Magnetic Mines Proving Bigger Menace to Neutral Nations
British naval and air forces report destroying five German submarines in a week. Churchill says magnetic mines hit neutrals harder than Britain, with neutral losses higher than belligerent ones. Capetown reports German liner Ussukuma captured. two other German ships sunk in the past ten days. A German mine laying aircraft reportedly crashed off Sheringham. Front reports renewed German pressure on the western front as King George visits the BEF.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Admiralty
T He Navy
Royal Air Force
Germany
Britain
Hitler
Churchill
Capetown
South Atlantic
Watussi
Adolph Woermann
Air Ministry
Sheringham
Norfolk
Axel DE Holstein Havas
Paris
Cp-Havas
Western
George
Daladier
Maurice Gamelin
Italians Seek to Enlist in Finnish Army
Scores of Italians sought to enlist in the Finnish army to fight the Russians. Applications poured into the Finnish legation as police blocked 1,000 university students from marching on the Soviet embassy in sympathy with Finland.
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Rome
A.P
Finland
Oey
Minish Legation
Italy
Eero Jarnefelt
Equipping War Divisions Seen as Vast Task
Defence dept spokesman describes mobilizing and outfitting a division for war as a gigantic effort. He outlines hiring, training, clothing, feeding, and equipping thousands of items as divisions concentrate, calling the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps responsible for prompt delivery.
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Defence Dept
Ottawa
Department of National Defence
Qendan Broadcastings Corporation
Royal Canadian
Army Service Corps
Canada
Testa
Alberta to hard surface Walsh Medicine Hat highway by 1990
Hon W A Fallon announces at Calgary Alberta Motor Association that the Walsh Medicine Hat section of the trans Canada highway will be hard surfaced in 1990 with potential extension to Strathmore if funds allow The plan is attributed to Dr J L Robinson MLA and supported by government efforts for next summer
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Charles
Beny
Chamber of Commerce Roads Committee
Alberta Motor Association
Calgary
W. A. Fallon
Public Works
Medicine Hat
Walsh
Fallon
Alberta
Walsh-Medicine Hat
Strathmore
T Ic
J. L. Robinson
M.L.A
Russia’s Long View on Russo Finnish War
The Canadian Press argues Russia’s Finland attack may have little effect on the main war yet could shape responses abroad. It frames Moscow’s actions as self defense and a hedge against future victors, anticipating broader conflict while protecting Leningrad and Gulf of Finland access.
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Russia
Finland
Germany
Great Britain
France
League of Nations
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Baltic
Poland
Lynn Heinzer
Associated Press
Helsingfors
A.P
Arctic Circle
Little Republic
Paldiski
Estonia
Petsano Fjord
Arctic
Murmansk
Alexandrovsk
Kola
Liinahamari
Petsamo
Saskatchewan Minister Warns Against Farmer Regimentation
Hon J Taggart Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture told American farm managers that regimenting farmers is dangerous and government judgment replacing individual judgment could be ruinous. He spoke at the American Society of farm managers and rural appraisers where the convention ended with a vote to meet next year in Winnipeg in June.
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Chicago
J. . Taggart
Saskatchewan
American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
Winninee
King George II Tours British Expeditionary Force in France
In France with the British Expeditionary Force King George II began a second day of inspections. The weather was cool and misty, and a full program let him view multiple BEF fighting units. He departed G H Q before 9 a m after breakfast at 7 30 a m as part of General Viscount Gort’s strict routine.
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France
George
B.E.F
Viscount Gort
G.H.Q
Chamber Meeting to Discuss Irrigation Extension
The General Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held tomorrow at 12 15 at the Assiniboia hotel. Guest speakers include Ben Russell chief engineer P F R A Regina Phil Baker president South Alberta Water Conservation Council Raymond and J I McDermott secretary treasurer AWCC Lethbridge. They will address extension of irrigation areas and water storage in Southern Alberta.
