Demand for War Effort Increases Across Canada
Ottawa officials note rising demands for wartime measures as Canada shifts from peacetime to total mobilization. Curtailment of gasoline and metal use, boosted salvage, food priority for Britain, and greater civilian production controls accompany a surge in shipbuilding labor and 118 orders in council under the War Measures Act from July to December 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
United Kingdom
British Food Ministry
Navy
Army
Air Force
National Resources Mobilization Act
Labor Department
Canada
United States
Prairie Provinces
Seaplane Maia Damaged in British Harbor Incident
The Maia, lower section of the Mayo composite seaplane, was damaged and rendered unserviceable in a British harbor. The accompanying pick-a-back plane, once released to the air ministry for RAF Coastal Command service at war outbreak, saw little use after prior Atlantic flights to Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Coastal Command
Atlantic
Canada
Deports Foreign Journalist John Scott from Moscow
Tass reports the Soviet interior ministry ordered John Scott deported from Moscow for publishing slanderous articles about the Soviet Union in the News Chronicle English newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
John Scott
Soviet Union
News Chronicle
Tass
Department of Internal Affairs
German Freighter Lech Scuttled Off Rio de Janeiro
Rear Admiral Frank Pegram, commander of Britain s South Atlantic squadron, said the 3290 ton blockade running German freighter Lech was scuttled after being intercepted by a British vessel near Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Frank Pegram
Britain and U S Reach Global Freight Charge Accord
The Financial Times reports Britain and the United States have agreed to control all freight charges on voyages between their territories worldwide. The pact aims to standardize pricing and reduce fee disputes across international shipping.
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London
Britain
United States
Financial Times
Will Need More Workers Washington
The labor department estimates 1.408 million additional workers required in key defense industries by April 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Labor Department
Labor Seeks Postwar Britain Without Prewar Fortunes
British Labour, shaping postwar Britain, told the party conference that no new war fortunes will arise as in 1914 to 1919. Hugh Dalton said there will be no repetition of Great War fortunes, a postwar reconstruction plan was approved, and Arthur Greenwood urged trust in government honesty to benefit ordinary people.
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Great Britain
London
Britain
Labor Party
Hugh Dalton
Labor
Arthur Greenwood
Churchill
Gardiner
Canada
Foodstuffs From Japan to Germany via Trans-Siberian Route
Reports say Japan and Japanese-occupied China supply Germany by the trans-Siberian railroad at 1500 tons daily, with about 75000 tons of Manchoukou soybeans shipped. Large consignments of oil, cotton, meat and rice flow to Berlin while Germany exports high-value chemicals and instruments to Japan. Exports from occupied China in November 1940 include tobacco, hides, tea, meat, rice, cotton and leather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
China
Germany
trans-Siberian
Manchoukuo
Soviet
Russia
Berlin
Far East
United States
Losses In Crete Unaccounted Troops Reported
Australian army minister Percy Spender said 2,887 of 6,486 AIF in Crete were evacuated to Egypt, leaving 3,599 unaccounted. New Zealand Acting Prime Minister Walter Nash reported 2,800 NZ troops unaccounted with 786 wounded arriving in Egypt.
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Percy Spender
Crete
Egypt
Walter Nash
New Zealand
London Clock Stalls 12 Hours After Hammer Left on Bracket
Big Ben fell silent for 12 hours when a workman left a hammer on the hour hand bracket. The problem was found just before the 10:15 am quarter hour strike, the British Broadcasting Corporation announced.
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New York
London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Fire accidental at Boeing Canada Sea Island plant
Provincial Fire Marshal W. A. Walker stated the blaze that destroyed the Sea Island Boeing Aircraft of Canada Ltd administration offices was purely accidental due to faulty electrical equipment.
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Vancouver
W. A. Walker
Boeing Aircraft of Canada Ltd
Sea Island
Sweden Prefers War Over Foreign Slavery Says Labor Leader
Gunnar Anderson, vice-president of the Swedish National Federation of Labor, declares in a labor celebration that Sweden would choose war rather than endure subjugation under a foreign yoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Gunnar Anderson
Swedish National Federation of Labor
United Air Service to Consolidate Mackenzie River Region Operations
W M Neal of Winnipeg announces United Air Service Limited will coordinate Canadian Airways Limited and Mackenzie Air Service Limited. W Leigh Brintwell, MASL president, becomes manager of UASL and oversees operations in the Mackenzie river area and the runway to Prince Albert Sask, previously run separately by CAL and MASL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Airways Limited
Mackenzie Air Service, Limited
United Air Service Limited
Canadian Pacific Railway
W. M Neal
Winnipeg
CPR
Western Lines
W. Leigh Brintwell
Mackenzie Air Service. Limited
U.as.l
Mackenzie River
Prince Albert
Sask
CAL
MASL
Labor leader foresees closer Britain United States postwar union
Arthur Greenwood told the Labour party conference he expects growing co operation between Britain and the United States to continue after the war. He warned of a difficult war end but said dominion cooperation will help rebuild with planned production and finance. The party memo urged national planning to ease the peace transition and address unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Arthur Greenwood
Labor Party
United States
Great Britain
Britain
Greenwood
Dominions
British Broadcasting Corporation
Australian troops join Cyprus garrison
Defence of Cyprus report from Nicosia states Australian troops are now part of the garrison on the British island in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Publicity Chief Named for Army and RCAF
Joseph W. G. Clark of Toronto is appointed director of public relations for both the army and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Announcement comes from Hon. J. L. Ralston, minister of national defence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. G. Clark
Toronto
Army
R.C.A.F
J. L. Ralston
National Defence
Campbell named director general of British information services in U S
London announced Sir Gerald Campbell the current minister to Washington will head all British information services in the United States. The No 10 statement says the move responds to U S demand for fuller news on Britain’s war effort and improves the supply of British news from abroad. Campbell will be based in New York and will relinquish his ministerial role to take the new post.
