Britain Accuses Germany of Murder At Sea in War Progress Report
Prime Minister Chamberlain denounces German air force actions as murder at sea and declares the war is progressing as Britain wishes. He notes new Allied aid to Finland, praises Finnish resistance, and says volunteers over 27 may depart. He criticizes Nazi coastal invasions as gangsterism and reaffirms resolve.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Finland
Russia
England
Balkan
Belgrade
Southeastern
Europe
Ottawa air training plan contracts awarded by war supply board
Transport Minister C. D. Howe announced contracts for Commonwealth air training plan building projects. In the week ending Feb 3 the war supply board awarded five contracts totaling 402,060 dollars of the 2,128,783 dollars spent that period. Two buildings will rise on British Columbia airfields, two in Ontario and one in Nova Scotia.
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Ottawa
C. D. Howe
War Supply Board
Westminister merchants threaten blackout over high light rates
New Westminster merchants threaten a nighttime blackout protesting elevated electric light rates. They warn stores would be left in darkness while they oppose current charges and plan coordinated action to pressure utility authorities.
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New Westminister
B.C
New Westminster
Mongolia Border Trouble Flare Near Manchukuoan Border
An army spokesman reported two exchanges of fire recently between troops along the Manchukuoan Outer Mongolia border. Intermittent warfare had ended last September 16 under a Russo Japanese armistice.
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Tokyo
Outer Mongolia
Japan
Russia
Alarm At Gibraltar Amid Sighted Aircraft
An air raid alarm sounded at Gibraltar when three unidentified planes were sighted approaching the British fortress. The all-clear signal was given within ten minutes.
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Gibraltar
Imports Increase December Trade with United States and Britain
Ottawa reports December imports totalled 72.1 million dollars, up from 44.3 million in 1938. U S sources rose to 49.1 million, Britain to 8.46 million. All nine import groups advanced, with gains in agricultural products textiles and iron. Farm price indexes for 1939-40 edged up slightly from 79.4 to 80.4 based on early crop year data.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
United Kingdom
Bureau
Spy Shot of Nancy Leader Roos Sparks Controversy
Alsatian autonomist leader Karl Roos was shot as a spy in Nancy. Soldier Lobstein, convicted with Roos, had his sentence commuted to life. Roos faced charges for aiding German agents in 1936 and 1938 crises, with a Nazi uniform photo found at his home reported by French papers.
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Nancy
France
Karl Roos
Lobstein
Roose
Roos
Germany
Rhineland
Sudetenland
Nations hold inaugural talks on world reconstruction peace
Delegates from ten nations met in The Hague to study economic reconstruction and social betterment as a possible basis for lasting peace. The Netherlands Great Britain France Argentina Australia Belgium Norway Portugal Switzerland and Turkey were represented. Elections to add members to a 24 nation body were discussed with six seats reserved for former League members. The United States was encouraged to cooperate even without seat inclusion.
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Hague
Netherlands
Great Britain
France
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Norway
Portugal
Switzerland
Turkey
League of Nations
United States
French Patrols Gather Key Intel West of Saar
French patrols deep behind German lines in the Saar sector are credited with obtaining highly important information on German military positions. The missions reportedly wormed through German outposts unspotted and returned to Allied lines without firing a shot.
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Paris
Saar River
Finns recruit olive branch offered by Port Arthur alderman
Port Arthur alderman and prominent fiver Al Cheesman says he advised a Finnish recruiting agency that he is willing to serve in the Finnish air force.
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Port Arthur
al Cheesman
Hungarians Aid Finns Secret Volunteer Exodus
Observers estimate more than 400 Hungarian volunteers have secretly left Hungary for Finland. The movement reflects strong Hungarian sympathy for the Finns amid ongoing tensions.
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Budapest
Hungary
Finland
Loans Under Housing Act announces January totals
Hon. J. L. Ralston, minister of finance, reports January 1959 housing loans under the National Housing Act total 251 loans for 681 family units worth 2,192,645. Since October 1935 to January 31 the program has issued 14,180 loans valued at 50,178,365, with Ontario leading at 7,408 loans for 25,327,260. Western provinces show British Columbia 6,394,580 and Saskatchewan 261,202. Alberta reports nil.
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Ottawa
J. L. Ralston
Ontario
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Churchill Announces Light Floats to Shield Lightships
In the House of Commons Winston Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, said special measures would protect lightships after German air attacks killed crew members. He noted lightships had been previously unprotected and deemed immune from bombing, and that light floats would replace ships in some situations.
