Russians Move Up Black Sea Coast
Russian forces advance along the Tuapse sector of the Black Sea coast capturing Apsheronskaya and Neftegorsk, southwest of Maikop oil region. The moves hint at a broader offensive as Soviet spearheads push toward Rostov amid reports of Axis troops surrendering on other fronts.
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Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
QSCOW
Tuapse
Black Sea
Red army
Apsheronskaya
Neftegorsk
Maikop
Hitler
Russia
Caucasus
Rostov
Yanks Gain In Solomons
United States soldiers on Guadalcanal in the Solomons continue a westward advance despite stiff enemy resistance. The Navy said a two plane Japanese raid was directed against American ships far to the north in the Aleutian Islands, the first such attack in months, likely from Kiska. The type of American ships attacked was not specified.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Guadalcanal
Solomons
navy department
Aleutian Islands
navy
Kiska
Langford Named Chief Despatcher at Portage Division
J P Langford, longtime Saskatoon despatcher, is appointed chief despatcher of the Portage division CPR with Winnipeg HQ, effective February 1. He succeeds the late E G Trump who served nearly 50 years. Langford began on the Saskatoon division in 1912 and has worked as agent and operator at Colonsay Nokomis Lanigan and Kerrobert, then Saskatoon despatcher.
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WINNIPEG
J. P. Langford
Saskatoon
Portage
Canadian Pacific Railway
E. G. Trump
C.P.R
Langford
Colonsay
Nokomis
Lanigan
Kerrobert
Left Hand Corner and a Padre's Scrap Story
A Toronto Telegram feature recalls a time when unpaid letters risked being lost to the Dead Letter Office. It notes a 1921 parliamentary amendment allowing forwarding of unpaid or insufficiently prepaid mail, effectively granting broad franking potential. An illustration on scrap handling from the Cleveland Plain Dealer accompanies the piece.
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Toronto Telegram
British Columbia
Canada
WEST
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Russians claim major losses and advances on Caucasus fronts
The Moscow mid day communique reported deep Soviet gains with towns captured on the Caucasus fronts and heavy German losses northwest of Voronezh. It added new German officers surrendered near Stalingrad and that about 8,500 Axis troops had been encircled as Red Army forces closed in. A Rostov thrust from Salsk aimed toward Ataman, and reports placed activity near Belaya Glina and toward Tikhoretsk on the Stalingrad line.
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London
Caucasus
Voronezh
Stalingrad
Red Army
Rostov
Salsk
Ataman
Belaya Glina
Tikhoretsk
STAVINGRAD
Italian Ship Sunk By British Submarine En Route to Tunisia
London dispatch reports a 6,009 ton Italian merchant vessel loaded with motor transport sunk by a British submarine while sailing from Italy to Tunisia. The same sub previously sank a schooner near Cardinia and a 2,000 ton trawler. Since November the sub has accounted for eight enemy ships including destroyers and merchant vessels of 6,000 2,000 and 1,700 tons. Other submarines torpedoed a 7,000 ton ship and a large merchant vessel in the Gulf of Genoa.
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LONDON
Tunisia
Italy
Reuters
Allied headquarters
Cardinia
Gulf of
Genoa
Flynn Denies Attacking Girl in Catalina Island Case
Errol Flynn sharply denied in superior court that he assaulted showgirl Pegey La Rue Satterlee aboard his 73 foot yacht Sirocco off Catalina Island last August. He stated he did not enter her stateroom nor seduce her on the return voyage and rejected any overtures to her at any time.
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LOS ANGELES
Errol Flynn
Pegey La Rue Satterlee
Miss Satterjee
Flynn
Sirocco
Catalina Island
Nazi General Dead in Don Bend Fighting
A German broadcast reports Maj Gen Richard von Reuss, a feared commander of German forces in the Great Don Bend battle, killed in action.
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LONDON
Richard Von Reuss
Don Bend
Allies Driving Wedge Into Axis Lines in Tunisia
Allied forces push toward Maknassy and Gulf of Gabes in Tunisia as Axis lines around Mareth face pressure. British 8th Army advances near Sabratha while air forces hit rail hubs in southern Italy and Sicily.
