Churchill cites air parity as key to coping with enemy
London reports Winston Churchill opened a two day debate on the Norwegian campaign with warnings of sustained suffering until air parity is achieved. He said Allies seized Narvik airport, denied German claims of large carrier losses, and noted limited British naval damage while exposing heavy German casualties and overwhelming German numbers in Norway.
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Winston Churchill
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Germany
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Warspite
Admiralty
Renown
Scharnhorst
Seizure of Polish Gold Deposited in Romanian Bank
The Roumanian government decreed seizure of all Polish gold deposited in the Romanian National Bank. Ministers said the gold would offset Poland's debts to Romania and aid the upkeep of Polish soldiers and civilians.
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Bucharest
Polah
Roumanian National Bank
Roumania
Samur Divichinsk Canal Opens to Irrigate New Lands
Soviet Russia celebrated the Samur Divichinsk canal parallel to the Caspian coast north of Baku. The 66 mile canal will irrigate about 25 000 acres for grape growing and truck farming. Vancouver delegates expelled from trades and labor council for communist ties during a turbulent meeting.
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Russia
Samur- Divichinsk
Caspian Sea
Baku
Vancouver
Britain weighs compulsory loan plan to fund war
London chancellor Sir John Simon says the government may adopt a compulsory lending scheme if voluntary loans fail. Keynes proposes about 20 percent of earnings taxed to bonds, yielding roughly two billion dollars annually, with higher earners contributing to a wartime fund and later releasing savings to ease postwar unemployment.
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John Maynard Keynes
Britain
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Norway Expects Help as Haakon Vows to Fight On
King Haakon of Norway, a fugitive from German invaders, proclaims the government will hold out until the country is free again. A statement via the Norwegian news agency notes northern defense holds and that significant new aid is anticipated to strengthen efforts to reclaim other parts of Norway. The high command urges continued resistance despite enemy numerical and technical superiority, asserting right will prevail.
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Stockholm
Haakon
Norway
Norwegian Telegraph Agency
High Command
Baby Bond Campaign in Ottawa to Start Soon
Ottawa announces a national baby bond campaign to begin before month end with extensive publicity. The program aims to enlist bankers, business leaders, professionals, labor executives and the public in ongoing bond sales yielding about three percent, with bonds available in denominations as low as five dollars alongside savings stamps.
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Ottawa
Dominion Securities
New Zealand Pilot Reports 2000-Mile RAF Recon Flight
A Royal Air Force pilot from New Zealand completed a 2000 mile round trip from Scotland to Narvik, Norway and back. Authorities deem it the war’s longest reconnaissance despite the Wellington bomber lacking an automatic pilot.
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London
Scotland
Narvik
Norway
New Zealand
Royal Air Force
Mining Leader Blaylock Receives Metallurgy Award
S G Blaylock of Trail British Columbia, president of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada, wins Institute of Mining and Metallurgy honor for advancing metallurgy science in the Dominion.
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London
Twe Gala
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
S. G. Blaylock
Trail
B.C
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada
Dominion
Flying Cross Awarded to New Brunswick Airman Pilot Purdy
A young New Brunswick airman, Pilot Officer Philip Purdy of St. Stephen, 21, received the Distinguished Flying Cross for leadership in attacking enemy aircraft and bravery under fire. He led a successful attack on a Heinkel III and remained in his cockpit during a bombing run by three enemy planes, abandoning only when his craft was set ablaze. Purdy suffered serious burns yet helped start two other planes amid machine gun fire. Other awards included the Distinguished Service Order for Squadron Leader John Donaldson, whose fighter squadron in Norway claimed multiple German planes amid heavy air attacks on their base.
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John Donaldson
Andalsnes
Norway
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
War effort surveys reach thousandth Ottawa plant survey
The plant survey division of the Department of Munitions and Supply has completed its 1000th plant survey as part of evaluating where plants can best fit into the Canadian war effort. Technical assistants have visited around 2300 firms to assess capacity from ship propellers to tin cans and determine potential production and delivery capabilities. Lt-Col G Ogilvie directs the plant survey division.
