Finnish Troops Halt Red Army Surge Near Mannerheim Line
Finnish forces counter attacked along the Kartlian isthmus to slow a Soviet push toward Finland’s eastern terminus of the Mannerheim line. The Red fleet bombarded the southern coast while Finnish artillery repelled central front assaults. Gas injuries were reported at Salmi and captured Russian officers suggested plans to strike Sweden and the Baltic region.
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Helsingfors
Kartlian
Mannerheim
Finland
Sakkola
Moulaa
Muolema Lake
Lake of Death
Kiviniem
Perkjaervi
Viipuri
Gulf of Finland
Taipale River
Lake Ladoga
Uusikurkko
V. P. Nenonen
Tolua Lake
Salmi
Atlantic
Aaland Islands
Sweden
Polish Force Aims 75,000 in France With New Divisions
General Wladyslaw Sikorski the Polish premier in exile seeks to recruit 200,000 more soldiers in the United States and Canada plus thousands from Polish North American colonies. He expects 75,000 fighters in France after three more divisions join the two formed. Each Polish division holds about 15,000 men, with current troops largely miners from northern France and Belgium.
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France
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Polish Legion
Germany
United States
Canada
North America
Belgium
Large Number Register in Alberta for Wartime Labor
Nearly 900 workers in Alberta have registered as skilled and semi skilled for Canada’s industrial war effort. Mark W. Robertson, Alberta general superintendent for the employment service of Canada, announced the figures.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Mark W. Robertson
The
Employment Service of Canada
Russians use asphyxiating gas on Finnish batteries
The Finnish telegraphic agency reports Russian forces used asphyxiating gas against Finnish battery positions north of Lake Ladoga. Eleven Finnish soldiers died from gas exposure after gas shells were fired over the lines.
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Helsingfors
Finnish Telegraphic Agency
Lake
Ladoga
Prisoners Reported Captured by Nazis in Germany
The Nazis claimed to have captured between 450 and 500 French soldiers and about 40 French officers plus 25 British officers since the war began. All of the British prisoners and 14 French prisoners were said to be flyers.
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Berlin
Limit on Dominion Housing Act loans in wartime Ottawa
Hon. J. L. Ralston announced new limits on Dominion Housing Act loans as Canada tightens public funds for the war. Beginning January 1, 1940, loans are capped at 4,000 dollars and financing for apartment and duplex homes stops. Non operative tax assistance for builders starts May 31, 1940 for applications filed before January 1, 1940. He framed the move as part of releasing capital to aid the war effort. Home improvement loans through November totaled 3,054 worth 1,099,929 dollars, lifting total housing loans since 1936 to 38,165,658 dollars.
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Ottawa
J. L. Ralston
Canada
Aid For British Evacuees Toronto Cable Acknowledgment
Mrs. Vincent Massey, wife of Canada's high commissioner, sent a cable praising the I C D E for sending clothing to British evacuees. She said bales have arrived and are being unpacked and praised Canadians for the vast aid. The clothing collected nationwide was valued at about $100,000 and transported free by railroads since the war began.
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Toronto
Vincent Massey
Canada
Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire
Massey
London
1.C. C.E
I.C.D.E
Wheat King Edmonton
F. Lloyd Rigby won the Chicago wheat championship for the second consecutive year. A telegram from Prime Minister King congratulated him. Rigby declined an offer from G A Morris of Ogilvie Flour Mills to test the prize wheat in their labs, choosing to conduct tests at the University of Alberta agricultural laboratories.
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Edmonton
King
F. Lloyd Rigby
Chicago
Rigby
G. A. Morris
Ogilvie Flour Mills Company, Limited
Montreal
Winnipeg
Mr. Morris
University of Alberta Agricultural Laboratories
Soviet Losses in Finland Campaign Report
Helsingfors correspondent for National Tidende estimates Soviet casualties in the Finnish campaign between 10 000 and 20 000 men killed wounded or captured to date with figures reported by Copenhagen press.
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Copenhagen
Helsingfors
National Tidendes
Godbout Announces Quebec Legislature First Session
Premier God bout announces the first session of Quebec's 21st legislature will likely open February 1. The move sets the tone for the new assembly as parties prepare agendas and policy priorities.
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Quebec
Godbout
Australia to Arm Militia by Compulsory System
The Australian militia at Canberra will be exclusively male and drawn by compulsory system after the commonwealth government retires all voluntary militia to the reserve by June 30. The force will likely total no less than 50 900, with 21 year olds already called and further groups aged 18 19 22 and 23 possible.
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Canberra
Two Aggressors Face Allies as War Shifts West
London reports Britain and France realize they must confront both Germany and Russia to defend smaller nations. Stalin’s Finland drive risks a two-front war with potential Soviet gains from Sweden to Norway. Italian press cites 700,000 troops massed toward Helsinki as Finns resist, reshaping European conflict.
