Germans Claim Fresh Russian Attacks Fail
BERLIN December 5 The German high command said Russian attacks on the southern sector of the eastern front failed. Explosions and fires were reported at a Lens ammunition dump amid shelling near a long-besieged city. The command claimed German Finnish mine barriers in the Gulf of Finland halted several ships, including the Stalin, and reported heavy raids by Iman airmen against Moscow and Leningrad. Occupation of Hangö naval base by Finnish troops was announced as completed after evacuation by Soviet forces.
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BERLIN
Gulf of Finland
ier
Stalin
Hango
Finland
high command
sterday
Iman
Moscow
Leningrad
high
nmand
Hangoval
nish
Iian
Tula
Tavestia
Lonatin
Mius
Remizay
Kharttonov
Taganrog
Volokolamsk
Kuibyshev
New York
NB.C
Trkhvin
Marshal Timoshenko
London
Canadian Armed Forces Radio Broadcast Saturday
Names of nine Canadian armed forces members announced to broadcast across Canada on CBCs national network from 0 to 9 45 am Sat during the open box jam program. Includes MS T Kertans Sgt S Thompson Eol ton Sgt Fred Johnston Sydn Fred F McCullock LAG Alan neer Calgary.
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ITTAWA
Des
nin Canada
Canada
Canadian Broadhing Corporation
national defence headquarters
CBC
MS.T. Kertans
S. Thompson
Eolton
Fred Johnston
Sydn
Fred F. McCullock
LAG Alanneer
Calgary
Judge to head monuments board in Canada
Dec 5 Itawa announces the appointment of Judge F W Howay of New Westminster BC as chairman of the historic sites and monuments board of Canada. He succeeds E A Cruikshank of Ottawa. The board is honorary and includes noted historians from across the country.
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MONUMENTS BOARD
ITAWA
F. W. Howay
Newsiminster
B.C
historic sites and monuments rd of
Canada
department of mines
E. A. Cruikshank
Ottawa
historic sites and iuments board
The Left Hand Corner and Iceland Invasion Talk
Excerpts discuss Germany’s plan to invade Canada via Iceland, with Norwegian harbor build up and Norsk exiled king’s rhetoric. It notes the threat is described as past, yet warns North Americans misunderstand Nazi aggression and the enemy’s broader aims. Continuation referenced on page 21.
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Canada
Iceland
Hambro
Norlan
League
Norway
Toronto
wegian
toerstand
Nazis block relief to many Norwegians
Oslo reports German authorities in occupied Norway blocked all relief accounts for relatives of sailors serving Britain. The action affects about 100,000 Norwegians tied to over 25,000 Norwegian seamen in British service. Germany says sailors carry ammunition and material to England used against Norway.
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STOCKHOLM
Oslo
Norway
Britain
England
Allies Of Axis Get Warning
London reports say Britain has warned Finland Hungary and Romania to withdraw from the war on Russia with a midnight deadline. Budapest says Hungary will ignore the ultimatum while German Paris radio notes Finland sent a negative reply. Romania’s reaction remains uncertain. The note set was described as a final British effort to stabilize relations with the Axis-dominated trio.
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LONDON
Finland
Hungary
Rumania
Russia
asl
Budapest
Paris
NBC
Britain
Germany
C.P
Great Britain
Russia' i land
Taft Seeks Hoover Advice On Price Control Bill
Senator Robert Taft of Ohio proposed the Senate seek guidance from former President Herbert Hoover on the price control measure already passed by the House. Taft, sponsor of substitute legislation, cited Hoover’s wartime experience as federal food administrator. Hearings open Tuesday with Leon Henderson as first witness.
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WASHINGTON
Robert Taft
Ohio
senate
Herbert Hoover
house of representatives
Taft
Hoover
Leon Henderson
Axis repulsed in three Tobruk corridor assaults
Cairo dispatch reports that three Axis attacks aiming to widen the Tobruk corridor breach were repulsed in bloody succession near Ed Duda. British air and land patrols harassed the Libyan battle area as the R A F and ground forces struck Axis troops and vehicles, with heavy casualties on the Axis side. More than 1,000 Axis prisoners, including Germans, were moved toward camps in the Nile valley.
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CAIRO
Britain
Toburk
Ed Duda
Middle East
R.A
Trigh Capurra
Gairo
Nile valley
Guerrillas Threaten German Forces in Yugoslavia Campaign
Serbian guerrilla units under General Draja Mihailovic reportedly drove flanking moves against German divisions near Krapujevac and Knjazevac in open warfare. Yugoslav officials say three divisions, supported by air and tanks, attack Mihailovic’s 80,000-strong force as Danube fronts brace for possible falls at Karapujevac and Karajevac.
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IJHRUSALEM
Draja Milaslavi
Krapujevac
Yugoslavia
Knjajevac
nifis
Karagujevac
Morava
Belgrade
Cairo
Mihailovic
Jerusalem
Axi
Two Albertans Receive Wings at DENVILLE Training School
Wing Commander W H Patriarche presented wings to a large graduating class of sergeant-pilots at No 6 Service Flying Training School near here in Danville Ontario. Recipients include Paul Hurtubise McLennan Alberta Cheater Swan Chauvin Alberta.
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DANVILLE
Ont
Cmir
W. H. Patriarche
No. & Service Flying Training School
here
Paul Hurtubise
McLennan
Alta
Cheater Swan
Chauvin
aaa
Gored by bull dies from injuries in Alberta district
Edmonton report says George Waterston, 52, was gored by a bull on his farm in the Angus Ridge district ten miles south of Wetaskiwin. He died of injuries Wednesday. no inquest will be held.
