Canadian Air Force Enlists Many U S Men
Leonard W. Brockington told a New York audience that about 7 percent of Royal Canadian air force trainees are United States citizens among gunners observers and pilots. He cited 36 000 air service personnel under the Commonwealth plan and noted more than 10 000 Americans volunteered since May. He highlighted Canada’s wartime army totals overseas and at home, the navy's expansion, and that the air force already has two squadrons in England with 71 German planes sunk. Total aviation expenditure reached 6 000 000 000 with 360 000 000 spent domestically on fields and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leonard W. Brockington
War Committee
Cabinet of Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Brockington
Canada
Air Corps
Texas
Massachusetts
Far West
North America
Dominion
West Indies
Iceland
Newfoundland
England
War Office Announces Transfer of 45th Division
The War Department said the 45th Division will move from Fort Sill Oklahoma to a new tent camp to be built at Abilene Texas. The 154th Observation Squadron from Little Rock Arkansas attached to the division will also be moved. The transfer cites inadequate water at Fort Sill for the expanded garrison amid the present national emergency. The 45th is a National Guard unit drawn from Oklahoma Colorado New Mexico and Arizona. Construction of the Abilene camp will begin soon with tents and support facilities.
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Washington
45Th
Fort Sill
Okla
Abilene
Tex
War Department
154Th
Little Rock
Ark
National Guard
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Wheat Loans Total Over 190 Million Dollars
The commodity credit corporation reports wheat loans through December 3 at 190,082,541 dollars for 263,236,849 bushels. Compared with last year, storage rose to 161,925,398 bushels valued at 113,393,504 dollars. Major producing states show Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma with substantial holdings, plus barley and rye loans totaling 6,364,039 and 3,376,316 bushels respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Whooping Cough Occurs Across Wide Age Range
A medical note states that whooping cough may occur in individuals from one day old to 80 years of age, highlighting its broad potential impact across age groups.
Resignation of Italian Army Chief Indicates Policy Split
The unexplained resignation of Marshal Pietro Badoglio as army chief of staff amid the Greece campaign fuels speculation of a policy split with Mussolini. Observers note dissension over Rome's war approach, timing, and the plan to press Greece while Italy and its Balkan position suffer, with Badoglio's successors facing a difficult winter campaign in Albania.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Greece
Albania
Badoglio
Rome
Il Duce Mussolini
Mussolini
Germany
Hitler
Il Duce
London
Egypt
Balkans
Straits of Otranto
Ethiopia
Parker Announces Sanitary Plan for Missouri Camps
State Health Commissioner Harry F Parker outlined measures to protect areas around Missouri s three big national defense projects. Health units will be created in Pulaski Phelps St Charles and Jackson counties with federal funds to test water sewage and camps while workers must obtain health certificates and immunizations against typhoid and smallpox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Parker
State
Health Department
Missouri
Pulaski
Phelps
St. Charles County
Jackson County
Parker
Army
Missouri Willkie Club Expenditures Report
The Missouri Willkie for President club reported total receipts and disbursements of 14640 dollars in support of Wendell L. Willkie. Treasurer Warren T. Chandler filed the report with the recorder of deeds in Clayton.
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ST. Louis
Willkie-for-President Club of
Missouri
Wendell L. Willkie
Recorder of Deeds
Clayton
Warren T. Chandler
Judge Collet Adjourns Two Probation for A Year
Federal Judge John Caskie Collet placed on probation one year Mrs. Mabel C. Bradley 49 St Louis and Vincent T. Todd 54 Kansas City after they pleaded nolo contendere to using the mails to defraud. Bradley state manager for the Maccabees fraternal insurance society and Todd formerly a district manager for the same organization. Government said they sent false and forged policy applications to Detroit to obtain commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
John Caskie Collet
Mabel C. Bradley
St. Louis
Vincent T. Todd
Bradley
The
Maccabees
Todd
Detroit
British Raid Strikes Several City Landmarks
British envoy meets with fiscal officials amid attacks that damaged a church, a theater, a furniture warehouse and several houses. A rescue party freed 13 people from a collapsed building as fires were brought under control. London and midlands areas faced raids, with Portsmouth naval base hit debris revealed from Wednesday night. Greenwich observatory and Windsor castle grounds reported damage from bombs, with the Royal golf course and tennis courts affected near Windsor.
