Duce Franco Talks Hidden In Secrecy War Prospects Rise
Mussolini conferred today with Spain's top leaders somewhere in Italy, and tomorrow Spaniards meet with Petain and Admiral Darlan. The guarded Franco circle and Ramon Suner fueled speculation of a rapid shift in the war, from potential peace moves to securing bases in Spain and France for Mediterranean operations.
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BERNE
Switzerland
Mussolini
Spain
Italy
Petain
Jean Darlan
Franco
Ramon Striano Suner
avis
Europe
Britain
Mediterranean
Balkan Tensions Rise as Axis Mass Troops On Border
Reports from Belgrade and Sofia indicate Germany has moved 25 divisions totaling 400 000 troops into Romania to reinforce Balkan command. An average of 40 trains daily carry munitions tanks and weapons toward the front as Bulgaria fears British entry and a unified Balkan front forms against any German move across Bulgaria toward Greece.
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Bulgaria
England
United Balkan Front
ELGRADE
Yugoslavia
Hitler
Rumania
Balkan
Europe
Hungary
Germany
Romania
Danube
Sofia
Italy
Greece
Betty Berger Lone North Star Guide of Wilds
Betty Berger of Namakan Lake Minnesota is hailed as the best girl guide in the country after eight years guiding hunters and sportsmen across the Can ad a Minnesota chain lakes, logging more than 23 000 miles. At age 11 she began solo canoe runs to the nearest post office, winters with a team of five dogs, traps for mink, and has guided a 200 mile trail untraveled for a century. She saved a sick trapper, carrying him 15 miles by dog team, and her hobby is raising mink as she approaches a coat.
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ited
Betty Berger
Namakan Lake
Minn
Betty
Canada
Minnesota
chain of lakes
wih
civilization
Piraeus Port Bombed by Duce Planes
Italian planes bombed the port of Piraeus at night and Athenians took shelter in underground vaults. Officials reported some casualties and that property damage was negligible as anti air fire lit the moonlit sky.
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ATHENS
Piraeus
here
Reports Of G B Italian Peace Heard
Widespread speculation centers on a Franco Mussolini conference and an armistice idea possibly involving Britain. Germany may offer Greece an exit by letting it keep gains in Albania. No official comment. Axis roles unclear as Mussolini faces defeats and increased Allied pressure.
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GUY RHOADES
franco
Mussolini
Germany
Greece
Albania
Africa
Italy
Mussa
British Forces Smash Deep Into Eritrea on Two Wide Fronts
British forces drive on Asmara the capital of Eritrea and Massawa, the Red Sea port, capturing another inland town on a northern advance while pressing a western approach. RAF reports 86 unserviceable Italian and German planes found at Benina Libyan port near Benghazi. Detailing from Cairo and Cairo–Bagdad fronts notes ongoing operations across two fronts with continued advance on Massawa and Asmara.
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Eritrea
CATRO
Egypt
Royal Air Force
Benina
Bengal
CAIRO
Asmara
Italy
Massawa
Middle East
Elgena
Orford Sunk While Serving as Troopship
New York Feb 12 Marine circles report the 20,043 ton British liner Orford has been sunk by enemy action while assigned as a troopship. Built 1928 at Barrow, she had run Britain to the Far East before the war. In 1936 Emperor Haile Selassie booked passage to reach England after Italy conquered Ethiopia. A Spanish coastal freighter San Carlos of 223 tons was said to be sunk recently by an Italian submarine near the Spanish coast.
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NEW YORK
Marine circles
Orford
Barrow
Britain
Far East
Hale Selassie
England
Italy
Canopia
British Forces Encircle Italian Garrison at Giarabub
British troops reportedly encircled the Italian garrison at Giarabub in the Libyan desert about 180 miles south of Tobruk. Other Nile forces were said to mop up scattered Italian bands south of Bengasi while Cheren in Eritrea near Asmara was besieged but considered too strong to fall immediately.
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ONDON
C.P
Giarabub
Tobruk
army of the
Two Nazi Prisoners of War Escape Prairie Camp
Calgary authorities and RCMP spread through the prairie internment camp area to recapture two German POWs, Ottomar Grunwald and Valdemar Bruggermann, who fled yesterday during an outside work detail. Military officials offered no new updates as the search continues, with four escapees now in penitentiary after prior attempts.
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PRAIRIE CAMP
CALGARY
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ottomar Grunwald
Valdemar Bruggerman
RCMP
Grunwald
Biugzermann
pass
1000 German Planes Land In Bulgaria
A Reuters dispatch from Belgrade reports 1000 German airplanes had landed in Bulgaria by Monday and most Bulgarian airfields were under German control. The report says thousands of German troops have entered Bulgaria from Romania since February and that some tanks have been shipped up the Danube.
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LONDON
Reuters news
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Romania
Danube
British Bombers Smash Nazi Territories In Daylong Raid
British bombers raided northwestern Germany and Nazi held Holland Denmark and Norway while fighter patrols swept over northern France. The RAF attacked Hanover and Bremen in nocturnal assaults as bomber crews suffered two fighters and one bomber missing. A returning aircraft crashed in Cambridge killing three crew. The Bremen raid sparked fires and explosions and an earlier Hanover engagement fed flames. Shipping was attacked in Kristiansand Norway and in Jutland Denmark with oil installations hit.
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LONDON
Germany
Holland
Denmark
Norway
France
air ministry
RAF
Hanover
Bremen
G.B
Cambridge
Scotland
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Kristiansand
Jutland
Joint War Funds Appeal Planned for March 24
Dr. E W Stapleford announced a combined appeal for funds will be launched on March 24 by five Canadian organizations aiding the armed forces. The Knights of Columbus, Salvation Army, YMCA, YWCA, and the Canadian Legion will join in the drive through voluntary services for national war efforts.
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OTTAWA
C.P
E. W. Stapleford
national war services department
Knights of Columbus
Salvation Army
Young Men's Christian Association
Young Womens Christian Association
the
Canadian Legion
Recaptured German Prisoners in Calgary Region
Otto Grunewald and Waldermar Bruggermann, two German escapees from the prairie internment camp, were recaptured by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and military units in the Jumping Pound district southwest of Calgary shortly before 3 pm.
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CALGARY
C.P
Otto Grunewald
Waldermar Bruggermann
prairie
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Jumping Pound
R.A
SICILY
CAIRO
Egypt
A.P
Catania
Comiso
Royal Air Force
ROOSEVELT
LINCOLN
WASHINGTON
Abraham Lincoln
United States
ALTA
EDMONTON
Alberta
Wendell L. Willkie
NALT
ATHENS
Albania
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Balkans
RA.F
Ivan Popoff
Ankara
Turkey
Istanbul
Best Girl Guide
STERNLST
Manchester Guardian
Roger
Strange
LEFI
Duce
BERLIN
Italans Nhe
Ark Royal
R.C.M.P
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