British desert forces push to Gazala near Tobruk
Britain reports a swift desert advance to Gazala 120 miles inside Libya and 40 miles west of Tobruk after a heavy RAF air offensive. The push around Tobruk sets up a siege with land, sea, and air action while Italian defenses and a rugged frontier limit direct assault. The report notes El Adem and Gazala airfields captured but made unserviceable by dives.
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Cairo
Britain
Royal Air Force
Gazala
Libya
Tobruk
Middle East
Ethiopia
R.A.F
el Adem
Desert Cavalry
Derna
Bengazi
Jebel Akdar
Bltzkreig
Bardia
Tripoli
Tunisia
Egypt
Narval Sub Sank. Free French Unit Lost in Action
London dispatch reports the Narval a 1400 ton submarine that joined General de Gaulle’s forces has been sunk by enemy action. The 16 year old French Navy vessel was reportedly lost during operations with Allied forces.
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London
C.P
Narval
Charles de Gaulle
Ves BO
Italians Admit Naples Raid by British Planes
The Italian command said British bombing planes struck Naples in waves shortly after midnight, hitting about 15 buildings and a harbor ship. Naples hosts aircraft and steel factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
C.P
Naples
Soemba Sinks After Cargo Shift In Atlantic
At Canadian port a Netherlands steamship Soemba of 6173 tons sank ten minutes after its cargo shifted. Twenty four survivors landed here. losses include seamen from several nationalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netherlands
Soemba
Atlantic
Ten alien group members rounded up in Toronto raids
A police-identified group of ten men from Russia Austria and Germany, described as a secret alien organization in Toronto, were held for internment after night raids. They faced charges under the Enemy Aliens Act for distributing Nazi propaganda, described as the tail-end of the Bund suppressed after the war began.
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Toronto
C.P
U S Mills to Make Flour Fortified with Vitamins
U S milling industry plans to manufacture flour enriched with vitamins after FDA standard revisions. Millers say the nonpatented process will allow all flour makers to reintroduce thiamin riboflavin and nicotinic acid in white flour, with costs now feasible for large scale production. Canadian official notes earlier discussions by Western Canada Flour Mills on reintroduction of vitamins.
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Chicago
United States
Millers’ National Federation
Food and Drug Administration
Winnipeg
John W. Horn
City Officials to Speak at Rotary Club Dinner
The Mayor and alderman will attend a Rotary Club event on January 13 with a free meal. City street signs will be replaced in coming weeks as part of upcoming work. Alderman Ernest Warham becomes Council representative to the junior band. Economic notices show weekly clears rising post-Christmas. Financial figures list this week 344649, last week 324242, and this week last year 219128. City Hall flag at half mast honors Baden Powell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Ernest Warham
Baden- Powell
Newlyweds Settle in Jungle Home Near Nicaragua
Toronto dated report says Robert Davies and his Regina-born wife married last Saturday and plan to move to Nicaragua to live in a jungle area where local serum use is routine. Davies previously went to Nicaragua in 1938 to work as an accountant at a gold mine. he notes Nicaraguans favor both Britain and the United States and the couple will honeymoon in Eastern Canada before moving south.
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Toronto
Robert Davies
Regina
Nicaragua
Davies
United States
Canada
Sayers Is Social Credit Candidate for Camrose By-Election
C I Sayers 41 year old farmer from Meeting Creek Alberta chosen by Social Credit selection committee to contest the Camrose provincial by election on February 6. Born in Woodbury City Iowa and moved to Canada as a child he has led Social Credit efforts since 1934 and is now one of three candidates in a three way race following D B Mullen's death.
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Womonton
I—C. I. Sayers
Meeting Creek
Alta
Social Credit Party
Camrose
Sayers
Woodbury City
Iowa
Canada
Social Credit Organization
Canrose
Alberta Social Credit League
J. Tucker
Morley Westlake
Social Credit
D. B. Mullen
C.C.F
Chester A. Ronning
British drive in Libya quickens. fears for oil security rise
In reports from the Mediterranean British forces push through Libya after victory at Bardia with Tobruk and Bengoli threatened. London weighs the risk of German Balkan moves to aid Italy, stressing the oil security stakes and the role of air power.
