Allies mine three Norwegian points to cut German iron ore lifeline
Allied minelaying in Norwegian waters at three strategic points disrupts German ore shipments. Norway debates protest as Chamberlain prepared to speak. One British plane missing and Navarra torpedoed off Scotland with nine seamen and three officers. Air battles yield several Nazi plane losses in two days of fighting.
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London
Germany
Norway
Berlin
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Baltic
Pew Alani Olanne
Orkneys
Air Ministry
Navarra
Scotland
Zotoff Named Soviet Minister to Helsinki Restoring Ties
Moscow reports Ivan S Zotoff is appointed Soviet minister to Helsinki reestablishing relations after the rupture last November. He has served as minister to Riga since 1937 and will be replaced by Vladimir Derevian ski, former Helsinki envoy. Finland seeks Juho Passikivi approval as Finnish minister to the Soviet, which Moscow approved.
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Moscow
Ivan S. Zotoff
Russia
Helsinki
Zotoff
Riga
Vladimir Derevianski
Juho Passikivi
Yugoslavia and Italy Form Contingent Adriatic Plan
Belgrade April 8 Yugoslavia said it would act with Italy if the Allies blockade the Adriatic or lay mines there. British reports of mines in Norwegian waters raise fears the Allies may extend action to the Adriatic. Germany seeks a blockade proof route with ships confined to Italian ports.
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Belgrade
Offi
Yugoslavia
Italy
Adriatic
Toronto Blasts Hit Italian Quarter Amid Threats
A second dynamite explosion in five weeks rocked Toronto's Italian district. Seven store windows were shattered near Louis Puccini's shop after threats and a telephoned warning demanding $3000. The blast occurred close to Tony Matachione's home, site of the earlier explosion.
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Toronto
C.P
Louis Puccini
Tony Matachione
Rescues Friend Then Plays Soccer Game
Ross Smythe left wing for West Vancouver saved Victor Rice from drowning in English Bay after Rice fell overboard from the steamship Princess Mary. Smythe then returned to shore to play in a 3-0 win over Powell River, with Rice hospitalized after the rescue.
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Powell River
B.C
C.P
English Bay
Ross
Smythe
West Vancouver
Victor Rice
Princess Mary
Vancouver
Rice
ExService Men Parade At Vimy Day Service At Barnabas Church
Ex service men paraded to Barnabas Church Riverside Park for a Vimy Day service led by Canon J E Butcher with Major F G Richardson organizing the ex servicemen. The address recalled the First World War and the memory of comrades who fell at Vimy Ridge on April 9 1917.
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Barnabas Church
J. E. Butcher
F. G. Richardson
Church Vic Riverside Park
Ryce Nuit
Canon Brteher
Amy Ridge
France
Medicine Hat
Canadian Legion
Vimy Ridge
Germany Plans Ultimatum to Norway
A Berlin report cited by Reuters from Amsterdam said Germany planned an ultimatum to Norway. Italy’s radio allegedly reported the Norwegian fleet to assemble at Narvik. Britain and France pledged to defend Norway if Hitler invades, with naval controls and minefields to remain in place.
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London
Reuters
Amsterdam
Berlin
Germany
Norway
Rome
Narvik
Britain
France
Hitler
Scandinavia
Sweden
Grass as a vitamin powerhouse revealed by chemists
Mancan eat grass and obtain more vitamins from it than all other plants and fruits combined. Dried grass from a lawnmower yields the vitamin content of 340 pounds of produce, prompting the American Chemical Society to publicize grass powdering methods for pancakes and other foods at its five day meeting in Cincinnati.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Cincinnati
American Chemical Society
Three German Ships Sent To The Bottom In Intensified Sea Warfare
A British submarine torpedoed the German transport Rio de Janeiro off southern Norway, about 300 Germans died amid 390 aboard. eighty horses also lost. Rescue ships ferried survivors and bodies to Norwegian ports as gunfire was heard nearby. Kreta was attacked but remained afloat.
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Arendal
Rio de Janeiro
Norway
Germany
Skagerrak
Kreta
Faeder
Posidonia
Lillesand
LilNesand
Recount Request Denied in Maple Creek Riding
Saskatchewan court refused H E H Kemper CCF a recount of Maple Creek votes citing lack of specific instances of improper tallying. The final Maple Creek tally showed Liberal C C R Evans 4155 votes, Kemper 5106, National Government F E K Wright 3182, leaving Kemper trailing by 49?
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Shaunavon. Sask
Maple Creek
H. E H. Kemper
C.C.F
A. G. MacKinnon
District Court
MacKinnon
Kemper
Nazis Coup in Baltic Hinted From Denmark
Swedish defence preparations will be intensified after denial of a report that Swedish and Norwegian ministers met with German foreign minister Ribbentrop in Berlin. A Copenhagen dispatch quoted National Tidende hinting at a planned Nazi coup against the northern kingdoms as reinforced German troops land along the North Sea and Baltic coasts.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Copenhagen
National Tidende
All Blind Flight Demonstrates Navigation Without Visual Cues
At Mitchell Field New York Major Carl B McDaniel and crew completed the first all blind flight in aviation history lasting two hours and two minutes. The four engine bomber carried two civilian passengers and relied on celestial navigation with minimal radio aids to prove wartime viability under zero visibility.
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Langley Ptet
Apr
United States Army Air Corps
Carl B. McDaniel
Mitchell Field
New York
Air Corps
McDaniel
W. A. Matheny
W. P. Rapsiddle
Ray Platnick
Hempstead
Langley Field
German freighter arrives at Trieste with bauxite load
The German freighter An kara arrived at Trieste today with 5,000 tons of bauxite from Yugoslavia. The voyage passed through Yugoslav and Italian waters on a test trip Germans hope will open a blockade puncturing route for war supplies.
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Rome
C.P
Ankara
Trieste
Yugoslavia
W Faversham Dies at 72 in Bay Shore NY
William Faversham veteran matinee idol dies aged 72 in a Bay Shore rooming house near his former mansion. His stage career spanned Romeo to Jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road, marking rise and decline with time.
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Bay Shore
N.Y
William Faversham
Romeo
Jeeter Lester
Perennial
Tobacco Road
Norway charges Allies breach of neutrality over mines
Oslo reports Norway accusing Great Britain and France of breaching international law by laying mines in Norwegian waters to block iron ore shipments to Germany. Foreign Minister Koht vows removal of mines and ends foreign warship patrols, with cabinet and parliament meeting in special session as German and British warships reportedly gather nearby.
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Oslo
Norway
Great Britain
France
Germany
Haldran Koht
Koht
Britain
Norwegans
Denmark
Skagerrak
Great Belt
Baltic
Kattegat
German cruiser interned in Virginia and Egyptian sultan plot
25 Years Ago. The German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, driven to a neutral haven by British ships, was interned at Newport News Virginia. Canada passed the Special War Revenue Act. An assassination attempt on the Sultan of Egypt by a native failed.
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Fress
Prinz Eitel
Fredrich
Newport News
Egypt
Red Cross Sends Over Thousand Articles to Prov. HQ
Local Red Cross Society forwarded over 1 000 articles to provincial headquarters as Mrs. W C Campbell reports. She notes comforts were sent overseas to soldiers and addresses the contraband issue. The Alberta Red Cross and ICDE roles are outlined with War Auxiliary Service coordination.
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Red X. Society
Red Cross Society
W. C. Campbell
Cmpbell
Red Cross
Campbell
I.C.D.E
Alberta Red Cross
Alberta
10.D.K
M.D
1.C.D.H
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W. Faversham
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