Passage of the Lend Lease Bill Is Now Assured
Washington dispatch notes the United States nears final passage of the lend lease bill by March 1 or soon after. The aim is to maximize Senate support and show national unity. Wilkie proposals would narrow beneficiaries for now, with Congress free to add nations later. Britain Greek and China would be initial recipients, while U.S. and British air and naval aid continue.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Britain
Senate
Wendell Willie
Wilkie
Greece
China
Congress
United States
America
Navy
United States Navy
Germany
Gifts Of Money Britain Prefers Cash To Goods That Take Up Space
Britain's 1,300,000 civil defense workers are urged to accept money gifts over knitted comforts. Home Secretary Herbert Morrison notes cash can be spent in Britain to obtain needed items, while garments like underclothes, sweaters, gloves and mittens consume valuable shipping space during air raids.
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Britain
Memorial Farnborough designer Edward March dies aged 70
Edward March of Farnborough Kent, elder of seven brothers who designed Canada’s Great War memorial at Ottawa, died. The septet of architects created the imposing statue unveiled in Ottawa in 1939, commemorating Dominion war dead.
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Farnborough
Kent
Eng
Edward March
Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
Italian general blames rivals for Bengasi defeat in Libya
Bergonzoli claims he urged Bengasi evacuation while Gen Tellera chose to wait 24 hours. He recounts escape from Bardia, five nights in retreat with 25 staff, hiding in wadis, and final march by air to Derna before reaching Tripoli with remaining Italian forces. Captured by British troops en route.
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Annibale
Bergonaoli
Libya
Bengasi
Telera
10Th Army
Bergonzoli
Derna
Tellera
Bardia
Tobruk
Tripoli
A Real Westerner Hamilton dies at 89 in Toronto
Alexander Hamilton, 89, noted surveyor and last surviving member of Vancouver’s original city council, died after a lengthy illness in Toronto. As general land commissioner for the Canadian Pacific Railway he helped select 25,000,000 acres of land, laid out Granville Vancouver, and supervised city streets. He later moved to Winnipeg, where he helped found the Manitoba Club and led the Winnipeg Rugby Football Club.
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Toronto
Alexander Hamilton
Vancouver
Hamilton
West
Pacfic Railway
Granville
Percy Vincent
London
Edward Beatty
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Prairie tree program fights soil erosion on plains
Dr E. Archibald, director of the experimental farms service, says 7 to 8 million trees will be distributed this year to combat soil erosion. Over 20 years about 200 million trees have been sent from forest nurseries to shelter homes on the plains, with the prairie rehabilitation program establishing trees near thousands of dugouts and more than 2,000 completed dams. Carragana provides shelter and wind protection for young plantings, while ash and maple are used within protected stands.
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Ottawa
E. 8. Archibald
Experimental Farms Service
Prairie Farm
Archibald
Police investigate disorders in Amsterdam during tense period
Officials report police inquiries into recent disturbances in Amsterdam as tensions rise. The Hague also notes the arrest of a leather merchant and several others for provocative behavior toward German soldiers amid the unfolding unrest.
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Wmorders
Holland
Armsterdam
Berlin
Amsterdam
the Hague
Call For Service London Declares 19 Year Old Draft Soon
Britain announced youths aged 19 will be called for military service almost immediately in a plan disclosed by Lord Moyne in the House of Lords. Older men 37 to 40 will follow, with 4 million already under arms as Britain readies for forthcoming campaigns. The initial registrations included 18-year-olds on January 29, and 20 to 36-year-olds are in training stages. Registration will set the final call-up numbers, expected to range 200,000 to 250,000 per age group.
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London
Britain
House of Lords
Lord Moyne
Military Training Period Set Tentatively for March 20
Ottawa defense officials announced the fourth compulsory training period under the National Resources Mobilization Act will open no earlier than March 20, extending the period from 30 days to four months. Prime Minister Mackenzie King had suggested March 15 but the revised schedule requires more extensive preparation. A proclamation with full details will follow.
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Ottawa
Defence Headquarters
National Resources Mobilization Act
Mackenzie King
National Defence Headquarters
King
De Valera Warns Dublin Evacuation May Be Compulsory
De Valera warned that wartime danger could force Dublin evacuation if voluntary moves fail. The broadcast, relayed by BBC and heard on CBS, said the first attack on Ireland would target its capital. He noted 200000 volunteers already answered the appeal for the Irish army.
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New York
Famon Fe Valera
Neural Eire
Dublin
de Valera
British Broadcasting Corporation
Columbia Broadcasting System
The Answer Is No Washington
President Roosevelt stated at a press conference that if the United States entered a Pacific war it would not require curtailing war aid to Britain. He answered a reporter’s that the answer is no and there is no danger of such a war impacting deliveries to Britain.
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Washington
Crescent Roosevelt
United States
Pacific
Britain
Far East
Roosevelt
Expansion Planned at Inglis Armaments Plant in Toronto
The Inglis company armaments plant in Toronto will start a 5.0 million expansion on April 1, financed by the Crown. Munitions and supply officials say the project includes about 800,000 to boost Bren gun production and just over 4 million for general plant expansion to raise anti-tank gun output under Munitions Minister Howe.
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Toronto
Ottawa
Inglis Company
Munitions and Supply Department
Howe
Crown
Expanson
Tomahawk Fights Mock Duel Over English Base
A Curtiss Tomahawk fighter outmaneuvered a British Hurricane in a 10 minute mock duel at the production station where US built Tomahawks and Mohawks are assembled for the Royal Air Force. The Tomahawk pilot called the ship a dream to fly after only 10 minutes of rehearsal. Tomahawks reach 330 mph at 15 000 feet.
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England
Royal Air Force
Union Jack Over Benghazi Signals British Rule
Report from Bengasi Libya describes British military administration under Lt-Gen Henry Maitland Wilson after Italian Fascists were ousted. 40 000 natives and 7 000 Italian civilians remain, curfew at 6 30 pm, looting suppressed with shooting warnings, anti fascist Italians staying, Axis raids nightly, and the lira devalued to near one cent per pound. Prices rise as authorities set exchange at 400 to 1.
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Bengasi
Libya
Cyrenaic
Mussolini
Henry Maitland Wilson
Refugees Seek Freedom as U S Issues Immigrant Visas
Fleeing Nazi occupied Europe more than 32 000 immigrant visas have been issued since last July 1. Officials report about 600 000 visa applications on file in European consulates, with 200 000 requests mainly from Jews in Germany and German occupied areas and another 200 000 in unoccupied France. A large refugee bloc includes 85 000 Spaniards in France, some held in concentration camps as undesirables.
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U.S
Washington
Europe
United States
State Department
Germany
France
Meat Stocks In Storage Reported Increases
Ottawa reports Canadian meat in cold storage on February 1 rose by more than 13 million pounds from the same date last year, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. The release covers national stocks across all meat types and highlights a substantial year over year gain.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Germans Belgians Seek Barter With Soviet Russia
A delegation of three Germans and five Belgians representing Nazi conquered Belgium arrived to negotiate a barter deal with the Soviet Union. The talks aim to trade food for industrial equipment.
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Moscow
Belgium
Soviet
Russia
Mail service to Greenland resumes soon from Canada
The postmaster general announces the resumption of mail service from Canada to Greenland after a temporary suspension caused by a shortage of steamship facilities.
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Ottawa
Canada
Greenland
Postmaster-General's Department
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Bengas
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