Canada plans to build cargo ships for Britain
Canada plans to build 18 cargo ships of 9,500 tons for Great Britain. Eastern tidewater yards will craft 12 ships and six on the Pacific coast, with delivery expected next October. Corvettes and mine sweepers continue, with 54 corvettes ordered by Britain and 10 by Canada, while docks expand to handle cargo ship production.
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Alera
Canada
D. B. Carewell
Shipbuilding
Dominion
Preas
Great Britain
Munitions and Supply Department
Tidewater
Pacific
J. Carswell
Carswell
Quebec
Montreal
Editorial Calls Reversal on Bombing Civilians
The Daily Mail urges Britain to end its civilian bombing restraint. It argues Germans have abandoned military aims and seek to break British resolve. The paper says smashing German resources matters most and if civilians must endure, Britain should respond with terror bombing.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Britain
George Cross Awarded to Experimental Officer
London Gazette says Arthur Douglas Merriman, a part time experimental officer at the directorate of scientific research, ministry of supply, received the George Cross for conspicuous bravery in connection with bomb disposal.
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London
Arthur Douglas Merriman
Directorate of Scientific Research
Ministry of Supply
London Gazette
Rejected Canadian draftees await medical review
Ottawa reports 10,253 rejections from Sept 31 1939 to Oct 31 1940 for medical reasons by the Canadian Active Service Force, part of a reform tabled in the House of Commons at the request of Dr. Herbert Bruce Con Toronto Parkdale.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Herbert Bruce
Toronto-Parkdale
London RAF to Arm Fighters with Cannons in Battle for Britain
Royal Air Force fighters are fitted with cannon to counter heavily armored German raiders. Early Battle of Britain flights used eight machine guns risking higher losses. trials show cannons offer longer range and stronger firepower. Reports hint US Bell Airacobra may be sent to Britain. firing tests occurred over Lake Ontario with a 37 millimetre cannon.
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London
Royal Air Force
Britain
Germany
R.af
Bell
Bell Airacobra
Lake Ontario
Salvage Campaign Aims to Rally Canadians for War Effort
War Services Minister Gardner seeks Commons support to organize a national salvage drive. The campaign targets scrap iron steel brass newspapers and aluminum and would coordinate all organizations in a broad effort to aid wartime production.
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Ottawa
War Services
Gardiner
Commons
Attlee Denies Trade of British Territories for War Supplies
In the House of Commons Clement Attlee, lord privy seal, rejected reports Britain might barter colonies for US war supplies. Oliver Simmonds pressed for assurance that sovereignty of any British territory would not be traded, amid speculation of a Caribbean and Atlantic deal.
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Britain
United States
Caribbean
Atlantic Seaboard
Churchill weighs tactics to halt Axis attacks on shipping
London reports Prime Minister Churchill leads a defence committee drive to curb intensified Axis air and submarine strikes on British overseas supply routes. Lord President Anderson cites weekly losses of about 75 000 tons and notes Britain seeking American ships to bolster vital convoys. Morgenthau orders available ships, with 130 previously sold and 15 more laid-up vessels to be offered soon.
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London
Winston Churchill
John Anderson
Council
House of Commons
Anderson
British Isles
Defence Committee
Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Great Britain
Britain
North American
Maritime Commission
Compulsory Labor Powers Voiced by Sir John Anderson
Sir John Anderson tells the House of Commons the government may use labor compulsion to tackle reconstruction of industrial centers. He stresses powers should be applied after weighing all facts and only if they yield results.
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London
John Anderson
Council
House of Commons
John
Being Closely Guarded Purgrar Proof Bombsight Building
Construction of a guarded building to store 70 of the United States' latest bombsights has begun in Louisville. The sight will remain secured except during flights by planes from Bowman Field.
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Louisville
United States
Bowman Field
Romania Germany trade pact spurs oil transport plans
In Berlin informed circles expect a surge in oil moves as Romania and Germany sign a trade treaty. Projects include expanded railroad highway and pipeline networks to speed shipments from Romanian oil fields to German markets.
