CBC Allocates Free National Political Broadcast Time
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation outlined an agreement granting 124 hours of free network time for four major parties Liberal Conservative CCF Social Credit during the coming election campaign. Allocation favors Liberal six and a half hours, Conservative forty four, CCF thirty four, and Social Credit one plus hours, with rules for new parties and paid local broadcasts.
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Ottawa
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBC
Partes
Liberal
Conservative Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Social Credit
CEC
Lotsa
Liberals
Conservatives
CCF
Canadian Association of Broadcasters
CAB
Toronto
Montreal
Should Join Forces for Finland Fight Against Bolshevism
Former Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany urged Germany Britain and France to stop fighting and join Finland against Soviet Russia in a letter mailed Jan 16 from Doorn Holland. He praised the Finns for bolstering peace and urged a united stand to rid the world of Bolshevism.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
New York
Poultney Bigelow
Great Britain
France
Finland
Soviet Russia
Bigelow
Wilhelm
Doorn
Holland
Colchester Artist Grinds Own War Flour at Home
A J Munn, Royal Academy of Art member, dismisses government wartime flour standards and grinds flour at home with a coffee grinder style machine kept on the kitchen table.
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Colchester
Essex
A. J. Munnings
Royal Academy of Art
South Africa Defends Emergency Powers Amid Hertzog Campaign
Prime Minister Smuts defended the emergency powers bill in the assembly and rejected comparisons to Canada's elections. Opposition suggests Smuts should go to the people, while Madeley calls any peace with Nazis unthinkable. The debate centers on Hertzog's campaign for a separate peace and SA’s wartime stance.
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Cape Town
Smuts
Canada
South Africa
King
Hertzog
W. B. Madeley
Casualty List Reveals Early War Losses for Britain
The war office in London released its first casualty list showing 14 British soldiers killed or wounded on the Western Front since the war began. The Leicestershire regiment bore the heaviest losses with three killed and 11 wounded. One woman nurse, E F Davidson of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service, is listed among the non belligerent deaths. War Secretary Stanley notes most deaths stem from accidents and disease, with road accidents surpassing disease in toll.
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London
Germany
War Office
Leicestershire Regiment
E. F. Davidson
Queen Alexandria
Imperial Nursing Service
Stanley
Hungary Will Not Relinquish Transylvania Claims
Foreign Minister Stephen Csaky told the parliamentary foreign affairs committee Hungary will not abandon its claims to Transylvania. He described Hungary's stance as firm but not provoking trouble, urging Romania to settle the matter amicably to win support. Transylvania, once part of Hungary, was ceded to Romania after World War I.
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Budapest
Stephen Csaky
Hungary
Foreign Affairs Committee
Csaky
Roumania
Transylvania
Ajax Returns Home to Plymouth After Two Years Abroad
The Ajax, cruiser part of the convoy that chased the Graf Spee to Montevideo, arrives in Plymouth. The commander-in-chief notes the citizens will welcome her. The Board of Admiralty extends hearty congratulations on a safe return after two years abroad and an action against the enemy, hoping for well-earned leave.
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Plymouth
England
Ajax
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Board of Admiralty
H.M.S. Ajax
Air Training Plan for Dominion Schools and Instructors
A staff of 40 000 is being assembled under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan to man air schools across the Dominion and about 10 000 will be flying instructors. Hundreds of competent fliers have been enlisted from flying schools and commercial companies to assist regular RCAF instructors in teaching young Canadians to handle a military plane.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Royal Canadian Air Force
Finnish Army Repels Russian Assault Near Rovaniemi and Ladoga
Finnish forces claim success against Soviet air and ground attacks in northern Finland. Reports describe a two hour raid on Rovaniemi with civilian casualties and a failed push against the Isle of Mantsi fortress, while observers cite encirclements and repulsed Red Army advances along the Ladoga front.
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Helsingfors
Rovaniemi
Lake Ladoga
Pitkaranta
Siberia
Finland
Isle of Mantsi
Lake Front
Kitela
Hugo Deesterman
German Sub Destroyed In North Atlantic
The 5062 ton British steamship Vaclite was sunk in a German submarine convoy attack. A British flying boat later destroyed the submarine, a claim from a Prime Minister Chamberlain speech.
