Britain expects to double plane output this year
The British government aims to double military aircraft output in 1939 and projects potential dominance in bombers and fighters by 1940. Officials cite rapid arming progress, industry government cooperation, and Britain's vast skilled labor and material resources as key factors shaping the air race with Germany.
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London
Germany
Chamberlain
Defence Services
Britain
Hermann Goering
Goering
Air Ministry
Munich
Explosions Hit Two London Subway Stations
The Leicester Square and Tottenham Court Road tube stations were struck in near simultaneous blasts as the day began. A ticket collector was wounded at Tottenham Court Road, and windows were shattered near Leicester Square, amid a wave of Irish Republican sabotage across England.
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Heart of London
London
Leicester Square
Tottenham Court Road
Tottenham Court Station
England
Irish Republican Army
BBC to Continue German News Bulletins Despite Hitler Warning
The British Broadcasting Corporation plans to keep broadcasting nightly news in German despite a warning from Chancellor Hitler that broadcasts from certain foreign countries to Germany must stop or be ended. Official circles say there is no intention to discontinue the German bulletin.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Hitler
Germany
British Aviator Killed in Palestine Crash
London Flying Officer John Marcus Joseph Poynton of the 33rd Pure Air Squadron died in Palestine when his single seat plane crashed. The air ministry announced the death.
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London
John Marcus Joseph Poynton
pure@uit
Palestine
Air Ministry
Dominion wheat acreage bonus plan eyed for Commons
Dominion Agriculture Minister James Gardiner weighs a wheat acreage bonus to aid western farmers. Dr T F Donnelly proposes extending the scheme to all grains with two dollars per acre up to 100 acres for half section land owners and a flat four hundred dollar rate for owners of more than four sections, to be presented to Ottawa.
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Dominion Agriculture
James Gardiner
House of Commons
Gardiner
Wood Mountain
Sask
T. F. Donnelly
Ottawa House
Connelly
Ottawa Airmail Service Praised By Minister Howe
Public response to the trans-Canada airmail service was 100 per cent beyond expectations, says Hon. C. D. Howe. The service, begun across the prairies and extended to Toronto North Bay Ottawa and Montreal, saw mail volume double forecasts and aims for pay basis within a year. Howe noted 95 per cent efficiency with only five per cent of flights not completed.
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trans-Canada
Post Office Department
C. D. Howe
University Club of Ottawa
The
Prairies
Trans- Canada Airlines
Winnipeg
Toronto
North Bay
Montreal
T.C.A
Mr. Howe
Australian envoy warns against New Guinea return
Sydney reports Stanley Bruce, now in London, opposes returning Germany’s former New Guinea colony. He cites danger to Australia and notes Lyons has banned ministerial comment on Hitler’s Reichstag speech. Bruce argues stability and security require preparation.
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Sydney
Stanley Bruce
London
Germany
New Guinea
Australia
Lyons
Hitler
Radio License Cost Ottawa Debate in Liberal Caucus
The annual radio license, now 2.50, drew heavy criticism in a Liberal parliamentary caucus. New cabinet members Norman McLarty and J A MacKinnon spoke briefly, joined by former postmaster general J C Elliott and Prime Minister King. The meeting lasted about ninety minutes.
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Ottawa
Norman McLarty
J. A. MacKinnon
J. C. Elliott
King
Shipyards Build 1938 World Merchant Fleet
Lloyds annual shipping report shows 1,119 new merchant vessels launched in 1938 totaling 3,033,593 tons. Britain and Ireland built 1,030,375 tons, foreign yards 2,003,210 tons, with British output at 34 percent of the total.
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London
Lloyd’s Annual Shipping Report
Great Britain
Ireland
Japs Seize British Freighter Saint Vincent de Paul
British naval authorities demanded an immediate explanation from Japan after the seizure of the British freighter Saint Vincent de Paul near Shanghai during wartime hostilities. The incident prompted official inquiries and heightened tension between Britain and Japan.
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Shanghai
Saint Vincent de Paul
Hunger Causes Near Riot in Barcelona Bread Siege
Amid near riot conditions hungry crowds besieged social service centres in Spain's largest city seeking bread from insurgent authorities. The tense scene in Barcelona reflected severe shortages and public anger as protesters pressed for aid and daily subsistence.
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Barcelona
Spain
Imperial Airways to Begin Trans Atlantic Service June
Imperial Airways plans a Trans Atlantic air service from London starting June 1. Captain Harold Balfour, the under secretary for air, announced the plan in the House of Commons.
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London
Imperial Airways
Harold Balfour
Air
House of Commons
France opens talks for Catalan armistice at Burgos
Paris has begun international negotiations to seek an armistice in Catalonia while border forces rise to 50 000 men. Daladier orders 250 000 Spanish militiamen shielded by French troops as Franco advances. Talks reportedly run through British authorities in Burgos with German and Italian governments notified.
