Canada halts further sale of rubber tires
Canada orders an immediate halt on the sale or delivery of new rubber pneumatic tires for autos buses trucks farms and motorcycles. The ban covers dealers manufacturers wholesalers and mail order outlets and remains until further notice with severe penalties for violations while used tires tubes retreaded tires and tires on new vehicles are exempt.
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Howe
Matariate
Hockbee
Pacific
Malaya
Ceylon
Netherlands
Indies
Canada
Alan H. Williamson
FR. C. Berkinshaw
Wartime Industries Control Board
Williamson
Portugal
Defence Talks Washington Pan American defence move urged
The United States urged the 20 American republics to consult on joint defence measures against the Axis. Cordell Hull proposed a Pan American Union meeting in Rio de Janeiro during the first week of January to coordinate actions in line with good neighbor pledges. Chile supported a Pacific coast security focus following Japan’s attack on U S territories.
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Washington
United States
Cordell Hull
The
Pan-American Union
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Chile
Japan
Pacific
Recruiting Officers Busy Victoria
Recruiting officers in British Columbia face a flood of applicants to join the army, district recruiting officer Lt. Col. H. E. Goodman reports.
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Victoria
British Columbia
H. E. Goodman
United States Allows Mexican Troop Movement Across U.S. Territory
The United States authorizes Mexico to move troops across U S territory to reinforce the defense of lower California amid rising tensions.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Lower Cali-fernie
Round-up of Japanese nationals in custody in Canada
Ottawa reports a large scale roundup of Japanese and Japanese-Canadians now underway. Royal Canadian Mounted Police official Col. Wood notes many detainees are naturalized Canadians, with about 80 percent of the 24,000 Japanese in Canada residing in British Columbia. Interment procedures apply to those deemed dangerous, while language schools and newspapers are closed and no fishing boats are radio equipped.
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Ottawa
Ont
Commis Soner
T. Wood
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canada
British Columbia
Col. Wood
New Canadian Destroyer Athabascan Launched in UK
The second Tribal class destroyer for Canada, Athabascan, was launched in the United Kingdom as Ottawa notes. The ship, part of six, will boost Canada’s two ocean wartime fleet to 18 destroyers once commissioned. Tribal class ships carry 1,870 tons, 190 crew, eight 4.7 inch guns, seven smaller guns, and four torpedo tubes, with peacetime Royal Navy builds costing about £450,000 each.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Navy
United Kingdom
Naval Service Headquarters
Dominion
Canada
Percy W Nelles
Naval Staff
Jane's Fighting Ships
Royal Navy
West Coast defence plan agreed by Canada and United States
Ottawa reports joint defence plans for North America's west coast are complete with naval military and air forces ready. A single unified command is unnecessary though a rapid five minute reconfiguration could form one if needed. Japanese aggression in the Pacific is not altering coastal defence, and no major invasion is expected.
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Ottawa
North America
Pacific
British Government Seeks £3 Billion War Credit for 1942
The British government plans to request parliament grant another £3 billion for war expenditures in the current fiscal year ending March 31, 1942. This would raise total war credits voted since March 31, 1941 to £4 billion.
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London
Last Service Cancelled for New York to Lisbon Voyage
The American Export Lines ended its New York to Lisbon steamship run, the last US service to Europe. Lisbon serves as an outlet for Americans and refugees fleeing Europe.
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New York
Europe
New York-Lisbon
Lisbon
Argentine to Guard British Interests in Japan War
The Argentine will protect both Casadian and British interests in Japan as it faces war with the Empire, signaling a diplomatic maneuver amid rising tensions and shifting alliances in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Ottawa
Casadian
Japan
Russians Hold Air Superiority In Moscow Area
London reports that the Russians now hold air superiority over the Moscow sector and the entire Soviet German front, with Russian tanks performing well in snow due to broader treads. British observers note German transport difficulties and praise Allied support like the Valentine tanks, while Moscow front casualties mount as the Red army retakes villages and advances in the Crimea and Kalinin region.
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Moscow
Soviet Forces Report Gains In Orel and Tula Sectors
Soviet combat units under Generals Kuznetsov and Levyashenko claim killing 4 800 Germans and capturing 75 tanks in isolated battles near Orets and Orel while Luftwaffe losses include 600 soldiers and 10 tanks. In other actions 12 000 German casualties reported. Red Air Force claims another day of strikes on enemy troops, armor, and supplies. New Zealand’s top minerals coal and gold contribute about SQ percent of production value.
