Canada plans to build cargo ships for Britain
D B Carswell, director general of shipbuilding in Canada, said shipyards will construct 18 cargo ships of 9,500 tons each for Great Britain, with six on the Pacific coast and twelve on the eastern tidewater ports, due for delivery next October. Seven ships and corvettes are already under construction, and cargo ship production will not disrupt corvette output.
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Ottens
Canada
D. B. Carswell
Dominion
Great Britain
Munitions and Supply Department
Tidewater
Pacific
Carswell
Quebec
Montreal
Corvette
Mr. Carswell
Scotland
China
Australia
United States
Detroit Shipbuilding Company
London Officer Receives George Cross for Bomb Disposal
Arthur Douglas Merriman, part time experimental officer at the directorate of scientific research, ministry of supply, has been awarded the George Cross. The London Gazette notes the decoration was for conspicuous bravery in bomb disposal.
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London
Arthur Douglas Merriman
Directorate of Scientific Research
Ministry of Supply
London Gazette
Enllotment Rejections Ottawa
Rejections of men enlisted in the Canadian Active Service Force for medical reasons from September 3, 1938, to October 31, 1940, numbered W353, tabled in the House of Commons at the request of Dr Herbert Bruce Con Serento Parkdale.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Herbert Bruce
Serento-Parkdale
Britain R A F Adds Cannon Armament To Fighters
London reports state that Royal Air Force fighters now carry cannons to extend range and firepower against German raiders. Early Battle of Britain planes used eight machine guns. cannons are expected to boost effectiveness despite undisclosed numbers. Reports also hint US Bell Airacobra trials with 37 millimetre cannon conducted over Lake Ontario.
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London
Royal Air Force
Britain
Germany
R.A.F
United States Bell
Daily Mail urges Britain to retaliate against terror bombing
Editorial argues Germany abandoned military aims and targets civilian populations. It says Britain cannot ignore the challenge and should reconsider policy. Reprisals seen as necessary if civilian endurance is to be the test of victory, with a call to matching Nazi terror with counter terror.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Britain
Salvage Campaign Aims to Organize Canadian War Effort
War Services Minister Gardner plans a salvage campaign to mobilize Canadians in collecting scrap iron steel brass newspapers and aluminum to support the war effort. He will seek cooperation from the commons and coordinate nationwide organizations for an effective campaign.
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Ottawa
War Services
Gardiner
Commons
Labour compulsion powers urged for reconstruction task
Sir John Anderson told the House of Commons that the government may need to use labor compulsion to tackle the urgent reconstruction of industrial centres. He stressed these powers should be used only after considering all facts and ensuring they would yield results.
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London
John Anderson
Council
House of Commons
John
Burglar proof store for new bombsights begins in Louisville
Construction starts on a heavily guarded building in Louisville to house seven of the United States newest bombsights. The devices will be kept secure except when used in flights by planes based at Bowman Field airport.
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Louisville
United States
Bowman Field
Romanian German trade pact signals wider transport buildup
Informed circles foresee accelerated Rumanian oil delivery to Germany via expanded rail, road, and pipeline networks after the Romanian German trade treaty signed in Berlin. The move aims to speed shipments and strengthen economic ties between Bucharest and Berlin.
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Bucharest
Germany
Berlin
Attlee Denies British Plan To Barter Territory
In the House of Commons Clement Attlee rejected the idea that Britain would trade sovereignty of any colony for war supplies from the United States. Oliver Simmonds pressed for assurances, noting rumors Britain might exchange Caribbean and Atlantic colonies for aid, but Attlee affirmed no such barter.
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London
House of Commons
Clement Attlee
United States
Mr. Attlee
Oliver Simmonds
Simmon
Britain
Caribbean
Atlantic Seaboard
Churchill weighs options to curb Axis shipping attacks
London reports Prime Minister Churchill studying methods to counter intensified Axis air and submarine assaults on Britain's overseas supply lines. Sir John Anderson told Parliament that attacks cost about 75 000 tons in a week and focus on western shipping to the British Isles. Morgenthau mobilizes American ships for Britain as the maritime commission approves selling four freighters and plans 15 more from the laid up fleet.
