Allies Exceed Germany in Air Force Expansion
London reports unofficially that Britain and France lead Germany in air force expansion as cabinet shifts press for greater control. RAF units in France will be unified under Air Marshal A S Barratt. Coastal patrols may move under Admiralty rule to counter raids. A tanker Shelbrit Ir and the San Florentino were struck by German action. The San Florentino, 12,542 tons, may be the sixth largest merchant ship lost, owned by Eagle Oil and Shipping of London.
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London
Lemion
Great Britain
France
Germany
Kingsley Wood
House of Commons
Kingsley
RAF
A. S Barratt
Marshal Barratt
Viscount Gort
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Navy
Sir Frederick Bowhill
Norfolk
Amsterdam
San Florentino
Land's End
Athenia
Safeguarding Exports to Europe Tightens Permit Rules
Ottawa announces expanded export controls to European neutrals. All exports to neutrals except Ireland, Portugal, and Turkey now need a permit from the national revenue minister. Since Jan 23, permits have covered exports to enemy and occupied territories. The order extends control to noncontiguous countries indirectly connected to Germany and aligns Canadian shipping with the navicert protection used by U S exporters.
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Ottawa
Germany
Eire
Portugal
Turkey
National Revenue Minister
United States
Russia apologizes for Pajala bombing in Feb
An official statement says the Soviet government handed Sweden a note of apology in Moscow for the February 21 bombing of Pajala near the Finnish border by Red Army planes. Previously Moscow denied the attack.
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Stockholm
Moscow
Pajala
Moscow Food Supply Seen Worse Than 1933 Famine
Spencer Williams secretary of the American Russian chamber of commerce told an interview broadcast to the United States that Moscow's food supply is worse than at any time since the 1933 famine. Williams has returned to London after ten years in Russia.
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London
Moscow
Spencer Williams
Mount Lyell Mines to Supply Copper to Britain
The Mount Lyell mines in Hobart Tasmania will supply surplus copper to the British government. The arrangement may provide up to 7,000 tons per year.
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Hobart
Tasmania
Mount Lyell
Prepare For Air Raids London
Great Britain moved to register children in her cities for the purpose of prompt dispersal in event of spring air raids. The measure aims to safeguard youngsters by placing them with host families or in shelters outside major urban areas during anticipated attacks.
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London
Great Britain
Hungarian Nazis Arrested in Budapest Plotting Charges
Sixty members of the Hungarian Nazi party were arrested in Budapest on charges of plotting against government members. The crackdown targets suspected conspirators within the party amid rising tensions.
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Budapest
Nazi Party
Germans Raid Maginot Line Post Held by British Forces
The British war office communique reports a March 5 raid on a Maginot line post held by troops from the Duke of Cornwall's light infantry. A platoon sergeant major was killed, and Germans left one dead as they withdrew under British artillery and machine-gun fire. German agency says 20 British dead and that Germans captured the post with light losses.
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London
War Office
Germain
Maginot Line
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Ottawa appoints William G. Clark as New Brunswick lieutenant governor
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the appointment of William George Clark of Fredericton as lieutenant governor of New Brunswick. He succeeds Hon. Murray MacLaren, whose five year term expired February, and he is a Liberal former member of parliament for York Sunbury. Clark is president of J. Clark and Sons, motor car and farm implement sales.
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Ottawa
William George Clark
Fredericton
New Brunswick
Mackenzie King
Murray MacLaren
York-Sunbury
N.B
J. Clark and Sons
Youngest Canadian Soldier Berwick Turns Fifteen
Private Alex C Berwick of the Toronto Scottish, now in England, celebrated his 15th birthday with his regiment at Aldershot last January. His family says he joined a few weeks before the war began and earned permission to go overseas when the unit sailed from Canada.
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Toronto
Alex C. Berwick
Toronto Scottish Regiment
England
Alder Shot
Berwick
Canada
Soviet Freighters Head to Manzanillo for Mexican Lead Copper
Two Soviet freighters Minsk and Engeis are en route to Manzanillo to load Mexican lead and US copper for Vladi vostok. They follow the departure of two similar Soviet ships, totaling over 12 000 tons expected in the latest movement.
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Mexico City
Pacific Coast
Manzanillo
United States
Vladivostok
Minsk
Engeis
Red Cross lists show German prisoners under 300 in Geneva
International Red Cross Prisoners Bureau reports fewer than 300 German POWs in Geneva. It cites about 300 French and 150 British held after over six months of war. Officials say lists are updated and cover all soldiers sailors and aviators taken by the three major powers to date.
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Geneva
International Red Cross
Romanian Navy Pocket Gunboats Reach Paris for Black Sea Transit
Three 35 ton pocket gunboats built in England arrive in Paris en route to the Black Sea. They will travel via France's inland canal system to reach the Mediterranean for service with the Romanian Navy.
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Paris
England
Black Sea
France
Mediterranean
Publication decision shields Polish allied rift in talks
Authoritative circles report France and Britain chose not to publish prewar negotiation documents with Soviet Russia. The move aimed to avoid exposing embarrassing differences of opinion among Allies and Poland amid mounting tensions before the war.
