Canadians Weigh Empire Training Scheme for Large Air Force
London authorities and British aviation leaders discuss a Canadian air force under the empire training plan. The RCAF would provide more than 40 squadrons for active service while retaining identity. Britain offers 60 Hurricanes for training. Canadians may build engines and even manufacture components.
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London
R.caf
Royal Canadian Air Force
RCAF
Britain
L. S Breadner
Ottawa
United Kingdom
Canada
Defence
J. L. Ralston
Dominion
C. D. Howe
R.C.A.F
Royal Air Force
Mackenzie King
Common Wealth Plan
R.A.F
Campbell urges Canadian munitions workers to slog for victory
Sir Gerald Campbell the British minister to Washington urged Canadians to slog and slog along in their industrial effort against a highly industrialized foe. In Ottawa he called the Dominion’s work of unparalleled importance and asked for unity to support Allied arms, noting that victory comes from the many who toil in factories.
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Ottawa
Sir Gerald Campbell
Washington
Canada
Sir Gerald
Dominion
Thai and Indo-China seek peaceful settlement in frontier dispute
Reports from Bangkok and Hanoi interpreted as indicating readiness by Thai and French Indo-China leaders to settle their territorial clash peacefully. Informed quarters say both sides uphold their stance yet fear frontier hostilities may widen into general conflict.
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Singapore
Bangkok
Hanoi
Thailand
Italians Reported Losses in Albanian Campaign
London sources say Italian casualties reach 45 596 from battle injuries and sickness. British military circles note official Italian figures may be understated with 2 081 killed and 6 515 wounded listed.
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London
Aid
Libyan Campaign Logistics And Prisoner Transfers Reported
The Admiralty says Mediterranean fleet forces evacuated 54000 Italian prisoners and large war supplies from North Africa with no losses. A British destroyer captured two 400 ton Italian motor schooners off the Libyan coast, the Maria Giovanna and the Tiberia, with 30 crewmen taken prisoner. The ships carried war supplies between Bardia and Tobruk. An officer quoted crew from the Maria Giovanna saying they were fed up with the whole show.
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London
Admiralty
Tiberia
Bardia
Tobruk
Canadian Business Activity Reaches Peak Level in 1940
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canada’s physical volume of business rose to about 145.0 in 1940, up from 125.5 in 1929, reflecting steady growth since early 1939 and marking a peak level for the period.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Britain poised to send dive bombers to aid Italy
London reports Britain ready to rush battle-tested fighters to the Mediterranean to counter a potential Axis move. Observers say such a transfer would not weaken homeland defenses as Germany and Italy seek to draw British strength away from the U K.
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London
Britain
Mediterranean
Germany
Italy
British Isles
United Kingdom
Hitler
Balkans
Malta
Commonwealth
English Channel
Daily Telegraph
Hears About War The Past Man
Hears about war the past man recounts how H Manning a British explorer and his wife learned of the outbreak six months after it began while living as Eski mo in Battin Land and Southampton Island 2000 miles north of Winnipeg. He had just finished a Royal Geographic Society survey and ornithological work and was en route to Ottawa.
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H. Manning
Cambridge University
Manning
Battin Land
Southampton Island
Winnipeg
Ottawa
Royal Geographical Society
British Museum
Luce Urges Clear War Aims Vision for World War
Henry Luce editor of Time Life and Fortune urged the United States to state war aims for the world to see and to accept duty as the world’s most powerful nation. Speaking at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention he warned Hitler could soon declare war if motives remain concealed.
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Pittsburg
Henry R. Luce
Time
Life
Fortune
United States
National Automobile Dealers’ Association
Hitler
Luce
Canadian Corps Commander Sees Quiet Faith in Britain
Lt Gen A G L McNaughton told London’s Liberty Club that there is quiet faith in Britain over the war’s outcome. He said Canadian army leaders have learned to trust British Staff commanders from whom they will take direction in battle when needed.
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London
A. G. L. McNaughton
Britain
London Liberty Club
Air Raid Shelters Become London’s Normal Life
London’s air raid shelters now shelter over a million people as of 1939. A survey of 30 shelters shows public, semi public, and private shelters providing daily comfort amid risk. Dangers of disease persist though diminishing, and nightly crowd estimates exceed 350,000 when including private and temporary shelters.
