France and Vichy navigate wartime tensions amid U S escape
Port of Martinique arms against a possible U S attack. French authorities vow to blow up citadel and gold reserves rather than yield. Hull says France may place resources at Hitler’s disposal if collaboration continues. British spokesman alleges rubber flows favor Germany. London hears Hitler tries to win Vichy and push claims against France.
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Martinique
United States
U.S
Cordell Hull
Vichy
France
Hiter
Marceile
Germany
London
Hitler
Fliers For Middle East and Air Squadrons Sent Abroad
The report notes Australian air squadrons may be sent by the Royal Air Force to Syria amid Middle East tensions. It cites German air advances toward Iraq as the real danger, while Canadian freighter Portadoc is rumored sunk by enemy action off Africa. A record convoy to Great Britain, described by Collier's Weekly as the largest in history, carried over 50 ships and war supplies valued at about $100,000.
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Royal Air Force
Syria
Trea
Middle East
Iraq
Montreal
Peterson Shipping Co
EB. Sutherland
Fort William
Ontario
Portadoc
Africa
New York
Great Britain
Canada
Collier’s Weekly
Quentin Reynolds
the Magazine
Calgary publisher and journalist Woods dies at 73
Vetere Pb B. Weems and J H Weeds note the death of Mr Woods in Calgary at age 73 after months of illness. A veteran newspaperman and public figure, he led Western press youth and trade outreach, presided over The Canadian Press, and chaired Canadian chambers of commerce while supporting Boy Scouts and Red Cross work. He received the Silver Fox award and was knighted in honors lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Weems
Calgary
J. H. Weeds
South Western Publishera, Ltd
Woods
Canada
United States
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Trade and Goodwill
South America
Old Western Associated Press
Canadian Press
Mr. Woods
Empire Press Union
Melbourne
Australia
England
Boy Scout Movement
Alberta
Baron Tweedamuir
Boy Scouts’ Association
Order of St. Michael and St. George
Red Cross Movement
National Council of the Canadian Red Cross
Mounties Work With Every Arm For Wartime Duty
Canada's Mounties now cooperate with all armed services and total RCMP strength stands at 4,000 men, almost double peacetime levels. Commissioner Wood, visiting Toronto, notes crime generally declined since the war began and registration cards aid locating human resources. He adds there is no evidence of underground Bundist groups as prewar clubs were broken up at outbreak of war.
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Canda
Mounted Police
Armed Services
Toronto
Canada
Wood
Royal Canadian ‘Mounted Police
R.cm.p
Vancouver Telegraphs Quiet as War Vacancies Rise
Vancouver telegraphs report messenger shortages due to war. Vancouver and Girla vacancies force CP Telegraphs to hire girls and middle aged men for limited trips while remaining boys cover longer bicycle runs. Veterans handle short foot runs as up to 15 boys were lost in one week.
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Vancouver
Girla
Canadian Pacific Telegraphs
C.P R
Famous Flyer Whitten Brown Receives Home Guard Post
Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, co pilot with Alcock on the 1919 Atlantic flight, is named lieutenant colonel and battalion commander in the Home Guard. The item recalls wartime aerial feats and honors amid a broader show of royal wartime morale.
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London
Arthur Whitten- Brown
John Alcock
Ieutenant
Home Guard
Declared Contraband Claims Over Sunken Zamsnam Cargo
Dr Pathy defended the ship Zamsnam by stating no contraband was aboard when it sank. He described a 4000ton cargo meant for civilian needs in Egypt including fertilizer for cotton, steel for aiding purposes, foodstuffs, and newsprint for Egyptian newspapers. He noted the vessel was valued at $400,000.
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Zamsnam
Egypt
Pathy
Speedy Cargo Ships Being Built in United States
Washington reports hint that the United States is rushing plans to use carrier equipped ships to safeguard merchant vessels. Navy Secretary Knox says the navy is very busy, with focus on methods from the Great War to convoy protection. A speedy cargo ship is being built on a carrier, and new transports and plane carriers are under construction or planned, with details withheld. The Navy’s air force has grown by over 80 percent in a year, adding 1,304 planes. at May 1 total naval aircraft reached 3,476.
