Heavy Losses In The Drive Into Holland
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons about roughly 40 000 British and Canadian casualties in the drive into Holland and Germany. Allied forces including British Canadian and allied troops fought to clear the Schelde estuary, freeing Antwerp to receive ocean going ships and support northern and American armies. The Schelde operation involved Crerar’s multinational force and heavy fighting to smash German divisions and open the estuary for Allied use.
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London
Church
House of Commons
Holland
Germany
Schelde
Wakheten
Artix
Antwerp
Porsibie
France
Fielgium
Hus
Porta
Crerar
Netherlands
Belgium
Radar device “Mickey” aids bombing through clouds
London reports the secret radar device Mickey used by British and American airmen to bomb German targets through three miles of cloud and smoke. The instrument sends radio waves to map surface objects and ships, outlining cities, coastlines, railroad yards, and even individual buildings for targeting.
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London
United States
Bamber
Prisoner Totals for 21st Army Group Revealed
Since D day last June through November 24 the 1st Canadian Army captured 102,438 prisoners including 1,986 officers and 100,452 other ranks. The British 2nd Army took 100,287 comprising 1,357 officers and 98,940 other ranks. French interior force captures bring the 21st Army Group total to 222,735.
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21St Army Group
1St Canadian Army
2Nd Army
Furs From Russia Arrive Directly at Toronto Market
The first direct shipment of furs from the Soviet Union arrived in Toronto via the Russian Fur Company, Ltd. valued at about $25,000. Previously Soviet furs entered Canada through New York buyers. the new direct route is expected to save up to 25 percent for consumers.
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Toronto
Soviet Union
Russian Fur Company, Ltd
Canada
New York
Lincolnshire airman fined for pheasant shooting without license
In Kesteven England an FLAP officer was fined after a magistrate ordered a $20 penalty for killing pheasants without a license. The court praised the airman for marksmanship, noting two pheasants fell with one shot.
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Kestevan
Eng
Lincolnshire
Beef Contract With United Kingdom Set For 1944 45
The Canadian meat board announced a beef export agreement with the United Kingdom covering 12 000 tons for the 1944 and 1945 period. Agriculture Minister Gardiner said shipments would total about 40 000 head of cattle prewar, with initial exports of 50 000 000 pounds in 1945 and about 4 year minimum beef requirements fulfilled. The UK agreed to take all Canadian beef that could be shipped, with final shipments potentially three or four times the minimum.
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Ottawa
Canstian Meat Board
O Date
United Kingdom
Otis Bert
Minieter
Gardiner
Jety
Rhirn
Pact with India Ottawa announces mutual aid treaty
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the conclusion of a mutual aid agreement between Canada and India. A large part of motor transport supplies for the Indian army is being furnished by Canada and it is expected that war supplies to India will include automotive equipment for its military forces under the agreement.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Canada
India
British human torpedo sinks Bolzano at Spezia harbor
The British human torpedo crew Sub-Lt Malcolm Causer and Able Seaman Harry Smith sank the 10,000-ton Italian cruiser Bolzano in Spezia harbor on June 21. Causer was captured while Smith is missing. both received medals for gallantry. This marked a second known successful human torpedo attack by British naval personnel following Palermo harbor action in 1943.
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London
Malcolm Causer
R.N.V.R
Harry Smith
Spezial Harbor
Admiralty
Causer
Smith
D.S.O
Ed Causer
Vipio Traiano
Palermo
Pilot of Airways Corp Tops Atlantic Flights
Montreal report says Capt. W. L. Stewart of British Overseas Airways Corporation became the first pilot to fly the Atlantic 160 times, landing at Prestwick Scotland after a non-stop 3150 mile flight from Montreal. He edged Capt. L. V. Messenger by a few hours as both completed their 100th trips.
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Airways Corporation
Atlantic Montreal
W. L. Stewart
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Atlantic
L. V
Buddy) Messenger
Capt
Stewart
Prestwick
Scotland
Montreal
Messenger
Blinded Soldiers Begin Training in London
The first group of blinded soldiers arriving from France is taught by veterans of the First Great War in a London program aimed at rehabilitation and skills for reintegration into civilian life.
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London
France
Shipping Losses Of The Allies And Neutrals
Washington reports that Allied and neutral shipping losses from the start of the war through 1943 totaled 5,759 vessels and 22,161,000 gross tons. British vessels numbered 2,921, and U.S. losses reached 783 ships totaling 3,311,000 gross tons. Construction by the United States reached about 30,000,000 dead-weight tons, with ratios favoring net gains in 1943 and an optimistic note for 1944.
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Washington
Office of War Informaion
Britain
United Nations
War Shipping Administration
United States
Maritime Commission
Northern prospector finds tantalum ore in Yellowknife district
Edmonton report quotes Gus de sta any locating a large lantelite deposit on shore of Great Slave Lake about 70 miles east of Yellowknife. He notes the ore contains abundant tantalum, valuable for war production, with 700 pounds shipped to the U S Commercial company in Washington.
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Edmonton
Gus de Sta
Yellowknife
Nwt
Great Slave Lake
U.S. Commercial Company
Washington
Britain says it will not need postwar lend lease
Washington report quotes Harold Butler stating Britain is in the red but not broke and unlikely to require postwar civilian lend lease to recover. He notes Britain's white paper shows overseas assets and liabilities totaling about 15.14 billion dollars, with no plan for a government grant. He expects postwar imports to focus on essential goods and timber, not luxury items. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Washington
Jmet
Harold Butler
United States
Britain
Butler
Winthrop Aldrich
New York
Scandinavia
Russia
Atlantic
Churchill Warns War May Last Longer Than Expected
London report shows Prime Minister Churchill telling Parliament the war could extend beyond the early summer forecast. He praised Allied advances on the western front, noted French troops near the Swiss frontier, and lauded American forces for capturing Metz and Strasbourg while acknowledging heavy German losses. He warned any large breakthrough in the Cologne region would have major strategic consequences.
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London
Churchil
Germany
Churchill
Cologna
the House
Rhine
Metz
Strasbourg
United States
Cologne
Cruiser Prine Eugen Damaged Near German Baltic Port
Paris radio cites Swedish reports that the German heavy cruiser Prine Eugen was damaged and moved to a Baltic port. Russian sources say a German cruiser evacuating troops from Svorbe peninsula was damaged, possibly the 10,000 ton Prinz Eugen.
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London
Paris
Anid
Svorbe Peninsula
German Generals Captured at Allied Headquarters in Paris
Allied headquarters in Paris announced the capture of two German generals guarding Strasbourg. General Maj. Franz Waterrot, city military commander, and General Maj. Wilhelm Utterapergen, fortifications engineer commander, were reported seized.
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Paris
Strasbourg
Franz Waterrot
Wilhelm Utterapergen
Nazis Shoot Workers in New York Strike Report Misread
Swiss newspaper Arbeiter-Zeitung reports 300 German workers shot during a strike at Mannerheim and several hundred others masSacred during a popular revolt in Düsseldorf. The item reflects wartime fear and propaganda with unclear details and dates.
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New York
Arbeiter-Zeitung
Mannerheim
Dusseldorf
Poor Harvest Hits Inverness and North East Scotland
Harvest in Inverness and northeast Scotland was among its worst in five decades due to a wet summer and an even wetter autumn. Between 10 and 25 percent of the grain crop was left unharvested in fields.
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Inverness
Scotland
North
Relief aid talks for Channel Islands under German occupation
Negotiations are under way to send relief to the British civil population of the Channel Islands through the Red Cross.
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London
Channel Islands
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