Tension grows against stand taken by Vichy
London reports deteriorating Franco Allied ties as Britain accuses Vichy of aiding Germany with weapons and economic support. Eden warns France faces loss of unoccupied status and potential attacks, while British sources claim Renault Citroen and Peugeot plants aid German war needs.
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London
Vichy
Washington
Britain
Hitler
America
Paris
Martinique
United States
Cordell Hull
Anthony Eden
Parliament
France
Eden
Renault
Citroen
Peugeot
Marseille
Germany
Mussolini
Tr Duce
Jugoslavia
Air minister flags more Middle East help for RAF squadrons
John McEwen announced potential sending of additional Australian air squadrons to the Middle East via the Royal Air Force in Syria and Iraq. He warned the German air advance toward Iraq poses the real danger and said personnel shortages would be addressed by the Commonwealth air training plan.
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Sydney
Australia
John McEwen
Middle East
Royal Air Force
Syria
Iraq
Ra.f
Canadian Freighter Portadoc Sunk Off African Coast
Fort William Ontario businessman E B Sutherland says unofficial reports confirm the Peterson Shipping Co freighter Portadoc has been sunk by enemy action off the Africa coast. The Portadoc was among Great Lakes ships converted for ocean service after the war began.
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Montreal
Peterson Shipping Co
E. B. Sutherland
Fort William
Ontario
Africa
Great Lakes
Largest Ocean Convoy Crosses To Great Britain
Collier's Weekly reports the largest ocean convoy in history crossing from Canada to Great Britain. More than 50 ships carry war supplies and food valued at about 100 million dollars. Quentin Reynolds, staff correspondent, accompanied one vessel on the crossing.
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New York
Great Britain
Canada
Collier's Weekly
Quentin Reynolds
the Magazine
Parliament may reconvene in summer over St Lawrence treaty
Prime Minister Mackenzie King says parliament could reassemble in the summer to study the Saint Lawrence waterway agreement. If the treaty fails to draw members back, the session will adjourn until fall.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Unusual Fee Charged for Garden Party Coats
Overcoats admitted gate fashion show under British War Relief Society. Topcoats to be shipped to Britain for use by men over military age patrolling roads nightly.
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New York
British War Relief Society
Britain
Veteran Publisher J H Woods Dies at 73 in Calgary
J H Woods president of South Western Publishers and publisher of the Calgary Herald died at his Calgary home at age 73 after months of illness. A leading Canadian newspaperman, he shaped trade policy with the United States and helped found The Canadian Press. He served as Canadian Chamber of Commerce president, led trade missions to South America and Australia, and supported Boy Scouts earning the Silver Fox.
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H. Woods
The
Calgary Herald
Calgary
JH. Woods
South Western Publishers, Ltd
Woods
Canada
United States
Mr. Woods
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
South America
Old Western Associated Press
Canadian Press
Empire Press Union
Melbourne
Australia
England
Baron Tweedsmuir
Alberta
Boy Scouts’ Association
Order of St. Michael and St. George
Red Cross Movement
National Council of the Canadian Red Cross
Force Almost Doubled Toronto Mounties Strength
Commissioner S T Wood of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in Toronto that RCMP strength has risen to 4000, nearly doubling the peacetime total. He noted crime has declined since the war began and registration cards aid resource location. He found no active underground Bundist groups.
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Toronto
Canada
Armed Services
S. T. Wood
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RCMP
Wood
Girls Fill Messenger Roles In Vancouver War Time
The war has disrupted the Vancouver messenger trade with a shortage of youths. Canadian Pacific Telegraphs has hired three girls for limited routes while remaining workers cover longer bicycle runs. Many boys left the service, with CPR Telegraphs losing as many as fifteen boys in one week.
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Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Telegraphs
CPR
Whitten-Brown Appointed Home Guard Lieutenant Colonel
Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, longtime partner of Sir John Alcock in the 1919 first Atlantic flight, is named a lieutenant-colonel and battalion commander in the Home Guard.
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London
Sir Arthur Whitten- Brown
John Alcock
Thetlantic
Home Guard
King Victor Emmanuel Awards Gold Medal to Duke of Aosta
King Victor Emmanuel honored the Duke of Aosta with a gold medal of military valor for his role as viceroy of Ethiopia and commander of the defeated forces who surrendered to British troops at Amba Alaji.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Duke of
Aosta
Ethiopia
Amba Alaji
Ill-Fated Zamzam Sunk Shipowner Denies Contraband
Dr. Ernest Pathy of Toronto says the ill fated Zamzam carried no contraband. He notes a 4000 ton civilian cargo for Egypt including fertilizer steel for building foodstuffs and newsprint. He confirms vessel insured for 400000.
