Col JP Manion Named Director Of ARP Expansion
Ottawa pensions minister MacKenzie announced Col RJ Manion former Conservative leader becomes director of civil air raid precautions to enlarge the federal ARP. He will assume duties immediately and visit designated areas as part of a broader plan with provincial and municipal cooperation.
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Ottawa —Pensions
MacKenzie
RJ. Manton
Conservative Party
Federal Goverment
Defence of Canada
Kenneth Stuart
Maurice A. Pope
Ralph B. Gibson
Queen's Own Rifles
Warship To Planes London
Fighter coordination over Norway involved Blenheims and Coastals with Canadians and a New Zealand officer on a Royal Navy ship directing RAF squadron leaders. The air ministry news service described radio telephonic control of pilots by a squadron leader aboard the warship.
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London
Norway
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Royal Canadian ‘Air Force
Blockade leaks blamed on Marseille shipments in 1941
An official of the ministry of economic warfare said in a broadcast that 46 vessels attempting to run the blockade of unoccupied France were intercepted during 1941. He added that shipments reaching France via Marseille were responsible for almost the only leak in the blockade.
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London
France
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Mediterranean
Marseille
Gandhi Relieved of Leading All-Indian Congress Over War Split
Mohandas K. Gandhi asked to step down as leader of the All-Indian Congress while insisting on nonviolence. He will remain free to oppose all wars and seek collaboration with like minded Con eres members. The Indian faction may back Britain during the war and consider a wartime coalition government.
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Barad India
Mohandas K.gandh
India
All-Indian Congress Party
Gandhi
Britain
Coneres
London
Soviet British Accord Bolsters Anti Axis Unity
Investia lauds the Soviet British accord as strengthening bonds between Britain and Russia amid war. It notes approval of Eden's Moscow visit and says Britain, Russia, and now the United States share a common policy to defeat Hitler and prevent future German aggression.
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Moscow
Russan
Investia
Britain
Russia
Eden
Kremin
Hitler
United States
Clothing Shortage London Remaking German Army Gear
A vast army of German tailors and dressmakers works day and night to remake surrendered clothing for the army. Fur coats hats and gloves are collected nationwide. Coat collars become body belts and baby quilts become soldier hoods in a large remodelling effort, per Stockholm Tidningen via Reuters.
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London
Germany
Reuters
Stockholm
Berlin
Tidningen
Electron ray discovery aids prospecting for minerals
A new electron ray method that makes rocks “speak” for themselves could transform prospecting, announced by P. H. Bovin, director of narrow fabrics for wartime prices and trade board. The device promises easier locating of needed minerals, while the report notes a rubber packing regulation to four-yard lengths for retail to aid conservation.
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Boston
America
Montreal
P. H. Bovin
Bovin
Ottawa meeting links doctors with wartime medical policy
Sir Charles Wilson, head of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, conferred with federal medical authorities in Ottawa on war conditions and medicine. He arrived with Prime Minister Church.
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Ottawa
Carlos Wilson
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
Charles
Church
Fate of Eiffel Tower in scrap metal plan
Despatches from Vichy report a French committee to organize a national scrap metal collection may target the Eiffel Tower, deemed lacking artistic or historic interest. Henri Bordeau, novelist and French academy member, suggested removing the structure as incompatible with Paris’s architectural harmony.
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Ermans
Berlin
Associated Press
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Vichy
Henri Bordeau
French Academy
Salvaging License Plates Ottawa
Salvaging license plates in Ottawa involves limited eligibility and close cooperation with salvage authorities. Manitoba allows 1942 plate supply only after old plates are surrendered, while federal officers note the market for pressed steel is regionally limited and requires hydraulic pressing before smelting.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Escaped Hong Kong group flees through Japanese blockade
A party of five motor torpedo boats carrying British and Chinese officers including Admiral Chan Chak escaped Hong Kong on Christmas Day, fighting through a Japanese blockade. One boat sunk, 16 missing. Chan Chak was wounded, swam ashore. Survivors include D. M. MacDouglas and two British lieutenant commanders plus two RAF wing commanders. they are now reported in Kwangtung province.
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Chungking
China
Ch Chak
Hong Kong
Chan Chak
D. M. MacDouglas
Ministry of Information
Royal Air Force
Kwangtung Province
Slowing Up Says Nazi Production Program In Disintegration
Heinrich Bruening, former German chancellor and Harvard professor, told the American Political Science Association that recent German reports show a slow disintegration of the Nazi production program. He attributed the trend to the army general staff's control over the economy and armament industry.
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New York
Heinrich Bruening
Harvard
Germany
Bruening
American Political Science Associon
German community in Rio Grande do Sul faces arrests
Despatches from Porto Alegre report state police and local fascist groups clashing with suspected extremists in Rio Grande do Sul. Claims of fatalities surface as authorities detain numerous suspected Nazi sympathizers among a large German population of over 500,000 residents.
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Rio de Janeir
Rio Grande Do Sul
Porto Alegre
Winnipeg Officer Named Mont-Toll Training Chief
Newapport Winnipeg reports Cmdr RH Little of Winnipeg is appointed commanding officer of the bombing and gunnery school at Mont Toll Quebec, part of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
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Winnipeg
RH Little
Mont Toll
Que
New Zealand General Freyburg Survives Libyan Advance
Major General Bernard Freyburg of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force narrowly escaped capture as German forces pierced New Zealand lines in Libya. He continued directing operations from a retreating headquarters before tanks forced it to withdraw, with his vehicle hit by machine gun fire and bullets.
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Auckland
N.Z
Bernard Freyburg
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
New Zealand
Freyburg
Roofspotters Club forms in Sydney district
In Sydney's congested downtown area a Roofspotters' Club is formed to watch over the district. Property owners will pay spotters 15 weekly and salaries and expenses will be covered. The group will operate from four main buildings within the district.
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Sydney
German Air Force Wears Down As War Expands
London observers say Nazi air power is exhausted after Russian campaigns and Middle East losses. They cite 60 percent decline in effectiveness, shortages of crews and planes, and a ban on new plane types. RAF raids and Libyan operations deepen Axis airstrip devastation and loom of a western Mediterranean blitz.
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London
Russia
Middle East
Hitler
Linya
High Command
France
Sicily
Peloponnesus
North Africa
Drunken German Officer Reveals Info In Soviet Advance
A BBC Russian broadcast reported a German officer, celebrating Christmas and heavily intoxicated, disclosed details that helped the Soviet army recapture orominsk, 35 miles southwest of Moscow. CBS relayed the account of the German staff officers' celebration being interrupted by Red Army forces.
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Ruxslans
York
BBC
Orominsk
Moscow
CBS
Pledges Support as Ulster Stands With Britain and US
The Belfast House of Commons adopted a resolution expressing sympathy with the United States after the Japanese attack and pledging utmost support for the wartime effort of Britain and the United States. It praised US assistance and noted one million Ulster Kinsmen among US citizens.
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Orthern
Ireland
Britain
United States
Belfast
Northern Ireland
House of Commons
New Zealand Mobilizes Territorial Force and Reserves
New Zealand calls up the entire balance of her territorial force not yet mobilized. The national military reserve comprising former First Great War soldiers and all men eligible for expeditionary force reinforcements is also mobilized.
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Aueninna
New
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Al-India Congress
Mohandas Gandhi
Ermany
Christopher E. Eberts
St. Pierre and Miqulon
Rouble
Brazil
Newapport
Sander
Roofspotters’ Club
Guara
Australia
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