McNaughton Calls for Better Canadian War Weapons
Lt Gen A G L McNaughton urged Canada to boost wartime output by studying and improving weapons in factory production. He praised Canadian industry for Bren guns tanks and armor, predicted rapid obsolescence of top models, and emphasized using brains and machines together to accelerate war effort. He'll return briefly to Canada to coordinate training and mobilization.
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Canada
Canadian Overseas Army
McNaughton
Hitler Prepares For Offensive Against Russia
The piece notes German forces in winter quarters and Ukraine holdouts as Hitler plans a spring drive, backed by arms production and new armies. It cites Russian industry operating deep inside, Allied munitions shipments, and a U S report that Russia received less than half of promised equipment, with Britain and Churchill acknowledging partial delivery gaps.
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Hitler
Ukraine
Crimean
Reich
Donets
Britain
United States
Japan
United Nations
New York Times
Washington
Russia
Churchill
Retail trade in Canada hits 13 year peak in December 1941
Ottawa reports retail spending rose 61 percent in December 1941 from December 1940, the highest monthly total in 13 years due to spirited Christmas buying and greater consumer purchasing power. In Toronto, J. J. Gibbons, 64, founder and president of the J. J. Gibbons Ltd. agency, died after a three month illness, noted as a leading figure in Canadian advertising.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Toronto
J. J. Gibbons
J. J. Gibbons Ltd
Daylight Saving Brings Suburban Time Changes in Montreal Railways
C W Johnston general passenger traffic manager of Canadian National Railways said daylight saving will adjust suburban schedules while through trains largely keep existing hours. Travelers are urged to obtain updated timetables and verify departure and arrival times. The change aims to standardize time with the United States for better international service.
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Montreal
C. W. Johnstom
Canadian National Railways
United States
New Egyptian government planned with Wafd leadership
King Farouk tasked Mustafa Nahas Pasha head of the Wafd to form a national union government replacing the resigned Husein Sirry Pasha cabinet. Political circles say Nahas has broad public support and British government approval. The Wafd previously refused cabinet participation. A united front administration would be Egypt’s first since the war began.
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Cairo
Farouk
Mustapha Nahas Pasha
Wafd
Egypt
National Union
Husein Sirry Pasha
Nahas
Nazi tighten control in Amsterdam amid protests and sabotage
London based Reuters dispatch from Stockholm reports Nazi authorities have imposed a near siege state in Amsterdam following demonstrations and sabotage. Civilians are barred from leaving after dark and streetcars halt operations from seven in the evening.
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London
Reuters
Stockholm
Amsterdam
Naturalized Canadians May Enlist in Allied Forces
The government announces that men born in Poland Norway the Netherlands Belgium or Czecho Slovakia who became Canadian citizens may join foreign forces raised in Canada by their home governments. Previous policy barred such enlistment to protect Canadian assimilation. The change excludes Free French, as its ruling body is not recognized as a government. Naturalized French Canadians must join Canada's army if they wish to enlist.
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France
Canada
Ottawa plans secret archive for wartime protection
Dominion archivist Gustave Lanctot says a secret repository is planned to house valuable documents from the public archives. In the annual report presented to Parliament a list of manuscripts pictures maps and printed material has been prepared and will be removed from Ottawa at the first warning from military authorities.
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Ottawa
Gustave Lanctot
Dominion
Public Archives
House of Com
Winnipeg Grenadiers reborn as new active battalion
Lieut.-Col. J. N. Simmons appointed commander of the new active battalion replacing the 2nd battalion lost at Hong Kong. The Royal Rifles of Canada, who served with the Winnipeg unit at Hong Kong, is also being reconstituted.
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J. N. Simmons
The
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Hong Kong
Royal Rifles of Canada
Winnipeg
Typhus Spreads From Front to German Sectors
The German health ministry reports spotted typhus spreading from the eastern front to Germany and Nazi occupied areas with 126 cases in Germany and 138 in occupied eastern territories.
