Finland Moves Refugees From Ceded Territory Amid Peace Talks
Finland accelerates relocation of about 100 000 people from ceded areas to western regions and Gulf of Bothnia settlements as Russia takes over the Isthmus and north of Ladoga. Juho Koivisto oversees the move with 460 000 others in refugee centers awaiting new homes and livelihoods. Parliament may ratify the Russo Finnish peace treaty within days amid debate.
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Helsinki
Finland
Ladoga
Russia
Isthmus
Lake Ladoga
Vaava
Juho Koivisto
Vaino A. Tanner
More Moisture Sought on Canadian Prairies
Ottawa notes snowfall and soil moisture on the Canadian prairies and in the Rockies remain below normal. Dr. E S Archibald of the experimental farms service says a heavy snowstorm or spring rains could aid wheat farmers, with moisture prospects uneven across regions and irrigation reliant on mountain snowpack.
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Ottawa
Canadian Prairies
Rocky Mountains
E. S. Archibald
Experimental Farms Service
Washington
Prairies
Dr. Archibald
Alberta
British Columbia
Asahi Links Steinhardt to Russo Finnish Peace Plan
The Asahi suggests the United States ambassador to Moscow Laurence Steinhardt arranged the Russo Finnish peace to free the USSR for continued pressure on Japan, reflecting U S aims in shifting power dynamics.
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Tokyo
Asahi
United States
Moscow
Laurence Steinhardt
U.S.S.R
Japan
Map of Antarctica by Bayliss Advances South Polar Boundaries
E. P. Bayliss of the Department of the Interior produced a map of Antarctica showing political boundaries and noting an innovation in South Polar maps.
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Canberra
Antarctica
E. P. Bayliss
Department of the Interior
Mirror mocks Welles with pro British stance in wartime note
The Daily Mirror presents Sumner Welles with a blunt British claim that Britain seeks no American aid that could clash with big business. It stresses allied aims against German domination and Hitler’s barbarisms, and notes U.S. talks on economic relations and contraband control.
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London
United Kingdom
Daily Mirror
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Great Britain
United States
America
Hitler
Welles
Paris
Daily Mail
U.S
Financing The War London Budget Requests Big Funding
The British government seeks a £700 million lump sum for war conduct as Sir John Simon reports daily spending near £28.93 million. Last September £500 million had been spent from a £500 million fund with £100 million more expected by April. The first war loan issue appears oversubscribed by up to 50 percent with Bank of England to issue an official statement.
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London
Parliament
John Simon
John
House of Commons
Britain
Bank of England
Sir John
Neutral Loses Heavy Paris Shipping Report
French authorities report five months of sea warfare cost neutral nations 430000 tons of merchant shipping, seven tenths of a percent of world trade. Greece and Norway emerge as heavily affected with significant ship losses, while Allied convoys show minimal sunk rates.
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Paris
Norway
Greece
Air Force Personnel Strength Rises in Canada
Defence Minister Norman Rogers announces the Royal Canadian Air Force war establishment grows by about 14 000, bringing total personnel to 30 400. The force includes 2 400 officers and 28 000 airmen.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Defence
Norman Rogers
London Prepares for Air Raids Civil Defense Move
Great Britain begins registering children in cities to enable prompt dispersal in the event of spring air raids. Authorities aim to organize shelters and evacuation plans as wartime measures escalate.
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London
Great Britain
Belgium protests anew over German incursions
Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak ordered the Belgian ambassador to Berlin to file a strong protest after German planes were sighted over Belgium three times in one day. A Belgian aircraft was forced to land after sustaining heavy machine gun fire from a German aircraft over Belgian territory.
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Brussels
Paul Henri Spaak
Berlin
Vicomte Jacques Davignon
Belgium
Renewal of Allied Pledge to Win the War
London reports say Britain and France will renew a strengthened resolve to defeat Hitler and aid Finland. The Times notes the offer of direct military aid came before Russian proposals. British press says aid was delayed yet a force was ready for Finland. Scandinavia’s refusal to allow aid passage is cited as decisive.
