Oil shipments to Spain halted by United States
The United States suspended Caribbean oil shipments to Spain for February as part of a broader review of Spain's wartime position. Spain's limited fuel supply from the Caribbean constrains reserves while concerns over German influence and exports to Germany, including the 400 million pesetas credit to Berlin, shape Allied actions. The move follows British protests about German spies and saboteurs reported in Spain, notably near Gibraltar.
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Spain
United States
Washington
Caribbean
Germany
Madrid
Chbraltar
Coningham Takes London Post Head of RAF No 2 Tactical Air Force
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham city to Britain to lead the Royal Air Force No 2 Tactical Air Force, now No 1 Tactical Air Force designation, succeeding his role directing Allied Mediterranean air units. He serves as deputy to General Dwight D. Eisenhower and worked with ground forces in Tunisian Sicilian and Italian campaigns.
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London
Arthur Coningham
United States
Africa
Sir Arthur Tedder
Britain
R.A.F
Arthur
Middle East
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Coningham
Air Ministry
No. 2 Tactical Air Force
RAF
R.A.F. No. 1 Tactical Air Force
Tactical Air Force
Strategic Air Force
Argentina cuts Axis ties likened to Chile move
Washington officials say Argentina's severance of relations with Germany and Japan signals a broader stance in the western hemisphere. Argentina and Chile faced U S pressure after Axis spies were sheltered. Chile followed with a break a year later.
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Argentina
Western Hemisphere
Washington
Germany
Japan
Chile
United States
Sumner Welles
Ground staff volunteers for RAF arrive from West Indies
The air ministry announced that about 1,000 men from the West Indies have been chosen to travel to Britain for training under an official RAF scheme. The first contingent of ground staff volunteers has arrived in Britain to join the program.
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London
RAF
West Indies
Britain
Air Ministry
Release Urged Demobilization Of Foresters From War
The Canadian Society of Forest Engineers at its 36th annual meeting urged early demobilization of trained foresters from the armed forces to supervise post war forest projects. It called for a national forestry congress and an inventory of Canada's forest resources. It also urged expanded use of aerial photography and increased spending on forest insect research and supervision.
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Montreal
Seiety of Forest Engineers
Selety Alan
National Forestry Congress
Dominion
Canada
Idle Farm Areas in Canada Decline Five Percent in 1941
Dominion statistics show abandoned or idle farms in Canada fell to 5,023,541 acres in 1941 from 5,289,166 in 1931, a five percent drop. The number of idle farms reached 32,518, down 219 since 1931, with land value at $22,290,114 and building value at $5,380,988.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion Census of Agriculture
Canada
Record Bombing of Europe Hits New High in January
An RAF commentator says January saw 31 000 tons of bombs fall on Hitler’s Europe, a possible all time January record. Britain dropped about 20 000 tons, the Mediterranean theater 9 000 on Italy and 2 000 elsewhere, mainly the Balkans, amid heavy Allied air operations around Nettuno and Italy.
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London
Hitler
Europe
Mediterranean
RAF
Britain
Manes
Italy
Balkans
United States
Nettuno
Secent Mediterranean
Coastal Command
Worth Studying Manufacture Of Higher Percentage Of Farm Implants
The wartime expenditures committee tells Ottawa that Canadian implement makers should boost domestic production. The report notes Canada now supplies only 38 percent of farm equipment and urges expansion to align with reconstruction policy and strong agricultural output.
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Canada
Ottawa
War Expenditures Committee
House of Commons
Hughes Cleaver
Lib Halton
United Nations Conference Sought On Cartels
Lord Woolton disclosed in the House of Lords that plans exist for a United Nations conference to address cartels. He warned Labour peer Lord Stratton that leaders of Germany’s monopoly finance may seek reestablished ties with old allies while wartime criminals are pursued.
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London
United Nations
Lord Woolton
House of Lords
Lord Stratolgi
Germany
Britain
United States
Incendiary Bomb Hits Essex House During Raid
An incendiary bomb pierced a south Essex roof in a German raid. The blaze started, then the water pipe burst, flooding the home and dousing the flames.
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London
Essex
Britain Advances Massive Europe Relief Fund
London reports Britain is setting aside nearly £100,000,000 about $450.7 million for relief of European countries liberated from the Nazis, as the Daily Express notes.
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London
Britain
Daily Express
Polish dispute: Russia rejects mediation offer
Russia rejects US mediation to restore talks between Moscow and the Polish government in London. Cordell Hull said Moscow was gratified by US action but does not see a ripe moment for US mediation. The US note, delivered by Ambassador Harriman, did not propose any territorial mediation.
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Washington
Soviet
Russia
United States
Mosrow
London
Cordell Hull
Moscow
W. Averill Harriman
Poland
Peace Policy For The Empire Must Now Be Planned
London reports a call for a joint Britain dominions effort to craft a unified imperial policy covering foreign affairs and defence. Lords Listowel and Samuel press for concrete steps and regional cooperation, while Cranborne urges delaying contentious questions until after the war.
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London
Britain
Dominions
Earl of Listowel
Lord Listowel
Churchill
Curtin
Smuts
Viscount Samuel
United States
United Kingdom
Viscount Cranborne
West sees need for long term livestock policy
Regina reports Prof J W Grant MacEwan of the University of Saskatchewan urged a lasting national livestock policy at a dinner in King's Hotel. He warned European destruction highlights the importance of western Canada’s capacity to restore flocks and herds, calling for free trade or fair livestock support and diversified production.
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Regina
Canada
J. W. Grant MacEwan
School of Agriculture
University of Saskatchewan
King's Hotel
MacEwan
Russia
Germany
Belgium
France
Holland
Denmark
Britain
Western
Prof MacEv
Prof
MacArthur Stays On Duty For 64th Birthday
General Douglas MacArthur, Allied commander in the southwest Pacific, marked his 64th birthday on January 26 by remaining on the job at Allied headquarters in New Guinea.
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New Gumea
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Polish born Canadians train as snipers in Scotland
Six Canadian girls of Polish birth, now in Britain as Polish AT.S members, train in Scotland to join European operations with the Polish armed forces. They learn sniping, field tactics, guerilla warfare, and will handle Bren guns, rifles, and grenades after completing the course. Jadwiga Nowak, a Polish war heroine, commands over 6,000 Polish women and is linked to pre medical studies in Winnipeg. Alicja L. Dziki from Manville Alta served in the CWLAC as a corporal before joining the Polish army. her father, Lieut. A. C. Dziki, serves with the Canadian army in England.
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Scotland
At.s
Britain
Europe
Poland
Jadwiga Nowak
Winnipeg
Alicja L. Dziki
Manville
Alta
C.wl.ac
Lieut
A. C. Dziki
England
German claim on Greek supply dumps discovered
The German radio said Nazi troops uncovered hidden supply dumps in Greek mountains used by British aircraft to drop weapons for Communist bands. It reported German forces overpowered guards at dawn, seized four machine guns two mortars many rifles and found 40 parachutes with explosives and time bombs.
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London
Greece
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