Welsh Port Is Damaged By Explosives
CAIRO, Feb. 20. The British Middle East Command said its troops crossed the Juba river in Italian Somaliland driving toward Mogadishu. They reported repulsing Italian counterattacks and that RAF dive bombers aided the advance. In Dessie and Asmara heavy air assaults hit targets as German planes raided Benghazi.
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CAIRO
Middle East
Juba
BITTEPF
Royal Air Force
Eritrea
Italian Somaliland
Ethiopia
DESSIE
Addis Ababa
Asmara
Libya
Junkers
Bengali
Alberta forecast to extend treasury branches and insurance
Edmonton February 20. The throne speech in the opening of the ninth Alberta legislature foresees extending the treasury branch system in 1941 and expanding government activity in insurance. It vows no additional tax burden and strict economy while pressing for provincial boundary extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDMONTON
C.P
treasury branch
Alberta
J. C. Bowen
Levesque Family Plans Spitfire Gift to Air Marshal Bishop
The Levesque family network in Quebec and New England aims to raise funds to buy a Spitfire for Air Marshal Bishop V.C. Real Levesque, an engineer, leads the effort and says subscriptions already flow in. A Quebec City bank will handle funds as a committee forms to transfer money for construction start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Quebec
New England
W. A. Bishop
V.C
Levesque
Real Levesque
Quebec Roads Department
Quebec City
Air Marshal Bishop
mate
BBC Reports German Losses in British Isles Raids
The BBC broadcast says Germany has lost over 7,000 airmen and 3,301 planes in raids on the British Isles so far, excluding those shot down by the Royal Navy and merchant fleet. Britain has lost 851 planes, with 427 pilots saved, and German activity in early 1941 has slowed.
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B.B.C
Germany
British Isles
NEW YORK
A.P
British Broadcasting Corporation
Britain
National Broadcasting company
Alberta throne speech opens ninth legislature in Edmonton
Governor Bowen delivers the throne speech praising Earl of Athlone as governor general and welcoming Princess Alice to Alberta. The speech pays tribute to late Camrose MLA D. B. Mullen, noting his 32 years in Edmonton and three years as agriculture minister.
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EDMONTON
J. C. Bowen
Alberta
legislative assembly
Earl of Athlone
Canada
Princess Alice
MULLEN
Camrose
D. B. Mullen
Bailey says no Hitler peace in British aid vote
Senator Josiah Bailey voices firm stance against any peace with Hitler amid support for the British aid bill in the Senate. He argues that peace is uncertain and suggests London endures more quiet under German bombardment than Paris, asserting strong opposition to any Hitler peace.
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WASHINGTON
Josiah Bailey
Dem
North Carolina
United States
Senate
London
Paris
Aerial Search For Missing Airman Abandoned
Edmonton reports the aerial hunt for Pilot R. Walter Kiehlbauch of Chipman Alberta is abandoned after six observation planes spent four hours each scanning Pelican mountain area 150 miles north of the city. Heavy snow has buried the grounded aircraft and officials say diverging from the course remained a possibility. Two Australian trainees previously sighted the plane in a gully between Pelican Mountain trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDMONTON
7st fish company
R. Walter Kiehlbauch
Chipman
Alta
Pelican mountain
No. 2 air observers’ school
Kiehlbauch
W. R
Wop) May
O.B.E
observers’ school
Australia May Invite Willkie Visit
New York February reports say acting Australian prime minister A. W. Fadden will ask the war cabinet to consider inviting Wendell L. Willkie to visit the Commonwealth. The BBC quoted that Mr Fadden said nothing but good would come from such a visit.
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NEW YORK
Australia
A. W. Fadden
war cabinet
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth
British Broadcasting Corporation
Columbia Broadcasting System
Faddens
B.B.C
War Cabinet Demanded By Hon Hanson
In Ottawa the Conservative Leader KR B Hanson urged forming a war cabinet of the ablest administrators free of partisanship. Debate on the $1.3 billion war appropriation opened with Coldwell proposing a voluntary loan and government financial control, but his amendment was ruled out of order.
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FRANK FLAHERTY
OTTAWA
C.P
house of commons
KR. B. Hanson
Hanson
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F. house
Coldwell
Bombs Hit Swansea and London Hospital in Night Air Raid
London and Swansea endured a German air raid that killed about 19 and injured 52 at a municipal hospital in Swansea and destroyed part of a London hospital killing several patients and a nurse. Rescue crews searched the wreckage through the night as other sites suffered listed casualties. A children’s hospital in London was damaged with no casualties, while injuries and fatalities occurred in residential districts.
