Hope of Agreement Abandoned in Dominion Conference
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King declared the Dominion provincial conference closed and Premier Hepburn of Ontario condemned continued study of the Rowell Sirois plan. British Columbia’s Pattullo opposed the report as premiers argued savings would not fund the war, ending hopes for agreement.
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Ottawa
Flash CP
Mackenzie King
Dominion
Hepburn
Ontario
Rowell-Sirois Commission
Confederation
T. B. McQuesten
Isley
Alberta
Aberhart
Sirois
Winnipeg
Pattullo
British Columbia
Commission
Justice
AIRMEN KILLED NEAR WINDSOR IN TRAINING CRASH
Flt Lt A H Fairweather of Vancouver and LAC D R Axler of Brantford Ont were killed when a Windsor elementary flying training school plane crashed near Maidstone. The aircraft, about 500 feet up, went into a spin during training.
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Windsor
Ont
C.P
A. H. .Fairweather
Vancouver
Lac
D. R. Axler
Brantford
Maidstone
French Raid on Siam Frontier Failures Reported
Thai high command said a French Indo China attack on the northeast frontier was repulsed with heavy losses. A French officer was killed and a large number of arms and ammunition seized.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Lord Wakefield Dies At Age Of 81
Viscount Wakefield aged 81 and noted philanthropist died in Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire. He built a fortune in oil and was a patron of British enterprise in automobile and speedboat racing and civil aviation.
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Lord Wakefield
London
vViscount Wakefield
Beaconsfield
Buckinghamshire
Rural Schools May Become Teacherless
Adam Beck, chair of the Winnipeg school board, warned at the Manitoba School Trustees Association convention that rural schools may soon be left without teachers. The statement underscored regional staffing concerns and potential impacts on remote districts.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Adam Beck
Winnipeg School Board
Manitoba School Trustees' Association
Air Power Britain Rises To Offensive In World War II
The article reports that British air power is catching up to Germany and Italy, conducting daylight bombings along France and the Low Countries and widening offensives in East and North Africa, Albania, and Italy. It notes Britain’s dominance in the Eastern Mediterranean and suggests plans to bolster air forces for potential attacks on Romanian oil fields.
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London
Africa
Sicily
Mediterranean
Germany
Sicilian
Tunisia
Marshal Graziani
Libya
France
Low Countries
North
Albania
Italy
Britain
East
Rural pay gaps prompt call for government aid to municipalities
Beck argued that teachers need higher salaries funded by government aid to towns. He noted young people pursue advanced university training but rural teachers often earn less than a department store scrubwoman, highlighting wage disparities in education.
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Beck
British Patrols Hold Desert Fronts In World War II
Cairo report states British Middle East command declared all African fronts see patrol activity as successful. A British motorboat crew with patrolling aircraft captured Italian General Francesco Argentino near Tobruk, raising the number of captured Italian generals to eleven. Bergonzoli remains hunted. Tobruk massing continues as RAF supports ground operations and air bases to halt Axis harassment.
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Cairo
C.P
Britain
Middle East
Eric Bigio
Associated Press
Egypt
Francesco Argentino
North Africa
Tobruk
Libya
Annibale
Bergonzoli
Mediterranean
Argentina
Sidi Barrani
Bardia
Antonelli
R.A.F
German raider Moewe captures British steamer Appam
British artillery bombarded German trenches on the Western Front around Melincourt Givenchy and Zollebeke. The German raider Moewe seized the British steamer Appam off Madeira.
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Moewe
Appam
Madeira
Melincourt
Givenchy
Zollebeke
City Glances and Local Notes From Last Night
Jim Flood Harry Rose and Ray Passmore attended the J. T. meeting where H took a bow. Magistrate W H Ellis is off duty ill at home. The Post Office renovation continues with plaster over windows. Miss Florence Smith the school nurse is back after a lengthy layoff.
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Jim Flood
Harry Rose
Ray Passmore
J.8.t
W. H. Ellis
Florence Smith
Greeks Push Toward Berati Amid Italian Counter Attacks
Greek infantry advanced toward Berati in south central Albania as Italian counter-attacks were repelled. Athens praised the setback after two local offensives, with Italian losses including prisoners and four captured tanks, while RAF and Italian bombers traded blows over Albania and Greece.
