Britain needs more destroyers for convoy duty
London says Britain requires additional United States destroyers for convoy escort and anti submarine patrols on trans Atlantic routes. An informant argues US aid should focus on destroyer production and cargo ship replacements amid discussions of a US Britain naval accord to shift routes and free British ships for Atlantic service.
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London
Britain
United States
Viscount Halifax
Washington
Eire Faces Food Shortage Warning From Minister Ryan
Agriculture Minister James Ryan warned Dublin that Ireland's food supply faces a sharp shortage and urged domestic production to fill gaps. He claimed power to seize farms not expanding tillage by 20 percent and set a February target for more arable land.
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Dublin
Eire
James Ryan
Ryan
Churchill urges Turkey to values friendship in hard times
Prime Minister Churchill sent a New Year message to Turkey praising the unwavering friendship of Turkey during grievous trials. He notes months when even Britain’s best friends doubted them, but asserts that few Brits share such doubts now.
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Istanbul
Churchill
Great Britain
Turkey
Britain
Italy's War Costs Rise for Lictor Fortifications
The official Gazette reports higher costs for Italy's Lictor frontier forts facing France Switzerland and Germany. A decree authorizes the war office to pay contractors more for building materials to meet market conditions.
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Rome
Italy
War Office
France
Switzerland
Germany
Navy plans another expansion of pilot reserve force
Washington reports the United States navy air service aims to grow its pilot reserve to meet increasing fleet demands. The move signals a broader expansion strategy to ensure readiness for future assignments and potential wartime needs.
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Washington
United States Navy Air Service
Morrison Plans Compulsory Part Time Civil Defence
British government aims to require part time civil defence duties from every citizen as announced by Herbert Morrison, the minister of home security, outlining a nationwide expansion of civilian protection responsibilities.
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London
Herbert Morrison
Home Security
New Plane Detector After The War
Washington reports military men believe British scientists developed a detector to find enemy aircraft in darkness for RAF planes. Ground detectors already used in Britain may be adapted for in‑flight use, with claims of long range and immunity to weather. The device could link with guns for near automatic destruction of foes. Rehabilitation after the war is seen as a major issue in Canada with ex‑soldiers and European migrants. Dr J P Soathcart warns of inertia and potential shift in discipline during the postwar pendulum.
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Washington
United States
Royal Air Force
Britain
Hugh Dowding
Ottawa
Montreal
Dominion
J. P. Soathcart
Dominion Department of Pensions and Health
Cathcart
Flying Christmas gift plane from Lockheed Vega people
Lord Beaverbrook acknowledged the giant bombing plane sent to Britain by Lockheed Vega employees as an immense encouragement. The ship left Burbank December 22, arrived Montreal December 25, and landed safely somewhere in England December 29 per Beaverbrook’s cablegram.
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Burbank
Calif
Lockheed- Vega Aircraft Company
Great Britain
Lord Beaverbrook
Spirit
Lockheed-Vega
Britain
Montreal
England
Smuts predicts U S intervention needed for victory
Gen. Jan Smuts, prime minister of the Union of South Africa, in a New Years message from London, says American intervention in the war is necessary for victory and for the peace to follow. He notes America desires to stay out but will be compelled to act to prevent freedom from perishing.
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London
Jan Smuts
Union of South Africa
United States
America
Smuts
Dominion salvage drive aims to raise over a million in scrap
The Ottawa Journal reports a nationwide salvage campaign to collect scrap metal, expected to yield more than $1,000,000. The drive will be led by Mr. Justice T. C. Davis, associate deputy minister of national war services, focusing on steel scrap due to domestic steel shortages.
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Ottawa
The
Ottawa Journal
Justice T. C. Davis
National War Services
Fire guts RCAF motor-vessel at Halifax berth
A Royal Canadian Air Force command motor-vessel at Halifax harbor was gutted by fire while at its berth. Damage was estimated at 2000 to 3000 dollars. The cause is unknown and no crew was aboard when the blaze started.
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Halifax
Royal Canadian Air Force Command
March of Dimes Campaign Reaches Ottawa
Finance officials report Ottawa receipts from the march of dimes total $1,433 toward Canada's war effort. Most mail contributions arrive to support the financing of defense.
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Ottawa
Ilsley
Canada
Finance Department
Requisition Tankers Put Under Private Control
The statement said all ocean-going merchant ships have now been requisitioned, placing private tankers under government control. This move affects the fleet and strategic shipping operations during the current emergency.
