Britain warns sea losses remain heavy in Atlantic war
The British government cautions against optimism over the Atlantic battle citing April losses near 460,000 tons and noting that total Allied tonnage suffered heavily due to Mediterranean losses. It argues that U.S. reports of low losses were inaccurate and that actual submarine sinkings likely exceed reported figures.
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London
Admiralty
Ministry of Information
Washington
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Britain
Dunkirk
United States Senate
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Emory Land
U.S. Maritime Commission
Admiral Land
Bliss Appointed Assistant Overseas Music Director at BBC
Arthur Bliss, now living in Toronto, has been named assistant overseas music director of the British Broadcasting Corporation. He will work with former colleague Kenneth Wright, appointed BBC music director last December.
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London
Arthur Bliss
Toronto
British Broadcasting Corporation
Kenneth Wright
BBC Music
Manion Honored by UK Empire Parliamentary Association
The United Kingdom branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association hosted Hon. R. J. Manion, former Canadian Conservative leader, at a luncheon in London.
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London
United Kingdom
The
Empire Parliamentary Association
R. J. Manion
CPR Takes Majority Interest in Four Western Airlines
Canadian Pacific Railway Company announced at its annual meeting that it has acquired a majority interest in four Western Canada airlines. The entities are Mackenzie Air Service Limited Yukon Southern Air Transport Limited Starratt Airways and Transportation Limited and Ginger Coote Airways Limited. CPR is reorganizing these operations under former executives and managers. Details remain to be settled and no more statements are planned. None of the airlines competes with Trans-Canada Air Lines.
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Western
Canada
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Western Canada
Sir Edward Beatty
Mackenzie Air Service Limited
Yukon Southern Air Transport Limited
Starratt Airways and Transportation Limited
Ginger Coote Airways Limited
Sir Edward
C_P_R
Sir Edward Added
Trans- Canada Air Lines
Whitby Leads Voluntary Army Of Blood Donors In England
Col. Lionel Whitby heads a 100000-strong voluntary blood donor army for the British army's transfusion service. Donors, ages 18 to 80, come from five southwestern counties with headquarters at the center. A compact blood bank room holds about 2000 pint-bottle storages, representing life for roughly 20000 casualties.
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England
Lionel Whitby
Col. Whitby
Foreign Agents Arrests in New York Deportation Case
Attorney General Robert Jackson announced the arrest of Manfred Zapp and Guenther Town two German citizens indicted for failing to register as foreign agents tied to a Nazi news agency. They are held without bail at Ellis Island immigration HQ on deportation charges for not maintaining treaty merchant status.
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Washington
Robert Jackson
Manfred Zapp
Guenther Town
Jackson
Zapp
Tom
Ellis Island
N.Y
Justice Department
United States
Arms For African Troops in War Review
Lord Moyne the colonial secretary told the House of Lords that the Balkan reverse has bought two or three months to reinforce the eastern Mediterranean. He noted losses in Greece but said evacuations saved light equipment and heavy armaments were destroyed, while larger quantities to be sent arrived at Red Sea ports.
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London
Lord Moyne
House of Lords
Mediterranean
Greece
Red Sea
Exports to Russia Halted Over Defence Machinery
The United States halted all exports to Russia of machinery or equipment usable in defence production. The policy was adopted despite Soviet efforts to obtain permits and despite machines already ordered and paid for by Russia months earlier.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Canadian nurses for South Africa defence force approved
Prime Minister Smuts told parliament that plans to introduce nurses from Canada for the defence force of the Union of South Africa had received his approval. Negotiations are proceeding.
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Cape Town
Smuts
Canada
Union of South Africa
Italians to Replace Germans in Greece Radio Report
A Hungarian radio broadcast said Italian troops would soon take over in Greece, enabling German forces to concentrate elsewhere. The report notes a transfer of role and strategic realignment amid wartime activity.
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Berne
Greece
Joint Defence Board to Speed North American Resources
The United States and Canada will establish closely collaborating economic defence boards to mobilize resources for aid to Britain and Western Hemisphere defence. These boards will complement the Canada United States defence board formed last year and will accelerate the April 20 joint productive-efforts program announced by Roosevelt and King.
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Roosevelt
King
Accord Honors to Mr. Menzies in Parliament
In Ottawa the Australian prime minister Robert Menzies addressed the House of Commons praising unity of English speaking peoples and the war effort. Parliament applauded wildly as King welcomed him and ordered the session suspended to record the visit.
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MR. Menzies
Ottawa
Dominions
Great Britain
Robert Menzies
House of Commons
Commons
Menzies
British Commonwealth
King
Canada
R. G. Menzies
Commonwealth of Australia
House of Compans
Dominion
Young pilot Eric Lock earns 22 Nazi planes credit
Pilot Officer Eric Lock, 21, becomes the youngest recipient of the Distinguished Service Order in this war, also earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and a bar. In remarks, Mr. Menzies praised Australian valor, loyalty to Greece, and a united postwar world, stressing brotherhood with Canada and a free world.
