Ottawa expands areas under enemy attack risk
Ottawa widens the coast to include the Atlantic mainland from Nova Scotia to Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island and the Pacific coast south of Alaska as zones of enemy attack danger. The move, backed by military advice, extends air raid precaution plans to coastal centres in British Columbia and interior Ontario industrial hubs, with resource constraints delaying full equipment distribution.
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Ottawa
Pensions
Mackensie
Telmater
Statit
Three
Defence Services
Atlantic
Labrador
Pacific
Alaska
Rder-In-Council
Mackenzie
Vancouver
Prince Rupert
Vancouver Island
Royal Canadian Navy
Esquimalt
Victoria
Royal Canadian Air Force
Patricia Bay
Canadian
Rik
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Island
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Quebec
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Ontario
Mackenie
British Columbia
No More Nickel Plating Chrome Also Cannot Be Used On Next Year's Cars
Chrome and nickel plating will be banned in next year’s automobiles under an order issued by Motor Vehicles Controller J H Berry and approved by RC Berkinshaw. The ban forbids body trim containing copper nickel chrome or aluminum in passenger cars and trucks, as wartime industries control board tightens metal use. Victoria recruiting officers report a flood of applicants as Lt Col H E Goodman notes strong enlistment interest.
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Ottawa
Howe
J. H. Berry
RC. Berkinshaw
Wartime Industries Control Board
United States Allows Mexican Troop Movements Across
The United States has authorized Mexico to move troops across U.S. territory to reinforce the defense of lower California. The directive enables cross border troop movement to bolster regional defense efforts amid rising tensions and ongoing border concerns.
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United States
Washington
Mexico
Lower California
Number in Custody of Japanese by RCMP in Canada
Ottawa reports a broad roundup of Japanese nationals and Japanese Canadians by the RCMP led by Commissioner T. Wood. The custody includes naturalized Canadians, with about a tenth of 24 000 Japanese in Canada residing in British Columbia. The measures target those deemed dangerous, closing language schools and newspapers with no reopening prospects, while clubs remain under watch and fishing boats stay under inspection.
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Ottawa
T. Wood
Royal Canadan Mounted Police
Canada
British Columbia
Col. Wood
Second Tribal class destroyer Athabascan launched for Canada
Ottawa reports the Athabascan, second of six Tribal class destroyers for the Royal Canadian Navy, launched in Britain as Canada expands to 15 destroyers. The class displaces 1870 tons with a crew of 190, armed with eight 4.7 inch guns, small arms, torpedo tubes, and peacetime build cost about £450,000.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Navy
United Kingdom
Naval Service Headquarters
Dominion
Canada
Percy W. Nelles
Naval Staff
Jane's Fighting Ships
Royal Navy
Petain Annuity Paid In Francs Through London Firm
Sir Kingsley Wood explained in the House of Commons that Marshal Petain’s annuity from Confederation Life of Toronto was paid in francs via Morgan, Grenfell and Company in London. The Canadian company arranged with the UK government to provide sterling credit to a British firm which then paid Petain’s instalments.
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Marshal Petain
London
Sir Kingsley Wood
Exchequer
House of Commons
Confederation Life Association of Toronto
Morgan, Grenfell and Company
Sir Kingsley
United Kingdom
Petain
Government to seek £1 billion war credit for 1942
London reports the British government will ask Parliament for a further £1,000,000,000 for war expenditures in the current fiscal year ending March 31, 1942. This would raise total war credits since March 31, 1941 to £4,000,000,000.
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London
Japan Detains 1270 Allied Nationals Since War Outbreak
The home ministry announced that 1270 British and United States nationals, Canadians and Australians have been taken into custody across Japan since the war began.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
Home Ministry
United States
Japan
British guard to Ottawa and Japan interests in war
It was learned that the Argentine will protect Canadian as well as British interests in Japan during the current war. It is expected that Switzerland will act in occupied China.
