Allied Fleets Seek German Pocket Battleships Deutschland and Scheer
Britain and France mobilize their largest ships to hunt the German pocket battleships Deutschland and Admiral Scheer amid reports of raiders off the East African coast. A British tanker sinking is attributed to German raiders, raising concern over fuel resupply and pursuit length.
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London
Britain
France
Germany
Deutschland
Scheer
Africa
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Zavala
Atlantic Ocean
Admiral Scheer
Ministry of Information
Smuts Wins Two By-Elections On War Policy Issue
In two by elections centered on neutrality stance, Smuts United party carried Bloemfontein and Brakpan. Gladys Stein topped at Bloemfontein, Victor Ash led Brakpan, defeating Nationalists Malan and Froneman respectively. Smuts hailed South Africa as free and sovereign in a Pretoria broadcast.
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Johannesburg
Smuts
J. B. M. Hertzog
Union of South Africa
Hertzog
Bloemfontein
Gladys Stein
General Smuts
United Party
J. H. Malan
Brakpan
Victor Ash
G. F. Froneman
G. Gilkillan
Labor
Pretoria
South Africa
British Commonwealth of Nations
Great Britain
Food Supplies Stable in British Isles Amid Excess Butter Hope
The report notes ample bread flour fats fruit vegetables and milk with no immediate need for rationing before January. It predicts rationing would target bacon and butter only and outlines plans to boost butter via New Zealand and Ireland export deals for next season.
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London
British Isles
New Zealand
Eire
Prize for Canadian Story in Toronto Contest Opens
The Women's Canadian Club of Toronto offers a $100 prize for a best short story with Canadian flavor drawn from history or modern life. Open to all Dominion writers, entries must be submitted by February 15, 1940.
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Toronto
Women's Canadian Club of Toronto
Dominion
Joint War Effort Plans Between Britain and France
The Evening News reports Britain and France aligned their economies for the war, discussing massive Allied arms purchases in the United States and gold reserve balance. Finance Minister Reynaud, returning to Paris, sought British cooperation to offset France’s mobilization losses and requested easier export of foreign exchange for French luxury purchases.
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London
Great Britain
France
Paul Reynaud
Paris
John Simon
Evening News
United States
Sir John
M. Reynaud
Britain
Long Journey Montreal Ends For Four Ford Kin
Four young men completed a 3500 mile trek to Montreal seeking to learn more of Hitler. They arrived with dog team whaleboat and steamship and joined a Royal Canadian Artillery field battery. William Ford 26 visiting civilization for first time since age 16 came from Arctic Bay. Patrick Baird Cambridge graduate geologist, Jack R. Ford former Hudsons Bay trader from Pond Inlet and Jack T. Ford from Ungava district accompany him. The Fords are related.
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Montreal
Hitler
Arctic
Royal Canadian Artillery
William Ford
Civilization
Arctic Bay
Patrick Baird
Cambridge University
Jack R. Ford
Hudson's Bay
Pond Inlet
Organize Concert Parties Ottawa
Lieut Col Ralph Webb announces Captain Morley Plunkett will head developing new soldier talent for concert work in the Canadian Active Service Force. He will audition at military camps where Legion war services operate to form self-contained concert parties that entertain their own units on service.
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Ottawa
Ralph Webb
The
Legion's War Services
Morley Plunkett
Candian
Canadian Legion War Services
Dutch replies to peace proposals after von Ribbentrop note
The Dutch government reports German foreign minister von Ribbentrop informed envoys that no formal reply would be made to Queen Wilhelmina and King Leopold's peace proposals. Germany says British and French replies were brusque. Belgium and Netherlands plan further moves while Belgian reports of 69 Dutch officers arrested for smuggling uniforms into Germany surface, with about 5000 uniforms involved.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Fuehrer
Wilhelmina
Leopold
von Ribbentrop
Belgium
Wingtiem Siecle
Battleships And Sea Power
Jane's Fighting Ships notes limited German U boats for a renewed battle against England with 84 subs, far below 1917 levels. It marks Soviet Russia as best equipped for submarines with at least 150 subs and lists 34 capital ships under construction worldwide, including builds in the United States and England.
