Churchill Address On World Future And Halifax Mission
Prime Minister Churchill delivers a wartime address stressing the future of the world in Anglo American cooperation. He announces Viscount Halifax’s appointment as ambassador to the United States and describes the chosen replacement, Edward Halifax, as a trusted, steadfast leader. he notes Lord Lothian’s death created a gap and praises the ambassadorial pairing and shared resolve between Britain and the United States.
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London
Churchill
Viscount Halifax
United States
British Empire
Commonwealth of Nations
United States of America
Washington
Lord Lothian
Roosevelt
Lothian
Edward Halifax
India
Budget for total defence tops Roosevelt plan in 1942
The article outlines a vast defence budget for the 1942 fiscal year, with total outlays around 17.49 billion dollars and a deficit forecast near 9.21 billion. It notes funding for national defence, war-planning costs, and potential aid to Britain, Greece, and China. It also reports the death of Lord Baden-Powell in Kenya, founder of the Boy Scout movement.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
Greece
China
Treasury
Senate
House
Nairobi
Kenya
Baden-Powell
Boy Scout Movement
Nyeri
Africa
Mafeking
George VI
Lord Baden-Powell
The
Boy Scouts
Feed grain export could ease Canada’s farm woes expert says
Fred L. Quincke of the University of Saskatchewan argues western Canada can export high quality hulless barley and hulless oats to Europe. He notes Europe imports vast corn and barley, proposes Canada supply about 170.6 million bushels of feed, boosting farmers’ income by 70 to 90 million dollars annually. Protein content, Quincke says, is key to superior feeds and will grow in importance with advances in feeding science.
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Saskatoon
Canada
Fred L. Quincke
University of Saskatchewan Field Husbandry Department
Quincke
Western
Sail For Britain Ottawa Internees to Serve or Repatriate
Almost all of the 250 to 300 enemy internees who sailed from an east coast Canadian port for England are graded Cc or refugee types. Most are men freed from camps to volunteer for the British auxiliary military pioneer corps for salvage work after air raids. Others head back to resume occupations in the United Kingdom after British officials decided they were not a menace.
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Ottawa
England
British
Home Office
British Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps
United Kingdom
Windsor mayor becomes officer in Essex Scottish Regiment
David Croll formerly Windsor mayor and private with Essex Scottish Regiment has earned a commission as an officer. The family was notified and the message noted his graduation from officer training school at Sandhurst.
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Windsor
Ont
David Croll
Essex Scottish Regiment
Sandhurst
Tata Sons executive predicts huge Indian aid to Britain
Neville Vincent, general manager of Tata Sons Ltd of Bombay, says India will soon send tremendous supplies and materials to aid Britain’s war effort in an interview.
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Toronto
India
Neville Vincent
Tata Sons, Ltd
Bombay
New York Herald Tribune cautious on relief to unoccupied France
The New York Herald Tribune approves the Red Cross plan to send limited relief to unoccupied France but warns it could aid Nazi terror. It supports aid to victims while criticizing long term costs and contrasts British bombardments with moral choices in wartime.
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New York
New York Herald Tribune
Red Cross
France
America
Hitler
War in Western Desert Nearing End Says RAF Officer
A Royal Air Force officer in Egypt told BBC correspondent Richard Dimbleby that the Western Desert war is very much nearer its end than prior claims while not yet over. He noted rising confidence among RAF authorities, ongoing air reinforcements, starvation of East Africa, and the Red Sea route largely cleared of air danger. He added British air superiority over Italy and extended reach into Libya and the Mediterranean.
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London
Royal Air Force
Egypt
Western Desert
British Broadcasting Corporation
Middle East
Richard Dimbleby
R.A.F
East Africa
Red Sea
Italy
Libya
Mediterranean
Botha twin engined torpedo bomber lifted from secret list
The air ministry said the Botha is off the full secret list allowing public mention. Details of production or action remain restricted. The Blackburn designed two engine high wing monoplane is a general reconnaissance and torpedo bomber with Perseus engines, 59 feet wingspan, 50 feet 111 inches length, and 18 feet 3 inches height.
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London
Air Ministry
Ministry
Messrs. Blackburn
Unemployment in Britain Drops to 705,279 in Dec 1940
The labor ministry reported Britain's unemployed totaled 705,279 on December 1940 the lowest since records began in 1921. The December figure fell by about 86,000 from November.
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London
Labor Ministry
Britain
Awards For Service In London Gazette
The London Gazette announces the Medal of the Order of the British Empire to Mary Cornish for meritorious service while escorting children in a lifeboat from the torpedoed liner City of Benares. The liner was sunk by a German U boat in September with British children aboard for Canada. Ronald Cooper is named a civil division OBE for commanding a lifeboat of 46 survivors found after eight days at sea. Annie Ryan and Edward Richardson receive commendations.
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London
London Gazette
Order of the British Empire
Mary Cornish
City of Benares
Canada
Ronald Cooper
Annie Ryan
Edward Richardson
Australia Forms Armored Division For War Effort
The Australian war cabinet orders immediate formation and training of an armored division for the Australian Imperial Force. It will comprise two armored brigades and accompanying troops, with tanks and most vehicles built domestically. The project will cost several million pounds.
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Sydney
Australia
Australian War Cabinet
Australian Imperial Force
PLAN TO TRAIN 100000 YOUTH FOR WAR WORK IN 1941
Ottawa reports Labor Minister McLarty will unveil a revised youth training plan aiming to supply 100,000 partially skilled workers for Canada’s war industries in 1941. Trainees now progress at about 40,000 annually, with enhanced allowances and three month courses.
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Ottawa
McLarty
Dominion
Canada
Labor Department
Omciais
Control over Bren gun contracts at John Inglis Co
Ottawa announces new government contracts with John Inglis Co Toronto to run armament output on a management fee basis. The shift increases government influence, keeps commercial parts of the plant under Inglis control, and covers capital expenditure and production of machine guns.
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Ottawa
John Inglis Co
Toronto
Macdonald
Crown
John Inglis Co., Ltd
Royal Commission
Supply Department
Hon
Co. D. Howe
England
Inglis
John Inglis
United Kingdom
John Inglis Company
War Savings Purchases Allowed in 1941
The national war savings chairmen announce that citizens who bought up to the 1940 six month limit may purchase again in 1941 without a one year wait. Individuals and non profit organizations may buy subscriptions up to a cash value of 480 dollars during the year.
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Ottawa
War Savings Committee
Ottawa awards five construction contracts totaling 383000
The munitions and supply department announced five construction contracts worth 383000. A 15000 heating system contract for the wireless training school in Calgary goes to Waterman Waterbury Mfg Co Ltd of Regina, with completion targeted for February.
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Ottawa
Munitions and Supply Department
Wireless Training School
Calgary
Waterman- Waterbury Mfg. Co. Ltd
Regina
Education dept warns against pen friendships with foreign lands
The department of education in Sydney New South Wales discourages school children from corresponding with children in other lands. It says such pen friendships could aid the enemy by passing information and spreading Nazi propaganda.
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Sydney
N.S.W
Department of Education
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Lord Halifax
Godspeed
Defence Budget
Ronald H. Cross
General Smuts
J. C. Smuts
Transvaal
South African Engineering Corps
E. T. Dobson
O.C
Engineers
Pierre van Ryneveld
Courage
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