Ottawa House Opens Sessions on May 16
Parliament will open at 1 pm MST on May 16 with the senate and house meeting earlier at 10 am MST to elect a new speaker. The 19th parliament follows the March 26 Dominion elections returning a large Liberal majority of 178 Liberals and six Independent Liberals and Liberal Progressive among 245 members.
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Mackenzie King
Bhat
Senate
House of Commons
Pierre F. Casgrain
Casgrain
Fernand Rinfret
Lyman P. Duff
Canada
Earl of Athlone
Liberal Progressive
Balkans In Danger Report on Nazi Trade Pressure
German officials warned southeastern European nations that any switch from Reich to Allied trade would mark unneutral behavior. Berlin signaled river shipping would be safeguarded with gunboats to counter British sabotage, with large troop concentrations near Hungary and Cracow.
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Bucharest
Germany
Danubian
Roumania
Reich
Cracow
Poland
Russia
Odessa
Legation Staffs Safe Crossing Into Sweden
A Reuters dispatch from Stockholm reports that the British minister to Norway and all staffs of the French and Polish legations have crossed the frontier into Sweden. The British minister is believed to be en route to Stockholm.
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London
Reuters
Stockholm
Norway
Sweden
Volunteers Offer Services Again for Scandinavia
Canadian volunteers for Finland, about 2000 men, disbanded after the Russo Finnish peace, now offer services to Scandinavian nations via Finn Kackstrom, head of the Finnish war veterans in Toronto.
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Canadian Volunteers For
Finland
Fino Kackstrom
Finnish War Veterans of
Swedish boy Krster Sundstrom joins parents in London
Croydon England reports a 700 mile flight carrying Krster Sundstrom a two year old child from Sweden to England to join his parents here. His father said the boy is safer in London than in Sweden.
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England
Krster Sundstrom
Sweden
London
Menzies Declares Australia’s Resolve After Norway Invasion
Prime Minister Robert Menzies says the German invasion of Norway has strengthened Australia’s determination to press the war to a decision. The press denounces the German actions in Norway and Denmark.
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Sydney
Norway
Australia
Robert Menzies
Denmark
RAF repels major Nazi raid on Scapa Flow
The Royal Air Force fought fierce battles at Scapa Flow and over Scandinavia as waves of German bombers attacked the Orkney base. Six Heinkel bombers were shot down and two more were believed destroyed in Moray Firth, with anti aircraft fire and fighters delivering most of the blows according to a joint admiralty and security ministry statement.
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Scandinavia
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No Export Permits From Canada To Baltic And Scandinavian Nations
The prime minister's office announced that no export permits would be issued from Canada to any Baltic or Scandinavian destination. Outstanding permits for Denmark Norway Sweden Estonia Latvia and Lithuania are revoked due to the German invasion of Denmark and Norway. Immediate steps will stop shipments under such licences from leaving Canada and all Canadian financial institutions are to contact the custodian of alien property before payments from Danish or Norwegian accounts to those countries to prevent enemy access.
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Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Winnipeg alderman urges definite Canada refugee policy
Ald. M. A. Gray of Winnipeg criticizes Ottawa for not adopting a clear plan for admitting European war refugees. He and the Winnipeg refugee committee say Canada could resettle many refugees and guarantee they would not become public charges or affect the labor market.
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Winnipeg
Canadian National Refugee Committee
Canada
Danish Shipping Under British Protection Moves to British Ports
The Danish consulate in Los Angeles reports a British consular communication stating Danish shipping is under British protection. Danish vessels met by British warships on the high seas should be sent to a British port, and those seeking to clear from American ports should go to a British or Canadian port. Authorities in Britain are taking steps to implement the plan.
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Los Angeles
Relief Airdromes to Serve 16 Flying Schools
The department of national defence announced that two relief airdromes will be established alongside the main airdromes for each of the 16 flying training schools under the British Commonwealth air training plan.
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Ottawa
Department of National Defence
Legion delegates head to ninth biennial convention
Montreal and Halifax delegates representing the Canadian Legion’s 160000 members will attend the ninth biennial convention in Vancouver from May 27 to 30. Delegates come from Halifax to Vancouver to participate in the event.
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Montreal
Canadian Legion
Halifax
Vancouver
Ottawa discusses contraband base on Canadian Atlantic coast
A government official in Ottawa says talks continue about Britain establishing a contraband control base along Canada's Atlantic coast. The discussion follows a Washington report that Lord Lothian met with Canadian and U.S. officials to explore a base, with no progress details available.
