Whole Red Front Said Threatened Whole Red Front Said Threatened
A German military spokesman said the Soviet front is definitely threatened by a large scale Nazi offensive moving eastward. He claimed the front cannot withstand a determined drive and cited Moscow Leningrad regions as centers of German pressure. He noted about 100 divisions oppose Russia, with 1.5 million men reorganized to destroy roughly 300 of 400 Russian divisions.
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BERLIN
Moscow
Leningrad
Lake
Ladoga
toe
Russia
Must Work Coal Mines Must Work Coal Mines
President Roosevelt urged steel company and union leaders to restart work in captive coal mines or submit the closed shop issue to arbitration during the national emergency. He spoke in letters to John L. Lewis and other executives, emphasizing the common good and defense production, with a continuation noted on Page Three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
steel company
John L. Iewis
United Mine Workers
Benjamin Fairness
United States Stres
Eugene Grace
Mercury production boosts wartime needs in Canada
Canada now locally produces enough mercury for all requirements and exports surplus to Britain. Geologists from the Department of Mines and prospectors surveyed regions after the Pinchi Lake cinnabar find in 1937, revealing a 100 mile long by eight to ten mile wide deposit and signaling a broad mining speed‑up for strategic metals during the war.
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Canada
Britain
department of mines
Pinchi Lake
Italy
LINDBERGH
Toronto
C.3.C
Merrow
World Briefs From Europe and Asia Reported
A Belgian, Maurice Carlier, reportedly sentenced to death by a German military court for spying and anti German literature, amid executions of three Germans in Belgium. Eden warned Japan attacking the Burma road would create a grave situation as tensions rise over possible invasion of Yunnan. In Tokyo, a member Miazawa resignation sparked by a censored speech, with many resignations in the ruling group, leaving unclear content and context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BERLIN
Maurice Carlier
Bruesseler Zeitung
people's court of Belgium
Adam Mollen
Karl Spiegel
Hruno “ Raschke
LONDON
C.P
Eden
house of commons
Japan
Burma
Yunnan province
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Indo-China
Yunnan
LEF
TOKYO
parliamens
Miacawa
house of repreentatives
Misazawa
Miyazawa
gover
Shortage drives Germans to use odd wool substitutes
London officials say German wool rations are so tight that sailors have been found wearing pants made from artificial silk paper and fur. In Edmonton, June Springsteel was remanded for Alberta supreme court trial on a charge of stealing 1500 dollars including a 640 dollar cheque from Saskatchewan cattle buyer L. Marsh who planned to buy cattle and return to his farm.
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LONDON
C.P
ministry of economic warfare
Germany
EDMONTON
A. I. Millar
Alberta supreme court
L. Marsh
Saskatchewan
Albertans To Broadcast Sunday on CBC Program
Ottawa reports the CBC will air a national network broadcast from 9 30 to 10 am featuring 94 Canadian armed forces overseas personnel in greetings from the Beaver Club. Alberta broadcasters include LAC C M Horne Vermilion LAC R C Neal Edmonton Sigma Frank Smith Calgary and S McKinley Drumheller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Canada
armed forces overseas broadcasting
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
national defence headquarters
CBC
German internees hide in pianos to try escape
In Kingston Ontario two German POWs, Luftwaffe officers Lieut Hans Strehl and 2nd Lieut Siegfried Schmidt, were found hiding inside pianos at a local store after a plan to escape from an internmentcamp. Strehl was spotted emerging from a piano panel and Schmidt was found in another piano as guards prepared to move it. Police noted Strehl carried rope and vitamin tablets. The pianos, used in the recreation hall, were being returned following a rental period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KINGSTON
Siegfried Schmidt
Schmidt
Strehl
Border Clash at Manchukuo Frontier Reported
Tokyo reports a Soviet soldier was killed and two captured after a border clash with Manchukuo frontier guards 24 miles west of Manchukuo Dome. Soviet cavalrymen allegedly crossed the border to survey Manchukuoan forces. Manchukuoan foreign office protested to the Soviet consul in Harbin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TOKYO
Novv
Manchuul
Dome
Manchoukuo-Siberian
Outer Mongolia
Hsinking
S3rd
Harbin
Dorel
Halifax says Russia’s resistance delays Hitler plan
Viscount Halifax lauds Russia's steadfast defense against the Nazi invasion as he notes heavy losses and shifting German timetable. He cites united efforts of soldiers workers and civilians in Russia and warns the cost will require aid from Canada Britain and the United States to fulfill the wartime program. Continued on Page Three.
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OTTAWA
Germany
Danzig
Viscount Halifax
Russia
ion
Lord Halifax
United States
Kantheon
Canada
Great Britain
Hitler
Shake-Up in Army Heads in Britain
The War Office announced Gen Sir Alan Brooke will replace Gen Sir John Dill as chief of the imperial staff on December 23. Brooke, 38, is a mechanization and anti aircraft specialist and has led the Canadian Corps component since July 20, 1940. Also named were Cerrill, 60, as field marshal and Bombay governor designate, Paget, 34, succeeding Brooke as commander in chief home forces, as part of a broad high command reorganization.
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LONDON
C.P
war office
Alan Brooke
home forces
John Dill
imperial staff
Brooks
Cerrill
Bombay
Roger Lumley
B. C. T. Paget
Brooke
high command
Pepper Urges Hard Line Against Japan Over Far Eastern War
Senator Claude Pepper of Florida warned Japan’s envoy Kurusu that pacific talks fail if aggression continues. Pepper said the United States may have to resume war to stop murder and rapine and urged Japan to halt its expansion in China. He emphasized drawing a line and threatened further action if talks fail.
