Government Moves to Call Early General Election
Prime Minister King dissolves parliament within hours after a war-time crisis and announces an immediate appeal to the country. He cites Ontario's censure and opposition campaigns as justification, arguing a fresh mandate is needed before a Western Front offensive. Critics call the move unprecedented and akin to dictatorship, while the government argues it is in the public interest during war.
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Lord Tweedermuir
Canada
Senate
R. J. Manion
J. S. Woodsworth
Co-operative Commonwealth
Government House
Lord Tweedemuir
House of Commons
King
Ontario
Manion
Woodsworth
Arthur Meighen
British born Barbirolli to lead Vancouver concert
British born conductor John Barbirolli of the New York Philharmonic will conduct the Vancouver Symphony Society in a concert in London on May 28. Overseas gifts to the Lord Mayor's Red Cross fund for the sick and wounded of the war reached 894000 dollars.
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Vancouver
John Barbirolli
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Vancouver Symphony Society
London
Lord Mayor's Red Cross Fund
Bullet Proof Gas Tank Revealed After Heinkel Shotdown
British aviation experts say Germany's puncture proof fuel tank design leaked after a Heinkel was shot down over Scotland. The tank uses fibre ribbing with buckskin and rubber layers to seal bullet holes, keeping gasoline inside during gunfire.
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London
Germany
Scotland
Morin Named CBC Board Chairman and Attaches Appointed
Rene Morin of Montreal is named chairman of the CBC board of governors with Brigadier-General Victor Odlum of Vancouver as vice-chairman. Major-General L. R. LaFleche is appointed military attaché to the Paris legation and Air Commodore W. R. Kenny to Washington. LaFleche on sick leave since September remains deputy minister of national defence. Lieut.-Col. Walter A. Harrison of Saint John is added to the war supply board. R. C. Vaughan resigns from the board.
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Ottawa
Rene Morin
Montreal
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Victor Odlum
Vancouver
C. D. Howe
L. W. Brockington
Morin
L. R. LaFleche
Paris
Dispute With Roumania Deepens Oil Shipment Tangles
An Allied dispute with Roumania over oil shipments to Germany complicates a global crisis. Roumania is said to require foreign oil firms to supply Germany while withholding oil from the Allies. Britain has warned Roumania that access to British war materials may hinge on resolving the oil issue.
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London
Roumania
Germany
Britain
Britain Italy Exchange Military Information Diplomatic Talks
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Britain and Italy are exchanging military information under the 1938 Anglo Italian agreement and that the naval and aviation information exchange would finish before month end. He noted Italy could not accept British frontier proposals for Italian East Africa Sudan Kenya and British Somaliland before the war.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Great Britain
Italy
Italian East Africa
Sudan
Kenya
British Somaliland
Bankers Hear Centralization Benefit in Canada
R W Putnam president of the Farmers' National Bank of Alexandria Minnesota told 500 Bankers Lecture Club members that early centralization of banking in Canada produced stability unequalled in the United States until recently. He cited a bank failure ratio of 1-10 in favor of Canadian institutions.
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Winnipeg
R. W. Putnam
Farmers’ National Bank
Alexandria Minn
Bankers’ Lecture Club
Canada
United States
Putnam
King Visits Canadian Force at Aldershot Inspection
The King inspected the First Division of the Canadian Active Service Force at Aldershot England. He spoke with officers and soldiers about welfare, bravery decorations, and past service. He praised Victoria Cross recipients Brigadier G R Pearkes and Major M F Gregg and spoke with soldiers including Bugle-Sergeant Tyler and Major L M Jones.
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Aldershot
England
Canada
Germany
G. R. Pearkes
Calgary
M. F. Gregg
Ottawa
House of Commons
Tyler
Fredericton
Carleton and York Regiment
Carleton Yorks
L. M. Jones
Moose Jaw
Royal Canadian Artillery
R. L. Mitchell
Princess Pats
Mitchell
Victoria
B.C
Gunner W. Griffith
Rossland
Griffith
R.C.A
F. E. Woodard
San Francisco
Seaforths
Woodard
W. G. Kear
Winnipeg
A. R. Jones
Sherbrooke
Que
W. C. Gemmell
Halifax
K. T. P. Ferguson
King receives miniature flag from Canadian commander
The flag fluttered at divisional headquarters as Major-General A L McNaughton answered questions about its origin and paid tribute to Col A Fortescue Duguid. At leave taking the King accepted the tiny flag presented by McNaughton as a memento of a historic occasion.