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London
Wington Churchill
John Anderson
Council
House of Commons
Anderson
British Isles
Defence Committee
Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Great Britain
Britain
Maritime Commission
Extra Rations Announced for Christmas in London
Lord Woolton the food minister said Christmas will bring extra rations of tea and sugar. The sugar allotment rises to 12 ounces for the week before Christmas from eight, and tea rises to four ounces from two. Bacon ration will be cut by one fourth in line with warnings of tighter supplies this winter.
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London
Lord Woolton
Woolton
Night Mapping Device Shipped to Britain by U S Army
The United States Army Air Corps released a magnesium night photography device to the Royal Air Force after fifteen years of research. Maj A W Stevens associated with stratosphere flights is named among researchers. The move follows the Sperry bomb sight handover and is seen as aiding RAF target detection and damage assessment.
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Washington
United States Army Air Corps
Royal Air Force
A. W. Stevens
Stratosphere Flight
Great Britain
United States
R.A.F
Outstanding Courage London Distinguished Flying Cross awarded
Flight Lieutenant Howard Peter Blatchford of Edmonton received the Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry in operations against the enemy. The No. 257 Squadron leader reportedly destroyed eight and damaged five enemy aircraft in one day, rammed a hostile fighter after exhausting ammunition, and made two head-on feint attacks showing leadership and courage.
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London
Howard Peter Blatchford
Edmonton
Blatchford
No. 257 Squadron
Trade With Turkey London Pact Boosts British Turkish Trade
The British foreign office announced a financial accord with Turkey intended to raise trade between the two and with other sterling area nations. It sets payments at the Turkish lira pound rate and creates special accounts to ease Turkish and Empire payments. Diplomats see it as a political move challenging German influence in the Balkans and note Britain’s smaller share of Turkey’s trade compared with Germany.
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London
Foreign Office
Turkey
Balkans
Beriin
Germany
Britain
Britons Seek American Aid In War Effort
Edwin S. Johnson, former Canadian Press London bureau chief, says Britain relies on North America for planes and personnel to win the war. He describes bombing experiences and the flood of refugees heading toward the United States, with Canadians facing accommodation shortages.
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Edwin S. Johnson
Canada
North America
United Kingdom
London
Mr. Johnson
England
Ottawa
Britain Aims to Beat Nazi Blockade Across Seas
Britain faces submarine and bomber threats to vital lifelines for food and war material. Officials compare losses to World War I, noting 323157 tons lost in four weeks to Nov 24, 1940, but deem it lower than 1917 peaks. They expect progress through more anti submarine craft and added merchant shipping while Italy and neutral nations alter the submarine landscape.
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London
Britain
Italy
Norway
Denmark
Holland
France
Germany
North Sea
Belgium
Eire
Atlantic
Needed For Salvage Work Ottawa
Ottawa reports confirm that Alex Patterson, a commissioner of prisons for England and Wales, met Col. Stethem to discuss civilian internees for a Pioneer Corps salvage project in England. Morrison indicated the visit targets camps holding British civilians imprisoned in Canada, with earlier transfers of both POWs and enemy civilians.
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Ottawa
Alex Patterson
England
Wales
Col. Stethem
Patterson
House of Commons
Home
Herbert Morrison
Pioneer Corps
Morrison
Canada
Great Britain
Coventry plan to rebuild city centre faces delays
D E Gibson city architect for Coventry, speaking at the Royal Society of Arts, says wartime destruction may clear the way for a greater centre of riches and beauty though high land values and legal delays halted a year and a half ago his plans to replace old buildings with a dignified city centre.
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London
Coventry
D. E. Gibson
Royal Society of Arts
Plattsburgh Legion Offers 12-Ton German Gun for Scrap
The Plattsburgh New York post of the American Legion offers a large German naval gun weighing about 12 tons as scrap metal to support the war effort in Canada. National War Services officials estimate the gun’s value at roughly $1,000 in scrap metal.
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Ottawa
Plattsburgh
N.Y
American Legion
Canada
Department of National War Services
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Department of Munitions and Supply
Eric W. Beardmore
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Royal Navy
America
Boston
Johnson
U.S
Canadiens
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