Grants Payable to Provinces for Loss of Taxes
The plan calls for about 106 million dollars annually from the federal treasury to compensate provinces that vacate personal and corporate income tax for wartime duration plus one year after. Details of the draft agreements were released by Finance Minister Lisley at a press conference, with allocations listed for each province and provisions to replace gasoline tax receipts and maintain fiscal need subsidies where proven. The agreements bound provinces to stop taxing these income sources until after the war and a year beyond, with treasury compensation structured to offset revenue losses.
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Ottawa
Federal Treasury
Lisley An
Tisley
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Ontario
Alberta
British Columbia
Sisley
Isley
London civilians killed in air raids during December 1941
The ministry of home Security reports thirty four civilians killed in December air raids on Britain. It notes 3,792 civilians killed and 5,044 injured require hospital treatment in December 1940 as a point of comparison.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Home Security
Canadian Red Cross Sends 100000 to aid Russia
Dr Fred W Routley national commissioner of the Canadian Red Cross announced the organization has cabled 100000 to Britain for the Russian Red Cross. He said this is the first instalment of 500000 being raised in Canada for medical relief for Russia.
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Toronto
Fred W. Routley
Canadian Red Cross
Canadian
Red Cross
Britain
Russian Red Cross
Routley
Canada
Russia
Saskatchewan Seed Growers elect officers in Saskatoon
The Saskatchewan branch of the Canadian Seed Growers Association re elected all officers at its 13th annual meeting held at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
University of Saskatchewan
San Francisco Shipyards Agree to 24 Hour War Production
Pacific coast shipbuilders and unions reach agreement with the United States government to keep ship production flowing around the clock. The deal commits ships and related work to stay productive 24 hours a day and on weekends to support wartime needs.
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San Francisco
United States
Pafic Coast
Allied supply board eyed as potential wartime move
Washington weighs a four nation approach with Don Nelson as head of U S wartime industrial production and reports that Lord Beaverbrook may stay in Washington to help establish an Allied supply board. Canada likely represented due to its munitions output and raw materials. Nelson vows any necessary shakeups to speed war material production to defeat Hitler and the Japs.
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Washington
Donald M Nelson
United States
London
Lord Beaverbrook
Allied Supply Board
United Nations
Canada
Nelson
Hitler
William 8. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Robert P. Patterson
Navy
Janes V. Forrestal
Will Remove Japs from B C Coastal Areas
Ottawa announced planned removal of aliens from designated defence zones along British Columbia coast. Of 23,428 Japanese residents in the province, 5,387 may be designated aliens to be moved within the province or to other districts under wartime regulations. Government officials and Japanese-Canadian leaders react to the policy as necessary and timely for Pacific coast security.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Ottawa
Pacific
Victoria
Hart
George A. Ishiwara
C. H. Hill
Royal Canadian Police
Canada
Soviet Japan ties unchanged says Lozovsky press conference
Russian spokesman and vice commissar of foreign affairs Lozovsky announced that Soviet Japanese relations remain unchanged under the neutrality pact. He said negotiations are under way to renew the Far Eastern fisheries pact with Japan, which expired December 3. Ottawa reports the Thai consulate general in Vancouver will close due to Japan's occupation of Thailand.
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Ottawa
Thailand
Vancouver
Bombing Mission Returns Safe After Narrow Gasoline Margin
Canadian Pilot Officer Tan Hoidas and Sergeants W H Bracken and J Kearns escaped disaster on a Germany bombing raid. Their RAF bomber took heavy flak, three crewmen credited with a perilous return after engine trouble and 15 gallons of fuel remaining.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Tan Hoidas
Saskatoon
W. H. Bracken
Moose Jaw
J. Kearns
Halifax
Germany
Aircraft Defences Of Malta Praised By British Troops
British troops arriving in London from Malta praise the island's anti aircraft defences as unparalleled. They report Malta endured 1200 air raid alarms and shot down more than 80 enemy aircraft by January 10 with few island casualties and skies lit by a sheet of steel.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Malta
Mediterranean
Free French Fleet Deploys Against Newfoundland Islands
Vice-Admiral Emile Muselier led four corvettes from a port on December 22 for sea manoeuvres. The ships operated Monday and Tuesday and sailed Wednesday between St. Pierre and Miquelon, then learned their mission was to seize the islands off Newfoundland that have been French for over a century.
