Kiska Base Heavily Pounded By U S Fliers
United States bombers and fighters blasted Japanese guns and buildings on Kiska Island in the Aleutians in a heavy raid last Wednesday. The attack, one of the heaviest in weeks, damaged batteries and structures and forced Japan to rebuild defences.
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Kiska
U.S
WASHINGTON
United States
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Navy department
Kiska reid
Aleutians air command
to&ieus
Wide Changes In Compensation Act
Alberta legislature opens first reading of a bill amending the Workmen's Compensation Act. Dr J L Robinson introduces the measure after leading a committee that urged 56 recommendations. The bill broadens the term accident to cover disallowment arising in employment and shifts medical aid contributions to industry.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
J. L. Robinson
D.C
Medicine Hat
Free clothing storage aid and gorilla metaphor in wartime prose
A magazine note praises a San Francisco clothing firm offering free storage for soldiers clothing as a goodwill gesture, highlighting relief from storage worries and aiding civilian reintegration. London Evening Standard uses Hitler likened to a caged gorilla to illustrate menace, with commentary on wartime propaganda and German war readiness.
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London Evening Standard
Hitler
Wehrmacht
Budget Debate Grows in Ottawa House of Commons
In Ottawa the budget debate continues with exchanges between Hon. W. Earl Rowe and government members over tariffs and war aide to Saskatchewan. Rowe cites a dispute about merchant ships sunk in the St Lawrence while Macdonald notes a 20 ships sunk in 1942. Saskatchewan seeks trade freedom and regional prosperity, arguing tariffs threaten postwar recovery. Thomas Reid also pushes tariff reform warning of an economic blackout for British Columbia and Nova Scotia. The session hints at possible prewar budget conclusions.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
W. Earl Rowe
Dufferin-Simcoe
Rowe
Navy
Macdonald
Onesime Gagnon
M. Matane
Quebec
St Lawrence
house
Godbout
Gagnon
SASKATCHEWAN
Roy T Graham
Laberal
Swift Crient
Sask
Liberal party
Graham
United States
Canada
Thomas Reid
Lib
New Westminster
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Canadian MP calls for universal compulsory service in war draft
Ottawa March 12. Liberal Ross Gray in the house of commons urged unlimited compulsory selective service for armed forces and scientific civilian manpower allocation. He criticized deferments for farm workers and warned coordinated action between defence and labour departments is lacking. He argued Canada needs unrestricted compulsory service to prevent labor and production bottlenecks and questioned if enough trained men exist for overseas reinforcements.
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OTTAWA
Ross Gray
Lib
Lambton West
house of commons
Gray
defence
labor
Ant
Canada
Igbor
dustry
Ross
war services
J.T. Thorson
Edmonton Legislature Eyes Edmonton Charter Amendments
The municipal law committee recommended passage of amendments to Edmonton's city charter despite opposition from the Edmonton Protective Taxpayers' Association. One change would allow the city to create an insurance fund up to 500000 dollars.
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EDMONTON
city of
Edmonton Protective Taxpayers’ Association
Sinking of Staghound and rescue of crew in Atlantic
An Argentine foreign office announcement said the U S freighter Staghound was sunk by three torpedoes in the south Atlantic, with 59 crewmen rescued and 25 armed forces members. The Argentine embassy in Brazil reported the Rio Colorado picked up 64 men and landed them at Rio de Janeiro in March.
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BUENOS AIRES
United States
south Atlantic
Brazil
foreign office
Rio de Janeiro
Brother of Hirohito Arrested
The Daily Express reported from Istanbul that Prince Chichibu, brother of the Japanese emperor, has been under house arrest for 15 months. He was said to be held since the Pearl Harbor attack on charges of being sympathetic to enemy powers, despite protests by the emperor. The information purportedly came from Tokyo.
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LONDON
C.P
The
Daily Express
Istanbul
Chichibu
The Express
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Allied and Axis Actions Reported in North Africa and Sicily
Allied and Axis air and ground operations are detailed in a North Africa and Sicily report. Von Armin’s forces renewed pressure west of Sedjenane with three attacks failing to break British lines. Axis barges were hit off Sicily and several enemy aircraft were shot down.
