Nazi Strike Opens Lowland War Invasion Blitz
Germany launched air and land assaults across Belgium Holland and Luxembourg with parachute troops and heavy bombings. Belgium Luxembourg and the Dutch fought back as British French and Swiss forces prepared aid and soldiers crossed into Belgian territory to repel the invasion while Paris and Brussels reported major air raids and civilian casualties.
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Lyon
France
Thames
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Germany
Brussels
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Royal Air Force
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London
Britain
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Amsterdam
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Schiphol
Paris
Low Countries
Ruhr
Nivelles
St. Trond
Leopold
Berlin
Norway vows to hold out as new help promised
King Haakon proclaims Norway will resist until freedom returns and hints at significant new support. A Norway news bureau release says northern positions remain strong and that with planned aid, other parts of the country can be retained. The high command urges continued fighting, asserting the struggle will prevail.
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Stockholm
Haakon
Norway
Vancouver trades council expels three Communist sympathizers
At a turbulent Vancouver trades and labor council meeting, three delegates were expelled on charges of being Communists or Communist sympathizers. The action highlighted the council's clashes over leftist affiliations within the labor movement.
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Vancouver
Vancouver Trades and Labor Council
Counci
Plan for Compulsory Lending to Back War Finance
London reports Chancellor Sir John Simon stepping toward a compulsory lending scheme if voluntary loans fail. The idea follows Keynes, who proposes about 20 percent of salaries directed to government bonds, aiming to raise around two billion dollars annually and cushion postwar unemployment after war funding.
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London
John Simon
Simon
John Maynard Keynes
Britain
Canadian Troops to Hear Weekly News Broadcast
Canadian troops in England will receive a 15 minute weekly news bulletin from Canadian Press. The program, requested by the CBC, is aimed at soldiers and airmen in Britain and will be broadcast via BBC facilities every Monday. Aldershot and RCAF personnel will have access to radios to listen.
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Toronto
England
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
C.B.C
British Broadcasting Corporation
Britain
Aldershot
Canadian Active Service Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
R.A.F
Italy's Attitude Shifts to Pre Belligerency Policy
In a budget report on the interior ministry, Senator Maurizio Maravaglia argued Italy’s stance in the war era should be called a position of pre belligerency rather than non belligerency. He said Italy would not sacrifice its aspirations for peace and described the mood as unsettled yet pro Ally.
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Rome
Italy
Interior Ministry
Maurizio Maravaglia
Mining Man Honored London Gold Medal Awarded
S G Blaylock of Trail British Columbia, president of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada, receives the gold medal of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for advancing metallurgy science in the Dominion.
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London
The
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
S. G. Blaylock
Trail
B.C
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada
Dominion
Baby Bond Campaign Set to Launch Nationwide
Ottawa prepares a national baby bond campaign with a ongoing sale plan to enlist bankers business leaders professionals and labor executives. Bonds offer about 3 percent yield matching Dominion securities and will be sold in denominations as low as five dollars alongside savings stamps.
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Dominion Securities
Romanian government seizes control of key commodities
The cabinet economic council announced that Romania will take over stocks of wood coal petroleum products cotton fodder grain and foodstuffs for national defence. Decrees will be published and the state may buy ration and control sale domestically and for export as a first step toward economic mobilization.
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Bucharest
Cabinet Economic Council
Losses in North Sea air warfare rise with three ships sunk
The Norwegian high command reports three more vessels lost in air and sea operations off the Norwegian coast. The Folden, a Norwegian passenger steamer, was bombed and machine gunned with six killed including the captain and two women. The Monark, Swedish with a German prize crew, torpedoed by a British submarine. crew rescued. The Brighton, a British collier, sunk off Dunquerque with all hands saved though 16 injured. Several HM trawlers damaged or sunk during evacuation efforts. kin notified.