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Orets
Orel
Kuznetsov
Levyashenko
Red Air Force
New Zealand
Ottawa British Columbia Accept Ontario Fire-Fighting Offer
Pensions Minister Mackenzie announced Ottawa British Columbia has accepted an Ontario offer of fire fighting equipment for air raid use. The package valued at 506000 to 750000 dollars includes mobile pumping sets with bases and attachments and would equip a fire fighting force of 8000 to 10000 men for fires in cuttering areas where city firemen would not be available immediately. Premier Hepburn made the offer and Mr Mackenzie stated its expected utility in forest service operations and emergency response.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Ontario
Mackenzie
Ontario Forest Service
Hepburn
Government bans chrome nickel plating on cars
Ottawa announces next year’s prohibition on chrome nickel copper and aluminum finishes in passenger cars and trucks. The order, issued by Motor Vehicles Controller J H Berry and approved by wartime industries control board chairman R C Berkinshaw, bans any metal finish or body trim containing these metals.
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Ottawa
Howe
J. H. Berry
R. C. Berkinshaw
Wartime Industries Control Board
Wide areas on coast lines named at enemy attack risk
Ottawa reports a widened designation of Canadian areas subject to enemy attack. The Atlantic coast south of Labrador and the Pacific coast south of Alaska are now listed as at risk. Major centres along the coasts and key interior cities from Montreal to Vancouver receive expanded air raid precaution plans. Expansion prioritizes Vancouver, Esquimalt, Patricia Bay, and coastal Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, and Prince Edward Island.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie
Joint Staff Committee
Three
Defence Services
Atlantic
Labrador
Pacific
Alaska
Vancouver
Prince Rupert
Vancouver Island
Royal Canadian Navy
Esquimalt
Victoria
Royal Canadian Air Force
Patricia Bay
Canadian
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Quebec
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Ontario
Sault Ste. Marie
British Columbia
Nanaimo
Alberni
Admiral Layton leads Far East battle fleet crisis
Singapore reports Rear-Admiral Sir Geofrey Layton assumes command of Britain's Far East fleet after Admiral Phillips and Captains Leach Tennant Bell accounted missing or safe amid the sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse. Survivors reach Singapore. Japanese air and torpedo actions suspected.
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Singapore
Geoffrey Layton
Britain
Far East
Tom Phillips
Prince of Wales
China Sea
John Leach
W. G. Tennant
Repulse
L. H. Bell
Malay Peninsula
London
The
Times
Daily Mail
North Atlantic
Knudsen backs work or fight to boost bomber output
William Knudsen, head of the Office of Production Management, urged a work or fight program and said heavy four engine bombers could reach 1,000 monthly, doubling the goal. He listed guns planes tanks ammunition and shipbuilding as necessary, and called for inland bomber plants and new TNT and powder facilities.
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Washington
William
Knudsen
United States Office of Production Management
O.P.M
Roosey
Women in War Industries Target 50 Percent by 1942
London Ontario interview with T H Scott field representative of the provincial war emergency training program predicts that by spring 1942 half of Canadian war industry personnel will be women. He says the present share is about 12 percent.
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London
Ont
T. H. Scott
Imprisoned In Japan Amid War Roundup
The home ministry announced 1270 British and United States nationals Canadians and Australians had been taken into custody across Japan since the outbreak of the war.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
Home Ministry
United States
Japan
Identification buttons issued to Chinese in New York
In New York's Chinatown five thousand Chinese residents received identification buttons to separate them from Japanese. Reports say many Chinese mistaken for Japanese were mishandled in the process.
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New York
Chinatown
Pacific Banes London Authority Pledges Support
A British authority declared that all bases and facilities they can afford will be available for allies in the Pacific theater, signaling strengthened support amid mounting wartime pressure.
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London
Pacific
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Costinaia
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Moscow Front
Red Army
Petrov
Red Star
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Crimea
Kalinin
Maxim Litvinov
Tula
U.S
American Locomotive Co
Schenectady
U.S. Army Ordnance Department
Ian Science
Brith Colombing
Admiral Layton
FAR East Battle Fleet
U.S. Defence Program
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