Yugoslavia Plays For Terms With Germany Amid Balkan Pressure
Yugoslavia seeks favorable terms with Germany to avoid conflict as Berlin presses for a safe passage route to northern Greece. The Bal kan state faces Bulgaria’s acquiescence and Turkey’s uncertain stance while Turkish pleas for unity against Germany are reportedly ignored. Premier Cvetkovic and Foreign Minister arrived from Germany after a three hour Hitler meeting to brief Regent Belgrade.
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GUY RHOADES
Weiler
Germany
Yugoslavia
Greece
Balkan
Bulgaria
BELGRADE
Beetle and mite infestation threatens Western Canadian wheat
Grain stored in elevators across the prairie provinces faces damage from three beetle species and grain mites. An undetermined portion of over 425 million bushels in western Canada may suffer, with 255 million stored in elevators and more than 175 million awaiting delivery from farms. The mite poses the greatest challenge across farmer bins and storages.
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Canada
prairie provinces
Left Rand continuation on page nineteen reach
A brief continuation note indicates the Left Rand story moves to page nineteen. The archival item signals ongoing coverage and directs readers to the later section for further details.
Farm Women Fear Chutes Reused For Undergarments
Colorado farm women fear parachute silk from 44 chutes sent with balloons to carry shortwave radios for 50000 feet weather reporting has been repurposed into underwear. Only nine chutes have been returned since January 1.
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DENVER
Colorado
airport
cie
Rumanians Plan Open Free Organization in Britain
London February 15. A free Rumanian movement, long operating under cover since November for diplomatic reasons, is now moving into the open. It claims allegiance of about 4,000 compatriots in Britain and 350,000 in the United States and Canada. Virel Tilea, former Romanian minister in London, and other nationals deprived of citizenship and charged with high treason, is said to be organizing the movement from London.
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LONDON
Britain
United States
Canada
Virel Tilea
Bevin to Address Canadians on War Savings Campaign
Rt Hon Ernest Bevin British minister of labour and national service will broadcast on the war savings campaign to Canadians at 2 pm ECT Sunday. The CBC national network will carry the speech with a 4 15 pm PST rebroadcast in British Columbia. Lord Beaverbrook will follow Feb 23 and L W Brockington will give a 15 minute wartime commentary.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Ernest Bevin
labor and national Service
war savings campaign
E.C.T
S.T
war finance publicity committee
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
British Columbia
PST
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
L. W. Brockington
K.C
Mackenzie King
Mr. Bevin
Britons Leave From Bucharest
Britain dispatches a special 10 car diplomatic train from Bucharest carrying 146 Britons and Allied diplomats to Constanta where they board the Turkish steamer Izmir for Istanbul.
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BUCHAREST
Constanta
Izmir
Istanbul
Feast of Death Fatal To 200 Japanese Cavalrymen
Hong Kong reports that 200 Japanese cavalrymen died in a Chinese village during a recent sweep. As villagers laid out a street feast, the Japanese sat to eat, believing they were welcomed. suddenly Chinese forces fired from all sides, killing all 200.
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HONG KONG
Henan
Central
U S to Close Consulates in Naples and Palermo
Reports from Rome say the United States plans to shutter its Naples and Palermo consulates at Italy's request. The move follows Italy's expulsion of foreigners from designated war zones and travel bans affecting diplomats and journalists.
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ROME
United States
Naples
Palermo
Sicily
Italy
Italian High Command Says Cheren Pressure Eases
Rome reports British pressure on Italian forces at Cheren in Eritrea has lessened. Fighting continues in the Chisimaio area of southern Italian Somaliland. claimed a British Cairo class cruiser was bombed off Chisimai. A second cruiser appeared at Mogadiscio but allegedly fled after air attack.
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ROME
high command
Cheren
Eritrea
Chisimaio
lower Guba
Italian Somaliland
Chisimai
Mogadis
Port and Military Center in Italian Somaliland Captured
AIROBI Kenya Feb 15 The South African Air Force reports heavy bombing of Bardera Italian Somaliland on the Juba river about 190 miles north of Chisimaio a 2218 air port A concentration of natives was bombed north of Lake Rudolf in Ethiopia In Egypt the British command announces the capture of the important port and military centre of Chisimaio in Italian Somaliland with South Africans marching from Kenya taking many prisoners and military equipment.
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AIROBI
Kenya
South African Air Force
Bardera
Qmo river
Lake Rudolf
Ethiopia
CAIRO
Egypt
Chisimaio
Italian Somaliland
German objectives battered by RAF raids on Ruhr ports
Oil installations at Gelsenkirchen and the Duisburg Ruhrort inland port were hit in RAF raids on western Germany overnight. British bombers targeted other objectives in German and occupied territory, with observers noting heavy anti aircraft fire along the coast as the attack proceeded.
