Britain Pledges Aid to Sweden Despite War Tensions
London reports Britain will not occupy Lulea or Kiruna mines but will aid Sweden if Germany invades. Allies aim to block Hitler’s iron ore leverage, while Narvik remains key for access to Swedish ore. Observers assess Soviet caution, Italian shifts, and Balkan solidarity shaping future actions.
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Canada Seeks U S Tourists With Acceptance Card Program
The foreign exchange control board will issue display cards to merchants catering to tourists who accept U S currency at the official premium. The plan, part of a broader effort to boost Canadian tourism, offers a Canadian coat of arms card reading Tourists United States currency is accepted here at the official premium. Americans find $100 worth about C$116, while Canadians traveling south face about $111 per $100. The travel bureau gets an extra 200000 to expand ad campaigns in the United States, with no travel restrictions for Canadians crossing into the U S and easier border procedures both ways.
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Ottawa
Foreign Exchange Control Board
United States
U.S
Canada
Canadian Travel Bureau
Dominion
Empire Postage Rates Ottawa Suggests Empire Rise
Canadian domestic postage likely unchanged for wartime while British rates rise from three to five cents. Empire rates may be increased in step with UK changes by mutual agreement. If implemented, the empire rate would exceed the Canadian domestic rate for ordinary letters for the first time since 1915.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
Sinking Of The Gneisenau Under Norwegian Fire
The Norwegian Telegraph bureau reports the German 26 000 ton battleship Gneisenau sank after being hit by guns from Oskarborg fort and torpedoes during an Oslofjord attack in early German occupation of Norway. The ship, completed in 1936, sank after attempts to beach her. sister ship Scharnhorst had earlier been damaged off Norway on April 9.
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Brenner Pass
Germany
French
Mussolini
Norway
Rodney
Britain
Turkey
France
Balkan
Yugoslavia
London
Norwegian Telegraph Bureau
Norwegians Seize German Seaplane For Britain
Report says a Heinkel seaplane landed at a British port with two Norwegian airmen exiting. They claimed to have snatched it from a fjord after overhearing German plans in a Norwegian inn. They altered markings to pass British defenses. Previously, three Norwegians escaped Germans in a seaplane and joined British forces, facing anti aircraft fire in their latest mission.
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London
Norwegias
Canadian Officers Begin Training With Royal Navy
A group of young officers from the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve starts training with the Royal Navy on the South Coast and will stay with the Navy for the war. Additional batches from Canada will follow for similar instruction funded by the Dominion with pay and allowances.
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Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
England
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Navy
Canada
Dominion
Roumania Launches Massive Fort and Road Building Drive
Roumania has begun a gigantic fort and road building program with all engineers assistants architects and technicians ordered to report to the army on May 3. Building materials are amassed in large quantities, signaling a housing industry crisis. Road crews will construct new routes between fortifications to speed motorized troops movements.
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Bucharest
Roumania
British Budget Criticisms Roundly Concern Critics
London reports record £2.667 billion budget by Chancellor Sir John Simon draws debate in the House of Commons. Critics say the burden remains light compared with France and Germany, while Keynes argues Britain must spend more to match allies' war efforts.
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John Simon
House of Commons
M.P
Britain
France
H. Graham White
Germany
J. M. Keynes
the Times
Sir John Simon
Keynes
Thyssen Energy and Exile Highlight Paris Arrival
Fritz Thyssen, once a prominent German industrialist and early Hitler ally, is depicted in a Paris hotel room after fleeing via Switzerland. The image underscores his fall from influence as he seeks refuge from the Nazi regime.
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Germany
Angel
Adolf Hitler
Fritz Thyssen
Paris
Switzerland
Increase In Business Montreal From Trans-Canada Airlines
In March Trans-Canada Airlines posted higher passenger traffic than any month except last August since service began. Passengers numbered 3169 while air mail rose to 47187 pounds, up 3036 from February. Express shipments grew 41 percent in volume and 62 percent in weight, with express revenue up 66 percent. Daily revenue flights span nearly 14000 miles, over 5 million miles yearly, and flight staff expanded to 119 captains, 26 first officers, 17 trainees, and 41 stewardesses.
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Montreal
Trans-Canada Airlines
Trans- Canada Air Lines
Compulsory Savings Plan Introduced for Federal Workers
Ottawa explains a new compulsory savings plan to protect temporary civil servants from post war income loss. An order in council authorizes a five percent deduction from salaries of all temporary employees joining since the start of the second Great War. About 3,000 workers are affected.
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Ottawa
Purchase levy echoes Canadian sales tax idea
The British budget proposes a purchase levy similar to Canada’s sales tax in effect since 1920. Officials expect Britain to start with a lower rate than Canada’s eight percent. Canada’s levy applies at wholesale level and to manufacturers selling to retailers. London dispatches say the British plan will be collected similarly.
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Nickel Shipments From Canada to Axis Powers Halted
Robert C. Stanley, president of International Nickel Company of Canada, declares there is no chance of Canadian nickel reaching Germany. He says shipments require permits from Canada and sanction from Britain. He notes no nickel to Russia since last May and only one shipment to Japan before the war.
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Toronto
Robert C. Stanley
International Nickel Company of Canada
Germany
New York
Russia
Canada
Japan
Norway fight to be carried on to the finish
British papers debate how far Allied forces will press in Norway and beyond as they weigh air attack risks disembarkation in fjords and the need for air bases to counter German bombers. Voices warn of potential Swedish and Mediterranean implications if Norway falters.
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London
Scandinavia
News Chronicle
Baltic
Sweden
Yorkshire Post
Hitler
Germany
United Kingdom
Mediterranean
Italy
Mussolini
Yugoslavia
Britain plans crackdown on Fifth Column groups
London reports say the government will tighten defence regulations to curb subversive activity by Fascist and Communist minorities. Home Secretary Sir John Anderson hinted at possibly outlawing the Communist party and interning MPs if needed, while promising consults with Labour and Liberal members before final action.
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London
John Anderson
Home Security
House of Commons
Britain
France
Communist Party
Norway
Sir John
William Gallagher
John
Britain Holds Steadily Growing War Manpower
The government announced two million men under arms excluding the Royal Navy and Marines mercantile marine and Royal Air Force. Armies in France and the Middle East are steadily augmented with reservoirs of manpower in police civil defence civil transport and war industry. The average British soldier is 26 and conscription foundations enable rapid training of large raw recruit numbers as equipment and training allow. The process will continue up to the limit of manpower.
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London
Royal Navy
Marines
Mercantile Marine
Royal Air Force
France
Middle East
Iceland Seeks Separate Membership in League of Nations
Iceland issues formal notice to address all communications to Reykjavik marking its shift from Danish representation to independent status within the League of Nations.
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Geneva
Iceland
League of Nations
Reykjavik
League
Loyal To The King Umtata Natives Back George
Representatives of more than one million natives in Umtata unanimously approved a resolution expressing loyalty to King George. The meeting affirming allegiance reflects broad support for the monarchy in the Union of South Africa.
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Umtata
Union of South Africa
George
Roumanian Amnesty Grants Release to Political Prisoners
The Roumanian government decreed amnesty for about 1,600 political prisoners. Those released include all individuals held for belonging to illegal military organizations.
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Bucharest
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