Germans Evacuate Rzhev Front Lines Shift Near Smolensk
Soviet troops bag Rzhev as Germans retreat to shorten the front. Berlin confirms evacuation amid new front set from Smolensk to Velikie Luki and Bryansk. Red Army cuts rail links and besieges Bely while surrounding forces push to encircle Rzhev. Continued on Page Three.
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Lok
C.P
Berlin
Rzhev
Moscow
D.N.B
London
Smolensk
Velikie Luki
Bryansk
upper Volga
Rahey
Vyazma
Bely
Budget Tariff Changes Minor
Ottawa reports tariff changes in the 1943-44 budget affecting nickel alloys in buoy and beacon manufacture, cigaret paper in sheets, bolting cloth, glue, and fresh frozen fruit or dried peel.
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OTTAWA
Aleutians Awe Across a Sea Dotted Chain
Ben East writes in Natural History Magazine about the Aleutians a submerged mountain range still building on the sea floor. The chain features snow capped cones rugged hills with patches of snow and some live volcanoes. Treeless yet lush with grasses mosses and wildflowers the islands host massive bird cities along sheer sea cliffs.
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Ben East
Natural History Magazine
Aleutians
Unalaska
Attu Island
CAXTON
V. Sackville-West
London Times
Speaker Dies in London at 73 After Long Illness
Capt. Edward Fitzroy, 73, speaker of the house of commons since 1928, died today after a long illness. A Conservative MP from Northamptonshire, he served in Parliament from 1900 with a four year break 1906-1910. He was a son of the third Baron Southampton and fought as a captain in the first World War, wounded at Ypres.
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LONDON
Edward Fitzroy
house of commons
Northamptonshire
Fitzroy
Southampton
Ypres
Berlin Death Toll Placed At 191
At the German frontier on March 3 reports from Berlin said the death toll from Monday night's air raid stood at 191, still incomplete. Advices described damage along Unter Den Linden as attackers pressed along the city’s famed thoroughfare.
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Berlin
Unter Den Linden
Italians Pull Out Eight Army From Russian Front
Rome radio said Mussolini ordered the withdrawal of 10 divisions to rest and have their ranks refilled, forming the Italian 8th Army, from the Russian front. The broadcast noted the move was decided Tuesday night.
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LONDON
h—Mussolini
Rome
Allied aerials sink and damage four ships in New Guinea convoy
Allied bombers attacked a 14-ship Japanese convoy off New Guinea. Four Japanese vessels were sunk or damaged and 13 enemy planes were shot down while weathered fighters tried to cover the convoy. Crippling blows were delivered at low altitude amid anti-aircraft fire. transports ranging around 10,000 tons were hit and one left smoking and sinking.
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AUSTRALIA
C.P
New Guinea
Ubill
New Britain
Talasea
Bismarck
R A F Raids Nazis Seventh Night In Row
British and Canadian bomber groups conducted further raids over western Germany and occupied France. Canadians from the R C A F were among crews missing after the operation. Berlin claimed heavy activity but weather limited participation. The night marked the seventh consecutive day of major raids on the Reich.
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LONDON
C.B
R.A.F. bomber command
Germany
R.CAF
R.C.A.F
air ministry
Reich
Berlin
Faris
France
R.A.F. raver
Walker Urges New Sugar Factory in Alberta
Edmonton March 3 J H Walker opposition to the budget in Alberta legislature argues the budget lacks promised benefits while criticizing debt and unpaid interest. He calls for more farmer aid, debt refunding, and motor license cuts, and urges a second sugar beet factory to boost wheat processing and sugar production nationally. He questions province lawyers’ opinions on disallowed laws and ultra vires actions.
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EDMONTON
C.P
J. H. Walker
Ind
Warner
Alberta
Social Credit
Aberhart
Walker
treasury
Social Credit boards
Canada
attorney-generals department
neral Credit
Canada to seek 1943 44 war outlays top 3.3 billion
Ottawa March 3 Finance Minister Isley told the House of Commons that armed forces for 1943 44 require 3 32 billion an increase led by the air force now a 1 billion department with an anticipated outlay of 139 million next year Subsidy payments of 120 million are included for the prices stability corporation. total general war appropriation and mutual aid to the UN is 4 89 billion representing 89 of estimated Dominion expenditures in 1943 44
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OTTAWA
Isley tok
house of commons
air force
Isley
prices stability corporation
Tisley
United Nations
defence and munitions departments
prices board
agriculture department
Yesley
Mr. Lissey
Canada
Gandhi Ends 1 Day Fast
Indian nationalist leader Gandhi ends a 21 day hunger strike protesting internment by the government. He sipped orange juice at 9 30 a m today and remains a political prisoner with visitors limited to relatives at the Aga Khan palace in Foona.