Britain Reviews Progress of War at End of Year
A Royal Air Force source described 1940 as the year the day bomber horizon narrowed and fighters prevailed against heavy odds. He cited Dunkirk as a turning point, noted expanded squadrons after the Battle of Britain, and affirmed RAF bombing targets in Germany and Italy while warning invasion remains a long-term threat.
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London
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
Canada
Dunkirk
Poland
Holland
Britain
Ralph Ingersoll
New York
Hitler
Germany
Italy
Princess Stefanie Hohenlohe Waldenbourg Schillingsfurst Expelled
Princess Stefanie Hohenlohe Waldenbourg Schillingsfurst has been ordered expelled from the United States by the Justice Department and has kept a low profile in recent days. Federal agents located her in San Francisco with Captain Fritz Wiedemann, Germany's San Francisco consul general and a close associate of Adolf Hitler.
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Stefanie Hohenlohe-Waldenbourg-Schillingsfurst
United States
Justice Departmnt
San Francisco
Fritz Wiedemann
Germany
Adolf Hitler
France Sends Greeting to Britain Amid War Message
The BBC reports a smuggled message from France reaching Britain via New York. The message praises Britain's stand against Hitlerism and Fascism, expresses admiration for the British resistance, and conveys the French people's believed unanimous support for freedom worldwide.
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London
France
Britain
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
New York
England
Canada to Build 20 New Type Anti-Sub Vessels
The Department of Munitions and Supply announced contracts for construction of 20 anti-submarine ships of a new Canadian type. The vessels will use wooden hulls capable of high speed, with engines already ordered and hulls to be built in Canadian shipyards.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Munitions and Supply
Production Advances Aimed by Aeronautical Chamber Leader
Col. John H. Jouett, president of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, replies to Roosevelt's plea for more planes with a pledge of steady production increases. He says the aircraft industry fully understands its grave responsibilities.
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Washington
John H. Jouett
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Britain and United States discuss Pacific ship swap plan
London reports a plan where American merchant ships would operate British routes in the Pacific to free British vessels for Atlantic and Mediterranean war service. Hervey Klemmer, US maritime commissioner aide to the embassy, left for the United States and will return in about six weeks after talks with Washington. The idea was first proposed by Britain nearly a year ago but was initially rejected by the United States.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Hervey Klemmer
United States Maritime Commission
Washington
U S Aircraft Seen Effective in Middle East
A Royal Air Force spokesman said American made aircraft shipped to Britain are being sent to the Middle East in growing numbers and have proven effective there. He rejected British press claims that the planes are inferior, citing official test pilot reports that American planes are satisfactory and highly valuable.
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London
United States
Britain
Middle East
Royal Air Force
Africa
Albania
Western farmers map wheat policy as 1941 looms
Ottawa reports western farmers, federal and provincial officials plan a 1941 wheat policy amid wartime storage and marketing pressures. Toronto hosts Canadian Agricultural conference mid January to prepare proposals for parliament, with MacKinnon to announce policy in early spring.
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Ottawa
Western Canada
Europe
Dominion
Toronto
Canadian Agricultural Conference
Canada
MacKinnon
Britain
The
Wheat Board
Lakehead
Fort William
Port Arthur
Prairies
Lake Ports
Spirit of the British People in Air Raid Zones
Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding urged that Britain remains a democracy despite wartime restrictions. Speaking to Canada’s elite, he contrasted voluntary wartime sacrifices with dictatorship, praising Churchill as the nation’s true interpreter and noting the public’s resolve amid air raid damage.
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Ottawa
Great Britain
Hugh Dowding
Mackenzie King
Germany
Churchill
Sir Hugh
Canada
Tornado Fighter London Sees New Bombers In Production
Lord Beaverbrook announced Britain has more planes in service and in reserve than ever before with four new types in production. The Manchester bomber Sterling bomber Whirlwind fighter and Tornado fighter were described as flying and a gem. He noted a strong US plane flow and said industry is pushed to its limit.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
United States
Atlantic
Crews Needed for Destroyers Traded to Britain
British crewmen report eleven of fifty destroyers traded to Great Britain for air and naval bases remain at Halifax and St. John’s. Dromore crew members say Furness line sailors saw seven of the fourstackers at Halifax and four more at St. John’s, with others already on convoy escort duties near Liverpool.
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Boston
United States
Great Britain
Halifax
St. John's
Mid
Dromore
Furness Line
Liverpool
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