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London
Steel “Anderson
Vancouver Official Says No Action Over Jericho Station Photos
Vancouver prosecutor Orr states civil authorities will take no action against Y Matsumoto secretary of the Vancouver Japanese consulate for taking motion pictures near Jericho air station. He adds that the Japanese consul has officially apologized for the incident.
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Vancouver
Orr
Y. Matsumoto
Jericho Air Station
No Absentees in Montreal Military Training Call
Pierre Decary division registrar reported 7,500 men were called for a 30 day training period with no absentees. He said there wasn’t a single defaulter at any of the eight camps in the district.
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Montreal
Pierre Decary
Only Member Left London
John Blake grieves after bombs in London killed 22 family members leaving him alone. Affected relatives buried in a common grave in the wartime tragedy.
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London
John Blake
Capture Of Tobruk
British forces seize Tobruk in Libya boosting North Africa operations with a natural harbor enabling supply lines west of Matruh and control of a coastal road. The possession opens three potential air bases at El Adem Gazala and FE Temini plus a seaplane base at Bomba.
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London
Tobruk
Libya
North Africa
Matruh
Egypt
el Adem
Gazala
FE Temini
Bomba
Bardia
End of POWs In Newfoundland Prompts Shipboard Transfer
Canadian authorities report no prisoners of war remaining interned in Newfoundland. The last German merchant seamen were loaded onto a special train with other Nazi prisoners from Britain and conveyed to an inland internment camp. Italian internees had already been moved to another camp earlier.
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Newfoundland
Britain
Canada
Nefoundland
Huge Army in Britain to Meet Invasion Threat
Churchill told the House of Commons Britain now fields 4 000 000 armed and uniformed men for invasion defense. He cited factory output gains and manpower shifts to munitions, aircraft, shipyards, and farms to sustain action against Germany in Europe.
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Britain
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Great Britain
Churchill
Europe
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Ernest Bevin
Churchil
Britain Cuts Rations for Troops at Home
The daily meat ration for British troops at home drops from 10 to eight ounces starting Jan. 6. Bread ration falls from 12 to 10 ounces and flour from two and a half to two ounces daily effective Feb. 1, as War Secretary David Margesson announced.
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London
David Margesson
Washington Reports Unconfirmed German Bomb Range Claim
The state department said it cannot confirm reports that Germany plans a bomb practice range in a French area containing United States war graves, amid wartime diplomacy and battlefield memorial concerns.
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Washington
The
State Department
Germany
France
Fall of Tobruk a major Fascist disaster
Cairo reports a sweeping Allied advance into Libya with Tobruk fallen and 14 000 Italian prisoners taken so far. British casualties are released as heavy Italian losses and 16 generals in custody. RAF raids strike Derna and Sicily targets including Catania.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Libya
Tobruk
Derna
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
Scily
Mediterranean
Sicily
Catania
Nazi War Ace Seized En Route to Internment
A 25 year old Nazi fighter pilot ranked among Goering's deadliest arrived in Canada as a prisoner after capture at Britain’s defenses. He had flown for Franco in Spain and later with the Luftwaffe over France Belgium and Britain earning the oak leaves honor before being shot down over the English Channel by a British pilot.
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Goering
Canada
Berlin
Britain
Germany
Luftwaffe
France
Netherlands
Belgium
English Channel
Third National Resources Mobilization Act Draft Leads to Training Camps
Ottawa reports 2,071 recruits in the third draft under the National Resources Mobilization Act now in training camps. Of 30,623 called, 2,552 were rejected on medical grounds for an 8.33 percent rate, versus an 8.1 percent average across three periods since Oct. 16 last year. There are 29 camps nationwide.
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Ottawa
National
Department of National Defence
Canada
Canada to Finance $16 Million Heavy Gun Plant Program
Heavy land artillery and naval gun production in Canada will require about $16,000,000 in plant equipment financed by Canada for the United Kingdom government. Orders for heavy guns to be manufactured in Canada now total about $100.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
British Star Refused Exit Permit For Hollywood Contract
London reports that Wilfred Lawson, noted British film star, was denied permission to depart the United Kingdom to accept a Hollywood contract as his request did not meet the class for which an exception could be granted.
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London
Wilfred Lawson
Great Britain
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O.B.E
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Baffin Land
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Wolfe
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Quebec
Westerham
Kent
England
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