Reprisal Threat Seen Unchanged By Troop Moves Across Front
Multiple World War II era dispatches report no immediate German aggression despite troop massing near French lines. Reconnaissance patrols and artillery checks persist, with light front action. Royal Air Force flights over northwest Germany noted.
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Paris
Apach
Chisinau
Rumania
Carol
Russia
Bessarabia
London
Great Britain
Sweden
Finland
Royal Air Force
Germany
Frisian
Ventnor
Isle of Wight
Berlin
Shetland Islands
CANTEEN FUND SCANDAL IN REGINA
Regina faces a judicial commission to probe the Sas katchewan canteen fund used to aid Nevde soldiers. Attorney General Fstey announces the panel to be led by Donald MacLean of the court of King's bench amid coroner findings that Captain A F White died of self inflicted poisoning after theft charges. The report notes related wartime happenings including U boat sinks and troop movements.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Fstey
Thce
Donald MacLean
Court of King’s Bench
A. F. White
Speed Schooling Young Airmen for Empire Plan
Ottawa reports Canada’s air force expanding rapidly as the Royal Canadian Air Force scales up under the Empire air training scheme. Planes from Bristol Bolingbroke to Hudson bombers, Lysander scouts, and Hawker Hurricane fighters reinforce training in Borden and Trenton, with 8,000 personnel and 28 week training phases.
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Ottawa
Canada
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Europe
Mackenzie King
Ombers
Quebec
Bristol-Bolingbroke
Toronto
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Sh. CG. A. S
Reconnaisance
Oxford
Harvard
England
United States
Lockheed
Ince
Camp Borden
Trenton
Furance
Taft Outlines Five Steps to Balance Budget
Senator Robert A. Taft, speaking before the Chicago Bar Association, proposed a five point plan to balance the US budget within two years at about 7 billion dollars. He urged presidential resolve, bureau eliminations, reorganizing agencies, reforming relief and loans, cutting local works and subsidies, and strict scrutiny of military costs. A Renfrew merchant Daniel Hubert Mc Andrew, a pioneer in industry, died recently.
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Chicago
A.P
Roosevelt
Robert A. Taft
United States
Ohio
Chicago Bar Association
Taft
Army
Navy
Renfrew
Daniel Hubert McAndrew
Divorce Applications Not Reduced At Ottawa
A Canadian Senate task on divorce applications will not be lighter this year. By Jan 6, 35 applications had been filed, all from Quebec, with expectations of a sharp rise before Parliament meets Jan 25. Last session saw 62 applications but many came too late for action. 48 divorces were granted, and in 1938 there were 88 applications with 85 granted.
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Canadian Senate
Quebec
Senator King drafts Finland loan bill for $25 million
Utah Democrat Senator William King said he drafted legislation to extend an unqualified Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan of 25 million dollars to Finland.
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Washington
William King
Utah
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Finland
Germans Reach Sucha River and Mines Strike Near Bosporus
Entries for January 6 1915 report German forces advancing to the Sucha river west of the Vistula and the Turkish cruiser Goeben taking serious damage from two Russian mines near the Bosporus. On January 7 1915 British steamer 1 Freda was sunk by a mine off Scarborough. German counter offensives began in Argonne and Alsace on the western front.
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Chamberlain
South America
Tacoma
Admiral Graf Spee
Britain
Atlantic
France
Red Army
Moscow
Poland
Sucha River
Vistula
Goeben
Bosporus
Freda
Scarborough
English
Argonne
Alsace
Canada’s Tourist Trade Recovery Gains Pace
Ottawa reports Canada’s tourist trade shows improvement after wartime dip. U S visitors and cars dropped in autumn 1939 versus 1938, with November only modestly lower and December expected to improve. Bureau cites wartime neutrality fears and German propaganda as factors.
Trade Treaty Between Russia and Bulgaria Signed
MOSCOW January six AP reports Soviet Russia and Bulgaria concluded a three year trade and navigation treaty. Tass announced reciprocal most favored nation status and a substantial extension of trade. Russia will import hogs rice hides tobacco and crude oil from Bulgaria while Bulgaria will export agricultural machinery ferrous metals oil products fertilizers chemicals cellulose and cotton to Russia.
