British forces close on Cheren in Eritrea amid North Africa advances
British forces in Africa close in on Cheren Eritrea a key railway town as part of the east African campaign while the army of the Nile pushes toward Bengasi Libya. RAF bombings prepare the way with dive bombers striking Italian guns near Cheren and on the road east of the town.
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AIRO
Egypt
Africa
Cheren
Italian
Eritrea
North Africa
army of the Nile
Bengasi
Libya
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
Barenta
Agordat
Massaua
Red Sea
Worst Crash in Canadian Air History
Nine passengers and three crew members died when a Trans-Canada Airlines plane from Montreal to Winnipeg crashed one mile south of Armstrong Ontario after 3 47 am. The victims include Prof. Robert McQueen of the University of Manitoba and Winnipeg residents F W F Gasston H Moss and Miss M G Mayne among others. The aircraft CF TCP was westbound from Moncton and the company reported the loss of all aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IINIPEG
C.P
Trans- Canada Airlines
Montreal
Winnipeg
Armstrong
Ont
T.C.A
Armstrong airport
W. E. Twiss
Canada
R. D. Carter
Vancouver
E. Malone
Toronto
Ottawa
M. G. Mayne
Moncton
N.B
CS.T
McQueen
University of Manitoba
Gasston
May Begin Siege of Bengasi Saturday
Royal Air Force pilots reconnoitering west of Bengasi report Italian convoys evacuating the town. British officers note a faster advance and potential siege to start Saturday as motorized forces reach the approaches. Italian withdrawal toward Tripoli continues amid disarray among colonists in the east.
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BENGASI
Royal Air Force
Marshal Graziana
Flanders
France
Italian East Africa
Eritrea
Terrible Misery of the Poles in Soviet Deportations
Cables to Poland’s consul general in Canada recount brutal deportations of Poles to Kazakhstan and Siberia. Deaths from starvation and cold rise as detainees endure unheated barracks and vermin, laments from kin in Poland speak of fading hope. Reports also note Gestapo torture of a Polish Lutheran leader and a Nazi Poland policy of settling 62,000 Germans.
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Siberia
Victor Podoski
Poland
Canada
Kazakstan
Podoski
Himmler
Gestapo
Zoltow
Pomerania
Ostdeutscher Beobachter
Latvia
Estonia
Germany
Poznan
Lodz
British chemists discover new methane production method
The Daily Mail reports three British chemists have found a new and better way to make methane from coal gas as a substitute for gasoline. Details and processes are kept secret by Britain, with methane already known to be present in coal gas.
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LONDON
The
Daily Mail
The Mail
Britain
Darlan Returns to Paris to Reopen Laval Talks
In Vichy France on February 6 naval minister Admiral Jean Darlan left for Paris by special train to resume talks with former vice premier Pierre Laval. Darlan avoided details, praising Marshal Petain and signaling government opposition to Laval’s terms. U.S. Ambassador Leahy met Petain for general information after censorship lifted. Laval’s initial demands were reportedly rejected at a Petain meeting. This stormy session was continued in follow up reports.
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VICHY
France
Jean Darlan
Paris
Pierre Laval
Darlan
Marshal Petain
Laval
United States
William Leahy
RCAF to enlist applicants and grant leave until training
The Royal Canadian Air Force unveiled a new recruitment plan to orderly assimilate more recruits. Eligible applicants who have filled forms will be enlisted immediately but receive leave without pay until their training date, wearing a special lapel button to show acceptance. If vacancies arise earlier, they may report sooner.
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TAWA
C.P
Royal Canadian Air Force
air force
Air
Power
Montreal
R.C.AF
Calfhood vaccination urged to combat Bang's disease
The Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada passed a resolution at its annual convention in Toronto urging the federal Department of Agriculture to seriously consider including calfhood vaccination in current Bang's disease control policy. It notes encouraging results from the US.
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TORONTO
The
Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada
federal
department of agriculture
association
United States
Acceleration of Air Training Plan Raises Cost
Ottawa reports a Progressive acceleration of the British Commonwealth air training plan may lift the total cost from 600 million to about 1 billion dollars. Air Minister Power said the plan has been speeded up more than eight months ahead of schedule and disclosed current outlays to date and on related UK facilities.
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OTTAWA
Power
Maj. Power
Mackenzie King
sche
United Kingdom
Two Billion Loan to Britain Turned Down
In Washington on February 6 the House defeated Rep Karl Mundts amendment to the aid Britain bill by 206 to 145. Mundt proposed a $2 billion credit fund instead of the administration measure, arguing for an outright gift if security for a loan could not be secured. Rep Luther Johnson urged keeping credits and delaying crisis action with the administration plan. Democratic foreign affairs members, seeking broader support, earlier agreed on a five year limit and firm backing for the measure.
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WASHINGTON
United States
house of representatives
Britain
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
Mundt
house
Roosevelt
Luther Johnson
Dem
Texas
house foreign affairs committee
Quebec Premier vows ongoing aid to farmers
Quebec Premier Godbout, also agriculture minister, told the legislative assembly on February 6 that the government will continue to provide the money necessary to help farmers carry on. He said the farmers will not be neglected.
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QUEBEC
Godbout
legislative assembly
Prominent Winnipeg Men Among TSA Plane Crash Victims
Three Winnipeg passengers are named among nine aboard a Trans-Canada Airlines flight that crashed near Armstrong Ontario. The victims include Professor Robert McQueen head of Manitoba University economics, F W F Galston Hudson’s Bay wholesale manager, and F J Freer Great West Life assistant treasurer. Professor McQueen, born in Edmonton in 1896, studied at Alberta, the University of Manitoba, and MIT, served in WWI, taught at Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and directed the Bank of Canada in 1935.
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WINNIPEG
iCPI
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Armstrong
Ont
Robert McQueen
University of Manitoba
F. W. F. Galston
Hudson’s Bay Company
F. J. Freer
Great West Life Assurance Company
EDMONTON
McQueen
D. G. McQueen
Alberta
University of Alberta
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
air force
London school of economics
University of Saskatchewan
Manitoba University
Queen's University
Kingston
Bank of Canada
Full inquiry into T C A fatal crash near Armstrong Ont
News wires report Ottawa will conduct the fullest inquiry into the Trans Canada Air Lines crash near Armstrong Ontario that killed nine passengers and three crew. Deputy minister of transport C P Edwards said the inquiry will be led by District Inspector T M Shields who departs for Armstrong tonight.
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T.C.A
OTTAWA
C.P
C. P. Edwards
Armstrong
Ont
Trans-Canada Airlines
T. M. Shields
civil aviation branch
department of transport
Winnipeg
TEPELENI
BITOLJ
Yugoslavia
Albania
Valona
ITALY
ROME
Berne
Switzerland
C.A
REGINA
W. J. Dalby
western division
MOUNTAIN LOVELOCK
Nev
Ragged Top mountain
Army
Sacramento
Denver
LAVAL
VICHY
LONDON
British Broadcasting Corporation today
Pierre Laval
France
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JUNGESD NEAK
G.B
Gondar road
Ethiopia
Rue de Luce
Tours
Coventry
England
Twiss
DON GILBERT
Bardia
Tobruk
Tripoli
Goyt
DARLAN GOES
R.C.A.F
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