Removal plans announced for Japanese on Pacific coast
Ottawa outlined forthcoming steps to remove Japanese residents from coastal British Columbia protected zones. Premier Hart praised Ottawa's action as the Japanese Canadian Citizens' League urged citizenship renunciation. Royal Canadian Mounted Police said evacuation orders were not yet issued while noting registration rules for Germans and Italians. About 5387 Japanese would be affected, including 2295 fathers. most mothers were Canadian-born.
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Vancouver
Bi East
Esa Ct
Ottawa
British Columbia
Pacific
Victoria
Hart
George A. Isniwara
CH. Hitl
Royal Canadian Police
Canada
Soviet Japanese ties unchanged say Lozovsky
S A Lozovsky, Soviet vice commissar of foreign affairs, said Soviet Japanese relations remain unchanged and neutral, based on the April neutrality pact. He spoke at a press conference with Japanese and Allied nation correspondents present and noted talks continue on renewing the Far Eastern fisheries pact that expired December 31.
Yugoslav Armies Regain 19.9 Square Miles Of Territory
London reports Yugoslavia's free armies claim control of at least 19 000 square miles of mountain terrain and issue passports for Unoccupied Serbia but face heavy bombardment and isolation. Belgrade dispatches note 160 Serbian patriots killed and 11 captured in new clashes with Axis forces in the mountains.
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London
Yugoslavia
Serbia
W. Tencer
BBC
Tencer
Belgrade
Air raids kill 34 civilians in Britain in December
In Britain London the ministry of home security announced that thirty four civilians were killed by air raids during December. The report compares this with 3793 civilian deaths and 5044 hospital treatments in December 1940.
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Ainman Casuamue
Britain
London
Ministry of Home Security
Fleet Evacuates Cavite and Holds Ships in Secure Waters
Admiral Hart has led the U S Asiatic Fleet to safety with ships intact after Manila’s fall. The navy confirms ships and personnel were removed from Cavite and industrial facilities destroyed, while the fleet train and support vessels remain essential. It is unclear where the fleet bases now, though Hart’s arrival suggests a move toward the Netherlands East Indies region with possible cooperation with Dutch and British forces.
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Washington
Thomas C Hart
United States
Cavite
Manila Bay
Philippine
Manila
Manila-Cavite
Netherland East Indies
Hart
Navy
Netherlands
Far Eastern
Reprisals for Allied raids hit Lofoten Norwegians
German authorities in Norway burned about 40 buildings on Lofoten owned by Norwegians who fled to Britain and confiscated their property. Roughly 100 male relatives of fighters were reportedly imprisoned in a German camp. Allied forces launched raids on Lofoten last March and again at the end of December.
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Britain
Stockholm
Norway
Lofoten Islands
Germany
Arctic Circle
Untiring Malta Defences Praised by British Troops
British troops arriving in London from Malta praised the island fortress anti aircraft defences saying Malta had endured 1200 air raid alarms and shot down over 80 enemy planes with few island casualties. They described the sky lit by a sheet of steel and called the defences unparalleled in the world.
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Mana
London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Malta
Mediterranean
Canada envoy pledges aid to Australia in radio interview
Major General Victor Odlum, appointed Canada's high commissioner to Australia, stated in a broadcast interview that if Australia asks Canada for anything, Ottawa will provide it. The interview outlined a strong alliance and readiness to support Australian needs.
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Australia
Ottawa
Canada
Victor Odlum
Australian Radio
Free French Ships Sail to Islands for Maneuvers
Vice-Admiral Emile Muselier led four corvettes from a port on December 22 for maneuvers at sea. The ships operated Monday and Tuesday and on Wednesday sailed between St. Pierre and Miquelon, where crews finally learned their mission was to seize the islands off the Newfoundland coast, long held by France.
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Emile Muselier
Free French Navy
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Newfoundland
Voluntary Discipline Urged by Government Policy
Ottawa officials and regional boards opened a series of meetings with employer and employee representatives to discuss a wartime wage control plan. The policy seeks uniform treatment for wage earners and aims to keep inflation in check. Mr Mitchell urged civilians to voluntarily practice discipline akin to soldiers in the field.
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Ottawa
Vapor Armser
National War Labor Board
Mitchell
Axis Shipping Losses Near 6 Million Tons Since War Start
An informed source cites admiralty and RAF communiques showing Axis shipping losses approach 6,000,000 tons due to British sea and air attacks. Since late October, losses exceed 4,500,000 tons with over 100 Axis ships sunk or damaged, averaging about 4,000 tons each.