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ALLIED
North Africa
Jurgen Von Armin
1st Army
Sedjenane
Tunisia
convay
Sicily
Rommel
Mareth Line
Ksar Rhilane
8th Army
Japanese Raid Over New Guinea Reported by Allied High Command
Allied headquarters in Australia say forty Japanese planes raided Oro Bay south of Buna in New Guinea. Fourteen enemy aircraft were shot down. It marks the third heavy Japanese air action disclosed this week, following an earlier attack that sank a small Allied merchant vessel at Oro Bay and another raid over Wan where no losses were claimed.
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ALLIED
AUSTRALIA
C.Pj
Oro Bay
Buna
New Guinea
Allied high command
Org Bay
Wan
ant
The Day in Parliament Continues Budget Debate
The House of Commons will continue debate on the budget. The Senate is adjourned until March 23. Yesterday Earl Rowe clashed with Navy Minister Macdonald over ship sinkings in the SS Lawrence River last year. The Senate did not sit.
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house of commons
senate
house
Earl Rowe
Dufferin-Simone
Navy
Macdonald
Lawrence River
King's Messengers Return to Horse and Buggy
The Kings messengers resume daily royal duties traveling from Buckingham Palace in a restored four wheeled carriage. They use horse and buggy conveyance once again for state document deliveries in London.
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LONDON
C P. Cable
Buckingham Palace
Berlin Declares Reds Wiped Out
Berlin reports fierce fighting continues in South Kharkov after a claimed recapture of Kharkov. Soviet losses include eight aircraft, 83 tanks and 69 guns. Vyazma captured. Soviets say 9,000 enemy killed and rail hub seized advancing toward Smolensk. German positions around Kharkov face heavy pressure as major offensive continues.
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Kharkov
ONCON
C.P
International Information Bureau
South Kharkov
DNB
Associated Press
VYAZMA
LONDON
Moscow
Vyaszma
Vassily) Sokolovsky
Red army
Vyazma- Velikie Luki-Rzhev
Smolensk
Bely
Pittsburgh
Ukraine
Stalingrad
New Victory Loan Set To Open April 26 In Canada
Ottawa announces the Victory Loan campaign will run from April 26 to May 15 with a planned objective to mobilize personal savings for the war effort. G W Spinney notes details and bond issues to be revealed later, referencing a record $2.748 billion deficit and urging citizens to work and save for victory.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
G. W. Spinney
national war finance comittee
Tntus
Asley
the minster
national war finanes committee
Alberta legislature debates special allowances and teacher raises
In Edmonton on March 12 the Alberta legislature rejected two Social Credit motions to cut or end an $81,500 allocation for special allowances to leaders of groups and parties. It approved budgets for the executive council and general legislation totaling $86,127. A bid to reduce the $1,500 allowance was ruled out, and a motion to eliminate it failed. Premier Aberhart introduced a bill to raise Alberta teacher minimum salaries from $840 to $900 and amended the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The school amendment also proposes extending division trustee terms to three years and shifting teacher assignments between schools.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
committee of supply
Social Credit
executivve council
A J Hooke
Rocky Mountain House
Social Credit board
Solon Low
A V Bourcier
Lac Ste Anne
Aberhart
Bloody battleground on North Atlantic convoy war report
London dispatch describes brutal North Atlantic fighting between United Nations convoys and German forces. In deadly air and sea actions, Nazis suffer heavy losses while U boats and bombers strike, with explicit casualty figures for both sides and several ships damaged or sunk.
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GLADWIN HILL
Associated Press
LONDON
North Atlantic
United Nations
Noth Russia
Norway
Stuttgart Fire Bombed by Allied Raid at Stuttgart
London dispatch reports RAF eight night march to Germany with 11 bombers missing. Halifax RSF squadrons formed part of the raiding force. Stuttgart population of 300000, many in precision engineering, faced heavy bombardment aiding Germany's war effort. German raiders retaliated on London with dawn attack. five German planes were shot down. Continued on Page Three.
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LONDON
R.AP
Germany
Stuttgart
Halifax
RCAF
Allies Launch Big Attack in Central Tunisia
French infantry and Allied motor forces launched a strong attack east of Oneseltia in central Tunisia, according to the Algiers radio via AP. In China, Chinese troops repelled one Japanese column along the middle Yangtze while others contested across the front in seesaw fighting. Quebec Premier Godbout said thousands of soldiers protect the lower St. Lawrence with coastal air patrols guarding vulnerable areas.
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TUNISIA
LONDON
C.P
Oneseltia
Algiers
associated Press
YANGTZE RIVER
CHUNGKING
Yengtze
GODBOUT
ST. LAWRENCE
QUEBEC
Godboud
lower St. Lawrence
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