Quotas Review Planned by Board in Turner Valley
In Calgary a Petroleum and Natural Gas conservation board chair announces a complete review of Turner Valley’s quota system. The key issue is whether production elements reduce surface and land waste, prevent premature abandonment, and encourage economic recovery. Britain reports RAF bombers hit Bordeaux port and coastal bases, including Lorient, Brest, and Duesseldorf, with heavy raids and observed destruction.
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Valgary
C.P
Petroleum and Natura Gag Conservation Board
Turner Valley de
Beniti Adien
Air Ministry
R.A.F
Duesseldorf
Germany
Lorient
Bordeaux
Brest
Flushing
Dunkerque
Gravelines
Munique
Coastal Command
Edmonton Ends Cash Relief Payments in Alberta Voucher Plan
The Alberta government informs Edmonton it will no longer fund cash payments to unemployment relief recipients. Relief must be issued as vouchers, a switch reported by city commissioners. Provincial Relief Commissioner A. A. Mackenzie noted Edmonton is the only Alberta city paying cash relief.
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Edmonton
A. A. Mackenzie
Provincial Bureau of Relief
Alberta
French Bomb Hits Siamese Town in Indochina Clash
French planes dropped 22 bombs on Lakhon in Siam early today in retaliation for Thai raids on Vientiane. Officials said hostilities along the Indochina border have escalated to serious proportions with considerable bombing reported.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
C.P
Lakhon
Vientiane
Spokanes Spitfire Fund Aims Gift to Britain
Spokane launches a fund to buy a $20,000 Spitfire fighter plane for Britain as a goodwill gift. Arnold L Graves chairs the Spokane branch of the American Committee for the Defence of British Homes coordinating the drive. A Miss Spokane figurehead will adorn the plane as a good luck emblem.
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Spokane
Wash
Britain
Arnold L. Graves
Ynkane
American Committee For the Defence of British
Graven
Bomber Vanishes Over Lake Erie Resulting in Three deaths
In Fingal Ontario three Royal Canadian Air Force airmen are feared dead after a large bomber training plane failed to return from over Lake Erie. Missing are Flying Officer L A Hood Adrian Michigan, John Henry McNally Minaki Ontario, and E W Bourne Oshawa Ontario. The plane was from the bombing and gunnery school near Fingal, five miles from St Thomas, trailing an air target when last seen.
London Endures Heaviest Nighttime Air Raid Yet
London faced more than 12 hours of mass bombing from German aircraft, described as one of the capital’s most violent raids. Incendiaries and high explosives struck widespread areas, nine hospitals were hit, and several hospital staff were buried under debris as fire fighters battled blazes.
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London
C.P
Lotalon
Uie
Thames
Intercepted reports conflict over fate of Idarwald
Navy and Cuban reports differ on the German freighter Idarwald. British cruiser Diomede seized her after attempted blockade running from Mexico. crews reportedly scuttled or torpedoed the ship near Cuba, with some saying she sank and the crew fled in boats amid Roosevelt’s secret voyage nearby.
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Washington
United States Navy Department
Mexico
Navy
Cuba
Rosevelt
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
Tampico
Navy Department
City Glances and Local War Preparations Amid winter week
Notice slips send 23 year old Medicine class men for 30 days military training early next year. Downtown renovations for His Majesty's forces begin today with plumbing plastering painting and electrical work. Charlie Van is rumored to train for a Turkey Shoot tonight at the Rifle and Revolver Club under the Eagles hall. A remark whispers quiet for an election day at the city clerk's office.
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His Majesty
Charlie van
Eagles’ Hall
Napples
Convention Opens to Public and Press in Edmonton
Independent group delegates will meet in Edmonton on December 14 with the session open to the public and the press. The resolutions committee says any attendee may address the meeting with the chair’s permission.
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Edmonton
C.P
Resolutions Committee
Rt Rev George E Lloyd Dies at Coast at 79
Victoria report: Rt Rev George Exton Lloyd 79 former bishop of Saskatchewan whose name graces Lloydminster Saskatchewan died in hospital today after serving as a church leader and shaping regional history.
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G. E. Lloyd
Victoria
George Exton Lloyd
Saskatchewan
Lloydminster
Sask
Airmen Arrive in Great Britain From Canada
A further contingent of airmen from Canada graduates of the Empire air training scheme arrived at a British port today. Recruited from various parts of the Dominion they included pilots and craftsmen joining Royal Air Force units across the United Kingdom.
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London
C.P
Canada
Dominion
Royal Air Force
United Kingdom
British Forces Attack Near Sidi Barrani Capture 500 Italians
British forces in western Egypt launched a local offensive near Sidi Barrani and engaged in a clash south of the town, yielding 500 Italian prisoners. The action, about 70 miles from the Libyan border, was described as significant but not a general offensive.
