Premier Bracken Comments On Parley Collapse
Manitoba Premier Bracken predicts further review of the Straits report or a satisfactory alternative. He warns that Dominion provincial tax invasions could worsen provincial finances and hinder Canada’s war effort, noting the aborted Ottawa conference and calls for renewed consideration by provincial leaders.
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Otawa
Straits Report
Bracken
Manitoba
Dominion
Sirois
Canada
Rowell-Sirois
Ottawa
Howe term in Britain highlights Canadian munitions push
Hon. C. D. Howe, Canada’s munitions minister, wraps up Britain visit with plans for expanded Canadian output. He joined British supply council discussions and toured plants with Lord Beaverbrook, boosting optimism for empire war effort and confirming timber supply links as Baltic resources fade.
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London
Canada
Britain
C. D. Howe
Mr. Howe
British Supply Council
Britain-at-war
Howe
Lord Beaverbrook
Admiralty
Ministry of Supply
C. A. Banks
W. C. Woodward
Aga Khan to receive gift of diamonds for diamond jubilee
The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, is to be given his weight in diamonds worth about 25 million dollars as a 1945 gift if a Karachi campaign succeeds. His followers donated gold equal to twice his weight for the 1935 golden jubilee.
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Aga Khan
Bombay
India
East Africa
Central Asia
Karachi
Cheese rationing under way as Britain curbs menus
A food ministry official announced cheese will be scarce in British restaurants unless it is the main course. The statement urged more potatoes and carrots, warning cheese supplies are tight for the next weeks though production may stay at about one third of peacetime consumption.
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London
Food Ministry
Britain-bound freighters contract awarded to Davis Shipbuilding
A $10,000,000 contract for six large freight ers for the British government was awarded to the Davis Shipbuilding Company. The vessels will be built at Levis Quebec.
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Ottawa
Davis Shipbuilding Company
Levis
Que
Renewed Hope In France as Duff Cooper Praises British Victory
Alfred Duff Cooper told a BBC audience that France's spirit is alive and growing with vigor. He cited rising pro British sentiment in occupied France where Germans remind people of what they lost and their hope rests in British victory.
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London
Alfred Duff Cooper
British Broadcasting Corporation
France
Britain
Duff Cooper
Supplies For Greece London Aid From Canadian Red Cross
Canadian Red Cross in London sorted and dispatched a large consignment to the Greek front. The shipment includes 7,000 pneumonia jackets, 20,000 bandages, 50,000 sterilized dressings, 120,000 pairs of socks, 6,000 balaclava helmets, and hospital clothing and blankets for Albania's cold needs. A Greek embassy spokesman praised Canada Greece ties and aviators' work.
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London
Canadian Red Cross
Red Cross
Albania
Canada
Greece
Beginning To Show Results Harter For Raiding Bombers London
An air ministry service bulletin says night fighters are showing results. More raiding bombers are intercepted and those that get through are attacked with some success. Night fighter squadrons are increasing in number. One pilot likened the job to swatting a wasp in a blackout room.
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London
Air Ministry
Conference on Sirois report ends as three premiers protest
Ottawa reports a wartime conference on the Sirois report failed to advance with Ontario Alberta and British Columbia opposing further consideration. Prime Minister Mackenzie King acknowledged cabinet divisions while Premier Hepburn Pattullo and Aberhart labeled as conference sinners by Hepburn. Ontario offered tax cooperation if needed.
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Ottawa
Sirois
Ontario
Alberta
British Columbia
Mackenzie King
King
Isley
Ilsley
Dominion
Hepburn
Justice
Lapointe
Pattullo
Aberhart
Mr. Hepburn
British minister in Washington named to replace Lothian era
Sir Gerald Campbell named as British minister in Washington, making two ministers in the United States alongside Nevile Butler who was elevated to ministerial rank in January. Campbell will act as second in command to Viscount Halifax and will take up the post on Halifax’s arrival.
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Gerald Campbell
Washington
London
United Kingdom
Canada
United States
Nevile Butler
Marquess of Lothian
Sir Gerald
Viscount Halifax
Lord Lothian
Lord Halifax
Ottawa
British civilians suffer harsher war toll than soldiers says Dr Wilson
Dr Philip FE Wilson, medical director of the first American hospital unit in England, returned on the Excalibur and warned civilians face twin dangers from bombs and disease. He cited pneumonia risk in crowded shelters and subways, noting civilian bomb casualties run about 30 to 40 percent lower than expected and monthly totals once topping 12,000 in October.
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New York
Philip FE. Wilson
England
Ministry of Health
Wilson
Shows Amazing Efficiency Canada’s Empire Air Training
British press hails the Empire air training program as efficient after 160 Canadian air force signallers arrive in Britain. Ottawa and Westminster discuss expanding the Royal Canadian Air Force for home and abroad use, with Hon. J L Ralston and Hon. C D Howe touring camps and centers.
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London
Royal Canadian Air Force
R.c.af
J. L. Ralston
Air and War Office
C. D. Howe
Ottawa
Canada
Britain
Royal Air Force
U S Says No Diversion by Nazi Threats in Britain Aid Debate
Secretary of State Cordell Hull told the House Foreign Relations Committee that the United States must not be diverted by German threats and urged quick passage of aid to Britain. He warned Germany could cross the Atlantic if Britain falls and condemned Germany, Japan, and Italy for pursuing conquest and tyranny.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
House Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Germany
Atlantic
Britain
English Channel
Hull
Roosevelt
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Japan
Far East
Orient
Ottawa Accepts Tender for 35 Million Dominion Treasury Bills
Finance Minister Ilsley announced tender acceptance for the full 35 million dollars of Dominion of Canada treasury bills maturing April 18 1941. The action completes a government debt issue aimed at financing wartime expenditures and stabilizing the currency.
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Ottawa
Ilsley
Dominion of Canada
Treasury
Plans to Meet War Labor Issues in Canada Ottawa
Ontario reports that provincial and Dominion labor officials agreed to regular conferences to align labor programs for the war economy. The talks covered labor supply and demand, the 1941 war emergency training plan, youth training, and potential Dominion aid after March 31. Manitoba official Errick Willis urged practical progress from such discussions. Representatives from Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba attended.
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Ottawa
Provincial
Labor Department
McLarty
Sirois
Dominion
Dominion Department of Labor
Errick Willis
Manitoba
Cross
Alberta
Pearson
British Columbia
Parker
Saskatchewan
Adam Bell
Dean F. C. Cronkite
University of Saskatchewan
W. W. Dawson
George Collins
A. A. Mackenzie
E. W. Griffith
Fascism Doomed Glasgow Warns Air Secretary at Meeting
Sir Archibald Sinclair told a Glasgow audience that fascism is doomed and Italy faces danger from Nazi domination. He urged continued wartime effort until Hitler and Goering are destroyed and Mussolini’s policies lead Italy to ruin. He praised Allied cooperation in Egypt and Libya.
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Glasgow
Sir Archibald Sinclair
Italy
Hitler
Goering
Germany
Archibald
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Sir Archibald
Egypt
Libya
Germany Seeks Immediate Action Before US Aid to Britain
Turkish paper Ulus, cited by BBC, warns Germany fears US delay in aiding Britain and draws a parallel to 1917 when US support toppled Germany. Ulus says Germany is torn by anxiety over possible new European grand alliance and the risk of undoing itself now.
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London
United States
Britain
Ulus
British Broadcasting Corporation
Germany
Alus
Europe
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