Finnish Troops Fight to Halt Red Army Surge
Finnish forces launched a counter attack to slow a Soviet push toward the eastern Mannerheim Line and Gulf of Finland. The Red fleet bombarded the southern coast while Finns claimed coastal batteries repelled the attacks and that captured documents suggested long range bombing plans.
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Finland
Mannerheim Line
Sakkola
Moulaa
Muolema Lake
Lake of Death
iThe Russiana
Mannerheim
Kiviniemi
Perkjaervi
Viipurd
Gulf of Finland
Talpale
Lake Ladoga
Uusikurkko
V. P. Nenonen
Tolan Lake
Salmi
Atlantic
Aaland Islands
Sweden
Russia
Red Army
Polish Fight Force in France Reaches 75 000 Men
General Wladyslaw Sikorski reports two Polish divisions in training in France totaling 70 000 men and aims to recruit 200 000 more in the United States Granada and Polish colonies. He forecasts 75 000 troops in France after three more divisions are formed. Most current Poles are miners from northern France and Belgium.
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France
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Polish Legion
Germany
United States
Granada
North America
Belgium
Alberta reports near nine hundred skilled workers registered
In Alberta, about 900 people have registered as skilled or semi skilled workers for Canada's wartime industrial effort, announced Mark W. Robertson, Alberta general superintendent for the wartime employment service. The Finnish telegraphic agency said Russians used asphyxiating gas on Finnish batteries north of Lake Ladoga, killing eleven soldiers when delivered by shells.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Mark W. Robertson
The
Employment Service of Canada
Helsingfors
Finnish Telegraphic Agency
Lake Ladoga
Abells
Prisoners Reported Captured by Nazis in Berlin
Nazis claim to have captured 450 to 500 French soldiers and about 40 French officers along with 25 British officers since the war began in Berlin. All of the British prisoners and 24 French prisoners were said to be flyers.
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Berlin
Aaid
Canada tightens public housing loans to four thousand dollars
Dominion Housing Act loans will be capped at 4000 and no new loans for apartments or duplexes. The government will end tax assistance for such units after May 21 1940 for applications filed before January 1 1940. Ralston says this frees capital for the war effort. Home improvement loans from 1936 to 1939 total 28.17 million dollars with November 1939 loans at 1.099 million for 3034 loans.
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J. L. Ralston
Canada
Ralston
Department
Aid for British Evacuees Toronto Cable Praise
Mrs. Vincent Massey, wife of Canada's ambassador, sent a cable praising the magnicent clothing aid for British evacuees. She noted the vast shipments collected by LODE chapters across Canada and transported free by railways since the war began valued at about 100000 dollars.
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Toronto
Vincent Massey
Canada
Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire
Wheat King F Lloyd Rigby Wins Chicago Wheat Championship
F Lloyd Rigby of Wembley won the wheat championship at the Chicago exposition for the second consecutive year. A telegram of congratulations from Prime Minister King was received. Rigby declined an offer from G A Morris of Ogilvie Mills to use company labs, choosing to test at the University of Alberta agricultural laboratories.
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F. Lloyd Rigby
Wembley
Chicago
Edmonton
King
Rigby
G. A. Morris
Ogilvie Flour Mills Company, Limited
Montreal
Winnipeg
Morris
University of Alberta Agricultural Laboratories
Soviet Losses Estimated in Finnish Campaign
Helsingfors correspondent for National Tidendes cites Copenhagen newspaper figures estimating Russian losses between 10 000 and 20 000 men killed wounded or captured to date in the Finnish campaign.
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Copenhagen
Helsingfors
National Tidendes
Quebec Premier Godbout Plans Feb 1 Legislature Start
Quebec Premier Godbout announces the first session of the province’s 21st legislature will likely open February 1. The official timing follows a recent provincial election and sets the agenda for early-year policy actions.
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Quebec
Godbout
Australia to draft all male militiamen under compulsory system
The decision mandates a compulsory system for selecting the Australian militia, with June 30 set as a target to maintain the army at about 1 000 000 pounds. The 71 year group already called up. additional groups aged 18 to 23 may be summoned.
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Canberra
Two Aggressors Must Now Be Faced by Allies
Britain and France weigh Finland protests as Russia presses westward. Allies confront two aggressors, aiming to curb both Germany and the Soviet drive. Stalin faces pressure as Finland resists, with reports of massed Russian forces and possible collaboration with Hitler to hold gains.
