Finnish Troops Fight to Halt Red Army Surge
Finnish forces counter attacked in Karelia as Soviet troops push toward the eastern terminus of the Mannerheim line. Reports say Red fleet bombarded the southern coast while Finns claim coastal batteries repelled attacks and the line remains held.
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Henningfors
Karelan
Marinerheim Br
Finland
Mannerheim Line
Sakkola
Moulaa
Mudema
Lake of Death
Mannerheim
Kiviniemi
Perkjaervi
Viipuri
Gulf of Finland
Taipale
Lake Ladoga
Bakkola
Uusikurkko
Red
V. P. Nenonen
Tolua Lake
Salmi
Atlantic
Aaland Islands
Sweden
Russia
Red Army
Polish Fighting Force in France Plans Recruit Push
General Sikorski, premier of the Polish government in exile, aims to recruit 200,000 more soldiers from the United States and Canada. He expects a 75,000 strong force in France after three more divisions join the two formed, with each division about 15,000 men. The current Polish troops are mostly miners from northern France and Belgium.
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France
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Polish Legion
Germany
United States
Canada
North America
Belgium
Edmonton wartime skilled workers register nears nine hundred
Nearly 900 persons have registered in Alberta as skilled or semi skilled workers for employment in Canada's industrial effort under wartime conditions, said Mark W. Robertson, general superintendent in Alberta for the employment service of Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Mark W. Robertson
The
Employment Service of Canada
Russians Use Gas in Ladoga Battery Attack
The Finnish telegraphic agency reported Russia used asphyxiating gas in an attack on Finnish batteries north of Lake Ladoga. Eleven Finnish soldiers were killed by the gas released in shells.
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Helsingfors
Finnish Telegraphic Agency
Lake
Ladoga
Prisoners Reported Captured in Germany Berlin
Nazis claim capture of 450 to 500 French soldiers and about 40 French officers along with 25 British officers since the war began. All British prisoners and 14 French prisoners were used as flyers.
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Berlin
Ottawa restricts Dominion Housing Act loans to 4900 dollars
Finance Minister J L Ralston announced cap on Dominion Housing Act loans at $4 900 effective soon with no new loans for apartments and duplexes. Part three aid to meet municipal taxes will end on construction started after May 31 1940 for applications filed before Jan 1 1940. He framed housing limits as part of war effort. Home improvement loans to November total 3 054 worth 1 099 929 dollars, lifting cumulative loans 1936 1939 to 38 165 658 dollars.
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Ottawa
J. L. Ralston
Canada
Aid For British Evacuees Toronto Cables Praise
A cable from Mrs. Vincent Massey praises the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire for a magnificent clothing contribution to British evacuees. She reports bags arriving and being unpacked and notes the vast effort of NO.DE chapters across Canada whose donated clothing, valued at about $106,000, was transported at no charge by rail.
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Toronto
Vincent Massey
Canada
Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire
No.de
Wheat King Edmonton Wins Chicago Wheat Title Again
F Lloyd Rigby received a telegram from Prime Minister King after winning the wheat championship at the Chicago exposition for the second year. He declined an offer from G A Morris of Ogilvie Flour Mills to use their labs and will test the prize sample at the University of Alberta agricultural laboratories.
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Edmonton
King
F. Lloyd Rigby
Chicago
Rigby
G. A. Morris
Ogilvie Flour Mills Company, Limited
Montreal
Winnipeg
Morris
University of Alberta Agricultural Laboratories
Finnish campaign toll reported by Helsingfors press
The Copenhagen newspaper National Tidendes cites its Helsingfors correspondent estimating Soviet losses between 10 000 and 20 000 men killed wounded or captured in the Finnish campaign to date.
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Copenhagen
Helsingfors
National Tidendes
Premier Godbout Says Quebec Legislature to Open Feb 1
Premier Godbout announced the first session of Quebec's 21st legislature will likely open February 1. The move kicks off a new provincial term with expected political activity and policy outlines.
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Quebec
Godbout
Australia to form all male militia under compulsory system
Canberra reports the commonwealth government will retire all voluntary militia to the reserve by June 30 and create an all male force maintained at about 50 000. The 21 year olds have been called up with 18 19 22 and 23 year olds possible for conscription.
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Canberra
Two Aggressors Must Now Be Faced by Allies
Britain and France weigh a two front threat as Russia advances in Finland. The Allies fear Bolshevism and must confront both Germany and the Soviet drive westward. Reports claim massed Russian forces along Finland and Sweden while Finnish resistance challenges Soviet gains.
