Giarabub Falls After One Day Assault In Libya
Cairo March 22. A one day assault ended a 15 week siege and led to the surrender of the Giarabub garrison. About 800 Italian troops under the Senussi mosque oasis fell to Australian and British forces after a swift operation begun the day before. The oasis long cut off from retreat or reinforcement lies near Bardia and the Egyptian frontier. The Italian force in Cufra to the south surrendered March 1 to Free French troops.
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Egypt
Giarabub
Italy
Libya
Britain
Bardia
Cufra
Caenaba
Senussit brotherhood
Sid Bean Aly Es Senussi
Giararbub mosque
Mecca
The Left Hand Corner and Rhodes Scholars Debate
A Toronto executive, M Macdonnell, questions Rhodes scholars success beyond politics and wealth, citing notable figures and a broader measure of achievement amid a Leeds report about Crimean War binoculars repurposed for ongoing conflicts.
African bombers hit Harar and Diredawa in Ethiopia
South African bombers carried out heavy dives and machine gun attacks on Harar and Diredawa in central Ethiopia. The raids targeted barracks airdrome hangars and the wireless station at Harar.
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NAIROBI
Kenya
Colony
Harar
Diredawa
Ethiopia
U S Plans to Supply Britain 20 000 War Planes
Washington March 22 The United States will produce about 20 000 fighting planes for Britain over 18 months 10700 under the British aid bill. Officials say a broader plan includes an aerial route from North America to Britain via Newfoundland Greenland Iceland and possibly Ireland despite logistics and political obstacles.
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JACK BELL
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
Britain
Newfoundland
Greenland
Iceland
Ireland
Six Are Killed In Mass Slayings By Shanghai Gunmen
Six gunmen burst into a house in Shanghai's French concession and shot sleeping Kiangsu Farmers Bank employees, killing six and wounding five. Police say the attack was likely political revenge connected to Ler Tien-Chuen's death, linking to Chungking authority.
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Ler Tien-Chuen
Kiangsu bank
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More Motor Cars Bought in Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports February financing of new and used motor vehicles in Canada rose to 10,952 units, valued at 5,344,952 dollars. The increases are 15 percent in number and 28 percent in value from February last year when 9,532 vehicles were financed for 4,187,620 dollars.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
British Minister in Touch With Regent for Several Days
A British minister in Belgrade Ronald Ian Campbell has been in contact with Regent Prince Paul of Yugoslavia for several days over axis pressure and a brewing Belgrade government crisis. The Yugoslavs seek to avoid humiliation like Romania and Bulgaria, and independence is echoed by the Greek example. Salonika should stay in friendly Greek hands, a sentiment echoed by Croats with democratic traditions. Continued on Page Three.
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Belgrade
Ronald Ian Campbell
Prince Paul of
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Salonika
Croatia
Flour For France Gift Ships to Unoccupied Areas
Acting Secretary Sumner Welles announced that two vessels will carry 13 500 tons of white wheat flour to unoccupied France. The aid, via the American Red Cross, requires passage through the British blockade and strict distribution only to unoccupied ports. The Ile de Rey and Leopold will carry the cargo from New York, with loading and arrangements expected to take about two weeks.
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WASHINGTON
Sumner Welles
France
Welles
United States
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Ile de Rey
Leopold
New York harbor
Prediction Congress Will Pass Canal Bill
President Roosevelt presented a multi million dollar plan to harness the St Lawrence River for power and a deep sea link between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic. Administration officials predicted easy approval in both houses despite early opposition.
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WASHINGTON
St Lawrence
Great Lakes
Atlantic
congress
Roosevelt
hemisphere
German ultimatum to Belgrade demands Yugoslav decision
Germany pressed Yugoslavia in government quarters to choose an axis accord by Sunday night. The ultimatum criticized procrastination in the long negotiations and signaled firm intent to push a conclusion.
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ELGRADE
Yugoslavia
Germany
German battleships raid North Atlantic, claim wartime tonnage
Berlin reports German battleships with U boats and aircraft have extensive North Atlantic raids, sinking 22 enemy merchantmen totaling 116000 tons and saving 800 survivors. The bulletin credits Suelens leading the battleship unit in ongoing operations, with Lcharnhorst and Gneisenau said to be operating in the Atlantic. No British reaction available.
