Empress of Canada Sunk Claim Hears No Allied Confirmation
The Italian high command claimed the 21,510 ton liner Empress of Canada laden with troops was sunk in the Atlantic by an Italian submarine. Allied quarters offered no independent confirmation. The ship, part of the Canadian Pacific fleet, built in Glasgow in 1922, had wartime service changes and conversion noted.
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Associated Press
YORK
Italian high command
Rome
Associated Press today
Empress of Canada
Atlantic
Canadian Pacific Steamship fleet
Glasgow
$1 000 Fellowship In Memory Of Late Cora Hind
The University of Manitoba accepts a $1 000 fellowship to honor the late Dr E Cora Hind a noted western journalist and agriculture expert who died last September The fellowship sponsored by United Grain Growers Limited is open to any agriculture graduate from a Canadian university in Manitoba March 15 Winnipeg offbeat item
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WINNIPEG
University of ‘Manitoba
E. Cora Hind
United Grain Growers, Limited
Hind
Rat Bites Baby in Niagara Falls Carriage
A five month old baby, Dianne Adams, was bitten by a large rat while asleep in her carriage at home in Niagara Falls Ontario. Her index finger on the right hand was badly torn as a result of the attack.
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NIAGARA FALLS
Ont
Dianne’ Adams
Wagers and Wit in Queenberry Folklore and Odd Dalliances
A London correspondent recalls the fourth Duke of Queensberry known as Old Q and his clever wagers with Sir John Lade. Tales include a letter sent 50 miles in an hour by cricket ball relay and a pig and an apple pie victory. Also notes on dolls prams demand and second-hand offers.
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Duke of Queensberry
London
Ottawa Journal
Jonn tede
John Lade
trencher
DOLL’S PRAM
Leeds Yorkshire’ Post
Cow Without Tail Sells at Ontario Sale
In Flesherton Ontario on March 14 a peculiar cow born without a tail was sold by farmer Gordon Wy ville from Artemesia township. He joked it was relief not to get switched and the draft notes the unusual animal drew attention from milkmaids and bidders alike.
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FLESHERTON
Ont
Gordon Wy
Noel Coward Improves After Influenza Relapse
Playwright Noel Coward, ill with influenza at Torquay, was reported a little better today after a relapse yesterday. Thousands attend a Trafalgar Square rally under Communist Party auspices urging an immediate second front in Europe.
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LONDON
Noel Coward
Torquay
Communist party
Trafalgar Square
Europe
Defence minister denies North Africa reinforcements claim
Ottawa March 15 Defence Minister Ralston dismissed reports that Canadian troops could not participate in North Africa due to reinforcements. He said any such claim is unfounded and that Allied strategy determined force composition to aid the United Nations. EBEN to visit Ottawa Eden to address Commons amid anticipated Canada visit by Eden within about two weeks.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Ralston
house of commons
W. Earl Rowe
Dufferin-Simcoe
Progressive Conservative Association of Canada
Col. Ralston
North Africa
United Nations
EBEN
Mackenzie King
Anthony Eden
Canada
King
Eden
United States
Stop It Please Miss Smith
Vancouver officials appealed to a persistent Vancouver woman who mailed an extra ration book to Prime Minister Churchill three times. Officials did not identify her or explain her actions but expressed hope she can be deterred from sending ration books on trans Atlantic journeys.
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VANCOUVER
Miss Smith
Churchill
Ottawa
Greeks and Yugoslav Partisans Unite Against Axis in Crete
A Moscow radio report cited by Istanbul sources says Greek and Yugoslav partisan detachments have formed a junction and that Greek patriots are inflicting greater trouble on Italian and German troops in Crete.
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LONDON
Moscow
Istanbul
Crete
Mareth Line Heavily Hit in Tunisian Assault
Allied air and ground actions along the Mareth line mark a steady bombardment ahead of the British 8th Army push. Spitfires and Warhawks escort medium bombers as weather limits major raids, while both sides move supplies and probe positions on the Medenine front.
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DANIEL DE LUCE
Associated Press
ALLIED
North Africa
Rommel
8th Army
Tunisia
western desert air force
Kemmel
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Medenine plains
Aled
Tunisian
Sicily
RAF Bombed Nazi Rail Lines Across Occupied Territory
RAF fighter sorties last night targeted railway infrastructure in occupied Europe and Germany as part of the Allied air offensive. British Spitfires and Whirlwind bombers swept over Abbeville and Maupertus near Paris, with four RAF fighters lost and two enemy planes downed. Four trains in Germany were damaged in overnight strikes. no continent-wide attacks occurred Saturday night due to weather. German raids hit the northeast English coast, causing damage and casualties including fatalities.
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LONDON
C.P
RAF
Europe
air ministry
Germany
Abbeville
Maupertus
Paris
R.A.P
England
ministries of air and home security
geveral
Air Mail Rate Raised to Seven Cents in Canada
Ottawa reports Canadian postage reforms raise air mail from six to seven cents and adjust related stamp values. A new four-cent red stamp is prepared for April fifteen to meet international agreement requirements, while the three-cent stamp color remains undecided. Regular mail special delivery stamps rise from thirteen to fourteen cents and other air mail rates shift to seven and seventeen cents respectively.
