Australia Faces Invasion Threat From Japanese Forces
War outlook warns of Japanese conquest in Java and the Southwest Pacific. It discusses a Dutch stand in Java, allied delaying actions, and potential isolation of China and India. Northern Australia faces air raids as Japan readies coastal incursions and a distant push toward the Indies.
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Lemion
Java
Tatic
Australia
Southwest Pacific
Dutch Indies
Philippines
India
MacArthur
Phillippines
Batan
Burma
China
New Guinea
Indies
Darwin
Asia
German Subs Royal Air Force Raids Slow U Boat Launches
RAF raids on Wilhelmshaven and Hamburg crippled German shipyard output in January and February. Air Minister Archibald Sinclair reported in the House of Commons that only three of eight U boats left Wilhelmshaven as scheduled and only three of eight at Hamburg, with ships remaining in slips past the usual two month launch period.
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London
Royal Air Force
Wilhelmshaven
Hamburg
Archibald Sinclair
House of Com
Underground British aircraft plants rise from mines and quarries
The Ministry of Aircraft Production tours secret underground factories built in former mines. Thousands of workers labor in 9,000 laborer sites expanding to produce engines and airframes within vast 3,000,000 cubic feet per minute of air. Facilities include elevators, canteens, washrooms, barracks, nurseries, and recreation spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Ministry of Aircraft Production
Mentioned In Despatches for Royal Canadian Navy officer
London reports Stuart Grant Moore of Vancouver has been mentioned in despatches for bravery aboard HMCS Restigouche during an enemy aircraft attack. The Duchess of Kent visited the British Columbia services club in London and inspected a canteen filled with armed forces personnel.
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London
Stuart Grant Moore
Royal Canadian Navy
Moore
Vancouver
Hmcs
Restigouche
Duchess of Kent
British Columbia Services Club
Armed Forces
Lady MacRobert extends donation for RAF fighters
London reports Lady MacRobert who contributed 100000 dollars last August for a bomber has given a further 80000 dollars for four fighter aircraft. Two of the fighters will be named after her two sons serving in the Royal Air Force.
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London
MacRobert
RAF
Moros Swear Oath on Koran to Fight Japanese
Gen MacArthur said about 10 000 Moros in Lanao Mindanao have sworn a solemn oath on the Koran to drive out invading Japanese. A message to the president noted more fighters are being sworn daily and included signatories Alonzo Sultan of Barmain and a Philippine senator.
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Philippines
Washington
Gen
MacArthur
Alonzo
Sultan of
Barmain
Philippines Senate
Lanao
Mindanao
Paris factory raids urged by Paris residents in London report
Free French committee says Parisians in exile report residents of Nazi occupied Paris ardently desire RAF raids on factories in the Paris zone aiding Germany. The statement notes workers and their families would bear the greatest risk.
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London
Free French National Committee
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
Germany
British Army and RAF to purge ineffectual officers
The army council orders a review of officers up to lieutenant colonel aged 45 or over and splits them into three categories for retention, reduced duties, or dismissal. The air ministry plans a similar purge to promote younger, proven leaders despite seniority. The move stresses fitness and efficiency and bans using social ties in examinations. A new salvage order makes burning paper punishable, with limited exceptions for fires and disposal of secret papers.
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London
James Grigg
Army Council
Air Ministry
Army
RAF
Ministry of Supply
Merchant captain awarded the Order of the British Empire
London reports Captain Archibald Donald of Montreal captain of a merchantman who engaged a Nazi submarine in a fierce forty minute battle and earned the Order of the British Empire for his actions.
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London
Archibald Donald
Montreal
Halsey Leads Raid Force Against Marshall Gilbert Bases
Vice-Admiral William F. Halsey Jr commanded a carrier task force including 17,000-ton carrier, cruisers and destroyers that struck enemy bases on the Marshall and Gilbert islands. The raid destroyed one carrier group of 11 auxiliaries and 41 aircraft.
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William F. Halsey, Jr
United States
Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
Halsey
Compulsory Training Postponement Rulings Final Say
War Services Minister Thorson stated in the House of Commons that divisional boards' decisions on postponements of compulsory military training are final. Postponements are granted when in the national interest, considering labor supply and the individual's occupation importance to the economy. A recent amendment allows a representative of agriculture to appear before boards, adding to the National Labour Supply Council and National Defence Department authorities.
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Ottawa
War Services
Thorson
House of Commons
National Labor Supply Council
National Defence Department
Britain reports health surprisingly good in third wartime winter
The Ministry of Health released its first postwar report noting Britain's health remained surprisingly good during the third winter of the war. It records a rise in deaths from respiratory tuberculosis to 23,660 in 1940 from 22,299 in 1939, with no statistics for 1941 included.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Health
Ottawa to provide retroactive free transport to Canada for families
The Dominion government will fund minimum cost ocean and rail travel to Canada for wives and unmarried children under 18 of Canadian overseas service members returning home or discharged. Widows and dependent children under 18 of personnel who die abroad are covered. The policy is retroactive to the war start and refunds may be arranged for prior private repatriations.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Evening Standard
Lord Beaverbrook
London presses call for offensive war strategy to boost morale
The British press urges shifting from defense to offensive tactics to seize opportunities against Nazi forces. Articles from The Evening Standard The Star The Daily Express and others argue for a western front offensive and more daring operations like the Bruneval raid to lift morale and deter the enemy.
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London
Cassandra
Mirror
Bruneval
Ministry of Defence
Daily Sketch
RAF February air offensive review reports 102 enemy aircraft lost
The Royal Air Force says 102 enemy aircraft were destroyed in February with 160 losses to RAF and Middle East operations. Canadians aided, raids spanned the North Sea to the Mediterranean, Kiel and Mannheim docks attacked, 32 ships sunk or damaged in total, and U S air actions not included.
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London
Royal Air Force
Britain
Middle East
Air Ministry
Mediterranean
Far East
Germany
Kiel
Mannheim
North Sea
Atlantic
Brest
United States
Rams From Canada Arrive in England For Overseas Armored Units
Canadian designed and built Ram tanks reach England to equip overseas armored formations. Maj Gen F F Worthington spearheaded the design and production. Early Rams are moved by train to training camps for inspection and testing. Hundreds more Rams are expected to arrive in Britain this year to replace older tanks.
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England
Canada
F. F. Worthington
Britain
Empire Airmen to Learn Army and Navy Ways
Sir Archibald Sinclair told the House of Commons that under a new arrangement the commonwealth air training plan pilots and air crews arriving from overseas will be sent to army and navy units for a week of residence before resuming training. The change aims to foster co operation with the services from the bottom.
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London
Army
Navy
Archibald Sinclair
House of Commons
Bracken Outlines Postwar Manitoba Employment Plan
Premier John Bracken told the Manitoba legislature that a postwar program is being prepared to assure employment in the province. The plan includes water power developments housing projects forest conservation work community parks and fishery developments.
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Bracken
Manitoba
Winnipeg
John Bracken
Montreal firm shatters output with 32 Harvard trainers
Noorduyn Aviation Limited announced record production last month, delivering 32 Harvard advanced training planes valued at about 1,250,000 dollars including engines props and instruments supplied by the government.
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Montreal
Noorduyn Aviation Limited
Harvard
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Koran
R.A.F
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Hitler
Edgar Granville
Eye Division
Sussex
The
Star
Daily Express
Pacific
Brueneval
le Havre
France
Drake
Cadiz
Foch
Europe
Marne
Empire Airmen
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