Manion Named Director of New A B P ARP Forces
Ottawa reports Pensions Minister Mackenzie announced Col. R. J. Manion former Conservative leader will direct civil air raid precautions. He will start immediately and visit areas as designated. The move expands the federal ARP organization amid war time safety measures and provincial coordination.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie
R. J. Manion
Conservative
Col. Manion
Britain
Canada
A.R.P
Wee
Defence of Canada
RAF Link Between Warship and Planes Aided Commando Landing
The Air Ministry News Service reports a Royal Air Force squadron leader on the warship directed and controlled the Commando landing force in Norway. A New Zealand officer attached to a Royal Canadian Air Force squadron communicated with fighter pilots by radio telephone.
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Commando
Norway
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Royal Canadian Air Force
Blockade Intercepted 46 Vessels Aiding Occupied France
A 1941 Royal Navy official said 46 ships attempted to run the blockade of unoccupied France. He stated shipments reaching France via Marseille in the Mediterranean were responsible for almost the only leak to the blockade.
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London
Royal Navy
France
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Mediterranean
Marseille
Gandhi Relieved of Leadership in Indian Independence Move
Mohandas K. Gandhi was relieved of his leadership amid a split with the Congress executive committee over Britain's war effort. He vows to continue nonviolent civil disobedience and speak against all wars with allies who share his nonviolence principles. signals suggest a coalition national government may arise postwar with Britain seeking a declaration on India’s status.
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Bardoli
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Ong
Britain
Gandhi
Congress
London
Soviet British accord hailed as united anti Axis front
The Russian press says the Soviet British accord strengthens ties in anti Axis strategy. Izvestia notes Eden's Kremlin visit solidified agreement on defeating Hitler and preventing German aggression with the United States joining the coalition.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Britain
Russia
Eden
Kremlin
Hitler
United States
Clothing Shortage Spurs German Remaking Wave
In Germany a massive remodelling effort is under way to outfit the army with surrendered apparel. Tailors and dressmakers work day and night as fur coats hats woollen jumpers gloves and underwear are collected. Coat collars become body belts and quilts become soldier hoods.
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London
Germany
Reuters
Stockholm
Berlin
Tidningen
Electron ray promises new rock prospecting method
Discovery of an electron ray announced to the Geological Society of America claims rocks speak for themselves, enabling a new prospecting method and aiding locating strategic war minerals for the United States.
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Boston
United States
Geological Society of America
Limit Use Of Elastic Montreal Regulation Tamps Packing Lengths
Manufacturers of elastic have been ordered to limit the packing of this commodity for retail purposes to four yard lengths. P H Bovin, director of narrow fabrics for the wartime prices and trade board, announced the regulation to aid rubber conservation.
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Montreal
P. H. Bovin
Prices and Trade Board
Bovin
Canadian War Medicine Talks With Officials
Sir Charles Wilson president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons conferred with federal government medical authorities in Ottawa on war conditions and medicine. He traveled to Ottawa with Prime Minister Churchill.
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Ottawa
Charles Wilson
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
Charles
Churchil
Fate of Eiffel Tower in Paris Hangs on Scrap Drive
Despatches from Vichy say a French committee, formed to organize a national scrap metal collection, may remove structures lacking artistic or historic interest. Novelist Henri Bordeau of the French academy urged the tower’s removal as incompatible with Parisian architecture and aesthetic taste.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Vichy
Henri Bordeau
French Academy
Bruening Says Nazi Production Slowed by Army Control
Heinrich Bruening former German chancellor and Harvard professor told the American Political Science Association panel that a slow disintegration in Nazi production has occurred as the army general staff takes over Germanys economic life especially the armament industry. He cited information from Germany corroborating the trend and linked it to military control over industry.
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New York
Heinrich Bruening
German Republic
Harvard
Germany
Bruening
American Political Science Association
Trouble in Brazil clashes shake Rio Grande do Sul
Despatches from Porto Alegre report state police clashing with organized Nazi groups in Rio Grande do Sul with some dead. More than 500000 Germans live in the state and many potential fifth columnists have been arrested.
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Rio de Janeiro
Rio Grande Do Sul
Porto Alegre
Winnipeg officer named to Mont Joli training post
Wing Commander R. H. Little of Winnipeg is appointed commanding officer of the bombing and gunnery school at Mont Joli Quebec under the Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
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Winnipeg
R. H. Little
Mont Joli
Que
Salvaging License Plates Amid War Output
Reports describe salvage rules for 1941 and 1942 license plates in Canada with provincial and federal guidance on collection and baling for smelters. Separately aviation observers say German air power in Russia and the Middle East is eroding, with Rommel’s logistics strained as RAF pressure grows in Libya and Mediterranean theaters.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
British Chinese party escapes Hong Kong in torpedo boats
A British and Chinese group led by one legged Cantonese admiral Chan Chak fled Hong Kong on Christmas day using motor torpedo boats to break the Japanese blockade. One boat was sunk with 16 dead. Chan Chak was wounded, swam ashore, and survivors include D. M. MacDouglas and two Royal Air Force officers. The party is reported to be in Kwangtung province.
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Chungking
China
Chan Chak
Hong Kong
D. M. MacDouglas
Ministry of Information
Royal Air Force
Kwangtung Province
Narrow Escape for NZ General in Libyan Campaign
Major General Bernard Freyberg commander of the New Zealand expeditionary force escaped capture as German forces drove a wedge into NZ lines in Libya. He directed operations until tanks halted 200 yards away and his headquarters withdrew under machine gun fire and bullets striking his car.
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Auckland
N.Z
Bernard Freyburg
New Zealand
Freyburg
Roofspotters Club Formed in Sydney District Watch
Property owners in Sydney's congested downtown form the Roofspotters' Club to pay spotters $15 weekly to watch over the district. Spotters operate from four main buildings with salaries and expenses covered by the club.
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Sydney
Australia
Drunken German Officer Tip Aided Soviet Narosominsk Recapture
A BBC Russian broadcast cited by CBS said a German officer drunk during Christmas revealed information leading to the Soviet recapture of Narosominsk 35 miles southwest of Moscow. The officer guided Red Army along the main road, prompting German staff officers to lose their celebration as Soviet forces advanced.
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New York
BBC
Narosominsk
Moscow
CBS
Parliament backs US in war effort pledging utmost support
The House of Commons adopted a resolution of sympathy with the United States over the Japanese attack and pledged utmost support in Britain's and the United States war effort. It thanked the United States for past assistance and praised the one million Ulster kinsmen among American citizens.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
House of Commons
United States
Britain
U.S
New Zealand Mobilizes Entire Territorial Force
New Zealand called up the entire balance of its territorial force not yet mobilized. The national military reserve, consisting of former First World War veterans and men eligible for expeditionary force reinforcements, was also mobilized.
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Auckland
New Zealand
National Military Reserve
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