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LONDON
Gelsenkirchen
Duisburg-Ruhrort
Germany
English
channel
Nad
Pincher Creek Native Returns to London War Coverage
M H Halton, longtime native son of Pincher Creek and eight year foreign correspondent for the Toronto Daily Star, has returned to London to cover the Battle of Britain for his paper.
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M H Halton
Pincher Creek
Toronto Daily Star
London
Battle of Britain
Passport Returned to U S Minister in Sofia
Political police returned to United States Minister George Earle today Col William Donovan's last diplomatic passport. The passport, money and letters all were included in a pocketbook found wrapped in an old newspaper and brought to the lost property office.
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SOFIA
Bucharest
United States
George Earle
William Donovan
Earle said
Commander Corvette Lethbridge May Come to Lethbridge
The commander of H.M.C. corvette Lethbridge may visit Lethbridge to accept a silver tea and coffee service and other gifts from citizens and organizations for the crew. The ship will be launched in spring after eastern Canadian waterways ice clears, with a possible public function in the city to showcase naval services.
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H.M.C
Lethbridge
Canada
Hepburn Dismisses Sirois Report as Wartime Wrinkle
Ontario premier Mitchell Hepburn denounces the Sirois report as childish and says it concerns a bond issue, not wartime policy. He praises Premier Aberhart of Alberta as a standout and questions why Ottawa did not fix western financial troubles earlier, pointing to Ontario's handling of defaulting municipalities.
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LONDON
Ontario
Six Groups To Launch Joint War Services Appeal
Ottawa reports authorisation for six organizations to begin a joint March 24 fundraising campaign to support auxiliary services for the Canadian armed forces and home services. Budgets total 5 178 165 dollars for five groups with Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire joining the effort. The Canadian Legion Knights of Columbus Salvation Army YMCA and YWCA are among the funded bodies.
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OTTAWA
Canadian armed forces
J . Gardiner
national war services
Gardiner
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire
Canadian Legion
Knights of Columbus
Salvation Army
YMCA
YWCA
united campaign
national war charities funds advisory board
C L Burton
Toronto
Canadas
Beach schooling in suits shocks St Petersburg readers
In St Petersburg Florida a local school holds classes on the beach with pupils and teachers dressed in bathing suits, a sight described as a curious harbor lore by CP dispatch.
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ST PETERSBURG
Stars and Stripes Fly Over Newfoundland
The United States flag was hoisted at Argentia on a defence base site leased to US troops, marking the first time the Stars and Stripes flew over Newfoundland. The American garrison recently arrived, and local observers watched the ceremony with official ceremony.
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ST JOHN'S
Nild
Stars and Stripes
Newfoundland
United States
Argentia
Britain
Power Needs For War Push Ganal
Agreement on the St. Lawrence deep waterways scheme nears completion with Canada and the United States moving to start construction for defence power needs. The $500 million plan targets Niagara Falls and the international rapids to generate electricity, with Roosevelt aiming to present the treaty to Congress after lend-lease matters.
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J. F. SANDERSON
WASHINGTON
United States
St. Lawrence deep
Niagara Falls
international rapids
St. Lawrence river
Canada
Congress
Roosevelt
British parachute troops drop in southern Italy
British parachute forces ordered to demolish port facilities have been dropped in southern Italy on Feb 10 11. Freight lines serving Brindisi Bari Taranto Foggia Lecce and Naples faced suspensions due to transport disruption. Some troops did not return to base and may be at large, with Blackshirts involved in operations southeast of Naples.
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ROME
Italy
Naples
Brindisi
Bari
Taranto
Foggia
Lecce
LONDON
C.P
ministry of information
Thirty Children Drown In Belgian Canal Tragedy
Thirty school children drowned in Hasselt when a raft ferrying them across the Albert canal overturned. One report says a wave frightened the riders causing a panic and a crowding to one side.
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BRUSSELS
Berlin
Albert canal
Hasselt
Grave condition of former Spanish king reported
The condition of former King Alfonso of Spain was grave after a heart attack this morning, marking a second attack in three days. The bulletin notes a serious turn in his health and places the event in Rome with the date February 5. The report is fielded as a concise wire bulletin with grave tone.
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ROME
Alfonso
Spain
LONDON
C.P
England
Scotland
Dover strait
TURKEY
CONSTANTA
Romania
Norway
Belgium
Luxembourg
Black Sea
Istanbul
British Broadcasting Corporation
Abyssinia
Reuter
Ethiopia
EDMONTON
Alberta
Social Credit
J. H. Walker
Warner
Dominion
DUNKERQUE
BOULOGNE
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indi
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Indian Ocean
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M. H. HALTON
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1.C.C.E
NFLD
Ganal
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