RAF raids in Norway prove effective in night attacks
RAF bombers struck Stavanger Fornebu and Aalborg in a large night operation, unleashing explosive and incendiary bombs. The Stavanger airfield and hangars were hit, fires visible from afar, while daylight strikes followed with further damage and minimal German air opposition. several enemy fighters were shot down and seven RAF aircraft were lost.
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Fornenu Bear
Aalborg
Denmark
Stavanger
Fornebu
RAF
Air Ministry
Norway
Royal Air Force
London ministry detains 36 ships amid contraband controls
The London Ministry of Economic Warfare said 36 ships including five Danish vessels were detained in contraband stations due to Norway and Denmark tensions. It noted 135 ships examined in the fortnight to April 2, listing several nationalities and stating rates to India or the Near East will not rise yet despite a long detour around the Mediterranean.
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London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Norway
Denmark
Ing
Netherlands
India
Near East
Mediterranean
Shipping Ministry
Graf Spee Sailors Seen Walking Buenos Aires in Uniform
Report from Montevideo via San Diego notes German sailors from the scuttled Graf Spee walking Buenos Aires streets in uniform and well dressed with money. Burke says Argentina not moving to send them inland. Syndicate reportedly bought most of the ship for about 100000. original cost cited over 20000000.
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Buenos Aires
San Diego
Calif
South America
McCormick
West Ira
Wham , Burke
Montevideo
Burke
Graf Spee
Syndicate
England
France
South American
Germany
War Stops Shipments From Churchill Port This Summer
Ottawa says war halts overseas wheat movement via Churchill Man port Hudson Bay shipments suppressed with 2 495 000 bushels stored. Fewer voyages likely. convoy limits restrict operations. Only large anticipated ship is the government Nascopie delivering Arctic post supplies.
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Ottawa
Churchill Man
Hudson Bay
Hudson Strait
The
Prairies
Churchill
Far North
Dominion
Seaboard provinces organize efficient civilian defence corps
Canada’s seaboard provinces have formed well organized civilian defence corps to meet wartime emergencies from raids sabotage or fires. Provinces with Dominion support trained volunteers in first aid and firefighting. Halifax reports 400 workers and 200 air wardens. Similar groups exist in New Brunswick Saint John Quebec Vancouver Victoria Nanaimo and Prince Rupert, BC. A corps formed at Montreal.
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Ottawa
Seaboard
Canada
Dominion
Pensions and Health Department
Halifax
New
Saint John
Quebec
Vancouver
Victoria
Nanaimo
B.C
Prince Rupert
Montreal
German Sabotage Attempts Made To Damage In Canada
Fire Marshal W J Scott cites German sabotage efforts in Canada including a near miss at a northern Ontario mine and a large scale plot in Trail British Columbia aimed at the Consolidated Smelters plant. He links plots to German officials in Seattle and notes past schemes against Windsor factory and Revelstoke tunnel.
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Canada
Toronto
Ontario
W. J. Scott
Scott
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
British Columbia
Consolidated Smelters
Trail
Seattle
Washington
Maine
Windsor
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railway
Revelstoke
Tribute to the Navy Arrivals in Egypt Met with Embassy Welcome
Troops joined empire forces in a secret arrival that even Sir Miles Lampson could not learn of in time for a Suez visit. CH Bateman, embassy counsellor, greeted the men on the quay with a remark that their safe arrival was a tribute to the navy’s might.
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Suez
Knogesum
Miles Lampson
Egypt
CH. Bateman
Farm Help in Demand in Calgary and Southern Alberta
Calgary is seeing high demand for farm labor as spring activities pick up in southern Alberta. Leo J. Ricks, superintendent of the Alberta employment service bureau, says between 25 and 30 workers per day are going to farms to meet the seasonal need.
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Calgary
Alberta
Leo J. Ricks
Alberta Employment Service Bureau
Pensions For Widows Paid In Ottawa Area
Pensions are issued to 27 widows whose husbands served in the Canadian armed forces since the second Great War began. Several widows were bereaved by accidents at Royal Canadian Air Force training bases.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Expedition crosses Australia with radio and power plant
An American expedition plans to traverse Australia’s interior carrying a combined radio transmitter receiver known as a trans receiver and an electric plant to provide power for the journey’s experiments.
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Brisbane
Australia
Training School Planned Near Summerside under Plan
The air training department announced a provision for a training school near Summerside Prince Edward Island as part of the British Commonwealth air training plan. The move ties into the national defense effort and expands the training network across Canada.
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Ottawa
National Erence Department
Summerside
Pei
Seamen Safe In Sweden After Norway Invasion
Seamen from five British vessels sunk at Narvik are recuperating in Jorn Sweden after forced marches to the frontier. Among them are two Canadians and a Newfoundlander, with captains and crew totaling 128. Names include Lawrence Sickle and R. J. Smith of Toronto and Clarence of Riverton. The Seawolf and Shark returned from patrols in Norwegian waters claiming sinking large German transports.
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Jorn
Sweden
Narvik
Harboor
Norway
Lawrence Sickle
R. J. Smith
Toronto
Clarence
Riverton
Smith
Mersington Court
Blythmoor
Romanby
North Cornwall
London
Shark
Seawolf
Look For Immigration to Ottawa After War
Frederick C. Blair, director of immigration, foresees a spike in European emigration to Canada and other Western Hemisphere nations as the war ends, signaling a broad relocation trend likely to affect labor markets and settlement patterns.
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Ottawa
Europe
Canada
Frederick C. Blair
German Retreat in Norway and Naval Battle Off Goteborg
British raiders attacked German supply lines across the Kattegat to Norway while a two hour sea engagement northwest of Goteborg saw a German ship aflame and another sunk. Meanwhile Norwegian authorities reported German troops retreating from Roros in Osterdalen and Tynset, as Norwegians rejoiced over their first town victory and possible Allied advances near Stenkjer and Dombas.
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Stockholm
Germany
Kattegat
Norway
Goteborg
Sweden
Roros
Osterdalen
Tynset
Oslo
Trondheim
Gudbrandsdalen
British United Press
Oester
London
Stenkjer
War Office
Dombas
Gudbrandsdal
Many Doctors Available Moncton War Conference CMA Meeting
Maritime conference of the Canadian Medical Association discussed national wartime medical organization. Dr T C Routley reported 10 in a 8 553 questionnaire. 3 112 would serve overseas, others for Canada or districts. Of the total, 2 672 had prior military service and 643 were unavailable due to age or disability.
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Moncton
Canada
Canadian Medical Association
T. C. Routley
Toronto
CMA
Dominion
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Fighher
Britain
Bacon
Melville
Saskatchwan
James G. Gardiner
Rhodesia
Equippes
Air Training School
Naud
Paul Reynaud
Paris
Reynaud
Reich
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