Yugoslavia Regent Nears Axis Pact Signing After Talks
AGREB Yugoslavia March 3 A P Yugoslavia largest Balkans power on verge of signing axis partnership after conferences between Prince Paul regent and Viktor Von Heeren Nazi minister to Belgrade hours after Bulgaria joined the pact last Saturday Previous signers were Slovakia Hungary and Romania Von Heeren said he spoke last week with German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop about Yugoslav position in the Nazi plans for a new European order
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AGREB
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Prince Paul
Viktor Von Heeren
Belgrade
Bulgaria
Slovakia
Hungary
Romania
Von Heeren
Ribbentrop
Huge Convoy Protected By British Navy
Thousands of Canadian soldiers and airmen disembarked at a British port to join the defence of Britain. Units represented include anti aircraft, army service corps, labor, forestry and Commonwealth Air Training Plan graduates. Airmen from Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Poland also traveled with the convoy. The crossing record remains intact with no Canadian deaths from enemy action.
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LOUIS V. HUNTER
Britain
Canada
AMANY
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Australia
New Zealand
Poland
Royal Navy
Atlantic
Bulgaria Held Responsible For Balkans Peace Says Ulus
London dispatch reports Ulus the Turkish newspaper says peace in the Balkans rests with Bulgaria. Anglo Turkish friendship helped restore calm, but observers question whether Bulgaria will use influence with the axis to maintain that peace.
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LONDON
C.P
Ulus
Bulgaria
Balkans
British Broadcasting System
Goose follows cars at speed in Oregon refuge tale
Refuge Manager John C. Scharff says a Canada goose born in spring 1940 has a habit of chasing automobiles, sometimes reaching over 50 miles per hour. The bird flies three to four miles before stopping, once circling a car 314 miles later. A London Listener excerpt relays a village tale about a condolence visit.
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tional wildlife refuge
Oregon
John C. Scharff
Scharff
ionats
the
Malheur Na
British RAF strikes Berati Airdrome in Greece
British headquarters in Greece announced heavy RAF attacks on Berati airdrome. Hangars and buildings were hit, fires observed up to 50 miles away. Three Italian planes were believed damaged. no British losses. The total destroyed from Feb. 28 aerial combat rose to 27 after a damaged Italian craft was confirmed as crashed. Rescue efforts continued as of the Greek security ministry report.
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Greece
Royal Air Force
Berati
ministry of home security
German Commander Opens Headquarters In Bulgarian Capital
Belgrade, March 3. Field Marshal Sigmund List, commander in chief of Germanys Balkan armies, was reported to have installed headquarters in Sofia. Turkey and Greece were rushing border preparations as Nazi forces massed on Bulgarias frontiers. Turkey called naval reservists after precautions in the Dardanelles while Bulgaria mobilized near the Turkish frontier. British warplanes buzzed over Yugoslavia toward Romanian oil fields. A Bulgarian Fascist movement opened with the arrival of German forces.
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BELGRADE
Sigmund List
Germany
Balkan
Sofia
Turkey
Greece
Bulgaria
Dardanelles
Yugoslavia
Registrations for military service rise in London
London March 3 The ministry of labor reports 19 year olds registered on February 22 total 267,361 with 1,421 declaring themselves conscientious objectors.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
ministry of labor
Wing Parade Awards Wings To 35 No 7 Flight Students
More than 35 members of the first class at No 7 service flying training school in Acleod were presented with colored wings in the first wing parade. Wing Commander Arthur L. James, commanding officer of the Royal Canadian Air Force school, presided as hundreds watched inside a hangar due to weather.
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ACLEOD
No. 7
service flyin training school
Arthur L. James
Royal Canadian Air Force school
Macleod
R&.C.A.F
air force blue
Lethbidge Herald
Herald
A. L. James
James
R J. Majeau
Edmonton
Parliament Debate Defames Ottawa Citizen in House Spat
Ottawa March 3 A charge of false and malicious accusation of personal dishonesty was directed at the Ottawa Citizen by M J Coldwell acting C C F house leader in the commons. He accused the editor of twisting an editorial and defended MPs rights against libel, quoting Hanson and addressing personal privilege.
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OTTAWA
Ottawa Citizen
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F. house
house of commons
Coldwell
Citizen
Lapointe
Ieader
Hanson
Mr. Coldwell
Speaker
RAF Lashes Nazi Bases Along Coast
London reports British bombers attacked Brest and sank a 2000 ton vessel in an enemy supply convoy in the North Sea. The Hipper class cruiser berthed there was identified as the target of prior RAF strikes. Two bombers were lost in the Brest raid and List air base operations continued in the Kiel region.
