Flow of planes to Great Britain speeds up
Lord Beaverbrook told the House of Lords that nearly 1,000 assembled American and Canadian aircraft have been handed to the RAF and that American deliveries are rising across most operational types. He cited vast in‑store reserves, ongoing sea and air shipments, and rapid ferrying of aircraft to Britain as the flow accelerates.
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Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
House of Lords
America
RAF
Royal Air Force
Great Britain
Middle East
Navy
Admiral Lister
Admiralty
USA
Lisbon
Roosevelt defends Britain supply pledge amid Balkans threat
President Roosevelt affirmed that Axis advances in the Balkans would not cut U.S. aid to Britain or its war effort. He stressed strength and perseverance of the British Empire as defenders of democracy, and avoided committing on Delphi or any change in shipments to the Allies, urging steady resolve despite fluctuating war news.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Axia
Balkans
Hitler
Mussolini
Britain
British Empire
Democracy
United States
Delphi
Mediterranean
Greece
Treatment Of Prisoners London
London official says there is no ground for claims German prisoners in Canada are mistreated. German officers allegedly untroubled in camps once run by Canadians, while Polish camps at Posen are deemed unsatisfactory. No German communications yet. representations made to the protecting power as war efforts continue.
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London
Juenara Law
War Office
House of Commons
Canada
Poland
Law
Posen
Captain Kennedy Honored in Public Ceremony
A memorial to Captain Kennedy of the British auxiliary cruiser Rawalpindi, sunk by the German pocket battleship Deutschland in November 1939, was unveiled in a public ceremony reported by the British Broadcasting Corporation. AV Alexander, first lord of the admiralty, performed the ceremony, honoring Kennedy who went down with his ship against the German raider.
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Lomson
Rawalpindi
British Broadcasting Corporation
Alexander
Ic Kennedy
Chinese Girl Flyer Cheng Resides Quietly in Vancouver
Miss Cheng, one of China’s two girl flyers, has 260 flying hours and holds an international aero nauticque license from the Royal Aero Club. She has been living inconspicuously in Vancouver for several months on diplomatic service, she said.
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Vancouver
Tianyin Caeng
China
Federation Aeronauticque Internationale
Royal Aero Club
Cheng
Appointment of Gen Blamey as second in command
Lieut General Sir Thomas Blamey, commander of Australian forces in the Middle East, was named second in command to Gen Sir Archibald Wavell, head of the Middle Eastern Imperial army, in a move to ease Australian discontent over the Greek campaign.
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London
Thomas Blamey
Middle East
Archibald Wavell
Greece
British Empire Medal Introduced In London Gazette
The British Empire Medal is announced in the London Gazette as a new meritorious service award for both military and civil merit. The order statutes are altered to include the medal with bars for subsequent services to be worn after the Burma gallantry medal, replacing the previous medal of the order for gallantry when the George Cross was instituted.
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London Institution
London Gazette
Burma
War Services Fund drives past goal in Canada
James Murdoch, president of the Canadian War Services Fund, announced the drive for 5.5 million dollars went over the top with initial contributions totaling 6,207,961 and an estimated 325,000 more to come, marking an unqualified success at the first united appeal. The report notes the effort aimed to support war services. In Norway, German-occupied Stavanger, Haugesund, and Rogaland district were fined 500,000 kronor for sabotage to Nazi telegraph wires, with residents ordered to aid in guarding military works.
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Toronto
James ¥. Murdoch
Canadian War Screen Fund
United War Services
Stockholm
Sweden
Stavanger
Haugesund
Rogaland
Norway
Rman
Ships from Knox on lend lease and Canadian builds
Secretary of the Navy Knox said about 20 fast naval motor torpedo boats are ready for delivery to Great Britain under lend lease. He noted boats could outpace the convoy mid Atlantic and that Canada may build warships for the US Navy, possibly turning them to Britain under lend lease. The plan supports US-Canada cooperation and Roosevelt King policy.
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Washington
Knox
Great Britain
US Navy
Canada
Roosevelt
King
Ottawa Crown Firms To Help Fund LocalServices
Will contribute voluntarily to the cost of local improvements, schools and municipal services, a spokesman for the munitions and supply department said. Crown companies, being government property, are not subject to municipal taxes, but if the government sets up a plant requiring services, something should be paid. We cannot put a couple thousand workers in a town without paying our shot.
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Ottawa
Munitions and Supply Department
Crown
British Body Blows Greece Fight Warns Not Deadly
British naval minister WH Hughes told Australians the Greece fighting is delivering body blows, terrible but not deadly. The broadcast picked up at Canada's CBC listening post in Ottawa noted the crisis was bad though not as dire as France's collapse. He stressed the British Empire stands firm in the fight.
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Ottawa
Hughes
Australia
Dominion
Greece
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Navy
France
U S Navy May Patrol This Side of the Atlantic
Mayor LaGuardia told Ottawa that the Canada United States defence board plans include naval and possibly air patrols within 1000 miles of coasts. Reported interpretation suggested American ships could patrol toward the mid Atlantic, possibly to Greenland, to support British supply routes.
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United Navy
Great Britain
Mayor LaGuardia
New York
United States
Atlantic
Greenland
Canada
LaGuardia
Canada-United States Permanent Joint Defence Board
Pacific
Fiorello LaGuardia
Ottawa
Wartime Housing Units Named Temporary Structures
Joseph M. Titt of Hampton told the Canada Federation of Mayors and Municipalities that Wartime Housing Ltd will erect only temporary houses designed for liquidation after the war. Mayor Ray Forbes of Fredericton introduced Mr Pigott, president, stressing the planned housing addresses wartime shortages while noting the housing will be built where needed.
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Wartime Housing Ltd
Joseph M. Titt
Hampton
Canada Federation of Mayors and Municiplities
Ray T. Forbes
Frederic NB
Wartime Housing
Pigott
Battleships under construction and sea voyage noted
The 35 000 ton Prince of Wales, sister to the King George V, has been commissioned and carried Viscount Halifax to the United States. The King George V and Prince of Wales had three other battleships laid down named Anson Beatty and Jellia
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Londor Ayn Penne
Prince of Wales
Viscount Halifax
United States
The
Press Association
Anson
Beatty
Six Day Work Week Planned for London War Factories
The Daily Mail reports London workers producing war materials will shift to a six-day week from seven to reduce lagging production while around-the-clock operations continue. Workers will receive vacations under the plan.
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London Recney
Daily Mail
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New Military and Chit Award
War Services Fund
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