British Expeditionary Force suffers first casualties in France
Reports from Paris London and Stockholm describe early British casualties in France as Viscount Gort's force holds a Magh et front sector under French command. No figures yet. The weather remains severe with cold and heavy winds hampering operations. The Serenity sunk by German planes off the northeast coast and eight crew rescued. Finnish commander Vallenius says Russian forces around Suomussaimi and Tolvajaervi are surrounded, with reports of tanks crossing from Salmijarvi to Norway.
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France
Viscount Gort
Maghet Line
Paris
Saar
Vosges
London
Serenity
Stockholm
Vallenius
Salla
Petsamo
Suomussaini
Tolvajaervi
Lake Ladoga
Suomussaimi
Finland
Salmijaervi
Death in Belgrade duel shocks Yugoslav search raids
Dr. Ede Markovitch director-general of the Yugoslav State Export Society was killed in a pistol duel with police during raids seeking evidence of foreign sponsorship of Communist demonstrations.
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Belgrade
Ede Markovitch
State Export Society
Allied forces capture Roulers and early Allied gains
Allied forces seized Roulers in Belgium as the war reported advances in Cameroons where British troops captured two aircraft and 60 European prisoners. German troops pushed within 50 miles of Warsaw in Poland, signaling ongoing frontline movements.
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Roulers
Belgium
Cameroons
West Africa
Warsaw
Poland
Saturday Burglaries Struck Hilda RCM Police Report
RCMP investigated two safe blowings in Hilda on Saturday night at the R C Black hardware store and the W Austin general store across the street. About 1700 dollars were taken from the hardware store safe including 1000 dollars held for the Federal Patterson and Lake of the Woods elevators, with the latter insured. At the general store 700 in cash disappeared and 450 in cheques were left behind. Burglars used an iron bar from the CPR section house to break in and both safes were blown in the same manner. Suspects heard a dull boom about 2 30 a m but no alert was given.
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R.C.M.P
Hilda
R. C. Black Hardware Store
W. Austin General
W. M. Patterson
Lake of the Woods
C.P.R
Moscow Says League Of Nations Tool Of Anglo French Bloc
Soviet newspapers accused Britain of steering the League of Nations to isolate Russia while claiming the Geneva expulsion frees the USSR from League obligations and moral responsibility. Pravda labeled the council as dominated by Britain and its allies, a tool of Anglo-French-American capitalism.
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Moscow
League of Nations
Associated Press
Great Britain
League of Natins
Russia
Sovie Union
Pritain
Pravda
Communist Party
Isvestia
Soviet Union
League
Special League Committee
Sweden
Norway
Britain
U.S.A
France
Eire
India
Egypt
Canada
Uruguay
Bolivia
Venezuela
Portugal
Thailand
Siam
U.S.S.R
China
Ethiopia
Albana
Empire air training plan agreed by Canada Britain Australia and NZ
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced a three year Empire air training scheme worth 600 million dollars to train thousands of aircrew across Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Canada will administer the plan and bear about 350 million dollars, creating 60 new flying fields and 67 schools while most training for UK Australian and New Zealand recruits occurs at home. The joint program aims for thousands of pilots and hundreds of officers with a 40,000 strong staff and shared costs among the four nations.
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C. R. Blackburn
Ottawa
King
Canada
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Tonight
Mackenzie King
Recruis
Newfoundland
German Cruiser Sunk by British Submarine Off Heligoland
London reports Ursula the British submarine sank a 6000 ton Woln class cruiser off the Elbe mouth in Heligoland Bight after slipping through destroyers in a coastal operation. Separate raids caused three British ships to be lost or abandoned and multiple vessels damaged.
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London
Admiral Graf Spee
Admiralty
Elbe River
Heligoland Bight
Ursula
Press Association
North Sea
New Choice
Campagnus
Serenity
Eileen Wray
Evelina
Sedgerly
Soldiers Killed When Train Wrecked in Amherst
A westbound Canadian National freight train fouled an eastbound passenger train at Amherst Nova Scotia, derailing a car. One soldier, Corporal R. W. Connors from London Ontario, was killed. five others injured. The dead man and four wounded were from London, with Lance Corporal J I Hood and Privates J B Hendrick F C Handley C B Forbes H G Landry among the injured. A CNR statement blamed the freight crew misreading positions of a switch and fouling the other train.
