Weather delays maving at domies wvu ui
Thick weather over the Newfoundland region delays air salvage of the Banting crash victims. If skies clear, ski planes will fly 50 miles to Musgrave Harbor to recover the bodies and survivor Capt Joseph Mackey, to Canada. Military aircraft await to transport the group home amid an inquest notice from Grand Falls.
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BOB DALDORPH
NEWFOUNDLAND
Mld
C.P
Sir Frederick Banting
Canada
Musgrave Harbor
thi s
Royal Canadian Air Force
Joseph Mackey
Sir Frederick
Wiliam Bird
William Snaitham
Grand Falls
Britain
Mackey
Kastelorizo Occupied by British Forces During War
British forces announced the occupation of Kastelorizo, the small Italian island off Turkey, describing it as a Greek-populated islet with a seaplane base. The capture reflects Allied advances in the Eastern Mediterranean and the broader war effort in Africa and the Horn of Africa.
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Somaliland
ONDON
C.P
Kastelorizo
Mediterranean
Tuesann
admiralty
war office
Turkey
Rhodes
canese
Dodecanese
Megiste
MOGADISCIO F
Mogadiscio
Juba
Gold Coast
Water Conservation Boost in House of Commons
In Ottawa on Tuesday Alberta MPs urged stronger water conservation in Southern Alberta to safeguard sugar beet supplies. John H. Blackmore pressed for action on border streams and a St Mary river dam this spring, calling it a war measure while Prime Minister Mackenzie King said cabinet committees are studying it for a possible announcement.
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OTTAWA
Alberta
house of commons
Manley Edwards
Calgary West
John H. Blackmore
Lethbridge
FP. W. Gershaw
Medicine Hat
Blackmore
New Democracy
Canada
Mackenzie King
St Mary
War unity and taxation in Britain noted by a trade union leader
SR Walter Citrine, president of the International Federation of Trade Unions and BCTU secretary, spoke at the AFL convention. He praised national unity in Britain amid wartime effort, urged assigning burdens to broad shoulders, and described heavy progressive taxation on top earners, noting around 10,000 Britons earning $50,000+ yearly and $900 million in annual income taxed.
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WALTER CITRINE
International Federation of Trade Unions
British Trade Union Congress
American Federation of Labor
Columbia Broadcasting company
Walter
Great Britain
Germans Claim Three British Cargo Ships Fired
Berlin reports German propaganda claims that bombers set afire three British cargo ships totaling 21,000 tons northwest of Ireland early today. Observed sinking cited by German fliers. no British confirmation available.
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BERLIN
Ireland
Nazis Take Over North Holland Under Military Rule
German authorities imposed a military administration on North Holland due to strikes and riots in Amsterdam. Public and private work was to resume by Thursday, with marching and gatherings banned. Political parties were banned in the province, and harsh penalties threatened for violations.
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AMSTERDAM
Berlin
North Holland
Hague
Fredrich Christensen
Netherlands
Banting believed to have bail out of crashing plane
Montreal Feb 26 Informed sources say Sir Frederick Banting likely leaped from a crippled military plane over Newfoundland as his parachute was found open near the wreck. Four aboard used chutes with Bird and Snailham found dead among the wreckage and Captain Mackey surviving the crash.
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MONTREAL
Frederick Banting
Newfoundland
Sir Frederick
William Bird
William Snaitham
Joseph Mackey
Bird
Snailham
Britain
Howe targets Financial Post as war production critic
Ottawa reports quote Munitions Minister Howe accusing the Financial Post of saboteur activity amid war production concerns. He cites alleged paid newspaper influence and untrue statements damaging Bren gun output, while outlining Canada’s aircraft and munitions production plans and new leadership joining the department.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
Financial Post
Howe
house of commons
Produc
commons
H. R. MacMillan
war requirements board
Royal Canadian Air Force
Harry Carmichael
General Motors of Canada
Joseph Piggott
Demands Removal Of Discrimination Against Farmers
Alberta minister of agriculture D Bruce MacMillan told the legislature 1940 farm production valued at 2062600 000 up over 1939 and the highest since 1929 He urged removal of unfair discrimination against farmers by the federal government as debate continued.
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EDMONTON
C.P
D. Bruce MacMillan
Alberta
MacMil
lan
D. B. Mullen
MacMillan
Eden arrives in Ankara as talks open on Balkans crisis
Britain's Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, greeted by a cheering crowd, meets US ambassador Mac Murray and Greek minister after arriving in Ankara. General Sir John Dill also visits Turkish military leaders as Eden's three day stay starts to shape British Turkish plans amid Balkan tensions.
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ANKARA
Turkey
Britain
Anthony Eden
J. W. A. MacMurray
United States
Eden
Ismet Inonu
DILL
John G. Dil
Imperial General Staff
ore
Cairo
Balkans
Sukru Saracoglu
Three Men Killed in Gravel Pit Cave-In at Peg
WINNIPEG Feb 26 Three men were killed instantly at the provincial gravel pit in East Transcona by a cave-in of frozen top soil and gravel. A fourth man suffered injuries. Dead are Joe Faryon 25 Garson Manitoba Bill Postuk 38 Winnipeg and W Weitzel Winnipeg. Mike Fumka of Winnipeg escaped serious injury when tons of frozen soil fell onto them. The slide followed a jump from a truck load of gravel triggering a vibration that caused the weakened top to give way. Bodies removed within 15 minutes, no life signs.