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London
Axis
Admiralty
R.A F
Royal Navy
Fleet Air Arm
RAF
Appointment of Nelson as wartime production czar
Washington announced Don ald M. Nelson would lead wartime industrial production with authority to shake up the system if needed. A London report suggested Lord Beaverbrook might stay on, fueling talk of a possible Allied supply board coordinating all production. Nelson sent letters to William S. Knudsen and to undersecretaries Patterson and Forrestal laying out his mandate to accelerate material output to defeat Hitler and Japan.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
United States
London
Lord Beaverbrook
Inington
Allied Supply Board
United Tt
United Nations
Nelson
Hitler
William S. Knudsen
Drector
Office of Production Management
Robert P. Patterson
Navy
Janes V. Forrestal
Winnipeg Grenadiers Accept Offer to Mobilize for Active Service
The Second Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers accepted an offer to mobilize for active service replacing the first battalion lost at Hong Kong. Lt Colonel J N Semmens announced the move and said a new cadre of commissioned and non commissioned officers would form the active battalion from the reserve unit and other reserves. The men will inscribe their names on the active service rolls and remember Hong Kong. Separately Dr Fred W Routley, Canadian Red Cross national commissioner, said Canada will send 100000 dollars to Britain for the Russian Red Cross as the first instalment of 500000 dollars for Russian medical aid.
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Winnipeg —Partment
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Hong Kong
J. N. Semmens
Grenadiers
Semmens
Russian Red Cross Toronto
Fred W. Rouley
Canadian Red Cross
Canadian
Red Cross
Britain
Russian Red Cross
Routley
Canada
Russia
Ottawa
Rrme Sobster
Rwya
Rifles of Canada
Hong
Kong
W. A. “Billy” Home
Thailand
Vancouver
Price
Quebec
City
Sherbrooke Arce
King’s Dargeman Dies in Devon Royal Service Family
J. T. Bossy Phelps aged 66 known as the Kings barge master died in Devon on January 13. He came from a watermen lineage that for six centuries served the crown and the last century held royal duties.
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Dargeman
Cress
Devon
England
J. T. (Bossy) Phelps
Aster
Air Force Pilots Arrive in Burma for Defence
Reinforcements by land and air reach Rangoon as Commonwealth pilots from Canada Australia Britain and South Africa join. An AP report notes anti aircraft batteries and ground crews landed at Burmese air fields near jungle fronts. Fresh troops under Lt General Hutton bolster Burma’s defense while hope grows for a counter offensive toward Japanese forces in Malaya. An American volunteer squadron also guards the Rangoon road and defends air operations.
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Rangoon
Burma
Far East
Associated Press
Thailand
Japan
Singapore
T. J. Hutton
Malaya
Royal Air Force
England
Canada
Australia
South Africa
China
Bombing Adventure Gives Canadian Pilots Narrow Escape
Royal Canadian Air Force crew of a RAF bomber, Pilot Omcer Tan Holdas, Sergeant Air Gunner W. H. Bracken, and Sergeant Air Gunner C. J. Kearns, returned safely to base after a raid over Germany. Engine failure, 20 holes from anti aircraft fire, and a fuel leak left only 15 gallons in reserve as they completed the mission and headed home.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force
Ai Ministry
Omcer Tan Holdas
Saskatoon
W. H. Bracken
Moose Jaw
C. J. Kearns
Halifax
Germany
Sgt. Kearns
British Officer Awarded Military Cross for Kota Bahru Action
Lieut. Christopher Close, 23, a British officer, earned the Military Cross for leading a desperate rearguard action with 12 Indian soldiers against vastly superior Japanese forces at Kota Bahru airfields in Northern Malaya in December.
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London
Christopher Close
Kota Bahru
Malaya
Seed Growers re-elect officers at Saskatoon meeting
Officers of the Saskatchewan branch of the Canadian Seed Growers Association have been re-elected. The officers were returned at the 13th annual meeting held at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
University of Saskatchewan
Munich man executed for attempting to sell captured clothing
Berne reports Karl Backs was executed at Kassel for attempting to sell clothing collected for German soldiers on the Russian front. The action highlights wartime discipline and the crackdown on contraband.
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Berne
Munich
Neutse Nachrichten
Karl Backs
Kassel
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