Canada seeks study of war purchases in United States
Treasury officials from Canada and the United States will study how to finance war purchases in the U S. Prime Minister Mackenzie King and President Roosevelt are expected to discuss the issue. Canada faces a projected $300 000 000 to $400 000 000 deficit in the current fiscal year and explores four options including lend lease like Britain, amended neutrality for loans, Ottawa London arrangements for dollars or gold, and Canadian factories processing U S armaments to earn dollars.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Treasury
Mackenzie King
Roosevelt
Canadas
Henry Morgenthau
Clifford Clark
Finance
Morgenthau
Cordell Hull
Viscount Halifax
Britain
Congress
Ottawa
London
No Change In Policy Istanbul
Yeni Saba dismisses rumors of Turkish talks with Germany as German propaganda. It warns the public that the war of nerves signals a dangerous propaganda drive and a risk of military attack, insisting Turkey remains non belligerent and not shifting toward the Axis.
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Istanbul
Yeni Saba
Turkey
Germany
Great Variety Of Articles From Montreal Factories
John Eaton head of the general purchasing branch of the department of munitions and supply said Montreal plants are producing diverse wartime goods. He listed field telephones wireless equipment naval stores compasses chemicals for smoke screens chain cable anti gas clothing and gas masks for the war effort.
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Montreal
John Eaton
Department’ of Munitions and Supply
Purchasing Agents Association of Montreal
Eaton
Ships for Britain Washington Under Lead-Id Use Act Transfer
The Maritime Commission acquired four US cargo ships for immediate transfer to Great Britain under the Lead-Id Use Act. This marks the first cargo vessel transfer under the act. The ships will be registered under the British flag and sailed entirely by British officers and crews.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
United States
Great Britain
Australian salesman leads patrol in Tobruk bayonet charge
A 23 year old Australian from Sydney recounts a daring Tobruk action with six comrades routing 40 Germans and killing 12 by bayonet. He notes German troops faltered under heavy fire and that no German soldiers fired during the hand to hand clash.
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Tobruk
Libya
Cairo
Sydney
United Press
Jan Windrich
Bombing of Veles Bridge by RAF Described as Safer Maastricht Parallel
An Athens BBC broadcast relayed how RAF bombers attacked the Veles bridge spanning the Vardar in southern Yugoslavia. The report compared the operation to the Maastricht bridge assault, detailing dives through ground fire, a misstrike corrected, and four passes to maximize effect. Subsequent bombs hit the bridge and a nearby railway, halting German crossings as other RAF planes struck armored vehicles.
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London
Royal Air Force
Vardar
Veles
Yugoslavia
R.A.F
Maastricht
Netherlands
Athens
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Greenland to Be Restored to Denmark Under Duress
President Roosevelt stated Greenland would be restored to Denmark when it is an independent nation, not a government under duress. He linked the agreement with the US and the Danish minister within the western hemisphere defense system and cited the Monroe doctrine. The Danish recall issue was addressed as Denmark’s government under duress due to German occupation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Greenland
Denmark
Dscussing
United States
Copenhagen
Germany
State Department
Paris Strikes Back Against De Gaulle Slogans
The BBC reports Paris authorities issued over 6 000 warrants against residents and shopkeepers who let De Gaullist inscriptions remain on walls. Each dawn police sweep streets to erase overnight Free French slogans as Parisans resist occupation and favor Britain and De Gaulle.
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London
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Britain
de Gaulle
British forces report to face Nazi Axis in Libya
A Daily Express reporter writes that British and Imperial troops in Libya confront a full size Nazi Fascist army estimated at 60 000 to 80 000 men. The force includes two Panzer divisions with hundreds of tanks and thousands of vehicles, plus Italian armor and air units. Thousands of Empire troops march from East Africa toward the Egyptian desert front to meet the German blitz.
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London
Libya
Daily Express
Daily Telegraph
East Africa
Egypt
Somaliland
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Parachute Troops Deployed In Shanghai Report
BBC quoted Reuters from Shanghai that several thousand Japanese troops were sent to Shanghai to counter a Chinese move from the southeast. The report said Japanese parachute troops carried out large scale exercises over the northern suburbs, jumping from planes in formation.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Reuter
Shanghai
Substantial Gift From Church Supports Canadian War Services Fund
A cheque for 1000 from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah, boosted the Canadian war services campaign fund. The gift came through J. H. Card, Cardston committee chairman, in a community with a large Latter Day Saints settlement. Church President Heber J. Grant sent best wishes for the success of Canada and Great Britain’s wartime efforts.
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Calgary
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Salt Lake City
Utah
War Services Campaign Fund
J. H. Card
Cardston
Heber J. Grant
Canada
Great Britain
War Loan Agency Sets £35 Million Issue in Australia
Issuing War Loan Corporation announced after a Canberra meeting of the Australian loan council that a war loan of 35 million pounds was approved, equivalent to about 155.75 million dollars.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Loan Council
Canberra
British Official Seeks Faster Ship Production in U S
Sir Arthur Salter, under secretary in the British shipping ministry, arrived in New York to urge rapid production of ships by American yards for trans Atlantic trade. He said Britain would back using American warships for convoys if Washington requests it.
