Yugoslavia Unites Against Axis Pact After Belgrade Uprising
British Prime Minister Churchill predicts Yugoslavia will repudiate its axis pact as a new government forms in Belgrade. He cites a nation finding its soul in revolution and pledges defense of Yugoslav frontiers against aggression. Reports note the regent fled after a night of bloody rioting. continued coverage promised.
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ONDON
Churchill
Yugoslavia
Trades Union Congress
Conservative party central committee
Belgrade
ADAPEST
Hungary
Peter II
axis
hm a
Prince Paul
Greece
Olga
Dragisa Cvetkovic
Vienna
Hitler
Cheren And Harar Fall To British Troops In East Africa
British forces seized Cheren in Eritrea and entered Harar near Addis Ababa during a major East Africa campaign. Italian resistance at Cheren, with 35,600 troops, collapses as Asmara Massaua loom as next targets in the British drive through the colony.
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Cheren
Harar
Young
G.B
Duce Empire Totters
orm Govt
Eritrea
Asmara
Massaua
Jibdati
Addis Ababa
Associated Press
AIRO
Egypt
Addis Ababa- Jibati
Ethiopia
East Africa
Italy
Scholarship For Alberta Student Receives DuPont Fellowship
Edmonton report notes 24 year old Northwestern University Chicago and former University of Alberta chemistry student R W Ligeett has been granted a post doctoral DuPont fellowship valued at $2000. Dr J W Shipley head of chemistry at the Alberta institution announced the grant last night at Minnesota.
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EDMONTON
R W Ligeett
Northwestern Univerity
Chicago
University of Alberta
DuPont
University of Minnesota
J W Shipley
Alberta
Left Hand Corner Notes A Wartime MC Tale
A clipped reminiscence recalls a sub altern in a trench mortar battery earning the Military Cross for shooting down a German plane while being reprimanded for the audacity. The anecdote echoes Captain Lapies descriptions and a London Spectator remark about a sentry offering wine to a Colonel. Six swans occupy a lake as frost binds the water and a struggle for control unfolds in the ice.
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Western Front
Ypres
Pierre Lapies
Foreign Legion
Narvik
London
Ottawa Journal
Africa
Duce Suffers Breakdown On Return Home
New York dispatch reports that Mussolini did not appear at the Palazan Venezia on the anniversary of the Fascist revolution. The BBC quoted rumors of a nervous breakdown after his return from Albania and noted reports that he is suffering from persecution mania.
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NEW YORK
CBP
British Broadcasting Corporation
Mussolini
Palazan Venezia
Albania
BBC
Macdonalds
Associated Press
Triinidad
Govt Facing Motion Non-Confidence
An eastern and a western Conservative unite in the house of commons to attack the government farm policy with a motion of want of confidence. The amendment seeks price parity between farm and other products, risking defeat and a general election. Gardiner defends the government amid the debate.
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OTTAWA
ICP
house of commons
Mark Senn Con
Haldimand
E E Perley
Don Qu’Appelle
Gardiners
Gardiner
Missing Airman Found Safe In Border District
Portage la Prairie Manitoba reports missing Leading Aircraftman F F Duff from Toronto found around noon at Sandy Point on Lake of the Woods. Duff, missing since Tuesday morning after takeoff from Portage la Prairie in a Royal Canadian Air Force plane, was weak from lack of food but otherwise fine. Herb Taylor, No 14 Service Flying Training School chief flying instructor, spotted him during a Tiger Moth search flight and provided soup. Duff to be flown back to Winnipeg immediately.
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Man
F F Duff
Toronto
Royal Canadian Air Force
Sandy Point
Lake of the Woods
Herb Taylor
No 14 Service
Duff
Taylor
Winnipeg
19 Men Die As H.M.CS. Otter Swept By Fire
Halifax dispatch reports HMCS Otter catching fire during a routine patrol off Hahian. Twelve crew members died, twenty-two were saved by a merchant ship and another war vessel as seas roared and iceboats capsized. A tanker gave windbreak shelter during the rescue.
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H.M.CS. Otter
JOHN LEBLANC
HALIFAX
Royal Canadian Navy
Red Cross funds limited to national drive in 1941
Ottawa reports War Services Minister Gardiner told the commons that any additional fundraising for war services must come from a method other than a national appeal. He said the five-organization drive is the only permitted method, with no new permit for a fall Red Cross campaign.
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OTTAWA
Gardiner
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commons
house of commons
Red Cross
W M Marshall
Saskatchewan
Macdonald
West Indices
Dan
Formal Inquiry Into Disaster Otter Off Hahita
Ottawa reports a formal inquiry into the loss of HMCS Otter with 19 dead. Survivors await recovery to testify as Navy Minister Macdonald expresses condolences in the Commons. The yacht, built in 1931 in the United States, was one of 14 private yachts converted for patrol use and was lost after a fire in the engine room and rescues capsized.
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OTTAWA
Otter
Hahita
Navy
Macdonald
house of commons
house
United States
Berlin Asks Explanation On Yugoslav Shift
Berlin on March 27 sent an urgent request to Yugoslavia seeking explanation of the domestic changes and their international implications, especially regarding adherence to the three power pact and regional alignment.
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BERLIN
Yugoslavia
New government crowned as monarchs hailed in streets
Reports from Belgrade describe crowds cheering a new government as reserve officers from the 1914 18 war return to service. Crowns swarm the streets amid proclamations and flags while hunting and celebrations break out, with newspapers issuing special editions and banners featuring the young king.
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Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Belgrade
Col Donovan Speaks Out About War Threats
Col William J Donovan, back from European and African war zones, warns Nazi Germany seeks world domination. He urges Americans to decide how to act, saying lend-lease aid to Britain means little without delivering produced goods and questions whether the nation will deter or provoke an attack. He declares there is no choice about facing attack. Hitler holds it.
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WASHINGTON
William J Donovan
Nazi Germany
Britainn
Chace Donovan
Britain pledged to back Yugoslav gov with forces
In London reports Britain will support the new Yugoslav government with navy army and air force to threaten the German flank in the Balkans. Prime Minister Churchill said Britain would recognize the Belgrade regime if Yugoslavia repudiates its Axis pact. Public reaction in Britain was buoyant as news of the coup reached the capital.
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Dusan Simovie cief
Yugoslavs air corps
Vladimir Macek
Simovic
BRITAIN
ONDON
Balkans
Churchill
Balkan
Belgrade
Yugoslavs Prepare For War In Rapid Push
Belgrade reports rapid Yugoslav war preparations with over 1,200,000 troops moving to battle positions after the ousting of the prior government. London reports casualties from a south coast raid as German bombs killed several and wounded others. Madrid cites La Linea dispatches on British troop transports entering the Mediterranean via Gibraltar. Ottawa notes Commons applause for news of the Yugoslav revolt as the Earl of Athlone and Princess Alice tour the Canadian Rockies.
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ugoslav
Yugoslavia
LONDON
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G.B
GIBRALTAR
MADRID
A.P
strait of Gibraltar
Mediterranean
La Linea
OTTAWA HOUSE
OTTAWA
house of commons
Mackenzie King
P.A.A
WASHINGTON
Britain
Boeing
Pan- American Airways
senate appropriations committee
JASPER JASPER
Alta
Earl of Athlone
Canada
Princess Alice
Canadian Rockies
Vancouver
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