Canada's War Loan Widely Distributed Across 178,000 Subscriptions
Finance officials report the second Great War loan totaling 375.6 million dollars received 178,363 separate subscriptions with an average of 1,327 dollars. Private individuals supplied about two thirds of the funds while many employers subscribed for workers. Final allotment reached 256 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kawa Canada
Raistos
Gaxl
Halston
Col. Ralston
Canada
Canadian pilots praised by Potter in Comox talk
Sir Ernest Potter, a pioneer in British diesel engines, says the British have the best planes and Canadians are the best pilots. He argues Canadians are mechanically inclined and take initiative, noting a Canadian boy disassembles a $50 car to learn its workings while English boys prefer being driven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comox
Ernest Potter
Great Britain
Contract For Sub Chasers Vancouver
Clarence Wallace, head of Burrard Drydock Company, said the firm won contracts exceeding $3,000,000 to build four whaler type sub chasers and other naval work. About 500 to 600 workers will be employed at the North Vancouver plant across Burrard Inlet. Construction starts immediately with three sub chasers due this year and the fourth in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Clarence Wallace
Burrard Drydock Company
Wallace
North
Burrard Inlet
British Air Force Losses Reach 665 in War Casualty List
Official figures show 665 air force losses for Britain as 534 dead and 129 missing. The 19th casualty list of the war released by the air ministry contains no Canadian names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loendon
Air Ministry
Flood Peril Looms Over Europe After Thaw
Amsterdam dispatch warns of vast floods across Europe as rivers thaw quickly and ice jams burst, threatening towns and infrastructure amid a historic surge of ice in rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Holland
Europe
Japan Rebuffs Emigrant Recall for Ha han Aid
Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita rejected a proposal to recall Japanese emigrants from North America to develop Ha han and other areas. He warned such action could strain Japan US relations but said assistance to emigrants wishing to settle elsewhere would be considered. He noted no territorial aims on the Netherlands possessions and cited existing emigration limits and census figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Hachiro Arita
North America
Ha Han
China
Netherlands East Indies
Arita
Japan
Netherlands
United States
America
Canada
British War Mobilization Figures Reported in Paris
Brig General Edward Spears told a French audience that the British Expeditionary Force in France numbers 300000, with Great Britain possessing 1260000 men under arms and 1250000 in the BLE.F. He noted conscription enabled doubling early wartime mobilization and that by October about 250000 British soldiers had crossed the Channel. He added 2000000 British women have volunteered for public war service, about 600000 in uniformed roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Edward Spears
Great Britain
Spears
English Channel
Canada mobilizes moral forces for war effort
Brigadier General Alex Ross told the Canadian Club of New York that Canada has mobilized the whole of its moral forces at home to stand behind the men who will soon be at the battle front. He said the first war aim is to win and that unity and determination will provide a fair chance for those who come back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alex Ross
Canadian Club of
Canada
General Ross
Canadian Legion War Services
Canadian Legion
Canadians To Aid Finns In Finland Air War
Finnish consul in Toronto A Kingsley Graham said 20 Canadian airmen from over 50 volunteers will sail for Finland in days to aid the Finns against Russia. None have been accepted yet as qualifications are checked, and volunteers say they failed to join the Royal Canadian Air Force previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
A. Kingsley Graham
Finland
Russia
Royal Canadian Air Force
Bennett says Canada and empire fully behind Britain in war
Former Canadian prime minister United Empire London Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett stated in a speech to the Royal Warrant Holders Association that Canada and the entire empire stand united with Britain in the war. He noted Palestine's Arab and Jewish communities have united with Britain against Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
R. B. Bennett
Royal Warrant Holders Association
Canada
Empire
Palestine
Britain
Germany
New York Attorney Reports Out of Court Settlement
T R Iserman, attorney for Mrs Katherine Cline Miller of Lincoln Nebraska, says the Imperial Airways flying boat Cavalier disaster survivor received approximately 100000 dollars in an out of court settlement for personal injuries and the death of her husband, Donald W Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
T. R. Iserman
Katherine Cline Miller
Lincoln
Neb
Imperial Airways
Donald W. Miller
Air service to Britain and France resumes from Budapest
Hungary restarts airline service to Great Britain and France halted by war. Flights to Paris and London will stop at Venice, Rome and Marseille, resuming regular air routes with intermediate stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Great Britain
France
Paris
London
Venice
Rome
Marseille
Allies Tighten Polish Relief Efforts To Stop German Loot
The Allied contraband control stopped some American food and clothing shipments to German occupied Poland to ensure aid reaches Poles. A Red Cross shipment released by British blockade authorities travels from Genoa to Cracow with supplies including dressings blankets shoes and medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ministry of Econom Warfare
Poland
United States
Washington
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Gibraltar
Genoa
Italy
Cracow
Britain to arm all North Sea trading ships within six weeks
