Rommel Leads Africa Corps Resisting Allies
British 1st Army with American and Free French support launches a major attack against German Italian lines around Bizerte and Tunis. Rommel is reported to command parts of his Africa corps from Tunisia. Prisoners are reported as Allied success grows near French Tunisia as Axis infiltrations are suspected and Rommel may be shifting HQ and Libyan forces to Tunisia. The fight centers on northern Tunisia with a goal to hold Sicilian straits.
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Tunis
Bizerte
Br E. C. Daniel
Associated Press
ONDON
Erwin Rommel
Africa corps
Morocco
Berlin
Rommel
Tunisia
North Africa
middle Mediterranean
radio Morocco
Sicilian
Hate
Tanis
Bizerve
North
Africa
Wheat production tightens in Canada and United States
The Wheat review notes record yields during World War I and ongoing high output in North America. It cites 1915 as a peak year that stood 27 years and compares current Canadian and U.S. production, with U.S. crops near a record while Canada expands acreage and total bushels. The piece also mentions a forthcoming continuation on the back page.
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crc
Canada
United States
Dominion Bureau
North America
Cia
United State
Chinese Air Raids Hit Japanese Positions In China
Chinese air force sank a 12000 to 13000 ton Japanese ship at Haining and Japan’s port of Hai Phong was set alight. raids targeted Shasi Wangtze river port and Shayang while three towns north of the Kwo river fell to Chinese troops. Chinese forces claimed several hundred enemy casualties and reported attacks on Japanese units in Chekiang.
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CHGNGEING
Claire L. Chennault
Haining
Indo-China
Haiphong
Gulf of Tonkin
Shasi
Wangtze river
Hupeh
Shayang
Han river
Central
Kwo river
Anhwet
Hish
builetn
Hutoukang age
Henan
Swatow
Kwangtung
ino
Yangtze
Kinhwa
Chekiang
Fire crews quell kitchen blaze in city apartment
Seven fire companies responded to an alarm at 2 percent apartment home as smoke poured from windows. Residents prepared to flee when firefighters found Charles Errice roasting green coffee in the kitchen. Errice was surprised by the blaze as firemen worked to contain the fire.
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JERSEY CITY
Charles Errice
Errice
Cabinet Shake-Up Rocks British Government
Sir Stafford Cripps resigns to become minister of aircraft production. Herbert Morrison moves from home secretary to new home security role. A vacancy opens in Cripps’s former job as Lord Privy Seal is filled by Crandorne.
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VERBERT MORRISON
Stafford Crmpts
Herbert Morrison
zsier
home security
Stafford
house of commons
Crandorme
Cripps
Lore Prive
Plane crash at Billings kills co pilot and injures pilot
A small twin motor plane cleared Billings airport Saturday bound for Edmonton and crumpled at the field edge moments after takeoff. Co Pilot Ralph L Swanson 29 of Hemstead N Y was killed instantly Pilot Albert Tr Mitten 38 of Amherst Mass was critically injured.
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BILLINGS
Mont. Nes
Edmonton
Ralph L. Swanson
Hemstead
Albert Tr. Mitten
Amherst
Mass
Miners Sought in Western Canada as Shortage Presses
Ottawa reports a wartime appeal urging western Canada coal operators and employers to let ex-miners take unpaid leave with seniority protection to fill shortages. Government covers transport to and from jobs, after 30 days return. Mayors are urged to canvass workers for skilled coal miners.
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OTTAWA
Sunda
Canada
acr
mames prevs
Tous
western line
Weste
Grey Lakes
Vancouver
industrn
wecel
wecel war
tint
Dakar Joins Allies Under Command of Jean Darian
CHY reports via French West Africa that Dakar has placed itself under Admiral Jean Darian. The vast French West Africa region includes Dakar, Senegal, French Guinea, French Sudan, Ivory Coast, Niger, and surrounding areas totaling about 15 million people and 1,815,708 square miles. The territory sits between the Morocco Algeria strip to the north and Equatorial Africa to the south as allied with the United Nations.
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CHY
APJ
French West Africa
Jean Darian
Clauretania
Nigeria
United Nations
Morocco- Algeria
Alriex
BARLAN
Dearian
French Africa
Darlar
Mershal Petam
France
Henri Giraud
Auguste) Nogues
Charle
Algeria
Africa
BEARD
OTTAWA
Dekar
CBC
Freneh Bore
Dakar
Daim
Ondperwig Aiia
tazenine decison
ard
Cripps Leaves War Cabinet To Take Aircraft Post
Sir Stafford Cripps quits the war cabinet to become minister of aircraft production at Churchill's request. Reported disagreements with colleagues and unhappiness in the House of Commons are cited as factors. Churchill says Cripps's move addresses a serious wartime need and postwar reforms are noted.
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LONDON
minnistry
seell
Stafford Cripps
Rescue Pilot Taxied 40 Miles To Bring Rickenbacker To Safety
Rescue pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and his crew survived 25 days at sea after being lost in the south Pacific. A navy crew guided by Lieut William Eadie found them, with radioman Lester Louie aboard the rescue launch. Rickenbacker praised faith and his Testament as he recounted the ordeal and the aid that brought them to safety.
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Rickenbacker
SOUT PACIFIC
Nev. I
Eddie Rickenbacker
John F. Bartek
Bartek
nts
navy
United States
Peat Harbor
south Pacific
William F. Eadve
Lester Louie
Axis Tr Forced To El Ag Axis Tr Forced To El
Cairo dispatch reports British forces in retreat from Kommel amid Allied air pressure over the Agedabia area. Allied air raids target Axis remnants near El Agheila and surrounding fronts, with medium bombers and fighters claimed to destroy hangars and air assets. One British plane reportedly missing as ops continue between Sicily and North Africa.
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CAIRO
Britis &th
M win Kommel
Agedabia
Agheila
Sicily
Gam
opi
Stuttg art bombed in major RAF raid on Stuttgart
London reports a heavy Allied air strike hitting Stuttgart with a large four bomber formation. The attack caused extensive fires and damage across the industrial center, with observers noting incendiaries igniting the town and fires burning through the night.
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LONDON
Stuttgart
Garadians
Robert Donsgary
wisaster
Fittler
crippi
Berlin
conta
heariquas
Bosch
tyon
paris
Dainiert
RAF
Germany
Hamburg
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