Nazi Move Likely Invasion of Bulgaria Threatens Sofia
German staff officers in civilian clothes arrive at Sofia hotels as radical students protest German occupation. Road signs appear from the Romanian frontier inland while Nazi troop movements on the Danube border are awaited. The British Institute closes. anti-German agrarian leaders are rounded up. anti-aircraft guns are mounted atop Sofia’s National Bank.
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ROBERT ST. JOHN
Associated Press
SOFIA
Bulgaria
royal
Danubian
Rumania
British Institute
legation
National Bank
Bonspiel Results From 8 a.m. Draw Saturday
Curling results list eight a.m. matches with Herald Anderson defeating Martin 14 to 8 and Mair 14 to 6. Stewart beat Allen 11 to 6. Gas Company Bambrick 10, Haimes 7. McIntyre 13, Saunders 10. McConachie 13, Long 10.
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Herald Anderson
Martin
Mair
Rawson
Stewart
Allen
Gas Company Bambrick
Haimes
McIntyre
Saunders
McConachie
Long
Johann Hagenbeck Dies After War in Nazi Camp
Carl Hagenbeck’s son Johann Heinrich Hagenbeck, who advanced humane, barrier-free zoos and spacious enclosures, died behind bars in a Nazi internment camp. He spent 75 years capturing wild animals and then freeing them in naturalistic compounds, opposing oppression of animals and defending their freedom. This obituary notes the back-page continuation.
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Carl Hagenbeck
Hamburg
zoological
Johann Heinrich
Johann
Johann Heinrich Hagenbeck
Mediterranean Danger Area designated in central sea lanes
London February 22 The admiralty warned ships that two large triangular zones in the central Mediterranean between Italy and Africa are dangerous to shipping. Circles warned of mines bombs torpedoes and shells though not declaring a minefield. Area runs about 600 miles from the heel of the Italian coast to Benghazi, then to Tunisia and Sardinia.
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LONDON
C.P
admiralty
Mediterranean
Italy
Africa
Bengasi
Libyan
Tunisia
Sardinia
Italian unit flees into trackless desert after British advance
London Feb 22. A Reuters dispatch from the East African front says the entire 49th battalion of the Italian colonial infantry is believed dying of thirst after being driven from Armada, Italian Somaliland, by British forces 11 days earlier. The battalion fled south toward Gelib, 80 miles away, with a priest dying of thirst and a doctor returning to surrender to the British. Jumbo Falls Nairobi reports the port of Jumbo near Chisimaio at the mouth of the Juba river in Italian Somaliland has fallen to South African troops, officials said.
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LONDON
C.P
Kenya
Reuters
East African front
Armada
JUMBO FALLS
NAIROBI
C.P. Reuters
Jumbo
Chisimaio
Juba
Jap Grip Upon Indo China Now Tightening Up
Shanghai dispatch reports travelers from Saigon describe Japan's growing military and political control of French Indo China. They say Japan aims at the Netherlands East Indies using Saigon as a sea and air base, having undermined French authority and dictating internal external affairs. Japanese warships patrol the coast and bombers operate from Saigon, reducing the French to puppets.
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SHANGHAI
Saigon
Japan
Netherlands East Indies
Indo-China
Thailand
Ban On Dispatches Mentions Tokyo Peace Talks Abroad
News from Saigon reports an official ban issued on February 22 7 the transmission of dispatches abroad that mention the ongoing Tokyo peace negotiations between French Indo China and Siam.
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SAIGON
Tokyo
Thailand
Siam
RAF Pilots Save Pigs From Nazis Snack Ship
London report says Royal Air Force pilots rescued a carload of pigs from a German ship in France. The vessel, loaded with pigs, was sunk by RAF forces and the pigs washed ashore to the delight of local French families who later enjoyed pork for supper.
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LONDON
Royal Air Force
France
R.A.F
Jap Drive At Chungking Notion Faces Laos Lands
Vichy officials in France say France Indo China provinces Laos and Cambodia may be ceded to Thailand while Japan seeks to bolster forces aimed at Chungking rather than Singapore. Asahi quotes Japan's Matsuoka saying increases in Indo China forces target Chungking, skeptics warn of propaganda.
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VICHY
France
Japan
amnet
Laos
Cambodia
Thailand
Indo-China
CHUNGKING
TOKYO
Yosuke Matsuoka
Asahi
Singapore
Vie
Italians Retreat From Burye and Gondar Areas in Ethiopia
In the Lake Tana region the Italians retreat from the Burye and Gondar escarpments while guerrilla activity threatens reinforcements for Cheren. Young British officers and black troops advanced with explosives, sabotaging bridges and telegraph lines, as Haile Selassie forms a provisional war government after returning to lead the revolt.