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LONDON
Swansea
Wales
London hospital
Tondon
War on Waste in Canadian Army Camps in Britain
In England the salvage unit of the Ordnance Corps collects old tins metal and paper from Canadian Corps camps for sale or reuse by manufacturers. The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps supports daily supply runs and salvage depots receive returning empty lorries for waste haulage.
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ENGLAND
Ordnance Corps
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Parliamentary push for a victory ministry in Canada
Ottawa reports Howard Green of Vancouver South urged a cross party “victory ministry” to unite Canada in war efforts. He warned partisan speeches erode public confidence, advocated changing parliamentary machinery, and noted looming war costs would depress living standards amid Allied tensions against dictatorial aims in 1941.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
Howard Green
Vancouver South
Mr. Green
Great Britain
Canada
Forestry unit aid in London air raid rescue squads
New Zealand Forestry unit personnel in England have joined special rescue squads after German air raids on London. They assist in recovery efforts and support emergency operations during the ongoing bombing campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
England
Bound for Britain Harvard President sails to Europe on defence mission
President of Harvard University sails from New York to Europe as part of a Roosevelt initiative. Dr. Conant leads a special mission to England to collect and expedite to Washington important recent scientific information for national defence.
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Harvard University
New York
Europe
Roosevelt
Conant
England
Washington
Grand Old Man Of Baptist Ministry Passes In Calgary
CALGARY Feb 20 Rev Colin Campbell McLaurin 87 long-time Baptist leader dies at his son C Campbell McLaurin home. A missionary author traveler and lecturer active nearly 70 years since coming to Western Canada in 1897 and settling in 1907 he was born 1854 in Clarence Ottawa Valley. He shepherded Ontario churches before Brandon Manitoba career and served as associate superintendent of the Baptist convention of Manitoba and the northwest.
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CALGARY
Colin Campbell McLaurin
of the Baptist
C. Campbell McLaurin
Clarence
Ottawa Valley
Colin
Woodstock College
Margaret Rosse
Denfield
McLaurin
Ontario
Brandon
Manitoba
Baptist convention of
the
northwest
Moose Jaw air school run by Royal Air Force
Ottawa reports the Moose Jaw air port and training school is operated by the Royal Air Force independent of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The UK government bears all liability for construction and maintenance. Total expenditure to date is 1,528,936 dollars. Construction and operations are directed by the Department of Transport and the Department of National Defence.
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OTTAWA
Moose Jaw
Royal Air Force
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
United Kingdom
house of commons
E. &E. Perley
Con
Qu'Appelle
department of transport
department of national defence
Alberta declares March 24 day of prayer for victory
Edmonton February 20 Premier Aberhart announced an order in council proclaiming March 24 as day of prayer for victory. The measure follows a similar observance recently held in Quebec.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Aberhart
Alberta
Quebec
Giant 20 ton bomber undergoes engine tests in New York
A 20 ton bomber, part of 26 ordered for the Royal Air Force, was tested at La Guardia Airport. Mechanics checked the four engines, but no RAF crew appeared to take the craft away, fueling belief it would soon fly to Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW YORK
Royal Airpane oTnce force
La Guardia
Britain
Royal Air Force
Claim Pact Obstacle To Nazi Advance
Istanbul dispatch reports Turkish papers say the Bulgarian Turkish non aggression accord blocks German moves through Bulgaria toward Greece. Vakit says Bulgaria pledges not to join the tripartite pact, complicating a possible German push into the Balkans. Tan warns against reading the declaration as English or German aims, deeming it a reassurance of Thrace preparations rather than a defeat for England.
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ISTANBUL
Bulgaria
Greece
Vakit
Germany
Romania
Tan
Balkans
England
Thrace
Eden and Dill arrive in Cairo amid war news
Foreign Secretary Eden and Gen Sir John Dill arrived in Cairo with the British press reporting RAF raids on important military objectives in Eritrea and Ethiopia. Romania reportedly orders nearly a million reservists to report for duty by March 15, as Vichy talks fail. German aircraft attack parts of England and South Wales under clear skies. Calgary rink takes a 14 9 curling win to lead the provincial final.
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EDEN
SIR JOHN DILL
CAIRO
Egypt
A.P
John Dill
imperial general staff
R.A.F
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Royal Air Force headquarters
ROMANIA
BELGRADE
Yugoslavia
Sofia
Rumania
Balkan
LAVAL
VICHY
France
Pierre Laval
Otto Abetz
Hitler
Paris
Abetz
ENGLAND
LONDON
C.P
South Wales
Wales
CALGARY
Howard Palmer
Billy Rose
Sedgewick
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Levesques
Health League of Canada
Emily Post
WILLKIE
Hon
C.C.F. AMENDMENT
Green
British Empire
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JAMES B. CONANT
Grand Old Man Of Baptist Ministry
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