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Toronto
Ernest Pathy
United States
Alexandria Navigation Company
Zamzam
Egypt
Pathy
Speedy cargo ships built in United States
Navy Secretary Knox signaled rapid U S work on small aircraft carriers to protect merchant shipping. He said the navy is busy and would not detail steps, noting plans include experimental speedy cargo ships and several new transport and plane carrier types amid Germany’s aerial attacks. The air force strength rose by over 50 percent in a year with 1304 more planes in service.
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Washington
United States
Navy
Frank Knox
Knox
Great Britain
Germany
Sikorski Arrives in London After Atlantic Flight
Poland’s government and military leaders greet Prime Minister and Commander in Chief Gen. Wladyslaw Sikorski on his arrival in London from Scotland. He flew the Atlantic in a U.S.-built bomber sent to Britain.
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London
Air Force
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Scotland
Sikorski
Atlantic
Britain
Stuck To The Ship San Conrado Attacked At Sea
A British captain and part of his crew braved German bombers to refloat the 7,982 ton motor tanker San Conrado after she was abandoned following six air attacks. A destroyer rescued the crew, but the ship was repeatedly attacked in tow and later set on fire, declared a total loss.
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New York
San Conrado
British Secret Message Threatens German Bombers
Ronald Tree, parliamentary secretary for information, returning from the United States, said Britain has a surprise to worsen German bombing difficulties over England. He forecast 4,000,000 tons of American shipping for Britain by 1942 and swarms of US planes in action before spring. He promised a new long range bomber with 7,000 miles range.
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Lisbon
Ronald Tree
Ministry of Information
United States
England
Tree
Vancouver to get steel rolling mill for shipbuilding program
Announcement from Ottawa by Munitions Minister Howe states a new steel rolling mill will be built in Vancouver. It will process 70000 tons of local scrap annually and produce plate steel for the 100 vessel shipbuilding program under way here.
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Vancouver
Ottawa
Howe
British Columbia
Postmasters Contribute to British Post Office Relief Fund
Officials of the Canadian Postmasters Association report more than $3,000 raised to aid widows and children of British postal workers killed in air raids or on active service. Dominion Secretary Charles D. Griffin of Estevan Sask oversees the appeal. U S postal associations join in the effort.
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Ottawa
Canadian Postmasters’ Association
Post Office Relief Fund
Dominion
Charles D. Griffin
Estevan, Sask
United States
Air mastery urged as key to winning war in Canada
Toronto address by Toronto visit of Sir Malcolm MacDonald, British high commissioner, praises the British Commonwealth air training plan as decisive for air supremacy over Germany. He cites Canada’s pivotal role in war production and notes workers labor seven days weekly since last October.
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Toronto
Malcolm MacDonald
Canada
Germany
Britain
Saskatchewan Teachers Raise 15540 For War Fund
Regina teachers have contributed 15540 toward the war effort through a fund started by the Canadian Teachers' Federation last December, per G D Eamer secretary of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Association.
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Regina
Canadian Teachers’ Federation
G. D. Eamer
Saskatchewan Teachers’ Association
To Conserve Tinplate Demand Shapes Packaging
Wartime officials warn conserving tinplate may drive lipstick holder substitutes gasoline stored in black sheet-iron containers and preserved fruits packed in waxed paper-board cartons as a wartime economy.
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Canberra
Reduction of Wheat Surplus Is in Prospect
Ottawa reports a wheat surplus of about 550 million bushels by July 31, 1941, with 1940-41 exports rising above 1939-40. Weekly shipments reached 8.8 million bushels, the best since December 1932, and total exports by May 16 stood at 127.97 million.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Canadian Wheat Board
New York Hostess Raises Funds in Vancouver for Spitfire Planes
Elsa Maxwell, famed hostess from New York, staged a Vancouver party drawing about 4,000 guests at the Hotel Vancouver to raise 10,000 for Spitfires bound for Britain. Funds were sent directly to Lord Beaverbrook in London.
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Vancouver
Elsa Maxwell
New York
Canada
Britain
Census Questionnaires Considered for Early Mailouts
Trade Minister MacKinnon told the House of Commons Ottawa that newspapers may publish census questionnaires to get ready answers. T. L. Church asked for advance mailouts so enumerators would find completed forms, but census branch officers did not approve the proposal.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
House of Commons
T. L. Church
Con
Toronto-Broadview
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J. L. Wyatt
Medicine Hat
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T. J. Rutherford
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Ministry of Food
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