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WINNIPEG
East
Transcona
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Joe Faryon
Garson
Bill Postuk
W. Weitzel
Mike Fumka
Faryone
Ship's Apprentice Proves Self Hero And Is Rewarded
London reports John Lewis Jones an apprentice aboard the San Demetrio awarded the Order of the British Empire for meritorious service after the ship was attacked by a German raider. He helped navigate the fire damaged vessel following H.M.S. Jervis Bay’s sacrifice to save the convoy last November.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
London Gazette
John Lewis Jones
Order of the British Empire
Jones
San Demetrio
H.M.S. Jervis Bay
Indiana-born widow of pioneer customs collector dies in Nelson
Mrs Margaret Lillian Johnstone, a native of Indiana and resident of Nelson for 46 years, died Tuesday. She was the widow of George Johnstone, a pioneer customs collector here. A daughter, Mrs Drury B. Darley of Medicine Hat, Alberta, survives.
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NELSON
B.C
Margaret Lillian Johnstone
Indiana
George Johnstone
Drury B. Darley
Medicine Hat
Alla
Canuck Soldier Faces Execution For D.C. Murder
London reports Corporal C Forbes McCallum of Verdun Quebec convicted of murdering Morris Schulman a Washington bartender. Execution set for Pentonville Prison on March 5 with a strong jury mercy recommendation and a Home Secretary reprieve petition contemplated.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
C. Forbes McCallum
Verdun
Que
Morris Schulman
Pentonville Prison
home secretary
RAF Bombers Hit Calais Docks In Busy 1941 Channel Raid
London February 26. Royal Air Force bombers and fighters attacked Calais docks in Nazi occupied France as planes swept over the Channel and northern France. Fliers reported hits on the quayside and jetty at Calais tidal harbor, with few Nazi planes encountered amid heavy anti aircraft fire. One RAF plane is missing.
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LONDON
C.P
Royal Air Force
Calais
France
air ministry
channel
Ruhr
Victims Found After Royal Canadian Air Force Plane Crash
Searchers near Oak Lake Manitoba found the wreckage of a Royal Canadian Air Force plane and the four crew members who died in the crash on the ice of a lake. The crew: Pilot Sgt J G Butcher Carman Manitoba observer Sgt W H Treft Lucknow Ontario observer Sgt H A Howarth London Ontario radio operator LAC L R Lancaster Rodney Ontario. The No 1 air navigation school at Rivers Man trained the crew for a routine navigation flight. Hampered by snow, the search began after a farmer heard a crash and a party led by Earl Williams of Oak Lake pursued the missing aircraft through the night. Officers from Rivers arrived to assist.
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OAK LAKE
Man
C.P
Royal Canadian Air Force
Winnipeg
Earl Williams
Oak Lake district
Williams
J. G. Butcher
Carman
W. H. Treft
Lucknow
Ont
H. A. Howarth
London
LAC. L. R. Lancaster
Rodney
No. 1 air navigation school
Rivers
R.C.A.F
Britain In Burma Malaya If Needed
Chungking February 26 Gen Ho Ying Chin Chinese war minister said Chinese troops would aid Great Britain in Burma or Malaya against Japan if requested. He noted crack units are in Yunnan ready for action should Britain seek cooperation, and troops are prepared if Japan attacks Malaya along the road to Singapore.
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CHUNGKING
Ho Ying-Chin
Great Britain
Burma
Malaya
Japan
China
Yunnan
Britain
Singapore
Planes Clash Over Kentish Village in Bombing Fate
In a Kentish village Hurricanes and Messerschmitts fought a dogfight as two German raiders triggered London air raid warnings. Bombs caused minor damage and two airmen who bailed out were carried inland by a strong breeze.
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LONDON
Messerschmitt
CRIPPS
ANKARA
EDEN ANKARA
A.P
Stafford Cripps
Russia
Turkey
Eden
ALFONSO
ROME
Spain
SOUTH
EDMONTON
C.P
Alberta
G. Spence
Regina
Prairie Farm Assistance Administration
P. M. Lauder
Alberta water resources
FRANCE
BERLIN
D.N.B
Lothar Von Arnauld De La Periere
CALGARY
Canada
F. W. M. Harvey
V.C. M.C
Military District 13
Ottawa
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O.C
IDDIS BABA
DOMIES
WVU
G.B
Mogadiscie
East African
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IL DUCE
BOWE
Sete
MAGDALA
HARAR
AILOPIA MAGALO
MAO Fey
ADEN
DJIBOUTI
LOKreE DAWA
DAMOTO
UALUAL
NAIROBI
GALADI
Gut
South Alberta
St. Mary
LEML
EWSPAPER RALHAY
Holland
Banting
U.S
Peg
D.C
R.ALF
Ruher
WAVES RAF
RCAF
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