Canada halts further sale of rubber tires
Ottawa issued a surprise order by Munitions Minister Howe stopping sale of most new rubber pneumatic tires in Canada. The ban, effective immediately, excludes used, retreaded tires and tires on new vehicles, and targets all vehicle types. Enforcement is strict, with penalties for violations.
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Ottawa
Howe
Pacific
Malaya
Ceylon
Netherlands
Fast Indies
Canada
Alan H. Williamson
R. C. Berkinshaw
Wartime Industries Control Board
Williamson
Portugal
Defense Talks Washington Urge Pan American Unity
The United States urged 20 American republics to meet in Rio de Janeiro during the first week of January to discuss defence measures against the Axis. Cordell Hull proposed ministers convene to act in line with Pan American pledges, prompted by Chile and Japan’s Pacific aggression.
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Washington
United States
Cordell Hull
The
Pan-American Union
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Chile
Pacific
Japan
Recruiting Officers Busy Victoria
Recruiting officers in British Columbia are besieged by applicants to join the army said Lt Col H E Goodman district recruiting officer.
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Victoria
British Columbia
H. E Goodman
United States Allows Mexico to Move Troops Across
Washington authorizes Mexican forces to traverse U S territory to reinforce defense of lower California amid ongoing border tensions and regional security concerns.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Lower
California
Number In Custody Round-up Of Japanese By RCMP
RCMP Commissioner S T Wood reports an ongoing round up of Japanese nationals and Japanese Canadians. The effort includes naturalized Canadians and targets those deemed dangerous. Japanese language schools and newspapers remain closed. most Japanese clubs and boats are under watch with no radios found aboard.
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Ottawa
S. T. Wood
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canada
British Columbia
Col. Wood
Ottawa launches second Tribal class destroyer Athabascan
The Athabascan, second of six Tribal class destroyers for Canada, launched in the United Kingdom as Ottawa expands its two ocean war effort. When completed she will raise Canada’s destroyer count to 15 and bolster escort operations. Tribal class ships displace about 1,870 tons with 190 crew and armament of eight 4.7 inch guns, seven smaller guns, and four torpedo tubes.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Navy
United Kingdom
Naval Service Headquarters
Dominion
Canada
Percy W. Nelles
Naval Staff
Jane's Fighting Ships
Royal Navy
West Coast Defence Plans Joint Canada United States
Ottawa officials announce complete plans for Canadian and American coastal defence in the west. A government source says contingencies are prepared with naval military and air forces coordinating under integrated procedures. A single joint command is not deemed necessary, but could be formed in five minutes if needed. Japanese aggression in the Pacific is seen as not altering the overall coastal defence posture.
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Ottawa
North America
Pacific
War Credit Sought to Fund 1942 Expenditures
London reports the government will request a further credit of 1 billion pounds for war costs in the current year ending March 31 1942. The total war credits would rise to 4 billion pounds since March 21 1941. New York notes the American Export Lines’ New York to Lisbon service has ended, with Lisbon serving as a transit point for Americans and refugees.
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London
New York
Europe
New York-Lisbon
Lisbon
Argentina to Guard British Interests in Japan War
The Argentine will protect British and Canadian interests in Japan during the war. Switzerland is expected to act in occupied China. Reports from Ottawa indicate Argentina assumes duties amid global hostilities.
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Ottawa
Japan
Switzerland
China
Russians claim air superiority over Moscow area and front gains
British and Soviet reports say Moscow front air superiority favors the Red Army with Russian tanks outperforming German machines in snow. German casualties mount as the Soviets recapture villages and press advances in the south around Sevastopol, Kalinin, and other towns.
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Moscow
London
Moscow Front
Red Army
Soviet Counteroffensive Recaptures Orets and Crushes Germans
The Red Army reports recapture of Orets in the Orel sector south of Moscow and routs two German infantry divisions with 12,000 German casualties. Generals Kuznetsov and Levyashenko’s units claim 4,800 Nazis destroyed and 75 tanks captured in isolated fights. The Red Air Force says it destroyed 600 soldiers, 10 tanks, 67 trucks, and about 80 ammunition carts in one day. New Zealand mines coal and gold dominate output, accounting for nearly 90 percent of production value.