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Southampton
Plymouth
London
Portsmouth
Observatory
Greenwich Observatory
Thames
Windsor Castle
Greenwy
Windsor
Royal Bowling Green
Finland Ready For Any Eventuality Speech by Ryti
Premier Risto Ryti warned Finland must be ready for any eventuality in a speech marking independence day. He said the nation remains in danger but expresses confidence as European existence faces postwar uncertainty. Field Marshal Mannerheim reviewed troops and Adolf Hitler sent congratulations by telegram.
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Helsinki
Finland
Risto Ryti
Baron Gustav Mannerheim
Adolf Hitler
Appliance Dealer Draws Two Years for Fraud
Charles H. Clayton, former electrical appliance dealer at Poplar Bluff, pleaded guilty to obtaining 840 through mail fraud and received a two year sentence from Federal Judge George H. Moore. The case arose from financing refrigerators sold to non existent customers. Clayton also ran shops at Kennett and Campbell Missouri.
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ST. Louis
Charles H. Clayton
Poplar Bluff
George H. Moore
Clayton
Kennett
Campbell
Chlorine fumes halt work at Seattle Tacoma shipyards
A ruptured liquid chlorine pipeline at a nearby chemical plant sent fumes drifting over the Seattle Tacoma ship building yards, halting operations for about 30 minutes and prompting hospital treatment for roughly a dozen workers. The fumes caused trouble breathing and violent coughing.
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Tacoma
Wash
Seattle-Tacoma
Jackson Rebukes Dies Over Claimed Announcement
Attorney General Jackson rebuked Representative Dies for an alleged Nashville statement about a conference with me. Dies, in Chattanooga, denied making remarks Jackson described and said no formal agreement exists to place federal agencies at Dies's disposal. Voorhis and Jackson pledged cooperation to expose Nazi and Fascist propaganda in mailings.
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Washington
Jackson
Dies
D-Tex
Nashville
Tenn
Chattanooga
Justice Department
Voorhis
House Committee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Naval
Dcalif
Robert Stripling
Stripling
St Louis board seeks ballot secrecy and precinct clerks
The St Louis board of election commissioners will push legislature to shield ballot secrecy by adopting a Colorado style cover over the voting number on ballots. They also seek to hire four clerks per precinct at primaries to allow separate counts of Republican and Democratic ballots.
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Louis
St. Louis
Hay
Election Board
Students Strike Over Dismissal of Teachers
In New Orleans on December 6 194? AP reports 225 Jefferson Parish high school students walked out in protest of five teacher dismissals as part of a school board retrenchment plan. A mother and Mothers Teachers' club president warned her striking son Ferdinand a footballer. Laney Autin another board member-elect accused economy measures of firing bona fide teachers and keeping deadhead staff.
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New Orleans
Jefferson Parish
E. A. Bougere
Jefferson High School Mothers Teachers’ Club
Ferdinand
Laney J. Autin
State Department of Education
123 French Students Held After Riots
Vichy France reports 123 people arrested for Armistice Day demonstrations on the Champs Elysees. Among them 90 lycee students and 14 university graduates, with four demonstrators wounded. a US embassy clerk Elizabeth Deegan is held by German authorities in Paris. US protest lodged. Germany to review with occupation authorities.
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Vichy
France
Champs Elysees
Paris
United States
Lycee
British Broadcasting Com
Pany
Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Elizabeth Deegan
Spider venom cited as far more potent than rattlesnake venom
A historic note claims black widow venom is about fifteen times more potent than rattlesnake venom, reflecting early 20th century comparisons of arachnid and serpentine toxins.
Mosquitoes Arrive in Hawaii via Ship Water Barrels
Historical note recounts how mosquitoes were unknown in Hawaii until sailing ships from the United States introduced them about three months into the voyage, via water barrels, marking the start of their presence on the islands.
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Hawaii
United States
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War Office
Missouri Willkie Club
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St. Louis Commission
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