Defences Ready for Action on Pacific Coast
Canada has built up western defences from the Yukon to the international line. Much remains secret but officials say the Pacific bulwarks include ships and aircraft linked to North American air defence. RCAF patrols fly daily performing essential coastal protection duties.
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Dominion
Yukon
Pacific
Ida MacKenzie
British Columbia
Defence
Navy
Vancouver
Victoria
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
RCAF
Haseen
United States
Mexico
Canadian
Alaskan Panhandle
Bering Sea
Siberia
Britains
Russia
Dairy Output Rises in Canada in 1941 Third Quarter
Dominion bureau of statistics reports milk production in Canada reached about 7.0 billion pounds in the third quarter 1941, up 4.9 percent from a year earlier. Full year output expected near 17.0 billion pounds, a 43 percent increase. creamery butter production at 107 million pounds in Q3, up about seven percent. Nine month total butter and milk output rose nine percent from the prior year.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Paris population threatened with reprisals after attack
German commander in Paris Lt General Ernst von Schaum warned the entire city would face the most rigorous reprisal measures if the people fail to deliver the individuals responsible within one week after a German medical corps officer was shot on Boulevard Magenta.
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Paris
Ernst von Schaumpure
Boulevard Magenta
Explosion at munition dump kills hundreds in Serbia
The Havas news agency reports 1,500 people killed when a munitions dump exploded in Oujitca Serbia. The blast levelled most nearby buildings, leaving few structures intact.
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Berne
Havas
Oujitca
Serbia
Nazi sea losses in November show modest decline
The report from Hitler's headquarters claims British merchant shipping sunk in November totals about 231,000 tons. It argues Britain exaggerates sea losses, notes a two thirds drop from the war peak in April, and attributes the decline to Hitler's Russian campaign and Mediterranean pressures. Rommel's supply fears and limited Atlantic forces are cited as factors, with no easy remedy to break the blockade.
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Britain
Hitler
Admiralty
Berlin
Atlantic
Baltic
Mediterranean
Libya
Rommel
Russia
Sicily
Greece
Farmers Exempt From Licenses For Feeder Stock Purchases
Ottawa reports that farmers may buy feeder livestock for finishing and resale without a Wartime Prices and Trade Board license. C R Murphy, director of licensing, clarified that farmers are exempt except when acting as dealers buying for resale.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
C. R. Murphy
French Warned and Desertion Reported in Damaged Text
Fragmentary OCR passage mentions warnings to French, references to desertion and unspecified names, with unclear context and fractured phrases. Narrative remains unreadable and lacks verifiable details.
Latin to Guide Science Ties in Hitler's New Europe
Il Messaggero reports Rome Latin will be official language for scientific relations under Hitler's New Europe. The Uhe Institute of Roman Studies is preparing modern Latin dictionaries for that day.
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Rome
Hitler
Il Messaggero
Uhe Institute of Roman Studies
Flood Crash Near Fernie Traps Calgary Bus
A Calgary bound Greyhound bus plunged through a flood weakened bridge on Lizard Creek near Fernie B C leaving three people dead or missing an infant among the survivors ten taken to hospital and three injured passengers quartered in a local hotel. Leonard Rowe of Mortlach Saskatchewan was shocked but survived.
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Fernie
B.C
Greyhound
Lizard Creek
Leonard Rowe
Mortlach, Ask
Shanghai Harbor Distinctly Quiet No British Ships Sighted
In Shanghai on December 4 the harbor was nearly deserted as all British merchant ships were recalled to Hong Kong and the south. Only a few Japanese freighters and the Conte Verde remained visible while the first time in a century no British men of war anchored there. Ottawa reported October savings of 1,591,700,000 compared with 1,555,152,000 the prior month and 1,599,464,000 the same month last year in the finance department statement.
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Shanghai
Hong Kong
Ottawa
Department of Finance
Serb forces resist Axis assault in western Morava valley
Cairo reports three Axis divisions about 45,000 men with tanks and aircraft press the western Morava front. Gen Draja Mihailovic commands Serb units resisting fiercely though forced to withdraw in the Uzice sector as partisans attack in the enemy rear and Bosnian Montenegro operations continue.
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Cairo
Yugoslavia
Morava
Draja Mihailovic
Urice
Uzice
Bosnia and
Montenegro
Slovenia
War Savings Stamps Sale Proposed in Retail Stores
Ottawa and the National War Savings Committee hear support from the Retail Merchants Association of Canada British Columbia division for selling war savings stamps and certificates at retailers. A resolution advancing the idea was sent to the committee last week and is to receive full consideration.
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Ottawa-National War Savings Committee
Merchants’ ‘Association of Canada
British Columbia
Ottawa reports feed for cattle season similar to last year
The agriculture department said Canadian cattle feeding for 1941-42 will be about the same scale as 1940-41. It noted a potential shift in feeder distribution due to roughage shortages in eastern areas and feed abundance in western districts, with eastern feed lots typically fattening more cattle than the west.
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Ottawa
Agriculture Department
Canada
Trucks to Move War Supplies Over Burma Road
Washington reports 14 000 American made trucks, chiefly via lend lease, will traverse the Burma road in China to move war equipment. 264 trained pilots signed for Chinese service. 100 Curtiss P-40 fighters provided. Officials note 4 000 to 5 000 trucks already run the road and 10 000 more planned for 1942 to haul 16 000 tons monthly.
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Washington
Toon
Burma Road
China
Lashio
Burma
Kunming
Yunan
Arnstein Committee
Far Eost
Pocket Battleship Bogota Corombis Rumors of a German Raider
Shipping circles report a German pocket battleship prowling the Pacific with alleged U S patrols sighting near the Galapagos Islands but weather prevented confirmation. If real it would target South American shipping before moving toward Australia, echoing the Graf Spee fate.
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Bogota
Corombis
Pacific
United States Navy
Galapagos Islands
Galapagos
Panama Canal
South American
Graf Spee
Atlantic
Office Girls Enter Civil Service in Ottawa Shortage
Ottawa faces a shortage of office boys leading to a new government employee class, office girl. The civil service commission invites Ottawa girls aged 16 to 17 to apply, offering the same rank salary and duties as office boys, at 38 dollars 50 cents monthly.
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Ottawa
Civil Services Commission
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Maxine
Tore
Donald Gordon
Bank of Canada
Shanghai Harbor
Ella
Miss Latter
Women's Transport Corps
Women's Volunteer Service
Pocket
Eported
South Pacific
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