Germans Lose 13 Bombers In Heavy Raid Blitz
London reports large German bomber formations hit Glasgow shipyards Liverpool and an unidentified northeast town while Hamburg was struck again. Britain says some industrial buildings and houses damaged and fires started but under control by dawn. Casualties are serious but not heavy. Nacht fighters shot down 11 German planes. 13th by other means.
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ONDON
C.P
Glasgow
Liverpool
Royal Air Force
Hamburg
Clyde river
London
IVERPOOL
RAF Pounds Hamburg Rotterdam and Bremen in Major Night Raid
The Royal Air Force hit Hamburg with its greatest assault yet and set Rotterdam oil facilities ablaze, while Bremen and Emden faced heavy attacks. A Nazi supply ship was sunk off the Frisian islands as British planes targeted shipyards and docks across the Elbe region. Six British planes were reported lost.
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Rotterdam
Bremen
Emden
R.A.F
ONDON
C.P
Royal Air Force
Frisian
air ministry
Germany
United States
Elbe river
North Sea
Netherlands
Major named to Manitoba king's bench by Lapointe
Ottawa dispatch reports Justice Minister Lapointe announced the appointment of W J Major former Manitoba attorney general to the king's bench court in Manitoba. Major succeeds Justice F G Taylor of Winnipeg and has served as provincial minister of Dominion provincial relations and minister of telegraphs and telephones.
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OTTAWA
C.P
W. J. Major
Manitoba
king's bench court of
Lapointe
Justice Major
F. G. Taylor
Winnipeg
Revised English Bible edition edited by three bishops
Catholic authorities in Canada and the United States discuss a modernized Bible text by Bishop Edwin O Hara of Kansas City. After Rome approves the edition, universal use follows. The work, about 300 000 words on 80 pages, took nearly five years by a trio including Archbishop John T McNicholas and Archbishop John G Murray. Publication is set for May with May 18 observed to launch usage.
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Montreal
Gazette
Edwin O'Hara
Kansas City
Rome
O'Hara
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
John T. McNicholas
Cincinnati
John Gregory Murray
St. Paul, Minn
United States
Canada
War appropriation debate enters 14th day in Commons
Canadian Press reports Ottawa March 14 Members of the house of commons begin the 14th day of debate on the 1 3 00 000 000 war appropriation resolution as Prime Minister Mackenzie King warns of obstruction and a private Liberal member urges focus on winning the war The PM says the resolution and related bill will have priority while debate continues Agriculture and the wheat policy are also discussed with adjournment nearing Page Three.
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C. R. BLACKBURN
OTTAWA
house of commons
Mackenzie King
E. E. Perley i
Qu’Appelle
Government broadcasts cost $40 each in Edmonton
Edmonton reports that a government radio series last Friday cost $40 per broadcast. Premier Aberhart and Provincial Treasurer Low participated. Provincial Secretary Manning noted that $40 was the fixed commitment for each Friday broadcast in the series.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Manning
Aberhart
Low
Japanese minister presents credentials to Australia
Tatsuo Kawai, Japan's first minister to Australia, told Lord Gowrie in London that all existing problems between Australia and Japan can be solved through discussion. He presented his credentials to the Australian governor-general and emphasized Japan's desire to maintain the long friendship between the two nations.
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LONDON
Tatsuo Kawai
Japan
Australia
British Broadcasting Corporation
Lord Gowrie
Eleven Airmen Die in Three Accidents in Canada
Eleven airmen training in Canada under the British Commonwealth Air Training plan died in three accidents over two days. The worst crash occurred at Bond Head Ontario when two Avro Anson bombers from Port Albert collided, killing seven RAF trainees. Only one survivor, AC. John L. Flower of Eastleigh England, was severely injured with what appeared to be a broken back.
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Canada
Bond Head
Ont
Royal Air Force
Bend Head
Toronto
air training school
Port Albert
Goderich
John L. Flower
Eastleigh
Eng
Alberta Debtor Relief Bill Introduced In Legislature
Edmonton March 14 the Alberta legislature opened with Hon Lucien Maynard introducing the Debt Proceedings Suspension Act granting the lieutenant governor in council power to declare moratoria on certain debts The measure part of eight bills with six debt related statutes and two on harvesting and crop liens Read in first reading it becomes effective only by order in council
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EDMONTON
C. P
Alberta
Lucien Maynard
Maynard
Seville Powder Depot Blast Kills Fifty at Seville
Fifty people are killed and about 480 injured when the Santa Barbara powder depot near Seville exploded. The blast wrecked a workers suburb of 300 houses, left 2,500 homeless, and damaged a textile factory under construction. Many women and children were injured as men were at work.
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SEVILLE
Spain
Santa Barbara
Flood of war supplies from U S begins
War Secretary Stimson said defence material under lend-lease to Great Britain has started toward its destination. He refused to disclose details and asserted information would come out in due time. He argued it would be unfair to Britain to reveal details prematurely.
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ASHINGTON
A.P
Stimson
Great Britain
United States
Air Minister defends training safety after three RCAF crashes
Ottawa March 14 Air Minister Power told the house the RCAF training accident rate is not abnormal after three collisions killed 11 men and wounded others. He cited crashes at Moncton Port Albert and Saskatoon, noting sun glare may have blinded pilots. In 1940 total training accidents were 267 with 0.11 fatal per 1,000 hours.
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OTTAWA
Power
house of commons
Royal Canadian Air Force
Moncton
Royal Air Force school
Port Albert
Ont
Saskatoon
tal
Maj
London Civil Defence bans begging in air raid shelters
London officials publish ten commandments for civil defence workers and the public. Begging or collecting money inside air raid shelters is declared illegal, aiming to curb improvised solicitations during sirens and blackout periods.
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LONDON
Civil Defence Commissioners
British reach Debra Markos as Ethiopia invasion continues
British forces occupy Asosa in western Ethiopia and native troops aiding them near Debra Markos in Gojjam province. Debra Markos lies about 115 miles northwest of Addis Ababa, while RAF reports heavy raids on Cheren near Asmara as Italian positions resist the siege.
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CAIRO
Ethiopia
Asosa
Debra Markos
Gojjam
Addis Ababa
Sudan
Royal Air Force command
Cheren
Asmara
Eritrea
Italian Planes Destroyed by RAF Over Tepeleni Sector
Athens received notice that 14 Italian fighter planes were shot down by the Royal Air Force in a clash over the Klisura Tepeleni area in Albania. No British planes were lost. Greek dispatches claim five Italian divisions were shattered in Italian offensives in the past week, following Mussolini's urged aggressions.
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ATHENS
Greece
Royal Air Force
Klisura-Tepeleni
Albania
Mussolini
Yugoslavia Still Delays Final Stand
Belgrade report says Yugoslav government leaders did not depart for Germany as anticipated to negotiate terms with Hitler. Berlin would not consider a formula to avert immediate capitulation, keeping the axis pressure on Yugoslavia and delaying any surrender terms.
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BELGRADE
Yugoslavia
Germany
Hitler
Cvetkovic
Alesander Cincar-Markovic
foreign office
Berlin
Sunk freighter Benjamin Franklin claims 16 vessels lost
Shipping agent P Floyd Soto said England relayed news that the Norwegian freighter Benjamin Franklin carrying foodstuffs and four $100,000 Douglas bombers was sunk. In all, sixteen or seventeen of a 31-ship convoy were destroyed with only six of the 37 crew saved.
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A.P
P. Floyd Soto
England
Benjamin Franklin
British Isles
Soto
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