Porpoise helps Malta air defense with tanker role
The British submarine Porpoise, converted from mine layer duties to a hidden merchantman feeding fuel and munitions, aided the Malta garrison during its siege by breaking the Axis blockade. Crew recount intense depth-charge attacks, near misses, and radioed contacts as they survived 14 months in the Mediterranean.
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Royal
Admiralty
Mediterranean
L. W. A. Bennington
T. C. M. Thurlow
Campbell predicts Germany may sink to Communism
British minister to the United States Sir Gerald Campbell told the Commonwealth Club that Germany could sink to Communism after the war and that Russia would worry about Communist spread in Europe. He noted Germany’s wartime disruptions and praised Russia as a great producing country with Europe and Asia as markets.
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Gerald Campbell
Germany
San Francisco
Gerald Campell
Commonwealth Club
Russia
Europe
Asia
Canning Sugar Details Issued in Montreal Rationing
Montreal rationing centers will issue the No. 2 ration book between February 19 and March 1 containing an application for canning sugar. LB Unwin, consumer ration administrator, urged early applications to help sugar officials assess needs.
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Montreal
LB. Unwin
Naval diver saves Halifax harbor from depth charge
John Brown a 32 year old from Ingersoll Ontario averted a serious explosion in Halifax harbor by recovering a depth charge from a destroyer after it rolled free from the stern. He attached a line and signalled the Americans to pull it up. Brown earned the British Medal for his action.
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Way
Halifax
Ottawa
John Brown
Ingersoll
Brown
United States
Berlin radio denies Hitler plans to surrender command
The Berlin radio denied rumors that Adolf Hitler would relinquish command of the German armed forces. The Associated Press report quoted military quarters as saying the reports of a new commander for the eastern front were without foundation.
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Hitler
New York
Berlin
Associated Press
Eastern Front
Lumber Ban in British Columbia Delays Private Building
Vancouver reports a prolonged ban on private construction in British Columbia as timber controller D. D. Rosenberry says the shortage will last for months or the duration. The unprecedented lumber shortage due to manpower and weather ties up production and only war related construction may proceed until further notice.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
D. D. Rosenberry
Beurling Seeks Overseas Duty After Training Tour
Flying Officer George Buzz Beurling visits St. Hubert flying training school as he begins a coast to coast tour of eight air training schools. The top Canadian ace with 29 enemy planes wants frontline work in Tunisia Russia or Malta and seeks a fortnight’s leave to return to overseas duty.
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Montreal
Beurling
St. Hubert Service
Madame Chiang Kai Shek to Visit Ottawa in March
Madame Chiang Kai Shek wife of China's generalissimo will address the House of Commons in Ottawa late next month. She is to be the guest of Governor General Lord Athlone and Princess Alice and will be entertained at dinner by Prime Minister Mackenzie King on behalf of the government. Buy War Savings Certificates.
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Chiang Kai Shek
Ottawa
China
House of Commons
Canada
Lord Athlone
Princess Alice
Mackenzie King
Beveridge Plan Delayed Until After War Says Wood
London Sir Kingsley Wood the chancellor told Commons the Beveridge social security plan will await postwar action. He cited wartime costs and the risk of heavier taxes, while signaling negotiations with the medical profession as a first step and stressing the need to avoid overburdening the middle class. Labor pressed for prompt legislation amid war uncertainties.
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London
Kingsley Wood
Exchequer
Labor Party
Members of Commons
Labor
Television Coming Says It Will Be Established At The End Of The War
J J Gillin Jr of Omaha told the Canadian Association of Broadcasters that television broadcasting will be established by war’s end with color TV appearing shortly after. He cited color television in laboratories and said it will be produced when practical and feasible. Ottawa reports indicate electoral redistribution may shift to a parliamentary committee rather than a judicial commission, with private member sentiment opposing a commission.
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Toronto
J. J. Gillin, Jr
Omaha
Neb
Canadian Association of Broadcasters
Ottawa
Flax Seed Purchase Rules Relaxed by Board
The Winnipeg Canewell Wheat Board announced that feed manufacturers and pharmaceutical product makers may buy flax seed from the board immediately on the same terms as dome crushers, provided they obtain board permission first.
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Winnupeg—Aine Canewell Wheat Board
Domerie
Aid to Russia fund reaches over three million total
Toronto reports the 10 Canadian Aid to Russia fund shows cash pledges and clothing totaling 3 076 000. Unsolicited contributions and proceeds from special events continue to arrive, said J McLean, national committee chairman, in a recent report.
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Russia
Toronto
J. @. McLean
National Committee
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Ed, Beloin
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Dennis Day
Don Wilson
Eddie “Rochester” Anderson
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Hearn
Hector Charlesworth
Leomith
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Toronto Conservatory of Music
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Wood
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