Britain Needs All Possible Aid for Victory
Ottawa reports Sir Cyril Newall calls for rapid North American support to help Britain win the war. He cites ships planes guns tanks and trained air personnel as essential while urging continued convoy protection and air supremacy to deter any Nazi invasion. He stresses unity and warns against leniency after the war and praises Canadian airmen and Allied efforts.
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New Zealand
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England
Channel
Raeder Urges Bold Strike On British Isles
Grand Admiral Erich Raeder urged a decisive German attack on Britain in a speech aired by the BBC. He told dock workers the navy will strike at the vital nerves of the British Empire and that the fight is for survival as British aid to the United States is mocked as a spectacle. He warned of ongoing efforts to draw the enemy into disaster and emphasized unity amid difficulties at home.
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United States
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British Isles
Souvenirs Prove Deadly In Britain Last Week
The ministry of home security said unexploded missiles found by souvenir hunters killed 12 people and injured six across Britain last week.
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London
Ministry of Home Security
Britain
Dublin Premier urges worst prep and rationing in wartime
Premier Eamon de Valera told listeners to prepare for the worst as war disrupts imports. Tea is cut to three fourths and gasoline limited to essential services. rationing and substitutes like potatoes urged. Wheat reserves are barely enough, farmers warned on fodder, and milk encouraged for youth.
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Eamon de Valera
Eire
Erie
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Fife
Ottawa wheat solution touted as compromise plan
Reported within circles as Canada’s approach to the wheat problem would avoid coercion and rely on compromise. Proposed terms include a guaranteed price around 85 cents a bushel, government purchase of 230 to 250 million bushels, and a 50 cent processing tax on flour to recoup the price. Growers to handle any excess production beyond the bought amount.
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Ottawa
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Prairie Provinces
Subversive Activities in Latin America Drive
The United States tightens an aggressive bid to purge anti American or pro Axis personnel from Latin American branches. The State Department and allied agencies press export industries to assist in a house cleaning, discharging suspected agents. A confidential list tracks individuals and firms across 20 nations linked to anti American, pro Axis propaganda or material supply.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Britain to Sell Securities in U S to Finance War
Britain plans to raise dollars for war needs by selling British owned businesses in the United States and U S companies controlled by Britons. Sir Edward Peacock will review options on the spot to maximize returns, with shares not listed on exchanges making valuations uncertain.
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United States
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Sir Edward Peacock
Stock Exchange
United States of America
Resentment In Holland New York In Post Invasion Hague Life
Walter R. van Lianden describes street encounters between loyal Dutch citizens and the black shirted National Socialists as regular features of post invasion life in The Hague. He arrived from Spain aboard the Spanish liner Magallanes.
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National Socialist
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San Francisco
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Spain
Morgenthau Sees Canada Ready To Meet War Equipment Commitments
Secretary Morgenthau told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Canada has enough dollar assets in sight to cover its war equipment commitments in the United States for the balance of the year.
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Washington
United States
Six Provinces Making Guns Ottawa
Six Canadian provinces including Alberta British Columbia Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec and Ontario are producing armament for the British admiralty under a program by the munitions and supply department. The project entails about 17.54 million dollars in capital outlay with plans for four gun barrel plants two in Quebec one in Alberta and one in British Columbia at the Dominion Bridge Company plant in Burnaby reconditioned for five million dollars. The Royal Canadian Navy will buy some output from expanding plants, and annual production is projected to reach tens of millions, possibly near 100 million dollars.
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Press Censorship Tightens War News in Eire
The Irish government imposes emergency censorship on all war related transmissions for publication outside the country. Offenders face serious consequences under rules requiring messages to be submitted for official censorship before dissemination.
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London
Eire
South Africa to accommodate 20000 Italian prisoners
The South African government agrees to house 20 000 Italian prisoners from the Western Desert campaign to spare ships needed to move them to India. This decision aims to reduce transport demands and protect naval resources during the campaign.
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Cape Town
India
Pension Granted to Hertzog Leader of South Africa
Gen J B M Hertzog, 74, former South African prime minister and Nationalist leader, receives an annual pension of £2000 ($8906) from the Union government. He resigned from parliament on December 12, 1940, and retired to private life. Hertzog led a coalition before September 1939, opposing Gen Smuts over wartime neutrality. Smuts supported war. Hertzog opposed, switching to the opposition.
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London
J. B. M. Hertzog
Union of South Africa
British Broadcasting Corporation
Cape Town
Hertzog
Jan Smuts
Plan to Draft Women for War Factories in Britain
Representatives of capital and labor and the government outlined a plan to draft thousands of single women eighteen and older from drawing rooms slums and servants quarters into war factories. Union and employer representatives agreed to the broad principles of the proposal in a meeting with Minister of Labor Ernest Bevin Sir Andrew Duncan minister of supply A W Alexander first lord of the admiralty Lord Beaverbrook minister of aircraft production and Oliver Lyttleton president of the board of trade.
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London
Great Britain
Ernest Bevin
Andrew Duncan
A. W. Alexander
The
Admiralty
Lord Beaverbrook
Oliver Lyttleton
Board of Trade
Early invasion plans may have to be abandoned
A British military authority suggested the Germans may abandon an early invasion of Britain to aid Italy and pursue the Balkans. He noted eight to ten German divisions in Romania and airfields in Bulgaria, with plans to seal the Mediterranean from British convoys if a southern push toward Salonika occurs. He warned of potential attacks on Eire and a southeast coast invasion supported by French bases, while Spain, France, Turkey, and Italy shape responses.
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Gibraltar
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Italy
Germany
British broadcast casts hostile will to Hitler in free nations
The B B C in a German language broadcast delivered the free peoples of Britain and America will fight this war to the bitter end prophecy. It warned Hitler that the German people will be forced to throw off the Nazis and lauded Allied resolve while noting German missteps and Nazi torpedo threats.
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Lenon Named Chief Scout of United Kingdom
Lord Somers aged 54, deputy chief scout since 1936, is appointed chief scout of the United Kingdom following the founder Lord Baden-Powell's death. Lord Hampton notes no future world chief scout will replace the founder, keeping the title for the founder for all time.
Smith Hurricane Fund planned in Ottawa drive
Wilfred Smith of Ottawa announced a campaign named the Smith Hurricane fund to raise money for purchasing one or more Hurricane fighters to aid in the war effort. All Smiths in Canada may contribute with approval reportedly from Finance Minister Isley.
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Ottawa
Wilfred Smith
Death of Sir William Llewellyn Royal Academy President 1928 38
Sir William Llewellyn aged 77, longtime president of the Royal Academy from 1928 to 1938, died here. His portraits of Queen Mary were highly regarded and one was acquired by the state.
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London
William Llewellyn
Royal Academy
Queen Mary
Wheat stocks rise in Canada to January totals
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Ottawa wheat in store at January 24 totaling 495,841,577 bushels, up from 494,205,023 on January 17 and 336,258,438 on the same date last year.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Quints Visit Draw Thousands to Callander Hospital
Dr. A R Dafoe announced that about 250000 people visited the Dafoe hospital in Callander Ontario during 1940 to see the Dionne quintuplets now six years old.
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A. R. Dafoe
Dafoe Hospital
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