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ONDON
C.P
Reuters news
Algiers
Maknassy
Gulf of Gabes
C.P.J
Marshal Rommel
Jurgen Von Arnim
Tunisia
thal
Italy
United States
Tebessa
Algeria
Tunis
Berlin
Rommel
8th Army
Sabratha
Tripoli
Axis ships to Sicily warning from Geneva report
Soviet Tass broadcast from Geneva says Italy has requisitioned all merchant marine coastal ships fishing schooners with motors and private motor boats for immediate transfer to Sicilian ports within a quick run of Tunisia The report was cited by the U S Federal Communications Commission
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NEW YORK
Tass
Geneva
Italy
Tunisia
United States Federal Communications Commission
Hitler Frees Generals To Direct War Plans
Radio quoted a Swedish paper saying Hitler will relinquish personal control of German armies temporarily. The General Staff reportedly drafted a plan for an eastern withdrawal to a defensive view line. The report notes this shift in command and potential strategic realignment during the war.
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NEW YORK
Morocco
United States Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Hitler
French Capture Italian Base In North Africa Campaign
French and Fighting French forces announced joint occupation of Gadames, the Italian desert stronghold 300 miles southwest of Tripoli. Italians evacuated Gadames as the advance continued, marking a first collaboration between Gen. Henri Giraud and Brig. Gen. Jacques Le Clerc. The eastern Sahara was reported as reoccupied at Fors.
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LONDON
Henri Honore Giraud
Charles De Gaulle
Lake Chad
Algiers
Gadames
Tripoli
Giraud
Questioning Handcuffing Of Allied Prisoners In Germany
London reports Foreign Secretary Eden deflected a debate on Germany’s chaining of Anglo Canadian POWs. He said a statement may come in upcoming sittings. Germany began chains after Dieppe and Channel Islands raids. Canada and Britain retaliated by shackling prisoners but dropped the practice after Swiss mediation in December.
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LONDON
C P. Cable
Eden
house of commons
Germany
Dieppe
channel Islands
Canada
Britain
Cannee
Manitoba appeal court upholds McNeill prison term
Winnipeg January 28 The Manitoba appeal court dismissed the appeal of Hugh A Sandy McNeill Bran don lawyer from a two year penitentiary term imposed by Magistrate R M Matheson at Brandon last November McNeill pleaded guilty to six charges involving misappropriation of trust funds totaling more than 0 000 He was once one of Brantons outstanding sportsmen and counted among Canada's greatest hockey players
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WINNIPEG
Hugh A
Sandy) McNeill
Brandon
R. M. Matheson
Manitoba appeal court
McNeill
Braunton
Canada
National social insurance plan urged in throne speech
The throne speech announced Canada will pursue a comprehensive national scheme of social insurance to provide postwar security. It calls for an early select committee to study practical measures, ensure inclusion in a national plan, and aims for adequate incomes for primary producers and full postwar employment, with a national health insurance proposal also promised.
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C. R. BLACKBURN
UAWA
Canada
Earl of Athlone
U S Raids Wake Isle Headquarter Raid Report
A four motor bomber returned from a Wake Island raid near Japan with companion planes in a two raid series. Col Willand A Matheny said the mission focused on recon with secondary bombardment and reported 30 percent of bombs hit targets. Zero fighters attacked. one fell into the ocean as others spun and smoked.
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HAWAIIAN ATH. FORCE
Japan
Wake Island
Willand A. Matheny
Matheny
Mussolini Island Confined to Bed Report Says
London dispatch reports Mussolini Island confined to bed with illness speculated to be ulcers. Reuters note mentions prior rumors of stomach ulcers affecting Mussolini's health.
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LONDON
Mussolini
Reuters
Europe
Military Chiefs Meet Eisenhower In Algiers
Allied leaders gather in Algiers for a 48 hour conference with Eisenhower Marshall King Alexander Dill Pound and Mountbatten signaling a possible Mediterranean push into Europe. The talks follow the Casablanca summit and aim to coordinate all Mediterranean forces under unified command with Somervell Ismay and Harriman also attending.
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Algiers
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
North Africa
A.P
Britain
United States
United Nations
Europe
Dwight Eisenhower
Casablanca
Churchill
Roosevelt
Mediterranean
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Admirah
Dudley Pound
Harold Alexander
Middle East
Louis Mountbatten
Dwight D Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
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Ernest J. King
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H. H. Arnold
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Marshall
Admiral King
Lord Mountbatten
Dill
Pound
Andrew Cunningham
Gen
Alexander
Tunisia
B. B Somervell
United States army sergices
Sir Hastings Ismay
Mr. Churchills
W. Averell Harriman
Miners End Strike After Atlas Mine Back to Work
Miners at the Atlas Mine East Coulee returned to work this morning as negotiations resume. Workers at the other three area mines who voted for sympathy action also resumed duties while negotiations continue.
