Turkey Faces Balkans War Spread Fears and Policy Plans
Istanbul dispatch reports Turkish newspapers warn against trusting German assurances as war in the Balkans seems inevitable. Foreign Minister Ismet Inonu’s outlined policy will be presented Monday in Ankara to the People's party. Premier Refik Saydam to address parliament Wednesday on Turkey’s reply to Hitler.
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ISTANBUL
Balkans
Sukru Saracoglu
People's party
Turkey
Ankara
national assembly
GERMANY
Refik Saydam
Butterflies Aid War Efforts At No. Kent Farm
Lepidopterist Mr L W Newman of Bexley Heath Kent reports his butterfly farm supplied hundreds of Tinca Pellio nella and Tineola Biselliella moths for a North of England laboratory. He notes a past shipment of 30,000 to 40,000 cabbage butterflies to a government research department. He attributes lower stock to import restrictions and coal shortages affecting glass-house heating, though the butterflies remain active.
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L. W. Newman
Bexleyheath
Kent
North of England
IL Hugh Newman
Newman
Nine Year Old Boy Weighs 290 After Eating Five Chickens
Glouchester report describes nine year old Joe Ran dazza who has gained 100 pounds in 14 months and now weighs 290. He reportedly woke hungry and ate five chickens intended for the family dinner, showcasing an extraordinary appetite.
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GLOUCHESTER
Mase
Joe Randazza
Joe
Independents Oppose Alberta War Finance Resolution
In Edmonton Alberta legislature the federal war savings campaign resolution passed 35 to 18 despite opposition by Independent members. They protested financing wording and the term reasonable cooperation, while Premier Aberhart supported the measure and an amendment removing disputed phrases failed.
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EDMONTON
C. P
Alberta
D. M. Duggan
Ind
Aberhart
Second Bomber Of Day Bagged
London March 7. The second Nazi bomber of the day a Heinkel VI attacking a British convoy in the North Sea was shot down in flames by the admiralty. Earlier a Dornier was shot down off the Norfolk coast.
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LONDON
C.P
North Sea
admiralty
Norfolk
Registration Cards Show Wartime Labor Pool Ontario Count
Information from Canada’s national registration reduced to statistics for selecting workers in essential wartime jobs. Premier Gardiner reported that about 8 million cards were surveyed, with 1.8 million set for 1250 reserved occupations. In Ontario, 1.3 million men were listed for these roles, of whom 446,496 were employed.
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Ontario
Gardiner
Polish Shrine Used by Gestapo in Poland
London reports from Vatican sources that the Gestapo has taken part of the Jasna Gra shrine in Czenstochowa as its headquarters. Clergy were humiliated, some shot, others imprisoned. Canon Bonaventura Metler, head astronomer at Jasna Gra observatory, is named among those killed.
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LONDON
C.P
Polish telegraphic agency
Vatican
Gestapo
Jasna Gra
Czenstochowa
Bonaventura Metler
Jasna Gra observatory
Wheat quotas raised for Alberta seed and other points
WINNIPEG March 7 The Canadian wheat board announced higher delivery quotas base on 15 bushels per acre at Iron Springs McNab Schuler Tempest and related south Alberta locations It also set a 20 bushels per acre quota at Coalhurst and Namaka for wheat delivery.
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WINNIPEG
Canadian wheat board
Alberta
Iron Springs
McNab
Schuler
Tempest
Coalhurst
Namaka
Detained in Prison London Under Regulation 18
Eiland Echim, former News Week Magazine correspondent and believed Canadian, was detained at Brixton prison today under defence regulation 18. The measure authorizes the home secretary to detain anyone deemed to have hostile origin or associations.
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LONDON
C P. Cable
Eiland Echim
News Week
Brixton prison
home secretary
Ontario Budget Preview Promises $3 Million Surplus
Premier Hepburn, before the Ontario legislature adjournment, announced a budget plan for the next fiscal year. He indicated a projected surplus of about 3 million dollars for the province.
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TORONTO
Hepburn
Ontario
War charities drive approved by government in wartime Ottawa
War Services Minister Gardiner told the house that five national charities backing a 5.5 million dollar drive have government approval and Red Cross may join future efforts. He said the March 24 campaign will be the year’s only drive, with 1942 drive plans to be decided later. Gardiner reviewed the public information bureau’s Ottawa role and its large supply of war photos to newspapers.
