Planning For A Big Push On Crimea Front
Foreign sources say Hitler plans a spring 1942 push into Russia with about 100 fresh divisions aimed at Sevastopol and Crimea to secure rail lines and form a springboard toward the Caucasus. The plan involves spearhead offensives around Orel toward Kursk Kharkov and Sevastopol, with total front strength near 4.5 million Germans facing 7 million Soviets. Tass notes Sevastopol’s 150 day defense and sea links with the Black Sea fleet while German losses mount in the Crimea.
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London
Hitler
Russia
Crimea
Caucasus
Orel
Sevastopol
Persia
Indian Ocean
Kursk
Kharkov
Tanganrog
Moscow
Leningrad
Smolensk
Vyazma
Kalinin
Schluesselburg
Ladoga
Tass
Germany
Black Sea
Government Refuses Cost of Living Bonus for Retired Civil Servants
Ottawa sources report the government has definitively rejected requests from the Dominion Association of Superannuated Civil Servants and about 6 000 former civil servants for a cost of living bonus after months of appeals. The decision ends hopes for backdated or immediate payment.
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Ottawa Nenewesay
Dominion Association of
Canadian ace Collishaw promoted to acting air marshal
London reports Royal Air Force veteran Raymond Collishaw, famed Canadian ace, promoted to acting air marshal after months of command in the Middle East. The Nanaimo native has 60 enemy planes confirmed in the First World War, behind only Billy Bishop and W G Barker among Canadian pilots.
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London
Raymond Collishaw
Royal Air Force
Middle East
London Gazette
Canada Seen as Vital War Arsenal by UK Official
Malcolm Macdonald, United Kingdom high commissioner in Canada, described Canada as a key arsenal of munitions ships and food for the Allied war effort. He noted Canada's growing military strength and financial support to Britain, while urging continued effort and unity among the Allies.
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Beatm Macdonald
Canada
London
Malcolm Macdonald
United Kingdom
Dominion
Britain
United Nati
Hoarder Crackdown Warned by wartime Trade Board
Toronto reports wartime price and trade board crackdown on hoarding. Chairman Donald Gordon of Ottawa defines a hoarder as anyone buying beyond immediate needs. He notes rapid war-driven shortages and anticipates simplifications in beer cigarettes and other brands to follow.
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Toronto
Canagas
Armed guards on Great Lakes freighters warn of sabotage
Coast guard authorities place two to four guardsmen aboard nearly all U S freighters moving through Detroit St Clair St Marys rivers Lake St Clair and Sault Ste Marie locks to deter sabotage as about 85 percent of U S iron ore moves from upper lakes ports. A BBC Ankara broadcast says a second British built Turkish destroyer arrived for the Turkish navy at Alexandretta.
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U.S
Great Lakes
Cleveland
United States
Detroit
St. Clair
St. Mary's
Lake St. Clair
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Upper Lakes
New York
BBC
Ankara
Turkey
Britain
CBS
Alexandretta
Guerilla Units Urged by Windsor Lecturer
Bert Levy of Windsor urged Canada and the United States to train guerilla units to bolster the home guard. He noted veterans from the First World War could free regulars for overseas service and cited his work with Thomas Wintringham on guerilla detachments. Levy, on leave from Britain, spoke amid talk of a second front and a strong British home guard.
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Windsor
Canada
United States
Bert Levy
Levy
Thomas Wintringham
Osterley School
Britain
United State
Nazis Arrest Teachers London
The Norwegian Telegraph Agency reports more than 1,000 school teachers arrested in German-occupied Norway with detentions continuing nationwide.
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London
Norwegian Telegraph Agency
Norway
Pacific Service ferries pilots from United States to Australia
A young Australian who served in the RAF early in the war and later joined the Atlantic ferry service is now flying bombers from the United States to Australia. He notes that no Pacific ferry plane has been attacked by the enemy.
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Sydney
Australia
RAF
Manitoba Legislature Prorogued After Early Session
The first session of Manitoba’s 2nd Legislature, which opened December 9, has been prorogued in Winnipeg marking the end of the initial assembly term.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Pressure on Vichy in British assessed view
London observers say Vichy faces internal strife and Axis pressure. Reports link Pierre Laval with Laval's possible return, while Germans seek greater collaboration or rupture. Britons doubt a quick shift but warn Laval’s Nazi leanings pose a risk as Petain and Darian are seen as traitors by non Axis observers.
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London
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Petain
Germany
Laval
France
United States
Madagascar
Canal
Admiral Darian
Two German Nurses Sentenced for Hoarding Food
Berne reports the first death sentences under tightened food laws. Two women, nurses at a children’s home, were convicted of hoarding four tons of sugar candy and soap.
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Berne
Switzerlana
Germany
Berlin
War Cabinet Adds Australian Minister Casey for Middle East
Australian minister Mi rahara G Casey named to succeed Captain Lloyd Lyttelton as minister of state for the Middle East in the British war cabinet. He will coordinate all measures for the war in the area other than conduct of operations and will keep Cairo headquarters. Casey, the first dominion statesman in the war cabinet, appears with his wife and children on arrival in Washington in March 1940.
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Rahara G. Casey
Washington
Lloyd Lyttelton
Middle East
London
Cairo
Casey
Call Of Category B Men May Be Resumed
Ottawa reports possible resumption of calling category B men under the National Resources Mobilization Act after a year focused on category A. Some thousands may be recalled for medical exams, with B men deemed fit only for home defence, while A men would be allocated to divisions as the 8th and 7th divisions mobilize.
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Ottawa
Canada
Loss of Citizenship Hits Norwegian Leaders Under Quisling
The Nazi controlled Norwegian interior ministry deprived fifty prominent Norwegians of citizenship including former premier John N. Gaardsvold and Carl Hambro. Their property was confiscated by Quisling's administration with no stated reason. Some punished escaped to Britain and joined the London government-in-exile.
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Quisling
Oslo
John N.gaardsvold
Carl Hambro
Storthing
Ministry of Interior
Quiling
Great Britain
Norway
London
Pensions plan urged to raise old age payments
Winnipeg lawmakers backed a recommendation from a special investigation committee urging the Dominion government to raise old age pensions from 20 to 25 dollars. The panel said the cost would be shared 75 percent by the federal government and 25 percent by the province if adopted.
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Winnipeg
Dominion
Province
Ottawa police tackle saboteurs with risky undercover work
Commissioner 8 T Wood says Royal Canadian Mounted Police will use informants and possible undercover agents to pursue sabotage leads. He notes many tips are false but even one credible lead justifies the effort and manned operations.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
8. T. Wood
German Railways Recruit Civilians and Prisoners of War
Reports from Germany indicate that 90,000 foreign civilians and 20,000 prisoners of war are being put to work on German railways to fill gaps as skilled workers join the military. The effort underscores wartime manpower mobilization across industry and transport sectors.
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Eseeanet Veeteran
Germany
Denmark Butter Ration Cut Amid War Strain
In Denmark butter rationing is cut by ten percent as wartime supply pressures rise. Output totals about 130000 tons annually, with more than half of that amount shipped to Germany. The note suggests continued wartime food distribution concerns.
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Enmark
Stockholm
Denmark
Germany
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