RAF raids scatter German troops and bomb Berlin docks
London reports RAF strikes drop over 10 000 incendiaries and high explosives on Berlin with Polish crews among airmen. A Cherbourg dawn attack sees a Blenheim strafing German troops on the outer mole after dock bombing. Hanover Kiel Den Helder are cited as targets with several planes lost or missing.
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LONDON
C.P
Berlin
Royal Air Force
Cherbourg
air ministry
Barfleur
Hanover
Kiel
R.A.P
Germany
occupied territories
Den Helder
Netherlands
British Columbia C.C.F. Opposes War Loans Plan
Vancouver report says the British Columbia C.C.F. party at a three day convention ended by opposing Canada's system of financing the war through interest bearing loans and called for socialization of all war industries and financial institutions in the Dominion.
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C.C.F
VANCOUVER
ICP
British Columbia
Canada
Dominion
The Left Hand Corner on Leadership in War
London correspondent of the Ottawa Journal discusses political leadership in wartime. He argues in a democratic country no single figure is indispensable and recalls Napoleonic War losses of Pitt and Fox. He notes few British Cabinet names stand out and cites a historian about unknown English gentlemen aiding victory. (Continued on back page.)
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London
Ottawa Journal
Metaxas
Pitt
Fox
Nelson
French Wave to GB Pilots Raid Quiberon Coast
London dispatch reports R A F aircraft flew along the French coast from Calais to Britanny, delivering a smashing attack on Quiberon near Lorient. The low altitude flight allowed observers on beaches to recognize and wave at the British planes.
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LONDON
R.A.F
Calais
Britanny
Quiberon
Lorient
Empire Bows In Prayer At Call Of King
London march 24 led by the King and Queen the Empire’s millions bowed their heads to pray for defenders and friends and a speed victory in 36000 churches across Britain and thousands more in Canada dominions and overseas temples and mosques. Archbishop of Canterbury quoted the prime minister about blood and sweat and tears as the price of victory and Arthur Cardinal Hinsley prayed for gallant defenders in air sea and land.
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LONDON
C.P
Britain
Canada
dominions
India
Empire
Canterbury
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley
Terrorist Bombings Kill Ten in Shanghai Banks
In Shanghai today, two Chungking affiliated banks were hit by bombs. Ten Chinese victims and 56 injured. An unexploded bomb found at the Farmers Bank. A Central Bank of China branch in Bubbling Well Road damaged. Bank of China branch in the French concession suffered seven dead and twenty wounded. U.S. Marines began patrolling nearby American properties.
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SHANGHAI
United States marine
farmers’ bank
international settlement
Central Bank of China
Bubbling Well road
Bank of China
Caindrome degreing
Nanking
Nazi Bombs Do To Glasgow Killings Report
Security ministries announced on March 18 that about 1,000 people were killed in recent raids on the Glasgow and Liverpool areas. Thirteen hundred persons were listed as injured.
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Glasgow
Liverpool
British forces regain control of Somaliland in bold strike
NAIROBI March 24 British Headquarters says British Somaliland, seized by Italians last August, is again under British control and the Berbera to Hargeisa road is open. Air borne troops are operating deep in Ethiopian areas as civilians are evacuated. Berbera and Hargeisa fell after a sea and air assault. British troops repelled seven Italian counter attacks near Cairo as part of the ongoing push.
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BRITISH SOMALILAND
G.B
CHEREN
NAIROBS
Kenya
C.P
Berberan
chief
Hargeisa
Gulf of Aden
Berbera
CAIRO
Egypt
Willkie says he has no interest in 1944 candidacy
New York March 24 Wendell L Willkie said he is not the slightest interested in any candidacy for 1942 or 1944 He denied reports that he might run or support a 1944 bid He added that civilization faces crucial moments and party politics are out of place in either party.
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NEW YORK
Wendell L. Willkie
Republican national
Washington
Willkie
Harold J. Stassen
Minnesota
Australian Invaders Foiled by RAF and Navy in 1940
Australian invalids returned home with tales of a desperate German invasion attempt of Britain by 60 000 troops on barges. The navy and Royal Air Force reportedly intercepted the flotilla across the channel and North Sea, smashing the assault after a providential gale aided RAF actions. London sources later confirmed the plan was shattered on Sept 16 with bold air and sea action thwarting the invaders.