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Washington
United States
Frank Knox
Navy
Knox
Great Britain
Germany
L ‘Knoll
Sikorski Arrives in London After Scotland Visit
Polish government members and top officers greet Prime Minister and Commander in Chief Gen. Wladyslaw Sikorski on his London arrival from Scotland. Sikorski had flown the Atlantic in a US-built bomber consigned to Britain.
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London
Air Force
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Scotland
Sikorski
Atlantic
Britain
Ship Captain and Crew Brave Fire From German Bombers
A British sea captain and crew braved German bombers to reboard their abandoned 7,982-ton tanker San Conrado. After six air attacks, the vessel was towed and finally abandoned when fires raged, with a destroyer rescuing part of the crew.
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New York
San Conrado
Postmasters Contribute to British Post Office Relief
Officials of the Canadian Postmasters Association say more than $3,000 has been donated to the British post office relief fund to aid widows and children of postal workers killed in air raids or on active service. Dominion Secretary Charles D. Griffin of Estevan is directing the appeal. Earlier postal employees donated $6,000 in war savings certificates to the Canadian government as part of the effort, and officials noted postal groups in the United States are joining the new appeal.
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Ottawa
Canadian Postmasters’ Association
British Post Office Relief Fund
Dominion
Charles D. Griffin
Estevan, Sask
United States
Canadian teachers donate 15540 to war fund through federation
G D Eamer secretary of the Saskatchewan Teachers Association reports that Canadian teachers have contributed 15540 toward the war effort via a fund started by the Canadian Teachers' Federation last December. The amount reflects ongoing support from educators across the country.
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Canadian Teachers’ Federation
G. D. Eamer
Saskatchewan Teachers’ Association
British official hints at new German air raid counter
Parliament secretary for information Mr Tree returning from the United States spoke of a surprise for the Germans to deter raids on England. He predicted most bombers would not return home and 4,000,000 tons of American shipping would be available by 1942. He noted swarms of American planes in action before spring and a new long range fighter with a 1000 mile reach.
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Ale Raider
Lisbon
Remakt Tree
Ministry of i
United States
England
Tree
British Columbia to Activate Steel Rolling Mill Project
Munitions Minister Howe announced in Ottawa plans for a BC steel mill to use surplus scrap metal. About 70 000 tons of scrap accumulate annually, to be converted into plate steel for Canada’s large shipbuilding program involving 100 vessels.
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Ottawa
Howe
British Columbia
Air mastery essential to win war say UK official
Toronto address by Sir Malcolm MacDonald, British high commissioner to Canada, urges mastery of the air as decisive in defeating Germany. He cites the British Commonwealth air training plan expanding beyond its original scope and predicts victory will come with Canadians aiding war material production and factory labor. He notes wartime measures urge conservation of tinplate and substitutes for lipstick holders amid fuel storage in black iron containers.
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Toronto
Malcolm Mac Donald
Canada
Germany
Britain
Canberra
Sald
Canada Faces Surplus as Wheat Exports Rise in 1941-42
Ottawa reports a large wheat surplus with estimates near 190 million export bushels for 1941-42 and a July 31 carryover of 350 to 400 million dollars to the Dominion government. Exports up to May 16 total 127.9 million bushels, led by weekly shipments of 8.82 million, while policy foresees 190 million exports and 50 million domestic use for the coming crop year.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Canadian Wheat Board
Canada
MacKinnon
House of Commons
Ministry of Food
Maxwell Hosts Vancouver Charity Party For Spitfire Fund
Elsa Maxwell of New York staged a grand party at Hotel Vancouver drawing about 4000 guests to raise ten thousand dollars for Spitfire fighter planes for Britain. Proceeds will go to Lord Beaverbrook in London.
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Cus Eis Maxwell
Vancouver
Elsa Maxwell
Newark
Canada
Britain
Miss Maxwell
Lord Beaverbrook
London
Census Preparations Speak In Ottawa House
Trade Minister MacKinnon told the House of Commons that census answers should be ready when census takers call. A U S Church member urged mail-out questionnaires to speed completion. MacKinnon said the proposal lacked approval from census branch officers.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
House of Commons
U. S
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Victor Emmanuel
Accra
Brita
Ethiopia
Storps
Ambe Ain
Conaband
Ame
Speedy Cargo
J. L. Wyatt
Medicine Hat
Alta
Brigater
T. J. Rutherford
First Armored Brigade
British Post Ofice Relief Fund
BC. Steel Mill
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