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NEW DELHI
Mohardas K. Gandhi
government of India
Gandhi
Aga Khan
Foona
pale ace
All-India Congress party
Mme Chiang Urges Forgiveness Of Our Enemies
In New York on March 3 4) Mme Chiang Kai shek urged a future world seen as one state of men to gods and men. Speaking at a Madison Square Garden tribute mass meeting broadcast nationally she called for forgiveness toward enemies and warned against bitterness in a rebuilt world.
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NEW YORK
Mme. Chiang
Shek
United Nations
China
Madison Square Garden
Liquor and Tobacco Levies Boosted in 1943 Budget
The Dominion budget for 1943 44 focuses on war mobilization with minimal tax rate hikes and new pay as you earn income tax. Major changes raise liquor and tobacco taxes and expand excise duties while offering relief to low income brackets and adjusting tax for armed forces. The plan calls for $5 5 billion in revenue with about $2 748 billion from borrowings, and includes a pay as you go system aiming for higher source deductions and earlier tax adjustments.
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Frank Flaherty
OUAwA
C.P.I
Dominion
Isley
vk saya
federal treasury
Budget Highlights and Tax Changes in Today’s Herald
Complete details of the new Canadian budget and tax tables appear on page 3 and the back page of today’s Herald. Increased cigarette and tobacco taxes apply, with higher prices for cigars, cigarettes, and manufactured tobacco. Postage rates rise by one cent for most letters. postcards unchanged.
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The
Herald
sverseys service
Churchill Up Again Presides Cabinet Meeting in London
Prime Minister Churchill attends first cabinet session since pneumonia diagnosis after Casablanca and Adana conferences. He chairs a special meeting to discuss the death of Captain Edward Fitzroy Speaker of the House of Commons and the political impact of the loss.
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LONDON
Murchill
Casablanca
Adana
Edward Fitzroy
house of commons
Widows' allowances debated in Alberta provincial session
Edmonton member Roper criticizes insufficient allowances as Pembina motion for uniform widows' payments across provinces gathers support. Mayors and other MLAs urge social service funding through a dedicated tax, while Solon Low prepares government reply after budget debate starts. Discussion also covers northern improvement districts and proposed Langs Act revision.
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Edmonton
George MacLachlan
Pembinal
Andrew Davison
Calgary
Alberta
SOLON LOW
J. H. Walker
Warner
MarLach- Tan
E. J. Martin
Ind
Peace River
Stuart Returns To Dominion
Montreal reports Lt Gen Kenneth Stuart chief of the Canadian general staff has returned to Canada from a week in England with the Canadian war effort. He was joined by Mayberry A MacRae and Brig J P Morrison. Carmichael, production coordinator for the munitions department, was delayed in England by illness.
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MONTREAL
Kenneth Stuart
Canadian general staff
Canada
wermv
England
May -Gery A EB. MacRae
J P Morrison HO J Carmichael
munitions department
Allies Shell Axis In North Africa Front
Allied forces pressed the offensive in north Tunisia, inflicting heavy damage on Axis positions north of Beja and east of Sedjenane. Bombers and fighters attacked Tunis and La Goulette as British artillery shelled enemy rail and infantry targets amid a pursuit of Marshal Rommel’s forces toward the south and southeast of Saelifhe.
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North Africa
Tanisig
Beja
Sedjenane
Marshal Rammetl
Sheithe
Tunis
Bir
Tunisia
secral
reavis
harebor
La Goujetle
One Dead In Manitoba Wreck
A Manitoba stockyard collision in Virden left Dufford Wescott of Whitewood, Sass George Pain of Macsomin, and Andrew Spence of Qu Appelle dead or injured. Two others suffered head and shoulder injuries and were hospitalized after their stock coach was struck by a standing eastbound freight. Engineers Alec White and David Yaggarn, both of Brandon, escaped injury as their engine stayed on the tracks.
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VIRDEN
Canadian Pacific Railway
Dufford Wescott
Whittewood
George P Pain
Macsomin
Sask
Andrew Spence
Qu'Appelle
Virden hospital
Alec White
David Yaggarn
Branaan
Man
White
Axis raid on London amid retaliatory bombing reports
March 3 dispatches describe Axis bombers hitting London in reprisal for a Monday RAF attack. Fire crews battled fires as heavy bombing caused widespread damage and alarms echoed through the city while the all clear was issued at 3 30 pm MDT.
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LONDON
C.P
RAF
Helin
Landon
OREL LONDON
Reuters
Stockholm
Orel
Cheretovo
Moscow-Kursk
A.P
lanes Aiongoua ang
Yunnan province
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R.AF
Willoughby Bay
Norfolk
U.S. navy
naval air station
CHURCHILL
ROPER
nover ROPER
Stuart
Axis
ALTTES
Manitoba
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