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London
Russia
Britain
France
Finland
Germany
Europe
England
Sweden
Norway
Stalin
Hitler
Popolo
Helsingfors
Copenhagen
Petsamo
Karelia
Lake Ladoga
Czech Workers Interred by Swiss After Rhine Escape
Three Czech workers aged 21 to 23 swam the Rhine from Schaffhausen to flee Germany and reach France to join the Czech legion. Swiss police fished them from the river and temporarily interned them.
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Berne
Rhine
Schaffhausen
Germany
France
Czech Legion
Canadian entries dominate the 21st international grain and hay show
William Rogers of Tap Pen British Columbia won the grand rye championship, the first for BC since 1933, as Canada captured eight total grand championships in Chicago. Alberta Saskatchewan Ontario and BC claimed top grains while Gerald Hessenauer and Garnett Knister won region crowns in corn. Edward Brothers at Watford Ontario sold eight of 13 Aberdeens Angus cattle with strong prices, rejecting a US bid of 7600 for a young bull after three firsts three seconds and three thirds in the prize ring.
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Chicago
Wiliam Rogers
Tappen
B.C
Canada
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Timothy
British Columbia
Gerald Hessenauer
Rodney
Ont
Garnett Knister
Ruscomb
Hessenauer
Knister
United States
Rogers’ Rye
Cecil Trowell
Saltcoats
Sask
Allied Blockade Threatens Romania's War Supplies
The British French blockade hampers Germany by cutting the Constanza Hamburg sea route used for Romanian oil and exports. Before the war 57 percent of Romanian shipments and 70 percent of exports to Germany moved via the Dardanelles and Gibraltar route. Germany faces limited options by rail and Danube barge, with unlikely recovery to sea shipment levels.
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Bucharest
Germany
Constanza-Hamburg
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
Straits of Gibraltar
Finland to buy 30 British fighting planes
The Press Association reports Finland will purchase 30 fighting planes in Great Britain with British approval. A source says Helsingfors will buy additional war materials, while Reuters notes 50 Italian planes have already been flown to Finland and delivered to its air force.
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Britain
Italy
London
Press Association
Finland
Great Britain
Helsingfors
Reuters
Allied Powers Gain Ground Against Nazi Sea Warfare
London reports Winston Churchill telling Parliament that Allied forces are reducing the Nazi underwater threat. He cites sinking several U boats weekly, rising neutral ship charters, and over 1,000 armed British merchant ships amid an embargo impact on German exports.
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London
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Adolf Hitler
Churchill
Britain
Germany
Hitler
North
South Atlantic
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
King George Visits Troops on the West Front
King George toured the British Expeditionary Force in France delivering morale notes from home. He praised airborne and infantry units, ordered a squadron to launch, and spoke with Royal Air Force pilots while observing trenches, artillery, and engineers. He ended at a nearby chateau once tied to Wellington amid ruins from past wars.
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King George
West Front
France
George
Viscount Gort
Royal Air Force
Britain
Chateau
Wellington
Conservation Plans Winnipeg Urges Water Authority
A Manitoba Associated Boards of Trade resolution calls for an interprovincial water authority to plan conservation and balanced development of prairie water resources. It would operate with Dominion and provincial governments and support a project to divert Cedar Lake waters toward Lake Winnipegosis to raise its level.
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Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba Associated Boards of Trade
Dominion
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Cedar Lake
Winnipegosis
Saskatchewan River
Women Pilots Tested in London Scheme to Fly RAF Planes
The air ministry announced recruitment of women to pilot RAF planes from factories to airports. Eight women flyers will test the scheme, with potential expansion. They will form a section of the air transport auxiliary under British Airways Ltd, with Pauline Gower directing administrative efforts. A selection board, including Miss Gower, tests applicants.
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London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Air Transport Auxiliary Service
British Airways Ltd
Pauline Gower
Robert Gower
M.P
Miss Gower
Allied cash reserves and neutral assets cited in war report
The Federal Reserve Board estimates Allied nations have about 4400000000 in readily marketable gold cash and securities to buy supplies in the United States, while Germany holds about 1606000000. Neutrals collectively possess roughly 800000000 in assets, with the Allied powers including the United Kingdom France Canada and other British and French territories.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Canada
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Wembley
Australia
E. S. Archibald
Dominion Experimental Farms
Agricultural Supplies Committee
Roumania
Prairies
Priirie
the Prairies
Regina Plains
R.A.F
Allied
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