Farmers Urged to Curb Wheat Acreage Across North America
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports a drastic wheat acreage reduction plan for Canada next year aiming to cut 11.6 million acres from 1940 peak levels. It notes U S and Argentina Australia face different constraints and that weather largely dictated 1942 yields, while North American crop prospects depend on weather and acreage cuts in 1943 44.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
North America
Bureau
Canada
United States
Argentina
Australia
United Kingdom
Norway in peril if Allied victory sparks Bolshevik advance
London reports Joseph Terboven, Nazi representative in Norway, warned in a December 8 speech to Norwegian manufacturers that Allied victory would lead to Russian political and economic expansion across Norway. He claimed only Soviet influence could not be resisted, even by Sweden.
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London
Hitler
Norway
Joseph Terboven
Terboven
Sweden
Boy Attempts Enlistment with Cigar in Winnipeg
Winnipeg recruiting officer Major C. E. Otton reports a 15 year old boy entered his office smoking a cigar and tried to enlist in the Canadian active army. The youth claimed smoking would make him appear 18 and fool the officer.
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Winnipeg
C. E. Otton
RCAF Bombs Japanese Submarine Off Alaskan Coast
Plane of the Royal Canadian Air Force piloted by PO W E Thomas of Toronto dropped a 500 pound bomb on a Japanese submarine as it began a crash dive off the Alaskan coast. The submarine was destroyed. wireless gunner Robert Kenning of Pembroke signalled its position to naval units. RCAF members patrol the Pacific coast with U S forces, including operations over the Aleutian island of Kiska where Japanese forces landed.
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RCAF
Pacific Coast
Alaskan
PO. W. E. Thomas
Toronto
Robert Kenning
Pembroke
Ont
R.ca.f
Canada
Alaska
U.S. Air Force
Aleutian
Kiska
Royal Canadian Air Force
Gulf of St. Lawrence
R. C Keetley
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
P. G
Pete) Hughes
Courtney
B.C
R. S. Keatley
Dave Bow
South River, Ont
Prospects for Allied Victory Described by Rear Admiral Stirling
Rear Admiral Yates Stirling Jr assesses a widening Allied edge in North Africa and Mediterranean front. He cites air superiority forcing Rommel's retreat, predicts Tunis and Bizerte fall, and envisions Crete Sicily or Sardinia invasions followed by southern Europe moves. He argues Italy's morale could crack, Britain gains naval bases, and Germany heads toward defeat as production peaks.
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Yates Stirling, Jr
Hitler
North Africa
Marshal Rommel
Libya
Tunis
Bizerte
Crete
Sicily
Sardinia
Spain
Italy
Greece
Balkans
Europe
Royal Navy
Dodecanese
Aegean Sea
Poultry Shipments From Edmonton For Christmas Markets
A survey shows 75 carloads of dressed poultry totaling 1.5 million pounds shipped from Alberta for Christmas markets. The 10 day shipping season was brief with lighter than expected supplies. About 90 percent of loads were turkeys with geese ducks and some chickens making up the rest. Producers earned $375,000, mainly from central Alberta.
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Edmonton
Alberta
McLean Receives Trans-Canada Trophy For Aviation Service
Ottawa controller of civil aviation in the department of transport A. D. McLean is awarded the Trans-Canada Trophy for 1941 for outstanding service to Canadian aviation. The citation notes his role in selecting and developing airport sites for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and RCAF bases.
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A. D. McLean
Ottawa
Department of Transport
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
R.C.A.F
Jas. D. McKee
Pittsburgh
Famous General Led British Column That Sliced Rommel in Africa
British headquarters identified Major General Sir Bernard Freyberg VC as the renowned commander who led the decisive British column that split Rommel's Afrika Korps at the Wadi Matratin. The audacious operation involved a New Zealand division under General Sir Bernard Montgomery's Eighth Army with multi‑arm support.
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Cairo
Middle East
Rommel
Africa Corps
Wadi Matratin
Sir Bernard Freyberg
New Zealand
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Eighth Army
Underground Cable Links Washington To West Coast
A new all underground transcontinental telephone cable between Washington and the west coast was opened recently. Construction began in 1940 to secure Pacific communications in case of war with Japan. The previous four lines cross the Rockies by pole line and are vulnerable to weather and sabotage.
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New York
Washington
West Coast
Pacific Coast
Japan
Rockies
Reinforcements Reach Tebourba West of Tunis for Southwest Battle
A Central Press Canadian map reports repatriation of troops and heavy materiel to Tebourba west of Tunis in preparation for a southwest assault. German glider-borne troops are pouring into the Tunisian east coast as Allies aim to sever Tunis-Bizerte from Libya.
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Tebourba
Tunis
Tunisia
Tunis-Bizerte
Libya
Official Film From Desert Battle Captures El Alamein Drive
Forty thousand feet of film shot under fire by noncombatant cameramen covers the British Eighth Army advance from El Alamein to Benghazi. The finished film, with many scenes of units at Tobruk, is to be shown around February 1 and is described as authentic with no faking.
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London
8Th Army
el Alamein
Field Marshal
Rommel
Africa Corps
Egypt
Tobruk
End of the War Prophecy Tied to Repeating Histories
Allied dispatch in North Africa notes French believers predict 1943 as war’s end based on a 129 year cycle tying Napoleon the emperor in 1804 and abdications in 1814 to Hitler’s rise in 1953 and the 1941 Russian campaign error.
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Allied
North Africa
Napoleon
France
Hitler
France Considers Using Army to Police Poland
Paris reports indicate Laval promised Hitler a French army to assist in policing Poland as German forces shift lines toward Russia. Laval met Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano in Bercht and returned to Vichy. Swiss and Paris sources note German withdrawals and Italian troops replacing them in Haute Savoie, while anti collaborationists cause arson amid wartime blackout.
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London
Pierre Laval
Hitler
Poland
Russia
Laval
Vichy
Paris
Count Cilano Ital
Marshal Petain
The
Fuehrer
France
Axi
Switzerland
Haute- Savoie
Annamasse
Transocean
Madrid
Rouen
le Havre
Eisenhower Commands Gibraltar Fortress During North Africa Push
Lt Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower leads the British fortress of Gibraltar as Allied operations open in North Africa. The rock’s air shelter sits 1,400 feet underground with staff working around the clock under the U S commander. Eisenhower expresses astonishment at commanding the British stronghold while Gen Mason MacFarlane reports to him. Guards and a long tunnel connect to headquarters carved from limestone and protected by concrete casements.
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Allied
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gibraltar
British Empire
United States
West Point
Eisenhower
The
Rock
Mason MacFarlane
Shortage of men may curb Alberta hog production
Alberta Farmers' Union secretary H E Nichols says skilled farm labor is essential to raise hog output as urged by the prices board. He notes only one of thousands of circulars returned shows a farmer who can increase production, warning food shortages if agriculture is not treated as an essential war industry.
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Germany
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Suez Canal
Cape of Good Hope
Hitler
Alberta
Edmonton
H. E. Nichols
Alberta Farmers’ Union
Prices Board
Nichola
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Dauphin
R. A. C. MacNeil
R.c.m-P
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