Allied powers rise to menace of mine warfare
London reports show the Allied leadership highlighting a reduction in mine threats as Winston Churchill told Parliament that Nazi sea warfare is being countered. He noted increased neutral ship charters, heavy Allied convoy protection, and over a thousand British merchant ships armed for defense while Germany’s minelaying and U boat campaign faces strong opposition. He warned the magnetic mine’s impact on neutral nations exceeds Britain’s losses. The Finnish campaign toll estimated by Copenhagen correspondents ranges 10,000 to 20,000 killed, wounded, or captured.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Adolf Hitler
Churchill
Britain
Germany
Ping
Admiralty
Hitler
North
South Atlantic
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Copenhagen
Quebec Premier Godbout Opens First Session Likely Feb 1
The Quebec Legislature session for the 21st assembly under Premier Godbout is expected to begin February 1, signaling the start of Quebec's new political term. The move sets the stage for policy debates and legislative agenda.
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Quebec
Godbout
Move To Tighten Housing Loans In Canada War Time
Ottawa restricts Dominion Housing Act loans to a maximum of 4000 dollars and bars new loans for apartments and duplexes beginning January 1 as part of a broader effort to conserve capital for war. Part three aid for taxes ends for construction started after May 31 1940. November loan total reaches 3,054 loans worth 1,099,929 dollars.
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Ottawa
J 1
Ralston
Canada
Australia to form militia by compulsory service
Australia will rely on a compulsory system to compose the militia with men assigned from the 21 year group and younger ages. The government plans to retire all voluntary militia members to reserve by June 30, keeping army strength not under 50000. Additionally, Swiss police rescued 21 to 23 year old workers from the Rhine who sought passage to France to join the Czech legion, and Swiss authorities detained them.
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Canberra
Berne
Turer Caren Murners
Rhine
Schaffhausen
Germany
France
Czech Legion
Alberta registers 900 skilled workers for wartime effort
Edmonton reports nearly 900 persons have registered in Alberta as skilled or semi skilled workers for employment in Canada's industrial effort under wartime conditions. Mark W. Robertson, general superintendent for Alberta for the employment service of Canada, provided the figures.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Mark W. Robertson
The
Employment Service of Canada
Prisoners in German Says Berlin Captured French and British Officers
Berlin Nazi claims that since the war began about 450 to 500 French soldiers and roughly 40 French officers plus 25 British officers have been captured. All British prisoners and 14 French prisoners were described as flyers Geneva. J Hambro, chair of the budgetary committee, urged settlement of 1939 fations.
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Berlin
Geneva
J. Hambro
Clothing aid for British evacuees praised in cable
Mrs. Vincent Massey cabled from London praising the clothing contributions from LO.D.E. chapters across Canada for British evacuees. She notes the bales arrived and are being unpacked and estimates total support at about $100,000 in value shipped at no cost by railroads since the war began.
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Vincent Massey
Canada
Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire
Massey
London
Lo.d.e
Allied Blockade Hampers Germanys War Wheat Oil Route
The British French blockade now blocks Roumanian oil and wheat destined for Germany for a long war. Before the war 57 percent of Roumanian oil and 70 percent of exports to Germany moved via the Constanza Hamburg line through the Dardanelles and Gibraltar. British ships cut that route, leaving Germany with only rail and Danube barge options. The prospect exists that Germany may push commerce via these two channels back toward prewar sea shipment levels.
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Germany
Roumania
Bucharest
Constanza-Hamburz
Dardanell
Mediterranean
Straits of Gibraltar
Finland to buy thirty British fighter planes
The Press Association reported Finland will purchase 30 fighting planes from Great Britain with British approval. It noted 50 Italian planes had already been flown to Finland for its air force, and the arrangement reflects broad support in London for the supply of war materials.
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Britain
Mary
London
Finland
Great Britain
Helsingfors
Reuters
Press Association
Wheat King Edmonton Wins Chicago Wheat Title Again
F Lloyd Rigby secured the wheat championship at the Chicago exposition for a second year. A telegram from Prime Minister King was received. Rigby declined an offer from G A Morris of Ogilvie Flour Mills to test his prize sample in Montreal or Winnipeg, preferring to use the University of Alberta agricultural laboratories.
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Edmonton
King
F. Lloyd Rigby
Chicago
G. A. Morris
Ogilvie Flour Mills Company Limited
Montreal
Winnipeg
Mf. Morris
University of Alberta Agricultural Laboratories
Polish Fighting Force Readies in France for 75,000 Men
General Wladyslaw Sikorski, premier of the Polish government in exile, trains two divisions in France and plans to recruit 200,000 more in the United States Canada and from Polish colonies. The aim is 75,000 fighters in France with three more divisions forming, each division about 15,000 men. Current Poles are mainly miners from northern France and Belgium.
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France
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Polish Legion
Germany
United States
Canada
North America
Belgium
Women to test RAF plane delivery scheme in London
Women pilots will be recruited to fly Royal Air Force planes from factories to airports under the Air Transport Auxiliary. Eight testers will begin, with potential expansion if successful, under British Airways Ltd control. Pauline Gower will head the section and a selection board, including Miss Gowen, is testing applicants.
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London
Royal Air Force
Air Transport Auxiliary Service
British Airways Ltd
Pauline Gower
Robert Gower
ALP
Miss Gowen
Allies Face Two Aggressors in Wider War
Britain and France weigh a two front threat as Russia pressures Finland and seeks western advances. Stalin’s moves on Finland risk widening the conflict, with London and Paris fearing Bolshevik gains and a staged partnership with Hitler if Moscow advances. Finns claim notable resistance amid a complex strategic contest.
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London
Russia
Britain
France
Finland
Europe
England
Germany
Sweden
Norway
Stalin
Hitler
Popolo
Finmany
Helsingfors
Copenhagen
Petsamo
Karelia
Entral
Lake Ladga
Grand championship sweep at Chicago grain show
The 21st international grain show in Chicago awarded rye grand championship to Willan Rogers of Tappen, BC, marking Canada’s eight total grand championships that year. Ontario and Saskatchewan led other grain prizes for wheat beans oats alfalfa timothy and soy, with young Canadian farmers Hessenauer and Knister winning corn honors. Edward Brothers of Watford, Ontario, sold eight Aberdeen Angus cattle at strong prices, refusing a US bid of 7,000 for a young bull despite three wins, two seconds, and three thirds in the prize ring.
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Chicago
Willan Rogers
Tappen
Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Timothy
British Columbia
Gerald Heasenauer
Rodney
Ont
Garnett Knister
Ruscomb
Hessenauer
Knister
United
Rogers’ Rye Victory
Atesight
Las
Cecl Trowell
Oats
Sask
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Australia
Cacc
E. S. Archibald
Dominion Experimental Farms
Agricultural Supplies Committee
D.E
Priarie
Wea
Lloyd Rigby
Wembley
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