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London
Russia
Britain
France
Finland
Germany
Europe
England
Sweden
Norway
Stalin
Hitler
Popolo
Helsingfors
Copenhagen
Petsamo
Karelia
Lake Ladoga
Czech Workers Flee Germany Swim Rhine to Swiss Border
Three Czech workers aged 21 to 23 swam the Rhine from Schaffhausen to escape Germany and reach France to join the Czech legion. Swiss police detained them for the time being.
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Berne
Rhine
Schaffhausen
Germany
France
Canadian Winners Dominate 21st Grain Show In Chicago
William Rogers of Tappen BC won the grand rye championship at the 21st international grain and hay show in Chicago, giving Canada eight grand championships this year. Alberta Saskatchewan Ontario and British Columbia netted top honors in wheat alfalfa soybeans oats timothy. two Ontario youths Gerald Hessenauer and Garnett Knister scored in corn. Edward Brothers of Watford Ontario sold eight of thirteen Aberdeen-Angus cattle at good prices, with the bull earning three firsts three seconds and three thirds.
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Chicago
Wiliam Rogers
Tappen B.C
Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Timothy
British Columbia
Gerald Hessenauer
Rodney, Ont
Garnett Knister
Ruscomb
Ont
Hessenauer
Knister
United States
Rogers’ Rye
Cecil Trowell
Saltcoats
Sask
Edward Brothers
Watford
Allied Blockade Threatens German Romanian Trade Routes
The British French blockade hinders Germanys access to Romanian oil and wheat vital for a long war. Before the conflict 57 percent of Romanian oil and 70 percent of exports to Germany used the Constanza Hamburg sea route via the Dardanelles and Gibraltar. Warships cut this line, leaving Germany with only rail and Danube barge routes and dim prospects to revive sea shipments.
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Bucharest
Germany
Constanza-Hamburg
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
Straits of Gibraltar
Finland to buy 30 fighting planes in Britain
The Press Association reports Finland has been allowed to purchase 30 fighting planes in Great Britain with British approval. A further “considerable quantity” of other war materials may also be bought by Helsingfors, following a Reuters dispatch noting 50 Halian planes already delivered to Finland.
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London
Finland
Great Britain
Ant
Helsingfors
Reuters
The
Press Association
Allied Powers Overcome Mine Menace In Naval War Effort
London reports say the Allied powers are getting the better of Nazi sea warfare. Churchill told the House of Commons that Britain's embargo against German exports is producing results as neutral shipping profits rise. He noted sinkings of German submarines and growing armed merchant ships while warning of magnetic mines and mine warfare.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Adolf Hitler
Churchill
Britain
Germany
Hitler
North
South Atlantic
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Admiralty
King George Visits West Front Troops in France
King George tours the British Expeditionary Force line in France despite frigid wind and mud. He commends pilots for downing a German plane and praises infantry as well dug trenches. The visit includes a fast review of artillery and engineers and ends at a nearby chateau once linked to Wellington.
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France
George
Viscount Gert
Royal Air Force
Britain
Chateau
Wellington
Conservation Plans Winnipeg Urges Interprovincial Water Authority
A Manitoba Associated Boards of Trade resolution calls for an immediate interprovincial water authority to plan conservation and balanced development across the three prairie provinces. The plan would coordinate the Dominion and provincial governments to manage water resources and flood control. Delegates also support a Cedar Lake to Lake Winnipegosis channel to use Saskatchewan River flood water to raise Winnipegosis levels.
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Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba Associated Boards of Trade
Dominion
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Cedar Lake
Lake Winnipegosis
Saskatchewan River
Women pilots tested in London scheme to aid RAF
The air ministry announced recruitment of women to fly RAF planes from factories to airports. Eight women flyers will be tested. if successful the number will rise. They will join the air transport auxiliary under British Airways Ltd with Pauline Gower heading the section and a selection board reviewing applicants.
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London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Air Transport Auxiliary Service
British Airways Ltd
Pauline Gower
Robert Gower
M.P
Miss Gower
Allied cash reserves estimate differentials in war assets
The Federal Reserve Board estimates the Allies hold about 8.44 billion dollars in readily marketable gold cash and securities to buy U S supplies, while Germany has 160 million. Allied assets of the United Kingdom France Canada and other territories approach 8.5 billion, not far behind neutral totals.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Canada
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Wighten
Treasury
C.E
Wembley
Australia
E. S. Archibald
Dominion Experimental Farms
Agricultural Supplies Committee
Roumania
Prairies
Priirie
the Prairies
Regina Plains
Mary
King Georg
West Front
R.A.F
Allied
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