Grants Payable to Provinces For Loss of Taxes
Ottawa reports a plan to pay provinces annual compensation totaling about 500.9 million dollars to abandon personal income and corporate taxes during wartime and for a year after. The draft agreements, outlined by Finance Minister Teleyan Neuhend, cover subsidies to Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Manitoba Saskatchewan Quebec Ontario Alberta British Columbia and others plus make up gasoline tax receipts to prewar levels. Provinces would refrain from taxing personal or corporate incomes after December 31 1940 until wartime concludes and allow reentry a year after the war ends with rate reductions.
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Ottawa
Finance
Teleyanneuhend
Wise
Lisley
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Ontario
Alberta
British Columbia
Wisley
Federal Treasury
Lisiey
Dominion
Civilian Casualties In Britain Decline From 1940 Toll
The Ministry of Home Security reports thirty four civilians killed in Britain during December. In contrast December 1940 saw 3,793 killed and 3,044 injured sufficiently to require hospital treatment from air raids.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Home Security
Canadian Red Cross sends 100000 to Russia relief fund
Dr. Fred W. Routley national commissioner of the Canadian Red Cross announced a cable of 100000 to Britain to be handed to the Russian Red Cross. He said the money is the first instalment of 500000 being raised in Canada for medical relief for Russia.
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Toronto
Fred W. Routley
Canadian Red Cross
Britain
Russian Red Cross
Routley
Canada
Russia
Saskatchewan Seed Growers reelect 1941 officers in Saskatoon
The Saskatchewan branch of the Canadian Seed Growers Association re elected all 1941 officers at the 13th annual meeting held at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. In San Francisco, pleas for ships to aid the war effort won agreement from Poetic coast shipbuilders and unions to maintain around the clock production.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
University of Saskatchewan
San Francisco
United States
Coast
Canadians return safely from raid over Germany
Royal Canadian Air Force crew Pilot Officer Ian Hoidas Saskatoon Sergeant Air Gunner W H Bracken Moose Jaw and Sergeant Air Gunner C J Kearns Halifax survived a bombing mission. Heavy anti aircraft fire damaged the bomber, one engine failed, but the crew found the target dropped their load and limped home with 15 gallons of fuel remaining.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Ian Hoidas
Saskatoon
W.H. Bracken
Moose
C. J. Kearns
Halifax
Germany
Sgt. Kearns
Nelson named wartime production czar as Allied board eyed
Washington reports Don ald M. Nelson acting as wartime industrial production head and hints of a permanent Allied supply board. London notes Lord Beaverbrook may stay in Washington to coordinate wartime output for the United Nations. Canada likely represented due to its munitions role and resources. Nelson vows bold reshuffles to speed material to defeat Hitler and Japan.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
United States
London
Lord Beaverbrook
United Nations
Canada
Nelson
Hitler
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Robert P. Patterson
Navy
Janes V. Forrestal
Removal of Japanese From British Columbia Coast Areas
Ottawa announced forthcoming removal of aliens from designated defence zones on the Pacific coast. In British Columbia about 23,428 Japanese residents exist, with 5,387 expected to be classified as aliens to be transferred within the province under federal rules. Victoria leaders welcomed action, while officials noted evacuation readiness but awaited orders. Of those affected, 2,395 are fathers. mothers are a smaller share, many born in Canada.
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Vancouver
British ,Columbia
Ottawa
British Columbia
Pacific
Victoria
Hart
George A. Ishiwara
C. H. Hill
Royal Canadian Police
Canada
Soviet Japan relations unchanged says Lozovsky
Russian vice commissar S A Lozovsky told reporters at a press conference that Soviet Japanese relations remain unchanged and based on the neutrality pact made last April. He said negotiations are underway to renew the Far Eastern fisheries pact that expired December 31.
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Kuibyshev
S. A. Lozovsky
Pacific
Japan
Thailand Consulate General in Vancouver to close
The Prime Minister's office announced Thailand will close its consulate general in Vancouver due to the Japanese occupation. Official action cites the occupation affecting Thailand. The move reflects diplomatic reevaluation as the government contends with wartime conditions.
