Allied Planes On Offensive Across World War II Review
The RAF reports Allied air superiority in all theatres and global offensives in 1943. It cites heavy bombing of Ruhr, Hamburg, Berlin, and Germany overall, with 87 British aircraft lost in the Hamburg battle, and notes planned 1944 air activity from Britain and southern Italy.
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London
RAF
Britain
Air Arm
Germany
Costal
North Atlantic
Europe
Ruhr
Hamburg
Cologne
Essen
Dortmund
Duesseldorf
Wuppertal
Bochum
Rheydt
Western
R.A.F
Italy
Austria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Bulgaria
Greece
R.A.F. Bomber Command
Reich
RCaf Medical Service Says Some Patients Return Home
An RC AF medical service spokesman said a British air ministry rule, effective April 15, allows RCAF personnel needing three or more months of treatment to be sent back to Canada. He stressed the rule is not rigidly enforced and many cases have exceptions. Some patients stay overseas longer for specific treatments.
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Ottawa
R.C.A.F. Medical Service
Canada
Tojo Warns Allies Fierce Fronts Amid Counteroffensive
Premier Hideko Tojo told the upper house that the Allied counteroffensive is real and fierce fighting rages on multiple fronts. A Tokyo radio broadcast said Allied actions in the South Pacific have brought the war to a decisive stage determining the nation's rise or fall.
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New York
Hideko Tojo
Tokyo Radio
United States
South Pacific
National Council On Physical Fitness
Dominion
Social Security
Two Russian POWs Escape to American Lines in Italy
Two Russians captured on the Russian front in 1941 and taken to Italy as members of a German anti aircraft crew escaped to American lines. Their first question was how to return to the Russian army.
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FIFTH
Italy
Strategic Place Of Dominion In Global Aviation
Montreal. Trans-Canada Air Lines outlines postwar aviation goals. President H J Symington notes Canada’s strategic air position linking North America with Europe and Asia and discusses growth in 1943 traffic including 141000 passengers and freight gains.
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Montreal
Trans-Canada Air Lines
H. J. Symington
T.C.A
Canada
North America
Europe
Asia
Vancouver
Victoria
Symingtoen
RCAF Mail Squadron Delivers Med Letters Home
Canadian servicemen in the Mediterranean theatre received air mail during Christmas week on the RCAF's new mail squadron. The first two Flying Fortresses landed in Britain with 1,100 pounds of letters, and 1,400 pounds were loaded for the flight to the Mediterranean. Returning flights will carry a full mail load back to Canada.
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Ottawa
RCAF
Canada
Air Force
Mediterranean
Britain
Credit for raids Ottawa
The R C A F said the Royal Air Force Pathfinder Force, including a famed Canadian squadron, received a big slice of credit for recent night raids on Berlin.
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Ottawa
R.C.A F
R.A.F. Bomber Command
Pathfinder Force
Canada
Berlin
Ralston to send 6000 CP News copies weekly to Italy
Defence Minister Ralston announced 6000 copies of The Canadian Press News eight page tabloid printed in London will be flown to Italy weekly from England. A Mediterranean theatre newspaper combining CP News and local area news will also be printed. CP News is cabled daily for the 8th Army News in the field. He cited mail and film shortages as key complaints and said arrangements will deliver all three to the troops.
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Ottawa
Ralston
Canadian Press News
London
Italy
England
Mediterranean Theatre
8Th Army News
Air travel up 58 percent in September
Ottawa reports Dominion bureau of statistics data showing passenger air travel rose 58 percent in September from a year earlier. The September total reached 30,578 passengers, down from 31,503 in August but higher than 19,398 in September 1942.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Sub Menace Defeated Says Rear Admiral Murray
Rear Admiral L W Murray of the Royal Canadian Navy declares the U boat menace defeated in a New Year message. He hopes Allied naval and air forces can shift from the Atlantic to the Pacific before 1944 ends and praises the Allied forces and the Merchant Marine for their part in defeating the U boats.
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Halifax
L. W. Mupryav
RCN
Canadian Northwest
Atlantic
Pacific
RCAF
Murray
Censorship Tightens on War News for U S Readers
London reports that wartime censorship is being tightened as Allied forces mass for a continental invasion under General Eisenhower. Capt Eugene F Nute, new U S army chief press censor, says the setup is expanding though not to the point of stifling. The focus will be on preventing speculation about imminent Allied moves in the European sector.
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London
Britain
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eugene F. Nute
U.S. Army
Nate
Lend Lease Curbs May Limit British Purchases
Washington reports that removal from lend lease lists of capital goods and other war aid may be announced soon. The policy would require Britain to buy machine tools and heavy equipment with cash through private channels, aiming to keep aid tied to active war production and avoid peacetime buildup.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Foreign Economic Administration
Canada sketches postwar social security and health plan
Ottawa outlines a Marsh proposed social security program for all Canadians including basic income, unemployment relief, free medical care, maternity and disability benefits, and pensions. A national health plan, costs split between Dominion and provinces, and postwar employment measures are planned.
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Ottawa
House of Commons Committee On
L .C. Marsh
Government Reconstruction Committee
Dominion
Marsh
Mackenzie
Prime Minister Churchill Recovers in Middle East
London reports Prime Minister Churchill is recuperating in the Middle East from pneumonia after an illness. His official residence issued warm thanks for Christmas greetings and messages of cheer from supporters and officials.
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London
Churchill
Middle East
Axis blockade runner sunk in Bay of Biscay
London reports that an Axis blockade runner, sunk by a plane in the Bay of Biscay, was identified as coming from the Far East.
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London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Bay of Biscay
Far East
Hospitals Ready for Massive War Casualty Surge in Canada
Ottawa reports federal pensions department hospitals prepared for a rapid casualty influx. Normal beds rise from 2,800 to 7,200 with plans to exceed 15,000. Additional beds in London, Toronto, Saint John, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ste Anne de Bellevue, and more planned plus 14,500 defence beds available if needed. Space could reach 30,000 beds by 1945.
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Ottawa
Federal Pensions Department
Defence Department
London
Ont
Toronto
Saint John
N.B
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Ste. Anne de Bellevue
Que
Vancouver
Regina
Montreal
Halifax
Toronto Air Service Plan by TTC and Gray Coach
The Toronto transportation commission and Gray Coach Lines seek federal approval to run helicopters and aircraft after the war. They expect hundreds of staff now in the air force and plan to operate an air service using present Gray Coach terminals with at least one daily trip on routes served by the coach lines across Ontario and connections to Buffalo and Niagara Falls. A map of proposed helicopter routes accompanies the application.
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Toronto
Toronto Transportation Commission
Gray Coach Lines
Dominion
Air Force
Gray
Ontario
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Editorial Tribute to McNaughton as Canadian Army Chief
The Daily Express lauds Lt.-Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton for relinquishing command of the Canadian army overseas. It recalls his December 1939 arrival with the first Canadian contingent and calls his leadership high generalship. Fate denies him leading them into battle but praises him for building a capable force.
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London
A. G. L. McNaughton
Daily Express
Britain
McNaughton
War Production Pace in Britain in June 1942
In June 1942 Britain produced tanks, jeeps and other mechanical vehicles at an annual rate of 257000 units. The figure underscores the rapid scale of military materiel output during the war era.
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Tojo
Ansnous
the Empire
King George VI
Empire
Will
Mediterranean War
SUB Menace
U.S
Crerar
AIR Service
Eastern Bus Lines
London Daily Express
Gen. McNaughton
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