Windflower Reported Lost In Collision During Convoy Duty
Navy Minister Macdonald announced Canada lost H M C S Windflower in a collision while on convoy duty. Twenty three crew members are missing and must be considered lost at sea. Survivors exist with numbers not yet released. Next of kin informed. casualty list to be compiled.
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UAVA
Navy
Macdonald
Canada
H.M.C.S. Windflower
Windflower
naval services
Levis
Just
royal navy
Fraser
France
Margaree
Saguenay
Gambut Recaptured by British Near Tobruk
Cairo dispatch reports British command announcing a rejoining of Tobruk forces with El Adem in the Libyan desert and the acceleration of Axis retreat. Gambut, 40 miles east of Tobruk, is said to be recaptured as road links eastward from Tobruk are reestablished and South African and Indian troops link with El Adem. German and Italian units remain on Tobruk’s western perimeter.
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CAIRO
Tobruk
El Adem
Libyan desert
Gambut
Left Hand Corner King in Exile in Mexico City Suburb
A fragment recounts Carol of Romania living quietly in Coyoacan near Mexico City after fleeing Spain and Portugal. The piece notes a protected estate, guards at the gates, and private social life including cocktails and bridge, mentioning the E Patrol night spot and a letter in the Minneapolis Journal titled Uncle Sam Behind the Fence.
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MADRID
Spain
Carol of
Jumania
Tr Spansh
iemi
Bucharest
Portugal
Mexico City
Coyoacan
E Patrol
SAM
Minneapolis
Axis Move Threat to America Raises War Production Pressure
President Roosevelt warned in a radio address that a joint Axis plan by Germany and Japan threatens the United States and will be defeated. The full text of his Tuesday night broadcast appears on Page 10, with details on war production acceleration and national resolve.
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America
J. F. SANDERSON
WASHINGTON
Dees
United States
Roosevelt
President admits serious set back in Hawaii in war
The president spoke publicly for the first time since the United States declared war on Japan and acknowledged that American forces suffered a serious setback in Hawaii during the first surprise air raid by Japan. He noted the Pacific outposts Guam and Wake were affected.
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United States
Japan
Hawaii
Pacific
Guam
Wake
Nazi Push War Bulletins Through Till Spring
The Canadian Press report says Hitler’s invasion armies failing to break the Mos cow drive may hold to winter lines as Berlin hints the eastward push continues to spring. Berlin denies strategic winter aims, while Russians fear possible feints and watch for withdrawals to defensive posts near Leningrad area.
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Hitler
Moscow
Berlin
Germany
Tikhyin
Leningrad
London
British Government Seeks One Billion War Credit
London reports the British government will ask Parliament for a war credit of £1,000,000,900 for the current fiscal year ending March 31, 1942. If approved, total war credits since March 31, 1940 would reach about £4,006,000,000.
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LONDON
C.P
Bohemian Field Marshal Boehm-Ermolt Dies at 85
Troppau Bohemia Dec 10 Field Marshal Baron Eduard Von Boehm Ermolt aged 85 former Austrian army commander in chief in the First Great War died here yesterday in retirement.
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TROPPAU
Bohemia
Baron Eduard Von Boehm-Ermolt
Luxurious Cabin Under Construction Near Mont Tremblant
Montreal Gazette reports James Franceschini, a wealthy contractor released from an internment camp, is constructing a luxurious cabin in the Mont Tremblant region of the Laurentian mountains.
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MONTREAL
James Franceschini
Mont Tremblant
Laurentian mountains
Gazette
Japanese bomb Manila again
Two waves of Japanese bombers raided Manila and surrounding districts this afternoon hitting military centers such as Nichols airfield Fort William McKinley and the Nielsen airport areas. Parachutists captured Vigan, a coastal town 200 miles northwest of Manila, according to the Philippine constabulary. British reorganize south of Kota Bharu, with a communique noting the loss of Kota Bharu and regrouping south of the area.
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MANILA
P.1
A.P
Nichols airfield
Fort William McKinley
Nielson
VIGAN
Philippine constabulary
KOTA BHARU
SINGAPORE
C.P
Thailand
Malaya
Kota Bhatu
Louis St Laurent Named Federal Minister of Justice
Ottawa reports the appointment of Louis St Laurent of Quebec as federal minister of justice and attorney general, succeeding the late Ernest Lapointe. Sworn in by the governor general, St Laurent is a leading Quebec lawyer and former Canadian Bar Association president.
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Louis St. Laurent
Bar
Asi'a
OTTAWA
Louis
St. Laurent
Quebec
Mackenzie King
Ernest Lapointe
king's counsel
Compton
Que
J. B. Marge St. Laurent
Mary Annn Broderick
St. Charles College
Sherbrooke
Laval University
St. Laurent-Gagne-Deviin and Tascheresu
Canadian Bar Association
China Declares War on Axis Powers at Midnight
Chungking dispatch reports China formally declared war on Japan Germany and Italy effective at midnight. President Lin Sen issued the declarations as part of wartime alignment.
