Scots greet first Canadian contingent overseas in Britain
In a fog shrouded Scottish port and Mon aco a cheering crowd welcomed 2000 members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force as they disembarked. Major-General A G L McNaughten led the contingent, stating the mission is difficult but necessary as Anthony Eden and Vincent Massey attended the official greetings with other British and Canadian officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Middleton
Associated Press
Britain
Bec
Hitler
Canada
Monaco
Bimlide
A. G. L. McNaughten
Anthony Eden
Dominions
T. A. Crerar
Vincent Massey
T. S. Riddell Webster
Halifax Four Women and One Man Charged with Spying Letters
Halifax police charge four women and one man with trying to communicate information likely to prejudice Canada’s war effort. Accused sent letters to Americans detailing vessel dispositions and warship data from Halifax harbor. They face charges under the Defence of Canada regulations and will appear in police court tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
C.P
United States
F. J. Mead
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Defence of Canada
C. Smith
Herman Swain
Brooklyn
Mass
Marion Buckley
H. A. Frame
Tulsa
Okla
Constance Bell
Kay Webb
Sioux City
Iowa
Charles Dodge, Jr
Janet Wallinsheal
Yonkers
N.Y
St. Timility
Dartmouth
Morrow
Pact for Commonwealth pilot training in Canada during WWII
A memorandum of agreement among the United Kingdom Canada Australia and New Zealand outlines a cooperative air training scheme in Canada. It sets operative dates through March 31 1943 and assigns Canada as administrator with outputs of pupils to meet agreed proportions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Government OF Canada
Itsels
Newfoundland
Government of
Seviend
British fishing vessels battered as raids escalate
German bombing attacks on British fishing boats enter a new sea and air phase with one trawler sunk and four damaged or saved. A 4,373 ton freighter City of Kobe was sunk in the North Sea with eighteen survivors. Paris says the Allied supreme war council will reportedly grant all moral support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Kobe
North Sea
Xmas Cheer Contributions Listed by Local Groups
A Fraser Valley clipping item lists donations totaling 1006.20 from Rotary, Kiwanis, lodges, stores, schools, unions, and businesses. Notable donors include Medicine Hat Clinic, Canadian Legion hampers, Monarch Theatre concert, and Royal Hotel, with numerous small gifts to support holiday relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Hector Lang
Boyd Wholesale
C.P.R. Men's Store
W. B. Dempster
Mort Fulton
D. Bayne
Medicine Hat Clinic
Er Beatne
Ruth Rebekah Lodge
Kiwanis Club
City Cafe
Cee
Chow Ling Te Ee
Tai Kong Greenhouse Co
Canadian Legion
Lewis Bargain Store
Chief
Richardson's Bakery
Medicine Hat Teachers’ Assn
Savage Ooo
Moore Anid Son
Eston Bakery
Eaiaan Association
Hunt Plumbing
Typographical Union
National Bakery
Savoy Cafe
Knights of Pythias
Crystal Dairy Sud
Lds
H.oo
of the Moose
Hebrew Ladies’ Aid
New Chile
Queen St. Grocery
the Mayfair
J. C. Beveridge
T. Eaton Co. Ltd
Alberta Breweries
Catholic Women’s League Bok
Taylor Bros
E. Gust Stores
Case ‘Oranges
Harvard House of Flowers
Pythian Sisters
Myrtle Frm
E. Pollitt
Wildey Rebekah
Ida Kealey
Lo.d.e
Murray
OWS
Medicine Hat Council
U. CT
Amateur Operatic Society
Safeway's
Warships shell Belgian coast as German positions hit Nieuport
British warships bombard German positions between Nieuport and Middelkerke on the Belgian coast. Kings of Sweden Norway and Denmark meet in Malmo to reinforce neutrality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nieuport
Middelkerke
Belgian
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Malmo
Stricter Bicycle Regulations Passed By Medicine Hat Council
The Medicine Hat council approved bylaws regulating bicycle operation. New rules require headlights and red reflectors after sunset, forbid riding abreast except when passing, cap speed at 15 mph and 10 mph on turns, and set a bicycle license fee increase from 35 to 50 cents to cover plate and clerical costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Medicine Hat
Niblock Elected School Board Chairman At Year Start
At the annual organization meeting C W Niblock was named chairman and W W Oliver named vice chairman. The board announced Christmas break from December 22 to January 3 and Niblock was named delegate to the Alberta Trustees convention in Calgary January 24 25 26. The board approved 120 to a fund to provide milk for undernourished school children starting next year.