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Moscow
Sovie
Russia
Bulgaria
Tass
Tars
Ultra Vires Ruling Strikes Down Alberta Debt Act Sections
Calgary court declares parts of the Alberta Debt Adjustment Act invalid for restricting collection on promissory notes and bills of exchange. The Atlas Lumber Co suits for $1,000 on a pre July 1 1936 note. Justice A F Ewing cites Dominion jurisdiction under the British North America Act and the federal Bills of Exchange Act.
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Calgary
A. F. Ewing
Alberta Supreme Court
Debt Adjustment Board
Justice Ewing
Justice Taschereau
Supreme Court of Canada
Dominion
Atlas Lumber Company, Ltd
Jackson named for Attorney General post
President Roosevelt nominated Robert Jackson to be United States Attorney General. The Senate judiciary sub committee approved the nomination in under five minutes, still awaiting full Senate confirmation.
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Washington
C.P
Roosevelt
Robert. Jackson
United States
Senate Judiciary
Itt
Senate
Assassins Fire On British Official In Shanghai
In Shanghai, C. Godfrey Philips, commissioner-general and secretary of the Shanghai municipal council and a Briton, escaped injury when two assailants fired six bullets at his car on Avenue Haig in the French concession. The shooting occurred after anti foreign posters appeared near the international settlement. Philips, a Gloucestershire native, had been in Shanghai since 1924.
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Shanghai
C. Godfrrey Philips
Greater Shangha
Nse
Greater Shanghai
Ce International Settlement
Gloucestershire
England
Phillips
Large War Equipment Orders From Dominion In January Totals
Ottawa reports War Supplies Board orders in the week ending Jan 2 reached 1,299,733 across 529 contracts. Foodstuffs totaled 315,163 marine gear 234,511 and aircraft supplies 188,579. Other items include Esquimalt B C lumber material 8,985 and Vancouver clothing 7,160.
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Ottawa
An. 6
C.P
Esquimalt
B.C
Vancouver
Jones Tent and Awning Ltd
Army Huts campaign in Edmonton surpasses goal
The Canadian Army Huts campaign led by the Knights of Columbus in Edmonton exceeded its $3,000 objective and may reach $5,000 with late returns. Henry J. Roche, general chairman, announced the potential total yesterday evening.
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Edmonton
C.P
Knights of Columbus of
Henry J. Roche
China approves a new central government policy
Domei reports the China Affairs Board approved a fundamental policy for establishing a new central government in China. The decision followed a meeting of high military leaders yesterday.
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Tokyo
C.P
Britain stunned by Hore-Belisha retirement shocking cabinet shakeup
London reports outline the resignation of Leslie Hore-Belisha as War Secretary and a broader cabinet reshuffle. The incident sparks questions from the Birmingham Gazette and publics expect a Commons inquiry into the unexplained move with officials noting shifts in the war ministry.
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London
United Kingdom
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Birmingham ‘Gazette
House
Commons
France
Hore-Belisha
Chamberlain
Ministry of Transport
Oliver Stanley
War Office
Lord MacMillan
Ir. Stanley
Belisha
Britain
Stanley
Whitehall
Mr. Stanley
Canadians May Send Gift Food to United Kingdom
Ottawa officials state Canadians may ship small gift food items to relatives or friends in Britain without British Food Ministry oversight. Quantities above the gift threshold will be reviewed under rationed commodity rules.
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Ottawa
C.P
United Kingdom
British Food Ministry
Trade and Commerce Department
Canadian Troops Mock British Press On Debarkation Descriptions
Canadian troops at Aldershot read clippings from UK papers about their arrival and disembarkation. Descriptions ranged from exoticist "Maginot Mohicans" to mocking remarks about uniforms and rifles, prompting quiet amusement among the first division.
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Gillis Purcell
Aldershot
England
C.P. Cable
United Kingdom
Canada House
London
Sheffield Telegraph
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Andrew Duncan
John Reith
Sanderingham
Air Ministry
B.E.F
Mr. Chamberlain
Nova Scotia
Lunenberg
N.S
Gimli
Man
Glasgow Evening News
Maginot Mohicans
Lord Haw Haw
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