Nazi Methods Of Torture For Belgian People
British release of a 12 page report documents Breendonk prison camp in Belgium during the 1940 44 occupation. It details torture methods including blows binding hoists and burning with cigarettes and electrical needles. It notes mass deaths including 300 shot 15 hanged and nearly 200 starved or mistreated along with Tir National executions and 1000 shot overall.
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Elatk
Cernans
Breendonk
Belgium
Tir National
Brussels
Edith Cavell
Britain
Breendenk
Overseas Mail Squadron Has Splendid Record
The overseas RC A F mail squadron celebrates a first year of expanded routes from Rockcliffe to Prestwick and onward to France Belgium Holland Italy North Africa and Egypt Carrying nearly 2 000 000 pounds of servicemen mail about 120 000 000 letters The unit moved from Dakota transports to Liberator aircraft despite mid March crashes and a recent disappearance The squadron now serves daily from Gibraltar to Algiers Foggia Bari Naples Cairo and Normandy with new detachment in Britain and Azores route extensions
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Ottawa
R.C.A.F. Over Seas
Rockcliffe
Prestwick
Scotland
Hap
France
Belgium
Holland
Italy
North Africa
Tunisia
Egypt
Britain
R.C.A.F
United Kingdom
Canada
Gibraltar
Algiers
Foggia
Bari
Naples
Cairo
Rca.f
Middle East
Azores
Normandy
Chiang Kai-Shek Promises Constitutional Government Soon
In a New Year message Chiang Kai-Shek pledges a constitutional government before the war’s end not after, urging a convening of a peoples congress within this or next year to draft and promulgate a constitution. He states readiness to propose to the Kuomintang central executive committee to convene once military conditions allow a counter-offensive and assured victory.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peoples’ Congress
Kuomintang
Weould
Relief Ship Delayed Reaches Channel Islands
Official word from London states the steamship Vega carrying relief supplies for the German occupied Channel Islands arrived at Guernsey Island on December 27 after departing Lisbon on December 22. Bad weather delayed its route across the English Channel.
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London
Vega
Anada
Channel Islands
Uernsey Island
Lisbon
Ortona observes Canadian World War II victory service
Canadians liberated Ortona on December 28 1943 and a spontaneous town service drew mass turnout after the mayor postponed to December 31 to allow broader participation. Citizens express gratitude and faith in the new life the victory enabled as news reaches Ravenna front. Prime Minister Churchill sends gift to Iran.
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Ortona
Ravenna
London
Churchill
Iran
Marlborough
Promise Victory: Nazi Leaders Warn of Win Ahead
Nazi leaders including Reichsmarshal Goering release new year proclamations via DNB to assure war weary Germans that victory is near. Goering pledges a hard path ahead but vows triumph and peace under Hitler, urging purchase of War Savings Stamps.
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London
Hermann Goering
DNB
Goering
Adolf Hitler
Resigning Post Canberra Sir William Glasgow Retires
Herbert Evatt the external affairs minister announced Sir William Glasgow high commissioner to Canada will retire and a successor will be appointed soon. Evatt praised Glasgow for his personal qualities aiding mutual understanding and noted he was the first Australian high commissioner to any sister dominion.
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Canberra
Herbert Evatt
Australia
William Glasgow
Canada
William
Ottawa
Mr. Evatt
Sir William
Sir Willam
Special Payment to MPs for December Session
Ottawa reports a special payment of 200 dollars to members of parliament for the December short session during the conscription crisis. Normally MPs receive 4000 dollars per session, but cabinet ministers will not receive the extra 200 dollars as they already get the indemnity plus salary.
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Ottawa
Canada 1944 mineral output falls to 1939 low
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 1944 mineral production valued at 482 million dollars, down from 527 million in 1942, a decrease of about 45.7 million. Metals group bears the largest drop, marking the lowest production since 1939.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Herbert Morrison Attends 43rd Labour Conference
Herbert Morrison listens to a speech at the Labour Party conference in Westminster Central Hall London Nearly a thousand delegates peers MPs and parliamentary candidates gather in a tense mood for the 43rd annual event.
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Herbert Morrison
Labor Party
Westminister Central Hall
London
Labor
M.P
British Subs Take Toll Of Japanese Ships
British submarines sank at least 165 Japanese ships in 1944, including a cruiser and a destroyer, per navy records cited by The Canadian Press. Most losses were merchantmen. only about 10 were warships. American subs reportedly sunk 934 ships totaling 3.5 million tons since the war began.
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London
Japan
Royal Navy
Navy
James Forrestal
Washington
United States
Burma
Sumatra
Andaman and Nicoban Islands
Nazi method reported as Allied strikes probe
London newspapers quoted supreme Allied headquarters saying a preliminary investigation found two German tanks fired a hail of machine gun bullets at 130 captured Americans after they were searched for valuables and lined up in an open field.
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London
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Farming Units Made Available For Veterans
Ottawa reports about 3 000 small land holdings will be made available this year for veterans already discharged. Veterans Minister Mackenzie says new homes may be built on these holdings and a limited number of full time farming units will be released in 1945 for exceptional cases. The act provides grants for full time farmers and city workers seeking small acreages outside high tax areas, with extra help for commercial fishermen tying land to fishing.
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Ottawa
Canada
Mackenzie
Olafson’s light bridge aids Canadian infantry in Italy
In the Italian campaign along the Lombardy plain infantrymen welcome a portable bridge devised by Canadian Capt. E A Olafson of Saskatoon. The 160 pound five or six section unit spans 60 to 90 feet and can be assembled by novices enabling rapid river crossings for jeeps and foot troops. The bridge, nicknamed the Olafson infantry foot bridge, first tested at the Lamone river bridgehead, is quickly dismantled after use.
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Adriatic
Lombardy
E. A
Oleg) Olafson
Fentonia
Sask
Lamone River
Olafson Infantry
Income Tax Outlook in Canada for 1945
Informed circles expect no cut to Canada’s 1945 income tax level, with any change likely up. The 1944 budget raised taxes after abolishing compulsory savings, and Canada’s rate structure places more burden on moderate and high earners than the U S, though it remains lighter than Britain’s except at the top brackets.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Army officers visit Switzerland to buy watches and typewriters
A group of United States army officers recently visited Switzerland to negotiate the purchase of watches, typewriters, and other Swiss manufactures for American forces in France. The information comes from reliable authorities.
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Berne
United States Army
Switzerland
France
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Sergt
John H. Parks
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Canadian Army
WIE
Vincent Massey
Olafson
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