Allied Air Powers Claim Superiority Across Fronts in 1942
The Air Ministry asserts the RAF and Allied air forces gained overall air superiority over the German Luftwaffe in 1942. It cites successful anti Uboat actions, a 22 percent growth of Allied air forces, and Germany’s need to repurpose bombers for transports. The year featured saturation night raids, daylight precision bombing by US bombers, and fighter arm conversion, with the Empire training program expanding from Canada’s 150 establishments.
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Lopden
RAF
Air Ministry
FLAF
Germany
Stalingrad
el- Alamein
Egypt
Coastal Command
Bay of Biscay
North Africa
Gibraltar
United States
R.af
Luftwaffe
Sugar shortage warning prompts bakers to cut back
Deputy Sugar Administrator H. J. Hobbins told the Dominion Retail Store Bakers Association that early sugar rationing saw excessive use and warned next year could be tighter. He urged substituting bread and simple cakes for elaborate items as Ontario faces labor shortages and prairie crops rise. London reports BBC warning of Alles plan to bomb targets in unoccupied France and to avoid German headquarters factories and rail centers.
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Bakers’ Association
Toronto
H. J. Hobbins
The
Prices Board
Dominion Retail Store
Hobbins
Prairie Provinces
Ontario
London
Alles
France
BBC
No Short-Term Collapse for Nazi War Economy Says Financial News
The Financial News assesses Germany's war economy in its fourth winter of war and finds no weak spot likely to trigger a collapse in the near future. It cites raw material shortages, aircraft industry strain, and deteriorating transport as flaws, with rail systems in occupied Europe described as a major weakness. It notes bread surpluses but warns against sanguine views on food, due to potential manpower and production strains from a possible North African second front.
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London
Financial News
Germany
North Africa
Maikop
Rumania
Poland
Wazi-controlled
Europe
R.af
Russia
Mediterranean
Hitler
Aid for Students to Return Postwar in Johannesburg
The civil re employment board announces grants for SA students who left school to serve in the armed forces. Eligible students receive 20 dollars in cash and a 600 dollar loan repayable over 15 years to resume studies after the war.
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Johannesburg
The
Union of South Africa
Civil Re-Employment Board
Unusual War Charity Calf Sale Planned in Calgary
A unique sale of purebred beef calves to aid a war charity is scheduled for January 22 at Victoria pavilion Calgary exhibition grounds. Sponsored by the Alberta Short horn Breeders Association, with Calgary Kiwanis aiding the effort, it is claimed to be Canada’s first event of its kind. Vancouver notes that canned milk supplies held by wholesalers nationwide have been frozen temporarily during a system-wide survey.
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Calgary
Canada
Victoria Pavilion
Calgary Exhibition Grounds
Alberta Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
Calgary Kiwanis Club
Vancouver
Prices Board
War Initiative Now Taken By Allied Armies
The war office reports 1942 as a turning point with Allied successes in Africa and the Soviet during the year. It cites Rommel's failed 1942 Egypt offensive and Montgomery's El Alamein victory as marks of the Axis losing initiative. Tunisian operations showed early gains but were withdrawn as the task proved too large for the vanguard.
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Libya
Solomons
Axis
United Nations
Erwin Rommel
Egypt
Bernard Montgomery
el Alamein
Britain’s light naval forces sink and damage enemy ships
Britain’s light naval forces known as the little warships have sunk 16 and damaged 31 ships in four months. Established in 1940, they raid Hitler’s convoys near the enemy coast, often at night, racing in to confuse crews and sometimes capturing sailors or vessels despite coastal defenses. An admiralty report on December 12 noted two Axis supply ships and one escort sunk near Dieppe.
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London
Britain
Hitler
Dieppe
British sailors fund Christmas party for Tottenham home
Two British seamen in New York learned the Tottenham old folks home Christmas party might be canceled. They wired the equivalent of 75 dollars to the British War Relief Society to ensure the event proceeds.
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London
Tottenham
New York
British War Relief Society
Toronto man survives harrowing in air rescue aboard bomber
Harry Griffiths of Toronto recovers in a Quebec hospital after a fall through a hatch from a Boston bomber at 4000 feet. He clung to the plane as Capt. John Gerow of the Ferry Command maneuvered the craft to ground level and Griffiths dropped to safety.
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Harry Griffiths
Toronto
Quebec
Boston
John Gerow
Minnesota
Ferry Command
Griffiths
Problems Facing Farmers At The Start Of 1943
Wartime agriculture plans call for diversification and reduced wheat acreage by 18 percent to 4,000,000 acres while increasing coarse grains. Canada faces record wheat production with exports limited by Wheat Board purchases and price controls. 1942 stats show a large surplus and volatile prices for oats barley and other grains.
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Dominion
Canadian Wheat Board
Fort William
Vancouver
Wheat Board
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
U.S
United States
British air mail limited by wartime transport needs
Postmaster general Mulock said UK to North America air mail could carry only about 10 percent of letters posted in Britain for Canada and the United States. Many letters would be sent by surface routes. delays due to transports for vital war needs, with efforts to speed delivery and explore more aircraft capacity.
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Ottawa
Mulock
United Kingdom
North America
Canada
U.S
Britain
Admiralty Appointments and Heroic City Driver
London reports Cmdr. C. F. Goodeve named assistant controller of research and developments in the admiralty. Sir Stanley V. Goodall becomes assistant controller for Warship production in Southampton. Jesse Clarke, a lorry driver, halted two runaway tramcars by driving his vehicle as a buffer and received 50 war savings certificates from the mayor.
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London
Cmadr
C. F. Goodeve
Admiralty
Stanley V. Goodall
Southampton
Eng
Jesse Clarke
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Greece
Western
Desert
B. L. Montgomery
Middle East
Royal Hellenic Air Force
Goering
War Office
Tunisia
Algeria
Tunis
Bizerte
Djedeida
Pioneer
J. W. Browning
Exeter
Ont
Gerow
Montreal
Winnipes
British Air Mail
Atlantic
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