Admiralty Urges More Ships and Men for Atlantic Battle
A. V. Alexander told the House of Commons the Royal Navy has more ships at sea than since the war began but still needs many more vessels, men and stores to fight the Atlantic. He praised Canadian destroyers and noted ships entering service in 1941 would bolster a formidable force.
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C.P. Cable
A. V. Alexander
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house of commons
Royal Navy
Alexander
HOUSE
Atlantic
Mr. Alexander
Balkan Kingdom Charged Nazis Admit With Aiding Nazis For Attack Against Greece
Britain cuts diplomatic ties with Bulgaria accusing it of aiding Nazi Germany in plans against Greece. The note cites German troops on Bulgarian soil and Bulgaria's government subservience, warning of potential RAF bombings and asserting Greece as an ally not to be threatened. The Bulgarian premier Bogdan Philoff is cited after returning from Vienna.
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Greece
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Bulgaria
Great Britain
Germany
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Bogdan Philoff
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Vienna
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the
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April brings YMCA summer games to Canada troops
Captain E. D. Otter overseas orders in Canada outline a large YMCA summer sports program. Delivery by April includes 144 basketballs 864 volleyballs 14 400 softballs 3 600 softball bats 432 masks 72 rugby balls 200 sets of standard horseshoes. War Service Committee purchases will be distributed to Canadian units overseas.
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Y.M.C.A
Canada
E. D. Otter
Otter
Y.M.C.A War Services Committee
War Service
Nazis Remove Dutch Mayor of Amsterdam
Berlin reports Arthur Seyss Inquart the German commissioner for the Netherlands has removed Amsterdam’s mayor as part of reorganizing the city government after a wave of strikes and disorder. Special commissioners were named for Zaandam and Hilversum.
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Amsterdam
BERLIN
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Netherlands
DN.B
Zandaam
Hilversum
Main Debate Lend Lease Bill Ends in Senate Clash
Washington March 5 Senate session opens with Senator Tobey charging the administration Brit ish aid bill risks war and makes Roosevelt a war lord of Europe. Leaders prepare amendments as the Foreign Relations Committee moves toward major proposals including Ellender’s proviso against further aid.
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WASHINGTON
Charles Tobey
Rep
New Hampshire
United States administration
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Europe
senate
Wallace White
Maine
senate foreign relations committee
Allan Ellender
Louisiana
Jackie Coogan Enlists in Army to Become Flier
Hollywood March 5 Jackie Coogan 26 former child star begins Army service seeking to train as a flyer. The news notes a new chapter in his life as he enters military life.
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COOGAN
ARMY HOLLYWOOD
Jackie Coogan
Deposit dispute over 1937 recall petition in Alberta
John Broomfield says he will ask the Alberta government if it will repay the $200 deposit placed with the clerk of the executive council by recall petitioners in 1937 for the Okotoks High River district. The recall act was repealed and the petition collapsed, but petitioners claimed the deposit was not repaid.
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C.P
John Broomfield
Okotoki lligh River
Alberta
executive council
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Okotoks-High River
Okotoks- High River
Questions on fir log exports from British Columbia
Ottawa March 5. Questions by Tom Reid of New Westminster questioned prohibition of fir log exports from British Columbia. Debate centered on exports to Japan as the key issue in the house of commons proceedings.
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OTTAWA
Tom Reid
Lib
New Westminster
British Columbia
house of commons
Japan
Germans Pacify Poles In Brutal Nazi Atrocities Display
A page nine photo feature from the Lethbridge Herald shows four pictures allegedly taken from a German airman's pocket depicting Nazi brutality in Poland. The piece accuses Himmler’s Gestapo of a terror campaign, claims 25,000 Poles were executed in four months, and notes posters warning Poles of punishment for resisting, while Nazi retaliation is described as indiscriminate and systemic.
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England
Germany
Himmler
Gestapo
Romania Faces Russian Demand For Black Sea Bases
General Ion Antonescu hurried to Vienna to confer with Reichsmarshal Goering after reports that Soviet Russia demanded Romania immediately cede Black Sea naval bases. Dispatches from Bucharest said the ultimatum carried a brief reply deadline.
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Bucharest
Canada proscribes Bulgaria Hungary and Romania as war risks
Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the house of commons Ottawa that Bulgaria and Hungary are proscribed territories and Romania was similarly treated after Britain cut relations. Trade with the enemy is now regulated for Canadians with residents of these nations to prevent advantage to the Axis. Great Britain severed ties with Bulgaria. Romania relations were broken earlier. Bulgarian and Hungarian residents in Canada are to be treated as loyal if they obey Canadian authority. Rumanian consulate general in Montreal closed following the breach with Britain.
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Hungary
Balkan
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Romania
Great Britain
Rumania
Canada
Montereal
Winnipeg
Montreal
Canucks At Salonika Are Almost Complete Division
Rome report cites Fascist editor Vir ginio Gayda saying two days after a Greek denial that British troops landed at Salonika Greece, the British are moving an almost complete Canadian division there with detachments, in WW Giornale Italia.
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ROME
Virginio Gayda
Salonika
Greece
Giornale
Italia
Gayda
Rumanians Approve Antonescu Government by Wide Margin
In Bucharest on March 5, official results show 98.88 percent of voters backed Premier Ion Antonescu in a plebiscite held over three days. Support totaled 2,490,944 with 2,816 casting against the government.
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BUCHAREST
Rumania
Ion Antonescu
Antonescu
Probe Of War Expenditures Is Demanded
KING SUGGESTS "IN CAMERA" MEETINGS Hanson calls for public inquiry into war expenditures as Mackenzie King backs a special commons committee. The debate continues with questions of secret sessions and meeting rules, following King’s remarks on potential in camera handling.
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British raid on Lofoten Islands reported by admiralty
British naval forces raided German interests in the Lofoten Islands off Norway. The admiralty said details would follow as learned. Berlin claimed prisoners were taken during the raid and reported German and Norwegian fishermen among those seized. The Nazis also noted troop movements into Bulgaria and Mediterranean air activity.
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C.P
Lofoten Islands
Norway
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Narvik fjords
Berlin
high command
Bulgaria
Mediterranean
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D.N.B
Parliament Debates War Expenditure Committee and Defence Regulations
The Canadian House will continue debate on creating a committee to investigate war expenditures. Yesterday the house formed a Defence of Canada Regulations committee and debated a war expenditures panel while Mrs. Nielsen attacked the defence regulations. Prime Minister Mackenzie King condemned a Montreal Gazette editorial as libellous and accused a Toronto Globe and Mail piece of containing falsehoods. The Senate met for the first time since December and may adjourn for two weeks.
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senate
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Eighteen Hollanders condemned to death by Germans
Eighteen Hollanders were condemned to death by a German court martial after a week long espionage and sabotage trial. Nineteen others were sentenced to prison terms ranging from seven to eleven years. Six were freed.
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Mark Senn
Haldimand
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