British forces in Norway are strengthened
London reports fresh landings and contact with Norwegian troops as British forces in Norway are reinforced. The Spearfish submarine damaged the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer, while Oslo Bergen operations and supply lines face challenges from British submarines and air defenses. Stavanger endures repeated Allied bombardment and air strikes target transport aircraft at the airdrome. The News Chronicle urges a swift campaign before German consolidation.
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Norway
War Office
High Command
Admiral Scheer
Scheer
Oslo
Bergen
Reich
Stavanger
Air Ministry
News Chronicle
Britain
Dardanelles
British Ship Swainby Torpedoed Off Scottish Coast
The 4937 ton British steamship Swainby was torpedoed off the Scottish coast. Thirty eight crew members reached a northern Scottish port with iron ore cargo from Norway loaded before the Nazi invasion. Sir Arthur Salter noted British losses run about 88,000 tons monthly versus 154,000 in the last war. German losses are claimed three times higher.
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London
Swainby
Norway
Arthur Salter
Ministry of Shipping
Britain Controls Both Sides of North Sea Says Minister
London Leslie Burgin minister of supply stated Hitler's Norway invasion gave Britain control on both sides of the North Sea. He proposed a naval perimeter clamp to deny Germany supplies except via overrun or neighboring states.
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London
Leslie Burgin
Hitler
Norway
Britain
North Sea
Germany
Eden links war to civilization in Dominion speech
Anthony Eden, Britain's secretary of state for the dominions, warned at the Constitutional Club that the war is a clash of worlds and civilization's fate. He rejected the idea Britain dominates Canada and urged unity, calling Hitler a symptom of Germany rather than an alien menace and urging equality within the empire.
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London
Anthony Eden
The
Dominions
Third Reich
Constitutional Club
Britain
Turks Hold Dardanelles Straits Amid Warship Maneuvers
Five powers maneuver near the Dardanelles while neutral southeastern European states reinforce borders to curb Nazi influence. Turkish fleet led by Yavuz takes positions near Gallipoli as neutral shipping notes Russian mine laying in the Black Sea off Odessa and Batum.
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Dardanelles
Europe
Aegean
Italy
Yavuz
Sea of Marmora
Gallipoli
Black Sea
Odessa
Batum
Royal 22nd Regiment guards Buckingham Palace in historic ceremony
A hand-picked detachment of Canada's Royal 22nd Regiment marched past King George VI and took guard duty at Buckingham and St James's Palaces in London. They stood four days before being relieved by the Toronto Scottish, with Grenadier Guards and Welsh Guards bands leading. The event marked the second Dominion guarding act since the coronation.
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London
Canada
Royal 22Nd Regiment
Royal Palaces
Buckingham
St. James
Toronto Scottish
Vingt Deuxieme
Grenadier Guards
Ontario relief rolls shrink in early 1940 say minister
Hon. Eric Cross Ontario minister of municipal affairs and public welfare reported clear relief roll declines in the first two months of 1940. He noted January and February showed greater improvement than any comparable period since 1930, indicating better conditions.
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Toronto
Eric Cross
Ontario
Ribbentrop Aims for Moscow Trip to Forge Axis
Tidningen reports Germany's foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop plans another visit to Moscow to push for a Rome Berlin Moscow axis. The move signals Berlin's bid to solidify alignment amid ongoing diplomatic maneuvering.
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Stockholm
Tidningen
Germain
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Moscow
Italian Librarian Receives Harvard Recognition
Eppe Loreta an Italian librarian and amateur astronomer in Bologna is named champion observer of variable stars for the third year running by the American Association of Variable Star Observers headquartered at Harvard. He contributed 5,500 observations using an eight inch telescope loaned by the association among 54,655 total observations from 142 observers worldwide.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Bologna
Italy
Eppe Loreta
American Association of Variable
Harvard
Leon Campbell
Pickering
Association
Loreta
Hitler's plan to break up the British Empire warned
London reports Sir Nevile Henderson states Hitler seeks not only Britain’s defeat but the complete disruption of the British Empire. He cites Nazi youth zeal and warns neutrality risks England as a will war, while King, Churchill, and ministers meet at Buckingham Palace.