Winston Churchill told Parliament that within a month to six weeks every vessel trading in the North Sea would be armed with guns to deter German air and sea attacks. He noted the coast near Germany and the Netherlands is next to contending bases and that aerial threats require widespread armament of merchant ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
North Sea
Churchill
Chamberlain
The
House
Rotterdam
Germany
Holland
Turmoil Over Caucasus Oil Fields Sparks Near East War Talk
Turkish and international press debate a potential war over the Caucasian oil fields along the Turkish frontier. Reports note growing Russian fortifications, British French Near Eastern forces, and troop movements in Syria and Odessa as tensions rise toward April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istanbul
Russia
San Telegraf
Great Britain
France
Turkey
Germany
Caucasus
Syria
Odessa
Canadians Salute King During London Tour
A party of 14 Canadian soldiers on leave arranged a surprise guard of honor for the King at the Tower of London. The King was presenting colors to military units. the Canadians, who helped form guards in Canada, lined up at arm's length and saluted as officers kept spectators back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tower of London
Canada
Attlee Sees War Won’t End Without Risk
Labour leader Clement Attlee told the National Defence Public Interests Committee luncheon that Britain should prepare for worst but hope for the best. He argued the present war resembles 1917 18 more than 1914 and predicted victory though with potential heavy losses. He said a just peace requires victory and the end of constant threat to homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Clement Attlee
National Defence Public Interests Committee
Attlee
One Law For All London
Winston Churchill told the House of Commons that mercy toward drowning men at sea should guide naval duty. He replied to Colonel Wedgwood about refusing rescue for German airmen, noting the Admiralty is ceaselessly defending British trawlers and aiming for stronger North Sea protection within six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Admiralty
Josiah Wedgwood
Churchill
North Sea
Finland Holds Line Against Mass Russian Assault
President Kyosti Kailio says Finland must continue fighting with unbroken Mannerheim line despite being outnumbered 50 to one. He hopes foreign aid may come as Viborg and other Finnish towns suffer Soviet air raids. Russian 54th division faces difficulties inside Finnish territory near Kuhmo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsingfors
Finland
Mannerheim
Kyosti Kailio
Viborg
Viipuri
Karelian
Hamina
Lapeenranta
Leningrad
Red Army
Isthmus
Kuhmo
Russia
New Contracts Placed for War Supply Board Totals
Ottawa reports contracts totaling 3 307 166 for the week ending February 10 by the War Supply Board. About 2 300 000 funded aircraft supplies for the air training plan. The British air ministry placed orders worth 336 400. Next major outlay will be building projects for the air training plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
C. D. Howe
War Supply Board
British Air Ministry
Britain Likely to Protect Neutral Ships Amid War at Sea
Britain signals protection for all neutral ships passing through contraband controls whether bound for British ports or elsewhere. Germany claims a legal right to sink neutral ships linked to contraband routes, a stance Britain denounces as unlawful. The King reviewed merchant shipping conditions at the Chamber of Shipping building in London. Seventy two Sul tan Star survivors arrive at a west coast port with one dead and two injured. Britain’s convoy system credited to the navy’s asdic depth-bomb technology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Germany
Britain
Chamber of Shipping
W. H. Bevan
Italians Halt Armament Orders Under Mussolini
German pressure is believed to have prompted Italy to suspend armament orders. The supreme war council drafted the order, leading to a temporary halt in purchases by foreign commissions in Italy. Observers note Italian firms had been at capacity supplying Allies with weapons and materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Supreme War Council
Mussolini
Italy
Britain
France
Important War Gifts From Indian Rulers Fund Defence Effort
New Delhi reports ongoing war gifts from Indian society to Viceroy Lord Linlithgow. Maharajah Bhav nagar contributes about 60000 dollars with access to Bhavnagar state railways workshops for munition production. Maharajah Rewa offers food and agricultural produce worth about 30000 dollars for India’s defence service. Maharajah Dewas provides an ambulance unit of 32 bearers an officer and a surgeon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Lord Linlithgow
Maharajah of Bhavanagar
Bhavnagar State Railways
Maharajah of
No Vote for Internees Under Elections Act Says Official
Ottawa reports Chief Electoral Officer Jules Castonguay states Canadian citizens interned in concentration camps will be barred from voting under the Elections Act provisions for those in penal institutions. The ruling sets a precedent for disenfranchisement in wartime governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Jules Castonguay
Members Of Parliament In Army London
Sixty five members of parliament are serving in the British army apart from those holding honorary positions. The figure was stated in a written answer in the House of Commons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Treaty With Belgium Ends War Trade Talks in London
The British ministry of economic warfare announced completion of Anglo French negotiations with Belgium for a full war trade agreement. The accord covers trade wartime controls and economic cooperation between the nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Ministry of Economic Warfare
Belgium
Also Mentioned on This Page
B.C
Lord Tweedsmuir
Taisto Maki
Maki
Paavo Nurmi
Allied Cause
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!