Firth of Forth Targeted Again by Nazi Fliers
British fighters drove off German raiders over the Firth of Forth in Scotland after a battle in which one German plane vanished. The Firth hosts Edinburgh and the Rosyth naval base and has been a raider target before. No bomb details or aircraft count were released.
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London
Air Ministry
Firth of Forth
Scotland
Edinburgh
Rosyth
Hamburg
North Sea
Baltic
Germany
Oslo
Kopervik
Norway
Annan
Bogo
King Discusses War Strains With British Fishermen and Farmers
King George spoke with fishermen and farmers at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries about wartime strafing by German warplanes and the need for warm clothing for mine sweeps. Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith reported rising sugar beet production and livestock gains despite reduced arable land.
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London
George
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Reginald Dorman-Smith
G. Hewitt
Norfolk
Reginald
Viscount
Halifax
Supreme War Council
Paris
Dan Hillman
T. Williamson
Transport and General Workers’ Union
Plymouth
Finnish Counter Offensive Presses Russians From North
Finnish forces push toward the Canadian owned nickel mines with heavy fighting and the destruction of seven Russian tanks on the Karelian isthmus. Soviet reports claim air raids over Helsinki and up to 30 bombs dropped daily as Russian offensive pressure continues.
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Helsingfors
C.P
Karelian
Moscow
Leningrad
Finland
Kremlin
Our Soldier Boys To Be At Home For Christmas
Plans finalize for a civic reception for Medicine Hat’s Calgary Highlanders Regiment on December 26. Half the battalion will be on Christmas leave. the parade will form at the Third Street Armory led by the S A R band, pass along downtown to City Hall where Mayor Lang and Lt Col Elder will greet them. Lieut Bill Buchanan will lead the march as thousands gather to honor Medicine Hat’s first volunteers in the C A S F.
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Medicine Hat
Calgary Highlanders
Highlanders of
Highlanders
Third Street
S.A.R. Band
South
Brockington Named Recorder of Canada’s War Effort
Leonard W. Brockington of Winnipeg has been appointed recorder of Canada’s war effort and counsellor to the cabinet war committee. He will be attached to the Prime Minister’s office and begin duties in the new year while remaining general counsel to the Northwest Grain Dealers Association. Brockington, born 1888 in Cardiff, Wales, moved to Canada in 1912 and has held roles from city solicitor of Calgary to leadership at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Ottawa
Leonard W. Brockington
K.C
Winnipeg
Canada
Brockington
Northwest Grain Dealers Association
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
War Committee
United Kingdom
Cardiff
Wales
University of Wales
England
Edmonton
Land Titles
Calgary
Northwest Grain Dealers’ Association
Board of Governors
French Yellow Book recounts Czech surrender to Hitler
Paris dispatch describes a French review of Hitler pressuring President Hacha and Frantisek Chalkevsky to sign the Prague capitulation. The account notes a midnight to dawn confrontation with threats of bombing, a forced signature, and a Czech pledge to save their people from massacre amid German ultimata.
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Yellow Book
Paris
Cp-Havas
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Imil Hacha
gecho-Slovakia
Europe
Robert Conladre
Sierlin
Hacha
Czechoshivak
Frantisek Chalkevsky
Uehrer
Kuehrer
Urzech Plenipotentiaries
Prague
Itcher
Coulaine
Chalkovayy
Hitler
Hachn
Chaikovsky
Postal Holiday Schedule Warns of Christmas Day Service
The post office observes Christmas Day as a statutory holiday. Lobby opens 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. All wickets open 8 a.m. to 12 noon. One complete delivery will be made by letter carriers. Weather forecast colder with snow. temperatures range from 28 to 22 degrees.
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P.O
King and Queen Arrive at Sandringham for Christmas
The king queen and two daughters reach Sandringham House Norfolk for Christmas. Queen Mary to spend holiday with the Duke and Duchess of Kent in western England while Canadian forces in England endure cold training conditions and soldiers adapt to severe weather.
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London
Sandringham House
Norfolk
Mary
Duke
Aldershot
Eng
Canada
England
Man Who Let the Bremen Pass Is Honored
The admiralty announced Lieutenant-Commander E. O. Bickford of the submarine Salmon, noted for sinking a U-boat and two German cruisers and letting the Bremen pass, has been promoted to commander and awarded the Distinguished Service Order. Eleven others on Salmon received the Distinguished Service Cross or Medal.