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Isley
Canada
Eden Meets Cordell Hull in Washington Talks
British foreign secretary Anthony Eden met with U S Secretary Cordell Hull for the first in a series of talks on war and postwar issues. Eden, with Viscount Halifax, dined with Henry Stimson and Visited Frank Knox and Sumner Welles. plans included meetings with Sir Arthur Salter and later talks with Welles.
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WASHINGTON
Britain
Anthony Eden
Cordell Hull
Viscount Halifax
Eden
state department
Henry Wallacs
Navy
Frank Knox
navy department
Arthur Salter
Sumner Welles
Knox
Henry Stimson
Raid at Kiska by American planes damages Japanese planes
American aircraft strafed Japanese positions at Kiska in the Aleutians and damaged several grounded enemy airplanes on Saturday evening. In the south Pacific another group of fighters near Rendova Island destroyed a small Japanese vessel, the Navy Department reported. No Japanese planes were disclosed at Kiska, the first time in weeks. The Aleutian raid was the eighth of the month.
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WASHINGTON
Kinky
Aleutians
south Pacific
Rendova Island
navy department
Kiska
Greek King George I Visits Cairo with Tsouderos
King George I of Greece and his prime minister Emmanuel Tsouderos arrived in Cairo from London aboard a plane. The visit’s purpose was not disclosed. A separate dispatch notes Canada’s wartime mobilization, with over 900 single men who missed call up registering under the National Resources Mobilization Act as of today.
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CAIRO
C.P
George I of
Greece
Emmanuel Tsouderos
London
CALGARY
Mystery Blasts Reported Across English Channel
Heavy gunfire audible from Boulogne to Cape Gris Nez as observers suspect coastal batteries. Simultaneous blasts on French soil near Calais stirred Allied air raid speculation, but London sources deny aerial attack and offer no definite explanation.
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FOLKESTONE
England
English Channel
Boulogne
Cape Gris Nez
Calais
air ministry
London
Deal
English
Dover
Unity plan issued by Giraud faces reshuffles
Algiers reports Gen Jean Marie Bergeret resigns amid criticism of pro-Vichy stance as Gen Giraud calls for unity among anti Axis French forces in North Africa. Jean Rigaud also resigns after being sidelined from interior and propaganda post, part of wider power realignment.
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ALGIERS
Jean Marie Bergeret
Henri Giraud
Vichy
Bergeret
Giraud
Charles De Gaulle
Jean Rigaud
De Gaulle
Rigaud
interior
WES GALLAGHER
Associated Press
Gert Henry Giraud
Berlin Claims Capture of City
Berlin asserts the German southern army group encircled and occupied Kharkov after fierce fighting. Soviet losses were described as heavy and counter attacks repelled as Soviet commanders threatened Orel. The Kharkov victory stirs speculation of broader front shifts and ongoing battles elsewhere.
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Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
OSCOW
A.P
Kharkov
Red army
OREL
London
Belgorod
Staraya Russa
Italians and Nazis mobilize to hunt rebellious French youths
Berne reports Axis authorities threaten to send German and Italian troops into southern Lake Geneva area to pursue several thousand armed French youths in revolt against forced labor in Germany. Italian units have cut wire lines from St Gingolph eastward as mobile guards, with over 1,000 French guards said to be involved but lacking enthusiasm for the task.
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BERNE
Switzerland
France
Lake Geneva
Geneva
La Suisse
Germany
St. Gingolph
Japs Attack British In Burma Reports Rise In Fighting
New Delhi reports heavy fighting in Rathedaung western Burma as Japanese forces press on the British left flank and receive reinforcements. RAF and US air units supported strikes on Mandalay rail yards, Gorelk viaduct, and Moulmein docks, with losses on both sides.
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NEW DELHI
Rathedaung
Burma
Bay of Bengal
Akyab
Extermination of Nazi Military Aggression Big Job for Allies
War analyst DeWitt Mackenzie discusses the Allied goal to end German militaristic aggression. He argues Hitler’s collapse would not end Prussian militarism and calls for sustained Allied occupation to reshape Germany and prevent a recurrence of aggression.
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DEWITT MACKENZIE
associated Press
Hitler
Washington
London
Anthony Edet
United Nations
Germany
Japan
Italy
Gemany
dinbattest
Allied council
Giraud Ready to Meet De Gaulle for French Unity
Algiers radio says Gen. Henri Giraud expressed readiness to receive Gen. Charles de Gaulle and coordinate with Syria liaison Gen. Georges Catroux as Fighting French unity moves forward. Also notes plan for liaison in Algiers.
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GIRAUD
DE GAULLE
LONDON
C.P
Algiers
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Catroux
Syria
LEWIS
NEW YORK
A.P
John &. Lewis
United Mine Workers
northern soft
HULL
EDEN
WASHINGTON
Cardelli Hull
Britain
Anthony Keen
Edan
Viscount Halifax
ATLANTIC HERO
MONTREAL
Duke” Schiller
Royal Air Force ferry command
Bermuda
YANKS
EDMONTON
C.F
United States
chlsena
J. F. Wildebush
northwest
U.S. Engineers
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Ldr
William Anderson
Edward Baker
Charlottetown
PEI
Herbert Lindsay Coons
Ontario
Musicians Union
ARLIAMENTARY
Mareth Line
MARETH
Eden Meets
Giraud Unity Plan
Berlin
Smolensk
Vyazma
Semleva
Vyazme
Vyazma-Smolensk
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