Canada's War Effort Gains Momentum In 1940 Orders
Ottawa notes a shift from peace to wartime demands with tighter controls on gasoline and materials, intensified salvage, and food for Britain. Automobile civilian output down while military production rises. 118 orders-in-council under the War Measures Act issued between July and December 1940, signaling swift regulatory action.
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Britain
United Kingdom
British Food Ministry
Navy
Army
Air Force
National Resources Mobilization Act
Labor Department
Canada
United States
Prairie Provinces
Post War Plans London Labor outlines postwar Britain goals
British Labor drafted blueprints for a new postwar Britain saying the second Great War would not spawn fortunes like those from 1914 to 1919. Hugh Dalton, economic warfare minister, said no repeat of wartime fortunes, as Labor forms a committee to shape peace plans. Arthur Greenwood urged delegates to trust in his commitment to serve the common people.
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London
Britain
Labor Party
Hugh Dalton
Labor
Arthur Greenwood
Churchill
Foodstuffs From Japan Reach Germany via Trans-Siberian Rail
Reliable sources say Japan and occupied China have sent about 1 500 tons daily to Germany by the trans-Siberian line in recent months. Roughly 75 000 tons of Man choukuo soybean crop have shipped, with other large consignments of oil, cotton, meat and rice. Soviet freight rates to Berlin via the route rose about 500 percent, while Germany reportedly exports high value but low volume goods such as chemicals and precision instruments to Japan. In November 1940 occupied China exports included tobacco, hides, tea, meat, rice, cotton and leather in sizable amounts.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Germany
trans-Siberian
Manchoukuo
Russia
Berlin
Far East
United States
Seaplane Damaged in British Harbor Unserviceable
The bottom half of the Mayo composite seaplane, used briefly with the Royal Air Force coastal command, was damaged and rendered unserviceable in a British harbor. The aircraft had been released to the air ministry at the outbreak of war but saw little use after its prewar Atlantic flight to Canada.
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London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Coastal Command
Atlantic
Canada
Deportation Order for Foreign Journalist John Scott
Moscow reports the Soviet government has ordered the deportation of foreign journalist John Scott for publishing slanderous articles about the Soviet Union in the English News Chronicle. The order was issued by the department of internal affairs according to Tass.
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Moscow
John Scott
Soviet Union
News Chronicle
Tass
Department of Internal Affairs
German Freighter Lech Scuttled in South Atlantic Blockade
Rear Admiral Frank Pegram announced that the 3290 ton German freighter Lech, a blockade runner, was scuttled after interception by a British vessel off Rio de Janeiro Brazil. The British squadron commander confirmed the wartime action.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Frank Pegram
Britain
South Atlantic
Britain and U S sign global freight charge control pact
London reports that Britain and the United States have reached an agreement to regulate all freight charges for voyages between their territories worldwide. The Financial Times states the accord covers shipping costs across global routes and seeks uniform charges.
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London
Britain
United States
Financial Times
Will Need More Workers Washington
The United States labor department estimated that 1,406,000 additional workers would be required in key defence industries by April 1942.
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Washington
United States Labor Department
Losses In Crete Unaccounted Troops Widen Search
Australian army minister Percy Spender said 2,887 of 6,486 Australian Imperial Force members in Crete were evacuated to Egypt after the German air invasion, leaving 3,599 unaccounted for. New Zealand acting prime minister Walter Nash reported 2,800 New Zealand troops unaccounted for, with 786 wounded among those arriving in Egypt.
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Sydney
Australia
New Zealand
Crete
Percy Spender
Egypt
Walter Nash
Trouble Was Temporary for Big Ben Clock Silence
New York reports London's Big Ben was silent for 12 hours after a workman left a hammer on the hour-hand bracket. The issue was found in time for the 10 15 a m quarter hour strike, according to the British Broadcasting Corporation.
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New York
Big Ben
London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Fire at Boeing Canada Sea Island plant ruled accidental
Provincial Fire Marshal W. A Walker announced the blaze that destroyed the administration offices of the new Boeing Aircraft of Canada Ltd. plant at Sea Island was of purely accidental nature caused by faulty electrical equipment.
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Vancouver
W. A Walker
Boeing Aircraft of Canada Ltd
Sea Island
Sweden Would Rather Fight Stockholm President Declares
Gunnar Anderson of the Swedish National Federation of Labor, speaking at a labor celebration, said Sweden would choose war over foreign slavery, asserting resolve to resist domination and defend national sovereignty.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Gunnar Anderson
Swedish National Federation of Labor
United Air Service Takes Over Mackenzie River Area
W. M. Neal of Winnipeg CP Rail vice president announced coordination of Canadian Airways Limited and Mackenzie Air Service Limited by United Air Service Limited a CPR subsidiary. W Leigh Brintwell MASL president becomes manager of UASL overseeing Mackenzie river area and Prince Albert run. CAL and MASL previously operated separately.