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BURYE
GONDAR
ETHIOPIA
C.P.Reuters
Lake Tana
Addis Ababa
Cheren
Eritrea
tom
Haile Selassie
Picked Italian Troops Impeded by Greek Mountain Defences
On the northern Albanian front on February 22 Greek officers reported Italian forces, including a battalion from Fascist guards on the Swiss and French borders, suffered heavy losses in three nights of attacks to seize a snow covered peak. The effort failed to breach Greek mountain defences.
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Albania
Tri-Motored Planes Bomb Gibraltar
Two tri-motored planes dropped bombs on Gibraltar. Smoke rose above the Rock as British warships and land batteries opened fire. The extent of damage could not be ascertained.
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ALGECIRAS
Spain
A.P
Gibraltar
Australia to name full time rep to Singapore
London February 22 full time representative to Singapore expected to be named soon by Australia the British Broadcasting Corporation reported citing Sydney sources.
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LONDON
C.P
Singapore
Australia
British Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney
Ex King Alfonso Sees Deterioration. Family Called
In Rome the ailing former Spanish monarch Alfonso XIII lies near death after a new series of heart attacks. His wife Queen Victoria Eugenia and all four children rushed to his Rome hotel bedside as physicians and a priest attend. Prince Juan, Princess Christina, and siblings Jaime and Beatrice are present while Christina was summoned from Turin.
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ROME
Alfonso XIII
Spain
Victoria Eugenia
Alfonso
Don Juan
Jaime
Beatrice
Christina
Turin
Dies in Winnipeg Roy T. Wilson Canadian Pacific official
Roy T. Wilson aged 39 city passenger agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway died after a two month illness in Winnipeg He came from Calgary two years ago where he held a similar post He is survived by his widow Leola Black of Saskatoon a son and his mother Mrs C P Wilson of Saskatoon
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WINNIPEG
Roy T. Wilson
Canadian Pacific Railway
Calgary
Wilson
Leola Black
Saskatoon
C. P. Wilson
Bombing Raid Hits Wilhelmshaven and Emden Ports
London reports RAF night raid on German naval base Wilhelmshaven, Emden shipyards, and Brest in occupied France. The Wilhelmshaven attack is the 43rd since the war began. Ruhr targets also hit though visibility hindered damage assessment. Two British planes missing as clouds and haze hindered observations.
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LONDON
C.P
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Brest
France
Royal Air Force
Ruhr
air ministry
Bauhafen
ministry
Nazis Claim Sinking of Canadian Cruiser in Indian Ocean
Berlin reports the sinking of the British merchant ship Canadian Cruiser of 7,178 tons, out of Montreal. The German high command said the vessel flew United States colors to conceal its nationality, urging Washington to heed the claim. No British reaction yet.
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BERLIN
Indian Ocean
Montreal
U.S
United States
Washington
Greeks Drop Leaflets on Duce Troops
Greeks report dropping leaflets behind Italian lines in Albania detailing defeats in North and East Africa and promising humane treatment for surrendering soldiers. Several Italian troops reportedly waved the leaflets as a sign they wished to enter Greek lines.
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DUCE
ATHENS
Albania
East
Africa
Spread War Orders Aim Of Members
Munitions Minister Howe told the House of Commons that war orders have kept small machine shops busy while urging centralization of large industries in the provinces for speed and economy. He spoke as critics pressed for broader distribution of new industries east and west amid a sitting marked by sharp exchanges and debate over munitions and supply activities.
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C. R. BLACKBURN
OTTAWA
Howe
Dominion
House of Commons
J. F. Pouliot
Lib
Temiscouata
Defence
Ralston
Hanson
Battle Above Dover In Major Second Front clash
Dover reports a major aerial battle above the Strait of Dover as German bombers and fighters clash with Royal Air Force units. British formations target Boulogne Dunkerque and Ostend while German aircraft retreat toward French bases. Smoke screens offshore and vivid date back to Kent observers confirming a five mile high engagement.
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DOVER
Strait of Dover
England
Royal Air Force
France
Boulogne
Dunkerque
Ostend
Belgium
Kent
channel
Cap Gris Nez
Germany
The Story of Chiang Kai-shek Begins Monday
Monday marks the start of a new weekly series in the Lethbridge Herald detailing Chiang Kai-shek, China's leader. The inaugural installment promises an instructive and entertaining overview that readers should not miss.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Lethbridge
China
Alfonso's condition reported very grave in Rome
News bulletins record former King Alfonso of Spain in very grave condition at 7:55 p.m. with his former queen and their children at the bedside. Also reported are two German planes shot down near the Bristol channel and southeast coast, a doubled butter ration in London, and Italy’s prisoners landing at Cairo amid bombing attempts.
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ALFONSO
ROME
M.S.T
Spain
LONDON
C.P
Bristol channel
air ministry
D.Cc
food ministry
CAIRO
Bengasi
EDEN
EGYPT
British Broadcasting Corporation
Anthony Eden
Sirry Pasha
Farouk
BBC
SOUTH AFRICA
South African defence department
VEE WOOD
OTTAWA
CARDSTON
E. J. Wood
Mediterranean
Britain
Germany
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