British Bombers Hit Wilhelmshaven Harbor Base
British bombers blasted Wilhelmshaven the main base of the German North Sea fleet in a four hour overnight raid described as a waste of flame. Attacks also hit Emden Bremerhaven and areas along the Brest harbor with additional strikes on airfields in northwest Germany Holland and occupied France. One plane was reported missing.
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London
Wilhelmshaven
Bausafen
Hafen Canal
Air Ministry
Emden
Bremerhaven
Flushing
Germany
Holland
Brest
France
British Night Raids Bring Down Two German Bombers Over London
Britain reports two German bombers shot down over London area during night raids. Coastal towns and the Midlands faced attacks as fires from incendiaries flared briefly and were quickly controlled.
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London
C.P
Britain
Midlands
Admiralty Sinks Damaged Cruiser After Sicily Attack
The Admiralty said the 9100 ton cruiser Southampton was sunk by its own crew after breaking loose while being towed to port following a February 10 action off Sicily. Most of her crew were saved. The hot pursuit also reported Pandora sinking Italian 5000 ton supply ships southbound toward Libya.
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London
C.P
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Ifthamton
Southampton
Cicily
Pandora
Libya
Fge Laying Contest Won By B C Hen
Abbottsford B C Jan 16 A Barred Rock Bullet raised on the Lay poultry farm won the Dominion egg laying contest with 339 eggs averaging 27.1 ounces to the dozen The contest ended Oct 30 last year No X19851 was the best eye layer in Canada during 1940 though it did not match 357 eggs set at the Dominion Experimental Farm Agassiz BC in 19d
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Abbotsford
B.C
Harry Lay
Dominion
Ottawa
Iurg
Canada
Dominion Experimental Foem
Agassiz
British Navy Stands In Way Invasion Fears Rise
Washington January 16 Henry Stimson United States Secretary of War warned in the HouseForeign Affairs Committee that America faces danger of invasion by air unless the British navy is destroyed or surrendered He had supported Roosevelt's lend lease aid to Britain and emphasized naval vulnerability amid war tensions
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Washington
Jan
C.P
Henry Stimson
United States Secretary of War
Stimson
House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Britain
CPR Bay Air Lines Acquisition Reported
The Star says Canadian Pacific Railway is reliably reported to have bought three Canadian airlines and plans a 12 million dollar program to acquire more and develop air services across the Dominion. The airlines named include Yukon Southern Air Transport, Ginger Coote Airways, and Mackenzie Air Service.
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Toronto
C.P
the Star
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Airlines
Dominion
C.P.A
Yukon Southern Air Transport
Vancouver
Edmonton
Yukon
Ginger Coote
Widow gives wedding ring for Spitfire hero
Leigh England marks a widow from Lancashire who donated her wedding ring to support a Spitfire effort in the First World War. The act honors a local hero and reflects wartime sacrifice in the town.
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Leigh
England
Lancashire
New Sources of Taxation May Be Tapped
Ottawa reports Finance Minister Ilsey warned at the Dominion Provincial conference that Canada must adopt a Rowell-Sirois style plan to fairly distribute the tax burden and avoid credit risk. He outlined four reasons for action and warned failing action could lead to higher provincial taxes, rationing gasoline, and reduced unemployment relief. The premiers opposed immediate recommendations.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Ilsey
Hepburn
Ontario
Aberhart
Alberta
Pattullo
British Columbia
Rowell Trois
Maley
British Close In On Tobruk Front
British forces tighten the siege of Tobruk with 30 mile defence lines. Italian garrison about 80,900 men resists as armoured units advance on the west and infantry on the east and south while Mediterranean warships observe. Big guns fire and patrols clash in sporadic skirmishes.
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Tobruk
C.P
Mediterranean
Netherlands-Canada Society Founded
The Netherlands-Canada Society has been founded with headquarters in Toronto Ontario. Its objects are to foster closer contact among those interested in the Netherlands cause and to serve Netherlanders worldwide. An organizational meeting will be held in Toronto soon, and the secretary C. Godefroy invites interested individuals to contact him at 902 Royal Trust Building 66 King Street West Toronto Ont.
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Toronto
Netherlands-Canada Society
Ont
Netherlands
C. Godefroy
Royal Trust
King Street West
Plan To Dive For Missing Planes In Lake Muskoka
Gravenhurst Ontario January 16 Preparations were under way to begin diving operations in Lake Muskoka to recover two Royal Canadian Air Force planes and four airmen believed sunk after December disappearance an oil slick on the water supported the crash theory Divers were to work once ice thickness permitted equipment weight Flt Lt P Campbell Flt Sgt L Francis LAC G P Gosling and LAC T S Bates were aboard the missing aircraft
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Sgt
L. Francis
Royal Air Force
LAC
G. P. Gosling
Edmonton
T. S. Bates
Guelph
Hanson Blames Liberals for Ottawa Conference Fiasco
In Toronto on January 16 Hon. R. F. Hanson Conservative house leader blamed subversive elements within the Liberal party and national leadership failure for the abrupt end of the Ottawa conference on Dominion provincial relations.
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Toronto
R. FR. Hanson
Conservative House
Liberal Party
Ottawa
RAF HITS BACK AT THE DIVE BOMBER RAID
Cairo January 16. The RAF reported 30 to 40 aircraft were burned or heavily damaged in the Sicily raid on Catania airfield last Sunday night. The base is linked to German dive bombers attacking the British fleet a week earlier. Hangars were wrecked and damaged and aerial photos showed numerous bomb craters.
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Cairo
C.P
Catania
Sicily
Royal Air Force
Australian Railroaders Form Gaza Construction Unit
A group of Australian soldiers has been formed into a railroad construction unit in Gaza Palestine. About sixty percent are veterans, drawing railroad workers from across the southern Commonwealth.