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Marshal Graziani
Mediterranean
West Africa
Tunisia
Army of the Nile
London
Rumania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Italy
Albania
Libya
Japanese bombing kills nun I beguile?
Sister Marie Desel, Italian matron of St. Joseph's hospital near Hong Kong, was killed in a Japanese air raid. The mission said two Italian nuns were wounded and about 200 Chinese killed with a further 200 injured.
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Hong Kong
C.P
Marie Desel
St. Joseph's Hospital
Walchow
Thai Army Advances Into Cambodia Amid Air Attacks
Thai forces push into Cambodia with 90 aircraft in bombing raids hitting Sisophon as authorities report a general withdrawal of forces along the Cambodia frontier from Thailand. Martial law declared in 24 border provinces, with officials appointed in 46 others to prepare for potential extension.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Indo-China
Cambodia
Sisophon
Hanoi
Siam
Pirple
Slain Hindu Found By Grand-daughter
Vancouver January 9 CP provincial police believe Brahan Singh a 61 year old Hindu and pioneer resident of Burnaby was shot to death in his Norland Avenue shack Tuesday night. The body was found by his granddaughter with a bullet wound in the head and powder burns indicating a close range shot. Police have no identification clues for the murderer. Singh’s daughter-in-law and five grandchildren slept in another house in front and did not hear the shot.
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Yee
Vancouver
Jani. 9
Burnaby
Brahan Singh
Braden
Norland Avenue
Brehan
RAF Raids Hit German Naval Bases at Wilhelmshaven and Emden
Royal Air Force planes raided Wilhelmshaven for seven hours last night and started fires in the great naval dockyard. An even longer attack targeted Emden with at least 20 fires set. operations began at 8 p.m. and continued into the early hours.
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London
C.P
Royal Air Force
Wilhelmshaven
Great
Emden
Air Ministry
First Woman Executed by Guillotine in 52 Years in France
In Bordeaux on January 8, a French court carried out the guillotine execution of the first woman in 52 years. The condemned woman was executed for poisoning her husband and her mother.
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Bordeaux
France
Local Masons Attend Farewell Banquet for Major Anderson
A group of Masons will travel to Brooks Friday evening for a farewell banquet honoring Major Dr. Anderson who has enlisted in the Army Medical Corps and is leaving Brooks permanently.
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Brooks
Dr. Anderson
Army Medical Corps
Nazis Resume Night Raids On London Attack Sparks Air Alarm
London faced sirens and anti-aircraft fire as Nazi air force launched a night raid after three quiet nights. It marked the first alert since the all clear sounded around midnight Sunday.
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London
Jan
French Colonial Cavalry Alongside Allies at Tobruk
A patrol of famed French colonial cavalry with Free French forces is described moving through the Egyptian desert. They are noted as remaining allied with Britain after the armistice and cutting the road the Italians must use between Tobruk and Bardia.
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Spanis
Great Britain
Free France
Tobruk
Bardia
Turn of Tide Should Come This Year
Calgary January 9 James S Duncan deputy air minister said the year 1941 will see the Allies on the way to victory and that progress is rapid with growing strength. He spoke at a joint meeting of service clubs under the Canadian Club of Calgary urging faith and confidence.
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Calgary
James S. Duncan
Duncan
Canadian Club of
Spinal Meningitis Cases Rise in Vancouver
Vancouver reports two new spinal meningitis cases and one suspect admitted to Vancouver General Hospital, raising city totals to six positive patients and three suspects. Dr Murray, medical health officer, notes since Nov 1 eleven cases have appeared with no deaths and cautions the outbreak may not be highly virulent.
