Leaders Urge Dominion Sacrifices To Boost War Effort
Lord Stamp appeals to Canada and other dominions at a War-Weapons-Week luncheon to tighten belts and cut home consumption to maximize production for Britain. He urges abstinence that saves ships and dollars, stressing that reduced personal consumption equals a wartime contribution, and calls for citizens across the Empire to rival each other in self denial.
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Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
Eng
Canada
Dominions
Lord Stamp
United Kingdom
Britain
United States
Empire
Advisory Board Formed Ottawa War Funds Appeals
The National War Services Department announced formation of the National War Services Advisory Board to control voluntary war work funds appeals. Headed by C. L. Burton of Toronto, the board includes a representative from each province and five voluntary war service groups. It will require audited expense statements and regulate appeal dates.
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Ottawa
National War Services Department
National War Services Advisory Board
C. L. Burton
Toronto
Britain Grants $44.3 Million Aid to China Government
Great Britain approved financial assistance totaling 444,500,000 to Chiang Kai-shek's government. Richard Butler, under secretary for foreign affairs, announced in the House of Commons that the aid will be split into credits usable by China in sterling bloc countries and funds to bolster the Chinese stabilization fund.
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London
Chiang Kai-Shek
Great Britain
Richard Butler
House of Commons
China
Submarine Menace Policy Boosts Admiralty Control
Prime Minister Churchill announced in the House of Commons that coastal command should play a larger role in protecting trade and anti submarine operations, with additional planes and greater Admiral ty oversight while keeping the RAF involved in consultation. The move followed calls by Lord Beaverbrook and The Evening Standard for navy control over shore based aircraft.
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London
Germain
Admiralty
Royal Air Force
Coastal Command
Churchill
House of Commons
RAF
Air Officer Commanding In Chief
The
House
Hopkinson
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Standard
Fleet Air Farm
German freighter Rhein seized by Dutch destroyer off Cuba
The U S Navy reports the German freighter Rhein, which left Tampico November 29 to break the British blockade, is in the possession of the Dutch destroyer Van Kinsbergen off the coast of Cuba. The Nazi crew reportedly scuttled their ship before abandoning it.
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Washington
United States Navy Department
Tampico
Mexico
van Kinsbergen
Cuba
Navy
Netherlands
Rhein
Idarwald
Phrygia
Netherlands Naval Uits
Atlantic
Netherlands Navy
Subscriptions for Dominion war loan rise in November
Ottawa reports non interest bearing war loan subscriptions total $589,081 in November, raising the overall subscribed amount to $3,407,262. Of the November subscriptions, 24 came from individuals with prior purchases.
Sheltered Village Residents Seek Caves for Air Raid Safety
In a Kent village residents use natural air raid shelters carved by nature and move to nearby famous caves for protection. The unusual arrangement reflects local precautions as townsfolk rely on geologic formations for refuge during air raids.
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Kent
Butter Stocks Down 15.5 Percent From Last Year
Ottawa reports a sharp drop in Canadian butter in cold storage as of December 1. Holdings total 41,768,020 pounds versus 49,429,463 a year earlier, a 15 percent decrease. Wartime Prices and Trade Board will study the gap for signs of a possible shortage and consider price actions if needed.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prices and Trade Board
Manitoba revenue forecast cuts tax take by up to 300000
Provincial Treasurer Stuart Garson told the legislature that higher wartime federal spending could reduce Manitoba income tax revenue by as much as 250000 to 300000 dollars next year. He noted that federal income tax paid by Manitoba residents is exempt from the provincial tax.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Stuart Gar
Garson
House
Belvedere May Have Been Hit By U Boat Torpedo
London reports the submarine that torpedoed the Canadian destroyer Saguenay was believed sunk by a destroyer’s gunfire during the battle with the U-boat. A. J. McWhinnie, aboard another destroyer, described escorting the Saguenay and transferring 81 crewmen, 18 wounded, as dawn broke. The Saguenay’s crew sang and cheered the wounded, while Admiralty repair crews moved to fix HMCS Saguenay after the attack.
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London
Baguesay
A. J. McWiinnie
Daily Herald
McWhinnie
Saguenay
Atlantic
George Miles
Fort
Admiralty
Hmcs
Alberta grants scholarship to world wheat king Francis Rigby
Premier Aberhart announced a scholarship of 864 dollars to Lloyd Rigby 22 of Wembley Alberta in recognition of his world wheat crowns at the International Hay and Grain Show. The award covers two senior agriculture years at the University of Alberta where Rigby studies.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Francis
Lloyd Rigby
Wembley
Alta
University of Alberta
Aberhart
Young Rigby
Chicago
Rigby
Rhodesia to supply pilots and crew for Empire scheme
Airmen from Rhodesia Salisbury will provide 1800 pilots 240 air observers and 340 air gunners annually when the Rhodesia section of the Empire Air Training Scheme starts in the middle of next year.
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Salisbury
Southern Rhodesia
British Victory in Egypt Eases Balkan Tensions
London reports a British success in Megypt that unsettles Axis plans and calms Balkan neutrals including Turkey Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. The blow weakens Graziani and reduces chances of a renewed Italian offensive, while Franco shifts toward caution amid Italian reverses and Egypt fighting.
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Balkan
Turkey
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Egypt
Berlin
Franco
Gibraltar
Albania
Axi
Marshal Graziani
Britain
Training Next Month For Netherlands Army Units In Canada
The Netherlands plans to start training about 300 men in Stratford Ontario on January 15 as part of a force to aid the Allies and restore order in the Netherlands after Nazi defeat. Recruits include volunteers outside the draft age, with Canadian consent, and aim to form Fokkers to control cities and key centers once the war ends. The existing Netherlands army in England includes escapees from occupied Holland and Dutch residents in Britain.
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Ottawa
Netherlands
Canada
Alles
G. J. Sas
Stratford
Ont
United States
Lingland
Netherlands Army
Sas
Englaand
Holland
Great Britain
London visit sews 20 Christmas parcels for German prisoners
Lady Tweedsmuir of the Imperial Order, Daughters of the Empire, visited Canadian Red Cross headquarters to oversee the packing of 20 Christmas parcels for Canadian prisoners in Germany lacking UK next of kin. Most recipients are airmen.
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London
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G. C. Johnson
Air Council
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Hitler
Germany
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Italy
Florence
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Greece
Balkans
Barrani
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