U S Vessels May Now Enter British Ports
Washington reports a broad push to expand United States naval and air operations in Britain as the Neutrality Act revision looms. Secretary Knox outlines plans to arm merchant ships, extend Atlantic patrols, establish bases, and run convoys via Gibraltar while diversifying gun types and crew sizes to defend routes to Europe and the Mediterranean.
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Britain
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Maritime Commission
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House of Representatives
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British Isles
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Egypt
Africa
Red Sea
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Army
Women Letter Sorters Ottawa Experiment Expanded
An Ottawa report notes a post office experiment using women and girls as letter sorters, initially limited to Toronto and Montreal. Authorities say, due to enlistment limits for men of military age, they are hiring boys, older men, and women for training to manage the Christmas rush. Women have served as sorters in smaller offices for some time.
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Ottawa
Toronto
Montreal
Post Office Department
Dairy Board Stops Cheese Cornering in Canada
The dairy products board orders that no person may hold more than 35 percent of their Dec 1 level from last year, except by special authorization, to prevent cornering of cheese supplies amid a domestic shortage. J. F. Singleton chairs the board and announced the measure.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dairy Products Board
J. F. Singleton
Former French Premiers to Portalet Prison in Pyrenees
Former premiers Edouard Daladier and Leon Blum and allied commander Gen. Marie-Gustave Gamelin were moved by air to Portalet Prison in the Pyrenees. Their trial is set to open January 15.
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Vichy
Edouard Daladier
Leon Blum
Marie-Gustave Gamelin
Portalet
Pyrenees
Publisher Speaks Out on War Travel and Shame
PM editor Ralph Ingersoll, after visiting nearly every war front, says travel left him feeling cheap and embarrassed as an American. He criticizes the American tendency to tease or lend, and questions when the U.S. will join the war effort. He praises China for fighting alongside allies.
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New York
Ralph Ingersoll
Britain
Russia
Ingersoll
Decrease In Immigration Ottawa
Ottawa reports a 23.7 percent drop in Canada immigration for the six months ending September 30. Immigrants totalled 5,145 versus 6,746 a year earlier, with declines across the British Isles and Irish groups as well as a fall from the United States from 4,160 to 3,679.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Mines and Resources
British Isles
United States
British Drive Predicted In Middle East as Axis Shipping Falls
Britain signals potential strikes in the Middle East as naval and air assets disrupt Axis shipping in the Mediterranean. Churchill notes operations may demand more shipping. Informed sources debate whether a Libya Tripolitania push or Caucasus shift comes first, with heavy Italian losses and renewed pressure on Axis ships.
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Italy
Egypt
Libya
Middle East
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Africa
Tripolitania
R.A.F
Geran cam prisoners call for end to Hitlerism in Russia
Srat political conference of German war prisoners in Russia adopted a message to the German people urging an end to Hitlerism and the creation of a free and independent Germany. Russia's camps were described as political clubs allowing Germans to speak freely for the first time. The message will be dropped behind German lines. Military reports conflict on eastern front with Soviet counter-attacks, Luftwaffe raids, and moves around Crimea, Rostov, Leningrad, and Donets basin.
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Russia
Lozovsky
Kerchenski Straits
Crimea
Caucasus
Sevastopol Anapa
Moscow
Kalinin
Donets
Not Coming Ottawa Dr Arnulfo Arias Relinquishes Canada Plan
Panama's deposed leader Dr Arnulfo Arias states he has no intention to reside in Canada. He made the remark amid ongoing political turmoil in Panama and international responses to his removal.
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Ottawa
Arnulfo Arias
Panama
Canada
Meighen Takes Conservative Leadership in Canada
Ottawa reports Arthur Meighen accepted the Conservative leadership and backed compulsory selective service for the war. He called for a non party government, criticized Liberal parliamentary powers, and said total war is impossible under current organization. The move followed Prime Minister Mackenzie King reaffirming no overseas conscription without public consent.
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Ottawa
Arthur Meighen
Conservative Party
Meighen
Senate
R. B. Hanson
House
National Conservative
Mackenzie King
Will Be Responsible for Evacuated Children in Canada
London authorities said the children's overseas reception board with the Canadian government will take responsibility for privately evacuated children in cases of proved difficulty or need.
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London
Geoffrey Shakespeare
Dominions
House of Commons
Children's Overseas Reception Board
Canada
Finnish Freighter Annenberg Seized by British Warships
Marine circles report the 2,544 ton Finnish freighter Annenberg was intercepted and captured by British war ships. It is expected to be condemned by a British prize court and seized.
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New York
New Giant RAF Bomber Details Revealed
Britain discloses details of the two engine Avro Manchester bomber used in raids over Germany. The aircraft features a 90 foot wingspan, 70 foot length, 19 foot 12 inch height, two Rolls Royce Vulture engines of about 2000 horsepower, and a six man crew. It served in distant raids, including Stettin and Berlin, with notable operational feats and a DSOs awarded for long-range flight.
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Royal Air Force
England
Britain
Germany
Air Ministry
Manchester
Baltic
Stettin
D.S.O
Berlin
Axis naval losses hit Mediterranean supply lines
British reports say heavy Axis convoy sinkings in the central Mediterranean threaten to pull German air power from the Russian front to Crete and Greece. November naval losses reach 22 ships with 9 severely damaged, while since August 108 Axis ships sunk and 70 damaged. Rommel’s Afrika Korps faces tightening supply lines as reserves dwindle.
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Africa
R.A.F
North African
Italy
London
Germany
Crete
Greece
North Africa
Loos
Axis
Erwin Rommel
Ladybird the ship they couldn't sink in Tobruk harbor
In Alexandria, Egypt the gunboat Ladybird, though officially sunk, continues to pump steel. Bombed by Nazis on May 11 at Tobruk, her stern rests in shallow water while the bow gun crews remain at their posts, inspiring Admiral Cunningham to honor Lt Cmdr John Blackburn and his crew for embodying navy traditions.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Tobruk
Sir Andrew Cunningham
Cmdr
John Blackburn
Canadian Funds Not Permitted to Enter Occupied France
Officials of the state department said Canadian funds cannot enter occupied or unoccupied France. They commented on a London report that Marshal Pétain has been receiving an annuity of 2670 dollars regularly from England after transferring to France an annuity taken out with a Canadian company in 1927.
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Ottawa
State Department
France
London
Marshal Petain
England
Refugee internees released from Australian camps head to England
Four hundred Austrian German refugees released from internment in Victoria and New South Wales are now en route to England. A joint British and Australian inquiry found them friendly to the Allied cause, clearing the way for their transfer.
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Melbourne
Australia
Victoria
New South Wales
England
Federal adds twelve conciliation officers to staff
The labor department will appoint 12 conciliation officers in Ottawa with the top three promoted to labor relations specialist roles. The postings were advertised for two months and authorities said the positions will be filled soon.
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Ottawa
Federal Labor Department
Labor Department
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