Grim Italian disaster in desert war reported by British press
The British press reports a crushing defeat of Italian forces in Egypt with Gaziani’s divisions largely destroyed at Sidi Barrani. Rome faces rising prisoner tallies and uncertain morale as Italy’s campaign collapses, signaling a potential turning point in the war and challenge to Mussolini’s grip.
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London
Italy
Egypt
Rome
Dinister
Maly
Cairo
Churchill
Marshal Grazianis
Grazianis
Sidi Barran
Suez Canal
Africa
Britain
Mediterranean
Sidi Barrani
Graziani
Albania
Mussolini
Hitler
Submarine Threat Prompts Shore Based Air Command Shift
Britain moves to strengthen coastal air power in the western approaches by expanding admiralty control over coastal command and adding planes. Prime Minister Churchill opposed splitting the service from the Royal Air Force while noting the coast command must play a larger role in trade protection and convoy escort. The Evening Standard backs greater naval control, citing fleet air arm success and arguing the admiralty should direct all means to bring ships home.
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London
Britain
Admiralty
Royal Air Force
Coastal Command
Churchill
House of Commons
FAF
Air Officer Commanding
The
House
FLA
A. Houpkinson
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Navy
Hopkinson
Standard
Fleet Air Arm
Advisory Board Formed Ottawa War Funds Appeals
The National War Services Department announced the formation of the National War Services Advisory Board to control appeals for voluntary war work funds. Led by C. L. Burton of Toronto, the board includes a provincial representative and five voluntary war service groups, requires audited expenditure statements, checks requested public amounts and proposed uses, and regulates appeal dates.
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Ottawa
National War Services Department
National War Services Advisory Board
C. L. Burton
Toronto
Voluntary War Service
Publc
Axis says British Egypt success and Greek victory are mere episodes
Nazi spokesmen downplay Allied gains in Egypt and Greece noting they are exaggerated tragedies. They insist the Axis military and economic course remains absolutely uninfluenced by these episodes as stated by Shey.
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Berlin
Egypt
Albania
Shey
Kent Village Uses Caves for Natural Air Raid Shelters
Inhabitants of a Kent village rely on nearby famous caves as natural air raid shelters for protection during air raids. The community gathers at these caverns located in the neighborhood for safety and drills.
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Kent
German Freighter Rhein Sunk Off Cuban Coast
The U S Navy reports the German freighter Rhein, which left Tampico on November 29 to run the British blockade, is in the hands of Dutch destroyer Van Kinsbergen off Cuba. Crew scuttled the ship before abandoning. Earlier reports said a Netherlands warship intercepted Rhein and fire was seen aboard.
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Washington
United States Navy Department
Tampico
Mexico
van Kinsbergen
Navy
Idarwald
Phrygia
Alberta awards scholarship to wheat king Francis Rigby
Premier Aberhart announced a scholarship valued at 864 dollars to Francis Lloyd Rigby the 22 year old world wheat king from Wembley Alberta. Rigby won the world wheat crown at the International Hay and Grain Show in Chicago in 1938 1939 and 1940 and is a student in agriculture at the University of Alberta.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Francis Lloyd Rigby
Wembley
Alta
University of Alberta
Aberhart
Young Rigby
Chicago
Rigby
Rhodesia EMPIRE air training scheme to train 2380 pilots crew
Rhodesia Salisbury will supply 1 800 pilots 240 air observers and 340 air gunners a year when the Empire training scheme section starts operating mid next year.
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Salisbury
Southern Rhodesia
Honor Roll for War Savings Certificates Established
The war savings committee sets an honor roll for firms and employees with high regular purchases of war savings certificates. Four quarterly awards are bronze silver and gold seals based on 75 percent or more participation. First awards come early next year.
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Ottawa
The
War Savings Committee
British wins in Egypt ease Balkan tensions and shift war map
Britain's offensive in Egypt drives Italians from Sidi Barrani and reshapes Mediterranean strategy from Gibraltar to Suez. Neutrals like Turkey Bulgaria and Yugoslavia show stronger anti axis stances while Franco hesitates to join the axis, and Graziani's forces strain fuel and munitions as supply routes shrink under the British sea blockade.
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Egypt
Sidi Barrani
Gibraltar
Suez Canal
Balkan
Turkey
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Berlin
Franco
Albania
Marshal Graziani
Britain
Saguenay Torpedo Incident Linked to U Boat Hit
A Daily Herald naval correspondent aboard another destroyer reports the Saguenay was torpedoed after sailing with the convoy. He notes a possible U-boat hit by a Saguenay gunfire and details rescue of 18 wounded sailors while repairs start at sea.
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London
Saguenay
A. J. McWhinnie
Daily Herald
McWhinnie
Atlantic
Manitoba tax receipts to fall under Garson forecast
Provincial Treasurer Stuart Garson told the legislature that higher Dominion war spending would cut Manitoba income tax revenues by as much as 250000 to 300000 dollars next year. He noted that federal income tax paid by Manitoba residents is exempt from the provincial tax.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Stuart Garson
Garson
House
Butter Stocks Down in Canada as of December First
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports Canadian butter in cold storage and dairy factories at 41,768,020 pounds on December 1, down from 49,429,463 a year earlier, a drop of about 15.5 percent. Wartime Prices and Trade Board officials will study the figures for signs of a possible shortage and consider price measures if needed.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prices and Trade Board
Britain grants $44.5 million aid to Chiang Kai-shek government
Great Britain announces financial aid totaling 44.5 million dollars to Chiang Kai-shek's government. Under Secretary Richard Butler told the House of Commons the funds will be split into credits for China within the sterling bloc and a contribution to the Chinese stabilization fund to bolster financial stability.
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Britain
Chiang Kai-Shek
London
Great Britain
Richard Butler
House of Commons
China
Dominions urged to sacrifice for war effort
Lord Stamp appeals Canada and other dominions to tighten belts and cut home consumption to boost production for the war. He stresses abstinence in food clothing and recreation as essential to save ships and dollars and urges empire citizens to vie in self denial as a wartime duty.
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Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
Eng
Canada
Dominions
Lord Stamp
United Kingdom
Britain
United States
Fascists Explain Cause of Debacle on Greek Front
Rome dispatch reports Il Regime Fascista editor Roberto Farinacci claiming Marshal Pietro Badoglio opposed the Greek campaign and needed more divisions. Farinacci accuses a silent high command and defends government war spending while warning against British propaganda and morale attacks. Adelchi Serena meets former Fascist action squad leaders as Virginio Gayda denounces foreign broadcasts.
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Rome
Roberto Farinacci
Il Regime Fascista
Pietro Badoglio
Greece
Italy
Adelchi Serena
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
Il Giornale d'Italia
Training of Netherlands Troops to Begin in Stratford
Ottawa reports Netherlands soldiers recruited in Canada will train in Stratford starting Jan. 15 for six weeks then sail to England to join the Netherlands army. Col. G. J. Sas says the force aims to restore order in the homeland after Nazi collapse and to staff key Dutch cities.
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Ottawa
Netherlands
Canada
Alles
Col
G. J. Sas
Stratford
Ont
England
Sas
Holland
Great Britain
Lady Tweedamuir Visits Red Cross Parcel Packing
Lady Tweedamuir representing the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire observed Canadian Red Cross headquarters as 20 Christmas parcels were packed for Canadian prisoners in Germany lacking next of kin in the United Kingdom. Most recipients are airmen.
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London
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Rhodesia
Balkans
Air Commodore
G. C. Johnson
Air Council
Saguenay Encounter
George Miles
H.M.C.S. Saguenay
Fuehrer
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Florence
Axis
Farinacci
Fascista
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