Pacific coast defences ready for action across land sea and air
Ottawa reports Canada has strengthened its Pacific coast defences from Yukon to the international border. The system now includes ships and aircraft with Royal Canadian Air Force patrols daily over the coast, linking with U S forces from Mexico to Alaska in a broader air defence network.
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Ottawa
Canada
Pacific
Orient
Yukon
Ian Mackenzie
British Columbia
Brock
Vancouver
Victoria
Royal Canadian Air Force
R.C.A.F
United States
Mexico
Canadian
Alaskan Panhandle
Bering Sea
Siberia
Britain
Russia
Canadian milk and butter output rise in 1941 third quarter
Dairy data show Canada produced about 7.0 billion pounds of milk in Q3 1941, up 4.9 percent from a year earlier. Yearly production may reach 17.0 billion pounds, up 4.3 percent. Creamery butter output reached 107 million pounds in Q3, up about seven percent, with nine month total at 233.6 million pounds, up nine percent year over year.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
German Officer Orders Paris Reprisals After Attack
A German officer in Paris vowed the city would face the most rigorous reprisals if residents fail to deliver within a week those responsible for a recent attack that wounded a German medical corps officer on Boulevard Magenta.
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Paris
Magenta
Explosion at Dujitza munitions dump destroys town
Havas reports 1500 people killed when a munitions dump exploded in Dujitza Serbia during fighting between Communists and Serbian troops. Banks vaults were said to store the munitions and nearly every building in the area was left damaged or destroyed.
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Berne
Havas
Dujitza
Serbia
Dujitza Bank
Modest Nazi claims on British sea losses in November
The article notes Hitler headquarters reporting 231000 tons of British merchant shipping sunk in November, but British figures are undisclosed. It argues German losses have dwindled since April, due to Hitler’s Russian campaign and the need to shift submarines and planes to the Baltic and Mediterranean.
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Britain
Hitler
Admiralty
Berlin
Atlantic
Baltic
Mediterranean
Libya
Rommel
Russia
Sicily
Greece
Farmers Exempted From Wartime Licensing in Ottawa
C R Murphy director of licensing states farmers may buy feeder livestock for finishing and resale without a license from the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. The exemption applies when farmers purchase feeder cattle lambs and weanling pigs from other farmers or stock yards for fattening, except when they act as dealers.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
C. R. Murphy
French Warned by Algiers Radio on Desertion
The Vichy controlled Algiers radio warned French officers soldiers and civil officials formerly under General Weygand in North Africa that severe punishment awaits anyone deserting to enemy territory. It said no Frenchman should let political or military changes induce treason.
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New York
Algiers
Maxime Weygand
North Africa
Bus Plunges Through Flooded Bridge Near Fernie
A Calgary bound Greyhound bus fell through a flood weakened bridge over Lizard Creek near Fernie British Columbia. Only three aboard survived unscathed including an infant. ten passengers were hospitalized and a woman drowned after being extricated in a hysterical plunge. Leonard Rowe of Mortlach Saskatchewan suffered shock among the injured.
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Fernie
B.C
Greyhound
Lizard Creek
Leonard Rowe
Mortlach, Sask
Shanghai Harbor empties as British ships flee harbor
For the first time in a century no British merchantmen were anchored on December 4 in Shanghai harbor. The last British vessel slipped away during the night leaving the port nearly deserted. Only a few Japanese freighters and the Italian liner Conte Verde remained, having taken refuge at the war's start.
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Shanghai
Hong Kong
Savings rise in Ottawa October deposits reach 1.592 billion
Savings deposits in October totalled 1 591 700 000, up from 1 555 152 000 in September and 1 599 464 000 in October last year, per the monthly banks statement from the department of finance.
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Ottawa
Department of Finance
Serbian Front Braced Against Axis Offensive in Morava Valley
Serbian forces led by General Draja Mihailovic resist a three division assault supported by tanks and aircraft in the western Morava valley. The communique notes successful partisan actions in enemy rear and continued operations in Bosnia and Montenegro with Uzice sector withdrawals under pressure.
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Cairo
Yugoslavia
Morava
Draja Mihailovic
Uzice
Bosnia and
Montenegro
Slovenia
War Savings Stamps Sold In Stores Ottawa
National War Savings committee spokesmen endorse Retail Merchants' Association of Canada BC division plan to use retailers for selling war savings stamps and certificates. Resolution backing the idea was sent to the committee last week.
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Ottawa
National War Savings Committee
Retail Merchants’ Association of Canada
British Columbia
No Change Made Ottawa Cattle Feeding Season Likely Even
The agriculture department states 1941-42 feeding operations will be about the same as 1940-41. A distribution shift is expected due to roughage shortages in eastern Canada and ample feed in western areas, with eastern feed lots traditionally fattening more feeders than the west.
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Ottawa
Agriculture Department
Canada
Department
Trucks Ready to Move Goods Over Burma Road
Washington reports that over 14,000 American made trucks funded mainly by lend lease will move war equipment over the Burma road to China. 264 American trained pilots have joined Chinese service and 100 Curtiss P 40 fighters are available. Officials say 4,000 to 5,000 trucks already operate the 700 mile route, with 10,000 more to run in early 1942 to move 16,000 tons monthly. Service stations and trained Chinese mechanics will speed deliveries and reduce road hazards.
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Washington
Burma Road
China
Defence
Lashio
Burma
Kunming
Yunan
Arnstein Committee
Far East
Pocket Battleship Rumor Circles Pacific Seaways
Reported German pocket battleship sighting near the Galapagos fuels speculation in shipping circles. US patrols, possibly flying boats, may have engaged the Nazi craft. observers expect a South American coastal strike before a Pacific move toward Australia. The Graf Spee met defeat using similar tactics in the Atlantic.
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Bogota
Colombia
Pacific
United States Navy
Galapagos Islands
Galapagos
Panama Canal
South American
Graf Spee
Atlantic
Shortage of Office Boys Creates Ottawa Office Girl Class
Due to a lack of office boys Ottawa introduces a new category office girl for 16 to 17 year olds. The civil service commission states only Ottawa girls will be accepted with the same rank salary and duties as office boys at 38 dollars and 50 cents a month.
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Ottawa
Civil Service Commission
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