10 Feb 1941
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Newspaper
Lethbridge Herald
Location
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Date
Feb 10, 1941
Page
1
The item notes petrol rationing in Australia and a humorous aside about a horse named Rockhound winked at by a small electric lamp in its eye. It includes a quip about a man brushing elephants from his sleeve and a Canadian columnist’s playful commentary.
Britain breaks relations with Rumania as Germany renforces the Balkan advance and takes Romanian oil fields. A British exit note signals possible war declaration. U.S. care for Romanian interests arranged while Germany presses toward the Black Sea.
Harry L. Hopkins, Roosevelt's personal representative, concluded his mission in Britain and left for the United States. Churchill disclosed that Genoa had been blasted and that no U.S. Army is needed, Hopkins offering to send tools to finish the job.
Prime Minister Churchill urged that the United States supply war materials in vast quantities while Britain can finish the war without an American expeditionary force. He warned Germany may invade soon and urged readiness for gas, parachute, and glider attacks, stressing shipping needs for 1942. Considerable emphasis on continued Allied effort with strong U.S. support.
Willis Van Devanter, 81, retired associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, died suddenly Saturday night from a heart attack. He retired in 1937.
Captain Edward Twiss, pilot of the T C A airliner that crashed near Armstrong Ontario killing nine passengers and three crew early last week, was a well known figure in Lethbridge aviation circles.
The U S House approved by 260 to 165 a measure authorizing the president to lease or transfer war goods to Britain and other nations deemed vital to U S defense. The final tally shows strong bipartisan support with 236 Democrats and 24 Republicans in favor.
British Royal Navy ships pummeled Genoa at dawn with more than 300 tons of shells damaging power plants factories oil tanks docks and shipping. British planes also bombed Pisa and Leghorn hitting an airfield railway junction and a major Italian refinery. Prime Minister Churchill hailed Genoa as a naval base that could deter Nazi expeditions while promising Allied support to France.
Howard Heinz, president of the Hi J Heinz Company of Pittsburgh, died in a Philadelphia hospital Sunday night.
Cairo February 10 Lt Gen Sir Maitland Wilson was appointed military governor and commander in chief of Cyrenaica embracing the two eastern Libyan provinces. His army of the Nile wrested the territory from Mussolini's empire.
Powerful formations of Royal Air Force bombers left Singapore to reinforce advance air bases in northern Malaya. The move signals the growing strength built by British and Australian air forces in recent months amid regional tensions involving Thailand and French Indochina.
London sources report Britain aims to force Italy to surrender through heavy bombing and blockades. Royal Air Force and Royal Navy would target Italian gains from Brindisi to Turin while postponing major North Africa operations for two weeks to rest and repair exhausted forces. It may target Sicily first to safeguard Mediterranean routes for convoys.
Lady Howard of Effingham Hungarian born wife of the heir to the Earl of Effingham was jailed in London today under the defense of the realm act.
In UAWA February 10 report, the federal cabinet weighs setting up a board of inquiry to study a proposed St. Mary River dam. The panel would assess dam costs on the Canadian side, estimated at 10 to 12 million dollars, and the irrigation benefits for St. Mary and Milk rivers in Southern Alberta. A year is anticipated for the board to report, with members to include a water powers engineer, a culture department rehab official, and possibly an external affairs official due to international water rights.
Diplomatic sources report Russia will not interfere if Germany pushes troops through Bulgaria. Other bulletins note Hopkins reaches Lisbon returning from Britain, a violent day long battle along the Albanian front, Wheeler says Churchill speech was arranged by Washington and London, RAF oil field attack prelude, TCA crash interim report cites normal landing attempt but rapid descent, jury returns not guilty verdict in Whyte manslaughter case.
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