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Bucharest
Germany
Berlin
Extra Rations For Christmas In London
Lord Woolton, the food minister, announced increased rations for Christmas with 12 ounces of sugar and 4 ounces of tea for the week before Christmas. He warned bacon supplies would be cut by one quarter this winter due to shortages.
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London
Lord Woolton
Woolton
Night mapping device shared with Royal Air Force
The United States Army Air Corps released a magnesium night photography device to the Royal Air Force after extended research. Maj. A. W. Stevens of stratosphere fame was among the problem’s contributors. Experts see value in detecting targets and assessing bombing damage.
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Washington
United States Army Air Corps
Royal Air Force
A. W. Stevens
Great Britain
United States
R.A.F
Edmonton airman wins Distinguished Flying Cross
Lt. Howard Peter Blatchford of Edmonton is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry in operations against the enemy. Attached to No. 257 Squadron in November, he led a squadron that destroyed eight and damaged five enemy aircraft in one day, rammed and damaged a hostile fighter with spent ammo, and made two bold head-on feint attacks to drive off others, showing magnificent leadership and courage.
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London
Howard Peter Blatchford
Edmonton
Blatchford
No. 257 Squadron
Trade With Turkey London Announces New Accord
The foreign office announced a financial agreement between Britain and Turkey aimed at boosting trade. The deal allows payments between Turkey and Sterling-area nations at the existing exchange rate and creates special accounts for Turkish-British commercial payments. Diplomatic circles view it as a political move challenging German influence in the Balkans and note Britain’s smaller share of Turkey’s trade compared with Germany.
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London
Foreign Office
Turkey
Balkans
Berlin
Germany
Britain
Britons Seek American Support For War Effort
Edwin S. Johnson, Canadian Press war correspondent, reports Britons on the Atlantic front crave planes and trained personnel from North America to sustain their war against the Axis. He describes bombing, raiders, and a convoy crossing, and notes refugees crowding ships while Canadians struggle for space to return home.
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Edwin S. Johnson
Canada
North America
United Kingdom
Canadian Press
London
Johnson
England
Ottawa
Mr. Johnson
Britain
Boston
U.S
Britain Hopes to Overcome the Nazi Blockade
Britain faces submarine and bomber threats to lifelines but aims to overcome the blockade as in 1917. Shipping losses are rising though total 1940 tonnage remains below World War I peaks. The article notes differences in ally ports and submarine bases across the Atlantic and European coasts.
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Britain
London
Italy
Norway
Denmark
Holland
France
Germany
North Sea
Belgium
Eire
Atlantic
Needed For Salvage Work Ottawa
Alex Patterson, commissioner of prisons for England and Wales, met Col. Stethem in Ottawa. Morrison said Patterson’s visit related to selecting civilian internees for a Pioneer Corps salvage project in England. Patterson would tour Canadian camps housing British civilians, with many prisoners recently brought to Canada.
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Ottawa
Alex Patterson
England
Wales
Col. Stethem
Patterson
House of Commons
Home
Herbert Morrison
Pioneer Corps
Morrison
Canada
Great Britain
Coventry city centre plan outlined after air raid
Coventry's city architect D. E. Gibson told the Royal Society of Arts that German bombing cleared the way for a new city centre of greater riches and beauty. He noted high land values and legal delays had thwarted a year and a half ago plan to replace old buildings with a dignified centre.
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London
Coventry
D. E. Gibson
Royal Society of Arts
Plattsburgh Legion Offers German Naval Gun for Scrap Value
The Plattsburgh New York American Legion post offers to donate a large German naval gun to Canada for war scrap. The 12 ton World War I gun could fetch about 1000 dollars as scrap metal, officials said.
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Ottawa
Plattsburgh
N.Y
American Legion
Canada
Department of National War Services
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Mr. Carswell
Scotland
China
Australia
Detroit Shipbuilding Company
Seek
Rumanian Oil
D. B. Carswell
Naval Construction
Department of Munitions and Supply
Eric W. Beardmore
RCAF
Thames
Royal Navy
America
Missus
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