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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 10, 1941
Page
2
The piece discusses Japan’s weekend attack on Hawaii and the Philippines and Japan’s declaration of war. It notes the U S mobilization, isolationist voices shifting to support, and predicts a democratic world response against the Axis including Germany and Italy.
The Herald explains delays due to urgent printing projects. Staff work nights and days on commercial jobs such as letterheads sale bills factory forms and tickets. They assure readers the weekly paper is always prepared as soon as possible.
Canadian editors recount the first impressions of wartime London during the blackout. They describe the city’s darkness and empty streets, the destruction of docks and churches, the sparse lighting in taxis and shelters, and the resilience of fire brigades and civilians amid the blitz.
Eyewitness describes ten months of bombing easing. Docks operate normally while convoys run. London has not faced major raids for five months, with AA fire lighting the east and coastal bombings continuing. The German threat appears reduced though not absent.
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