Regime Change in Belgrade Signals Yugoslav War Drift
Belgrade reports a coup as Gen. Dusan Simovic leads a new government to assert sovereignty and repudiate the regency. The public cheers and calls for war against Germany while diplomats hedge awaiting military consolidation. Greek diplomats cheer possible rapid Balkans front against Nazi forces.
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Belgrade
Germany
Air Corps
Dusan Simovic
Peter
Viktor von Heeren
von Heeren
Foreign Office
Japanese Drive in Kiangsi Collapses Amid Heavy Casualties
A Chinese military spokesman reports a Japanese spring offensive in northern Kiangsi collapsing after 20,000 Japanese casualties in ten days. He says the entire Ikeda brigade, 9,000 men, was wiped out and asserts Chinese victories have doomed the operation.
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Changking
Kiangsi
Australian air force to form women’s auxiliary corps
The Australian air ministry announced a women’s auxiliary corps for the Royal Australian Air Force to be formed. Women aged 18 to 40 will be enrolled as wireless and teleprinter operators and for administrative code and domestic duties.
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London
Australian Air Ministry
Royal Australian Air Force
British Broadcasting Corporation
Wheat Export Up In Week Ended March 21
Canadian wheat export clearances overseas rose to 4 784 041 bushels in the week ending March 21 from 3 282 345 bushels in the same week last year, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Missionaries Arrested in Korea Plot Claim
Fifteen British and United States women missionaries were arrested on charges of planning a campaign in Korea against Japan’s war in China, according to a Seoul dispatch. No specific names were provided.
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Tokyo
Korea
Japan
China
Ashi
Seoul
War Services Drive Toronto Launch Ends in Strong Support
Sir Edward Beatty as honorary chairman announces a nationwide launch of the war services fund campaign with enthusiastic reports from across Canada. He praises Wendell Willkie's visit to Toronto and Montreal for boosting morale and urges rapid, overwhelming fundraising to aid troops at the front.
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Sir Edward Beatty
Toronto
Edward Beatty, Gee
The
War Services Fund Campaign National Committee
Canada
War Services Fund
War Services Funds
Montreal
Wendell Willkie
Greenland as North Atlantic revealing strategic stakes
The article notes Germany's plan to extend operations near Greenland within three miles of the coast, provoking U.S. attention under the Monroe Doctrine. It cites armed US coast guard cutters patrolling near Greenland, Greenland's cryolite mines, and the United States as Greenland's supply source after Denmark's occupation, with Greenland and Iceland seen as potential stepping stones for delivering aircraft to Britain.
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Washington
Germany
Greenland
United States
United States Coast Guard
Denmark
Iceland
Britain
Food Exchange With Occupied France Details
France plans an exchange where unoccupied regions will ship 1 355 000 head of livestock and abundant produce to the German occupied area in return for 800 000 tons wheat 800 000 tons potatoes and 200 000 tons sugar. The food moves from both parts of France and French Africa and is labeled surplus.
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Vichy
France
Occupied
French Africa
Census to be taken in Ottawa for 1941
Trade Minister MacKinnon told the House of Commons the 1941 census would be conducted and not postponed as opposition speeches had suggested. He said the census collects more extensive data than the national registration and includes housing conditions to aid postwar reconstruction plans.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
House of Commons
British Navy Fends Off Nazi Sea Raiders Night Attacks
British warships protecting North Sea convoys beat back night torpedo boat attacks. A German plane was shot down during a daylight convoy defense near Versatile. Reports cite American patrol bombers joining North Atlantic patrols with Lockheed and Consolidated aircraft aiding anti Nazi shipping.
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London
North Sea
The
Admiralty
Britain
United States
Iceland
Lockheed
Consolidated
Denmark
Stockholm
Air Ministry
Bomber Command
Netherlands
Ameland
Borkum
Coastal Command
Admiral Noble to command western approaches
Admiral Sir Percy Noble has been selected to lead Britain's western approaches, the crucial defense zone in the anticipated spring sea battle. The appointment places one of England's top naval strategists in charge of guarding against invasion and protecting vital maritime routes.