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Eric Lock
R.A.F
Canada
Mr. Menzies
Sabotage Convictions for Irkania Seamen in Jacksonville
All 39 seamen taken from the Italian freighter Irkania when seized by the U S coast guard on March 30 were convicted of sabotage by a federal court jury in Jacksonville Florida.
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Jacksonville
Fla
United States Coast Guard
Secret network helps refugees flee Lisbon border zone
Refugees reaching Portugal describe a clandestine organization operating along the entire German occupied and unoccupied France border to smuggle people out. Germans fire on escapees, with four to five killed weekly. Guides number 20 to 30 full-time, aided by many peasants. some Germans reportedly assist.
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Lisbon
France
Portugal
Nerissa Sunk Off Irish Coast With 122 Lives Lost
The British liner Nerissa, a 5583 ton Furness ship, was sunk off the coast of Ireland with 122 lives lost including 12 Americans. Advices say 34 passengers and 84 crew perished, skipper Capt. George Watson among them, while 35 were saved. The ship had traversed Halifax and Liverpool routes before the war.
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New York
Britain
George Watson
Irish
Halifax
Nerissa
Furness
Bermuda
North Atlantic
Boston
Liverpool
Greenland
Glasgow
Hamilton
Conditions In Berlin London Report On Shortages And War Strain
Reports from London describe severe shortages in Berlin with gasoline nearly exhausted and limited taxi service. Shoppers see plentiful displays that hide sold out goods while coffee tea and cocoa are scarce and clothing designs are restricted though uniforms for the armed services remain available.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Evacuation Accelerates as Gibraltar Readies Exit
Britain announces further civilian evacuation from Gibraltar at the earliest moment. Lists show more than 1,000 people to depart, including many Spanish refugees who had sheltered there since the Civil War.
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Gibraltar
Darlan and German Officials Reach Occupation Aid Cut
The announcement states Vice-Premier Jean Darlan and German Paris authorities have agreed on envisaging a 25 percent reduction in the cost of supporting the German army occupation.
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Vichy
Jean Darlan
Paris
World War Talk From British Commissioner in Montreal
In Montreal the British high commissioner Rt. Hon. Malcolm MacDonald told the joint Montreal board of trade and chamber of commerce that the future world order would emerge from the British Commonwealth. He stressed unity of crown subjects and that victory depends on diverse efforts including Canadian taxpayers, with Britain needing food and weapons to sustain and advance the war.
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Montreal
British Commonwealth
Malcolm MacDonald
Montreal Board of Trade
la Chambre de Commerce
Commonwealth of Free and Equal Nations
MacDonald
Britain
Labor Conditions Discussed in Ottawa Conference
Labor conditions in Dominion government contracts and cooperation between provincial and federal bodies were reviewed by Labor Minister McLarty and provincial labor heads. The meeting addressed enforcement, conciliation work, and sought open discussion. Attendees included Saskatchewan minister R. J. M. Parker and H. F. Johnstone of the Saskatchewan bureau of labor.
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Ottawa
Dominion
McLarty
Federal Department
R. J. M. Parker
Saskatchewan
H. F. Johnstone
Saskatchewan Bureau of Labor
Education And Democracy Speech At High School Boards Luncheon
C. C. Carrothers, ex London Ont school board chair, told a Toronto luncheon that Ontario’s education system is not Canada’s best. He noted British Columbia but argued Saskatchewan’s pride lies in its system rather than high salaries.
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Toronto
C. C. Carrothers
London
Ont
Convention of Associated High School Boards
Ontario
Canada
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Poppy Fund Ottawa Campaigns Set For Fall 1941
Representatives of community chests in Canada's major cities meet in Ottawa under J M MacDonnel to plan campaigns from Sept 1 to Nov 10 1941. All welfare drives to be scheduled before the poppy fund events of the Canadian Legion in the final week.
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Ottawa
The
Canadian Legion
Canada
J. M. MacDonnel
Toronto
Anti U-boat Campaign Encouraging Says Civil Lord
Defeating Sub Campaign London official Capt. Austin Hudson, civil lord of the admiralty, told the House of Commons that there is reason to be encouraged by recent results in the anti U-boat campaign. He noted that U boats claimed as sunk could not be announced without aiding the Axis.
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London
Austin Hudson
Admiralty
House of Commons
Beaverbrook Receives Audience At Buckingham Palace
Lord Beaverbrook was received in audience by the King at Buckingham Palace on his appointment as minister of state. J. T. C. Moore-Brazabon, who succeeded Beaverbrook as minister of aircraft production, was also received by His Majesty.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
Buckingham Palace
J. T. C. Moore-Brazabon
Food For Britain Purchases Lard and Pork for Aid Programs
The Agriculture Department bought 24,625,055 pounds of lard and 41,379,796 pounds of pork meat products for disposal under British aid and domestic relief programs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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Joint Defence Board
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Middle East
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James Bowes-Lyon
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