Changes to post discharge training edicts broaden aid
Ottawa Pensions Minister Mackenzie announced amendments to the post discharge rehabilitation order expanding vocational training and education grants for armed forces veterans. The changes remove Canada only limits, allow grants for those abroad in special cases, extend eligibility to wartime entrants including Americans, and permit discharged personnel to apply within 12 months after discharge rather than 18 months.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie
Canada
Dominion
Allies Destroy More German Subs in January Than December
London reports that Allied forces destroyed more U boats in January 1944 than in December, while merchant ship tonnage sunk by U boats was among the war’s lowest monthly totals. The statement, issued by Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt, warns German claims of Allied losses are propaganda and emphasizes continued offensive action by surface and air forces.
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London
Church M1
Roosevelt
Romanian Premier Declares Martial Law in Transistria
Premier Ion Antonescu says Transistria, a Romanian province acquired during the Axis invasion of Russia, is under martial law as Berlin reports threaten Soviet advance. Swedish newspapers note the tense frontier situation and Romania’s wartime measures.
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Stockholm
Ion Antonescu
Rumania
Transistria
Russia
Berlin
Ottawa Finance Minister Hints at Rationing Abolition
In the commons Finance Minister Isley says a consideration can be given to ending meat rationing and dropping meatless Tuesdays, signaling possible policy shift amid wartime pressures.
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Ottawa
Isley
Commons
Air Warfar e 186 660 Tons Of Bombs Dropped On Nazi Europe
The final 1943 operations summary shows Allied air power over Europe, with 180 000 tons of bombs dropped by RAF and US forces. The 8th Air Force carried 12 000 tons in December alone, losses reached 1 637 bombers in 1943, and missions varied from 72 to 93 bombers early to over 700 by December. Kiel Wilhelmshafen Emden Bremen targets exceeded 1 000 tons each.
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Nazi Europe
Washington
Europe
RAF
Sth
Eighth Bomber Command
Kiel
Wilhelmshafen
Emden
Bremen
Landing Craft Priority for Invasion Across Europe
London cautions that invasion of Europe demands vast, expendable landing craft to secure beachheads. Montgomery and Allied engineers must mass thousands of ships of varied types, with reserves to sustain supply lines across a defended coast from Sicily to Salerno and beyond.
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London
Europe
Bernard L. Montgomery
United States
Hitler
Sicily
Scily
Salerno
Japanese Aircraft Output Seen At 1200 Monthly Says Source
Washington reports estimate Japanese factories are producing at least 1200 aircraft monthly and focusing on defensive types. The figure is about ten percent higher than earlier estimates since Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Allied Hospital Hit at Anzio in Bombing and Machine Gun Fire
Allied headquarters reported that enemy planes bombed and machine gunned an American field hospital at Anzio, killing 27 and wounding 68. Three nurses died. The hospital, unprotected and open, was clearly marked. Mass funeral services were held in a tent chapel.
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American Field Hospital
Allied
Italy
Anzio
Canadian Troops Earn Praise From British General in Italy
Lt General C W Allfrey of the British th army corps lauded the Canadian division and artillery for two months of hard fighting in Italy. He noted the unit's clash with the German 90th Light Division, praised guts and discipline, and expressed pride in their record as their corps prepared to take over command. War Savings Stamps urged.
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Italy
C. W. Allfrey
H. D. G. Crerar
Allfrey
90Th Light
Bermuda rejects Canada flour gift cites financial independence
Bermuda declines a free flour offer under the Dominican mutual aid plan. H. J. Tucker told the house of assembly Bermuda prefers financial integrity and independence and has accepted nothing on lend-lease terms. King Gustaf of Sweden ascended the throne in January 1908.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Canada
House of Assembly
H. J. Tucker
Tucker
Gustaf of
Sweden
New Policy Cuts Canadian Reserve Army Training
Defence headquarters announced a streamlined reserve policy cutting training from 40 to 30 days and reducing full time personnel. Some units will be dormant until war’s end while part time officers and NCOs will train to instruct others. The reserve’s role includes sustaining interest, supplying reinforcements, aiding civil authority, and backing active forces if needed. In 1943 the reserve supplied 7,000 reinforcements.
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Ogftawa
Canadian Reserve Army
Defence Headquarters
Canadian Army
Canada
Infrared plane detector claims emerge in Vichy report
Vichy radio asserts German anti-aircraft defenses now use an infra red detector to register enemy planes. It notes one Focke Wulf fighter already has it and others will follow. The broadcast says infra red barrages linked to electric signals will reveal planes entering protected zones.
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London
Vichy Radio
Australian war casualties total 66,920 to start of year
Prime Minister John Curtin disclosed that Australian war casualties reached 66,920 by the start of this year. Of these, 16,480 were killed, including 4,500 in the war against Japan. The Japan theatre saw 26,600 casualties with 4,500 dead, 7,500 wounded, 19,900 taken prisoner and 4,700 missing.
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Canberra
John Curtin
Japan
Silver fighters with red wing tips puzzle London
Airmen report escort in a recent Frankfurt raid by US heavy bombers included silver colored fighters with red wing tips. No official explanation given.
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London
Frankfurt
United States
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U.S. Sth Bomber Command
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Rome
Guy Simonds
Charles Foulkes
Dwight Eisenhower
Western
J. L. Ralston
National Defence
Scott
Mr. Scott
John Dill
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Col. Ralston
Ralston
A. F. Duguid
Reserve
Defence
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