Geo Rendel And His Staff In Istanbul
Associated Press reports a heavy explosion at the Pera Palace hotel in Istanbul as George W. Rendel and his legation staff had set up there. Wounded and dying cried out as police and firemen entered the burning hotel. Rendel, ex British minister to Bulgaria, arrived with 67 Britons who fled Sofia after Britain cut diplomatic ties with German occupied Bulgaria.
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STANBUL
Pera Palace
George W. Rendel
Bulgaria
legation
Rendel
Sofia
Britain
Istanbul
Mesrutiyet Street
Regent Calls Meeting Of Crown Council To Decide Nation Stand
Regent Prince Paul summoned for tomorrow an executive meeting of the crown council to decide whether Yugoslavia would join the tripartite alliance. A majority of political and diplomatic observers expect the crown council to yield to Germany. Premier Cvetkovic and Foreign Minister Cincar-Markovic may travel to Berlin for a ceremonial signing if approved. The session will be at White Palace in Belgrade. Germany has demanded Yugoslavia sign the Axis pact, rejecting a non aggression offer.
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ELGRADE
Yugoslavia
A.P
Prince Paul
crown council
Germany
Dragisa Cvetkovic
Alesander Cincar-Markovic
White Palace
Dedinje
Belgrade
Slovakia
Hungary
Rumania
Bulgaria
Sir Stafford Cripps Talks To Vishinsky
In Moscow Sir Stafford Cripps British ambassador to Soviet Russia called on Vice Foreign Commissar Andre Vishinsky. British officials declined comment. Cripps had recently returned to Moscow from Turkey after meetings with Anthony Eden and General Sir John Dill and Turkish political and military leaders.
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MOSCOW
Stafford Cripps
Soviet
Russia
Andre Y. Vishinsky
Stafford
Turkey
Anthony Eden
John G. Dill
imperial general staff
Vesuvius Brightens Naples Screen Amid Air Raid Fears
The piece notes Italian cities darkened by night to shield from RAF bombers while Mount Vesuvius glows as a beacon over Naples. It recalls ancient eruptions, Pompeii and Herculaneum buried long ago, and the long volcanic history surrounding the city under Mussolini's orders. Dec BY COMMAND of Il Duce.
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Italian
Mussolini
Vesuvius
Naples
R.A.F
Washington, D.C
Monte Somma
B.C
Pompeii
Stabiae
Herculaneum
Il Duce
De Gaulle Areas Taboo For French Vichy Decree
A new decree declares any Frenchman entering De Gaulle controlled territory a citizen loses nationality. The action retroactive to December 1, 1940, references dissident zones in the Free French context under Vichy.
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De Gaulle
VICHY
France
Charles de Gaulle
Free French
Britain reports heavy merchant losses in week to March 2
The Admiralty says 29 vessels totaling 148 038 tons were sunk in the week ending March 2, including British, Allied and neutral ships. Germany and Italy claimed 432 590 tons sunk. A source calls it a bad week and notes spring blitz has begun, with expected higher losses ahead.
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Admiralty
LONDON
C.P
Hitler
Britain
Axis Planes Raid Malta Retaliatory Mediterranean Strike
Rome reports Italian and German aircraft attacked Malta landing at Valetta naval base and an air base where two large British seaplanes were damaged. Dispatch says a seaplane base was machine gunned with few further details. Italian communiques claim German planes set fires to enemy tanks and motor trucks in Cirenaica and that British Blenheims were shot down. British motor trucks in East Africa also hit by air action.
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ROME
Mediterranean
Malta
Valetta
Cirenaica
East Africa
Social Credit Function Question Sparks Alberta Debate
In Edmonton on March 11 C P dispatch reports J C Mahaffy Ind Cal gary quoted Provincial Treasurer Law claiming the Social Credit system cannot function in Alberta. Low denied the statement. The remark followed a floor crossing by Mahaffy and Percy McKelvey during a recess to congratulate Low on a throne speech debate address.