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Chamber of Commerce
Assiniboia
Ben Russell
P.F.R.A
Regina
Phil Baker
South Alberta Water Conservation Council
Raymond
J. I. McDermott
A.W.C.C
Lethbridge
Alberta
Assassination attempt on Nazi leader Greiser near Poznan
A Polish secret military group tried to kill Nazi leader Arthur Greiser as his car passed through a Polish city suburbs. Five Poles were killed in the ambush and firefight with Nazi guards. Greiser survived due to bullet proof protection. One Polish assailant died by self-inflicted action to avoid capture.
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Paris
Cp-Havas
Arthur Grei- Sep
Danzig
Poznenia
Polish Bulletin
Central Committee
France
Greiser
Strangulation By Blockade Admitted
London dispatch reports Goering periodical The Five Year Plan admitting British counter blockade strangled German trade. Emil Helferrich warned England’s navy blocks German ships in over 100 ports and that Germany must export or die. Kiel Lubeck Bremen Hamburg face ruin as warehouses clog with orders unfilled.
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London
Dec
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Zurich
Germany
Marshal Hermann Goering
Emil Helferrich
England
Wuehrer
Fuehrer
Kiel
Luebeck
Bremen
Hamburg
Germans massing divisions for Luxembourg push
The Daily Mail reports German divisions massing for an attack into France via Luxembourg. In Paris, calm returned on the western front after six raids were repulsed, with only minor reconnaissance flights noted. The Communist International urges an immediate mutual aid pact with Russia, modeled after Baltic treaties granting bases.
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London
Daily Mail
France
Luxembourg
Maginot Line
Paris
Russia
Communist International
International Communist Organization
U.S.S.R
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Baltic
Polish premier seeks 200,000 US and Canada recruits
General Wladyslaw Sikorski, premier of the Polish government in exile, hopes to recruit 200,000 more soldiers from the United States and Canada. The report notes his in training to fight Germany and mentions the source as Said The Spider from Moscow.
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France
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Germany
United States
Canada
British Firms Sought to Supply Planes to Finland
Authoritative sources say British firms planned to supply a score of fighting planes and a substantial amount of other war materials to Finland, disclosed today.
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London
Finland
Baltic seizure reported of Kretinga freighter
A Reuters dispatch from Kaunas reports the Lithuanian freighter Kretinga, 542 tons, was seized by a German warship in the Baltic Sea.
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London
Reuters
Kaunas
Baltic Sea
Huntsman Sinks at Sea Reported Lost with Crew Missing
The 8,196-ton British steamship Huntsman of Charente Steamship Company is reported lost at sea. No details were available immediately.
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London
Huntsman
Charente Steamship Company
Russians Drive Across Finland to Split Defenders
Russian army reportedly advanced about 35 miles into northern Finland aiming to bisect the country and reach the Swedish border near iron mines. Finnish authorities highlighted losses for Russia while honoring independence heroes as President Roosevelt discussed aid with U.S. officials.
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Neas
Russia
Kirkenes
Norway
Finland
Sweden
Lseingfors
C.P
Karelian
Washington
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Norman Davis
Red Cross
Kallio
Russians and Allies in Eastern Front Clash in Poland
Germany breaks through in Poland near Lodz as Russian forces retreat from Lodz and defend Rzgow seven miles south. Serbian reports claim 18 officers and 2,400 men captured in battles against Austria.
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Poland
Lodz
Rzgow
Clothing Donations From LO.DE Praised for Evacuees
A Toronto cable from Mrs Vincent says LO.DE chapters across Canada sent clothing valued at about 100000 to British evacuees. The high commissioner’s wife notes the "magnificent contribution" is being packed for shipment and brings happiness across the sea. Weather forecast cloudy and colder with temperatures around 67 to 68.
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Toronto
C.bee
Vincent
Canada
Imperial Order of Theaughters of the Empire
Massey
London
Lo.d.e
O.D.E
Trade Pact With British West Indies to Be Prolonged
Ottawa reports that Canada plans to indefinitely extend the 1927 trade agreement with the British West Indies which was due to end December 31 1939. Wartime disruption delayed talks but officials expect a new, ongoing arrangement and see potential for increased Canadian exports to Caribbean markets.
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British W. Indies
Ottawa
Canada
British West Indies
West Indies
United Kingdom
Indies
Germany
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