northeast coast town causing serious injuries to several persons with little damage overall.
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LONDON
air ministry
No Change In Canada's War Policy Seen
Ottawa January 27. Defence Minister Ralston said Canada must unite and exert unfaltering energy to hold the front line of empire in the days ahead. He returned from Britain and spoke on CBC urging determined effort to win the fight to save the Dominion. He stressed no change in policy, only timing and participation details.
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Canada
OTTAWA
C.P
Defence
Ralston
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
United Kingdom
Col Ralston
Britain
British Isles
North America
Hear Ciano Joins Bomber Squadron
Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano, Mussolini's son in law, was reported to have joined a bomber squadron in a war zone. A communique announced he, a lieutenant colonel in the royal air force, has retaken command of his group in the zone of operations.
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ROME
Count Ciano
Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
royal air force
British planes attack German minesweepers reported
Berlin January 27 Nazi news agency DNB says British aircraft attacked German minesweepers today. Anti aircraft fire from the minesweepers allegedly repelled the planes. Location of the encounter was not disclosed.
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G.B
BERLIN
A.P
D.N.B
British Forces Close on Derna and Benghazi in Africa
British African army approaches the Libyan strongholds of Derna and Benghazi while another force breaks Italian lines in Eritrea and moves toward Asmara. The Red Star says Wavell’s strategy has kept Italian morale low as bombardment and a final tank assault loom. German high command deny riots in northern cities.
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GUY RHOADES
Derna
Bengal
Eritrea
Asmara
Bengasi
Bardia
Tobruk
Red Star
Moscow
Archibald Wavells
Africa
Albania
Columbia Broadcasting System
Belgrade
Turin
Hanover RAF Bomb Targeted German Rail Hub
Hanover, a key German railway and industrial city with about 500 000 residents, was hit by an overnight RAF raid that hit two large sites and several smaller targets as Britain resumes strikes on Nazi wartime supply centers. The raid underscores Hanover’s role at the Berlin Cologne and Hamburg Frankfurt rail crosspoints and its industrial importance.
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HANOVER
LONDON
Germany
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Cologne
Hamburg
Frankfurt
reich
CAMROSE
C.P
Chester A. Ronning
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
C. I. Sayers
Social Credit
Alberta
D. B. Mullen
ITALY
Il Popolo D’Italia
Tobruk
British Broadcasting Corporation
England
MARSHAL PETAIN
VICHY
France
HALIFAX
WALLACE
WASHINGTON
A.P
Viscount Halifax
United States
Henry Wallace
Lord Halifax
TORONTO
Toronto Daily Star
Scarboro Township
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Rudolf Graziani
Catholic Church
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KITCHENER, Ont
C.B.S
ROITERS
J. L. Ralston
Ciano
BENGALI
Rodolfo Graziani
Cirene
Adriatic Sea
DERNA AND
Newsparern
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