Wide Areas Declared Subject to Enemy Attack Across Canada
Ottawa. Wide extension of hazard zones on the Atlantic coast south of Labrador and Pacific coast south of Alaska announced by Mackenzie. The order designates risk from Nova Scotia to Cape Breton Island, Prince Edward Island, parts of New Brunswick and Quebec, and extensive Ontario regions. Air raid precautions to be organized in coastal British Columbia centers and 14 Ontario industrial towns. equipment shortages delay full rollout.
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Ottawa
Portians
Mackenzie
Joint Staff Committee
Three
Defence Services
Atlantic
Labrador
Pacific
Alaska
Vancouver
Prince Rupert
Vancouver Island
Royal Canadian Navy
Esquimalt
Victoria
Royal Canadian Air Force
Patricia Bay
Canadian
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Island
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Quebec
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Ontario
Sault Ste. Marie
British Columbia
Nanaimo
Alberni
Wartime Finish Ban Bans Chrome and Nickel in Cars
Munitions Minister Howe announced a prohibition on chrome and nickel plating for next year's automobiles. An order by Motor Vehicles Controller J H Berry and approved by R C Berkinshaw bars copper nickel chrome and aluminum finishes in passenger cars and trucks, halting their use in wartime production.
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Ottawa
Howe
J. H. Berry
R. C. Berkinshaw
Wartime Industries Control Board
Japanese Round-Up in Canada Prompts Internment Tactics
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner Wood says 80 percent of Canada’s 24 000 Japanese residents live in British Columbia and the roundup targets those deemed dangerous. Language schools and newspapers are closed, with no reopening planned. Authorities report calm so far, with Japanese clubs watched and fishing boats held in port. no radios found aboard.
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8S. T. Wood
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canada
British Columbia
Col. Wood
West Coast Defence Plan Joint Canada United States
Ottawa announces complete plans for joint defence of the North American west coast. A government source says preparations cover all contingencies with naval military and air forces coordinating under a single command only if needed in five minutes. Japanese aggression in the Pacific has not altered coastal defence.
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Ottawa
North America
Pacific
Athabascan Launch Marks New Canadian Tribal Class Destroyer
Ottawa reports the Athabascan, second of six Royal Canadian Navy Tribal class destroyers, launched in Britain as Canada builds a two ocean fleet. The Iroquois preceded her, Navy officials say the class adds 1,870 ton ships with 190 crew, eight 4.7 inch guns, torpedo tubes and multiple smaller guns.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Navy
United Kingdom
Naval Service Headquarters
Dominion
Canada
Percy W. Nelles
Jane’s Fighting Ships
Royal Navy
Petain Annuity Paid In Francs Through London Bank
Sir Kingsley Wood explained in the House of Commons that Marshal Petain’s annuity, taken with the Confederation Life Association of Toronto, was paid in francs via Morgan Grenfell in London. The Canadian firm arranged with the UK government to supply sterling credit to the British company which paid Petain his installments.
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Marshal Petain
London
Sir Kingsley Wood
Exchequer
House of Commons
Confederation Life Association of Toronto
Morgan, Grenfell and Company
Kingsley
United Kingdom
Petain
London asks new war credit of 1 billion pounds
Government seeks parliament approval for a further one billion pound war credit for the current year ending March 31 1942. The request would raise total war credits since March 31 1941 to about four billion pounds.
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London
Imprisoned In Japan British and Allied Nationals
The home ministry announced 1270 British and United States nationals Canadians and Australians had been taken into custody throughout Japan since the outbreak of the war.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
Home Ministry
United States
Japan
Army Recruitment Figures Cited by District Officer
Lt. Col. H. E. Goodman district recruiting officer said applicants are flocking to join the army. The report notes growing interest and steps being taken to process and train new enlistees.
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Army
H. E. Goodman
United States Allows Mexican Troop Movement Across Border
The United States authorizes Mexico to move troops across American territory to reinforce the defense of lower California amid border security concerns.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Lower
California
Argentina to defend Canadian and British interests in Japan
The Argentine government, during wartime, will look after Canadian as well as British interests in Japan. It is reported that Switzerland will act in occupied China as the conflict widens.
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Ottawa
Japan
Switzerland
China
Last Service Cancelled Between New York and Europe
The American Export Lines announced the final New York to Lisbon steamship run is discontinued. Lisbon remains the outlet for Americans and refugees fleeing Europe.
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New York
United States
Europe
Theerican Export Lines
New York-Lisbon
Lisbon
United States calls pan American defence conference in Rio
Secretary Hull asks 21 American republics to meet in Rio de Janeiro in early January to discuss defence measures against the Axis. Chile urges action along the Pacific coast as Japan's attack on U S territory is cited to justify urgent continental defence.
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United States
Washington
Cordell Hull
The
Pan-American Union
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Chile
Pacific
Japan
Offer Is Accepted Ottawa Air Raid Fire Equipment
British Columbia accepted Ontario fire-fighting equipment to be used in air raid emergencies. Pensions Minister Mackenzie announced the transfer includes mobile pumping sets with hose and attachments valued at 500000 to 750000 dollars. The gear will equip a force of 8000 to 10000 men and aid outlying-area fires when city crews are unavailable.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Ontario
Mackenzie
Ontario Forest Service
Hepburn
Ban Weather Reports Vancouver
A Daity weather bulletin issued by the meteorological division of air services in Victoria prohibits sending or transmitting the information to any radio station. The rule, the first of its kind, appears linked to the ongoing war with Japan.
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Vancouver
Meteorological Division of Air Services
Department of Transport
Victoria
Japan
Chinese in New York Receive Identification Buttons
In New York Citys Chinatown five thousand Chinese residents were issued identification buttons to distinguish them from Japanese neighbors. Reports note some Chinese were mistakenly identified as Japanese and mishandled in the process.
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New York
Chinatown
Russians Hold Air Superiority in Moscow Area
A British authority says the Russians now hold air superiority across the Moscow front with Soviet tanks performing well in snow. German losses mount as Red Army recaptures towns and destroys enemy vehicles in ongoing battles near Sevastopol, Tula, Kalinin, and Orel regions.
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London
Mosse
Moscow
Moscow Front
Red Army
Petrov
Red Star
Sevastopol
Crimea
Kalinin
Tula
Olets
Orel
Kuznetsov
Levyashenko
Red Air Force
Knudsen backs work or fight plan to boost bomber output
William S. Knudsen of the Office of Production Management urged a work or fight program and a 68 hour seven day week in five industries. He said heavy four engine bombers could reach 1,000 a month, with inland bomber plants to shield against Axis raids.
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Washington
William S. Knudsen
United States Office of Production Management
O.P.M
Roosevelt
Knudsen
New Zealand MP Killed in Libya
Auckland New Zealand Parliament member Captain A N Gregg was killed on active service in Libya. He is the fourth MP to die on active duty with a fifth as a prisoner of war. Eighty MPs have gone abroad for active service.
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New Zealand
M.P
Auckland
N.Z
A. N. Gregg
Libya
Women to Dominate Canadian War Industry by 1942
In London Ontario T H Scott field rep of the common provincial war emergency training program forecasts that by spring 1942 half of Canadian wartime industry personnel will be women. He notes current female employment stands at about 12 percent.
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London
Pacific Buses London Allied Bases Declared Open
A British authority stated that all bases and facilities they can afford will be available for allies in the Pacific theater. The pledge signals increased support and logistical readiness for against enemy forces in the region.
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Pacific Buses
London
Pacific
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