Canada halts further sale of rubber tires
Ottawa issues a surprise order from Munitions Minister Howe halting the sale of all new rubber pneumatic tires to civilians and most businesses. Used tires, retreaded tires, and tires on new vehicles are exempt. The move aims to conserve rubber for war needs as Pacific hostilities threaten Malaya sources.
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Canada
Ottawa
Howe
Pacific
Malaya
Ceylon
Netherlands
Fast Indies
Alan H. Williamson
KR. C. Berkinshaw
Wartime Industries Control Board
Williamson
Mr. Williamson
Portugal
United States Calls Pan American Conference on Defence
The United States urged consultation among the 20 American republics to discuss joint defence measures against the Axis. Cordell Hull proposed foreign ministers meet in Rio de Janeiro the first week in January to act in line with Pan American pledges. Chile backed the move after Japan's attack on U S territory.
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Washington
United States
Cordell Hull
The
Pan-American Union
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Chile
Pacific
Japan
BC Recruiting Officers Overwhelmed by Applicants
Victoria reports Lt- Col. H. E. Goodman district recruiting officer says officers in British Columbia face a flood of applicants seeking enlistment.
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Victoria
British Columbia
H. E. Goodman
United States Allows Mexico to Move Troops Across U S
The United States authorizes Mexico to move troops across U S territory to reinforce the defense of Lower California. The agreement enables cross border troop movement for regional security and border defense measures.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Lower California
Round-up of Japanese Nationals by RCMP Continues
Ottawa reports an ongoing RCMP roundup of Japanese nationals and Japanese Canadians. Commissioner S. T. Wood says the in custody number includes naturalized Canadians and totals a substantial figure. He notes most of Canada's 24 000 Japanese reside in British Columbia and that language schools and newspapers have been closed with no reopening prospects.
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Otttawa
S. T. Wood
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canada
British Columbia
Col. Wood
Athabascan launched to join Canada’s Tribal destroyers
Canada adds its second Tribal class destroyer Athabascan after launching in Britain. When completed she will swell Canada’s destroyer fleet to 15 and strengthen escort duties in two oceans. The first Tribal destroyer Iroquois was launched overseas in October. Each ship displaces 1,870 tons with a crew of 190 and carries eight 4.7 inch guns, seven smaller guns and four torpedo tubes. Peacetime Royal Navy builds cost about £450,000 each.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Navy
United Kingdom
Naval Service Headquarters
Dominion
Canada
Percy W. Nelles
Naval Staff
Irane
Royal Navy
West Coast Defence Plans Joint Canada United States
Ottawa officials confirm complete plans for joint defence of North America west coast. A single unified command is unnecessary but could be established in five minutes if needed. Coordinated naval military and air forces will cover contingencies. pacific Japanese aggression remains non threatening and invasion unlikely.
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Ottawa
North America
Pacific
Parliament to seek new wartime credit of 1 billion pounds
In London the government plans to ask Parliament for a credit of 1 billion pounds for war expenditures in the current fiscal year ending March 31 1942. This would raise total war credits voted since March 31 1941 to 4 billion pounds. In New York the American Export Lines announced the New York to Lisbon service has been discontinued amid refugee movements.
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London
New York
Europe
New York-Lisbon
Lisbon
Argentine Orchestrates Interests in Japan War Era
Ottawa reports Argentina will protect Canadian and British interests in Japan as Japan wages war against the Empire. Switzerland is expected to act in occupied China, signaling a broader European and Asian diplomatic reshaping amid the conflict.
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Ottawa
Japan
Switzerland
China
Russians claim air superiority in Moscow area front
London reports British sources say the Russians enjoy air superiority across the Soviet German front, with tanks faring well in Moscow sector and German transport suffering. Soviet radio claims 14 000 more German casualties on the Moscow front and gains including recaptured villages and successes around Sevastopol and Kalinin area.
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Moscow
London
Russian Ambassador Litvinov Arrives in Washington
Maxim Litvinov, the new Russian ambassador to the United States, arrived in Washington to take on a key role amid global turmoil. He told the American people the Red Army would maintain stout resistance against the Nazi invasion.
