U Boat Losses Decline Across Nine Months
London reports Allied forces destroyed upwards of 300 U boats in the Atlantic from March to November, crippling Hitler's subs. Churchill and Roosevelt note November merchant losses were the lowest since May 1941, with a six month total around 150 sunk by October and overall nine month U boat losses potentially near 300. Bases in the Azores aided anti submarine efforts as long range aircraft plus escort countermeasures resisted German operations.
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London
Atlantic
Hitler
Europe
Churchill
Roosevelt
United States
Britain
Milmarines
March
Ecores
Karl Doenitz
Wndersen
Churchil
Washington
Azores
Portugal
Churchill speaks from jeep to Hussars in North Africa
Prime Minister Churchill rode a jeep to address his 684 regiment the 4th Queen's Own Hussars in North Africa. Wearing three campaign ribbons he praised progress toward 1944 and urged no underestimation of the enemy. He has previously inspected the regiment at El Alamein and Cyprus, noting its desert actions and Greece and Crete service.
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Churchill
North Africa
4Th
Queen's Own Hussars
Greece
Crete
Desert
Hussars
el. Alamein
Yayot
Cyprus
Casablanca
Bremen Destroyed Ports in War Toll Read by Traveler
A traveler returning from Bremen says Allied bombing has left 70 percent of the city and its harbor district badly damaged. Normal restoration may take three years despite the recent Allied victory. The report comes one day after the last American air raid.
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Bremen
Stockholm
Wheat Acreage May Be Kent At Previous Level
A. M. Shaw of the federal department told the Dominion provincial agriculture conference that 1944 Canadian wheat acreage should stay at 1943 levels, 17,468,000 acres, with oats up 6 percent and barley up 1 percent. Corn for husking may rise 53 percent, alfalfa unchanged, flax uncertain, and rape and sunflowers targeted for modest increases as production plans were discussed.
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Ottawa
A. M. Shaw
Federal Agricultural Department
Dominion Provincial Agriculture Conference
Shaw
Super battleship Wisconsin launched by United States Navy
On the second anniversary of Pearl Harbor the United States launched its new super battleship Wisconsin as a weapon against Tokyo. Built for about 90 million dollars over 33 months, the ship measures about 860 feet long with a beam near 108 feet and displaces around 52,600 tons. It carries nine 36 inch guns and can reach 33 knots.
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United States
Philadelphia
United States Navy
Wisconsin
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Ralph
It makes us jealous when we buy war stamps regularly
A Montreal English paper notes readers feeling envy at others who accumulate War Savings Stamps. The item discusses pride in saving and the steady habit of regular purchases, reflecting wartime thrift and civic duty emphasized by the era.
Meeting Planned for Dominion Prime Ministers in London
Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons that arrangements are made to hold a meeting of dominion prime ministers in London. Details are under discussion. the leaders have not met in Britain together during the war despite visiting London at least once each.
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London
Clement Attlee
Council
House of Commons
Attlee
Britain
Allowances Paid But Not for Absentees Over 21 Days
Ottawa Defence headquarters clarified that dependents’ allowances are not halted for soldiers' crimes, except when the soldier’s pay stops due to more than 21 days of absence without leave. The note followed an Edmonton dispatch quoting the Legion official on investigations into cutoffs for punitive cases.
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Ottawa
Defence
Edmonton
W. J. Williams
The
Canadian Legion
Legion
Small Staff Required To Handle Work Of UNRRA
Ottawa dispatch notes UNRRA is new and drawing many Canadian job applications. Canada will mainly provide supplies for occupied Europe. distribution will be handled by each government, so UNRRA will need a modest administrative staff. The agency will begin after Allied forces advance and military governments organize civilian services.
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Uneera
Ottawa
Santa Claus
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Canada
Europe
U.n.r.ra
Un.rra
United Nations
Courageous Survivor of Sunk Ship Garners Empire Medal
London reports Mrs. Margaret Hope Maberley Gordon survived 52 days in an open lifeboat after her ship was torpedoed. The King awarded her the British Empire Medal in recognition of endurance and suffering, alongside lifeboat commander Third Officer James Whyte as the sole other survivor.
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London
Margaret Hope Maberley Gordon
Gordon
H. I. North
Sea Cliffe
N.Y
James Whyte
Whyte
Pea
Japanese Submarines Sink Ship in Persian Gulf Tale
Cadet Maurice W. Price described two 300 foot Japanese submarines sinking the cargo vessel Henry Knox with 41 crew aboard. He said the subs plundered life boats and gear before submerging. Eleven of the Henry Knox crew remain missing, two died in lifeboats.
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Los Angeles
Maurice W. Price
Price
Henry Knox
Persian Gulf
Most Significant Allied Conference Says Smuts
Cairo report quotes Field Marshal Jan Smuts calling the Allied meetings the most significant in a century. He predicts victory by Christmas next year but warns of heavy work ahead, praising unanimity and urging press restraint to protect ongoing negotiations. Smuts, premier of the Union of South Africa, spoke to 70 war correspondents after more than two weeks of talks.
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Cairo
Jan Christian Smuts
Smuts
Union of South Africa
Jer Smuts
Britain
United States
Russia
Smuta
Tal
Brighton MP Sees Allied Victory Near End Of War
London report quotes Lt Col Anthony Marlow Conservative MP for Brighton saying the Soviet army entering Germany will trigger a meeting with an English speaking force halfway. The piece also urges buying War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Germany
Brighton
Eng
Anthony Marlow
Farm machinery to aid Europe to be produced in Canada
A Washington committee will study world demand for agricultural implements and capacity to meet it. Canada will play a substantial role with quotas set for 1945 production and repair parts. Bottlenecks in steel and metals will limit output for the next 18 months.
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Ottawa
Europe
Washington
Farm and Food Machinery Committee
Combined Production and Resources Board
Canada
U.S
Farm Machinery Production Department
Governor General backs Boy Scout plan for Europe readings
The Governor General and Chief Scout of Canada led the semi annual Boy Scouts Association meeting and endorsed boosting nationwide membership. He approved Boy Scout week for Feb 20 26, 1944 and a postwar program to supply basic scouting books in Polish Flemish Dutch Norwegian and Czechoslovakian for occupied countries at a cost between 7500 and 10000 dollars.
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Europe
Canada
Boy Scouts Association of Canada
German Prisoners Of War To Work In Alberta Lumber Camps
Two carloads of German prisoners from Lethbridge arrived in Edmonton en route to lumber camps at Chisholm and Smith in northern Alberta. Guards from the Veterans' Guard of Canada accompany the trains. The prisoners, the first of many expected, will live in specially constructed camps during the winter labor program.
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Edmonton
Lethbridge
Alta
Chisholm
Smith
Alberta
Veterans’ Guard of Canada
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Madeleine St. Laurent
Canadian Women's Army Corps
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Montreal
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Irving Berlin
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