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Ottawa
Thailand
Vancouver
Malta Anti Aircraft Defences Praised By Troops
British troops arriving in London from Malta praise the fortress anti aircraft defences as unparalleled. They report 1,200 air raid alarms by January 10 and more than 80 enemy aircraft shot down with island casualties described as few. The sky was lit by a sheet of steel whenever enemy planes appeared.
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Malta
London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Mediterranean
Maita
Axis Shipping Losses Estimated At Nearly Five Million Tons
An informed source cites admiralty and RAF reports showing Axis shipping losses from British sea and air attacks reaching about 5 million tons since the war began. Since October end losses topped 4.5 million tons with more than 100 ships totaling around 4,000 tons each sunk or damaged by Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and RAF forces.
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London
Admiralty
R.A.F
Royal Navy
Fleet Air Arm
F.A.F
Asiatic Fleet Evacuates Cavite to Safer Waters
Admiral Hart led the United States Asiatic Fleet from the Cavite base in Manila Bay to secure waters. The navy confirmed all ships and personnel were removed before enemy occupation, with records and stores destroyed. The fleet’s location remains undisclosed, but signals point to the Dutch East Indies as a potential area.
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Washington
Thomas C. Hart
United States
Cavite
Manila Bay
Philippine
Manila
Manila-Cavite
Netherland East Indies
Admiral Hart
Navy
Netherlands
Far Eastern
Reinforcements Arrive in Burma Air Defence Push
Air and land units reach Burma as boosts arrive for Rangoon and key points. Pilots from England Canada Australia and South Africa join Commonwealth forces along with American veterans protecting the Rangoon to China route and aiding air defence. Fresh troops under Lt General Hutton bolstering Burma’s defense.
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Rangoon
Burma
Far East
Associated Preas
Thailand
Japan
Singapore
T. J. Hutton
Malaya
Royal Air Force
England
Canada
Australia
South Africa
China
Yugoslav Free Armies Regain Territory and Issue Passports
Yugoslav free armies have recaptured about 19,080 square miles of Yugoslavia's 96,000 square miles of mountains and are issuing passports for “Unoccupied” Serbia. BBC adviser W. Tencer notes troops are strained by bombardment, supply problems, and cold. Belgrade reports 160 Serbian patriots killed and 11 captured in a new clash with Axis forces in the mountains.
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London
Yugoslavia
Serbia
W. Tencer
BBC
Tencer
Belgrade
Air Training Plan recruits may be Canada’s big manpower issue
Ottawa reports the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan faces a major manpower challenge as aircrew recruitment may require large scale rehabilitation and education programs. Maj Power notes no US decision yet on participation while Canada boosts Pacific air strength and opens a Labrador base.
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Ottawa
Canada
Power
Air Force
Pacific
Japan
Labrador
British Commonwealth
United States
Maj. Power
University of the Air
Voluntary Discipline urged for civilians in wartime policy
Labor Minister Mitchell told a joint meeting of the national war labor board and regional boards that price and wage controls require voluntary civilian discipline akin to that expected of soldiers. The plan aims for uniform wage treatment and to prevent inflation while keeping the economy on an even keel. Mitchell said civilians should voluntarily inculcate discipline and expressed confidence in the answer.
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Ottawa
Mitchell
National War Labor Board
Lieutenant Close Wins Military Cross for Kota Bahru Action
London reports 23 year old Lieut John Christopher Close earned the Military Cross for a December rearguard fight at Kota Bahru airdrome in Northern Malaya. He led twelve Indian soldiers against vastly superior Japanese forces in a desperate stand.
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London
John Christopher Close
Kota Bahru
Malaya
Executed in Germany for selling clothing to soldiers
Karl Backs was executed at Kassel after being accused of attempting to sell clothing collected for German soldiers at the Russian front, as reported by Munich's Neuste Nachrichten.
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Berne
Munich
Neutse Nachrichten
Karl Backs
Kassel
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