War Conference Plans Between Roosevelt and Churchill
Washington reports that another war conference between Roosevelt and Churchill is being planned to follow Edward Stettinius UK visits. The eighth meeting may focus on Europe war aims including Germany borders and postwar objectives amid disputes over Poland Soviet ties and Italy progress.
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Washington
London
United States
Edward Stettinius
Europe
Roosevelt
Stettinius
Cordell Hull
Fos
State Department
Churchill
Italy
Burma
Balkans
Turkey
Germany
Congress
Church
Cairo
Teheran
Guerilla Army in Bulgaria Aids Allies
In Bulgaria a growing guerilla force known as the Shumatsi is expanding, drawing recruits from urban Communists and deserters. Though numerically small and leaderless, they offer Allied hope for a Balkan turn against the Germans. Estimates place 15,000 to 20,000 in villages and mountains with 8,000 to 5,000 monthly recruitment.
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Bulgaria
Istanbul
Cheese Ration Cut Sparks New British Allowance
London reports Britain will reduce the cheese ration from three to two ounces weekly starting April 2 while the two-ounce tea ration stays intact. Food Minister J. J. Liewel Min announced boosts to mail and canned goods, a half-pint milk increase, and a monthly 24-point rise for canned meat and fish amid supply constraints.
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London
Britain
J. J. Liewel Min
Civil Defence Workers Spend Over Million on Gear
In Ottawa the federal government spent about 1,086 dollars to equip civil defence workers with steel helmets coats rubber boots anti gas gear and other supplies. The return lists clothing and personal equipment issued and articles per unit. Officials estimate 225000 civil defence workers in Canada. Since a year ago air raid restrictions eased in Ontario and western Quebec about 10000 workers were relieved of duties.
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Ottawa
George Cruickshark
Fraser Valley
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Will Get Award In Captured Dunkirk To Receive The 1939-43 Star
War Secretary Sir James Grigg stated that officers and men captured at Dunkirk in May 1940 will receive on repatriation the 1939-43 Star despite service under six months. Earlier, a white paper clarified eligibility for those evacuated from Norway in spring 1940 with brief service.
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Dunkirk
London
James Grigg
House of ‘Commons
Norway
Seamen Rescued After Torpedo Sinking Near Eastern Port
Sixty one Allied seamen survived 33 hours clinging to an after-section after a torpedo strike in an Atlantic blizzard. They were brought to the port aboard a rescue vessel along with 11 other survivors taken to an American port by a cargo ship that picked them from life rafts.
Reconstruction drives rise from Britain church wreckage
Rev William Cecil Northcott of the London Missionary Society reports four thousand British churches damaged or destroyed by German bombs. He lists losses by denomination including Church of England 163 destroyed 1280 damaged Baptist and Congregationalist over 800, Methodists 1316, Church of Scotland nine destroyed 170 damaged, and Roman Catholic 234. He notes Congregationalists pursuing a $2,000,000 reconstruction drive.
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Boston
Britain
William Cecil Northcott
BAMA
London
The
London Missionary Society
Sai
Church of England
Church of Scotland
Slump in Morale Among Japanese Prisoners in Burma
Journal account from the Arakan front describes exhausted malarial Japanese prisoners in a barbed wire camp in the Mayu hills. More than 20 mentally sick soldiers are hospitalized as survivors express hopelessness, expecting a long war and eventual Japanese defeat aided by the British 14th Army victory.
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Burma
Arakan
14Th Army
Mayu Hills
Japan
Germany
Aluminum price cut agreed by government and company
Munitions Minister Howe announced a price reduction in aluminum sold by the Aluminum Company of Canada. The cut applies to purchases by the United Kingdom and United States, with Howe serving as their agent. He did not disclose the amount of the reduction.
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Ottawa
Aluminum Company of Canada
Howe
United Kingdom
United States
Britain Reports Massive War Production Figures Through 1943
In the House of Commons the production minister announced Britain built 0,000 aircraft mainly combat types from the war's start to 1943 end. Naval output recovered greatly, with 53,000 tanks and armored cars, 1,000,000 wheeled vehicles, 115,000 guns over 22 mm, and 5,250,000 small arms. Bomber and fighter share exceeded four fifths of air output. U.S. aid noted as significant, with Britain supplying most structure weight of new aircraft in 1943.
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London
Britain
Lyttleton
House of Commons
RAF
Fleet Air Arm
United States
British Commonwealth
Cheques Distributed for Wheat Board Equalization
The Canadian Wheat Board in Winnipeg announced cheques covering the April 1 to July 31 1943 equalization payments. Total payments of 1,118,048 for oats and 452,546 for barley were issued through elevator companies. Oats and barley marketings reached about 46.5 million and 41.5 million bushels respectively with no equalization fee on export permits until mid spring in oats and late May for barley.
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Winnipeg
Wheat Board
Britain keeps guarded stance on Argentina in Commons speech
Foreign Secretary told the House of Commons that Britain will maintain a watchful attitude toward Argentina until the political situation there is clarified, signaling cautious diplomacy amid regional tensions and ongoing uncertainty.
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London
Ben
House of Commons
Argentina
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