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Edmonton
Canadian Airways. Limited
Mackenzie Air Service. Limited
United Air Service. Limited
Canadian Pacific Railway
W. M. Neal
Winnipeg
C.P.R
Western Lines
W. Leigh Brintweil
U.as.l
Mackenzie River
Prince Albert
Sask
CAL
MASL
Britain and United States to deepen postwar ties says Greenwood
London Arthur Greenwood warns at Labour conference that wartime cooperation with the United States will expand after the war into a single world partnership with the dominions. He notes expected shambles before victory ends but optimism on economic recovery through joint planning for production, distribution, and finance. The party memo urges national planning and measures to curb mass unemployment and aid distressed areas.
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London
Arthur Greenwood
Labor Party
United States
Great Britain
Britain
Mr. Greenwood
Dominions
British Broadcasting Corporation
Australian troops join Cyprus garrison in Eastern Mediterranean
Defence of Cyprus updates note Australian troops are now part of the British island's eastern Mediterranean garrison in Nicosia, Cyprus. The dispatch confirms their incorporation into the defense arrangement alongside local and other Allied forces.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Campbell Named Director General of British Information Services
London announces Sir Gerald Campbell KCMG, currently His Majesty's minister at Washington, will head all British information services in the United States. His office will be in New York and he will relinquish his ministerial post to assume the director general role to improve war news supply from Britain.
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Sir Gerald Campbell
U.S
London
Gerald Campbell
Washington
United States
No. 10 Downing Street
Great Britain
K.C.M.G
Campbell
New York
London Air Raid Damages Outpace Rest of England
Health Minister Ernest Brown told a press conference that London suffered twice the air raid damage to private homes compared with the rest of England. He noted more than 80 percent of repairable houses had been windproofed and airtight. Last week London repaired 32,000 houses while 40,000 were repaired in the provinces.
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London
England
Ernest Brown
Greenland Children to Enroll in Toronto Schools
At a Toronto board of education finance committee meeting Dr. C C Goldring superintendent said a program seeks permission for five children from Greenland to attend Toronto schools next September. The move aims to integrate war guests from Greenland into local education.
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Toronto
Greenland
Canada
Toronto Board of Education
C. C. Goldring
New Jersey Repeals Bund Charter in State Measure
The New Jersey legislature approved a bill repealing the charter and incorporation of the German American Bund auxiliary. The measure requires the group to dispose of its property and wind up affairs in the state.
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Trenton
N.J
New Jersey
Bund Auxiliary
Clash in Greece as soldiers clash near Athens trains seized
Reuters reported from Cairo that Greek and German troops fighting erupted at Levadia about 60 miles northwest of Athens as inhabitants seized a supply train. German police fired on unloaders, with many killed or wounded. The German commander warned against approaching warehouses or trains. Athens imposed emergency measures including court martials and death sentences for hundreds of citizens.
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London
Levadia
Athens
Reuters
Cairo
Food production vital to war effort says Gardiner
Ottawa Agriculture Minister Gardiner told the House that food production is key to winning the war. Canada ships more pork to Britain than prewar exports, wheat acreage cut from 27 million to 20 million acres, and bacon and cheese exports to Britain rise as farmers are urged to boost output next year.
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Ottawa
Gardiner
House of Commons
Britain
Canada
United Kingdom
US Warns France Over Nazi Pact and Collaboration
State Secretary Hull warned France against collaborating with Germany and warned of Pan-American occupation of French possessions in the western hemisphere. He said preliminary reports indicate Vichy France may pursue aggression and oppression, risking subservience and harming global rights and freedoms. The United States will compile facts to clarify the alleged course of the French government.
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Washington
United States
France
Germany
Western Hemisphere
Hull
Vichy
Russia Floats Large State Loan via Moscow Announcement
TASS reports the flotation of a 9.5 billion ruble four percent state loan aimed at mobilizing savings for economic, cultural tasks and defense. It notes ruble value is only within Russia and cites 5.3 gold rubles per $1, estimating the loan at about $180 million in Canadian money.
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Moscow
Tass
Soviet Union
Russia
Forest Fires Threaten Quebec Timber Vast Area
Firefighters in Chicoutimi Quebec battled raging forest fires covering nearly 5 000 square miles as winds spread flames and threatened millions in timber losses. More than 4 000 workers fought the blazes while prayers for rain were offered in churches amid the danger to regional timber resources. No villages faced immediate danger.
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Chicoutimi
Quebec
B.B.C. Broadcast Names From Bis marck Survivors
Britain announced a list of survivors from the destroyed battleship Bis marck to entice German listeners to foreign broadcasts despite Nazi restrictions. The BBC broadcasts about 15 names daily in German from London, drawn from an estimated 100 saved.
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B.B.C
New York
Britain
London
Chinese sabotage cripples Tungpu railroad line
Chinese saboteurs destroyed six miles of track on the Tungpu railroad, leaving southern Shansi province beleaguered Japanese troops short of arms and food, according to Chinese Central News Agency reports.
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Hong Kong
Shansi
Tungpu Railroad
Chinese Central News Agency
Norwegian held for attempt to reach Britain executed
In Bergen a German military court sentenced Norwegian Erling Northinson to death for attempting to flee to Britain. Others tried on similar charges received long prison terms as German authorities enforced strict punishment in occupied Norway.
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Oslo
Norway
Bergen
Erling Northinson
Britain
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