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London
France
Great Britain
Russia
Poland
A Stern Peace Advocation by Sir Eric Phipps
Sir Eric Phipps urged a stern peace to render Germany powerless and unite with France, warning that defeat or an inconclusive peace would doom Europe. He questioned ongoing appeasement and the risk of repeating a grim cycle of aggression, urging decisive action with France. The Polish government in exile accused Germany of mass executions and deportations in occupied Poland, listing alleged atrocities against civilians and officials.
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Manchester
Germany
Europe
France
Sir Eric Phipps
Berlin
Paris
Eric
Poland
Frederick
Bismarck
William
Hitler
Polish authorities report church closures and vandalism across Poland
A government communique alleges widespread religious service disruptions and church closures in western Poland. It cites removal of wayside crosses and chapels and the burning of a statue of Christ. It also notes destruction of Kosciuszko and Woodrow Wilson monuments in Ponznan.
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Poland
Kosciuszko
Woodrow Wilson
Ponznan
Dutch Spy Admits War Time Broadcasts and German Ties
Justice Minister Gerbrandy told parliament the Netherlands endures harsher penalties for espionage as the spy trial closes. P Bakker 47 admitted sending weather reports to Germany with a Nazi supplied transmitter and earning 310 florins monthly. He also served as a German spy in France. Heinrich Drewer faced with seized documents linking instructions to Bakker.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
P. S. Gerbrandy
P. Bakker
Germany
France
Heinrich Drewer
Westdeuscher Presse Dienst
Essen
Bakker
Drewer
Canada fur quotas exhausted for period ending November
The customs bureau says Canada has used its 58,300 fur quota for the period ending Nov 30 and cannot import silver or black fox furs until Dec 1. Other countries have filled their March quota, but for Apr 1–Nov 30 a 7,400-fur share remains unfilled.
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Washington
Canada
Customs Bureau
Australian Army Program Aims Rapid Expansion and Overseas Service
Prime Minister Menzies announced plans to dispatch an army corps overseas, build a reserve of 90 000, and call up 25 000 to 50 000 for home training. The program costs at least 56.6 million dollars over two years, with the air force to grow sevenfold since 1939 and 17 000 to work in munitions factories by June 1942 for Australia New Zealand and Great Britain. Australia has already sent troops to the Near East.
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Sydney
Menzies
Australia
New Zealand
Great Britain
Near East
Queen Elizabeth crosses Atlantic on secret maiden voyage
The giant liner Queen Elizabeth reportedly crossed from Clyde to New York on a secret maiden voyage. British officials and Cunard-White Star hailed the feat as proof of naval prowess while maintaining secrecy despite press interest.
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London
Atlantic
Great Britain
Royal Navy
Clydeside
Press Association
Britain
Guardian
Cunard-White Star Company
New York
Adolf Hitler
Admiral Raeder
Conto
Clyde
Elizabeth
Roumania Pledges Army Build Up for National Security
King Carol I opened parliament declaring Roumania would mobilize resources behind a 1,600,000 man army as a supreme guarantee of independence. He urged sacrifices through higher taxes and neutrality in foreign trade to sustain the war effort and supplies.
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Bucharest
Carol I
Roumania
Carol
Crown Council
Germany
Virael Tilea
London
Great Britain
United States Negotiates Conciliation Treaties With Four Dominions
The United States is negotiating separate conciliation treaties with Canada Australia South Africa and New Zealand. Each Dominion would have its own five member permanent commission to arbitrate disputes with the United States. The moves gain importance as all four Dominions are at war with Germany and current Britain ties are viewed as outdated.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Australia
South Africa
New Zealand
Germany
Great Britain
Dominions
RAF sorties exceed thousand as air raid command grows
Air Secretary Sir Kingsley Wood told Parliament the Royal Air Force made over 1,000 sorties into Germany since the war began. He reported 44 German planes shot down along British coasts without any RAF losses, and noted that the present strength of one command matches nearly the entire RAF a year ago.
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London
Kingsley Wood
House of Commons
Royal Air Force
Chilean Mine Disaster at Schwager Mine
In Coronel Chile a coal damp explosion at the Schwager mine trapped miners. Some 500 workers were in the pits. officials report 100 escaped, 98 rescued with injuries, and 302 believed dead. Rescue squads battled flames 500 feet below surface amid about 2 million dollars in damage.
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Coronel
Chile
Schwager
Rhodes Scholarships Expanded to India for Oxford Study
Trustees announce extension of Rhodes scholarships to India with two awards yearly. First Indian recipients will attend Oxford University after the war to pursue studies.
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London
India
Oxford
Anti War Pamphlets Spotted Across Southern Alberta
Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigate distribution of Communist anti war pamphlets in widely scattered southern Alberta areas amid ongoing patrols and inquiries.
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Calgary
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Alberta
R.A.F Depot Ottawa to Move to Calgary
The Royal Canadian Air Force equipment depot, previously in Ottawa and now operating at Winnipeg, will be transferred to Calgary. This move consolidates assets as authorities reorganize regional depots to streamline operations and reduce overhead.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Winnipeg
Calgary
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