Canada to Halt Most Car and Light Truck Production
Wartime controls grimly cut Canadian auto output with March 31 target to virtually end manufacture. War Industries Board chief Berkinshaw cites plan to ration supplies and preserve essential transport, with pleasure driving banned. Heavy truck production may continue under tight controls as gasoline rationing begins.
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Chiana
Canada
C. Berkinahan
Wartime Industries Control Board
Berkinshaw
Howe
Salvaging License Plates Ottawa Salvage Push Expands
Officials urge cooperation between provincial license bureaus and local salvage authorities to salvage discarded plates. Some provinces collect 1941 plates when buyers get 1942 models. Manitoba grants new plates only after old ones are surrendered for salvage. Federal officers note market for pressed steel limited to certain areas and that plates must be baled before smelters can use them.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Soviet British accord hailed in Moscow amid war bonds
The Russian press lauds the Soviet British anti Axis pact as strengthening ties. Terestia notes Eden’s Kremlin visit confirms Britain and Russia share policy aims to defeat Hitler and curb German aggression, while warning Wither as a shared main enemy and acknowledging the United States joining the coalition.
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Moscow
Terestia
Britain
Russia
Eden
Kremlin
Hitler
Wither
United States
Battles and leadership shifts in wartime India and New Zealand
In Libya, Major General Bernard Freyberg narrowly escaped capture as Axis tanks closed in and machine gun fire raked his car while he directed New Zealand forces. Separately in Bardoli, Mohandas K Gandhi relinquished leadership of the All Indian Congress to preserve nonviolent opposition, signaling possible cooperation with Britain and hints of a wartime coalition.
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Mmander
All-India Congress
Almont
Mohandas Gandhi
Auckland
N.Z
Bernard Freyburg
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
New Zealand
Divigional
Freyburg
Bardoli
India
Mohandaa K Gandhi
All-Indian Congress Party
Gandhi
Congress
Britain
London
Slowing Up Says Nazi Production Program Is In Process Of Disintegration
New York. Heinrich Bruening, former German chancellor and Harvard professor, told an American Political Science Association panel that recent information from Germany indicates a slow disintegration of the Nazi production program. He attributed this to the army's general staff officers taking control of the German economy and especially the armament industry.
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New York
Heinrich Bruening
German Republic
Nowe
Harvard
Germany
Bruening
American Political Science Association
Manion Named Director of New A R P Forces
Ottawa says Col R J Manion former Conservative leader is director of civil air raid precautions to expand federal ARP. Mackenzie states he will start immediately and visit designated areas. Provinces will distribute supplies and enforce blackouts while government provides direction, training, and care for ARP workers.
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Ottawa
Mack Kenzle
R. J. Manion
Conservative
Mackenzie
Cal. Manion
Britain
Canada
A.R.P
Federal Goverment
Defence of Canada
Roofspotters' Club to Guard Sydney Downtown
Property owners in Sydney's congested downtown district form the Roofspotters' Club and hire spotters for 15 dollars weekly to watch over the area. Four main buildings become bases as the club covers salaries and expenses.
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Sydney
Australia
Canadian War Medicine Talks With Royal College Leader
Sir Charles Wilson president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons conferred with federal government medical authorities in Ottawa on war conditions and medicine. He arrived with Prime Minister Churchill.
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Ottawa
Charles Wilson
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
Charles
Churchill
Fate of Eiffel Tower in scrap drive reported
A Paris landmark since 1889 may be torn down for scrap under a German backed plan reported by Vichy dispatches. A national committee will decide which edifices lack artistic or historic value and should be removed. Henri Bordeau, member of the French academy, said the tower offends Parisian taste.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Vichy
Henri Bordeau
French Academy
New Zealand Fully Mobilizes Territorial Force and Reserves
New Zealand has called up the entire balance of its territorial force not yet mobilized. The national military reserve, made up of former First World War soldiers and men eligible for expeditionary force reinforcements, has also been mobilized.