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BERLIN
high command
North Atlantic
Sueliens
daily war bulletin
The
Press Association
Lcharnhorst
Gneisenau
Atlantic
CANADA
DNE
German news and proparanda agency
Bremen on fire photographed by RAF in London
A BBC release shows a photograph captured by a British reconnaissance plane over Bremen harbor of the German liner Bremen burning at her dock. The image, with smoke rising from bow to stern, accompanies German authorities earlier admitting damage by fire.
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LONDON
Bremen
British Broadcasting Corporation
Princess No 3 Well Begins Tests Near Brooks and Patricia
Calgary dispatch reports Standard of British Columbia will start testing its No 3 well on the Princess structure near Brooks and Patricia. John Galloway, superintendent, said Standard’s Princess was drilling at 373 feet today and testing will proceed over the weekend.
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CALGARY
Standard of
British Columbia
Princess
Brooks and
Patricia
John Galloway
Standard
Yugoslav Crisis Deepens As Axis Pressure Rises
Mass resignations plague the Yugoslav government amid bitter clashes over capitulation to the axis and failed efforts for a mutual aid pact with Russia. Foreign Minister Cin ar Markovic is accused of sabotaging a telegram to Russia as Milan Gavrilovic resigns. Governor of the Vardar Valley and Croatia’s vice governor also resign. Independent Democratic party pulls government posts.
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Associated Press
ELGRADE
Russia
Cincar Markovic
munister
Cincard Markoviec
Milan Gavrilovic
Vardar Valley
Croatia
Independent Democratic party
War Appropriations Bill Advances in Parliament Easter Adjournment Proposed
Ottawa reports the war appropriations bill moves to committee of the whole after second reading as Parliament plans a long Easter vacation from April 9 to 28. Prime Minister King proposes the adjournment to allow distant MPs to visit constituencies while Howe outlines plans for Avro Anson training planes under Federal Aio.
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FRANK FLAHERTY
OTTAWA
St. Lawrence
Howe
Nazis Not Bound Feed Conquered Peoples of Europe
The British Broadcasting Corporation quoted a German official in Berlin saying Germany does not feel bound by international law to protect conquered Europeans from want or starvation. The spokesman argued aiding occupied populations would force Germany to withhold invasions unless it could supply physical necessities.
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LONDON
British Broadcasting Corporation
Berlin
Germany
Europe
BBC
Evansville Fireman Plans London Move at 70
Snyder Carter, a 49-year Evansville fireman and former chief, must retire next week but aims to continue at age 70 by moving to London. He believes London would welcome a veteran fireman and says his next stop is London.
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EVANSVILLE
Ind
Snyder Carter
London
Committee to Study St. Mary River Dam Development
Ottawa reports a committee will study water storage and irrigation on the St Mary and Milk rivers. Mines Minister Crerar invited provincial cooperation to appoint reps to join federal members as champions of Canada wide dam projects. Federal appointees include Meek Spence and Hunter with Alberta seeking funding for St Mary storage and canals.
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C.P
Alberta
house of commons
Mines
Crerar
William Aberhart
St. Mary
Milk
sater development committee
Canada
Dominion
Victor Meek
Dominion water and power bureau
George Spence
prairie farm rehabilitation administration
W. E Hunter
department of finance
Aberhart
St. Mary river
Bombed Plymouth Braced by Night Raid Residents
Plymouth, March 22. German night raids left the southwest English port in ruins with a six hour bombardment. A shelter of 250 homeless was hit, many feared dead. Rescue crews searched bombed streets as hospitals and shops suffered damage and citizens huddled without heat or water.
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C.P
nand
Jap Troop Train Wrecked by Mine Near Yochow
Hong Kong dispatch says more than 150 Japanese troops were killed or wounded when a southbound Canton-Hankow train struck Chinese land mines near Yochow in Hunan four days earlier. A large amount of military supplies was destroyed per the Central News Agency.
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Central
Chinese) New Agency
Canton-Hankow
Yochow
Hunan
FDR Enjoys Fishing Aboard Potomac At Sea Off Florida
President Roosevelt began his delayed deep sea fishing vacation as the White House yacht Potomac left port with the president and officials aboard. The voyage started off the Florida coast on March 22 as the party sought a period of rest and recreation at sea.
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Florida
Roosevelt
White House
Potomac
Army leaves cancelled in Yugoslavia amid pact talks
Yugoslav military quarters announced that all army leaves would be cancelled starting March 25. Reports said Premier Cvetkovic and Foreign Minister Cincar Markovic might travel to Vienna to sign a pact with Germany. Regent Prince Paul reportedly filled government vacancies left by resignations over the proposed agreement.
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Britain
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