Nazi Engineers Building Strong Defences In Italy
German engineers rush to complete an extensive Siegfried Line in Italy a few miles behind the battle line near Cassino and inland from Pescara as Canadian Sth Army forces move to capture key high ground. Allied officers warn of a long Italian war with mobile defences and mountain units. Canadian troops seize Point 59 near Ortona, securing the coastal highway to Pescara after recent storms.
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Algiers
Europe
Rome
Cassino
Sth
Pescara
Adriatic
Italy
Maritime Provinces
Point 59
Ortona
Canadians Eat Better Despite Wartime Rationing
The wartime information board reports Canada along with the United States, Australia, and New Zealand enjoy extremely favorable diets compared with Europe. It notes improved purchasing power and distribution keep Canadians well fed, with Canada having among the most liberal rations worldwide while Australia and New Zealand also ration heavily for clothing.
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Ottawa
Canada
Wartime Information Board
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Britain
Powdered eggs for Britain from Canadian producers
The department of agriculture announced the special products board will buy thousands of carloads of eggs from Canadian producers to export as powdered eggs to Great Britain. The current price of 35 1/2 cents a dozen will hold through 1944. Central and Western Canadian plants will process the eggs. powder will be packed in 14 pound cartons for catering grade and in five ounce packages for households.
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Ottawa
Department of Agriculture
Special Products Board
Great Britain
Canada
New OL Wells Open in Turner Valley Boost Alberta Oil
Alberta oil sector welcomes six to ten new Turner Valley locations after a Calgary Alberta Petroleum Association announcement. Northend 1 on the east flank tests yield 20 barrels per hour from upper porous lime. A new producer a quarter mile east of Hudson's Bay 13 yields about 400 barrels daily. Preparations proceed to drill down to the lower porous lime horizon.
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Turner Valley
Calgary
Alberta
Alberta Petroleum Association
Northend
Hudson's Bay 13
Workers Warned Sir Stafford Cripps Predicts Tough Year
London workers at a Greater London factory were warned against over-optimism by Sir Stafford Cripps, minister of aircraft production, who said the year would be the most difficult on both the fighting front and the factory front at home. He likened the Nazis to a wounded wild beast, noting the danger of desperation as a result.
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London
Greater London
Stafford Cripps
United Nations
Spaniards Still Fight Germans on Volkhov Front
A Russian broadcast asserts Spanish soldiers remain in combat on the Volkhov front in northern Russia despite Madrid’s claim that all Spaniards have been recalled. The communique cites a captured Spanish soldier, Jesus Peres Sanchez, as its source.
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Spi
New York
Volkhov
Russia
Francisco
Jesus Peres Sanchez
Canadians Arrive Aboard Lady Nelson After Sicily War Service
More than 100 wounded veterans of the Canadian First Division and other troops return to Halifax aboard the hospital ship Lady Nelson. Also aboard are homebound staff from Britain, RCAF members, and some Canadian Women's Army Corps personnel awaiting transfer to trains for home provinces. In the Middle East, the year ending April 1943 saw 611 deaths from hospital treatments, a 21 percent mortality rate, higher than the 7.44 percent rate in Egypt and Palestine during the last war.
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Lady Nelson
Halifax
Sicily
Italy
Britain
RCAF
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Cairo UF
Middle East
Egypt
Palestine
Plans for British second invasion wave clothing drive
London reports the Allied nations prepare a second European front. The British government canvassed clothing stores for surplus stock to be rushed to Europe, sorting at depots. Most items are utility raincoats and rayon wear. woolens require similar coupons, delaying demand. Canada and the United States to supply knitted wear and footwear to ease shortages.
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London
Briish
Europe
Board of Trade
Ministry of Supply
Canada
United States
Britain
Ottawa tax refunds issued as fast as possible says minister
Revenue Minister Gibson stated income tax refunds are being sent out as quickly as possible and hopes to raise the rate soon. He noted that between June and August last year the division saw the highest return volume in its history and thousands of refund claims followed from forgiving half of the 942 tax liability.
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Ome
Ottawa
Gibson
Income Tax Division
New York Woolworth Building Lifts Knocked Out by Coal Shortage
Ten of the Woolworth Building's 24 elevators are out of service due to a coal shortage. Building superintendent E. J. Mc Veigh hopes a fresh coal supply will arrive soon. The building generates its own power from steam.
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New York
Woolworth Building
E. J. McVeigh
Sinking of Scharnhorst in Convoy Battle Off Norway
Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser led British forces in a convoy defense off Norway resulting in the sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst. The action involved units under his command within the home fleet operations.
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Scharnhorst
Norway
Sir Bruce Fraser
Home Feet
Russia
Royal Canadian navy motor launches guard North Atlantic lanes
Ottawa reports seven months under Capt J A Keenan as commanding officer of the ML fleet guarding eastern Canada. HMCS Venture serves as base ship with Omar Powell and Lt-Cmdr Thomas Denny as key aides. The flotillas operated from Labrador to Key West and Bermuda, aiding distressed ships and rescuing hundreds of survivors.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Navy
Canada
J. A. Keenan
Naval Service Headquarters
Heenan
Venture
Omar
RM. Powell
Ais
Thomas Denny
Victoria
North Atlantic
Labrador
Key West
Fla
Bermuda
Sunny South
Germany
Halifax Harbor
Foreign workers in Reich treated like livestock say escapee
A Netherlands student who fled to escape forced labor reports grim conditions for foreign workers in Germany. She describes crowded huts behind barbed wire, guard patrols, harsh foremen, poor heat, minimal medical care, and rampant disease at facilities such as Mauser Berlin. At Camp Trifstrasse thousands of workers lacked lavatories and ample water.
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London
Germany
Aneta
Netherlands
Reich
Mauser
Berlin
Official Cost Of Living Index Declines In December Ottawa
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports the official cost of living index fell from 1184 on November 1 to 1193 on December 1, lifting wartime increases to 18.4 percent. Declines in foods and fuel and lighting offset rises in home furnishings and miscellaneous items with beef pork oranges turnips and cabbage driving the drop.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Training Ground in French North Africa for Allied Invasion
British American and French forces train across French North Africa to prepare for Mediterranean assaults on Germany. Authorities describe the region as a vast training centre with camps in Tunisia Algeria and Morocco preparing troops for future operations.
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French North Africa
Algiers
United States
Mediterranean
North Africa
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
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Malmoe Sydsvenska Dagbladet
NEW OL Wells
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Cairo
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