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Emile Muselier
Free French Navy
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Newfoundland
Axis Shipping Losses Rise in Allied Attacks
An informed source cites admiralty and RAF communiques showing Axis losses near 5,000,000 tons of shipping since the war started. Since late October losses exceeded 4,500,000 tons, with over 100 Axis ships sunk or damaged by Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and RAF, averaging about 4,000 tons each.
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London
Admiralty
RAF
Royal Navy
Fleet Air Arm
R.A.F
Admiral Hart Brings Entire Asiatic Fleet To Safer Waters
Admiral Thomas Hart has evacuated the U S Asiatic fleet from Cavite Manila Bay to secure waters. The move preserved warships, records, equipment and stores while destroying industrial assets. The fleet’s new base remains undisclosed, with indications the fleet may be near the Netherlands East Indies as cooperation with Dutch and British units is noted.
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Washington
Thomas Hart
United States
Cavite
Manila Bay
Philippine
Manila
Manila-Cavite
Netherland East Indies
Admiral Hart
Navy
Netherlands
Far
New Canadian Private Uniform Debut during Parade Hours
An article describes a private in the Canadian forces donning a new walking-out uniform for off parade hours. The attire includes khaki slacks with regulation pockets, a cloth waist belt, brown tie, and laced low shoes. Regimental badges appear on breast pockets, and the same soldier previously wore battle dress for combat.
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National Defence
Air Force Reinforcements Arrive In Burma Defence Zone
Reinforcements by land and air reach Burma including Canadian and other Commonwealth pilots. The arrival marks the first significant Far East presence in weeks, with anti aircraft batteries and ground crews deployed to Rangoon and Burmese air fields near Thailand. American veteran pilots join a volunteer squadron defending the Burma road to China and aiding Rangoon's air defenses.
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Rangoon
Burma
Far East
Associated Press
Thailand
Japan
Singapore
Mae Hutton
Malaya
Royal Air Force
England
Canada
Australia
South Africa
China
Yugoslav Free Armies Regain Territory and Issue Passports
Yugoslav free armies reportedly control at least 19 000 square miles of Yugoslavia and issue passports for Unoccupied Serbia. W Tencer, BBC adviser, notes difficult conditions from bombardment and supply shortages. Belgrade dispatches report 160 Serbian patriots killed and 11 captured in renewed clashes with Axis forces in the mountains.
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London
Yugoslavia
Serbia
W. Tencer
BBC
Tencer
Belgrade
Air Training Plan recruitment faces manpower crisis in Canada
Ottawa warns recruiting aircrew for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan will be Canada’s biggest manpower problem. Air Minister Power says there is no shortage of recruits but notes need for rehabilitation and education to meet aircrew standards. He mentions expanded Pacific operations, a Labrador base, and potential U S participation.
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Ottawa
Canada
Power
Pacific
Japan
Labrador
Common Wealth
United States
Maj. Power
Army
Voluntary Discipline Urged Across Civilian War Wage Policy
Labor Minister Mitchell urged voluntary civilian discipline to support wartime price and wage controls. Speaking at a joint meeting of the national war labor board and regional boards, he said the policy ensures uniform treatment for wage earners and aims to keep inflation in check. He compared civilian restraint to soldiers' discipline and expressed confidence in public compliance.
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Ottawa
Mitchell
National War Labor Board
British Officer Awarded Military Cross
Lieut. John Christopher Close, aged 23, credited with a fierce rearguard action in December with 12 Indian soldiers at Kota Bahru airfield in Northern Malaya against vastly superior Japanese forces, receives the Military Cross.
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London
John Christopher Close
Kota Bahru
Malaya
Execution Reported for Karl Backs in Kassel
Munich based Neutse Nachrichten states Karl Backs was executed at Kassel for attempting to sell something related to German Russian front troops, details scarce and unclear in the brief notice.
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Berne
Munich
Neutse Nachrichten
Karl Backs
Kassel
Col- Suidiers
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