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Berne
Switzerland
Germany
German Health Ministry
Governor seeks two or more Alaska highway routes
Governor Ernest Gruening urged the U S House committee to authorize construction of a fifty thousand dollar international highway and additional routes to Alaska to speed land transport of supplies and war munitions. He warned that delays could push work back a year and emphasized quick action to serve military bases. others advocated a prairie route from Minneapolis to Edmonton and Prince George.
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Washington
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
United States House of Representatives
Rmond Committee
United States
Canada
Gruening
Asher Burdick
North Dakota
H. C. Andersen
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Edmonton
Prince George
May Allow Changes in Air Raid Defence Policy Ottawa
A two day conference convened by Pension Minister MacKenzie urged federal ARP authorities to accept provincial recommendations for exemptions from blackout rules. The group proposed keeping strict lighting on coasts while easing restrictions in central Canada and other non threatened areas.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Ar.p
MacKenzie
R. J. Manion
Navy
Army
Air Force
A.R.P
Far-Reaching Decisions Hinted by Canadian Commander
Lt Gen A G L McNaughton, head of the Canadian corps, returns home after two years on the English front. He has been formulating new army plans and, during his stay, built strong ties with British leaders including Gen Sir Alan Brooke and Gen Sir Bernard Paget. He is expected to liaison with Canadian authorities to clear the way for major Dominion war actions.
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England
A. G. L. McNaughton
Canada
London
Alan Brooke
Imperial General Staff
Bernard Paget
Home Forces
It Was A Gift London
The British report the Russian army in Ukraine has 1200 new tanks delivered FOB from German factories. BBC cites Moscow dispatches claiming tanks were seized during the Lozovaya capture, signaling intensified Russian assault.
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London
Ukraine
Ger
BBC
Moscow
Lozovaya
Allied air forces pound Axis ships and targets in January
Allied air forces sank or damaged 74 Axis vessels in January across Europe and the Pacific. In the Mediterranean a 20,000 ton liner was destroyed as 15 vessels were sunk or damaged. Six supply ships and a tanker were sunk or damaged in the North Sea and Atlantic coast. RAF and RAAF mounted extensive operations over Europe and the Middle East with numerous raids on Emden, Bremen, Hamburg, Munster, Brest, Tripoli, and Halfaya.
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London
Pacific
Mediterranean
North Sea
Atlantic
Far East
R.A.F
Royal Australian Air Force
United States
Netherlands Indies
Europe
RAF
Bomber Command
Britain
Germany
Emden
Bremen
Hamburg
Munster
Brest
Middle East
Tripoli
United Kingdom
Canada at War Says Canada Can Equip Army in Six Weeks
Victor T. Goggin, manager of War time Housing, Ltd. of Canada, told the Canadian Club of New York that Canada is producing enough to equip a new army division every six weeks. He cited 8,500 plane orders and noted Canada shipped more food, munitions, and equipment to Britain in the first 11 months of 1941 than the United States did by population-adjusted comparison.
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New York
Victor T. Goggin
Toronto
Wartime Housing, Ltd
Canada
Canadian Club of
Goggin
Britain
United States
Canberra denounces German propaganda on Bengali battle claims
Army Minister Francis Forde brands German statements as Axis propaganda falsely claiming Australians fight in Bengali. He says the claim intends to split Australia from Britain and undermine public morale.
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Canberra
Army
Francis Forde
Forde
Australia
Britain
Travel Again Restricted Berne Switzerland
Germany imposes civilian railway travel limits for a second time in three weeks to free rolling stock for transporting men and arms to the eastern front.
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Berne
Switzerland
Germany
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National Research Council
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Otven Command
Mary Churchill
Red Cross
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Camp Borden
Uruguay
Republic
R. Adamson
Medada Farias
Netherlands
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
Prinz Eugen
Sion
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