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Ottawa
Department of Munitions and Supply
Dominions
Col. G. Ogilvie
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Troops in England to hear weekly Canadian news broadcast
Canadian troops in England will hear a 15 minute weekly CBC designed news bulletin. The broadcast will be cabled to the CBC and aired by Canadian announcers over BBC facilities each Monday. It covers Canadian news and items of interest to soldiers and airmen in Britain, not usually found in British papers. Troops in Aldershot, home of the 1st Canadian Division, and Royal Canadian Air Force personnel overseas have radios to receive the program.
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Eaatland
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBC
England
Cnadian
British Broadcasting Corporation
Britain
Aldershot
1St 5 Division
Canadian Active Service Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Ndt Raf
Italy frames war stance as pre belligerency polarization
In Rome fascist reports shift Italy toward a pre belligerency posture rather than non belligerency. Senator Maurizio Maravaglia, a pro Ally voice in WWI, argues the policy term fits Italy's legal status yet notes a state of mind aiming not to concede peace costs or sacrifices to achieve aims.
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Italy
Interior Ministry
Maurizio Maravaglia
Prepare For Struggle London War declaration by Eden
London. Dominions secretary Anthony Eden said the war is entering an active phase and the peoples of the British commonwealth are braced for a harsh conflict that may be long. He urged full mobilization of resources and steadfast resolve to secure victory.
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London
Dominions
Anthony Eden
British Commonwealth
National Defence Public Interest Committee
De Valera Warns IRA as Patience Ends in Ireland
Prime Minister De Valera told an Irish radio audience that murderers and terrorists of the outlawed IRA threaten civil war and that drastic laws would be used if needed. He said patience has ended after years of extreme restraint as operatives go into hiding to plan new crimes.
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Dublin
de Valera
Irish Republican Army
Eire
Losses in North Sea air warfare raise naval toll
London reports three ships added to the victims list in the North Sea air war. The Norwegian directorate says six killed including the captain and two women aboard the Folden. The Monark, with a German prize crew, was torpedoed near Bergen and two prize crew members were saved. The Brighton was sunk off Dunquerque with all crew saved except ten injured. British trawlers Warwickshire Cape Chelyuskin Jardine St Goran Gaul and Aston Villa were damaged or sunk near the Norwegian coast during evacuation operations. casualties among crew were slight and next of kin informed.
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North Sea
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Reutersens Agency
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Monark
Stockholm
Bergen
Dunquerque
France
Brighton
Secretary of the Admiralty
Norwegian
Trondheim
Warwickshire
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St. Goran
Gaul
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Northea
Decorated By King George London
Twenty six men were decorated at Buckingham Palace by the King by royal command relatives could view the investiture. Notable airmen included Flight Lieutenant Edgar Ryder Pilot Officer William Mulloy Flying Officer Derek French Squadron Leader George Peacock Pilot Officer Michael Homer and Lieutenant Commander Roy Edwards. Pilot Officer David Willis from Boniface Manitoba earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry in a series of operations. Willis starred in an air drama over Berlin and the German capital. He is 25 and joined the RAF in 1937.
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Buckingham Palace
Edgar Ryder
William Mulloy
Derek French
George Peacock
Michael Homer
Roy Edwards
David Willis
Husky
Royal Air Force Flier
Boniface
Man
Gilantry
Willis
Berlin
RAF
Romanian Cabinet Seizes Key Commodities for Defense
The Romanian government announced it will take over control of all stocks of wood coal petroleum products cotton fodder grain and foodstuffs to defend national interests. Decrees to implement the move will be published. The state will fix prices purchase ration and control sales at home and for export as part of mobilization.
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Oumaniat
Bucharest
Cabinet Economic Council
Cardho Slovak Volunteers Depart for France
Czecho Slovak volunteers including members who traveled from Canada South America and India have left London to join the fight for their country’s liberation. Two men were aboard a German ship captured by the British navy.
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France
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