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Auckland
New Zealand
National Military Reserve
Warship Commandos Direct Air Fire Over Norway
A coastal commando unit range fighting near Norway was directed from a warship by a Royal Air Force squadron leader on the bridge. The leader, a New Zealand officer attached to a Royal Canadian Air Force squadron, coordinated with Blenheim fighters via radio telephone as part of protecting the landing force.
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London
Norway
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Royal Canadian Air Force
Russian War Weakens Nazi Air Force Says Observers
London aviation observers estimate German air strength has fallen to about 65 percent of its peak after the Russian campaign. They cite tired pilots and plane shortages, noting no major raids on Britain since June 22, and say losses in Libya and the Middle East further depleted Luftwaffe. A foreign source claims Germany halted production of non mass produced planes, hinting at a winter campaign instead.
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London
Russia
Britain
Middle East
Luftwaffe
Hitler
Libya
High Command
France
Sicily
Peloponnesus
North Africa
Mediterranean
Air Ministry
Derna
Erwin Rommel
Greece
RAF
Trans- Canada Airlines expands wartime routes and capacity
Montreal reports a year end review showing new highs in operations during 1941. TCA daily mileage grew from 15.4 to over 19 thousand miles and traffic volume rose across the system. Plans include extending air services to Newfoundland and Alaska once aircraft are available. Improvements to airports and airways were made nationwide. TCA overhauls military aircraft in Toronto and provides en route service, while servicing engines under government contracts. Working ties with British Overseas Airways Corporation strengthen as war demands rise. Monthly passenger traffic more than doubles from January, mails rise toward 140000 pounds, and air express nearly triples from 6880 pounds.
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Montreal
Trans- Canada Air Lines
H. J. Symington
K.C
TCLA
Symington
TCA
Newfoundland
Alaska
Dominion
Federal Department of Transport
T.C.A
Royal Canadian Air Force
Toronto
Department of Tunnitions
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Air Express
Escaped From Hong Kong in Torpedo Boats Fights
British and Chinese officers led by Admiral Chan Chak escaped Hong Kong on Christmas Day in motor torpedo boats breaking the Japanese blockade. One boat was sunk with 16 dead. Chan Chak was wounded and swam to shore. Survivors include D M MacDouglas and two British lieutenants plus two RAF wing commanders. The party is now in Kwangtung province.
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Chungking
China
Chan Chak
Hong Kong
D. M. MacDouglas
Ministry of Information
Royal Air Force
Kwangtung Province
Clothing Shortage Forces German Army Remodelling
A Reuters despatch from Stockholm says a large German effort is reworking surrendered civilian clothing for the army. Tailors and dressmakers work day and night to refurbish fur coats hats woollen jumpers gloves and underwear. Coat collars become body belts and baby quilts turn into soldier hoods in a vast remodelling program.
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Germany
London
Reuters
Stockholm
Berlin
Tidningen
Northern Ireland backs Britain and U S in wartime pledge
Belfast report notes the House of Commons passed a sympathy resolution with the United States over the Japanese attack and pledged utmost support to the Allied war effort. It also expressed gratitude for past aid and pride in one million Ulster kinsmen among U S citizens.
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Northern Ireland
Britain
United States
Belfast
House of Commons
U.S
Navy intercepts 46 ships bound for unoccupied France
A Royal Navy official said in 1941 broadcasts that 46 vessels attempting to run the blockade of unoccupied France were intercepted. He noted ships reaching France via Marseille caused nearly the sole leak in the blockade through the Mediterranean port.
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London
Royal Navy
France
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Mediterranean
Marseille
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J. H. Berry
Manion
NEW A. R. P. Forces
Roofspotters’ Club
Vphoto
Meyers Studies
Christopher E. Eberts
St. Pierre and Miqulon
Kenneth Stuart
Maurice A.pope
Ralph B. Gibson
Queen’s Own Rifles
Eadie
Coast Artillery
Trans-Canada Lines
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