Grim account of Italian defeat in desert war
A vivid report outlines Italy's crushing setback in North Africa with Sidi Barrani destroyed and Graziani’s forces largely ruined. British estimates of prisoners rise as Mussolini’s campaign collapses amid retreat, low morale, and uncertain Italian defenses. Churchill steels Parliament for word of major losses and possible end of Mussolini’s hold.
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Lordas
Hinly
Rome
Maly
Musso
Cairo
Churchill
Marshal Graziani
Gragianus
Sidi Barrani
Suez Canal
Italy
Africa
Britain
Mediterranean
Egypt
Graziani
Vtaly
Albania
Mussolini
Hitler
Advisory Board Formed in Ottawa for War Funds
The National War Services department announced the formation of the National War Services Advisory Board to control appeals for voluntary war work funds. Led by C. L. Burton of Toronto, it includes representatives from each province and war service organizations. The board requires audited statements and will regulate appeal dates and fund usage.
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Otteawa
National War Services Department
National War Services Advisory Board
C. L. Burton
Toronto
Hive Voluntary War Service
Axis views on British Egypt and Greek Albania episodes
Nazi spokesmen called British success in Egypt and Greece's Albania victory “mere episodes exaggerated into tragedies.” They asserted the Axis course, militarily and economically, remains absolutely uninfluenced by these episodes.
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Berlin
Egypt
Albania
Bald Shelters Inhabitants Use Natural Air Raids Near Kent
In a Kent village residents protect themselves by saving natural air raid shelters. They patrol to the far outskirts of the neighborhood seeking safest spots for refuge and survival during attacks.
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Kent
Churchill backs Admiralty control of coast command
Britain plans to strengthen the Admiralty role in coastal command to battle submarines and long range German U boats. Churchill said the command should be determined by the Admiralty in consultation with the RAF air chief, while the RAF retains overall coastal command but with expanded duties for trade protection. The Standard urged naval control, citing Fleet Air Arm success and Beaverbrook’s press influence.
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London
Britain
Admiralty
Royal Air Force
Churchill
House of Commons
R.A.F
Air Officer Commanding
RAF
Hopkinson
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
The
Standard
Fleet Air Arm
German Freighter Rhein Sunk or Captured off Cuba
The U S Navy said the German freighter Rhein, which left Tampico on November 28 to run the British blockade, was in the possession of the Dutch destroyer Van Kinsbergen off Cuba and its crew scuttled the ship before abandoning it. An earlier report claimed a Netherlands warship intercepted the Rhein with fire seen aboard. The Rhein's attempt followed a November 15 voyage with Idarwald and Phrygia, the latter scuttled by its crew, as patrols by Dutch units allied with the British were reported in the western Atlantic.
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Washington
United States Navy Department
Tampico
Mexico
van Kinsbergen
Cuba
Navy
Rhein
Idarwald
Phrygia
Idarwaid
Netherllands
Atlantic
Netherlands
Alberta awards scholarship to world wheat king Rigby
Francis Lloyd Rigby, a 22 year old wheat champion from Wembley Alberta, receives an $864 University of Alberta scholarship announced by Premier Aberhart. He won the world's wheat crown at the International Hay and Grain Show in Chicago in 1938 1929 and this year, while a student pursuing agriculture.
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Young Rigby
Alberta
Francis Lloyd Rigby
Wembley
Alta
University of Alberta
Aberhart
Chicago
Rigby
Rhodesia to supply aircrew for Empire training scheme
Rhodesia Salisbury will supply 1800 pilots 240 air observers and 340 airpunrers as the Empire air training scheme begins operation in mid next year, outlining regional contributions to the program.
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Salisbury
Southern Rhodesia
War savings honor roll expands with bronze silver gold seals
Ottawa announces a hotter roll for firms and employees with high regular subscriptions to war savings certificates. Four quarterly awards will grant bronze silver and gold seals on honor roll certificates. Eligibility requires 75 percent of staff registered as regular buyers, with seals awarded progressively up to 300 percent participation. First awards come early next year.
