Willkie urges immediate aid and destroyers for Britain
Wendell L Willkie told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the United States should aid Britain with five to ten destroyers a month, arguing for direct swift action rather than complex legalistic roadblocks. He warned Britain could fall soon and the US might enter war within a month or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Wendell L. Willkie
Great Britain
United States
WILLKIE
senate foreign relations committee
senate
Britain
British Isles
Britain may sever relations with Bulgaria over German troops
London reports diplomatic sources say Britain expected to break off diplomatic ties with Bulgaria if German troops in uniform are admitted. Tension rises as Britain already cut relations with Romania, while Churchill says a German army and air force are being built up in Romania with likely Bulgarian government acquiescence.
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ONDON
C.P
Britain
Bulgaria
Balkans
Romania
Churchill
Thieves Steal Willkie’s Hogs In Rushville Farm
Thieves took advantage of Wendell Willkie's visit to Great Britain to steal a dozen swine from a barn on a farm near Rushville Indiana. Jess Bell, a tenant on a defeated Republican candidate's farm, reported the loss. Willkie held a half interest in the hogs.
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RUSHVILLE
Ind
Wendell Willkie
Great Britain
Jess Bell
here
Willkie
The Left Hand Corner and The Other Club
A snippet notes The Left Hand Corner club founded by Churchill and Birkenhead, with MPs like Lloyd George and ElIiot among members, meeting as neutrals. Also recalls a Windsor Star anecdote from Ridgetown about a soda fountain treasure of $17 found behind cracks after renovations.
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RIENDS
Churchill
Nelson
Lord Camrose
Lord Mottistone
Lloyd George
Walter Elliot
Lord Moyne
Frank Hodges
miners’ union
Lord Birkenhead
Windsor Star
Ridgetown
mazxy
Lephand Continued on Back Page
Fragmentary OCR note from a historical paper hints at continued coverage on the back page. Readable bits offer no clear names, dates, or events to summarize into a full item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE LEPHAND
Southward Move By Japs by ob TT
A concise news note reports a southward shift in Japanese positions during the ongoing conflict. The item notes strategic redeployments and implications for nearby fronts as observers weigh possible outcomes and allied responses.
May Strike at Malay Peninsula Amid Nazi Offensive
Report from London cites British belief that Japan plans a southward move toward the Malay Peninsula and Netherlands East Indies in spring to align with a European Nazi offensive. Britain and the United States exchange information while pledging readiness to meet Far East contingencies and deter Japan, which seeks a pact with Russia to avoid rear attacks during southward action.
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ONDON
C.P. Cable
Japan
Malay Peninsula
Netherlands East Indies
Europe
Britain
United States
Far East
Russia
Bengali Harbor Seized by Navy for Mediterranean Base
The Royal Navy has taken Bengali harbor and is rapidly converting it into a central Mediterranean operations base. Seen as a major prize, the possession extends Britain's naval reach toward North Africa, with Bengasi located 600 miles west of Alexandria and closer to Tripoli and Italy. Continue on Page Three.
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BENGALI HARBOR
NAVY
Britain
Royal Navy
Benga,i
Mediterranean
Italy
Malta
Gibraltar
Alexandria
Bengasi
Tripoli
Plane Wreckage Sighted From Air North of Edmonton
A missing commercial plane was spotted from the air 150 miles north of Edmonton. It lay on its nose with the tail up in rugged woods. No sign of the pilot R Walter Kiehlbauch of Chipman Alberta. Ground search from Calling Lake heads east in 40 miles to reach the crash site, unlikely to occur before tomorrow.
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EDMONTON
R. Walter Kiehlbauch
Chipman
Alta
Calling Lake
Greeks vow to win or die in war pledge from consul general
Montreal dispatch reports Nicholas Tserepis, Greek royal consul general in Canada, declares Greece will follow instructions without flinching and advance with one purpose to win or die. He spoke on CBC’s national network in the We Are Not Alone series organized by G H Lash.
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MONTREAL
George
Nicholas Tserepis
Greece
Canada
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
G. H. Lash
public information
Franco Meets Petain and Il Duce in Axis Alignment Move
Francisco Franco leader of Spain crossed into France en route to Mussolini, reported from Vichy. Dispatches say the conference would be Il Duce's supreme effort to draw Spain into the Axis war. Franco travels by auto with Ramon Serrano Suner, foreign minister and brother-in-law, leaving Madrid by auto.
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BERNE
Switzerland
Francisco Franco
Spain
France
Mussolini
Vichy
Rome
Madrid
il Duce
Franco
Ramon Serrano Suner
Greek General Plastiras Returns to Greece for Army Service
Nicholas Plastiras, exiled since 1935 by the Metaxas government, passed through Zagreb on his way from France to Athens to place himself at disposal of the Greek army. Once sentenced to death for a revolution, he helped banish King George in 1923 before the monarch later regained the throne.
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ZAGREB
Yugoslavia
Nicholas Plastiras
John Metaxas
France
Athens
Plastiras
George
Greece
Navy Warships Bombard Ostend
The admiralty announced that British warships bombarded Ostend on the German-held Belgian coast in the early hours. The communique said salvoes hit harbor works and many fires were observed. No casualties or damage to British forces were reported.