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EDMONTON
C. P
J. C. Mahaffy
Ind
Calgary
Alberta
Low
Mahaffy
Aberhart
Mr. Low
Percy McKelvey
Ponoka
Low Denies Statements Attributed by Mahaffy in Debate
In a tense debate Mr. Low denies making remarks attributed by Mahaffy. Mahaffy asserts opposition lacks answers to the premier's proposed laws. During proceedings cries of order filled the chamber as J H Walker was warned over order. The floor later cited radio broadcasts funded by the provincial publicity branch. McKelvey was ruled out of order after Mahaffy spoke on the recess incident.
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McKelvey
Mahaffy
Lease Lend Bill Signed As 7 Billion Aid Plan
President Roosevelt signed the British aid lease lend bill at 4 51 p m marking a $7 000 000 000 program of action. Congress completed action with a 31 71 roll call and sent the measure to the White House for final approval amid rapid dispatch plans.
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Associated Press
ASHINGTON
Roosevelt
CONGRESS
WASHINGTON
United States
Wallace
Sam Rayburn
White House
House
senate
SixHour Nazi Raid Blasts Portsmouth Base
British government reports seven German night raiders destroyed with four shot down over Portsmouth during a six hour assault. Fires raged across the city, damaging churches, a synagogue, a hotel, a sailors club and two post offices. Three killed in a shelter, two others wounded amid widespread destruction.
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PORTSMOUTH
Eng
C.P
south coast
Quebec remark sparks Commons clash over conscription
Ottawa reports Capt. Geo White wearing army dress urged universal conscription and faulted Quebec influence as Defence Minister Ralston denounced his remarks as unworthy. White insisted Canada needs a mixed voluntary and compulsory system and criticized 30-day encampments for training delays and unreliability in reserve units.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
Quebec
Geo. White
Con
Hastings-Peterborough
house of commons
Lapointe
White
commons
Ralston
Capt. White
Col. Ralston
Weygand Returns To North Africa After Vichy Visit
General Maxime Weygand resumed duties at his North Africa headquarters after a trip to Vichy for talks with Marshal Petain. An official statement announced his arrival yesterday by air, confirming his return to the theater.
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Gen. Weygand
North Africa
Maxime Weygand
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Weygand
Peace Pact Signed Between Thailand and French Indo China
Tokyo reports Thailand and French Indo China signed a Japanese mediated peace pact ending frontier clashes. The agreement creates a demarcation committee to redraw Laos and Cambodia borders, returning Pak Lay district and a quarter of Cambodia to Thailand, but falls short of Thailand’s wider territorial demands.
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TOKYO
Thailand
Indo- China
Cambodia
Laos
Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
Greater East Asia
Pak- Lay
Indo-China
Yosuke Matsuoka
France
Italians Suffer Heaviest Losses Yet In Albania
Dispatches report the heaviest Italian losses in dead and wounded since Friday’s battle on the Albanian front. The RAF said motor transport concentrations and Italian camps on the Glava Buzi road were attacked yesterday. Three Greek cabinet ministers planned to visit Macedonia and Thrace for inspection as Greeks brace for a possible German invasion.
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ATHENS
central front
Royal Air Force
Glava- Buzi
Elias Krimbas
Bibis Alivoratos
Aristides Dimitratos
Macedonia
Thrace
Alberta approves minimum 70 cent wheat price shipping point
Edmonton March 11. Alberta legislature votes unanimously to urge the federal government to set a minimum 70 cent per bushel price for wheat at shipping point No 1 basis. The motion also calls for earmarking processing taxes for the Canadian wheat board, a suitable 1941 quota, storage advances for farmers, and advances against farm stored grain. Ottawa March 11 Cmdr Ernest McNab arrives in Ottawa for duty, greeted by Air Vice Marshal Breadner and officers. Budget speech notes affect 1941 measures as session adjourns.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
MacMillan
J. H. Walker
Canadian wheat board
OTTAWA
Ernest McNab
Royal Canadian Air Force
L. S. Breadner
Fort William
M.S.T
Bomb blast targets Rendel party in Istanbul hotel
A bomb at an Istanbul hotel wounded at least 10 people including members of George W. Rendel’s party in what appeared to be an assassination attempt. A separate report said a strike was aimed at the party’s special train en route to the city.
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RENDEL
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iophope Congress
tol Hill
ONDON
Rhineland
Cologne
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Siam
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CHESTER
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