Heavy Losses In The Drive Into Holland
Prime Minister told the House of Commons about roughly 40,000 Allied casualties in the drive into Holland and Germany. He announced Antwerp has opened to receive ocean going ships, forming a vital sea base for Allied operations. The Schelde estuary campaign, led by Gen Crerar with mixed forces, ended November 9, yielding heavy losses but establishing control and unlocking ports for supplies.
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London
Church
House of Commons
Holland
Germany
Walcheren
Antwerp
Schelde
France
Belgium
Crerar
Netherlands
Scheide
Radar device nicknamed Mickey enables bombing through clouds
The secret radar device Mickey allows British and U S airmen to strike German targets through three miles of cloud and smoke. It transmits radio waves that bounce off surfaces to a receiver, outlining cities coastlines ships and railway yards and focusing individual buildings.
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London
United States
Prisoner Totals Reported for 21st Army Group
From D day June 6 to November 24 the 1st Canadian Army took 102 438 prisoners including 1 986 officers and 100 452 other ranks The British 2nd Army captured 100 297 with 1 357 officers and 98 940 other ranks France interior added 20 000 bringing 21st Army group total to 222 735.
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71St Army Group Headquarters
1St Canadian Army
2Nd Army
Interior
21St Army Group
Direct Soviet fur shipment arrives in Toronto
The Russian Fur Company, Ltd. received the first direct shipment of furs from the Soviet Union to Toronto, about $25,000 in value. Previously Soviet furs came via New York buyers, and the change could save local consumers up to 25 percent.
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Toronto
Soviet Union
Russian Fur Company, Ltd
Canada
New York
RAF Officer Fined for Poaching in Lincolnshire Town
An RAF officer convicted of illegal game killing in Kesteven Lincolnshire was fined $20 by the magistrate who also praised his marksmanship for killing two pheasants with one shot.
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Kestevan
Eng
Lincolnshire
RAF
Vichy Men Executed For Mandel Assassination
Two young Vichy militia members were executed by firing squad at Fort Montrouge for the July assassination of Georges Mandel, interior minister in the Daladier cabinet prior to France’s collapse.
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Paris
Vichy
Fort Montrouge
Georges Mandel
Daladier
France
Beef Contract Met as Canada Sells Beef to UK
Ottawa reports Canada has shipped about 123.4 million pounds of beef to the United Kingdom set to meet the two year minimum under the 1944 45 agreement. Officials say shipments may reach three to four times the minimum with surpluses destined for export.
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Ottawa
United Kingdom
Dominion
Gardiner
Caid
Canada India mutual aid pact announced by Mackenzie King
Prime Minister Mackenzie King said Canada and India have concluded a mutual aid agreement. Canada will supply motor transport and other war materiel to India under the pact, including automotive equipment for India's military forces.
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King
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Canada
India
Human Torpedo Sinks Italian Cruiser in Spezia Harbor
British human torpedo crews led by Sub Lt Malcolm Causer and Able Seaman Harry Smith sank the 10,000 ton Bolzano in Spezia harbor on June 21. Causer was captured while Smith is missing. Causer awarded DSO, Smith a Conspicuous Gallantry Medal. second such British exploit after Ulpio Traiano in Palermo.
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London
Malcolm Causer
R.N.V.R
Harry Smith
Spezia
Admiralty
Causer
Smith
D.S.O
Ulpio Traiano
Palermo
Pilot breaks Atlantic mark with 100th Liberator flight
Capt. W L Stewart of British Overseas Airways landed at Prestwick Scotland completing a non stop 3150 mile crossing from Montreal to take first honors in 100 Atlantic flights. Capt. L V Messenger also neared the milestone on the same flight.
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Montreal
W L. Stewart
British Overseas Airways Corporation
L. V
Buddy) Messenger
Capt
Stewart
Prestwick
Scotland
Blinded soldiers arrive in London for training
The first group of blinded soldiers recently arrived from France are being instructed by blinded veterans of the First Great War in London. The program pairs injured servicemen with experienced blind instructors to aid rehabilitation.
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London
France
Shipping Losses Of The Allies And Neutrals
Washington reports totals of allied and neutral shipping losses from the start of the Second World War through 1943 amounting to 5,758 vessels and 22,161,000 gross tons. Britain suffered about 11,643,000 gross tons in 2,921 ships, while the United States lost 753 ships totaling 3,311,000 gross tons.
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Washington
Office of War
Britain
United Nations
War Shipping Administration
United States
Maritime Commission
Valuable Mineral Large Deposit in Yellowknife District
Veteran prospector Gus de Staffany says he located a large tantalite ore deposit on the shore of Great Slave Lake about 70 air miles east of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. The ore is rich in tantalum, a scarce metal increasingly used in war production, with the first shipment of 700 pounds sent to a U.S. Commercial company in Washington.
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Edmonton
Gus de Staffany
Yellowknife
N.wt
Great Slave Lake
U.S. Commercial Company
Washington
Britain Says It Will Not Need Lend Lease After War
Washington British minister Harold Butler told reporters Britain is running in the red but not broke and does not plan a postwar civilian lend lease. He said no grant in aid is contemplated and outlined Britain’s assets and liabilities totaling about 15.14 billion dollars. He cautioned imports will reflect purchasing power and warned against luxury goods while urging War Savings Stamps.
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Washington
Harold Butler
United States
Britain
Butler
Winthrop Aldrich
New York
Scandinavia
Russia
Churchill Praises Allied Armies as War Outlook Extends
London reports Prime Minister Churchill congratulating Allied troops on progress on the western front. He lauded French, American advances and the capture of Metz and Strasbourg while warning the war may last longer than expected and promising a full war review after Christmas.
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London
Church
Germany
Churchill
Cologne
Rhine
Metz
Strasbourg
Prinz Eugen Damaged in Baltic Port
Paris radio quoting Swedish reports says the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen was damaged and towed to a Baltic port. Russian reports claim a German cruiser evacuating troops from Svorbe peninsula was damaged and the Paris broadcast suggests it could be the 10,000 ton Prinz Eugen.
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Prinz Eugen
Baltic
London
Paris
Svorbe
German Generals Captured at Allied Supreme Headquarters
Paris reports the capture of two German generals who commanded Strasbourg defenses. Gen Maj Franz Waterrot, city military commander, and Gen Maj Wilhelm Utterspergen, fortifications engineer commander, were seized.
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Paris
Strasbourg
Franz Waterrot
Wilhelm Utterspergen
Nazi gunfire wounds workers in Europe revolt
The Arbeiter-Zeitung reports 300 German workers shot during a strike at Mannerheim and several hundred wounded in a popular revolt at Düsseldorf as authorities use force against labor unrest.
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New York
Arbeiter-Zeitung
Mannerheim
Dusseldorf
Harvest Woes Hit Inverness Cold Season
In Inverness and northeast Scotland the harvest was poor mirroring a wet summer and autumn. About 10 to 25 percent of the grain crop was left standing in the fields, reflecting a severe agricultural downturn.
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Inverness
Scotland
Relief talks for Channel Islands via Red Cross
Negotiations proceed to send relief to the British civil population in the German occupied Channel Islands through the International Red Cross.
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London
Channel Islands
International Red Cross
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Howard Spencer Terrell
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