Tobruk siege continues as RAF controls air in Libya
Cairo reports British command expands preparations for Tobruk assault. Royal Air Force squadrons hold air superiority from Bengasi to Tobruk, using abandoned Italian airfields as bases for heavy raids. Wavell’s land forces mass near Tobruk with minimal air harassment.
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Cairo
Bardia
Tobruk
Libya
Royal Air Force
Oc Beneaci
Eric Bigid
Associated Press
Archibald Wavell
Italy
Beleagured
Berati Hit by RAF as Greek Forces Push Italians
Athens reports heavy RAF bombing of Berati during Greek offensive against Italian forces retreating through central Albania. The town sits near Albania’s oil production center as air attacks intensify.
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Athens
C.P
Albania
Berati
Royal Air Force
Justice Ewing Appointed to Alberta Appeals Court
Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe announced the appointment of Justice A. Ewing of Edmonton to the appellate division of the Alberta Supreme Court. He succeeds the late Justice A. A. McGillivray. George B. Occa of Edmonton was named to the trial division replacing Justice Ewing.
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Ottawa
Ernest Lapointe
Justice A. Ewing
Edmonton
Alberta Supreme Court of Alberta
Anais A. A. McGillivray
George 8B
Occa
Justice Ewing
Submarine Base Heavily Bombed
British bombers attacked Lorient and Dunkerque on the Nazi coast despite bad weather. The air ministry said heavy bombs hit naval ordnance works and dock buildings at Lorient, with one large and several small fires near Dunkerque. All planes returned safely.
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London
Lorient
Dunkerque
Air Ministry
Russians Capture 400 Turkish Officers in Caucasus
The Canadian Press reports that in the Caucasus Russians took 400 Turkish officers and men captive amid fighting. French submarine sank an Austrian scout cruiser in the Adriatic. Lord Chelmsford became Viceroy of India succeeding Lord Hardinge.
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Caucasus
Adriatic
Lord Chelmsford
Lord Hardinge
India
Ottawa Tightens Imports of Undressed Fur Skins
The Department of National Revenue in Ottawa announced a 25 percent cut, allowing Canadian fur dealers to import only three quarters of their 1939 40 level for the three months ending February 28, to conserve foreign exchange. The limit covers undressed fur skins and permits to attend U S fur markets are being issued. The department has not set post February 28 procedures.
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Ottawa
C.P
Department of National Revenue
Department
United States
Medicine Hat Council Backs Rowell Sirois Report
Medicine Hat City Council reaffirmed support for the Rowell-Sirois recommendations in a letter to Edmonton's Bureau of Public Welfare. The council stated it would accept municipal relief responsibility if the report is adopted, with a Dec 2 resolution urging provincial backing to present the case to Ottawa.
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Alberta
Rowell-Sirois
Bureau of Public Welfare
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
Dominion
Toto
Ottawa
Sirois-Rowell
Bombers Downed Warships Hit in Mediterranean Assault
London dispatch says British warships were damaged while escorting a convoy carrying important material aid for Greece through the Mediterranean. An Italian destroyer was sunk in the Sicilian channel. At least 12 German and Italian bombers were downed. Ships named Illustrious Southampton and Gallant damaged. Cairo report adds RAF claim of nine Junkers 87s destroyed near Catania Sicily in raid.
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London
Admiralty
Greece
Mediterrane
Sicilian
Illustrious
Southampton
Gallant
Cairo
Catania
Sicily
Royal Air Force Headquarters
Strait of Sicily
High Command
Duke May Visit His Ranch At High River
Nassau Bahamas January 14 official circles say the Duke of Windsor governor of the Bahamas wants to visit the E P Ranch at High River Alberta but cannot plan so far ahead for an August trip.
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Linda Darnell
Brigham Young
Ogilvie Graih
Bixino Medicine Hat
Alberta
Duke
High River
Nassau
The
Bahamas
Duke of Windsor
E. P
Houde Still Has His Hopes
A Toronto man released from an internment camp says Camillien Houde hopes to become premier of Quebec when he is released. The Star quotes the statement as part of a broader report from Toronto dated January 14.
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Houde
Toronto
C.P
the Star
Camillien Houde
Montreal
Quebec
Premier Campbell backs Rowell Sirois plan fear overstated
Premier Campbell of Prince Edward Island told the Dominion provincial conference that fear of losing autonomy is exaggerated. He said current leaders oppose any action that would erode provincial powers and cited broad consensus among governments.
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Ottawa
Campbell
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Duke to Visit New York En Route to Western Canada
The Duke would visit New York if plans materialize as he travels toward Western Canada. The Governor is touring outlying Bahamas islands and is due back in Nassau on Thursday.
