Clashes Huge Air Armadas In Spring Seen
Weather dampens air war prep as Britain and Germany prepare for spring bombardment. German long range guns renew shelling of the Dov er area. no casualties reported. British sources predict mass bombings could bring hundreds of thousands of casualties in Britain, Germany and Italy.
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EDWIN STOUT
Associated Press
ONDON
Britain
Germany
Dover
French
Italy
England
Premier King Makes Plea To Aid Drive
Prime Minister Mackenzie King warns Canada faces a world changing war within weeks and urges a generous response to a war savings certificates drive. The government seeks 2,000,000 subscribers totaling 10,000,000 dollars monthly to fund defence, promising bonds between donors and soldiers in battle.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
Canada
cause of freedom
government of
Aerial Pick a Back Two Pilots Landed In Mutual Collision
Two RC AF student pilots LAC J S McKeown of Ottawa and LAC L A Bell of Jasper Alberta managed a rare twin landing at Macleod service flying training school after their Avro Anson aircraft locked in midair. Both were uninjured, though the lower plane was badly damaged and the upper craft repairable. Investigation is under way to determine how the freak accident occurred.
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Macleod Service Flying Training School
Herald
MACLEOD
RCAF
LAC J S McKeown
Ottawa
LAC
L A Bell
Jasper
Alta
Macleod service
Australia
Macleod air station
Arthur James
Macleod training station
RAF flyer from Toronto presumed killed in action
The air ministry released its 58th casualty list naming Leading Aircraftman R D Cochran e of Toronto as presumed killed in action with the Royal Air Force. Coch rane had been reported missing on June 21, 1940.
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LONDON
R D K Cochrane
Toronto
Royal Air Force
air ministry
Cochrane
Churchill's War Effort Notes From Canada Farm Offer
A Canadian farmer and his wife offered to run a small gasoline powered lathe at their Welsford New Brunswick farm to manufacture shell parts for the war. The plan faced transportation and inspection hurdles and was refused by the Department of Munitions and Supply. Churchill’s answer to a Communist referenced in Vancouver Province is noted with debate on methods.
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Eric Boucher
Canada
Welsford
Boucher
department of munitions and supply
Mr. Boucher
CHURCHILL
Judith Robinson
Vancouver
Lapointe
Winston Churchill
house of commons
War Savings Certificates Campaign Calls for Canadian Support
An editorial urges Canadians to join a drive for 2,000,000 regular monthly subscribers to war savings certificates across Canada. It frames the effort as a personal campaign for freedom, likening citizens to wartime Britons and stressing the need for annual government funding of $120 million, with a target of $150,000 from Lethbridge.
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Canada
Minister of Finance
Great Britain
British Isles
Hitler
Lethbridge
Harvard Training Plane Tested For Canada’s Pilot Output
Ottawa reports final acceptance trials of the first Canadian built Harvard trainer by Noorduyn near Montreal. Squadron Leader F E Briggs of Toronto, ace test pilot, flew the history making flight to speed up Empire defence efforts and expand Commonwealth air training. The Harvard, a staple of Commonwealth schools, was previously US built and bought in large numbers by Canada.
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EDWIN JOHNSON
Canadian Press
OTTAWA
F. E . Briggs
Toronto
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canada
Noorduyn aviation
Montreal
Empire
United States
William Gibbs McAdoo Dies in Washington Hotel
William Gibbs McAdoo, 77, former California senator and former treasury secretary, died of a heart attack in his Washington hotel apartment. He was with his wife and daughter Mrs Bnee Clagett, wife of a Washington attorney. He had served as chairman of the American President Line since leaving the Senate.
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WILLIAM GIBBS McADOOO
WASHINGTON
William Gibbs McAdoo
Calfornia
United States treasury
McAdoo
Bnee Clagett
American Presidents
senate
Germans Plan Super Type War Bomber
Col Frank Knox United States secretary of the navy says Britain’s air raid lull stems from German production lag while preparing a super type bomber. He and Churchill foresee a possible invasion within about 99 days as experts gauge the threat. Continued on Page Three.
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GUY RHOADES
Col
Frank Knox
United States
Britain
Churchill
Col. Knox
Churchill's Cigar Butt Becomes Souvenir In Portsmouth
Prime Minister Churchill gave a half smoked cigar to a dockyard worker as a souvenir from his three hour Portsmouth visit to bomb damaged areas. The exchange occurred as he chatted with staff, and the worker requested a memento of the moment.
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PORTSMOUTH
P Duable
Churchill
Church Hl
Tepeleni Area Under Greek Control Amid Albania Front
Greek forces reportedly hold the entire Tepeleni area with occupation imminent. High command says Italian mountain positions of great importance captured. North of Klisura and coastal sector gains reported. Fighting described as major since the war began. RAF notes an important camp southwest of Tepeleni.
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TEPELENI
VALONA
ATHENS
Albania
Klisura
Germany To Use Only Weapons Used By Enemy
Nazi spokesmen cite Hitlers vow to employ only weapons used by the enemy amid US fears Germany may gas Britain. Col Frank Knox told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he fears a large gas attack as Nazi forces prepare a major invasion of England.
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Germany
BERLIN
United States navy
Frank Knox
Britain
Knox
WASHINGTON
Navy
United States senate foreign relations committee
Premier King to Speak on CBC Sunday Broadcast
Prime Minister King will address the nation on Sunday at 3 15 p m Lethbridge time over the national CBC network in support of the war savings drive. On Monday at 11 15 a m Lethbridge time Hon J Astey minister of finance will speak from Windsor in the same campaign.
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King
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Lethbridge
Canada
J. ©. Astey
Windsor
Mohammed Mahmoud Pasha Dies at 58 in Cairo
Cairo, Egypt, February 1. Mohammed Mahmoud Pasha, 58, Egyptian defense minister and former prime minister, died early today. Oxford-educated and long active in the Liberal Constitution Party, he opposed the Wafdists. He first became premier in 1928 and 1929 and again in 1937 when Farouk dismissed Mustapha.
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MOHAMMED MAHMOUD PASHA
CAIRO
Egypt
Mahmoud
Liberal constitution party
Eaing Farouk
Mustapha
Bombs hit three big ships and Barce airbase
AIRO Egypt Feb 1 The Royal Air Force struck 700 miles into Italian Libya dropping hundreds of bombs on Tripoli and Barce airdrome. Three vessels in Tripoli harbor were hit, one 8,600 tonner set afire. British tanks moved west from Derna toward Bengasi as Italian forces retreated. Ships fired.
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Associated Press
AIRO
Egypt
Royal Air Force
Libya
Tripoli
Barce
If It Hadn’t Been For British Navy
During a lend-lease hearing Senator Byrnes pressed Col. Knox about the British fleet’s role in guarding the 20 mile Channel. Knox said without the British navy the Germans would be in England today and all defenses focus on the Channel.
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Hitler
Britain
Air Vice Marshals Breadner and Stedman Return
Air Vice-Marsalls L S Breadner and E W Stedman of the RCAF arrived back in Canada after a month in Britain praising the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. They planned to rush to Ottawa by plane with Wing Commanders Bryans and Campbell.
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MARSALL BREADNER
STEDMAN
C.P
L. S. Breadner
E. W. Stedman
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canada
Britain
J. G. Bryans
H. L. Campbell
Ottawa
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