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London
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
Churchill
Russian Air Power Questioned After Finnish Campaign
London reports an air ministry communiqué says about 2000 heavy bombers and reconnaissance aircraft are obsolete and 1000 fighters limited to low performance. It cites Finnish raids and expert forecasts of weaker Soviet air forces, while noting Allied help to Finland and volunteers from Britain.
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London
Air Ministry
Russia
Finland
RAF Instructors Paid Royal Canadian Air Force Scale
Seventy one RAF officers and men are in Canada to act as instructors under the Commonwealth air training plan. They receive the same pay scale as equivalent RCAF ranks, in line with agreement among the United Kingdom Canada New Zealand and Australia. Some have already received temporary commissions in the RCAF for the duration of their stay.
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Ottawa
Royal Air Force
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Australia
R.A.F
R.C.A.F
Dominion
British School Children urged to return to class
Kenneth Lindsay announces in the House of Commons that pupils in danger areas should resume schooling as soon as accommodations are ready, whether full or half time. Parliament debates the plight of about 500000 British children with little or no education for almost six months.
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London
Kenneth Lindsay
Board of Education
House of Commons
Route Marches Resumed Aldershot in Heavy Weather
Canada’s First Division resumed route marches and outdoor drilling at Aldershot after training was halted by England’s worst weather since the blizzard of 1895. Soldiers walked byways to mouth-organ music and sang popular tunes like Roll Out the Barrel.
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Aldershot
Canada
England
Radio Censorship Plan for Dominion Elections
Ottawa announces a wartime broadcasting code change on the honor system for Dominion elections. Political broadcasts must stay in studios or on CBC national network free time, with station managers and speakers self enforcing Defence of Canada rules. Texts must be filed at each station and public platform broadcasts remain banned.
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Ottawa
R. P. Landry
Defence of Canada
Landry
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBC
Freight rate clash spurs BC lumber talks in Ottawa
The Canadian board of transport commissioners convened a round table conference with railway representatives and British Columbia timber interests to settle a dispute over export freight rates. Lumber shipments from BC to eastern ports facing general tariff of 82 cents per 100 pounds, while BC seeks 60 cents. J. C. Rand and George A. Walker of CN and CPR argued railways must not grant special rates when competition exists, noting long history of such rates and defending the general tariff regime.
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Ottawa
Canadian Board of Transport Commissioners
Railways
British Columbia
British Timber Control Board
Atlantic
Panama Canal
J. C. Rand
George A. Walker
Montreal
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
Explosion Buckles Sidewalk Near Cavell Memorial
An explosion near St. Martin's square by the Edith Cavell memorial buckled the sidewalk at the foot of the memorial. No injuries were reported. Investigators traced the blast to a short circuit in an underground electric cable.
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London
Memoral
Edith Cavell
St. Martin's Square
Allied Troops Concentrated in Near East With Weygand at Helm
Paris authorities disclose 275000 French troops are concentrated in the Near East under General Weygand, with Wavell as British commander in chief. Berlin and Moscow had lower and higher estimates respectively. Weygand would command Allied forces if war spreads to the region. Turkey seizes Krupp shipyards in Istanbul and plans further German asset seizures as tensions rise.
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Paris
France
Near East
Maxime Weygand
Berlin
Moscow
Weygand
Canadians land in Britain with Royal Navy escort
A fourth Canadian Active Service Force contingent arrived in Britain under naval guard. Troopships entered harbor at night and rested offshore until morning. Crowds welcomed the khaki troops with cheers of Well Done Canada and Bravo. The men began disembarking and settling into new billets for training.
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Britain
Royal Navy
Canadian Active Service Force
Atlantic
Bri
Empire
Canada
Empire At
Alberta Oil Gusher at Princess Oil Field
John Galloway, manager of the British Columbia Standard Oil Co, announced a well near Princess was spurting gas at about 40 million cubic feet daily. He noted only a small amount of crude accompanied the gas. Princess lies roughly 100 miles east of Calgary.
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Calgary
John Galloway
British Columbia Standard Oil Company
Princess
Air Force cooks train for Empire camps in Canada
Sixteen Royal Canadian Air Force cadets at Guelph Ontario learn cooking as the first group of more than 100 officers who will feed thousands of men in Empire Air Training Scheme camps across Canada.
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Guelph, Ont
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canada
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