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EDMONTON
Angus Ridge
Wetaskiwin
George Waterston
R.CIMP
Nature Of Jap Answer Is Withheld
President Roosevelt took personal charge of a document showing Japan's reply to explain troop movements into French Indo China. Tokyo's envoys spent 25 minutes with Hull, then the paper went to the President. Public word on the reply was withheld amid tense Far Eastern diplomacy.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
Japan
Tokyo
Cordell Hull
Hull
state department
Nomura
Saburo Kurusu
Pacific
United States
Manchuokuo
Hirohito
imperial headquarters
Hajime Sugiyama
German Major Shot In Paris in Latin Quarter Attack
A German major was seriously wounded today in Paris by two pistol shots in the Latin quarter. He fell after being hit in the hip while riding away on a bicycle near Rue de Seine by Boulevard Saint Germain, in the same district where a German bookshop was bombed recently.
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VICHY
Paris
Rue De Seine
Boulevard St German
Germain
Chute Jump to Rally Recruits
Edmonton set to host a parachute jump show and radio broadcast Sunday at the airport near No 2 Air Observer School of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Designed to stimulate recruitment, the event is arranged by Lt Harry Jones, a recruiting officer. The jumper will be interviewed after landing.
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EDMONTON
air force
air Observer school
Royal Canadian Air Force
Harry & Jones
wille
Soviet envoy Litvinov arrives in Honolulu for US talks
Maxim Litvinov, newly appointed Soviet ambassador to the United States, arrived in Honolulu by clipper plane from Midway Island. He is accompanied by Mrs Litvinov and an aide and will travel by plane to San Francisco the next day.
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HONOLULU
Maxim Litvinov
Russia
United States
Midway Island
Litvinov
San Francisco
Allied ship losses drop from air attacks by 80 per cent
London reports allied ship losses from aerial attack in the past five months averaged eight per cent of the peak April 1941 figure. Admiralty data note April 1941 losses of British and allied ships totaled 108 ships and 731,213 tons with unclear split between aircraft, submarines, and surface raiders. Improved guns and gunnery cited as key factor.
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LONDON
C.P
admiralty
Firstain
Coalition talks over British Columbia rule begin
Victoria dispatch reports Premier designate John Hart to hold talks with CCF and Conservative leaders on a possible three party coalition. Harold Winch of the CCF says no policy commitments were made and Maitland urged a union as Pattullo prepares to relinquish power next Tuesday.
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VICTORIA
C.F
Harold Wingh
John Hart
STUART UNDERHILL
Canadiar
British Columbia
CCF
Hart
R L. Maitland
T. D. Pattullo
Maitland
OCF
Harald Winch
Axis Supply Ship Fire Reported by British Bomber
A British bomber low on height set a supply ship ablaze off the Norwegian coast and returned safely to base despite a heavy hit from the ship's anti aircraft gun. The air ministry said another aircraft bombed a wireless station nearby, though its location could not be confirmed.
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LONDON
sweojing
air ministry
Blackout Cancelled in Kuibyshev City Restores Light
In Kuibyshev Russia the long blackout, in effect since November 10, was lifted today restoring power to the Volga city regarded as Russia’s alternate capital. Ottawa reports Fisheries Minister Michaud awaits two telegrams from the United Fishermen's Federal Union urging extension of the herring quota for Vancouver Island's lower coast area and will study them carefully.
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KUIBYSHEV
Russia
Volga river
OTTAWA
Michaud
United Fishermen's Federal Union
Vancouver Island
Russians push gains in Rostov Donets fighting drive
The Russians claim a major advance along the Rostov Donets basin front retaking hundreds of villages as they press toward the Mius River lines north of Taganrog. Moscow reports six miles beyond Taganrog and new pushes along the Sea of Azov while German counterattacks aim to stabilize the front.
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LONDGS
Rostov- Donets Basin
Mius River
Taganrog
A. Moscow
Terestra
Pravna
Taranrog
Sea of Ascov
Red banner
Mius
ast
Stalino
Gulf of Taganrog
Mexican Scrapper To Fight Lindsay In Edmond card
Boxing card at Edmond on December 15 features Kenny Lindsay of Vancouver in a non title bout against Herve Espinosa of Los Angeles a 122 pound Mexican. Matchmaker Dave Cavadas said Espinosa agreed by telephone to travel from Los Angeles for the bout with Lindsay. No opponent yet for Jimmy Chapman of Vancouver in the semi windup.
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ERMONTOW
Dave Cavadas
Kenny Lindsay
Vancouver
Herve Espinosa
Los Angeles
Cavadas
Eapinosa
Edmonon
Jimmy Chapman
sili apuedr
Cavudus
News Bullets Keep Fast Pace of World War Updates
A batch of brief items reports Japanese troops reinforced in French Indo China as a precaution against China, German artillery shelling Moscow denied by a Soviet claim of silencing batteries, Swift Current appointing A H Dawson to succeed W J Reader as CP-K storekeeper, Bulgars protests against Axis actions in captured territories relayed from London, British and US supplies reaching Poland’s forces in Russia, a fatal crash near Am ericus with six dead and thirteen injured, RAF resuming attacks on the German coast, former German freighter Uhenfels torpedoed near the Canary Islands, Turkey Germany rail links restored, and Romania rejecting a British ultimatum over fighting Russia.
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WASHINGTON
Nev
White House
United states
Indo-China
NEW YORK
Moscow
BBC
SWIEL
W. J. READER
A. H. Dawson
Swift Current, Sask
C.P.K
Lethbridge
Reader
BULGAREA KUIBYSHEV
Russia
i.P
London
KUIBYSHEV
Roussia
Delavyed
A.P
SUN
AMERICUS
Dawson
FOLKESTONE
England
Royal Air Force
Britain
Canary Islands
marine dlckes
TURKEY
GERMANY
BERLIN
Europe
D.N.B
Ankara
RUMANIA
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