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Moncton
N.B
C.P
Canadian National Railways
Amherst
N.S
London
Ont
R. W. Connors
J. I. Hood
J. B. Hendrick
F.C
Canada’s First Division Lands Overseas In Britain
Winston Churchill announced Canadian troops had landed in Great Britain. Ottawa confirms the arrival of Canada’s first overseas contingent in England, reported by the Bureau of Public Information.
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London
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
Great Britain
Ottawa
Dominion
Bureau of Public Information
Canada
England
Major Air Battle Off Heligoland Bight Reported
German claims say 34 British bombers were shot down in a large air battle off Heligoland Bight with 44 British planes taking part. The German account cites two German fighters lost and that the engagement was the war’s biggest up to that point. The British air ministry reported 12 German fighters shot down and seven British bombers unaccounted for after fierce fighting.
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Berlin
Germany
Heligoland
London
Air -Ministry
Heligoland Bight
Highlights On Training Of Pilots In Empire Plan
Ottawa reports the Empire Air Training Plan aims to cost 600 million dollars over three years with Canada contributing about 550 million. The plan requires 67 schools, 40 000 personnel, 60 new air fields and expansion of 20 fields, with the UK supplying most aircraft and engines. Canada Australia and New Zealand fund costs by pupil usage, training spans 26 22 and 20 weeks for pilots observers and gunners, and the program runs through March 31 1943 with potential extension.
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Ottawa
King
Canada
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Dominion
United Kingdon
Fire claims mother and child in Chicoutimi blaze
A mother, Mrs. Philipaé Lemieux, and her eight-year-old son Omer died in a morning fire that swept a Chicoutimi home. The blaze started shortly before three o'clock while the family slept, as neighbors fought to help.
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Chicoutimi, Que
Chicoutimi
Philipaé Lemieux
Omer
France Orders 654 Pursuit Planes In U States
The New York Times reports France has ordered 650 more Curtis pursuit planes, bringing total US- contracted aircraft for belligerents and neutral European states to about 3,800 in 18 months. The Times estimates foreign orders for planes and accessories at roughly 350 million dollars.
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New York
C.P
New York Times
Curtis
United States
the Times
Inquest Adjourned In the Orion Tragedy
An inquest into the deaths in the Orion triple tragedy opened with Coroner Dr. J. R. Patterson presiding. Jurors viewed the bodies of Irene Sodin Ivan Ridley and Gordon Brodin at local funeral homes before adjourning to next Wednesday afternoon.
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Orion
J. R. Patterson
Irene Sodin
Ivan Ridley
Pattison
Gordon Brodin
Notts Funeral Chapel
H. Armitage
C. J. Kent
E. O'Connor
M. H. Smith
Graf Spee crew taken off before explosion sinks ship
Berlin reports Nazi news agency says Uruguay protested the Graf Spee stay and ordered the ship to leave Montevideo. Berlin cites Hitler order to sink the pocket battleship off revideo after talks with naval chiefs. Argentine official says Graf Spee crew to be interned with possible release on pledge.
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Berlin
DNB
Geman
Uruguay
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Deere
Hitler
Lake Revideo
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Finnish Finnish Front Feats Report Fierce Arctic Falls
Northern Finland reports detail a nine man Finnish patrol killing hundreds of Russians on a exposed highway. Helsinki based Politiken correspondent cites a Russian battalion revolt in the Lake Ladoga region with many officers and commissars killed. Stockholm papers note 200000 Soviet troops being rushed to shore up failed Finnish assaults, sparking Swedish concern.
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Copenhagen
Finland
Helsingfors
Politiken
Lake Ladoga
Stockholm
Sweden
Admiralty Reports British Losses in Graf Spee Action
The Admiralty announced 72 killed and 31 wounded in the sea clash with the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee on the 18th. Fifty-eight were casualties aboard Exeter including five officers killed and three wounded. German aircraft appeared over the East British coast as anti aircraft guns opened fire. air raid alarms were not sounded. The RAF later reported patrols over the Frisian Islands dropping bombs on enemy mine laying bases.
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Germany
Admiral Graf Spee
Uruguay
Graf Spee
South
Atlantic
Exeter
Ajax
Achilles
Montevideo
Chia
London
C.P
Admiralty
Humber
Air Ministry
Aéa
Royal Air Force
Frelsian Islands
Enemgy
Berlin
Nagi
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By Witt Hancock
Éuay
Pevideo
U. States
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