Vision Russia and Germany in New Sphere Land
Diplomatic reports from Helsingfors Moscow and a northern capital describe a new security pattern with Russia and Germany agreeing on influence in northern Europe. Germany may gain economic sway over Norway Sweden and Sweden's railway ore routes while Russia secures Finland and narrows allied options. Britain Italy and Swedenawait reactions as Soviet Finland invasion shapes policy and arms sales.
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Finland
Helsingfors
Moscow
Russia
Germany
Pierre
Narvik
Sweden
North Atlantic
Britain
Balkan
Italy
Caustic Comment From New York Papers On Finland Invasion
New York morning papers harshly condemned Soviet Russia for invading Finland. Time warned bombs hit Finnish workers and peasants eroded world respect for Russia’s government. The Mirror mocked Leningrad’s odor and called the Russian ballet a fraud, predicting further Russian moves toward Roumania or Iran.
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New York
Frail Russa
Finland
Soviet Russia
Timea
Russia
the Mirror
Leningrad
Agein
Roumania
Bessarabia
Iran
Floods Hit Netherlands Isolate Villages and Halt Traffic
Heavy November rains sent the Rhine Wael Maas and smaller rivers to high levels flooding southeast and central Netherlands. Some sections already inundated as a defense measure isolating villages and interrupting highway traffic.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Rhine
Wael
Mass
Riveara
Yevela
British statesman urges European federation after war
Lt Alfred Duff Cooper proposes a federation or league of nations beginning in Europe, with an international authority and sanctions. He cites three keys to Allied victory: sea command, British ingenuity, and access to raw materials, plus unity across empires.
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Ottawa
Europe
Society of Nations
Won Alfred Dutt Cooper
First
Admiralty
Duff. Cooper
United Peoples
Germany
Australia to greatly boost Empire air defence role
Ottawa negotiations have reshaped Australia’s war effort with authorities stating the Commonwealth will provide 26 500 pilots gunners and observers and 50 000 ground staff. Australians training locally will form most of the force as Canada bears a larger share and imports of bombers and fighters begin.
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Sydney
Australia
Ottawa
Commonwealth
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Deal with Argentina on barter wheat and wool collapses
Argentine state railways said a $4 350 000 barter with Germany for wheat and wool and railway equipment has collapsed due to wartime restrictions. German firms Krupp and Thyssen said they cannot fulfill contracts for 900 freight cars 30 sleepers and 66 switching locomotives. Wheat already shipped is paid for by German credits of $1 400 000 held in Buenos Aires. The contract planned 100 000 tons of wheat.
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Germany
Argentine
Buenos Aires
Krupp and
Thyssen
Canada Net Public Debt Tops 5.83 Billion Says Stats Bureau
Dominion bureau of statistics reports Canada's total net public debt on March 31, 1938 at 5,827,411,109 dollars. Net direct federal debt stands at 3,101,667,570 dollars with outstanding funded debt payable in Canada, London, and New York totaling 3,252,577,884 dollars.
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Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Dominion
London
New York
Germany Builds Giant Synthetic Gasoline Plant at Stettin
United States consul E Redercker in Frankfort on Main reports Germany is constructing a massive synthetic gasoline plant at Stettin in northeast Germany. The facility will have an annual capacity of 350000 metric tons and should be finished in about two years.
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Washington
E. Redercker
United States
Frankforton Main
Commerce Department
Germany
Stettin
Nazis Urge Germans in Roumania to Send Aid Packages
All German nationals in Roumania were asked by the Nazi party to send identical food and other supplies to friends in the Reich. A typical package included coffee tea chocolate ham lard powdered milk and fat. Another model package covered toilet laundry and shaving needs.
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Bucharest
Roumania
The
Reich
Praise for Britons Spirit in War Effort Shines
London. Sir John Simon lauds British resolve and unity in wartime, noting German strategy divided and Finland and Poland envoy presence. He praises public support, readiness of mine sweeping trawlers, and the Rawalpindi garrison's gallantry amid ongoing supply efforts.
