Canada to Have Voice on Joint Munitions Board
Ottawa will gain direct representation on the munitions assignment boards in Washington and London as part of pooled UN war production. A joint production board possibly led by Lord Beaverbrook may be created, with Canada insisting on a say when matters affect the Dominion. Prime Minister Mackenzie King stressed Canada seeks representation when issues concern it, while avoiding overloading international war committees.
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Ottawa
Canada
Washington
London
Lord Beaverbrook
United States
United Nations
Pacific Council
Mackenzie King
King
House of Commons
Pacific
Australia
New Zealand
Netherlands
China
United Kingdom
Armed Guardsmen Placed on Great Lakes Freighters
Cleveland reporters note that armed coast guardsmen will be assigned on virtually all U S freighters moving through the Detroit St Clair St Marys rivers Lake St Clair and the Sault Ste Marie locks and harbors as a precaution against sabotage. About 300 freighters carry roughly 85 percent of the iron ore used in the United States.
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Cleveland
United States
Great Lakes
U.S
Detroit
St. Clair
St. Mary's
Lake St. Clair
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Upper Lakes
Bonus refused for 6000 superannuated civil servants
Ottawa reports that renewed applications for a cost of living bonus for about 6,000 pensioned civil servants have been definitively rejected by the government after months of requests and a final decision following representations by the Dominion Association of Superannuated Civil Servants. Berne reports indicate large numbers of workers, civilians, and prisoners in Germany are employed on railways to replace skilled workers called to military service.
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Ottawa
Dominion Association of
Berne
Germany
Bread Rations Reduced After Italian Cabinet Meet
London reports that after a three hour Italian cabinet session a reduction in bread rations was announced. The Rome broadcast notes the decision coming amid wartime shortages and civil morale concerns.
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London
Rome
Canada Praised as Arsenal for Allied War Effort
United Kingdom high commissioner in Canada Malcolm Mechonald described Canada as a key arsenal larder mint and manpower pool for the Allied war effort. He noted Canada’s production of munitions ships and food and its growing military strength while urging continued unified effort toward victory.
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London
Malcolm Mechonald
United Kingdom
Canada
Dominion
Britain
Nazis Plan Major Push on Crimea Front in 1942 Campaign
Allied sources report Hitler moving 100 fresh divisions into Russia for a spring offensive aimed at Crimea to secure rail links and oil routes. The plan envisages spearhead offensives around Orel to Sevastopol, with German forces potentially reaching 4.5 million in a broad 1942 campaign, while Soviet counteractions in Leningrad and Sevastopol continue.
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London
Hitler
Russia
Crimea
Caucasus
Orel
Sevastopol
Persia
Indian Ocean
Kursk
Kharkov
Tanganrog
Moscow
Leningrad
Smolensk
Vyazma
Kalinin
Tass
Germany
Black Sea
British Destroyer Delivered to Turkish Navy in Turkey
BBC broadcast heard by CBS reported a second destroyer built in Britain for Turkey arrived in Ankara area. The ship was handed over to Turkish authorities at Alexandretta, enhancing their naval fleet.
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New York
BBC
Ankara
Turkey
Britain
CBS
Alexandretta
Nazis Arrest Teachers in Occupied Norway
The Norwegian Telegraph Agency reports more than 1000 teachers arrested in German occupied Norway with detentions ongoing across the country amid the occupation efforts.
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London
Norwegian Telegraph Agency
Norway
Stop Hoarding Warns Wartime Prices Board Chairman
Toronto wartime prices and trade board will crack down on hoarders. Chairman Donald Gordon of Ottawa defines a hoarder as anyone who buys beyond immediate needs. He notes wartime shortages and possible simplifications in beer, cigarettes, and other goods.
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Toronto
Canada
Prices and Trade Board
Donald Gordon
Ottawa
Gordon
Public tips aid RCMP in sabotage hunt says commissioner
Commissioner S T Wood notes tips from the public help RCMP in anti sabotage work though many lead nowhere. He stresses willingness to pursue any promising lead, saying even one real lead justifies the effort.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
S. T. Wood
Two German Nurses Sentenced Over Hoarded Food
Berne reports the first two death sentences under Germanys strict food laws for two women who ran a children’s home. They were convicted of hoarding four tons of sugar candy and soap in a Berlin case.
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Berne
Switzerland
Officer Receives Distinguished Service Order for U-boat Kill
Commander T D Prentice of H MCS Chambly is awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his command that destroyed U 501. He is the senior officer of the Corvette Service, pictured on the deck of his ship.
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H.mcs. Chambly
T. D Prentice
Prentice
Corvette Service
Manitoba Legislature Backs Pension Increase to $25
The Manitoba legislature endorsed a recommendation from a special old age pensions committee to raise the Dominion old age pension from $20 to $25. The plan would keep current cost sharing with the federal government covering 75 percent and the province 25 percent.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Province
Casey Joins British War Cabinet as Middle East Minister
Richard G. Casey Australian minister at Washington is named to succeed Captain Lloyd Lyttelton as minister of state for the Middle East and join the British war cabinet. He will keep Cairo headquarters and coordinate measures for operations in the region. He is the first dominion statesman to take a war cabinet post. He is pictured with wife and children arriving in Washington in March 1940.
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Richard G. Casey
Washington
Lloyd Lyttelton
Middle East
London
Cairo
Casey
Guerilla Units Could Be Used To Strengthen Canada's Home Guard
Bert Levy of Windsor argues Canada and the United States should train guerrilla units to bolster home defense. Levy, author on guerrilla warfare, says such detachments drawn from First World War veterans would free thousands of regulars for overseas service. He cites collaboration with Thomas Wintringham and notes British home guard training aims to deter a second front invasion.
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Windsor
Ont
Canada
United States
Bert Levy
Levy
Thomas Wintringham
Osterley School
Britain
Call of Category B Men May Be Resumed
Ottawa and Winnipeg report calls for category B men under the National Resources Mobilization Act may restart. Several thousand men rejected as not meeting A standards could be recalled. Since 1940 about 120000 have been called, with 30 day and reserve service included, for home defence or possible overseas service. Manitoba Legislature Prorogues session opens December 9.
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Ottawa
National Resources Mobilization Act
Canada
Farm Workers Not Exempted From Service
Ottawa aims to postpone but not exempt essential farm workers under the new national selective service plan. Mitchell says mis interpretation exists and that March 23 1942 marks the effective date. Farm workers must respond to notices and may seek indefinite postponement if farming is essential, with postponement review by the national war service board.
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Ottawa
Mitchell
National War Service Board
Pressure on Vichy in London power plays and doubts
London observers say Vichy faces internal splits and external pressure as Laval and Darlan maneuver for influence. Germans seek a decisive shift toward collaboration while Petain weighs promises and independence, with risk of a strategic rupture or new government changes.
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London
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Petain
Marshal
Germany
Laval
Riem
France
United States
Madagascar
Admiral Darlan
Lava
Denmark Butter Ration Cut Sparks European Trade Impact
In Denmark the butter ration is cut by 10 percent, affecting domestic supply to consumers. The move comes as DenmarkShip export data shows more than half of the annual production, about 130000 tons, allocated to Germany, illustrating strained regional trade dynamics.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Germany
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