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London
Britain
Times
Europe
The
Finland
Mannerheim
Daily Mail
Great Britain
France
News Chronicle
Scandinavia
London Daily Herald
British Press Association
Germany
Russia
Bucharest
Berlin
Moscow
Genevieve Tabou
Paris
L'Oeuvre
Balkan
Britain weighs curb on US goods to Germany via Vladivostok
In Parliament, Ronald Cross stated contraband control questions are under constant study as Britain considers measures to stop American exports moving to Germany through the Soviet Pacific port Vladivostok. Geoffrey Mander pressed for action and offered possible steps. Allied control has seized over 1,100,000 tons of contraband through March 8, about half by Britain.
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London
United States
Germany
Vladivostok
Ronald Cross
House of Commons
Geoffrey Mander
Cross
Britain
First Canadian Contingent London Training For War
The article notes Canada’s First Division in 1939 preparing in England with lessons from 1914. Emphasis on conditions welfare rations billets clothing while 30,000 men with gear and horses arrived. Camps were pitched and cookhouses set up as convoys crossed the Atlantic.
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London
England
Canada
Salisbury Plain
Atlantic
Seal hunt begins north of Newfoundland with seven steamers
In St. John's Newfoundland the seal season opens as seven steamers from the colony push into northern waters to chase sealing pelts. The border between seasons and exact dates are not specified.
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St. John’s
Nfld
Newfoundland
Italy Plans 1,000,000 Trained Men for War Front
General Ubaldo Soddu tells the Fascist chamber Italy will defend liberty of action with one million trained troops and a fortified Alpine frontier. He notes reservists will quickly raise forces, and frontier fortifications reinforce natural obstacles along Germany and France borders amid peace treaty news with Russia and Finland.
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Rome
Ubaldo Soddu
Fascist Chamber
Italy
Soddu
War Ministry
Germany
France
Russia
Finland
Sweden Moves Toward Northern Defense Pact Amid Finland Peace
Swedish Foreign Minister Christian Gunther warned the danger remains and urged an unbiased examination of stronger northern cooperation. He said Sweden could be ready to defend Finland and might take action if national survival required, noting Sweden’s intermediary role and no pressure from any quarter. The talks follow Finland’s peace with Russia and potential allied security measures among Sweden Norway and Finland.
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Helsinki
A. Tanner
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Tanner
Russia
Reuters
Rome
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Riga
Stockholm
Christian Gunther
Gunther
Salla
Kuusamo
Moscow
Great Britain
Armed British trawler sinks German U-boat after 17 hour chase
London reports an armed British trawler off the northeast Scottish coast sank a U-boat following a 17 hour running battle. Chief engineer George Leonard Westerden, 31, earned the Distinguished Service Medal for gallantry as engineers pushed engines from 15 to 18 knots despite flooding and damage. The crew remained on station until the submarine was sunk.
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London
Scotland
George Leonard Westerden
Harry Westerden
Westerden
London Gunman Kills O'Dwyer at East India Association
An Indian gunman killed Sir Michael O'Dwyer and wounded Lord Zetland at a London East India Association meeting at Caxton Hall. Sir Louis Dane and Lord Lamington were injured. Mahomed Singh Azad was charged with murder. O'Dwyer, 75, a key British India figure, died from a chest wound. Witnesses described gunfire at the close of the crowded event.
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London
Michael O'Dwyer
Punjab
Lord Zetland
India
East India Association
Louis Dane
Lord Lamington
Mahomed Singh Azad
Dane
Government of India
Lamington
Bombay
O'Dwyer
Caxton Hall
Zetland
Twelve-Year Sentences for Dublin Phoenix Park Raid
John Parnell, John Lyons and Joseph McErmott were sentenced to 12 years each on charges linked to the Phoenix Park magazine raid on December 23. Authorities report most of the loot, about 1,250,000 rounds of ammunition, has been recovered.
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Dublin
John Parnell
John Lyons
Joseph McErmott
Phoenix Park Magazine
MacDonald to Visit Paris for Anglo-French Economic Talks
Britain’s colonial secretary Malcolm MacDonald will travel to Paris soon for conferences to implement Anglo-French economic agreements in the colonial domain, an official announcement said.
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Paris
Britain
Malcolm MacDonald
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