Canada Plans Auto Production Shutdown In War Ration Move
Ottawa reports drastic curtailment of automobile and light truck output with a target to end manufacture by March 31. R C Berkinshaw, wartime industries controller, says details are being worked out to keep essential transport and hints at soon instituting auto rationing. Washington bans new car sales pending a national rationing system.
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Ottawa
Canada
R. C Berkinshaw
Wartime Industries Control Board
Berkinshaw
Washington
United States
New Zealand General Narrowly Escapes German Offensive
Major General Bernard Freyberg, commander of the New Zealand forces, directed operations as German tanks closed to 200 yards and opened fire. His car was hit by machine gun fire while his headquarters, alongside Grew, faced the Axis thrust.
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Auckland
Bernard Freyburg
New Zealand
Freyburg
Grew
Bruening Warns of Disintegration in Nazi Production
Heinrich Bruening former German chancellor and Harvard public administration professor told the American Political Science Association that Germany is experiencing a slow disintegration in its Nazi production program. He attributed this to the army general staff's control over the economy, especially armament industries.
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New York
Heinrich Bruening
German Republic
Harvard
Germany
Bruening
American Political Science Association
Manion Named Director of New A R P Forces
Ottawa Pensions Minister MacKenzie announced on radio that Col R J Manion former Conservative leader has been named director of civil air raid precautions as part of expanding the federal air raid precautions organization.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie
R. J. Manion
Conservative Party
Soviet British Accord Promises Unity In Anti Axis Strategy
The Moscow press hails a Soviet British accord on anti Axis strategy with Eden’s visit boosting unity against Hitler. It cites US entry as essential and stresses shared aims to defeat the Nazi regime and prevent renewed German aggression.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Britain
Russia
Eden
Kremlin
Hitler
United States
Salvage Drive Narrows License Plate Recycling
Ottawa authorities urge cooperation with local salvage teams to dispose of discarded license plates. Some provinces collect 1941 plates for 1942 issues while Manitoba grants new plates only after surrendering old ones. Federal salvage officials note demand for pressed steel is regionally limited and requires a hydraulic press.
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Ottawa
Lcense
Manitoba
Gandhi Relieved of Leadership of All-India Congress Party
Mohandas K Gandhi relinquished his leadership of the All-India Congress Party at his request. He will continue to oppose violence and maintain non violent civil disobedience while seeking freedom to speak against wars. The move signals possible cooperation with Britain during wartime and hints at a coalition government after the war.
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All-India Congress
Mohandas Gandhi
Bardoli
India
Mohandas K Gandhi
All-Indian Congress Party
Gandhi
Congress
Britain
Roofspotters Club to pay watchers in Sydney district
Property owners in Sydney create the Roofspotters Club to hire watchers at 15 shillings weekly to guard a congested downtown area. Spotters operate from four key buildings, with the club covering salaries and expenses.
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Sydney
Australia
Roofspotters
Ottawa Talks Between Sir Charles Wilson and Federal Medical Authorities
Sir Charles Wilson president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons conferred with federal government medical authorities in Ottawa on war conditions and medicine. Wilson arrived with Prime Minister Churchill for the discussions.
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Ottawa
Charles Wilson
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
Charles
Churchill
Fate of Eiffel Tower in Paris Scrapped or Saved
Despatches from Vichy report a French committee appointed to organize a national scrap metal collection may decide the fate of the Eiffel Tower. Henri Bordeau, a French academy member, urged removal claiming the tower ruins Parisian architectural harmony and aesthetic taste.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Vichy
Henri Bordeau
French Academy
New Zealand Mobilizes Full Territorial Force and Reserves
New Zealand calls up the entire unmobilized territorial force and mobilizes the national military reserve. Former World War I soldiers and all men eligible for expeditionary force reinforcement are mobilized.
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Auckland
New Zealand
National Military Reserve
RAF Leader Directs Warship Shielding Norway Landings
The Air Ministry News Service reports a Royal Air Force squadron leader on a warship bridge directed long range fighters including Canadians and Blenheims to protect the Commando landing force in Norway. The New Zealand pilot attached to a Royal Canadian Air Force squadron communicated with fighters by radio telephone.
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London
German Air Force Weakened by Russian Campaign and Libya Losses
Aviation observers estimate the German air force has dropped to about 65 percent of its peak strength amid major losses in Russia and Libya. They say pilots are tired and some aircraft categories are scarce, with a new production ban on non mass generated planes signaling potential strategic shifts as British patrols over France note a lull. The RAF reports 39 Axis airdromes occupied in Libya as Rommel receives gasoline from Greece by air.
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London
Russia
Britain
Middle East
Hitler
Libya
France
Sicily
Peloponnesus
North Africa
Mediterranean
Air Ministry
Derna
Erwin Rommel
Greece
R.A.F
Trans-Canada Air Lines outlines wartime expansion plans
President H J Symington reports a 1941 traffic surge for Trans-Canada Air Lines with daily miles rising from 15 000 to over 19 000. The airline plans Newfoundland and Alaska service as aircraft become available, while expanding aircraft overhaul and en route servicing for military use and boosting mail and passenger volumes.
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Symington
T.C.A
Newfoundland
Alaska
Dominion
Federal Department of Transport
Royal Canadian Air Force
Toronto
Department of Munitions and Supply
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Air Express
British and Chinese Officers Escape from Hong Kong Mission
A party of British and Chinese officers led by one legged Cantonese admiral Chan Chak escaped Hong Kong on Christmas day in motor torpedo boats. They fought through the Japanese blockade. one boat was sunk with 16 lost. Admiral Chan Chak was wounded and swam ashore. survivors include D. M. MacDouglas and two British lieutenant commanders and two RAF wing commanders. The party is now in Kwangtung province.
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Chungking
China
Chan Chak
Hong Kong
D. M. MacDouglas
Ministry of Information
Royal Air Force
Kwangtung Province
German Army Clothing Shortage Across Wartime
Reuters dispatch from Stockholm says Germany mobs fashion supply scarcities as tailors and dressmakers work around the clock to remake surrendered apparel for the army. Fur coats hats woollen jumpers gloves and underwear are collected nationwide in Germany per Berlin correspondent.
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Germany
London
Reuters
Stockholm
Berlin
House of Commons backs US war effort and Ulster kin
The House of Commons adopted a resolution of sympathy with the United States after the Japanese attack and pledged utmost support in the Britain United States war effort. It thanked the United States for past aid and noted one million Ulster kin among US citizens.
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United States
Belfast
Northern Ireland
House of Commons
Britain
U.S
Navy intercepts 46 blockade runners to unoccupied France
London report says in 1941 the Royal Navy intercepted 46 vessels attempting to run the blockade of unoccupied France. An official from the Ministry of Economic Warfare noted that ships reaching France via Marseille in the Mediterranean formed almost the sole leak in the blockade.
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London
Royal Navy
France
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Mediterranean
Marseille
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Defence of Canada
Roofspotters’ Club
Christopher E. Eberts
St. Pierre and Migulon
Kenneth Stuart
Maurice A. Pope
Ralph B. Gibson
Queen's Own Rifles
Coast Artillery
Trans-Canada Air Lines
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