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Athens
Advanibe
Berati
Albania
Klisura
Max Harrelson
Prega
A.P
Royal Air Force
Greece
Rerati
Ubaldo Soddu
Sebastiano Prasca
Nazi Air Bases Hit Last Night
Snowy weather limited German air activity over Britain but two villages were attacked amid reports of 16 bombs dropped near a southeast village with no casualties. A lone raider hit Scotland. coastal command then attacked enemy air bases at Manndal and Forus in occupied Norway.
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London
Britain
Dover Strait
Scotland
Air Ministry
Coastal Command
Manndal
Forus
Norway
Laval May Again Enter Vichy Cabinet
Reports from Paris say Pierre Laval is extremely likely to rejoin the Vichy cabinet in a shakeup within weeks. Vichy sources quoted suggest Laval may take a minor post in a government reorganization possibly this weekend after his dismissal as vice premier on December 13.
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Berne
A.P
Pierre Laval
Vichy
France
Laval
Professor Arthur Lloyd-James Charged With Wife Murder in Hampstead
London reports Professor Arthur Lloyd-James a leading English language expert and BBC adviser is under arrest for the murder of his wife Elsie Owen Lloyd-James in Hampstead. The couple has one son, David, a former BBC announcer. Police offered no motive awaiting arraignment.
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London
Arthur Lloyd-James
Hampstead Court
Hampstead
Lloyd-James
British Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcasting House
B.B.C
Royal Air Force
Canada
United States
Special February Low Fares From Western Canada
Special 30 day winter holiday fares from Alberta and British Columbia stations east of Cranbrook to Vancouver Victoria New Westminster and Nanaimo. Tickets available January 31 February 1 and 2. Applies to coach tourist and standard sleeping cars with berth charges extra.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railways
J. A. Brass
Canadian Passenger Association
Alberta
British Columbia
Cranbrook
Vancouver
Victoria
New Westminster
Nanaimo
Pacific Coast
Kinney Tours Calgary Recruiting for RCAF Prospects
Flying Officer G W Kinney of the RCAF recruiting centre Calgary visits today and tomorrow interviewing air crew and trades applicants in the city with LAC Harvey Lee and LAC Herbert Hoyer. He calls responses wonderful with Bas sano and Brooks also reporting strong interest. Radio mechanics and cooks are in greatest demand. A Medicine Hat visit is planned for March to save prospect travel.
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G. W. Kinney
R.C.A.F
Calgary
Rc.a.f
Lac Harvey Lee
Herbert Hoyer
Kinney
Bassano and
Brooks
Medicine Hat
Four Children Die in Quebec House Fire
Four children aged four to seven were burned to death when a blaze swept Raoul Bouchard’s home in Jonquiere Quebec. Bouchard his wife and another child escaped by leaping from a ground floor window.
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Jonquiere
Quebec
C.P
Raoul Bouchard
Bouchard
Vancouver Japanese schools deny subsidy charge
Tsutae Sato principal of Vancouver's Alexander Street School rejects Alderman Halford Wilson's claim that the schools receive government aid. Wilson urged Ottawa to close the schools and end the immigration accord. Sato says the schools serve as a bridge for 900 Japanese children and are funded by pupil fees.
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Vancouver
Tsutae Sato
Halford Wilson
Wilson
Canada
Sato
Alexander Street
Colder Weather To Follow Snow In Medicine Hat
A light snow covered the ground this morning with a forecast of colder weather. The high yesterday reached 22 and the low 19. Tonight may fall to zero with the next three days staying between zero and 20 above.
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Medicine Hat
Time to Put Canada In Order Says 1.8.1 Speaker
K C Mackenzie, guest speaker at a Junior Board of Trade dinner, urges Rowell Sirois recommendations to give Canadians equal social services education and opportunity at economy. He argues wartime finances require restructuring and highlights changes since Confederation. President Gibson outlines 1941 JBT plans including civilian war work and promoting American tourism to aid the Dominion.
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Canada
K. C. Mackenzie
Sirois
Dominion
Britain
United States
Mackenzie
Fathers of Confederation
Rowell-Sirois
Allen Gibson
J.B.T
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