Empire air training scheme outlined by Sir Kingsley Wood
Sir Kingsley Wood declared the Empire air training plan centered in Canada would be an outstanding feature of the war. He noted Canada Australia Southern Rhodesia South Africa Newfoundland New Zealand and the RC AF contributing squadrons aircraft crews and training facilities to boost common air forces in Europe and around coastal areas. He predicted a strong display of Empire power and unity as men from various forces join the effort.
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London
Kingsley Wood
Air
Overseas Club
Empire
Canada
Kingsley
Royal Canadian Air Force
Europe
RAF
The
Australia
Britain
Southern Rhodesia
South Africa
Newfoundland
New Zealand
King and Queen Inspect Aldershot Troops In Cold Parade
The King and Queen spent over four hours among Khaki troops at Aldershot England. They toured more than 50 miles of routes on foot and inspected parade grounds billets messes and cook houses. The Canadian division area was not visited in this tour. The Queen spoke with officers and men from famed British regiments while the King walked the ranks.
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Aldershot
England
Fishermen Break Sunday sale rule for wartime herring
Clyde herring fishermen violated a long standing rule by selling fish caught between sunset Sunday and daybreak Monday in London. Wartime shortages and economy drive prompted the breach though tradition held such sales to be illegal.
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London
U S Cattle Imports From Canada Recounted
The Dominion department of agriculture said a treasury release shows 35 659 head of heavy Canadian cattle were imported by the United States from Oct 1 to Dec 30 1939. Imports during the year ended Dec 30 1939 totalled 172 582 head.
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Ottawa
Dominion Department of Agriculture
United States
Treasury Department
Judge Rules Rug Slippage Causes Arm Injury Suit
Mr. Justice A. Forest awarded Yvonne Caron $146 after she slipped on a rug at the home of her employer Mrs. Joseph Archambault, warning that non skid devices should be provided on polished floors. The United States leads selenium production with Canada second globally.
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Montreal
Justice A. Forest
Yvonne Caron
Joseph Archambault
Soviet Union Buys One Million Bushels Canadian Wheat
The Soviet Union purchased 1 000 000 bushels of Canadian wheat on the Winnipeg grain exchange through regular channels amid no restrictive government action. Exports to Russia had been negligible, with past purchases coming from the United States for Vladivostok due to price subsidies, now reduced.
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Ottawa
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Winnipeg
Russia
Finland
Great Britain
Nazi Germany
Asia
Europe
Soviet Union
United States
Canada
Vladivostok
North American Pacific
Powerful weapon London reports long range artillery
British newspapers, via Amsterdam dispatches, say Germany is testing a big Bertha with a 100 mile range. Paris reports note Maginot line reinforcement amid German long range artillery development. Telegraph correspondent says it surpasses World War I shells sent 80 miles to Paris. Tests aim to extend range and life of the gun.
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London
Amsterdam
Paris
Maginot
Daily Telegraph
Advertising Did It Montreal
Col R L Wheeler chairman of the national apple advisory committee told the Canadian Fruit Wholesalers Association results of government efforts to improve the Canadian apple situation have been most gratifying. He noted only a fifth of a bushel per capita in cold storage in Quebec and Ontario. Delegates were told an advertising campaign for apple juice had been satisfactory. Wheeler said a pack of 20000 cases of apple juice last year was expected to rise to 300000 this year.
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Montreal
Col
R. L. Wheeler
National
Canadian Fruit Wholesalers’ Association
Quebec
Ontario
Association
Col. Wheeler
Sea Captains Reach Home London
Six shipless British sea captains, freed by the Graf Spee after the German pocket battleship sheltered at Montevideo, arrived in London. Their commands were sunk during the raiding career of the Graf Spee and all six will report to the Admiralty.
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London
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Admiralty
Ottawa War Space Expansion Under Government Direction
More than 300,000 square feet of office space in Ottawa has been acquired by the federal government and government-appointed bodies for war activities. Officials say demand remains high and every possible area is being examined for additional space.
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Ottawa
French British war effort team tours London labs
Raoul Dautry the French armaments minister arrived in London with scientists and organization experts to advance cooperation between France and Britain in laboratories and factories.
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London
Raoul Dautry
Britain on Alert Against Sabotage Plot
London authorities thwart a German sabotage plan targeting public works, communications, bridges and railways as 600000 British railroad workers are mobilized. Officials warn Hitler may act early in spring with air and submarine aggression, considering bases in Belgium and Holland for U boats and planes.
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Britain
London
British Isles
Neville Chamberlain
British Aircraft Industry Seen With Great Capacity
C A Van Dusen of Consolidated Aircraft Corp says Britain’s aircraft industry, when fully underway, would have a capacity twice that of U S plants. He toured Europe in 1938 and found British manufacturing methods superior to those in the rest of Europe including Germany.