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Sir Arthur Salter
British Shipping Ministry
New York
Sir Arthur
Washington
San Francisco to share 1906 quake recovery records
London seeks rebuilding guidance after wartime damage and asks San Francisco for detailed notes on how the city rebuilt after the 1906 earthquake and fire. Mayor Angelo Rossi will forward all records and pertinent information after a request relayed via Dean Acheson from W. G. Jackson of the London county council.
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San Francisco
London
Bay City
Angelo Rossi
Dean Acheson
United States
W. G. Jackson
London County Council
Jackson
Rossi
New Eastern Terminus Halifax For Trans Canada Air Lines
Trans-Canada Air Lines carried eight passengers on the inaugural westward flight linking the Atlantic to the Pacific. The carrier shifts its eastern terminus from Moncton to Halifax and Charlottetown, taking over routes previously flown by Canadian Airways.
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Halifax
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Atlantic
Pacific
T.C.A
Moncton
N.B
Charlottetown
Canadian Airways
Nazis Order Jewish Radio Surrender in Netherlands
Jews in the Netherlands were ordered by the Nazis to surrender their radio receiving sets within two weeks with confiscation enforced by police for those in possession.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Netherlands
Income Tax Returns Due by April 30 Across Canada
The final day for filing income tax returns for 1940 earnings approaches for about 500,000 Canadians. April 30 is deadline to avoid penalties, with five percent levy on unpaid tax and five percent interest on late payments.
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Ottawa
Department of National Revenue
Imperial War Council Aims London Meeting With Dominions
Britain seeks dominion prime ministers in London for war consultations. Australia’s R G Menzies will stay on at Churchill’s request, joined soon by New Zealand’s P Fraser. South Africa’s J Smuts may attend, Canada’s Mackenzie King not deemed urgent. Viscount Cranborne resisted early summons on April 1.
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London
R. G. Menzies
Australia
Winston Churchill
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
Churchill
Britain
Jan Smuts
South Africa
Middle East
Mackenzie King
Imperial War Council
Viscount Cranborne
Dominions
Acreage Bonus Clarified for Wheat Summerfallow
Ottawa announces a four dollar per acre federal bonus on wheat land linked to summerfallow. Payout applies to acres summerfallowed in 1941 above 1940 levels, calculated after July 1 or July 31 depending on interpretation. Agriculture officials cite July 1 date for eligibility and Minister MacMillan notes Alberta may use July 31 acreage.
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Ottawa
Agriculture Department
MacMillan
Alberta
Refugee industries rise across UK estates
European refugee ventures, funded partly by their own capital and aided by government rent and tax relief, have emerged in the Team Valley estates in northeast England and the Treforest estate in south Wales.
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London
Team Valley
England
Treforest
South
Wales
Plans Made for Naval Defence of Canada Coast
The Canada United States joint permanent defence board announced completion of plans for military and naval defence of Canada's eastern and western coasts and the U S. The group will maintain and update these plans to meet changing conditions and ensure readiness. Newfoundland officials discussed defence matters with the board during the Montreal session.
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Montreal
Canada
United States
Newfoundland
L. E. Emerson
Justice and Defence
J. H. Penson
Lord Stamp and Lady Stamp Die in London Bomb Crash
Lord Stamp, famed economist and head of the London Midland and Scottish Railway, is killed along with Lady Stamp and his heir Wilfrid Carlyle Stamp when a high explosive bomb strikes their home on the London outskirts. Six people die in the wreckage.
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Lord
Lady Stamp
London
Lord Stamp
Wilfrid Carlyle Stamp
Shortlands
Kent
Canada
McGill University
University of Toronto
University of Western Ontario
McMaster University
Canadian Grain Futures Inquiry
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Britain
Bank of England
Josiah Stamp
Stamp
National Free Church Women's Council
University College
Wartime Shipbuilding Growth in British Columbia
The department of trade and industry reports BC wartime ship orders at 40 million dollars with about 10 million completed. A new 3 million contract for two 9,300 ton steel cargo ships was awarded to Prince Rupert drydocks. Steel for eight more ships arrives. Burrard Dry Dock in Vancouver expects two keels to be laid within 10 days.
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Victoria
Department of Trade and Industry
British Columbia
Prince Rupert
New Training Plane Tested Ottawa
Canada tests a Fairchild M-62 primary training plane. A munitions official says building planes in Canada for Dominion use remains in preliminary talks.
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Ottawa
Canada
Munitions and Supply Department
Dominion
RAF squadron claims 100 Axis planes shot down
A London radio report cited by CBS Listening Post says a single British Royal Air Force squadron shot down 100 Axis aircraft during the Battle of Greece, a claim reflecting wartime propaganda.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
London
Royal Air Force
Greece
Canadian War Services Survey by Manion Arrives in England
Hon. R. J. Manion former Canadian Conservative leader arrived in England by clipper to undertake a survey of Canadian auxiliary war services.
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London
R. J. Manion
England
Clipper
Canadian Auxiliary War Services
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Nova Scotia
Duchess of Gloucester
Northamptonshire Institute of Agriculture
Women’s Land Army
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