Twin German thrusts at Gibraltar and Suez expected in 30 days
Air Minister Power outlined a Canadian defence plan including a network of airports through Alberta and British Columbia to Alaska at a cost near nine million dollars. He also announced extensions and improvements to RCAF home defence bases costing about twenty million dollars.
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C.P
Power today
Alberta
British Columbia
Alaska
Major Power
defence council
national defence headquarters
Royal Canadian Air Force
Evacuation of Romanian Oil Fields Begins Amid War Fear
Evacuation of civil population from Romanian oil fields started today in Bucharest with families moving out on military advice. The exodus reached oil loading ports at Constanta and Giurgiu and other Danube towns facing Bulgaria as authorities seek to shield vital oil assets from likely German disruption.
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R.A.F
UCHAREST
Rumania
Constanta
Black Sea
Giurgiu
Danube
Bulgaria
Help U S Investors Buy G B Securities
Washington February 13 Jesse Jones federal loan administrator offered to help finance United States buying Britain's 900 million dollars of direct investments in the United States. He said there is no reason we shouldn't lend money to American investors to buy American investments. Britain sent Sir Edward Peacock director of the Bank of England to begin selling these properties to raise money for war materials ordered before the British aid bill.
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Jesse Jones
United States
Britain
Jones
Great Britain
Sir Edward Peacock
Bank of England
United States congress
Paternoster Row in City of London remembered as religious books hub
The St. Thomas Times-Journal recalls Paternoster Row in London, a famed 700 year old street of bookshops centered on religious literature. Once near St Paul’s, it housed Canon Alley and Amen Corner, with publishers like Blackwood Longman and Nelson. Stationers' Hall dates from before the Great Fire and once controlled Britain’s printing.
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London
St. Thomas Times-Journal
England
St. Paul's Cathedral
Ludgate Hill
Blackwood
Longman
Nelson O' Paternoster Row
Amen Corner
Canon Alley
Panger Alley
Stationers’ Hall
Stationers’ Company
Britain
Oil Found While Drilling For Hotel Water Supply
Ottawa February 13 Workmen drilling for water for a new hotel air conditioning system pierced two limestone strata at the 1060 foot level and struck oil Small pockets of oil are sometimes found when drilling through sandstone to limestone.
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OTTAWA
Evacuating Americans From Japan
U S embassies and consulates issued circulars urging immediate departure of American women, children, and non-essential men from China, Indo-China, and the Japanese empire for safety and national security. Stock markets dropped as dollar exchange fell slightly amid renewed evacuation advice and use of existing shipping facilities.
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United States
China
Indo-China
Japanese empire
United States state department
Canuck Soldier Sentenced to Death for O C Murder
London February 13 A jury convicted Cpl C Forbes McCallum of Verdun Quebec of murder in the fatal shooting of Morris Schulman a bartender in his public house on December 20 The jury added a mercy recommendation which the judge said would be forwarded to the home secretary for action
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Cable
Cpl. C. Forbes McCallum
Verdun
Que
Justice Wrottesley
home secretary
Morris Schulman
Drifter Downs Nazi Bomber
London Feb 13 The Admiralty announced that yesterday afternoon a Junkers 88 bomber was engaged and promptly destroyed by HM drifter Eager Temporary Skipper L J Downing RNR There were no survivors from the German aircraft One crew member of HM drifter Bager was wounded and his next of kin are being informed.
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drifter Eager
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World waits Germanys next move
Central Press map outlines potential German and Russian maneuvers as the war shifts. Arrow 1 hints a German attack on Bulgaria with possible Russian deal unseen. Arrow 2 shows Soviet freedom in mainland Europe and Moldavia. Arrow 3 marks Russian naval moves in the Black Sea. Arrow 4 indicates German land advances to aid Italy. Shaded zones show Nazi domination. London expects twin thrusts at Gibraltar and Suez to seal the Mediterranean.