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London
Admiralty
E. O. Bickford
Salmon
Bremen
The
Daily Express
KE. O. Bickford
Bickford
Toronto
48Th Highlanders of
Canada
United States
Russian Armenian Campaign Slowed by Winter Weather
Twenty five years earlier on December 22, 1914 reports show Russian forces in Armenia slowed by freezing conditions while Turkish attacks were repulsed with heavy losses. Indian expeditionary forces advanced in the Tigris valley.
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Armenia
Tigris Valley
Barge Collides With Paris Bridge Near Notre Dame
A heavy barge struck the central arch of the Paris bridge beside Notre Dame, causing the span to collapse and flood the Seine. Two killed, at least three seriously injured, twenty onlookers on the bridge, with thirteen unaccounted for and a gas main exploding after the impact. The steel barge Tunisie drifted 500 yards downstream. its captain was seriously hurt.
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Paris
St. Louis
Cathedral of Notre Dame
Seine River
Ile de la Cite
Trains Collide in Genthin Fatal German Station wreck
Two passenger trains crowded with Christmas travellers collided at Genthin station killing 70 and injuring 100 with the Berlin Meurkirchen express ploughing into the Berlin Cologne train after an unscheduled halt. The toll rose to 193 dead and over 158 injured in eight rail disasters since the war began. Genthin lies about 50 miles southwest of Berlin on the line to Mardeburg.
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Berlin
Genthin
Mardeburg
Trawler Crew Discipline Surprises Navy Minesweeper Training
British trawler fleet crews in the south coast area train for minesweeping and anti submarine patrols without naval drill discipline. Officers say the fishermen ignore gold braid while performing their tasks and sometimes drink their rum ration in one night. Language barriers hindered early training as crews spoke varied UK dialects.
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England
Scotland
United Kingdom
Oxford
Diplomatic Drama In Moscow Re-Told By French Records
Paris reports reveal France knew Hitler sought a Soviet alliance over eight months before the Hitler Stalin pact. The yellow book details Franco British diplomacy, Munich partition, and warns that Hitler pressed to restore Danzig and the Polish corridor despite warnings of war.
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Moscow
Paris
Cp-Havas
France
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Germany
Great Britain
Nevile Henderson
Reich
Berlin
Brestemi Hacha
Czecho-Slovakia
Galeazzo Ciano
Ciano
Hitler
Danzig
Niemoeller Denied Leave For Parents Golden Anniversary
Berlin December 22 AP The Lutheran pastor Rev Martin Niemoeller held in Sachsenhausen concentration camp cannot obtain a few days freedom to attend his parents golden wedding anniversary. Naval officers offered to take turns as hostages for his safe return but the request was refused.
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Berlin
Martin Niemoeller
Johann Heinrich Niemoeller
Sachsenhausen
Niemoeller
Confidence man robs Toronto hospitals in disguise
A well groomed impostor used four identities to steal over 140 dollars from two Toronto hospitals. Posing as Dr Gordon J Millen and as a Red Cross official and Boy Scout leader he targetted isolation hospital maids and Red Cross volunteers before disappearing. The acts occurred within two hours as he moved from Riverdale Isolation Hospital to Christie Street Military Hospital.
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Toronto
Ont
C.P
Gordon J. Millen
Toronto Board of Health
Red Cross Society
Riverdale Isolation Hospital
Christie Street Military Hospital
Isolation Hospital
Red Cross
Christie Hospital
Beverley Han
Gasoline Shortage Tangles Nazi War Machine, Navy Seizures
British economic experts say the Royal Navy confiscated enough German destined gasoline to fuel 50 Nazi twin engined bombers for daily raids on Britain for a year and a half. The seizure highlights Germanys fuel shortage and its impact on the Luftwaffe and the wider war effort.
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London
C.P. Cable
Royal Navy
Germany
Small Holiday Market Scarce After Snowfall
Snow halted a planned large market causing a sparse turnout. Turkeys led sales at 15c per pound, breeding live chickens at 75c each, dressed birds 45 to 60c, and eggs sold 25 to 45c per dozen.
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Exeter
Ajax
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Helena
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Aucknow
India
Gorakhpur
United Provinces
Santa Monica
Calif
Dougas Aircraft Company
British Air Minitcy
Exchange Tele- Grand
Maginot Line
Breman
Paris Bridge
Guy E
Rhoades Canadian Press
Poland
Rene Ristelhuebe
Scia
George Kiosseivanov
Kiotseivanov
Eeu Lee Pape Berbus
Niemoelles
J. F. Sanderson
Canadian Press
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