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Ottawa
C. A. van Dusen
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation of
San Diego
Cal
Great Britain
United States
Frank
U.S
Europe
England
France
Germany
Russia
van Dusen
Turkey boosts defence budget as wartime powers sought
Ankara increases defence estimates by 20 million dollars and requests special wartime powers for defence and economy. Britain and France pledge mutual aid and lend 100 million dollars to Turkey to purchase armaments.
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Ankara
Turkey
National Assembly
Britain
France
Manitoba Sugar Company plans beat production around Winnipeg
Contracts for beet production for the Manitoba Sugar Company's Fort Garry refinery will be with 2000 to 3000 farmers within a 70 mile radius. The total allotment ranges from 12000 to 15000 acres and will be set this winter to assure next summer's output. Produktion concentrates in the Red River valley between Selkirk Emerson Portage la Prairie and Beausejour.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Sugar Company
New Fort Garry
Red River Valley
Selkirk
Emerson
Portage la Prairie
Beausejour
Gold Medal Awarded to St. Catharines Pilot
The 1939 gold medal of the Canadian Flying Clubs Association is awarded to M. A. Seymour of St. Catharines Ontario, association president, for leadership and efforts in negotiating elementary RCAF pilot training. The medal honors the most meritorious non professional Canadian pilot’s service in the prior year.
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Ottawa
Canadian Flying Clubs Association
M. A. Seymour
St. Catharines, Ont
Seymour
Royal Canadian Air Force
Shipping Office Planned in Ottawa to Aid Export Trade
A shipping office will be established in Ottawa under a shipping director to be named soon. It aims to help exporters secure space in neutral ships so Canada can retain world wide trade during the war. Export activity remains robust despite a slight drop in shipments to countries outside the UK and US, attributed mainly to space shortages.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
United States
Allies to increase arms shipments to Finland
Britain and France are expected to raise deliveries of arms and ammunition to Finland in the coming weeks as spring thaw approaches. Sources say the Finnish front is an Allied front in effect, though no Allied troops will be sent, with supplies prioritized to meet military needs. The effort aims to hinder Soviet advantage and limit German opportunities in the Balkans and the west.
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London
Britain
France
Finland
Soviet
Russia
Red Army
Germany
Balkans
Roumania
Germanilans
Britain Rejects Enforcement of 300 Mile Neutrality Zone
British sources say London replied to a protest by 21 American republics over their neutrality safety zone by stating it is not enforceable under international law. The note to Panama for the Pan American Neutrality Committee reportedly withheld its full contents. The zone, established October 3, aims to keep the war away from the Americas within a 300 mile band, a concern voiced after the December 23 clash near Uruguay between British cruisers and the Graf Spee, with protests to Britain France and Germany.
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London
Great Britain
Panama
Americas
Uruguay
Graf Spee
France
Germany
Germans Erect Wire Barricade Along Dutch Frontier
German troops set up seven foot high wire netting along parts of the Netherlands border from Wesel to the North Sea. Officials note continued German activity elsewhere near Limburg and Gelderland as a Dutch mission travels to Italy to study munitions and place arms orders.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Wesel
Westwall
North Sea
Limburg
Gelderland
Italy
Algemeen Handelsblad
Reich
Holland-America Line
Zaandan
Rotterdam
New York
Holland
Zeland
Soviet Forces Battle Retreat Near Finland Front
Soviet units, amid efforts to split Finland by a Salla to Tornio corridor, fall back in a bitter rear-guard fight near the Arctic front. Reports note other divisions in difficulty north and east as Russia seeks to escape back to its border. Italian sources claim 100,000 volunteers may go to Finland, though Paris dispatches deny French troops are included.
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Lapland
Arctic Circle
Salla
Finland
Sweden
Leningrad
Russia
Norway
Kallaks Island
Bothnia Gulf
Rome
France
Popolo di Roma
Paris
Belgium Faces Plausible German Army Buildup
Reports say Germany has placed up to 70 divisions totaling around one million men opposite Belgium and the Netherlands since January 1. French channels note the German ambassador sought explanations on Belgian defenses and Allied staffs. Doubts remain on invasion. publicity may be allowed to deter actions while Allies would aid Belgium and the Netherlands if attacked.
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Paris
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Bruseils
Karl Buelow-Schwante
Paul-Henri Spaak
France
Potatoes Prices Raised by B C Marketing Board
S H Ford vice president of the British Columbia coast vegetable marketing board said heavy exports to New Zealand Australia Hong Kong and South America have pushed board prices up by 1 to 2 a ton. Vancouver consumers will pay 190 per 100 pound sack for coast grown No 1 potatoes and 170 per sack for No 2 grade plus delivery.
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Vancouver
S. H. Ford
British Columbia Coast Vegetable Marketing Board
Ford
New Zealand
Australia
Hong Kong
South America
Donation to Finland at London Legation
An elderly white haired man visited Minister G. A. Gripenberg at the Finnish legation in London and handed £5000 in cash to aid Finland, then departed without revealing his identity.
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London
G. A. Gripenberg
Finland
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Helsingfors
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Gulf of Bothnia
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