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Ottawa
War Savings Committee
Britain’s Egypt success eases Balkan tensions and grand strategy
Britain's victory in Egypt disrupts Italian positions at Sidi Barrani and reshapes the Mediterranean map from Gibraltar to the Suez. Balkan neutrals Turkey Bulgaria and Yugoslavia show stronger anti axis leanings as they back Russian support, while Franco’s Spain may stay out of the axis until Egypt’s outcome is clear. Graziani’s renewed attack becomes unlikely as fuel and munitions drain.
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London
Britain
Egypt
Sidi Barrani
Gibraltar
Suez, Canal
Balkan
Turkey
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Berlin
Franco
Abania
Marshal Graziani
Saguenay Torpedoed As U-Boat Is Believed Hit
A Canadian destroyer Saguenay was torpedoed while escorting a convoy in the Atlantic. Of 41 men transferred aboard another destroyer after the attack, 18 were wounded. Admiralty crews work to repair Saguenay as the crew cheered and sang during the evacuation.
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London
Saguenay
A. J. McWhinnie
Daily Herald
MacWhinnie
Atlantic
McWhinnie
George Miles
Admiralty
H.M.C.S. Saguenay
Less Revenue Predicted For Manitoba In Ontario War Spending
Provincial Treasurer Stuart Garson warned in the legislature that increased Dominion government war expenditures would cut Manitoba income tax revenue next year by about 250 000 to 300 000 dollars. He noted that federal income tax paid by Manitobans is exempt from provincial tax.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Stuart Garson
Garson
Batter Stocks Down 15.5 Percent From Last Year
Ottawa reports a sharp 15.5 percent drop in Canadian butter stocks as of December 1. Total holdings in cold storage and dairy plants fell to 41,768,020 pounds from 49,427,963 a year earlier. Wartime Prices and Trade Board officials will study the figures for possible butter shortages and consider price actions to curb consumption if needed.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Atatistics
Prices and Trade Board
Britain Grants 44.5 Million Aid to China Government
Britain assigns 44.5 million in aid to Chiang Kai-Shek's government. Richard Butler told the House of Commons the funds come in two forms: credits for use in sterling bloc countries and contributions to bolster China's stabilization fund.
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London
Chiang Kai-Shek
Great Britain
Richard Butler
House of Commons
China
Dominions urged to make more sacrifices in war effort
Lord Stamp tells Dominion leaders in Stoke on Trent that all dominions must tighten belts and cut home consumption to boost war production. He urges abstinence in food, recreation, and clothing, stressing fewer dollars spent and more self denial across the empire to support Britain’s needs.
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Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
Eng
Canada
Dominions
Lord Stamp
United Kingdom
Britain
United States
Empire
Fascists Explain Cause of Debacle on Greek Front
Roberto Farinacci, editor of Il Regime Fascista, accused the high command of untimeliness and improvidence after Marshal Badoglio’s resignation. He said a larger force was needed to begin the Greek campaign and that the undertaking was started without proper reservations to finish with existing Albanian troops. The regime urged national unity and warned against British propaganda critics.
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Rome
Roberto Farinacch
Etter
Il Regime Fascieta
Pietro Badoglio
Greece
Farinacci
Albania
Farinaces
Fascista
Italy
Niews
Adelchi Serena
Fascist Party
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
1 Glornale d'Italia
Netherlands to Train 300 Canadian Volunteers for Dutch Army
Col. G. J. Sas says about 300 Dutch nationals in Canada will begin training at Stratford, Ontario on January 15. The group includes drafted men and volunteers aged 20 to 26, with consent of Dominion authorities. Training lasts six weeks before transfer to England for advanced training and eventual deployment to Dutch cities after Nazi defeat. Netherlands troops in Britain already include escapees and residents called to colors.
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Ottawa
Canada
Col
G. J. Sas
Netherlands
Stratford
Ont
United States
England
Sas
Holland
Great Britain
London Lady Tweedsmuir Visits Red Cross to Pack Parcels
Representing the Imperial Order Daughter of the Empire, Lady Tweedsmuir toured Canadian Red Cross headquarters and observed the packing of 20 Christmas parcels for Canadian prisoners in Germany with no next of kin in the United Kingdom. The parcels mainly aid airmen.
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London
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Zetebliahed
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Oan
G. C. Johnson
Air Council
Saguenay Encounter
Fuhrer Hitler
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Florence
Axis
Chiang Hai-Shek
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