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Ottawa
Washington
Lord Lothian
United States
Loring Christie
Sumner Welles
Canada
United Kingdom
Naval Battle of Skagerrak Sinks German Fleet
Allied sea forces smashed through the Skagerrak to strike the German navy in a major Second World War battle. British and French ships aided by Norwegian vessels reportedly sank four cruisers and five troop transports, with at least 24 German ships destroyed or damaged. Oslo was threatened as British warships bombed German captors in the capital area. Casualties and wrecks were reported around Gothenburg and Hipplern, with many bodies washing ashore.
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Sweden
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Haakon
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Gothenburg
Victor Odlum Named Commander of Second Canadian Division
Brigadier-General Victor Odlum of Vancouver is appointed to command the Second Canadian Division. At 35 he is among Canada's youngest brigadiers and has long served in military affairs since the South African War where he distinguished himself.
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Victor Odlum
Vancouver
General Odlum
Canada
Odum
Service Held for John Buchan at Elsfield Church Hill
A small burial service took place on a hill above Elsfield church in Oxfordshire. The ashes of John Buchan first Lord Tweedsmuir were interred in the churchyard. The vicar Rev W M Aste conducted the simple ceremony attended by Lady Tweedsmuir and her three sons Hon William Buchan and wife Hon Alastair Buchan, Hon Mrs Brian Fairfax Lucy and Mr Fairfax Lucy, and Hon Mrs Norman Grosvenor.
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Canada
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W. M. Aste
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Alastair Buchan
Brian Fairfax-Lucy
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Norman Grosvenor
Lady Tweedsmuir
War Dept Clears Way For Export Of Fast War Planes
The United States war department allowed large scale deliveries of American fighter planes to Britain and France by releasing three modern models for export. Negotiations were opened for foreign contracts on the Lockheed P-38 Bell P-39 and Curtiss P-40D, all described as very fast planes designed to combat bombers and enemy pursuit aircraft.
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Washington
United States War Department
Britain
France
Norway Aid Sparks Canadian Volunteer Plans
Carl J. Printz, Norwegian vice consu l here, says 10 000 men in Toronto including many trained soldiers are ready to volunteer to resist German aggression in Norway. He has written Ottawa’s Department of National Defence to arrange training for 1 500 volunteers immediately.
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Toronto
Carl J. Printz
Norway
Department of National Defence
Ottawa
Food stocks reassured as Britain faces war disruption
Lord Woolton, the food minister, told Britons there is no current fear of serious food supply interference despite the Nazi invasion of Denmark and Norway. He said bacon and butter are ample, and government controls aim to meet emergencies, with Britain securing imports from Canada Ireland and New Zealand.
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Denmark
Norway
British Isles
Lord Wool
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Canada
Eire
New Zealand
Sweden
French Premier Warns Nazis Face Scandinavian Invasion
Paris reports Prime Minister Paul Reynaud told the French senate that the Allies will push the war into Scandinavia to the bitter end from the northern tip to the southern Norwegian coast. He said no iron ore will leave Narvik and that Germany’s fleets are exposed. He cited sunk ships Bluecher and Karlsruhe and Allied losses of one British destroyer while France suffered none. He blamed Germany for violating Norwegian waters and the non aggression pact as it moves troops into Denmark and Norway, forcing dispersal of forces from the Siegfried line.
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Narvik
Germany
Paul Reynaud
Adolf Hitler
Denmark
Norway
Siegfried Line
Bluecher
Karlsruhe
Reynaud
Europe
Hitler
Norway Defies German Rule in Proclamation of Independence
Premier Johan Nygaardsvold proclaims Norway will not submit to a German controlled puppet government. He affirms the only legal government is the Nygaardsvold cabinet backed by the Norwegian people and urges unity to preserve liberty and constitutional law as German aggression continues.
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Stockholm
Johan Nygaardsvold
Norway
Germany
Fuehrer
Nygaardsvold
Storting
Sea Epic Gurkha Survivors Return From Norwegian Battle
Survivors of the British destroyer Gurkha arrived at a Scottish port after a long fight at sea. The ship was hit by an aerial bomb off the Norwegian coast and sank while the crew held their stations for four and a half hours. Fourteen sailors died, and 70 German prisoners were landed with heavy guard.
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London
Skagerra
Move to rally Balkan entente against Axis
Turkish officials report a digest movement in government circles to summon a Balkan conference to align Romania Greece and Yugoslavia with the Allies. They note Germanys invasion of Scandinavia shows small states cannot stay neutral and justify Turkeys non belligerent stance with Britain and France.
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Roumania
Greece
Yugoslavia
Turkey
Germany
Scandinavia
Great Britain
France
Actress Mrs Patrick Campbell Dies at 75 in Pau
The death of British actress Mrs Patrick Campbell at Pau in France was announced. She was 75 and began her professional stage debut in 1888, a career that took her to theatres worldwide in famous roles.
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Pau
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