Swedish Airmen Aid Finns in Fight Against Raiding Russians
Swedish volunteers in Finland report air support has destroyed at least six Russian planes. Sweden suffered two plane losses in a mid air collision, killing two officers and one non commissioned officer. Russian raids continued over Helsinki and southern Finland with alarms and visible bombing.
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Stockholm
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Russia
Alberta Social Credit delegates push model settlement plan
Calgary delegates to the Social Credit convention back a model settlement to prove the program can work in Alberta. They propose absorbing unemployed citizens, pegging wheat at a price to be set federally, and broadening pensions. They also seek debt-free money from the Bank of Canada and conscripting finance and industry before manpower. Senate abolition is supported.
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Alberta
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Edmonton
Fort Withim
Bank of Canada
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Dominion Senate
Doctor Dismissed Over Gas Claims At Montevideo Hospital
President Baldomir dismissed Dr Walter Meerhoff from Pasteur hospital staff after his report supported German assertions that Graf Spee crew were burned by mustard gas in the December naval battle off Montevideo. Meerhoff, an eye specialist, cited gas effects in 14 wounded from the pocket battleship. a Uruguayan medical commission later found no gas signs on the wounded.
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Uruguay
A.P
Alfredo Baldomir
Pasteur
Walter Meerhoff
Graf Spee
Meerhoff
Legation
Revised 1939 Crop Valuation Tops 1930 Peak in Canada
Canada’s 1939 field crop valuations rise 15 percent to 68.4 million dollars, the highest since 1930, with wheat valued at 252.8 million from 489.6 million bushels. Oats, barley, rye, flax and potato values also climb amid higher production and war-related demand. Acreage across main field crops totals 59.2 million acres, up 1.18 million from 1938.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Gandhi says he has not lost faith in Britain
Mohandas Gandhi writes in Harijan that he seeks a honorable compromise with the British government on Indian self-rule and has not lost faith in Britain. He aims to avoid quarrel and pursue peaceful settlement.
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C.P
Mohandas Gandhi
Harijan
Britain
Potent Planes Add To C A F Striking Power
Ottawa in January reports Canada’s air force expanding with Americans built Digby bombers joining RCAF squadrons. The twin motor Digbys, entering via the border, dwarf earlier fighters like the Hudson and Bristol. At Uplands airport customs took 15 men to move the craft, which carries multiple gunner positions and heavy bomber capacity.
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Avangars
Photographs Of Enemy Territory Published In London
Canadian Press staff writer reports British authorities authorize publication of RAF reconnaissance photos taken over Germany. The official account says air dromes landing grounds forts bases railways canals rivers and roads reveal movement patterns and give the Allies a strategic information edge.
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London
C.P. Cable
Germany
Royal Air Force
War Time Taxation Control Conference Invites Inquiries
Secretary W N McClark of the local Chamber of Commerce reports a Toronto convention on February 20 with senior government officials from Wartime Prices and Trade Board Foreign Exchange Control Board and the Commissioner of Income Taxation. Local industries are asked to submit specific questions to Mr Bannan for forwarding to the Canadian Chamber.
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Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Toronto
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Foreign Exchange Control Board
Commissioner of Income Taxation
W. N. McClark
Germany to Win Must Do It At Once Halifax Speech
Viscount Halifax told an international radio audience Britain would aid Finland and urged Germany to act immediately to win the war. He warned that peace must restore small nations and guarantee Europe against a repeat disaster, while rejecting a vindictive peace if Germany seeks a decent settlement.
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Halifax
Lord Halifax
Italy Shuns Balkan Entente Conference Absence Noted
Rome reports Italy will skip Belgrade's February 2 Balkan entente conference and will not send observers. Hungary and Bulgaria also reportedly abstain, narrowing the meeting's scope as Rome avoids contact with the Romania Yugoslavia Turkey and Greece bloc. Mussolini’s cabinet approves a military budget of 10.846 billion lire for the coming year, about 75 million more than the current year.
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Greece
Mussolini
Forecast Alberta Partly Cloudy With Snow Flurries
Partly cloudy today and Sunday across Alberta with scattered snow flurries. Conditions remain moderately cold as the weekend progresses.
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Alberta
Heavy Fighting Reported in German Territory by French and German Units
Paris dispatch reports brisk fighting between French and German reconnaissance elements inside German territory near the Blies region. A German claim said a French recon force was skirmished between the Moselle and Palatine forest with several prisoners taken, while Luftwaffe flights against Britain and France continued. Fear of invasion in Belgium receded as mobilization steps were scaled back in London and Brussels.
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London
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Royal Air Force
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France
Don Gilbert
Belgium
Henri Denis
Pope Pius Advises Roosevelt on Narrow Peace Chance
Pope Pius XII informs President Roosevelt that chances for peace have narrowed to a slight probability due to stubborn obstacles that grow harder to overcome daily. The missive signals urgency in diplomacy amid evolving wartime pressures.
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Washington
Jan. ci
Pope Pius
Roosevelt
Italian Troops Stationed in Budapest Amid Soviet Threat
Budapest reports Italian troops have arrived in Hungary and are confined to Budapest barracks to deter a Soviet invasion. The Rome bureau notes more than 100,000 Soviet workers are being sent to fortify the Hungarian border. A Bucharest dispatch says a secret Balkans meeting discussed Romanian Yugoslav rapprochement to bolster southeastern neutrality.
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Ygoslavia
Yugoslavia
Southeastern Europe
Oddities In US Neutrality Act Highlighted By AP
The Neutrality Act yields many quirks from arms shipments to belligerent ports and travel rules. Examples include arms to Japan allowed while China blocked, pilots crossing borders via title transfers, and how enlisting abroad or handling embassy funds can trigger penalties or exemptions.
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Associated Press
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Burma
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Canada
France
Fire damages Haas building in Wetaskiwin
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Haas building in Wetaskiwin on Thursday. The blaze impacted Simmons clothing store premises, the homes of John Haas and N. W. Fead, and the office of coal dealer Lee Kelley. Snow flurries and cold temperatures followed the incident.
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C.P
Haas
Simmons’ Clothing
John Haas
N. W. Fead
Lee Kelley
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