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London
Hitler
Nevile Henderson
Berlin
Grosvenor House
Britain
Nevile
John Reith
England
Low Countries
Scandinavia
Italy
America
Southampton
Yugoslav Drive to Expel Germans and Suspected Spies
Belgrade orders foreigners to prove they are welcome as police conduct house to house searches in Zagreb Ljubljana and towns near the German border. Twenty Germans expelled and thousands of anti Nazi leaflets spark a broader purge of suspected propagandists and spies linked to German intelligence.
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Belgrade
Germany
Yugoslavia
Zagreb
Ljubljana
Danube
Novisad
Farflung
Lloyd George 50 Years In House of Commons Began Caernarvon Seat
A Welshman who would rise to Britain’s top political post first won a Commons seat for Caernarvon on April 17 1890. He has served continuously for fifty years in that division.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
David Lloyd George
Commons
Caernarvon
Search for Earhart and Noonan Sails to South Seas
Captain Irving Johnson will search for Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan aboard the schooner Yankee, hoping they are stranded on a South Sea island after vanishing in the summer of 1937. The mission aims to locate the famed aviatrix and her navigator.
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Honolulu
Amelia Earhart
Fred Noonan
South Sea Island
Irving Johnson
Ruling Makes One Radio License Cover All Home Sets
Ottawa announces a retroactive rule effective April 1 allowing one radio license for all sets in a private residence. Additional licenses remain for cars and for sets in tenements or hotel rooms. CBC governors also consider higher or extra fees for sets in public places.
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Ottawa
D. Howe
Transport
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBC
If the Germans attack we shall stand up says Morrison
Herbert Morrison argues that heavy German air raids on England would force any government to respond with a strong counter stroke. He states Britain will be defended and the response will come with power and efficiency.
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London
Herbert Morrison
England
Germany
Britain
Japan Seen Weighing Move on East Indies During War
Western naval observers in Shanghai warn Japan may seize the Netherlands East Indies if Germany advances into the Netherlands. Officials cite oil rubber and tin interests as motive and foresee a swift stroke timed with German activity. Cordell Hull urges respect for the Indies status quo to preserve regional security.
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Shanghai
United States
Dutch East Indies
Netherlands
Far East
Japan
Russia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Denmark
Norway
East Indies
Western Pacific
Washington
Netherlands East Indies
Cordell Hull
Netherlands Indies
Pacific
Hull
Envoys From Balkan States Return to Posts
Prime Minister Chamberlain said British envoys to the Balkan states have left or are leaving for their posts after consultations here. Over nine days they examined Southeast Europe issues under Lord Halifax's chairmanship and discussed economic and security questions with ministers. Lord Swinton described a new UK commercial corporation to expand Balkan trade and promote lasting growth in commercial exchanges.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Balkan States
Lord Halifax
Europe
Ronald Cross
John Reith
Lord Swinton
United Kingdom
Swinton
Treasury
Balkan
Balkans
Danubian
Promotion Sent To Major General and Acting Adjutant General
Ottawa announces Brigadier General Victor W. Odlum of Vancouver will become major general and inspector general of the 2nd Canadian division. Major General H. F. H. Hertzberg is named acting adjutant general at national defence headquarters during Major General Matthews’s sick leave. Brigadier E. J. C. Schmidlin becomes acting quartermaster general during Hertzberg’s tenure.
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Ottawa
Victor W. Odlum
Vancouver
Canadian Active Service Force
H. F. H. Hertzberg
National Defence Headquarters
Department of National Defence
Odlum
Hertzberg
H. M. Matthews
E. J. C. Schmidlin
Cheney award honors heroism by Lieut Neeley in 1939
The Cheney award for outstanding act of heroism in the United States air corps in 1939 was given to Lieut. Harold L. Neeley. He risked his life last December landing a disabled plane in the mistaken belief a passenger was aboard. The bronze plaque carries $500 in cash.
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Washington
Cheney
United States Air Corps
Harold L. Neeley
Tourist Traffic Shifts as U S Cars Cross into Canada
The United States sent about six hundred more automobiles into Canada in February 1940 than a year earlier as tourists visited the Dominion. The February total rose from 141,996 cars in 1939 to 150,587 in 1940, per the national revenue department.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
Dominion
National Revenue Department
Gasoline Explosion Kills 14 Year Old in Calgary Yard
Kenneth Robin, a 14 year old boy, died at General Hospital after a gasoline explosion while cleaning bicycle parts in the yard behind his home. A man suffered extensive burns.
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Calgary
Kenneth Robinson
General Hospital
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