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C. W. Niblock
W. W. Oliver
Niblock
Alberta
Calgary
Inquiries Considered on 500 Air Pilot Student Accommodation
The council discussed housing 500 air force trainees, with Connaught school or the Badminton building as potential sites. Officials asked the finance and schools to assess feasibility, while awaiting government guidance on suitable large facilities near population centers. A separate item noted 34 applications for a collector role, with W. D. Watson chosen by ballot.
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Conncil
Council
Connaught School
Ottawa
Connaught
Lang
Committee of the Whole
W. A. Fallon
Department of National Defence
Fallon
Iuperintendent
Winnipeg boxer charged with murder in Brooklyn
Ernest Kehler alias Haas, 24, amateur boxer from Winnipeg, held in Toronto for New York police on a murder warrant. He allegedly beat Walter Engelberg, 42, secretary of the German consulate, to death in a Brooklyn home on December 6. Police say motive cited as resentment over improper advances.
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Toronto
Ernest Kehler
Haas
Winnipeg
New York
Brooklyn
Walter Engelberg
Kehler
Engelbert
Engelberg
New York City
Finn Fliers Hit Russians Near Boundary in Finnish theater
Helsinki reports say Finnish air force struck across the boundary with bombs and machine guns. Four Russian planes allegedly shot down as Helsinki endured its first raid since the war began. Soviet forces advanced along the Arctic highway and a Finnish loss near Pitkajaervi was noted. A coastal battery reportedly sunk the Russian battleship Okla...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsingfors
Copenhagen
Finland
Arctic
Pitkajaervi
Petsamo
Pusvik
British claim 21 German planes destroyed in October engagements
London reports 21 German planes destroyed in 51 engagements over Britain in October. Not a single British fighter shot down in the United Kingdom since war began, with one British pilot wounded. German losses said to be nearly half of attacking forces.
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London
United Kingdom
U S Wheat Crops Reported At 754 Million Bushels
The United States Department of Agriculture releases a final crop report citing U S wheat production for the year at 754 971 000 bushels. An unidentified aircraft was reported to have dropped into the North Atlantic near Matinicus Rock Maine on Friday night seven miles offshore.
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U. S
Washington
United States Agriculture Department
North Atlantic
Barren Matinicus Rock
Maine
Rotary Club Votes Milk Aid for Local Schools
At a Monday meeting the Rotary Club approved a 500 grant to fund milk for children in the Public and Separate School Boards during winter. Pupils will be chosen by the school nurse and teachers. Miss Marjorie Smith of Alexandra High School spoke as Rotary Scholar in Grade Ten, noting her 88.3 percent year average with 35 credits and her Governor-General’s medal and AHS scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Marjorie Smith
Alexandra High School
Rotary
P. TF. Riches
Bill Church
Miss Smith
Community War Council Plans Red Cross Work in Medicine Hat
Representatives from 21 affiliated organizations met at the Medicine Hat Red Cross branch to coordinate war relief efforts. The group outlined a three month work plan, requested budget estimates, and emphasized knitting sweaters gloves scarves wristlets and knee caps using approved patterns and colors.
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Community War Council
Medicine Hat
Red Cross
Custom Building
R. W. Harrison
W. C. Campbell
Women's Work
Campbell
Ste
Lee
Calgary
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R.C.M.P
Europe
Helsinki
Commonwealth Air Training Program
Paris
Allied Supreme War Council
C.W. Niblock
Bakior
W. D. Watson
Ald
Warham and Boyd
Pratt Sau
Ald. Pratt
Pratt
Calder
iRevier
Oklaboskaya Revolutia
Speaks
Dominion
Mizpah
Masonic Hall
Geneva
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