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DRUMHELLER
Atlas
East Coulee
Japan Diet to Resume After Tojo Illness
The Japanese diet will reconvene Thursday to resume its first session, postponed due to Premier Hideki Tojo’s illness. Tokyo radio, recorded by AP, said Tojo has recovered.
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NEW YORK
Hideki Tojo
Tokyo radio
Associated Press
Tojo
Food shortages forecast for Canada in 1943
Calgary Jan 28 Serious shortages and rationing are forecast for Canada in 1943 warns H H Hannam of Toronto at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture meeting in Calgary. He cites farm manpower shortages as the biggest issue and criticizes past farm on the land policies. He urges immediate action on manpower and better price control procedures. Continued on Page Threes.
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CALGARY
C.P
Canada
H. H. Hannam
Toronto
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Hannam
farm forum
national adective service
Hannam contrest
Wrecked British Plane Found in Iran Mountains
The British transport plane missing since January 18 was located in the Iranian mountains about 180 miles southwest of Teheran. All passengers and crew are believed dead. On board were Gen. Ibraham Arfan of the Iranian army, Capt. R. R. Greenlaw British liaison at Tehran, and Stephen Childs director of the British public relations bureau at Tehran. The total number aboard was not disclosed.
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LONDON
Teheran
Iran
ministry of information
Ibraham Arfan
R. R. Greenlaw
attnebe
Stephen Childs
Air minister withholds RCAF crash totals
Ottawa January 28. Air Minister Power refused to disclose the number of accidental crashes in the RCAF since May 1, 1942. He told the House of Commons that providing such data would not be in the public interest, a view echoed in the United Kingdom.
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OTTAWA
Power
RCAF
Canada
house of commons
United Kingdom
Churchill to report on Gasablanca conference to Commons
London reports that Prime Minister Churchill will inform the House of Commons about the Gasablanca conference at the earliest physically possible moment. Foreign Secretary Eden said he cannot predict an exact date for Churchill’s appearance.
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LONDON
house of commons
Churchill
Eden
house
Duesseldorf Is Plastered By Allied Raid
London dispatch reports the raid on Duesseldorf used several hundred tons of high explosives and incendiaries dropped in about 20 minutes. The attack, part of a two night and day offensive, followed earlier Luftwaffe and Allied operations and included Lancasters and Halifaxes. German daylight retaliation hit a southeast coast town, causing damage and casualties.
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LONDON
RAK
Duesseldorf
Rhineland
Dues+ seldorf
air ministry
United States Air Force
Germany
Copenhagen
Germaby
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Aled
England
Soviets Take Petsamo Finnish Port Report
London datelined dispatch says a Swedish source reports the Red army entered Petsamo Finland. The port and district lie north of the Arctic Circle, about 65 miles northwest of Murmansk, giving Finland Arctic Ocean access.
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LONDON
Morocco
Red army
Petsamo
Finland
Arctic Circle
Soviet Russia
Norway
Russia
Murmansk
Arctic Ocean
Four Die In Crash Near Debert Air Station Halifax
Four airmen were killed when a twin engined Royal Air Force plane crashed two miles south of Debert Nova Scotiawhile attempting a landing at Debert air station headquarters of the Easter Air Command announced. Two crew were RAF and two RCAP men. Next of kin have been informed and names will be issued shortly.
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HALIFAX
Royal Air Force
Debert
N.S
Easter Air Command
RAF
RCAP
Russians Capture Koxtornoye 75 Miles From Kharkov
A Soviet monitor report recorded the capture of Koxtornoye, a large town and railway junction 75 miles northeast of Kharkov, by Russian forces. The bulletin also notes adjournment of the Senate until Tuesday and Oslo reports of Nazi executions in Austria, plus a wolfpack submarine attack on a South American convoy causing four sinkings with light loss of life.
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LONDON
C.P
Soviet monitor
Koxtornoye
SENATE
OTTAWA
STOCKHOLM
Austria
MIAMI
Fin
South American
house of commons
Mackenzie King
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