Stalin declares Russia will fight to the finish
New York report describes Joseph Stalin telling Harry Hopkins that the fight will stay west of Moscow and Russia will win the war. Hopkins quotes Stalin insisting Russia will not be enslaved and will carry the burden with vast manpower. Hopkins notes Stalin's personal hatred for Hitler and desire to fight without American troops.
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Stalin
Russia
New York
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Harry l. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Current American Magazine
Hopkins
Post War Plans Emphasize Immediate Relief and Long Term
British official Clement Attlee told the International Labour Organization that postwar Britain will align its plans with a new world order. He cited two aims: urgent relief after the war and longer term arrangements to raise living standards and nutrition, stressing the need to win the peace as well as the war.
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New York
International Labor Organization Conference
Britain
Clement R. Attlee
Privy Seal
Sumner Welles
United States
United Kingdom
Attlee
Gasoline Restrictions Eased as Tankers Resume Operations
The petroleum coordination office says 12 U S tankers completed their last voyage for the British service and are ready to resume normal American operations including oil movement to the east coast. Interior Secretary Ickes announced that 40 of 80 to 100 tankers borrowed by Britain would be returned by November 30 and restrictions on gasoline in the east would be lifted.
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United States
Washington
Petroleum Coordination Office
East
Ickes
Chairman Ramsay of Grain Board Retires in Winnipeg
Ottawa Trade Minister MacKinnon confirms E. B. Ramsay resigns as chairman of the board of grain commissioners with regret. Ramsay, long linked to western Canada grain trade, has led the board since 1929 and will be succeeded after the minister’s return from a trade mission to South America. Dr. D. A. McGibbon acts as chief commissioner. the other commissioner is C. M. Hamilton.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
E. B. Ramsay
Winnipeg
Board of Grain Commissioners
Ramsay
South America
Western
Canada
Great Lakes
Free French Submarine Tells of 4000-Ton Convoy Torpedo Strike
The crew recounts damaging a 4000 ton enemy ship in a convoy after torpedoes struck. The submarine crept through enemy waters to attack and torpedoes hit the largest ship. A depth charge followed, the sub limped for two days unable to dive, then a British escort guided it to a port.
Bombing Plane Completes Round-The-World Flight
A four motor United States Army bomber arrived at March Field after a long unheralded round the world flight. Reported wing damage from bullets marks the perilous journey as crew members who aided Russia recall the Pacific hop from Hawaii. The mission marks the B-24’s first Pacific ocean flight while many have flown the Atlantic to Britain.
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San Diego
Calaf
March Field
Warring Na
Hawaii
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Croat Leader Says Collaboration With Italians Faces Obstacles
A Zagreb despatch quotes Ante Pavelic, Croat chief of state, stating collaboration with the Italians is striking obstacles. He adds that obstacles will be removed by the will for collaboration.
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Rome
Stefani
Zagreb
Ante Pavelic
Search finds two men missing from icebound barge
Transport Limited manager Johnny Johnson and crewman Ted Daubert were found after two days overdue on a trip down Schist Lake. A search plane located them. they were taken off a small barge stuck in ice.
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Flin Flon
Johnny Johnson
Transport. Limited
Ted Daubert
Schist Lake
Freighter Mount Evans Turned Over to Russia
The United States maritime commission freighter Mount Evans of 6,267 tons has been handed to Russia under lend-lease. The vessel, currently in Boston, is being armed and will fly the Soviet flag.
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New York
United States Maritime Commission
Mount Evans
Russia
Marine Circles
Boston
Russia Needs More Planes To Counter German Air Power
Foreign observers arriving in Teheran report Russia has suffered heavy defeats but still fights on. They say Moscow needs modern planes to challenge Nazi air superiority, noting Soviet aircraft are outdated and few in number compared to German strengths. The observers expect winter to slow fighting but Germany will continue air assaults.
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Teheran
Iran
Russia
Germany
Kuibyshev
Ivan Yeaton
United States
Moscow
Persian Gulf
Washington
Red Air Force
Canada War Effort Praise Not Criticized by Hanson
Hon. R. B. Hanson said in Montreal that there was absolutely no adverse criticism of Canada s war effort during his month long England tour. He spoke after entering Canadian soil for the first time since September 12. In a separate report, Moscow to Kuibyshev in mid October showed carloads of new American machine tools rusting outdoors and two trains carrying similar tools passed in opposite directions.