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Sir Gerald Campbell
U.S
London
Gerald Campbell
Washington
United States
No. 10 Downing Street
Great Britain
Gerald Campbell K.C.M.G
Campbell
New York
London Air Raid Damage Surpasses Provincial Losses
Health Minister Ernest Brown told a press conference that air raid damage to private homes in London was twice that of the rest of England. He reported over 80 percent of repairable houses were windproofed and airtight, with 32 000 London repairs last week and 40 000 in the provinces.
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London
England
Ernest Brown
Greenland Pupils Sought For Toronto Schools
Dr C C Goldring superintendent of schools told the Toronto board of education finance committee that a per mission has been sought to admit five children from Greenland to attend Toronto schools next September. The plan involves greenland war guests visiting Canada.
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Toronto
Greenland
Canada
Toronto Board of Education
C. C. Goldring
New Jersey Legislature Repeals Bund Charter
The New Jersey legislature passes a bill to repeal the charter and incorporation of the German American Bund auxiliary. The measure requires the group to dispose of its property and wind up its affairs within New Jersey.
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Trenton
N.J
New Jersey
Bund Auxiliary
Trouble in Greece: clashes over seized train near Levadia
Reuters from Cairo reports fighting between Greek and German troops near Levadia about 60 miles northwest of Athens as residents seize a supply train. German police fired on evacuees unloading the train, with many killed or wounded. A German commander warned that approaching warehouses or trains would be shot. Athens imposed emergency measures with court martials and death sentences for hundreds of citizens.
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London
Levadia
Athens
Reuters
Cairo
Food production key to victory says Canadian minister
Agriculture Minister Gardiner told the House of Commons that winning the war hinges on feeding the nation and that Canadian farmers are meeting that duty. He noted higher exports of pork and bacon to Britain, rising cheese shipments, and urged continued wheat reduction to save wartime costs, with the UK ready to take surplus.
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Ottawa
Gardiner
House of Commons
Britain
United Kingdom
Winston Churchill
Victoria
Halifax
Ted Watson
Canada
U S Warns France Over Pact With Nazis
The United States strongly warns France against collaboration with Germany and the possible Pan American occupation of French possessions. Secretary Hull cites a policy of collaboration and the risk of France becoming an instrument of aggression harming rights and liberties. He pledges to assemble facts to clarify the alleged course of the Vichy government.
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Washington
United States
France
Germany
Western Hemisphere
Hull
French Gorment
Vichy
Russia Floats 9.5 Billion Ruble State Loan
Tais agency reports flotation of a 9.5 billion ruble four percent state loan to mobilize public savings for economic and cultural development, boost state reserves, and strengthen Soviet defense. The text notes ruble value outside Russia is invalid and cites a 5.3 gold rubles per dollar rate domestically.
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Moscow
Tais
Soviet Union
Russia
Quebec Forest Fires Ravage Chicoutimi Area
Firefighters numbered over 4000 battled northern Quebec fires as wind-driven flames scorched about 5008 square miles. Prayers for rain were offered in churches while flames destroyed timber and caused millions in damage. no villages were immediately endangered.
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Chicoutimi
Quebec
Survivors Broadcast Names From Bismarck List
Britain announces a list of about 100 Bismarck survivors and broadcasts 15 names daily in German from London to lure Germans to foreign stations in defiance of Nazi rules and penalties.
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New York
Britain
London
Japanese troops short of arms and food in Shansi
Beleaguered Japanese forces in southern Shansi face acute shortages after Chinese saboteurs destroyed six miles of Tungpu railroad track. Chinese Central News Agency reports the disruption worsens supply lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Shansi
Tungpu Railroad
Chinese Central News Agency
Oslo Norwegian Sentenced to Death by German Court
Erling Northinson, a Norwegian, was sentenced to death by a German military court in Bergen for attempting to sail to Britain. Several others tried on similar charges received lengthy prison terms.
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Oslo
Norway
Bergen
Erling Northinson
Britain
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Centre Ocean Freight Charges
Sydney
Australia
United Air Service
Mackenzie River Area
Edmonton
Defence of
Rest of
Greece
Bismarck
B.B.C
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