British advance cuts railway to Addis Ababa from Jijiga
British command announced the capture of Jijiga, a strategic eastern Ethiopian town on the Mogadiscio to Harar road. The push began from Mogadiscio two weeks ago, with bombers preceding the ground advance as troops swept the Ogaden plateau. The plan aims to cut the railway to isolate Addis Ababa while other British forces advance from west and south. Native Ethiopian units harass Italians in Gojjam. A vast international army has assembled around Cairo for renewed assaults on East Africa.
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Kenya Colony
Jijiga
Harar
Ethiopia
Mogadiscio- Harar
Ogaden
Diredawa
Addis Ababa
Mogadiscio
Gojjam
Britain
Italy
Australia
New Zealand
India
United States
Brite
Walt Disney Creatures Enlist in U S Armed Forces
Walt Disney film creatures join the U S armed forces as cartoon characters are drafted for military use. Lieut E S Caldwell requests designs for the navy's high speed mosquito boats and army, navy, and marine units solicit outfit designs from Disney studios.
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jolly bugs
beasties
Walt Disney
United States
E S Caldwell
navy
army
marne
Disney
British ambassador’s homes and Blickling Hall fate debated
The article notes the British Ambassador to the United States owned three grand houses including Blickling Hall in Norfolk and Newstead Abbey, both tied to legacies and taxes. It argues Blickling Hall may be sold or broken up to ease estate costs, despite its architectural value and historic status.
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United States
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Newstead Abbey
Edinburgh
Roxburghshire
Blickling Hall
Norfolk
England
National Trust for preservation
Blicking Hall
Oxford University
Lloyd George
Lothian
Lane of destroyers across the Atlantic urged to curb convoy losses
American shipping experts advised Britain to abandon the convoy system or modify it to create a lane of destroyers across the Atlantic. They argued the convoy plan exposes ships to mass raiders and wastes merchant vessels waiting to join protected groups, as losses climb.
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ATLANTIC
NEW YORK
United States
Britain
America
East Indian Ship Sunk by Raider
A Japanese press dispatch claims the Netherlands East Indies steamship Rantsu Pandjang of 2542 tons was sunk by the German raider Tokyo Maru in the Pacific. The report, received by Nichi Nichi from Batavia, states no passengers were aboard.
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NEW YORK
Domei
Netherlands East Indies
Tokyo
Nichi Nichi
Batavia
Pact signing rumor heats Balkans as Axis drift nears
Belgrade reports a March 26 Yugoslav decision to join the Rome Berlin Tokyo Axis. German circles cite a 90 minute talk between Viktor von Heeren and Alesander Cincar-Karkovic. Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka may witness the signing. Turkey's Sukru Saracoğlu heads toward Palestine and Eden in Britain. RAF airlift of US planes to Greece signals planned Balkans battle.
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BELGRADE
Yugoslavia
Mar
Balkans
Tokyo
Viktor Van Heeren
Alesander Cincar-Karkovic
Yosuke Matsuoka
Rome
Berlin
EDEN
Sukru Saracoglu
Turkey
Palestine
Egypt
Anthony Eden
Greece
Istanbul
Yeni Sabah
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
Cairo
Willkie to Speak at Toronto Mass Meeting
Lieutenant Governor Albert Matthews announced Wendell Willkie will address a mass meeting in Maple Leaf Gardens on behalf of the Canadian War Services Fund next Monday. Prominent Toronto citizens welcomed the visit noting Willkie embodies democracy on the continent and will boost Canada US friendship. a military parade is expected before the event.
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TORONTO
Albert Matthews
Wendell Willkie
Canadian War Services Fund
Matthews
United States
Hepburn
Cadomin Coroner Rules Death of Miner Accidental
A coroner's jury in Cadomin Alta ruled that James C Lohmater age 19 died accidentally with no blame. He was a doorman at the Cadomin mine and was killed when he was run over by mine cars last week.