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LONDON
C. P.J
admiralty
Ostend
Royal Navy
Desperate Effort By Nazis Bolster Faltering Italy
German moves aim to rescue the faltering Italian armies in Albania and Africa as Britain and Greece pressure. Russia remains neutral, warning Bulgaria against Russian aid if Germany advances. Britain ends relations with Romania after German troop movements reach the country.
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Italy
GUY RHOADES
Germany
Britain
Rumania
Bulgaria
Sofia
Russia
Antonescu
Greece
Albania
Africa
Alderman seeks BC action on Japanese property rights
Vancouver February 11 Alderman H D Wilson will ask the city council at a meeting next Monday to urge the British Columbia government to regain control over civil and property rights of Japanese residents in the province.
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VANCOUVER
H. D. Wilson
British Columbia
Bulgarian police seize U S courier passport in Sofia
Bulgarian police seized a United States diplomatic courier's passport in Sofia amid protests by the U S legation. The Bulgarian foreign office later expressed regrets, stating the passport was taken over an alleged attempt to photograph a military zone. The passport is being returned. Raymond Leddy said he was stopped at Plovdiv and forced to travel by train without the document.
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SOFIA
Bulgaria
United States
U.S
Royal Navy Expected to Take Hand in East African Campaign
Ottawa Feb 11 Appointment of BE P Taylor of Toronto and Ottawa as executive assistant to Munitions Minister Howe was announced. Taylor, who joined Howe's department last May, recently accompanied the minister on the trip to Great Britain. During the last six months he served as joint director general of the munitions production branch of the munitions and supply department.
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OTTAWA
BE. P. Taylor
Toronto
Howe
Taylor
Great Brita
munitions and supply department
Free Italian Committee Formed in Britain to Oppose Mussolini
Anti-Fascist Italians in Britain with government permission launched a free Italian committee to rally Italians worldwide against dictatorship and aid the Allies. The manifesto calls for reconquering civil liberties and redeeming national honor marred by Fascist policies.
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LONDON
C.P
Britain
ofay
Italy
Canada’s National Income Increases in 1940
Ottawa Feb. 11. Wartime demand boosted Canada’s economy in 1940 with only six of 46 divisions in recession from 1939. National income rose to 4,784,000,000 dollars from 4,403,000,000 the prior year, according to the Privy Bureau of Statistics final review.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Common Bureau of Statistics
bureau
British advances in East Africa threaten Italian links
Motorized South African troops moved about 50 miles into southern Ethiopia on a 30 to 40 mile front and routed Italian troops, mainly native levies. The British Middle East command said operations in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somaliland were progressing, with a pincer movement aiming to eject Italians from the East African empire. Royal Navy action appeared to support the campaign as RAF bombers hit Rhodes and Calata airfield, destroying ten Italian planes on the ground and setting facilities ablaze.
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CAIRO
Ethiopia
Lake Rudolf
Libya
Eritrea
Red Sea
Royal Navy
Rhodes
Calato
RAF
Turkey Awaits Developments Over Bulgaria and Germany
Istanbul dispatch notes German troops arriving in Bulgaria with officers declaring a goal of the Bosporus and the Mediterranean. Reports say German soldiers in Varna are moved inland in Dobruja, with about 200 truckloads observed. Turkish stance remains cautious, awaiting developments as possible actions depend on Soviet, British, and Yugoslav moves. Turkish sources in London indicate willingness to aid Bulgaria if Bulgaria resists Germany.
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ISTANBUL
Otrat Politika
Bulgaria
Bosporus
Mediterranean
Dobruja
Bulgarian Black Sea
Varna
Turkey
Germany
Greece
Bulgar
RUSSIA
Britain
Yugoslavia
Tan
London
Fifteen Vessels Sunk In War at Sea This Week
The admiralty reports that in the week ended February 1, fifteen British, Allied and neutral merchantmen totaling 57,263 tons were sunk. Losses include 11 British ships totalling 40,429 tons, three Allied vessels at 13,872 tons and one neutral merchantman of 2,962 tons. The weekly total falls below the war’s early averages.
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LONDON
C.P
admiralty
Willkie says Nazi invasion of Britain unlikely
Headlines from Feb 11 1940 report Willkie telling the U S Senate committee that Germany cannot successfully invade Britain. Other items note Free French seizure of Libyan bases near Cufra, U S diplomats restricted to Rome, Roosevelt on Pacific war trade, Forfar sinking identified as Montrose, and Eva Blackstock charged with attempted murder in Edmonton.
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WILLKIE
BRITAIN
WASHINGTON
A.P
Wendell L. Willkie
United States
senate foreign relations committee
Germany
LONDON
C.P
Chad
Cufra
Libya
Fezzan
U.S
ROME
William C. Phillips
PACIFIC
Roosevelt
MONTROSE
NEW YORK
Forfar
admiralty
New York marine
Canadian Pacific
Hner
North Atlantic
EDMONTON
Eva Blackstock
Mary Cook
Alberta supreme court
A. I. Millar
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