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London
Germany
England
Jane's
Soviet Russia
Russia
United States
Japan
Prague clash as Czech students clash with German police
About 1000 Czech university students shouted Free dom and Freedom in Prague in front of the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and were dispersed after demonstrations against the German protectorate. Authorities reported 16 arrests and injuries amid riots tied to Oct 28 celebrations.
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Prague
Havas
Emil Hacha
Lang Castle
Konstantin von Neurath
Bohemia and
Moravia
Viagka
Russia
Stalin
Thyssen Reportedly Seeks Indefinite Stay in Switzerland
Fritz Thyssen, German steel magnate and Nazi supporter, is located at the Locarno hotel in Lucerne after arriving from Germany. He declines information on his departure and cites Swiss law shielding political remarks. Thyssen, with his wife and one child, plans an unspecified stay at the Swiss lake resort.
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Lucerne
Switzerland
Fritz Thyssen
Ruhr
Adolf Hitler
Locarno Hotel
Germany
Thyssen
Swiss Lake
First Aid Training Growth in Canada In October
The St John Ambulance Association reports rising first aid and home nursing training across Canada. October distributions reached 28 000 first aid books and 7 000 home nursing books while new centres opened in Olds and Medicine Hat Alberta.
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Ottawa
Canada
St. John Ambulance Association
Olds
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Ottawa to monitor health of Canadian active service force
Up to date statistical methods will be used to track the health of the Canadian active service force. The director-general of medical services plans to compile medical statistics with coded records to provide the public constant information on force health.
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Ottawa
Medical Services
Department of National Defence
Canada calls wheat surplus a blessing to the empire
Agriculture Minister J G Gardiner called Canadas large wheat surplus a blessing to the British Empire and urged farmers to boost cheese bacon and eggs output while avoiding price hoarding or reducing sowing. He outlined four points including maintaining markets and possible government control of bacon production.
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Winnipeg
J. G. Gardiner
Canada
Gardiner
British Empire
Europe
Britain
Fort William
Dominion
London
T. A. Crerar
Mines and Resources
France Foresees Hitler’s Fatal Circle Tightening in War
Edmond Mietet declares Hitler faces a closing circle amid Europe’s conflict. He cites Germany’s internal hostilities, Baltic and Black Sea losses, naval weakness, and air inferiority as weakenings that may doom its plans. Wladimir d’Ormesson warns Versailles terms fail to balance German powers. Sir Ronald Campbell presents credentials as British ambassador while Lebrun emphasizes Allied war solidarity.
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Paris
Edmond Mietet
Chamber of Deputies Army Committee
France
Adolf Hitler
Miedet
Germany
Baltic
Black Sea
Balkan
Russia
United States
Miellet
Wladimir d’Ormesson
le Temps
le Figaro
American Club of
Austria
Vienna
Europe
Ronald Campbell
Lebrun
Ronald
Poland Eyes Settlement Talks After Allied Victory
Diplomatic circles say Poland may seek compensation from Germany for lost territories after an Allied victory. General Wladyslaw Sikorski and August Zaleski arrived in London to discuss the second Great War settlement, met Viscount Halifax, and planned to honor Polish sailors in a British port. An important Polish army is being raised in France and Poland’s gold remains safe on Allied soil for common cause.
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London
Poland
Germany
Russia
Wladyslaw Sikorski
August Zaleski
Viscount Halifax
Foreign Office
Sikorski
Zaleski
France
Bank of Poland
Banfield shoots first color movie of meteor flash
Toronto amateur film maker Reverend A W Banfield captured what is believed to be the only moving pictures in full color of a meteor crossing the sky. He made the film during a fishing trip in northern British Columbia, announced at a Toronto meeting.
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Toronto
A. W. Banfield
Toronto Amateur Movie Club
Banfield
British Columbia
Canadian private pilots rally to join Royal Canadian Air Force
Practically all private pilots in Canada have volunteered to join the Royal Canadian Air Force, it was learned here.
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Ottawa
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
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Captain Plunkett
Finland
Hjalmar Procope
Washington
Procope
Czech University
United Grain Growers, Limited
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