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Paris
France
Catalonia
Daladier
Franco
Burgos
U S Attitude Condemned by Fascist Nations
London reports Roosevelt favoring rearmament aid to Great Britain and France drew praise in London and Paris but harsh condemnation in Nazi and Fascist capitals. German and Italian papers labeled him war-mongering and accused him of instigating a campaign to boost business amid debates over armament and U.S. aid to France.
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London
Roosevelt
Great Britain
France
Paris
U.S. Senate
DNB
White House
U.S.A
America
William C. Bullitt
United States
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
United States Treasury
Fuehrer
Chamberlain
Hitler
Wartime Resolve from Sir Samuel Hoare in Swansea Speech
Sir Samuel Hoare a member of Neville Chamberlains inner cabinet warned that the British Empire remains invincible and that no air attack however frightful will destroy the will to resist. He cautioned against believing weary and feeble spirits could yield.
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Samuel Hoare
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Swansea
Dominion to issue bronze royal visit medallions to children
Ottawa announces the Dominion government will distribute about 2,250,000 bronze medallions to school children next summer to commemorate the King and Queen’s visit to Canada. Sizes vary and features include Their Majesties on the obverse and a Canada route map on the reverse.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Canada
Mackenzie King
Ontario Attorney General urges national Canada war registration
Gordon Conant in StThomas Ontario suggests a national registry of all citizens similar to Britain's service enrolment. He warns high speed longrange bombers increase coastal vulnerability and argues a nationwide war registry would marshal manpower and provide unemployment records.
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Ottawa
St. Thomas
Ont
Gordon Conant
Ontario
Canada
Dominion
Britain
Negrin Wins Confidence Vote in Bombed Spanish Cortes
In a bombed cavern near Figueras the Spanish Cortes met with 62 deputies of 420 to vote confidence in Premier Juan Negrin. Negrin pledged continued fighting for Catalonia and warned the war would persist in the Madrid Valencia axis if Catalonia fell. He attributed civilian and military panic to insurgent rumors and pledged measures to curb it.
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Figueras
Spain
Juan Negrin
Negrin
Catalonia
Madrid-Valencia
Barcelona
AFL May End Charters To Canadian Labor Bodies
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor said the executive council is considering a revised charter plan that would stop issuing AFL charters to Canadian central labor bodies to enhance their legislative freedom and autonomy. Under current rules Canadian central bodies hold AFL and Trades and Labor Congress of Canada charters, which Green says interferes with their autonomy.
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Miami
Fla
William Green
American Federation of Labor
A.F.L
Canada
Green
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Britain plans insurance for all war risks
Britain outlines a sweeping state war risk insurance plan to cover civilians and front line soldiers alike. The scheme would compensate injuries and deaths on a military scale and promise rebuilding of essential property after the war, with a government board assessing damages.
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Britain
London
Treasury
John Simon
Exchequer
House of Commons
Critics Fear U S Policy Could Lead To War
Washington critics argue President Roosevelt’s policy uses secret diplomacy and may entangle the United States in war with totalitarian powers. Nine Republican House foreign committee members issue a manifesto opposing secret acts and urging open facts and a neutrality policy. Harold Ickes defends peace and dismisses Hoover’s war danger criticisms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
House of Representatives Foreign Committee
France
Europe
Harold Ickes
Interior
Herbert Hoover
Ickes
Hoover
Committee On Foreign Affairs
House of Representatives
America
Decrees Target Czech Jews and Immigrant Eviction
Prague proclaims two decrees traceable to Munich partition of Czecho Slovakia. One strips many Jews of citizenship and another requires all immigrants to leave within six months. Commentary says native workers must keep opportunities and expulsion is necessary.
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Prague
Munich
Conservative candidate to oppose Col. Drew in Simcoe East by election
An Ontario candidate announced plans to enter the Simcoe East provincial by election on February 27 as a Conservative. He will oppose Lieut. Col. George A. Drew, the Ontario Conservative party leader, who recently secured unanimous party executive support in the riding.
New Terror Strikes Chile After Devastating Quake
Earthquakes in South Chile kill tens of thousands with about 30,000 dead. New tremors and unusual volcanic activity rattle the High Andes as electrical storms hinder rescue and relief work. Survivors endure widespread destitution amid ongoing crisis.
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Santiago
Chile
Perhapa
Andes
Royal Air Force Adopts New Fast Monoplane
The RAF has adopted a new fast combat monoplane with underslung wings named the Defiant. It carries mid fuselage bomb racks and machine guns and will replace older fighters in UK squadrons.
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London
Royal Air Force
United Kingdom
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