King George Visits Front With British Expeditionary Force
King George travels in a camouflaged car with General Viscount Gort and Major General the Duke of Gloucester to the British front- see the Royal Air Force airdrome and frontline troops. Rain falls as the king tours the Guards battalion area and observes conditions along the Allied line.
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France
Cp-Reuters
King George
B.E.F
Viscount Gort
the Duke of Gloucester
Royal Air Force
Lord Gort
Guards
Two British freighters torpedoed in the North Sea
The Horsted of 1,670 tons was struck and five crewmen were missing after the North Sea attack. 13 survivors and three bodies landed. The Doric Star of 10,086 tons was also attacked by a German raider with unknown fate for the crew. it carried meat cargo from New Zealand and Australia and was built in 1921 for Blue Star Lines. Captain W. Stubbs led the Doric Star.
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London
North Sea
Admiralty
At- Apie
Ice
Seheer
New Gerland
Australia
Blue Star Lines
Union Cold Storage Company
Limied
W. Stubbs
Liverpool
Gandhi urges India election clarity in News Chronicle message
Mohandas K. Gandhi, Indian Nationalist leader, urged determination of India's status via a popular election in a message to the News Chronicle. The appeal emphasizes the will of the people in shaping India's future during the electoral process.
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London
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
News Chronicle Today
Concentration Camps Ottawa Detain Eastern Prisoners at Pretawa
Ottawa reports a new camp at Pretawa Ontario will concentrate enemy prisoners from eastern Canada within weeks. Western prisoners have already been housed at Kananaskis Alberta and will stay there for the war's duration.
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Ottawa
Canada
Pretawawa
Ont
Western Canada
Kananaskis
Alta
Russian Invasion of Finland Presses German Supply Lines
The Canadian Press notes that Soviet invasion of Finland could disrupt German supply chains and push Germany to rely more on Russia. It argues Poland and Czech gains offer limited short term aid, while Baltic trade shrinks due to Allied naval blockade. A meteorite sighting near Nelson, British Columbia, between Red Deer and Calgary is also reported.
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Russia
Finland
Germany
Reich
Rssia
Poland
Great Britain
France
Sweden
Norway
Czecho-Slovakia
Baltic States
Europe
Many Stores Open Wednesday Afternoon
Local merchants promote midweek shopping with numerous values and ads urging customers to read for bargains Wednesday afternoon shopping opportunity.
Premier Chamberlain updates Commons on Finland and League move
Britain plans to bring Russia's invasion of Finland before the League of Nations. Prime Minister Chamberlain said Richard Butler will represent Britain at the League meeting and speak for the government. He noted a one day secret session of Parliament may be arranged to discuss supply measures. Britain has not protested Moscow or Berlin over Finnish territory.
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London
Chamberlain
Commons
Finland
League of Nations
Russia
Richard Butler
Britain
Clement Atlee
Moscow
Berlin
Wheat Prices Rally on Heavy Demand Across Markets
Wheat futures in Winnipeg climbed as much as 2 percent to three cents due to strong demand and forecasts of frost damage to Argentine crops. Chicago spot No 3 Red wheat hit its high since early 1938 as futures rose about three cents amid worries over the US winter crop and a weak start to the US harvest.
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Winnipeg
United States
Chicago
Brouth
Sweden mobilizes troops over Finland incursion
Stockholm December 5 1941 40 000 additional men including artillery engineers and commissary detachments ordered into service marking partial mobilization raising total under arms to about 150 000 from a normal 20 000 as Sweden responds to the Russian invasion of Finland.
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Stockholm
Finland
Sweden
Russia Faces Departure or Expulsion From League
In Geneva, League officials state Russia must exit the League or be expelled as Finland appeals for action against Soviet aggression and Argentina and Uruguay call for immediate USSR expulsion. Russia’s formal notification it will not attend meetings on the Finnish Russian situation arrives, but council plans proceed.
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Geneva
C.P
Russia
League of Nations
Soviet Union
Argentina
Uruguay
U.S.S.R
League
Light Council Meeting Sets 1940 Tax Prepay Terms
The council met briefly approving continuation of tax prepayment for 1940 under current terms. Aldermen Black and Boyd led the motion after a short session that also heard plans to lease Maple Avenue fire hall space to house provincial snow removal equipment.
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Noble
Ald
Black and Boyd
Ald. Warham
Maple Avenue
Red Cross Drive Total Reaches 6582 In Medicine Hat
The Medicine Hat Red Cross drive raises 6582 with cash and pledges. J E Davies states the total is unlikely to change, noting large donations from Rotarians 500 Kinsmen 250 and Kiwanians 100. An executive meeting is set for Thursday at 7 30 pm in City Hall council chambers.
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Medicine Hat
National Red Cross
J. E. Davies
Council
Inexcusably Aggressive Finnish Russian War Outlined
London shaped the Finland Russia war as an inexcusable act of aggression by a great power against a smaller nation. Lord Halifax urged League of Nations action and set prerequisites for any international conference to end the war. Oslo invited Sweden and Denmark to a conference to seek peace between Russia and Finland.
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London
C.P. Cable
Lord Halifax
Finland
Europe
House of Lords
League of Nations
Britain
Germany
Oslo
Norway
C.P
Koht
Sweden
Denmark
Russia
Britain requisitions ships for North Atlantic trade route
In the House of Commons Sir John Gilmour announced Britain will requisition ships for North Atlantic trade with Canada and the United States. He stressed Canada as a wartime food reservoir and said Britain will be a heavy buyer of wheat bacon cheese fruit and other imported foods.
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London
North Atlantic
Canada
United States
John Gilmour
House of Commons
Britain
Sixty Russian Planes Reported Destroyed in Air Raid on Murmansk
Reports from Stockholm and Helsingfors describe a Finnish air raid on Murmansk destroying sixty Soviet planes, with unverified fires in Leningrad and Kronstadt. Paris, Rome, and Milan coverage note Finnish retaliation against Russia and Italian student demonstrations supporting Finland.
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Murmansk
Leningrad
Kronstadt
Paldiski
Baltic
Finland
Stockholm
Helsingfors
Russia
Estonia
Sweden
Aaland Islands
Geta Helsingfors
Lake
Ladoga
Not Sentenced Because He Is Rabble Rouser
Fritz Kuhn German American Bund leader was sentenced to 2 1/2 to five years for grand larceny of Bund funds. The sentence was suspended on the related moving expenses of Virginia Camp, the blonde angel in Kuhn's letters. Judge James Wallace rejected claims of political persecution and noted others are also in the country.
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New York
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Virgina Camp
Kuhn
James Wallace
Peter Sabbatino
Bae
Germany Seeks Workaround for Allied Trade Blockade
Germany plans fictitious exporting agencies in neutral states such as Belgium the Netherlands and Estonia to evade the two way Allied blockade. British and French navies ready to seize German exports at midnight to deprive Germany of foreign exchange. King visits France with the Duke of Gloucester aboard a British destroyer, as troops receive his presence.
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Jean Auary Havas
Paris
Cp-Havas
George
France
Queen Elizabeth
the Duke of Gloucester
J. F. Sanderson
London
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Estonia
Britain
Due
Gloucester
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Finance Committee
Bell
Black
Marshall
Traffic Board
Beulah Home
Edmonton
Ald. Patterson
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Red Cross
Halifax
George Jordan
Associated Press
Rome
A.P
Milan
Finlandia
Virginio Gayda
Il Giornale d'Italia
F. Blackburn
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