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London
North Sea
High Command
Norway
Reuters
Folden
Monark
Stockholm
Bergen
Dunquerque
France
Brighton
Secretary of the Admiralty
Norwegian
Trondheim
Flying Cross for Young New Brunswick Pilot Officer
Pilot Officer Philip Purdy of St Stephen aged 21 receives the Flying Cross for leadership in an attack on a Heinkel III and bravery under fire. He remained in his cockpit during a bombing run and helped start two other planes despite being burned. Also noted are awards to Squadron Leader John Donaldson with six enemy planes down and eight damaged in Norway.
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London
New Brunswick
Air Ministry
Philip Purdy
St. Stephen
Ministry
Purdy
John Donaldson
Andalsnes
Norway
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
Royal Investiture At Buckingham Honors 26 Airmen
Twenty six airmen were decorated at Buckingham Palace by King George. Relatives were allowed to witness the investiture. Notable awardees include Flight Lieutenant Edgar Ryder Pilot Officer William Mulloy Flying Officer Derek French Squadron Leader George Peacock and Lieut Commander Roy Edwards. Pilot Officer David Willis of St Boniface Manitoba received the Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry during operations including a Berlin raid. Willis, 25, joined the RAF in 1937.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Royal Command
Edgar Ryder
William Mulloy
Derek French
George Peacock
Michael Homer
Roy Edwards
David Willis
Husky
Royal Air Force Flier
St. Boniface
Man
Willis
Berlin
R.A F
Churchill says air parity needed to cope with enemy
London notes two days of debate on the Norwegian campaign ends with Churchill warning Britain will suffer until air parity with Germany is achieved. He says Narvik airport is in Allied hands and German boasts of sinking ships are inflated while losses include 11 trawlers.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
Narvik
Mr. Churchill
Germany
Norway
Allies Facing New Dangers in Spread of War
London reports Britain and France expanding alliances as Europe ignites into full war. Sir Dudley Pound declares the conflict started while Britain lands forces in Iceland and pledges aid to Belgium and the Netherlands amid German air raids and rapid invasions. Queen Wilhelmina calls for duty as Hitler adds three more neighbors to his conquests.
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Britain
France
Europe
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Wilhelmina
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Ruhr
Rhineland
Austria
German Sudetenland
Czechoslovak Republic
Meme
Danzig
Poland
Denmark
Norway
Plant Survey Division Reaches Milestone in War Effort
Ottawa reports that the plant survey division of the Department of Munitions and Supply has completed its 1000th plant survey. So far the division has made about 2300 visits to firms to assess capacity for items from ship propellers to tin cans. Lt Colonel G Ogilvie directs the division.
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Ottawa
Department of Munitions and Supply
Dominion
Col. G. Ogilvie
For Struggle London Declares Active War Phase
Dominions Secretary Anthony Eden told the national defence public interest committee that the war has entered an active phase and the British commonwealth must be braced for a harsh, potentially long conflict. He urged full mobilization of resources with vision, courage and resolve.
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London
Dominions
Anthony Eden
British Commonwealth
National Defence Public Interest Committee
Bomber Flies 2000 Miles In Wartime Recon Mission
A New Zealand Royal Air Force pilot completed a 2,000 mile round trip from Scotland to Narvik Norway and back in a Wellington bomber without an automatic pilot. The 14 hour mission is believed to be the war’s longest reconnaissance to date.
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London
Scotland
Narvik
Norway
New Zealand
Royal Air Force
Czecho Slovak Volunteers Leave London for France
Czecho Slovak volunteers who came from Canada, South America, and India along with two men who had been aboard a German ship captured by the British navy, have departed London to join the fight for their country's liberation in France.
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London
France
Canada
South America
India
Russian Canal Opens Near Moscow
Soviet Russia celebrated the opening of the 66 mile Samur Divichinsk canal parallel to the Caspian coast north of Baku. The canal is expected to irrigate 25 000 acres of previously uncultivated land for grape growing and truck farming.
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Moscow
Russia
Samur- Divichinsk
Caspian Sea
Baku
Romanian decree seizes Polish gold in Bucharest
The Roumanian government decreed seizure of all Polish gold held in the Romanian National Bank. Officials said the gold would be used to cover Polish debts to Romania and fund Polish soldiers and civilians.
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Bucharest
Roumanian National Bank
Roumania
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