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Vancouver
C.P
Vancouver General Hospital
Stewart Murray
Murray
Gold Production In B C At New High
Victoria January 9 British Columbia total gold production for 1940 is estimated to reach 24.8 million dollars the highest on record in the province. The minister of mines Hon W J Asseltine also cited total mineral output near 74 475 902 dollars matching the 1937 peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
C.P
British Columbia
W. J. Asseltine
Asseltine
Money Taken From Japs At Bermuda
British authorities in Hamilton Bermuda announced 3035 pounds taken from nine Japanese passengers aboard the Siboney who arrived December 23 en route to Berlin. The Japanese government protested to Britain in Tokyo about alleged abuse of belligerent rights in Bermuda checks. No further details were released.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Berlin
Colonial Secretary
Siboney
Tokyo
Britain
Churchill Hails Halifax Mission As Key To World Future
At a Pilgrims luncheon in London on January 9 Prime Minister Churchill praised Viscount Halifax the British ambassador to the United States and urged that his mission be a momentous one for the monarchy. He argued that civilization hinges on Anglo American cooperation and shared Christian ethics. The leader stressed that unity within the English speaking world would shape generations to come.
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London
Churchill
Viscount Halifax
United States
Britain
Bren Gun Plant Falls Under Public Ownership
Ottawa dispatch states the Bren gun contract with John Inglis Co. is cancelled and replaced by two new contracts. The Bren gun plant will be operated by the government from its inception, retroactive to the start of the Bren gun enterprise.
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BREN
Ottawa
Ottawa Journal
John Inglis Co
Toronto
The
Journal
Gold production estimates reach historic highs
The federal official cites lode-gold output at 600,000 ounces worth $23.1 million and placer-gold at about 54,000 ounces valued at $1.71 million, marking records not seen in more than five decades.
P E R A Activities in Medicine Hat Region 1940
The P E R A remained active in the Medicine Hat district during the summer of 1940 despite government cuts. From Lloydminster to the U S border and Taber to the Saskatchewan line, 530 irrigation projects and domestic dams were handled, excluding numerous dugouts. About 30,000 applications were processed under the department’s supervision.
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P.E.R.A
Medicine Hut
Dominion
Medicine Hat
Lloydminster
International Boundary
Taber-Brooks
Saskatchewan
P.F.R.A
Irrigation and Water Rules Guide Prairie Farmers
Maximum payments for stock watering dams are 150 dollars and 350 dollars for irrigation schemes. In Medicine Hat district average payments were 60 and 120 dollars. Irrigation scheme sizes range from 6 acres in Hilda Schuler to 200 acres in Cypress Hills. PLRRIA, started spring 1935, has six summers of operation in western Canada. Farmers must first apply to Education for water use before PFVRAA irrigation project approval and inspection. Qualified agronomists then assist on site to guide crops and water use.
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Medicine Hat
Hilda-Schuler
Cypress Hills
Plrria
Canada
Fedmation
P.fvr.a
P.F.R.A
Pioneer Citizen Margaret Bryce Mitchell Dies at 91
Margaret Bryce Mitchell longtime Medicine Hat resident and pioneer woman of the Canadian West died aged 91. She arrived from Scotland in 1884 with sisters Janet and brothers James and Robert, first opening a Regina general store, then a Medicine Hat china and book shop until 1908. Funeral Friday at the family home with Rev. W. F. Butcher.
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Margaret Bryce Mitchell
Scotland
Miss Mitchell
Janet
James
Robert
Regina
Medicine Hat
Misses Mitchell
C. S. Pingle
W. F. Butcher
Eire bans placename displays after emergency order
An emergency order issued by the Eire government forbids the display of signposts indicating the name or situation of any given place as reported by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
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EIRE
London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Train Younger Britons in RAF Pilot Training Plan
Sir Archibald Sinclair announced a new RAF plan to open pilot training to boys aged 16 to 18. The program targets about 700,000 youths to meet growing demand for pilots.
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London
Archibald Sinclair
Air
Royal Air Force
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