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NEW YORK
A.P
Columbia Broadcasting System
Britain
navy
Royal Air Force
channel
North Sea
Sydney
London
R.A.F
Canada aims to train 100000 war industry workers
Ottawa March 24. Labour Minister McLarty announced confidence in meeting the objective of 50000 vocational school graduates and 50000 plant school graduates for war industry this year. He said enrolment in vocational schools averages about 4000 monthly and could rise in summer. plant schools are industry driven with no central government funding. Some MPs urged easier access for youths. McLarty urged applicants to seek help from provincial authorities if needed.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
McLarty
Clarence Gillis
C.C.F
Cape Breton South
John R. MacNicol
Toronto-Davenport
Gillis
Ilssey
the
commons
Danish Geodesy survey covers Greenland trip miles
Copenhagen reports the Danish Institute of Geodesy field workers completed a geodetic survey of Greenland traveling 120000 miles, five times the earths circumference. Team members mapped terrain, gathered measurements, and advancedUnderstanding of Greenland geography.
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COPENHAGEN
Danish Institute of Geodesy
Greenland
Yugoslav Club urges strong resistance to axis pressure
The Yugoslav Club representing much of New Zealand's Yugoslav population sent Regent Prince Paul a cable from Auckland on March 24 expressing grief over Axis pressure on Yugoslavia. The message urged strongest resistance and protested yielding to the aggressors.
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AUCKLAND
New Zealand
Prince Paul
Yugoslavia
axis
Beaverbrook touts vast bomber reserve in Britain
Lord Beaverbrook announces in a broadcast that Britain hides a massive reserve of bombers and fighters in dispersed storage houses, saying the tally shows aircraft assembled and ready for immediate operations, a record in aviation history. The ministry also reports a large four motor bomber program in progress.
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LONDON
C.P
Britain
Lord Beaverbrook
Tragic Farmhouse Fire Claims Ten Leclerc Children
Windsor Mills Que March 24 seven children of Alcide Leclerc and wife aged 18 months to 13 years perished in a blaze that destroyed a frame farmhouse near the town twenty miles northwest of Sherbrooke. Fire of unknown origin broke out as the parents visited friends. Firefighters and neighbors, including Oscra Pruneau, fought the flames but could not reach the children before the house collapsed.
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WINDSOR
MILLS
Que
CPI
Alcide Leclerc
Sherbrooke
Patricia
Etiene
Robert
Jeannine
Raymond
Pauline
Gisele
Oscra Pruneau
Pruneau
Pamphlets Distributed in Streets of Capital
Pamphlets circulated in the capital streets drew eager crowds as they warned traitors of their fate if Yugoslavia aligned with the Axis. Officials urged calm while security tightened around key public venues and transport points.
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Yugoslavia
Russia Bans Oil Exports to Germany as Bulgaria Joins Axis
Belgrade reports Soviet Union halted shipments of oil to Nazi Germany from March 1, the day Bulgaria joined the Axis and German troops entered Bulgarian territory. Separate Belgrade leaflets threaten assassination of Yugoslav leaders who sign the three power pact, urging defense of liberty and rejection of Axis demands.
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Russia
Bulgaria
BELGRADE
Yugoslavia
A.P
Germany
ELGRADE
Yugoslavia Warned by Britain Against Axis Link
Belgrade report says Britain formally warned Yugoslavia against joining the Axis, calling such a move a delusion that would not be condoned by London. The note cites Anglo Yugoslav friendship and criticizes the drastic policy shift since the First World War alliance.
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YUGOSLAVIA
BRITAIN
AXIS
BELGRADE
Yugoslav Premier Leaves Belgrade for Vienna Pact Signing
Premier Cvetkovic and Foreign Minister Cincar Markovic departed Belgrade by special train guarded by 50 secret service men to Vienna to sign the tri partite Axis pact. In Moscow, Susuke Matsuoka left for Berlin after meetings with Stalin and Molotov.
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VIENNA
BELGRADE
A.P
Yugoslavia
Cvetkovic
Cincar Markovic
MOSCOW
Susuke Matsuoka
Berlin
Stalin
Molotoff
Belgrade pupils disrupt class with Hitler poster
In Belgrade a high school class gathered and pelted a Hitler picture with chalk in a demonstration that was broken up by a teacher. A separate report from Calgary notes a missing son, Guardsman Harry William Moore, later confirmed prisoner at Stalag camp and in good health, with two letters from home.
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BELGRADE
Hitler
CALGARY
C.P
William Moore
Harry William Moore
Moore
Stalag camp
Frank Hopwood dies at 70 in Vancouver
Vancouver reports the death of Frank Hopwood a lawyer and newspaperman aged 70. He worked on the Calgary Herald staff in 1912 and later ran a returned soldiers' newspaper there after World War I.
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VANCOUVER
C.P
Frank Hopwood
Calgary Herald
Willkie invited to speak over radio to Germany
Leo Casey of Wendell Willkie said Willkie was invited to broadcast to Germany on NBC short waves. Casey noted he is considering and will likely accept the invitation, but no dates or schedule could be given.
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WILLKIE
GERMANY
TORONTO
C.P
Leo Casey
Wendell Willkie
National Broadcasting Company
Casey
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