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Russia
Bulgaria
Soviets
Black Sea
Italy
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Gibraltar
Suez
Mediterranean
Yugoslav Leaders Fly to Berlin to See Hitler
Yugoslavia’s premier Draga Cveto v ic and foreign minister Aleksa Cincar-Marcov ic left Belgrade for Germany on a special plane. They reportedly reached Munich where they were met by German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop and planned to proceed to Berchtesgaden to meet Hitler that night. The visit was described as by invitation from Hitler to discuss Yugoslavia’s position and future relations.
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Munich
Ribbentrop
Dragila Cvetkovic
Alesande Cincar-Markovic
Berchtesraden
Greece
Italy
Japan
Viktor von Heeren
Italians Search for Survivors in Genoa Bombardment Debris
Rome reports rescue workers continue to search the wreckage of Genoa after the British naval bombardment last Sunday. More than 400 buildings were demolished and many people were said to remain trapped in basements and air raid shelters as il Popolo Di Roma hopes for possible rescues.
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ROME
A.P
il Popolo Di Roma
Drive West Would Be Made With Full Acquiescence of Spain
An unnamed source asserts that any westward venture requires Spain's complete consent. The statement frames a political stance on territorial expansion emphasizing negotiation with Madrid. No additional context or dates accompany the claim.
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Spain
British fear German moves to seal Mediterranean ends
British observers forecast twin German thrusts at Gibraltar and the Suez canal within 30 days to isolate Libyan forces. Spain would permit German passage, while Turks would be drawn in against Greece and Bulgaria likely falls, enabling a route to Salonika via Rupel Pass and Seres Roads to cut communications to Athens.
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Mediterranean
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Athens
Praise For Churchill Praise For Churchill
Willkie calls Winston Churchill the greatest public figure in the world at a Lincoln birthday event in New York. He cites Churchill after touring England and Eire, hails Lincoln, Lee and Washington as heroes, and urges the GOP to seek a higher destiny beyond compromise amid wartime threats.
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Wendell L. Willkie
Winston Churchill
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Eire
ena
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Willkie
Lincoln
Waldorf-Astoria hotel
National Republican club
Robert B Lee
George Washington
United States
Republican party
Over 1 000 Axis Planes Shot Down in Africa War
Cairo reports British sources say more than 1,000 Axis planes have been shot down or destroyed in Africa since the war began. Included are 86 aircraft found abandoned at Benina Bengali air drome, rendered useless by British air attacks.
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Benina
Funny Money Not Fighting German War
Ottawa reports Germany uses heavy taxation and public borrowing to finance war while not expanding money creation as much as Canada. Bank of Canada Governor Graham Ford Towers notes Nazi financing differs from Canada’s approach in 1940 annual report. He adds that large scale money creation has occurred in past wars, mainly by the losers.
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Germany
Graham Ford Towers
Bank of Canada
Canada
Towers
Germans claim heavy blows against British convoy
London reports quote German high command claiming attacks west of Portugal sunk 13 armed enemy merchant ships. British convoy dispersed by submarines and long range planes. London says no details on the raid but notes merchant ships are unarmed beyond legal equipment.
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Atlantic
STRUCCK
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Titty
England
Canadians Prepare For Largest All-Canadian Invasion Drill
In England on February 13 twenty thousand troops of the Canadian Corps completed a two day anti invasion exercise. The exercise conducted across a broad area included day and night forced moves and bayonet point attacks on an imagined foe near the coast as public warnings about invasion grew.
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CP. Cable
Bulgaria seeks Turkey pledge not to fight in war
Bulgaria presses for Turkish pledge to refrain from fighting if Nazi troops enter Bulgaria. Informants say results unclear as diplomatic efforts continue. Transit of German troops delayed possibly due to weather and diplomacy. Anti aircraft guns blaze in London as raiders attack and RAF raids hit Rhodes. Former King Alfonso of Spain suffers heart attack. King Boris of Bulgaria may visit Hitler. Ottawa to name motor vehicles controller to shield war production.
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