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Ottawa
Japan
Switzerland
China
Russian envoy Litvinov arrives in Washington
Maxim Litvinov, newly appointed Russian ambassador to the United States, reached Washington to take a leading role in global diplomacy amid wartime tensions. He pledged that the Red Army would maintain firm resistance against the Nazi invasion.
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Maxim Litvinov
United States
Washington
Red Army
West Coast defence plan joint Canada United States stated
Ottawa announced that plans for a joint Canadian United States defence of the West Coast are complete in every detail. A government source said forces including naval military and air units are coordinating under a single command if needed within five minutes. The source also said Japanese aggression in the Pacific has not altered the coastal defence posture and invasion is unlikely.
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Ottawa
North America
Pacific
Last US–Europe Steamship Service Discontinued
American Export Lines announced the end of the New York to Lisbon steamship run, the last US service to Europe. Lisbon remains a gateway for Americans and refugees fleeing Europe.
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New York
Europe
New York-Lisbon
Lisbon
Defence Talks Vetted States To Consult In Rio Janeiro
The United States urged Pan American nations to consult on western hemisphere defence after Japan’s attack. Cordell Hull proposed foreign ministers meet in Rio de Janeiro in January to discuss joint measures honoring good neighbor pledges and Pan American conferences. Chile supported the move, citing its Pacific coast line and the need for united action.
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Washington
United States
Axia
Cordell Hull
The
Pan-American Union
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Chile
Japan
Pacific
South American
Ottawa accepts Ontario fire fighting equipment offer
Ottawa and Ontario officials announce an agreement to supply fire fighting gear valued between 500000 and 750000 dollars for a force of eight to ten thousand. Premier Hepburn and Pensions Minister Mackenzie describe mobile pumping sets with rose attachments. Equipment aims to tackle fires in outlying areas lacking immediate sky firemen.
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Ottawa
Britisa Coumbia
Ontario
Mackenzie
Ontario Forest Service
Hepburn
Ban Weather Reports Vancouver
A weather bulletin from the meteorological division of air services at Victoria says the information must not be sent to or transmitted by any radio station. The restriction, the first of its kind, is believed to be wartime censorship related to the war with Japan.
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Vancouver
Meteorological Division of Air Services
Department of Transport
Victoria
Japan
Chinese Identification Buttons Issued in New York Chinatown
Five thousand Chinese residents in New York's Chinatown received identification buttons to distinguish them from Japanese. Reports indicate many Chinese were mistaken for Japanese and mishandled during the process.
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New York
Chinatown
Tank with cast steel hull shown in M 3A1 prototype
Two views of the new M 3A1 medium tank at American Locomotive Co. Schenectady. The first completed tank will soon be turned over to U S Army Ordnance. The hull is cast steel with rounded contours to better deflect projectiles and ease assembly by reducing machining needs.
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American Locomotive Co
Schenectady
U.S. Army Ordnance Department
Russians Hold Air Superiority In Moscow Area
British and Soviet reports describe the Moscow front as seeing stronger Red Army gains and German losses. Claims include 14,000 more German troops fallen, recaptured villages, and 75 tanks captured in isolated clashes. Russian air and ground forces are said to devastate German supplies and transport across multiple sectors.
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London
Moscow
Red Army
Petrov
Red Star
Sevastopol
Crimea
Kalinin
Tula
Orets
Orel
Kuznetsov
Levyashenko
Production Boost Planned for 1000 Bombers a Month
United States production chief William Knudsen announced a new "work or fight" program boosting heavy four engine bomber output to 1000 aircraft monthly. He called for rapid expansion in guns planes tanks ammunition and shipbuilding and for inland bomber plant sites to avoid Axis raids. He also urged five industries to implement a 68 hour week across the economy.
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Washington
William 8. Knudsen
United States Office of Production Management
OPM
Roosevelt
Knudsen
Bases for Allies to Use in the Pacific
London reports a British authority stating all bases and facilities we can afford will be available for our allies in the Pacific. The remark underscores wartime support as Allied forces coordinate operations across the theater during the ongoing conflict.
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Pacific
London
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