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London
Russia
Britain
France
Finland
Germany
Europe
England
Sweden
Norway
Wilsee Statin
Hitler
Stalin
Popolo
Helshngfors
Copenhagen
Czech workers rescued from Rhine escape attempt
Three Czech laborers swam the Rhine to flee Germany and reach France to join the Czech legion. Swiss authorities detained them for the time being after they were picked up near Berne.
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Berne
Rhine
Germany
France
Swira
Canadian entries dominate at 21st international grain show
Willam Rogers of Tap pen BAUS won the grand rye championship, giving Canada eight grand championships at Chicago this year. Alberta won wheat beans and oats, Saskatchewan alfalfa, Ontario soybeans and peas, and British Columbia timothy. Gerald Hessenauer and Garnett Knister won regional corn awards, besting a large US entry. Edward Brothers of Watford sold eight of 13 Aberdeen Angus cattle at strong prices, one bull fetching no bid from a US breeder.
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Chicago
Willam Rogers
Tappen
Baus
Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Timothy
British Columbia
Gerald Hessenauer
Rodney
Ont
Garnett Knister
Ruscom
Hessenauer
Knister
United States
Rogers’ Rye
Cecil Trowell
Salicunty
Sask
Allied Blockade Hampers Germanys War Trade Routes
The British French blockade disrupts Romania's shipments to Germany for goods like wheat and oil. Before the war 57 percent of Romanian exports to Germany moved by the Constantia Hamburg route via the Dardanelles and Gibraltar. British warships have severed this line, leaving Germany with only rail and Danube barge routes and little chance to restore sea trade levels.
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Germany
Roumania
Bucharest
Constantia-Hamburg
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
Straits of Gibraltar
Danube
Finland to Buy 30 British Planes Amid War Material Talks
The Press Association reports Britain may approve Finland purchasing 30 fighting planes with British consent. Italy has already supplied 50 aircraft to Finland and more materiel may follow, alongside broader war material deals.
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Britain
Italy
London
Press Association
Finland
Great Britain
Hebingfers
Ae Reuters
Cumimerial Transacion
Pews Agency
Allied Powers Gain Upper Hand in Mine War
London reports Churchill telling the House of Commons that Allied sea power is overcoming Nazi mine threats. He cites reduced U-boat sinkings, growing neutral ship charter profits, and over 1,000 armed British merchant ships, with mining and torpedo risks still present but diminishing.
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London
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Adolf Hitler
Churchill
Britain
Germany
Hitler
Maine
Mfr
North
South Atlantic
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
King George Visits West Front Troops in France
King George travels with the British Expeditionary Force in France delivering home support messages. He praised Royal Air Force pilots for downing a German plane and ordered a squadron to take off. He commended an infantry regiment for digging trenches well and urged continued effort despite a muddy, wintery front. He also inspected artillery and engineers before visiting a nearby chateau once stayed at by Wellington.
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France
George
Viscount Gert
Royal Air Force
Britain
Chateau
Wellington
Interprovincial Water Authority urged for prairie plan
Manitoba Associated Boards of Trade favors immediate creation of an interprovincial water authority to coordinate conservation and balanced development of water resources in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. The proposal includes channeling Cedar Lake to Lake Winnipegosis to raise lake levels by Saskatchewan floodwaters.
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Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba Associated Boards of Trade
Dominion
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Cedar Lake
Lake
Women Pilots Tested London In RAF Transport Plan
The air ministry said women will be recruited to fly RAF planes from factories to airports. Eight women pilots will test the scheme, with potential expansion. They will join the air transport auxiliary under British Airways Ltd, Pauline Gower to administer. A selection board including Miss Gower is testing applicants.
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London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Air Transport Auxiliary Service
British Airways Ltd
Pauline Gower
Robert Gower
Miss Gower
Allied cash reserve estimates as war funding source
The Federal Reserve Board estimates Allied powers hold 4.44 billion dollars in readily marketable gold cash and securities to buy supplies in the United States, while Germany has 160 million. Allied assets across the United Kingdom France Canada and other territories trail neutrals at 8.8 billion.
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Washingtong
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Canada
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E. S. Archibald
Dominion Experimental Farms
Agricultural Supplies Committee
Prairies
Priirie
the Prairies
Regina Plains
King George
West Front
R.A.F
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