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CADOMIN
Alta
James C. Lohmater
Lohmater
Turkey's Reply To Hitler Note Now Delivered
Berlin reported that Ismet Inonu's reply to Hitler's note has been delivered in Berlin. The Turkish reply is understood to reject the German offer regarding southeastern Europe. A Nazi spokesman said British landing reports in Greece remained of interest, with no change in Berlin Athens relations.
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BERLIN
Ismet Inonu
Hitler
Germany
Athens
Wheat policy of Ottawa deemed inadequate by Alberta minister
Agriculture Minister MacMillan of Alberta called the federal government wheat policy for the 1941 crop year highly unsatisfactory in a prepared statement from Edmonton issued Tuesday night. He said cooperation with federal authors would be difficult under the plan.
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EDMONTON
C. P
Mac- Millan
Alberta
Winant Welcomed as New US Ambassador to Britain
New United States ambassador William C. Bullitt Winant was warmly welcomed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill at a luncheon at the Pilgrim's Club yesterday.
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Britain
Churchill
Pilgrim's Club
Strong Stand By Britain In Balkans Key to Situation
Turkish papers stress Britain must take a firm stand in the Balkans to halt German advances. Yen Sabah says Greeks will fight, but a strong British defense in Macedonia could block Germany from Salonika, placing Germany in a difficult position with Greek and British forces combined, aided by Turkey and Yugoslavia.
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Britain
Balkans
ISTANBUL
Turkey
Greece
Germany
Balkan
Yen Sabah
Macedonia
Salonika
Germans Claim Planes Damaged British War Vessels Off Crete
Berlin reports German torpedo planes damaged two heavy British war vessels in an attack Sunday off Crete. The Nazi bulletin says the force included six cruisers and two to three destroyers, with no independent verification available. Sinking of six ships totaling 31,500 to 34,500 tons in the North Atlantic was claimed, but unconfirmed.
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BERLIN
high command
Crete
Mediterranean
north Atlantic
Provinces Asked to Help War Funding by Dominion Government
Ottawa march 19 evidence in the house of commons shows the dominion government seeking funds from provincial governments to reimburse recent advances for war costs. correspondence with Alberta is tabled as Frank Flaherty reports for Canadian Press.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Dommon
house of commons
gov
Saskatchewan can lead postwar effort with vast wheat stocks
Saskatche wan may become the Egypt of the modern world due to large wheat reserves, said MP Donald MacNeim. He urged wider war industry distribution, more training schools, and recruiting in the prairies noting 1 000 000 people not yet contributing fully to Canada's war effort. He highlighted Saskatchewan's undeveloped power and resource potential to sustain postwar industry.
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OTTAWA
Saskatchewan
MacNevin
Canada
Regina
Hull bombers unleash fiercest raid on city
German bombers hit Hull in waves with incendiaries and high explosives injuring and killing many. The port city of 300,000 suffered severe residential damage as rescue teams searched wreckage and six community centers were opened to feed and shelter the homeless after a night of heavy bombing.
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HULL
England
Britain
Liverpool
Glasgow
Britain moves to end Africa war and spring offensive
Canadian Press reports Britain plans a spring European offensive by hastening to end the Africa campaign. British and Allied forces push Italian Ethiopia and Eritrea, racing the rainy season while eyeing Greece and potential German moves in the Balkans.
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BRITAIN
AFRICA
Italian
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Cairo
Navy to aid Britain with light surface vessels in lease lead
Washington March 19 Col Frank Knox secretary of the Navy said the first aid to Britain under the lease lead program would be supply of light surface vessels such as submarine chasers motor torpedo boats and other mosquito craft. He said Britain had asked to use U S navy yards to repair war damaged vessels but no action had been taken.
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WASHINGTON
A.P
Frank Knox
United States navy
navy
Britain
U.S. navy
Col. Knox
LONDON
C.P
BOSTON NAVY YARD
BOSTON
DYKSTRA
Roosevelt
Clarence A. Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
selective service
EDEN
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