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OTTAWA
War Services
Gardiner
house of commons
war charities
Red Cross
Canadian Legion
Knights of Columbus
Salvation Army
YMCA
the
LODE
Canada
Gardi
ner
public information bureau
department of national war services
information bureau
ministry of information
Malta Raid Proves Costly To Axis Invasion Flight
Cairo dispatch reports heavy RAF raid on Malta with more than 100 Axis planes involved. Communiques say British fighters felled five German bombers two ME fighters and damaged or destroyed several more. Malta engagement left many enemy aircraft unable to return to base amid AA fire and ongoing combat.
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CAIRO
Egypt
Royal Air Force command
Malta
Rs. COMMUNIQLE
Royal Air Force Middle East command
Life In Prison For Criminal Assault In Alberta Court
Gordon Michael alias Metz 34 formerly of Pembroke pleaded guilty in Alberta supreme court to four counts of criminally assaulting the wife of a country school teacher. Life imprisonment was imposed along with concurrent sentences of 10 years for armed robbery and four years for theft. The offences stem from an October home robbery of Harry Somners and his wife in the East Bittern Lake area southeast of Edmonton.
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EDMONTON
March
Gordon Michael
Metz
Pembroke
Alberta supreme court
W. R. Howson
Michael
Harry Somners
East Bittern Lake
Dino Grandi Removed From Justice Post For War Service
Rome March 1 Count Dino Grandi former Italian ambassador in London departed for army service and was removed from his duties as minister of justice Mussolini replaced him under wartime provision for cabinet officers called to war The official Gazette announced the substitution reflects Italy aims at wartime leadership changes during the conflict.
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ROME
Dino Grandi
London
Mussolini
Grandi
Centenarian jokes about wives and getting companions
Cicero Indiana March 7 Richard Denny who turns 100 says he cannot recall if he has been married nine or thirteen times. His current wife is 86 and he quips that women are easy to get and that when lonely he just went out and found one.
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CICERO
Ind
Richard Denny
Denny
Nest of Axis Ships Seized in Somaliland Offensive
The British land and naval offensive at Chisimaio in Italian Somaliland uncovered a nest of Axis merchant ships. Five were seized, five scuttled, and one driven ashore as the admiralty announced. Details continued on page three.
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LONDON
C.P
Chisimaio
Italian Somaliland
admiralty
Yugoslav Regent Sees Hitler Monday
Neutral observers reported that German forces massed on the Greek and Turkish frontiers could strike from Bulgaria into eastern Macedonia and Thrace within 48 hours. Over 150000 Nazi troops with tanks and armored cars were in position for a swift attack as diplomatic observers watched Yugoslavia and Turkey for signs of their response.
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SOFIA
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Thrace
Yugoslavia
Turkey
Greece
Hitler
Yugoslav Opposition Parties Demand Firm Policy
In Belgrade three opposition political parties the Democratic Radical and Yugoslav Nationalist called for a firm policy against Axis demands. They met jointly and adopted resolutions urging a clear energetic attitude from the government.
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BELGRADE
Yugoslavia
Germans Mass Across Greek Border See Aegean Waters
From heights south of Zlato grad German forces mass along the frontier and overlook the Aegean. The scene foreshadows their seize on Salonika as the campaign expands.
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AEGEAN
Zlatograd
Salonika
Dainty Destroyer Sunk In British Losses At Sea
The British admiralty announced the destroyer Dainty has been sunk, the 39th loss in the fleet. Cmdr. M. S. Thomas led the vessel. Casualties acknowledged with next of kin informed, details withheld. Italian Somaliland losses reach 21,000 in three weeks of fighting. U.S. Senate rejects further amendments to restrict aid bill. Jockey Wendell Eads sustains serious injuries in Miami spill. F H Brown named associate director general of munitions production in Ottawa. British blockade blocks 300 tons of oatmeal shipments to unoccupied France. appeal to lift ban made by France.
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BRITAIN
LONDON
admiralty
Dainty
Cmdr
M. S. Thomas
D.S.C
SOMALILAND
CAIRO
Egypt
U.S. SENATE
WASHINGTON
senate
United States
FLORIDA
MIAMI
Fla
A.P
Wendell Eads
Tropical Park
OTTAWA
F. H. Brown
Toronto
department of munitions and supply
Howe
G.B
Red Cross
France
Gaston Henry Haye
Cordell Hull
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Aimee Semple MacPherson
FIS
Cranbrook Courier
FRANK FLAHERTY
OTTAW
J. G. Gardiner
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Royal Canadian Air Force
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