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Maxim Litvinov
United States
Washington
Red Army
Recapture and Casualties Reported on Soviet Front
In the Orel sector Soviet forces recaptured Orets, routing two German divisions and causing about 12,000 German casualties. Generals Kuznetsov and Levyashenko credited with wiping out 4,800 enemy troops and capturing 75 tanks in isolated battles. The Red Air Force reportedly destroyed 600 German soldiers, 10 tanks, 67 trucks with supplies, and about 80 ammunition carts in one day. Coal and gold are noted as New Zealand’s principal minerals, accounting for nearly 90 percent of value.
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Orets
Orel
Kuznetsov
Levyashenko
Red Air Force
Ottawa accepts Ontario offer of firefighting gear for air raids
Pensions Minister Mackenzie announced Ottawa Burnaby? no, the government accepted an Ontario offer of forest service firefighting equipment valued at 500000 to 750000 dollars. The gear includes many mobile pumping sets with hose and attachments to support a firefighting force of 1000 to 10000 men in outlying areas when city crews are unavailable.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Ontario
Mackenzie
Ontario Forest Service
Ban on chrome nickel copper aluminum finish in cars
Munitions Minister Howe announced a ban on chrome nickel copper and aluminum finishes in passenger cars and trucks for the coming year. The order, issued by Motor Vehicles Controller J H Berry and approved by R C Berkinshaw, targets metal body trim and finishes.
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Ottawa
Howe
J. H. Berry
R. C. Berkinshaw
Wartime Industries Control Board
Air raid precautions expanded to new coast areas
Ottawa announces broad extension of zones subject to enemy attack. The order covers the Atlantic coast south of Labrador and the Pacific coast south of Alaska with risk noted for Vancouver and Prince Rupert railheads and lower Vancouver Island. Ontario Quebec and other regions marked with varying risk levels. Air raid precautions to be organized in British Columbia centers and 14 Ontario industrial centers as readiness proceeds.
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Ottawa
Pensions
Mackenzie
Joint Staff Committee
Three Defence Services
Atlantic
Labrador
Pacific
Alaska
Vancouver
Prince Rupert
Vancouver Island
Royal Canadian Navy
Esquimalt
Victoria
Royal Canadian Air Force
Patricia Bay
Canadian
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Island
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Quebec
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Ontario
Sault Ste. Marie
British Columbia
Nanaimo
Alberni
Admiral Layton Leads Far East Battle Fleet
Rear Admiral Sir Geof Frey Layton took temporary command of Britain's Far East battle fleet in place of Admiral Sir Tom Phillips who is among 595 officers and men missing from the sinking of the Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser Repulse. Survivors arrived at Singapore as destroyers aided in the rescue, with hundreds aboard as landing ships. Ships Prince of Wales and Repulse were sunk by Japanese air forces. commentators weighed torpedo and bomb tactics in public notes.
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Singapore
Geoffrey Layton
Tom Phillips
Britain
John Leach
Prince of Wales
W. G. Tennant
Repulse
L. H. Bell
Malay Peninsula
Daily Mail
North Atlantic
Hood
Work or fight plan to boost bomber output to 1000 a month
William S. Knudsen, head of the U S Office of Production Management, calls for a 68 hour seven day work week and expansion of heavy bomber production to 1000 planes monthly. He names guns planes tanks ammunition and shipbuilding as key fields and urges inland bomber plant construction for safety from Axis raids. London Ontario. T H Scott notes in interview that by spring 1942 about half of Canadian war industry personnel will be women, up from roughly 12 percent.
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Washington
William S. Knudsen
United States Office of Production Management
O.P.M
Roosevelt
Knudsen
London
Ont
T. H. Scott
War arrests in Japan tally 1270 foreign nationals
Tokyo reports from the home ministry say 1270 British and United States nationals, Canadians and Australians have been detained across Japan since the outbreak of hostilities.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
Home Ministry
United States
Japan
New York Chinatown I D Buttons Aimed at Chinese
Five thousand Chinese residents in New York's Chinatown received identification buttons to distinguish them from Japanese. Reports indicate some Chinese were mistaken for Japanese and mishandled.
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New York
Chinatown
Pacific Bases London Declares Open Support for Allies
A British authority stated that all bases and facilities affordable will be available for Allied forces in the Pacific campaign, signaling strong backing for allied operations.
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London
Pacific
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