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Gaza
Palestine
Commonwealth
Naylor Named New Works Manager at Canadian Pacific Angus Shops
Montreal January 16 A. B. Bowen announces management changes at the Canadian Pacific Railway Angus shops John Burns retires after 21 years as works manager and H R Naylor is promoted to succeed him Bernard Faughman is named assistant works manager car department Burns leaves after decades shaping modern locomotives and contributing to the royal train fitting for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1939
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Angus
H. B. Bowen
John Burns
H. R. Naylor
Naylor
Bernard Faughman
Angus Shops
Burns
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Empire Club seeks Old Country papers for members
The Empire Club invites donations of Old Country papers and magazines for British members using club rooms. The Control Committee asks for used copies weekly or monthly. Interested people may phone Mrs. Austin at 2979 or Mr. Cutts at 3361.
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Empire Club
Great Britain
Army unit hosts dance at Armouries on 24th
A Company 2nd Battalion A R invites officers NCOs men and ladies to a dance at the Armouries on the 24th. Business notes show clearings up over 1940 figures with this week at 320 281 and last week 344 649.
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2Nd Batallon
A.R
N.c.o’s
Alberta Fish and Game Association Meeting in Edmonton
The Alberta Provincial Fish and Game Association schedules its annual meeting in Edmonton on January 31 and February 1. The local Fish and Game Association plans its annual banquet in February.
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Alberta Provincial Fish and Game Association
Edmonton
Fish and Game Association
Skeletons Of 87 Planes At El Adem
The air ministry news service said the skeleton remains of 87 Italian airplanes rot and bleach in the sun on El Adem airdrome 15 miles south of Tobruk, the largest airfield in Italian Libyan territory.
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London
Air Ministry
el Adem
Tobruk
Libya
Ottawa watchers await Hepburns next move in Ontario
Ottawa circles monitor Premier Hepburn after his stance at the Dominion Provincial conference. Early election talk surfaces as observers weigh whether Hepburn seeks provincial voter endorsement for opposing Royal Commission recommendations.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Hepburn
World War Fronts See Bombardments and Offensives
British artillery bombarded trenches near Het Sas Belgium causing two explosions in German lines. French gunners attacked Lille approaches and destroyed a munitions depot. Russian forces resumed an offensive in eastern Galicia and Bessarabia.
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Het Sas
Belgium
Lille
Galicia
Bessarabia
Enforced Removal Children Ordered
London authorities issued a compulsory removal order for all children under 14 in the Greater London area likely to suffer mentally or physically from air attacks. The measure, adding to a regulation for medical examinations, covers the City of London, metropolitan boroughs and most outer boroughs.
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London
C.P
Malcolm MacDonald
Greater London
City of
Belgians Get Own Newspaper in England
Published in French and Flemish Vers l Avenir serves occupied Belgium readers in exile. It reports available news from Belgium and aims to keep hope alive among Belgian troops and refugees.
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London
England
Belgium
US Farmers Turn To Live Stock in 1941 Plans
Chicago January 16 United States farmers planning 1941 operations are shifting from grain to animal husbandry as livestock prices rise. Market data show livestock incomes up 18 to 50 percent from a year ago with hog prices surging nearly 3 dollars per hundredweight to peak levels not seen since 1939 and cattle values up over four dollars per hundredweight, the highest in more than three years.
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Chicago
C.P
United States
Alberta forecast for Friday cold with light snow flurries
Partly cloudy and cold conditions are expected in Alberta on Friday with brief snow flurries. The outlook shows low temperatures and scattered wintry showers across regions.
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Alberta
H B C Manager Dies On Way To Hospital
George West manager of the Hudsons Bay Company fur post at Lac La Loche Sask died on the way to hospital in Ile a la Crosse after illness. He married Frances Muriel Smith in Edmonton on December 18 and had just begun his new post. An emergency operation failed to save him amid bad weather delaying the airlift.
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Edmonton
C.p.george West
Hudson's Bay Company
Lac la Loche
Sask
Ile A la Crosse
Cecil McNeal
Canadian Airways
Sie A la Crosse
Mr. West
Greeks Drive Italians Back On Albanian Front
Greek fighters reportedly seized strategic mountain heights in central Albania after surprise infantry attacks. Severe snow followed by heavy rain limited operations as Greek spokesmen claimed continued victorious advance north of Kisura.
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Athens
C.P
Kisura
Prem Aberhart Disappointed In Dominion Provincial Talks
Premier Aberhart voiced disappointment that further discussion between the Dominion and provinces was not possible at the Dominion provincial conference. He argued that resolving present Dominion provincial affairs mattered more than final adoption of the Royal Commission report. He planned to return home tonight.
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Ottawa
C.P
Aberhart
Royal Commission
Men Doza Presses Blockade Escape Off Uruguayan Coast
The French freighter Men doza, in its fourth bid to break a British blockade, sails from Punta Del Este toward France while the British auxiliary cruiser Asturias tracks just outside territorial waters off Montevideo. Naval officers expect a dash for open sea when the ship must try again.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Mendoza
France
Uruguayan
Asturias
Punta del Este
Convoy Targets Sea Power In Sicilian Channel Raid
German Italian air forces attack in the Sicilian waters as Axis divers attempt to hinder a British convoy. Despite some damage to Italian destroyers, British seapower prevailed and the convoy reportedly remained largely untouched en route to Greece.
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Germany
Mediterranean
Sicilian
London
Hitler
Libya
Italy
Britain
British Isles
Sicily
London Go
Rome
Greece
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Royal Commission On
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Canadian Press
H.B.C
Prem. Aberhart
Sea Power
Axis
Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
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