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LONDON
Brest
North Sea
air ministry
Royal Air Force
List
Kiel
Germany
Netherlands islands
British Troops Reported Landing at Salonika Port
Vir ginio Gayda, the Fascist editor, claimed Britain was landing strong forces at Salonika to back Axis claims that German troops moved into Bulgaria to block a British advance. London sources gave no comment on the Italian report of Salonika landings.
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ROME
Virginio Gayda
Britain
Salonika
Bulgaria
LONDON
Italy
German Official To Visit Ankara Tomorrow
Unofficial reports say a high German official will travel to Ankara to confer with Turkish Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu. Rumors have linked Joachim von Ribbentrop with a visit to the Turkish capital.
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ISTANBUL
Associated Press
Ankara
Sukru Saracoglu
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Ribbentrop Holds Talk With Yugoslav Regent Prince Paul
Reuters reports from Belstrade that German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop was received this morning by Yugoslav regent Prince Paul at the regent’s estate near the Austrian frontier.
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LONDON
C.P
Reuters
Belstrade
Ribbentrop
Yugoslavia
Prince Paul
Yugoslav Leaders Meet Over Axis Pact Possibility
Premier Dragis Cvetkovic and Foreign Minister Alesander Cincar Markovic conferred with Prince Regent Paul after Cvetkovic returned from his province. Sources say talks focused on Yugoslav membership in the Axis, as Turkish staff in Ankara and troops move toward the Bulgarian frontier.
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BELGRADE
Yugoslavia
A.P
Dragis Cvetkovic
Alesander Cincar- Markovic
Paul
Independent Leader On Air Monday Evening
J. H. Walker MLA, a leader of the Independent group in the Alberta legislature, will broadcast on CFCN Monday at 6 pm to give a resume of the session. It is announced that an Independent member will follow at 6 15 pm each Monday during the house session.
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J. H. Walker
M.L.A
Alberta
CFCN
Winant Sees U.S. Aid Reaching Britain In Time
John Winant the new U S ambassador in Britain told reporters aid to Britain was rising daily and predicted Germany would be wrong to claim the aid would arrive too late He said he would meet Prime Minister Churchill this week and hoped to see other government members soon.
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LONDON
C.P
John Winant
United States
Britain
U.S
Churchill
Australian Leader Denies Japanese Labor Slur
Acting Prime Minister A. W. Fadden rebutted Japanese radio claims that thousands of Australians sent to Singapore were uneducated laborers. He said these so-called illiterate workers formed ANZAC units that fought in Flanders and now defend Latin culture and tradition in North Africa.
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SYDNEY
A. W. Fadden
Singapore
Fadden
Flanders
North
Africa
Hurricane strikes American Samoa in worst season in 20 years
March 3 report from Tutuila says a hurricane hit Samoa last night described by local sections as the worst in two decades. The storm damaged homes and disrupted services across the islands, with winds reported at severe levels and crews assessing the impact.
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SAMOA
TUTUILA
American Samoa
Britain to sever relations with Bulgaria over rising danger
London dispatches report that Britain plans to break diplomatic ties with Bulgaria as soon as the situation becomes dangerous or humiliating. George Rendel, the British minister in Sofia, has authority to sever relations at his discretion and may also request a passport if needed. Strategists keep air attacks and other moves secret as Allied preparations continue.
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LONDON
C.P
Bulgaria
George Rendel
Sofia
Turkish Navy Mines Dardanelles as Crisis Grips Nation
The Turkish navy has mined all but a narrow channel in the Dardanelles Straits, closing the waterway to most ships and requiring six hours advance notice and full identification for passage. German mediation efforts are reported as Britain rejects talks while Turkish forces move toward Bulgaria.
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DARDANELLES
ISTANBUL
Dardanelles Straits
Aegean Sea
Sea of Marmara
Russia Upset Over Bulgaria Action Early War News
Multiple brief dispatches report Soviet dissatisfaction with Bulgaria admitting German troops, U.S. protests over the arrest of Boris Yanoff and denial of entry for US minister, a blocked debate limit on the British aid bill, a British trawler sinking, a four engine German bomber crash on the Eire coast, Morgenthau hinting at a universal foreign asset freeze, Canadian sailors home on leave, and British bombers striking the French coast with night bombardment visuals.
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RUSSIA
BULGARIA
LONDON
C.P
Moscow radio
U.S
LEGATION
SOFIA
A.P
United States
Boris Yanoff
Chicago Daily News
George Earle
Yugoslavia
WASHINGTON
Bennett Champ Clark
Dem
Missouri
senate
admiralty
EIRE
DUBLIN
Rosslare
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Royal Canadian Navy
Boulogne
Dunkerque
channel
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