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London
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
John Simon
John
National Defence Public Interest Committee
Hitler
von Ribbentrop
Britain
G. A. Gripenberg
Harry Nathan
Labor
Sir John
Admiralty
Yarmouth
Lowestoft
Kennedy
Rawalpindi
Antidote Found For Magnetic Mine Menace Says Campinchi
French Navy Minister Cesare Campinchi said Germany has lost over half its subs since the war began and British reports confirm an antidote to the magnetic mine threat. He described an electric beam and magnetism solution in the mine cave. Naval circles report one seized German freighter carried coffee worth weeks for France, with flour and petroleum, as Trifels and Santa Fe were taken.
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Pamas
Cesare Campinchi
Germany
Campinchi
Fire Destroys Fredericton Barracks and Exhibition Buildings
Fire chief Karl A. Walker says the blaze at the Fredericton exhibition complex, including soldiers quarters, was arson. Unofficial damage reaches 75000 dollars as three soldiers were hospitalized and many aided firefighters.
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Fredericton
Karl A. Walker
Richard
Harrington
Dudley
Vancouver seeks more wheat export channel through Ottawa
Mayor Lyle Telford and a three alderman committee plan to prepare a brief urging the federal government to divert a larger share of Canada’s wheat exports to pass through Vancouver.
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Vancouver
Lyle Telford
British Columbia
Ottawa
Canada
Czecho Slovak Legion Plans Stir Ontario Meeting
Toronto consul Wart cites unity of Czech regions and prints a testimonial from Jan Utvar, a Bohemian farmer discharged from the Siberian Legion, who pledged readiness to join a new Canadian force. The talk centers on uniting Czech-Canadian volunteers as plans for a legion unfold in Ontario.
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Selly Farm
Ontario
Toronto
Horace Hovan Wart
Wart
Camain
Siberian Legion
Jan Utvar
Tabor
Bohemia
Jan
Crerar Declares Canada United and Mobilized for War
London says Canadian Minister of Resources T A Crerar told a German audience Canada is united in waging war. He cited 500000 troops overseas, half of RAF pilots from Canada, and vast resource strength including wheat, nickel, copper, and zinc. He described heavy industrial gearing for victory and a 25000 pilots per year training plan.
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London
T. A. Crerar
Germany
Canada
British Broadcasting Corporation
Crerar
Royal Air Force
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
War shrinks German higher education to minimum
War has reduced higher education in Germany to a minimum, with technical schools largely spared while some medical students fill physician and surgeon roles sent to the front. Only about half the universities remain open as many, including Heidelberg and Freiberg near the French border, close.
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Germany
Berlin
Heidelberg
Freiberg
Nepal to Send Eight Battalions to India for War Aid
New Delhi reports Nepal will dispatch eight battalions to British India next year under the pledge of armed aid. The troops will be commanded by the Maharajah of Nepal's eldest son.
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New Delhi
Nepal
British India
Invasion of Finland Shocks Scandinavia Across Europe
Sweden Norway and Denmark voiced alarm as the Soviet invasion of Finland spread fear along the Arctic front. Crowds protested in Oslo and funds were raised for Finnish refugees while governments reviewed defenses and cautioned mobilization remained limited. Headlines branded the act as barbaric and a breach of neutrality.
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Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Finland
Oslo
Abeideron
Hesingfors
Arctic
Helsingfors
Kastrip Syrdrome
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Bracken Urges Western Farmers to Accept Guiding Authority
Premier John Bracken addressed the 36th annual convention of the Union of Manitoba Municipalities urging western farmers to accept guidance from both British and Canadian authorities. He warned against expecting war-time wheat prices to solve economic woes and urged price fairness to prevent losses, stressing that policy should not let western agriculture stagnate.
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Winnipeg
John Bracken
Manitoba
Union of Manitoba Municipalities
Western Canada
Bracken
Great Britain
Dominion
War Film Ready Canadian Edition Reviews Great Britain's Preparedness
The National Film Board completed a Canadian edition of the British film The Warning. It reviews Great Britain's preparedness for war and includes a final section with a statement by Defence Minister Norman Rogers on mobilizing Canada’s military naval air economic and industrial resources.
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Great Britain
Ottawa
National Film Board
W. D. Euler
Public Information Committee
Norman Rogers
Canara
Eskimon Make Ice Cream From Fish Oil Snow and Sugar
Eskimon crafts an unusual ice cream using fish oil snow and sugar in a striking culinary experiment. The mix features seafood fat and frozen flakes blended with sweet sugar creating a novel frozen treat.
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Eskimon
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