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New York
Canada
Bahamas
Nassau
Nazis Attack Plymouth Brings Heavy Bombardment Night
Plymouth reports a night of war as German raiders dropped more than 100000 incendiaries and tons of high explosives on the port in southwest England. Casualties were described as light with some bodies still recoverable under rubble and a hospital ward torn by fire. Civilian fire watchers credited with preventing greater disaster as homes and businesses were demolished.
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Plymouth
England
Army base project to begin at Trinidad colony
Initial work on the United States army base site in Port of Spain Trinidad will start next month the announcement stated The forecast calls for cloudy skies and mild temperatures around 41 to 20 degrees (likely 41 F)
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
C.P. Cable
United States Army
Mussolini reshuffles Albania command amid Greek advances
Benito Ugo Cavellero rises as new chief of staff after Gen. Soddu is removed for health reasons as Rome responds to the Greek breakthrough at Kisura. The move hints at a Mussolini aligned leadership in the fascist army with Badoglio’s suspected opposition to invasion.
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Associated Press
Italy
Albania
Germany
Rome
Uhaldo Soddu
Kisura
Soddu
Ugo Cavallera
Cavallera
Pietro Badoglo
Badoglio
Greece
Pte Thos Monahan Convicted Of Manslaughter In London
Pte Thomas Monahan of the Canadian army was found guilty of manslaughter for the shooting of L Cpl Creighton Baker and sentenced at the Old Bailey to seven years penal servitude.
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London
Pte
Thos. Monahan
Creighton Baker
Old Bailey
Ship Losses Light Week Ending Jan. 5
Four British merchant ships totaling 1,187 tons were sunk in the week ended January 6. Only four other wartime weeks saw lighter losses, reports from London indicate.
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London
Urges National View of Report from Bridgewater Club
J J Kinley Liberal MP for Queens Lunenburg told Bridgewater Kiwanis the Sirois report could be a foundation for forward movement. He urged Nova Scotians to view it nationally, noting Ottawa would control income tax succession duties and corporation tax to link government to industry while ensuring fair private gain.
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Bridgewater
N.S
J. J. Kinley
Queens-Lulinburg
Bridgewater Kiwanns Club
Sirois Report
Kinley
Nova
Ottawa
Monarch Theatre Renovation Plans Announced
CITY GLANCES notes reveal renovation of the Monarch theatre planned to start after February 21. The item mentions provincial and federal income tax papers not yet arriving, heavy fog grounding TCA planes across western Canada, and Bill McLeod of the C.A.S.F. suffering a broken leg in a Nanaimo game over the weekend.
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Monarch Theatre
Bill McLeod
Fiat Hockey
C.A.S.F
Nanaimo
Feed Supplies and Farm Costs Discussed in Ottawa
Ottawa reports provincial representatives and Dominion Agriculture Minister J G GARDINER conferred on feed grain supplies and farm production costs. A final statement awaited after the opening session as ministers from provinces meet to discuss boosting butter cheese and bacon supplies to the United Kingdom this year amid tight feed grain availability.
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Ottawa
J. G. Gardiner
Dominion Agriculture
Dominion
Canada
United Kingdom
Eastern problem farm woes across Canadian provinces
Quebec Ontario New Brunswick Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island all faced the same farm issue with ongoing concerns noted in reporting. Continued on page eight.
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Quebec
Ontario
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Bulgaria Denies Nazi Troop Entry After Reports
Sofia Bulgaria January 14 formally denies that any foreign troops have entered the country in response to reports of German troop movements. The denial marks the first official statement addressing the foreign troop reports.
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Bulgaria
Sofia
Pattullo Says B C Opposed Dominion Report
Pattullo at the Dominion provincial conference declared British Columbia fully opposed to the Rowell Sirois commission report. He warned that provincial independence would be eroded by the new proposals and that dis harmony among provinces would worsen despite statements by Prime Minister Mackenzie King and premiers.
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Ottawa
Royal Commission On Dominion
Mackenzie King
Hepburn
Ontario
Quebec
MacMillan
Nova Scotia
Bracken
Manitoba
Pattullo
British Columbia
Campbell
Prince Edward Island
Patterson
Saskatchewan
Aberhart
Alberta
Commons
King
Dominion
Rowell-Sirois Commission
Probe Finds No Mail Tampering in Overseas Units
Ottawa January reports that persistent rumors of mishandling mail to Canadian armed forces overseas were investigated and found false. The Post Office Department cited a hospital case involving stolen cigarettes but a probe found no tampering evidence.
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Ottawa
Post Office Department
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Hector Langeee
John Read
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Yes Man
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