Oran Harbor II Scuttled Ships In Oran Algeria
French losses in Oran area include six ships scuttled near the harbor mouth and inside the harbor. Fourteen more ships a large drydock and smaller docks were sunk deeper inside. A destroyer burned after beaching between Oran and Arzew. Germans lose a submarine. British American salvage teams clear wreckage to land reinforcements as Allied forces move in. US troops and black sailors aid unloading while French authorities inch toward joining the Allied garrison and replacing the armistice with tighter security against fascist elements.
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Oran
Algeria
Botteneck
Arzew
Oran Harbor
Aniping
Czech Executions Reported From Prague Wave of Terror
London Czech government sources report that 40 executions occurred over five days in Prague as part of a Nazi terror campaign meant to blunt Czech enthusiasm over Allied Africa successes.
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London
Prague
Africa
Scars of Battle Fade as French Fast Align With Allies
Reports say French North Africa moves toward a united force against the Axis as Allied and French officers reach an agreement. Many French officers aided the invasion, some commanders reportedly fought with minimal ammunition, and all American prisoners from Oran have been released. Funerals with full honors were held at a military hospital by both armies.
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Gran
French North Africa
North Africa
Oran
Coal shortage relief urged for miners in training camps
Walter S. Campbell says Alberta miners in military camps could be temporarily released to work in mines to ease an acute coal shortage. Edmonton dealers warn deliveries are behind up to three weeks, with demand from business blocks growing. Coal shortages reported across the province. Send Your Dollars To War.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Walter S. Campbell
Wartime Prices Board
Houness
PUT ONE OVER London wartime ruse fools reporters and spies
Lieutenant General Eisenhower used deception two weeks before the North Africa push by sending an aide to London shops for Arctic gear and issuing equipment to Allied units. Rumors swirled while Nazi command hurried to fortify Norway, but troops discarded the gear before sailing. A war correspondent carried an Easy Shuttle to the Norwegian Language.
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London
Eisenhower
Hower
Africa
Duty waived for war material truck shipments through BC
Ottawa grants authority under the War Measures Act allowing bonded motor truck movement of war materials between US points. The order eliminates duties and taxes on such shipments, likely to cover routes over British Columbia highways between the United States and Alaska.
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Ottawa
B.C
Alaska
Production centres likely to receive attention in war raids
Washington war council members discussed mass bombing targets in northern Italy production centres and other key industries. New Zealand’s Walter Nash implied raids could mirror RAF strikes on Germany, with possible launch points from England or other bases as nations map the ninth front across Pacific and other theaters.
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Washington
Pa Me War Council
Italy
Walter Nash
New Zealand
M Ster
United States
RAF
Germany
White House
Pacific
Leighton McCarthy
England
Nash
New
China
Aleutian Islands
Atlantic
Atx
Seed Grain Shipment Halt Ordered By Wheat Board
The Canadian Wheat Board has ordered a temporary suspension of rail shipments of seed grain from western country stations to eastern Canada. Ottawa sources say the halt aims to curb dockage levels up to 26 percent found in some direct prairie shipments and to free railway space for feed grain movement to the east.
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Ottawa
Canada
Canadian Wheat Board
Prairie
Lakehead
Allies Seize Ships After North Africa Entry
London reports the Allies gained between 200000 and 300000 tons of merchant shipping after entering North Africa. About 120000 tons were laid up in North and West African ports, with another estimated 120000 tons normally operating between France and North Africa likely to be taken over.
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North Africa
London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
North
West African
France
Allied Losses In African Convoys Reported Small
A London informant asserts Allied losses in North African convoys were small as Allied ships faced 50 Axis submarines while British forces target Rommel in Egypt and Tunisia. Churchill said 13 enemy subs were sunk off North Africa with more damaged and Axis supply lines strained as Sabra and Tripoli bases near Libyan fronts are slated for intensified air strikes. The informant notes about 850 surface vessels took part in the African expedition and stresses Allied material on board was intact when damaged.
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London
Mediterranean
Churchill
North Africa
Axia
Gibraltar
Bizerte
Humber
Tunisia
Rommel
Egypt
Africa
Tripoli
Libya
Farm Machinery Output to Fall in Canada in 1943
H H Bloom administrator of farm construction machinery for the prices board told a meeting of implement manufacturers and distributors that Canada will produce only 25 percent of the 1940 output of new farm machinery in 1943. He noted provision is being made for 150 percent of repair parts from 1940 and only essential new machines are being built due to demand and limited supply, requiring rationing.
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London
Ont
H. H. Bloom
Farm Construction Chinery
The
Prices Board
Canada
Pacific operations against Japanese Melbourne
Prime Minister Curtin described General Sir Ta conducting operations to retake areas of enemy control. United States and Australian forces led air sea and ground actions with Sir Thomas Blamey coordinating efforts. Chinese council cites Japanese casualties at 2.5 million from 1937 to 1942 and notes a puppet commander in Hunan province defecting with 2,000 men and gear.
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Melbourne
John Curtin
Sir Ta
Sir Thomas
Sartin
United States
Mas Blamey
Chungking
Chinese National Military Council
China Front
Huped
Commandant Appointed at No 6 Manning Depot Toronto
Flight Officer Winnifred Taylor of Toronto takes over duties as commandant of No 6 Manning Depot RCAF women's division, succeeding previous leadership and reinforcing wartime air force staffing in Canada.
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Toronto
RCAF
Winnifred
Taylor
No 6
Manning Depot
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Alli
United Press
CR Cunningham
Taf
Jen. Henr Giraud
Lawrence
Petty Off
Powell
Comm
C. A. King
SMCS
Oakville
Harold Lawrence
Stoker Petty
Arthur James Powell
Timmins
Clarence A. King
RCNV
Robert Drinkwater
Montreal
Seaman Drinkwater
N. Blamey
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