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CHUNGKING
China
Japan
Germany
Italy
Lin Sen
Drives Of Japs Balked In Malaya
British forces halted Japanese drives in Malaya near Kota Bharu and Kuantan. Communique notes Japanese tanks for the first time, seven were trapped and destroyed in Kedah along the Thailand border by a Punjabi motorized unit. Casualties light. frontier remains tense after heavy fighting.
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SINGAPORE
Jost
Kota Bharu
Kuantan
Kedah
Thailand
Kota Bhard
Britain’s Prince of Wales and Repulse Sunk in Pacific
Alfred Duff Cooper announced heavy loss of life aboard the battleship Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser Repulse, Britain's biggest naval loss of the war. Churchill confirmed in Parliament that both ships were sunk by air attack during operations against Japan near Malaya.
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Britain
Prince of Wales
Tom Phillips
Duff Cooper
YORK
A.P
Alfred Duff Cooper
Far East
Singapore
C.P
Churchill
house of commons
Pacific
house
H.M.S. Prince of Wales
Malaya
Japs Claim Supremacy In Pacific
Tokyo reports aid of loudspeakers as Japan declares its naval and land successes in the Pacific. Britain’s Prince of Wales and battle cruiser Repulse said sunk off Malaya while landing parties go ashore in the Philippines north of Manila. Imperial headquarters claim control of air and water in Pacific, Indian and Antarctic Oceans and confirm Guam occupation amid a wave of radio blasts and public excitement.
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TOKYO
Japan
Britain
Philippine Islands
Prince of Wales
Pacific
Malaya
Imperial headquarters
United States
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
imperial
Indian
Antarctic
army
navy
Philippines
Manila
Guam
comp
Darlan, Ciano hold talks in Turin during war visit
Vice-Premier Darlan met Italian Foreign Minister Ciano in Turin as unoccupied France and Italy discuss wartime diplomacy. The encounter followed broader Axis coordination and signals potential shifts in North Africa policy.
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DARLAN
CIANO VICHY
France
Ciano
Turin
Hitler Returns to Berlin for Reichstag Address
The British Broadcasting Corporation reported from New York that Hitler has returned to Berlin to address the Reichstag. Details were broadcast as the news emerged in the city.
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NEW YORK
British Broadcasting Corporation
Hitler
Berlin
NYC
British warships Prince of Wales and Repulse sunk claim
The loss of the two battleships was announced without details on how they went down or the fate of their crews, totaling over 3,000 men. A Japanese claim said both were destroyed in air attack, potentially marking the first sinking of ships of their size. Britain still lists several battleships in service as Queen Elizabeth class and others.
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Pacific ocean
Prince of Wales
Britain
Far East
Jost Brita
British Admiral Str Tom Phillips Commands Foe Losses
The passage describes Commander of the British Far Eastern Fleet Admiral Sir Tom Phillips and the sinking of his flagship Prince of Wales along with the battlecruiser Repulse by Japanese forces.
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Far Eastern Fleet
STR
TOM PHILLIPS
Pleat
Wales
Attack Beaten Off at Luzon Coast in War Department Communique
Washington December 10 The war department released its first communique of the war reporting the defeat of a hostile attack against the west coast of Luzon in the Philippines. The action occurred between San Fernando and Waggin as army and navy forces bombed six transports.
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WASHINGTON
Luzon
Philippines
United States war department
San Peroanco
Wigan
army
First Canadian casualties in Hong Kong reported
Ottawa December 10 Defence Minister Ralston announced the first Canadian casualties in Hong Kong two men Sgt Ronald John Routledge of Forest Manitoba and Signalman John Lloyd Fairley of Port Alberni British Columbia were slightly wounded. Also 44 survivors from the corvette Windflower reported in Ottawa with three Alberta men among them.
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HONG KONG
OTTAWA
Defence
Ralston
Ronald John Routledge
Forest, Man
John Llloyd
Frederick Fairley
Port Alberni
B.C
CORVETTE WINDELOWER
C.F.J
ALBERTA
Royal Canadian Navy
auwunted
James Fisher
cook
R.C.N. YR
Calgary
Louis Joy
Joseph L. Joy
Cademia
John A. Groban
melhiff
Edmonton
MANILA
Qoces Norte
Luzon
Far East
PORT ARTHUR
C.P
Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company
China
REDS
OLETS
MOSCOW
A.P
Red army
LONDON
C.F
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King Carol
Mexico
Mrs. Roosevelt
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H.M.S
Tiree
PMAnRAN
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Kota Bahru
mwapa pre
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