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A. L. McNaughton
Col
A. Fortescue Duguid
McNaughton
G.O.C
Aircraft procurement program eyed by Britain and France
The Wall Street Journal reports the United States may launch its most extensive aircraft procurement ever under consideration by Britain and France. A decision is expected soon and the program could total 6,000 to 8,000 bombers with pursuit planes, costing 1.0 to 1.7 billion dollars, plus spare parts and armaments. This would add to the American industry's backlog near 700 million dollars.
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New York
Wall Street Journal
United States
RCAF appoints W A Bishop as Director of Recruiting
Defence Minister Norman Rogers announced the appointment of Honorary Air Marshal W A Bishop as director of recruiting for the Royal Canadian Air Force. The choice follows a recommendation from Air Vice-Marshal G M Croil, head of the RCAF and commander of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
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Ottawa
Norman Rogers
W. A. (Bily) Bishop
Royal Canadian Air Force
G. M. Croil
R.C.A.S
Hitler pledges Italian-Soviet border security in Balkans
Le Petit Parisien reports Hitler told Mussolini on January 17 that Germany would resist any Soviet breach of Italian and Hungarian interests in southeastern Europe. A memorandum allegedly guarantees safety of Italian interests even if war requires actions in the Balkans for security.
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Paris
le Petit Parisien
Hitler
Mussolini
Soviet Union
Italy
Hungary
Europe
Fuehrer
Il Duce
Balkans
Young Ironside Visits Western Front Amid Naval Career Outlook
London reports that Edmund Ironside, 15 year old son of General Sir Edmund Ironside, drew questions in Parliament after an exceptional Western Front visit. War Secretary Oliver Stanley called the trip exceptional, arranged by General Gamelin, to see his father decorated with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor on January 8.
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London
Edmund Ironside
Imperial General Staff
House of Commons
Western Front
Oliver Stanley
Gamelin
Young Ironside
Legion of Honor
Britain Pledges Prompt Aid to Belgium in case of German Attack
Prime Minister Chamberlain said Britain would honor Allied commitments to Belgium and France and study quick action to meet obligations. Britain and Italy have completed a 1938 treaty exchange of military information with more aerial and naval collaboration expected. Plans for rapid Allied movement into Belgium were outlined as British forces concentrate near the Belgian frontier.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Belgium
Russia
Moscow
Finland
Great Britain
France
Italy
Low Countries
Parachute Shell Proposed for British Anti Air Defence
A parachute shell designed by G. D. Wright of Ottawa could join Britain's anti aircraft defences. The shell drops small parachutes with wires to trap attacking planes and has been sent to the British War Office by the national defence department. It is said to be more developed than a similar American design being tested in France.
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Ottawa
G. D. Wright
Great Britain
National Defence Department
British War Office
France
Sub base strikes hit by French and British forces
Maritime reports say French and British naval units carried out separate attacks on German submarine bases near Paris with outcomes not yet confirmed.
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Paris
Duke of Windsor Returns to France to Resume Duties
Reliable sources report the Duke of Windsor has returned to France to resume duties with the British Expeditionary Force after a several day stay in England.
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London
Duke of Windsor
France
England
Battle Over Roumanian Oil Draws In Allies and Axis
German demands for more Roumanian oil threaten to pull Bucharest into a larger war. Berlin pushes to secure supply as France and Britain warn against coercion while Turkish, Italian, and Balkan leaders forecast regional conflict if oil is cut off.
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Bucharest
Germany
Roumania
Reich
Republic
Danube
Balkan
Russia
Europe
Maxim Weygand
Near East
Ankara
France
Britain
United States
Berlin
Johann Fabritius
Germa
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Greece
Bulgaria
Clodius
Rome
Great Britain
RAF Officers and Airmen Arrive in Canada for Training Plan
Seventy one RAF officers and about 200 airmen have arrived in Canada to train pilots observers and gunners under the British Commonwealth Air Training plan. They will be stationed at Ottawa Toronto St Thomas Trenton and Camp Borden with a supervisory board meeting at air force headquarters.
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Ottawa
Royal Air Force
Canada
Defence Department
Air Force Headquarters
Air Training Command
Toronto
Technical School
St. Thomas
Ont
Trenton
Camp Borden
Defence
Norman Rogers
Air Training Plan
United Kingdom
Air Mission
Rogers
Germans Admit Officials In Western Ukraine Near Roumanian Border
Moscow reports that several hundred German officials operate in western Ukraine near the Roumanian border. They oversee repatriation for Germans in the region, according to German quarters.
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Moscow
Ukraine
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R.C.A.F
Bishop
General Ironside
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Albert Canal
R.A.F
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