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London
Vaclite
Chamberlain
Finnish army seeks Canadian airmen for northern work
The Finnish army reportedly seeks experienced Canadian bush flyers for northern flying duties. No official statement exists from the Finnish consulate, and no enlistments in Canada are planned. Eligible applicants would receive rail fare to New York and then passage to Finland if they meet requirements. Until enlistment, they would have no binding commitment.
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Toronto
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canada
New York
Finland
Chamberlain drops plan for economics minister post
Prime Minister Chamberlain will not appoint a cabinet minister to supervise the economic side of the national war effort. A Commons debate on February 12 will consider the Labor resolution urging creation of an economics minister.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Labor Party
Generous Donation From King and Queen to Relief Committee
The King and Queen fund a relief effort for Anglo-Turkish aid sending about 110 tons of clothing and two tons of medical supplies to Turkey through the relief committee.
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London
Turkey
Duty Free Admission for Canadian Service Gifts
Postmaster General Power announced agreements with the British government to admit gifts sent to members of the Canadian Active Service Force and Canadians serving in British units into the United Kingdom free of duty. Parcels for British troops in France posted by private individuals will also be duty free. Previously the arrangement covered only Christmas parcels.
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Ottawa
Cc. G. Power
United Kingdom
France
Royal Mint Ottawa reports large cent production in 1939
The Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa released a report showing more than 21.46 million one-cent pieces were issued in 1939. The total coin value reached $3,329,632 with 1,220,732 dollars, 288,000 halves, 3,469,600 quarters, 5,619,000 dimes, 6,420,000 nickels, and 21,460,000 pennies minted.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mint
Mint
Unity of the Empire Stressed at Gathering
London officials and Canadian officers praised Dominion loyalty as Major-General A G L McNaughton addressed a Canadian club luncheon. Anthony Eden Oliver Stanley and other British leaders lauded Canada for standing with Britain and France, noting the first division’s elite training and wartime record.
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London
A. G. L. McNaughton
Canadian Active Service Force
Europe
France
Canada
United Kingdom
Dominions
Anthony Eden
Empire
Oliver Stanley
McNaughton
C.A.S.F
Stanley
Lord Mottistone
Earl of Bessborough
R. B. Bennett
Vincent Massey
Edmund Ironside
Duke of Devonshire
Duke of Connaught
Ypres
Vimy
Passchendaele
Camberley
Quetta
Britain Ready to Meet Enemy Air Attacks
An information aviation source says Britain’s air defense leaders rush spring readiness as weather and daylight increase. The Defiant fighter could sweep with bombers, while Germany develops the JU 88 long-range bomber. RAF boosts with two seater Defiant and more US aircraft to augment Allied air power.
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Britain
London
Germany
Junkers
Royal Air Force
United States
British Ship Highwave Attacked by German Plane Off British Coast
Nineteen survivors from the 1178 ton British steamship Highwave tell how a German plane dropped twenty bombs in four passes before a direct hit sank her off the British coast. Two crewmen were wounded, all hands were rescued, and witnesses aboard the Dutch motorship Rian report the blasts lifting their vessel.
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Flushing
Netherlands
Military Plane Shipped From Canada to Britain
President Victor M. Drury of Canadian Car and Foundry Co. says Canada built and shipped the first British government military plane, a Hurricane, from Fort William to Great Britain. Work will continue at full speed to fill Britain's order. extent and value not disclosed.
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Montreal
Canada
Great Britain
Victor M. Drury
Canadian Car and Foundry Co
Fort William
London War Cabinet Ministers Sleep in Departments
Article notes that Whitehall in London has become a vast dormitory for wartime ministers. Leading ministers of the war cabinet sleep in their departments or nearby and are available at any time, reflecting the immediacy of government during conflict.
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London
Eng
Whitehall
Parliament Hill
Ottawa
Government Funds Stabilize British Food Costs
Sir John Simon told the House of Commons the government spends about 4.45 million dollars weekly to keep basic food prices reasonable and curb inflation.
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London
John Simon
House of Commons
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