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London
Sidi Barrani
Cairo
Egypt
Mussolini
Graziani
Vancouver Jobless Stage Demonstration
About 50 unemployed staged a five hour sit down on the fourth floor of a downtown Vancouver office building when a welfare agency office distributed a few relief tickets and then closed. They hoped for a re opening and some threatened to stay until relief was obtained but left peacefully at the mayor's request. Leaders blamed G S Clark of the Social Welfare Agency for promising tickets.
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Vancouver
Welfare Agency
Lyle Telford
G. S. Clark
Social Welfare Agency
Policy of Japs Pivots on Axis
Tokyo dispatch quotes Foreign Minister Matsuoka calling the German Italian Japanese alliance a pivot for Japan’s foreign policy and saying Japan would not quibble about defending Germany and Italy if needed.
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Tokyo
C.P
Matsuoka
Japan
Germany
Italy
Italy Slowed by Poor Roads in Mediterranean War
Observers say Italy, though superior in manpower and material to Britain, is reluctant to launch offensives due to the need to move supplies, especially water, over poor road communications. Britain's organized transport system and a front-line railroad complicate Italian action in the early Mediterranean months.
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Britain
Mediterranean
Italy
Petain Plans Government Shake-Up In France
Premier Petain plans a cabinet reshuffle to include former premier Flandin and possibly others to replace ministers opposing Laval on collaboration with Germany, according to diplomatic reports from France.
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Berne
Switzerland
Petain
France
Pierre-Eteinne Flandin
Germany
Pierre Laval
Verdict of Murder at Inquest on Dance Instructor
A murder verdict was returned at the Brighton inquest into the death of Florence Buckley 47 dance instructor whose bruised body was found outside the club window after she dined with two Canadian army officers. The coroner suggested the body was placed there after death to mimic a fall. The officers were not named at the inquest.
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Brighton
Florence Buckley
Charges No Help For Discharged Soldiers
Alex Walker of Calgary, Dominion president of the Canadian Legion, charged in Winnipeg that the Dominion government failed to take immediate steps toward rehabilitating Canadian soldiers when they were discharged.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Alex Walker
Calgary
Dominion
Canadian Legion
Greeks Push on With Tirania As Objective
Greek forces press from Argirocastro into Albanian territory as they stretch toward Valona and Tepeleni in a campaign framed as Tirania by Christmas. The advance follows the Italian rear guard retreat after hard fighting to cover retreat of the main Fascist force to the north and west.
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Tirania
Athens
C.P
Argirocastro
Greece
Italy
Valona
Tepeleni
Albania
Flying Officer Kenneth Michie Dies in Action
News reaches the Michie family that Flying Officer Kenneth William Michie, 24, of Medicine Hat, lost his life during air operations on December 7. He had joined the Royal Air Force two years earlier and was active as a pilot in raids over the Continent. He previously survived a crash in July and was recovering in hospital. He was a Scout and Cub leader and a celebrated high school basketball player. Continued on page eight.
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Kenneth William Michie
Air Ministry
London
William Michie
Seventh Street
Kenneth
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
Medicine Hat
St. Barnabas Church
Calgary Tech
Ken
Ottawa
Christmas Hampers Appeal Aids Medicine Hat Families
Medicine Hat groups appeal for funds to buy Christmas hampers for those in need. The Christmas Cheer committee will vet names submitted by Dec 15 to Miss Carson City Hall for hampers. Donations from Rotary Club and local businesses are listed, with proceeds to the Christmas Cheer fund and daily news acknowledgments.
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Medicine Hat
Rotary Club
Arthur Briggs
T. Eaton Co
Boyd Wholesale
the Mayfair
Ida Kealey
D.B
Rathbone Lodge
K. of P
Velva M. Brough
Mort Fulton
James Anderson
Catholic Women’ S League
Mussolini’s Rome speech linked to Italian defeat in Greece
Historians analyze Mussolini’s Rome speech of November 18 as a possible key to Italy’s disastrous Greek campaign. The article discusses how the November date tied to sanctions against Ethiopia and the regime’s promises of victory foreshadowed Italy’s setback against Greece, shaping interpretive debates on the war’s turning points.
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Kirkel. Simpson
Associated Press
France
Italy
Greece
Albania
Mussolini
Rome
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Europe
Il Duce
War News Rumors and Conflicting Frontline Claims
Twenty five years ago a CP dispatch reports on European diplomacy and shifting fronts. Notes mention German Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg urging peace efforts in the Reichstag while Bulgarian ideas border on Greek territories and clashes near Teheran amid Turko-German tensions.
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Von
Rethmann-Hollweg
Ett
Reichstag
Alles
Teheran
Persia
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Malta
Tripoli
Alexandria
New York Times
Great Britain
Charles, Foltz, JR
Kenneth Michie
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