Canadian Air Squadrons to Go Overseas Soon
Ottawa reports that 25 Canadian squadrons formed from British Commonwealth air training plan graduates may see action in Britain within months. Ground crews will come from the UK, with some Canadian detachments to deploy by September. RCAF pay, uniforms, and Canada patches will identify personnel. Plans aim to double strength to about 72,000 with over 4,000 aircraft by year end, as training schools expand to maximum capacity.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Britain
Defence
Ralston
England
United Kingdom
RCAF
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Italians Face Burden of Too Much Land
The quote notes that Italians are discovering a problem similar to earlier farmers, having more land than they can manage. It suggests a shift in land ownership challenges and rural management, reflecting a broader theme of agricultural land abundance and its practical limits.
British aircraft carrier Illustrious survives bombing cross Mediterranean
Secretary Frank Knox said the aircraft carrier Illustrious survived a direct hit by a 1000 pound bomb with zero reported deaths and minimal damage. The ship reached Alexandria under its own power after leaving Malta, despite limited air cover and armor.
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Washington
Frank Knox
United States Navy
Mystrious
Alexandri
Egypt
Malta
Mediterranean
Britain
Knox
Chinese Army Units Rush To Defend Waichow
Chinese despatches say the 35th army, famed for resisting Japanese in Kwangsi, is being rushed to defend Waichow as a new Japanese drive moves northeast of Hong Kong. Japanese landings east of Mirs Bay push toward Waichow to sever inland supply lines, with reports of large seizures at Tam Shui near the coast.
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Hong Kong
China
Kwangsi
Waichow
Mirs Bay
Walchow
Tamshui
Emergency Montreal erects first air raid shelter
In Montreal a west end building erected a shelter between two tomes with foundation walls forming side walls. The one inch reinforced steel and concrete roof tops the shelter. The builder estimated costs between 100 and 150 dollars. Three others neared completion as a precaution against incendiary bombs. Bags of sand were placed on the roofs of houses by the landlord.
Manitoba dog driver joins Royal Canadian Air Force
Leland Abbott of The Pas Manitoba who drove a team of sewer huskies to the 1938 New York World's Fair reported to the Royal Canadian Air Force recruiting centre. He canceled a US tour with his dogs to enlist and sold the team. In 1939 he offered the dogs for Finland relief, but the fund redirected him to fundraising in the United States.
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Pas
Winnipeg
Leland Abbott
Manitoba
Royal Canadian Air Force
Abbott
United States
RCAF
Finland
Red Cross
Herbert Hoover
U.S
Civilian Air Raid Deaths Reported on Malta January
At Malta Valetta, Malta, civilian deaths from air raids in January total 83 with 19 seriously injured. Aggregate casualties since Italy entered the war reach 132 killed and 218 seriously injured, 26 fatally.
Divert Food Supplies Now Agents In Prague Complain Of Sabotage
BBC reported that German agricultural agents in Prague accuse large scale sabotage of food supplies for Germany. Thousands of pigs calves and other cattle reportedly slaughtered. Last year 13 000 wagon loads of grain and at least 200 000 tons of meat were hidden from reaching Germany.
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London
Prague
Germany
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Canadian Shorthorn group endorses aid for ambulance bid
Stockmen in Toronto at the Canadian Shorthorn Association's 57th annual meeting approved contributing 2500 to 3000 dollars toward the British Shorthorn Association for the purchase of an ambulance or a field kitchen.
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Toronto
Canadian Shorthorn Association
British Shorthorn Association
Compulsory Wool Grading Set For Canada April First
A new ruling makes wool grading mandatory in Canada effective April 1. A A McMillan of the Dominion Department of Agriculture in Ottawa told the Ontario Sheep Breeders' Association that grading stations will be established in all wool growing areas. Stations would be housed in wool warehouses and operated at minimum cost.
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Toronto
Canada
A. A. McMillan
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Ontario Sheep Breeders’ Association
Dominion Department
Beet Growers Receive Extra 50 Cent Payment
Cheques totaling over 50000 dollars were mailed to Red River valley sugar beet growers as an additional 50 cent per ton payment for the 1940 Manitoba beet crop. Total payments to beet growers for the year now exceed 550000 dollars.
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Winnipeg
Red River Valley
Manitoba
Ottawa reports brisk uptake of 1940 income tax instalment plan
Revenue Minister Col Bibson announced that over 80,000 Canadians used the eight monthly instalment option for 1940 income tax while more than 20,000 paid in full in January. January 1941 receipts reached 35 million dollars from 109,063 taxpayers, with mail still unopened and payments spread across provinces including Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia.
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Ottawa
Yoo
Col Bibson
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Norwegian Loyalists Fight Nazi Regime Uprising In Oslo Area
Reports from Oslo describe ongoing opposition to May 1940 Nazi rule led by Vidkun Quisling. Street fighting erupted in western Norway with hundreds arrested, Lillehammer and Aalesund cited as hot spots where Hirden clashed with loyal Norwegians. Police struck at labor and Communist leaders, seizing documents as prisoners were sent to camps amid continued sabotage and German efforts.
Belgium seeks return of large gold shipment in exile conflict
In a New York court filing Georges Theunis, exiled Belgian premier, says about 260000000 dollars in Belgian gold was shipped to France for safekeeping during the Nazi invasion. He describes the delivery path via Africa to Paris then Bordeaux and finally Dakar, with French authorities and Bank of France disputes delaying transit. The Belgian government in London seeks to attach French funds in New York as security, while Belgian reserves total around 700 million dollars and undelivered gold is said to be in Britain, Canada, and the United States.
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New York
France
Belgium
Georges Theunis
United States
London
Africa
Theunis
Bank of France
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Paris
Bordeaux
Rene Boel
Dakar
Europe
Britain
Canada
United States Treasury Order
Belgian Congo
Germans Seize Property in Occupied Paris Zone
Report from Paris states Vichy and German authorities announced a decree seizing property of British Empire, Egypt, the Sudan and Iraq subjects in the occupied zone. Inventory taken with chamber of commerce help. Jewish owners face outright confiscation. other properties to German administration pending final decision.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Egypt
Sudan
Iraq
Chamber of Commerce
German commander forms force in fall linked to Eritrea push
British Broadsting Corporation reported via National Broadcasting Company that a German motorized unit allied with Italian forces was driven back by British troops in Eritrea. The broadcast named a German commander who formed the unit last fall.
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New York
British Broadsting Corporation
National Broadcasting Company
Eritrea
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Tommy
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