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WASHINGTON
Claude Pepper
Dem
Florida
Kurusu
Japan
Pacific
Pepper
senate foreign reluions committee
Shu Kurush
Roosevelt
Hull
China
Amertes
Justice Minister Lapointe In Danger In Montreal Hospital
In Montreal on November 19, Justice Minister La Pointe’s condition was described as dangerous by his attending physician Dr Jules Prevost. Prevost said the minister’s condition had worsened over the last two days and is now potentially life threatening.
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JUSTICE
LADO MONTREAL
Lapointe
Jules Prevost
British minister apologizes to Litvinov over air incident
Teheran Nov 19 British Minister to Iran apologized to Maxim Litvinov Russia ambassador for an overseas airways plane departing for Cairo leaving Litvinov and accompanying party at the airport. They were refused seats though promised passage. The incident prompted a hurried protest to the Soviet embassy and reassurances of future Soviet air access.
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TEHERAN Tran
Iran
Maxim Litvinov
Russia
United States
British overseas airways
Cairo
Litvinov
Litvinovs
legation
J. D Greenway
Reader Wilam Bullard
Gold Miners Quit Work in Eight Kirkland Lake Mines
Fraser MacDougall reports that a general strike called by the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union is underway in eight district gold mines around Kirkland Lake Ont. Workers on the day shift did not report to duty at most mines while Macassa and Toburn operate normally. Teck-Hughen Sylvanite and Wright-Hargreaves run on reduced output. Lake Shore and Kirkland Lake closed. Picketing described as peaceful with instructions to allow passersby. More details on Page Shree.
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FRASER MacDOUGALL
Wester
KIRKLAND LAKE
Ont
firuis
fecal union
Macassa
Toburn
Sylvanite
Teck Hughen
Wright-Hargreaves
Lake Shore
coun
Bid-Good
Canadian troop contingent reaches Hong Kong on safe arrival
George Porteous of the Canadian MCA, war services, accompanied the contingent of Canadian troops whose safe arrival in Hong Kong has just been announced.
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TORONTO
George Porteous
MCA
war services
Hong Kong
Air Chief Refuses Disclosure of Dispatches in France 1940
London officials report Sir Archibald Sinclair declined to publish the dispatches of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Barratt, who led British air forces in France as air officer commanding in chief during 1940. The decision limits public access to wartime reports and military correspondence. The note cites cabinet privacy and national security considerations as the rationale for withholding the documents.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
Archibald Sinclair
Arthur Barratt
France
May Fire May Fire Gen Weygand Rumors In Vichy
London reports that General Weygand faces removal as Vichy pro consul in North Africa, with indications a formal announcement may come tomorrow. Ambassador Leahy met Petain as the political shakeup unfolds, while former premier Preece Tavval reportedly will not return to power.
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Petain
Vichy
Weewand
penevomsul
Peta
North Arties
William Leahy
Unitad
Nery
LONDON
Maxine Weygand
de Viehy
Preece Taval
Rostow frontline German attack defeated near Novocherkassk
Tass dispatch from Moscow reports about four German divisions totaling roughly 60 000 men trapped in a pocket near Novocherkassk after a surprise Flank attack on Rostow failed. Russians claimed heavy German losses including tanks trucks and guns while Red infantry and dugouts held positions.
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LONDON
Rostow
Novocherkassk
Tass
Moscow
Evald Von Kleist
Rostov
Caucasus
Red army
Rat Tail Industry Debate Highlights Rodent Control Push
In the House of Commons Cabititer Raber and S Hudson urged Britain to curb a growing rat tail industry. They claimed wine per tail breeding schemes aimed to boost rewards, seeking to reduce rodent numbers. Raber called the danger very real and urged powering rots rather than trapping them.
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Hudson
House of commons
British drive in Libya begins on 140 mile front
The British imperial army in Africa initiated a general advance into Libya on a 140 mile front and has penetrated 50 miles into Axis held territory. The operation marks Britain's long awaited winter desert war to push Germans and Italians from North Africa and reach French Tunisia.
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Africa
Libya
Britain
North
Tunisia
Earl of Leicester dies at 93 in Norfolk home
Earl of Leicester aged 93 died at Halkhiam Hall in Norfolk after a brief illness. He owned about 40,000 acres. News from Wells, Norfolk. Other items note steel firms accept Faris proposal and UMW strike stance, Crimea recapture by Reds, and a Canada police incident.
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EARL OF LEICESTER
WELLS
Norfolk
England
i C.P
Halkhiam Hall
WASHINGTON
A.P
United Mine Workers
United States Stock Company
Roosevelt
CRIMEA
LONDON
Tass
KUIBYSHEV
Russia
Japan
S. A. Lozovaky
HAMILTON
Ont
C.P
Port Dalhousie
Beach boulevard
MEXICO
U.S. WASHINGTON
Eduardo Suarez
nance
United States
PATRICK KERIN
CALGARY
George Pelley
Canadian Legion
i a Crauhcook
B.C
Kerlin
John Burns
Pelley
Kerin
Vancouver
Red Cross
Navy League
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Sir Alan Brooke
Dill
General Staff
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