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Orets
Orel
Kuznetsov
Levyashenko
Red Air Force
Ontario Fire Equipment Offer Accepted for BC
Ontario forest service fire fighting gear valued at 500 000 to 750 000 dollars will bolster British Columbia's air raid defense. Premier Hepburn offered the equipment including mobile pumping sets hoses and attachments for a force of up to 10 000 men serving outlying areas where city fire brigades are delayed.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Ontario
Mackenzie
Ontario Forest Service
Hepburn
Ban on chrome nickel and copper finishes on vehicles
Munitions Minister Howe announced a prohibition on sparkling chrome and nickel plating for next year. An order by Motor Vehicles Controller J H Berry, approved by wartime industries board chair R C Berkinshaw, bans any metal finish or body trim containing copper nickel chrome or aluminum in passenger cars and trucks.
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Ottawa
Howe
J. H. Berry
R. C. Berkinshaw
Wartime Industries Control Board
Canada widens air raid zones coast to coast
Ottawa announced an expanded scope of air raid precautions after a joint staff review. The entire Atlantic coast south of Labrador and the Pacific coast south of Alaska are now designated at risk, with Vancouver and Prince Rupert key railheads. Additional centers in Nova Scotia Cape Breton Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Quebec Ontario and coastal British Columbia will organize air raid precautions as supplies permit.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie
Joint Staff Committee
Three
Defence Services
Atlantic
Labrador
Pacific
Alaska
Vancouver
Prince Rupert
Vancouver Island
Royal Canadian Navy
Esquimalt
Victoria
Royal Canadian Air Force
Patricia Bay
Canadian
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Island
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Quebec
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Ontario
Sault Ste. Marie
British Columbia
Nanaimo
Alberni
Admiral Layton Leads Far East Battle Fleet
Rear-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton took temporary command of Britain's Far East fleet after Admiral Sir Tom Phillips and Capt. John Leach were missing. Survivors from the Prince of Wales and Repulse, including 130 officers and 2,220 men, reached Singapore. British losses were the Prince of Wales with 110 officers and 1,515 ratings and Repulse with 60 officers and 1,240 ratings.
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Singapore
Geoffrey Layton
Britain
Far East
Tom Phillips
Prince of Wales
China Sea
Repulse
John Leach
W. G. Tennant
L. H. Bell
Naval Bastion
Malay Peninsula
Knudsen urges work or fight plan to boost bomber output
William S. Knudsen, head of the U S Office of Production Management, backed a work or fight policy and pushed heavy four engine bomber production to 1,000 a month. He called for a 68 hour seven day week across five key industries and urged inland bomber plant construction for protection from Axis raids.
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Washington
William S. Knudsen
United States Office of Production Management
O.P.M
Roosevelt
Knudsen
War industries expect half of Canadian labor by 1942
London Ontario interview with T H Scott, field representative of the provincial war emergency training program, predicts by spring 1942 about 50 percent of Canadian war industry personnel will be women workers, up from an estimated 12 percent now.
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London
Ont
T. H. Scott
Japan detains 1270 foreign nationals since war outbreak
The home ministry reported that 1270 British and United States nationals Canadians and Australians have been taken into custody across Japan since the war began.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
Home Ministry
United States
Japan
Identification buttons issued to New York Chinatown Chinese
Five thousand Chinese in New York City's Chinatown received identification buttons to distinguish them from Japanese. Reports said many Chinese mistaken for Japanese had been mishandled.
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New York
Chinatown
Pacific Bases London Declares Aid for Allies in Pacific
A British authority stated that all bases and facilities they can afford will be available for allies in the Pacific theater, signaling full logistical support for allied operations.
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London
Pacific
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