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Britannia
Sir Percy Noble
England
Great Britain
Prepare For Invasion London Demonstrates Amphibian Boats
British amphibian troops in training for invasion of Europe showcased light portageable assault boats resembling birchbark canoes. Demonstrations featured soldiers leaping aboard kneeling and paddling in time to the Volga Boatmen song. A second craft, an unsinkable reconnaissance boat with minimal gunwales, seats two or acts as a raft for equipment.
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London
Europe
Explosive Plants Open in Canada Amid New Munitions Push
Canada opens its second national explosives plant in central Canada with three new explosive types never before made in the country and two additional types. A third large plant is slated to start next summer. The second plant, the largest of its kind in Canada, is described as one of the major explosives plants in the world with capital expenditure around 19 million dollars and full production by mid summer.
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Ottawa
Canada
Munitions and Supply Department
Greece Receives British Colony Aid For War Effort
The colonial office announced shipments of tin rubber hemp hides chemicals and coffee from British colonies to Greece to support its wartime needs.
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London
Greece
Colonial Office
Patrol Vessel Lost as Otter Destroyed by Fire at Halifax
A fire swept HMCS Otter off Sambro Light near Halifax killing 19 Royal Canadian Navy personnel. Of 41 crew, 22 survived, two officers and 17 sailors died or perished from shock and exposure. Two officers and 20 men were saved by a merchant ship and another war vessel. Lieut Denis S. Mossman from Halifax survived the rescue.
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Halifax
Royal Canadian Navy
HMLCS
Otter
Atlantic
Department of Naval Services
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
Manitoba
Nova
Halifax predicts wartime alliance shapes postwar order
New York The British ambassador Lord Halifax says the United States and the British Commonwealth will anchor the new postwar economic order. He asserts Britain will fight Axis to victory and that Germany must prove sincerity before any European peace aims, while American arms flow and Allied bombing capabilities rise.
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New York
United States
British Commonwealth
Lord Halifax
Britain
Atlantic
Germany
Royal Air Force
Italy’s Dodecanese Islands Cut Off by British Fleet
British bombardment and blockade threaten Italy’s Dodecanese as Rhodes Leros and Scarpanto face heavy shelling and supply shortages. Refugees report unrest among Greek residents, who outnumber Italians twelve to one on the islands once part of Turkey.
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Italy
Dodecanese
Aegean
Turkey
Rhodes
Leros
Scarpanto
Mussolini
Egypt
Greece
Royal Navy
Islands
Canadian Navy Aids In Capture Of Danish Ships
Navy Minister Macdonald said Royal Canadian Navy units in West Indies waters helped intercept two Danish motor tankers, Scandia and Christian Holm, adding about 18 000 tons to empire mercantile. Interception occurred weeks ago under a Dutch warship’s direction with three ships, first boarded by a Canadian vessel. The Danish ships, seized as prizes, were released by a Trinidad prize court to be used in defense of the realm.
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Ottawa
Macdonald
Royal Canadian Navy
West Indies
Mercantile Marine Service
Empire
Associated Press
New York
Trinidad
R.C.N
Mr. Macdonald
Prince Robert
Weser
Pacific
Mexico
Caribbean
Assiniboia
Italy
St. Lawrence
British Victory in East Africa Seizes Cheren and Harar
British forces announced the storming and occupation of Cheren in Eritrea and the capture of Harar in Ethiopia. Cheren formed a mountain key to Asmara, held for seven weeks by 35,000 Italian troops under the Duke of Aosta. Italian forces press toward Asmara while British bombs and shells pound the region and caution is issued about a swift fall of the Eritrean capital.
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Cairo
Cheren
East Africa
Harar
Ethiopia
Italy
Eritrea
Asmara
Duke of Aosta
Butchart's Gardens to stay open as owners withdraw
Butchart's Gardens at Tod Inlet will remain open to the public this summer while Mr and Mrs R P Butchart withdraw from the grounds and move to new residence. The gardens, built from an abandoned quarry and run for 35 years, attract tens of thousands of visitors and will charge a small admission fee to cover upkeep.
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Victoria
Georgia lawmakers bar handling poisonous snakes in services
Georgia legislators enacted a law prescribing a prison term of one to 20 years for anyone handling venomous snakes at religious services or other places in a way that endangers attendees. The measure responded to injuries to worshippers at a religious cult gathering in South Georgia last fall.
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Atlanta
Georgia
South
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