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R. B. Hanson
Canada
England
Montreal
Moscow
Kuibyshev
Officials Freed In India Ex-Premier Desai Names
As part of a general policy the government released from jail Bal Gangadhar Kher and Morarji Desai former premier and former revenue minister of Bombay province. Both were arrested in November 1940 under defence regulations.
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Bombay
India
Government of
Bal Gangadhar Kher
Morarji Desai
Defence of India
Russia to receive U S war material under aid program
Soviet Russia plans to obtain munitions including planes tanks and guns under a Russian aid program. The United States will relinquish prior delivery claims to avoid delaying support while Britain will contribute its arms output. An open end program may allow Russia to add to its current needs.
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Washington
Ruggia
U.S
United States
Britain
Russia
Wing Commander Foss to Lead World’s Largest Airport
Wing Cmdr. R. H. Foss, who served overseas with the Royal Canadian Air Force No 1 Fighter Squadron, will soon assume command of the world’s largest airport in Newfoundland. He has been senior administrative officer here since last August and is a veteran of two wars, earning the Italian Croce di Guerra with the 28th RAF Squadron in Italy during the first Great War.
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Halifax
R. H. Foss
Royal Canadian Air Force
Newfoundland
Eastern Air Command
Cmdr. Foss
RAF
Italy
British Press Warns on War Secrets Leakage
London reports British officials fear US disclosures of war production and military data threaten secrecy. They cite Roosevelt’s November production secrecy move and recent disclosures on tank output, Boston as a Rus ia loading port, a new torpedo, and aircraft figures. London complains about closed hearings becoming public.
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London
United States
Washington
Germany
Roosevelt
Office of Production Management
Boston
Russia
North Atlantic
Maritime Commission
Britain
House of Representatives Appropriations
Ottawa appoints Edgar Burton as retail trade administrator
Trade Administrator Ottawa appoints Edgar Gordon Burton of Toronto as administrator of retail trade for the wartime prices and trade board. He will supervise retail prices and operate from board branch offices across Canada and will serve without remuneration. London sends greetings to President Ismet Inanu on Turkey's 18th republic anniversary.
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Ottawa
Edgar Gordon Burton
Toronto
Robert Simpson Company, Limited
Prices and Trade Board
Burton
Canada
London
Ismet Inanu
Turkey
Canadians Praise War Effort as British Delegation Tours
Montreal witnesses high praise from George Isaacs and W. Lawther as they hail Canada's wartime output. The British visitors, leading industrial and union groups, toured Canadian and U S munitions plants, noting top speed and heavy production. They contrast Canadian effort with Britain and the United States, urging continued momentum.
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Montreal
George Isaacs
Mr. Isaacs
Printers’ and Operators
W. Lawther
British Mine Workers’ Federation
Canada
United
Roosevelt
United States
Dominion Department of Munitions and Supplies
Lawther
Britain
England
Farm Bonus Rules Leave Landlords Out
Ottawa says regulations on an acreage bonus for western farmers under a national price and wage freeze do not require tenants to share payments with landlords. The 75 cent per acre bonus applies to half of a farm's cultivated land, up to 200 acres, and is in addition to Prairie Farm Assistance Act grants.
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Ottawa
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Gardiner
Howe secures U S steel for Canadian destroyers
Munitions Minister C. D. Howe announced that steel needed for two Tribal class destroyers under construction at an east coast Canadian port has been assured from United States sources. He addressed a North American supply council meeting representing Canada and pressed for steel priority. The assurances cover Canada's steel needs including tonnage for Canada’s first destroyers.
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Washington
C. D. Howe
United States
Canadian Federation of Agriculture meets in Calgary in January
E. W. Brunsden of Calgary secretary of the Alberta section announced the 1942 annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture to be held in Calgary in January. Delegates from across Canada are expected to attend.
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Calgary
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
E. W. Brunsden
Alberta
Canada
End Music War Reaches Settlement From 1941 Contract
The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers announces a contract to be signed with National Broadcasting Company and Columbia Broadcasting System ending their ten month music war with radio chains. The settlement aims to resume normal music licensing and broadcasting operations.
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New York
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
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