RAF Bombers Raid Nazi Sylt Air Base In Longest War Strike
The Royal Air Force conducted a seven hour plus raid on Germany’s Sylt air base, described as the war’s longest sustained attack. Eyewitnesses near Romo wrote of 82 explosions and stunning blasts while a British plane was reportedly shot down. The action followed earlier Scapa Flow attacks and signaled a possible intensification of retaliation.
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London
Royal Air Fore
Germany
Syltland
Scapa Flow
Romee
Hindenburg
Syit
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Sylt
Bylt
Toender
Denmark
Royal Air Force
House of Lords
Lord Strabolgi
Labor
Viscount Hafax
Orkneys
Attack on Chamberlain audio broadcast by illegal station
An unauthorized station calling itself the New British Broadcasting Station aired a 20 minute attack on Prime Minister Chamberlain and his policies. The announcer criticized his leadership and claimed the current year was the most unfortunate of his life. The broadcast ended with God Save the King.
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Lonaun
Chamberlain
God Save the King
Canadian forces learn languages with new phone service
More than 100 Laqua phones have been installed for members of the Canadian Active Service Force in Aldershot. The service enables both English and French learners to study languages as part of the Canadian 1st Division education program.
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Aldershot
Hero of Boer War Lieutenant General Hunter-Weston Dies
Lt General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston, 76, died from a fall from the tower of his Scottish home overlooking the Firth of Clyde. He served in the Boer War and in France in the last war, earning a reputation as a Boer War hero.
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London
Aylmer Hunter-Weston
Firth of Clyde
Sir Aylmer
Dardaelles
France
Cromwell argues for democracy and capitalism in war era
Hon James H R Cromwell, US minister to Canada, told a Toronto audience that Allied victory would preserve the social and economic order of neutral democracies. He warned that a German victory would impose Lebensraum style control on Austrians Czechoslovakians and Poles and urged that democracy and capitalism are inseparable.
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Toronto
James H.R Cromwell
United States
Can Ma
Germany
Canadian Club
Empire Club
Cromwell
Montreux Pact Limits Warships Through Bosphorus
Ronald Cross states under the Montreux convention belligerent warships cannot pass the Bosphorus into the Black Sea to enforce contraband controls. The 1936 pact closes Black Sea entrances to belligerents unless serving a League mandate or mutual assistance framework to which Turkey subscribes. Britain and France had a similar pact with Turkey signed last year.
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House of Commons
Black Sea
Germany
Ronald Cross
Montreux
Straits of Bosphorus
League of Nations
Turkey
Britain
France
Assurances Reported On Russia Scandiavia Aims
Swedish officials say Russia promised no further territorial aims in Scandinavia. It remains unclear if the assurances were voluntary or Sweden’s request for clarifications on the Russo Finnish peace treaty. Swedish circles fear provisions linking Russian rail lines to the border could affect security, though officials say Finland rail links would be for commercial use only.
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Stockhou
Sweden
Russia
Scandia
Sireles
Finland
Halifax Tests Alarm With Citywide Blackout
Halifax conducted its first practice blackout in four and a half months. On a signal from 40 air raid precautions sirens street lights and other lights were turned off for 15 minutes to test the new alarm sounding system.
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Halifax
Hitler Fails to Influence Mussolini on Balkan Policy
An authoritative source says Adolf Hitler failed to win Mussolini over to a joint Germany Italy plan to divide Balkan influence. Mussolini declined to commit and kept Rome's war time policy, leaving British and French influence excluded from the region.
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Paris
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Balkan
Rome
Hitler
Germany
Russia
Europe
Il Duce
Seizure of Opium Cargo From Uhenfels Described
A 31 090.00 opium cargo formed part of the prize when the German freighter Uhenfels was captured off the African coast last November. The 7 063-ton ship was seized by a prize crew and taken to Freetown Sierra Leone before arriving for examination in Grydock, with the seizure announced in London in November.
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Abraltar
Uhenfels
Grydock
Freetown
Sierra Leone
London
Canadian designs chosen for school hangars and centres
The Department announces standardization of buildings and hangars at schools in Ottawa. Forty standard designs prepared by the Royal Canadian Air Force works and building division favor timber construction with Canadian materials to reduce steel costs. Hangars span 112 feet by 126 feet with connector truss systems for rapid erection and relocation. only the paved door remains a permanent feature, and all wood sections receive fireproof chemical treatment.
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Ottawa
Earth
Department
Seranch
Mil
Royal Canadian Air Force
Protests Over Soviet Fire On Sakhalin Civilians
An informed source says Soviet soldiers fired on Japanese on Sakhalin island on March 16 in two incidents. Tokyo says Russia opened fire on civilians in the second incident. Japan’s foreign office has protested to Russia twice. The report notes casualties on both sides and cites Ho chi urging action against a Soviet northern alliance.
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Aim
Sakhalin
Isla
Hochi
Orient Ready
Mission Not Offering Mediation Proposals Counted
Sumner Welles said he offered no peace plan or mediation proposals to any European government during his fact finding for President Roosevelt. He noted his mission was to gather information and report conditions in Europe before sailing to Genoa.
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Welles
Sumner Welles
United States
Roosevelt Welles
Genoa
Europe
Soviets Oppose Any Alliance Against Russia
Moscow and Tass deny reports of a defensive alliance among Finland Norway and Sweden aimed at the USSR. They say such talks contradict the Finnish Russian peace treaty Article 3 which bans coalitions against each other. Oslo and Stockholm debate whether Moscow would block any alliance.
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Moscow
Tass
Russia
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Ussr
Soviet Union
Weden
Kallio
Oslo
Stockholm
Finns Flee Hanko as Russians Loom in Baltic
Residents abandon Ainland's Gibraltar of the Baltic as the Hanko area becomes a ghost town. Finnish evacuees load goods onto trucks trains and bicycles to cross the new frontier before the Red Army takes possession under the Moscow peace terms.
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Seine Reece
Moscow
Hanko
France to Buy Horses From Canada for April Purchase
Canada’s J W Mc Callum told the National Livestock Record board that France will begin purchasing Canadian bred horses in April. He did not estimate totals, but cited a recent U S order for 6000 horses.
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Toronto
J. W. McCallum
Canada
Canadian National Livestock Record Board
McCallum
United States
Food Imports License Expanded by London Government
A new government order places all food imports under licensing to complete food control and conserve Britain's shipping space and foreign exchange, according to the food minister. The measure tightens oversight amid supply concerns.
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London
Great Britain
Special Decree Seizes Jewels and Valuables for Deposit
A government order directs Jews and other protected groups to deposit all securities bonds precious metals and jewels with designated banks within two weeks under penalties for noncompliance.
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