Britain May Be Averted: Nazi Strength Shifts to Balkans
London reports the first night air raid warning after quiet days as German infiltration of Romania and Bulgaria expands. British authorities warn of eight to ten German divisions in the region and suggest air fields in France could enable a future invasion of Britain if Mediterranean pressure eases.
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Bulgaria
Italy
Britain
Romania
Salonika
Greece
Albania
Mediterranean
McFarland Acquitted in Ontario Infant Death Case
Robert McFarland a 21 year old Frankford Ont shoe maker was acquitted today of murder in the death of his 18 month old stepson Gordon Archer. The infant's wire bound body was found in the Trent river last July. McFarland's wife Alice Archer Mc Farland 18 was found insane and unfit to stand trial.
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Robert McFarland
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Gordon Archer
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Trent River
Alice Archer McFarland
Ingane
Korizis Named Greece's New Premier After Metaxas Death
King George II appointed Alexandros Korizis 55 governor of the National Bank as Metaxas successor after the 70 year old prime minister died of a throat infection. Metaxas had led Greece for nearly five years. The cabinet met to confirm the transition.
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C.P
John Metaxas
Greece
George II
Alexandros Korizis
Natonal Bank
Metaxas
870 Killed in Capital Alone
First official figures from the Ministry of Interior report 870 killed in Bucharest during last week's revolt. The toll includes those killed near the Bariasa forest on the city edge or died in hospitals, with 444 wounded taken to Bucharest hospitals.
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Bucharest
Ministry of Interior
Bariasa
Japanese Moves Reported as Indo China Tensions Rise
Reports say Japanese troop transports were seen off the coast of Saigon as Japan presses moves in Indo China. Japanese forces occupy Haiduong near Hanoi, while warships anchor off Cape Saint Jacques. Border clashes with Thai Siam continue as armistice talks are planned aboard the Katori.
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Red Cross Annual Meeting Tonight at City Hall
The Red Cross Society holds its annual meeting in the City Hall council chamber this evening. Officers and committee chairmen will report on the year’s activities and 1941 officers elected. A large attendance is expected to hear the society’s past year review. Mrs. Anne McAlpine, widow of Hugh McAlpine, longtime Middlesex County resident, died in her 111st year.
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Hugh McAlpine
Middlesex County
Though Not Liable Pastor Pays Tax
A Regina minister asked how much income tax he owed for 1940. The tax official said his income was not liable, but the minister insisted and paid the tax. The government needs the money for the war. A cheque arrived the next morning. Another Regina man sent $1,000 as a straight gift.
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Regina
Dominion Income Tax Office
Will Deport C SO West Coast Leader
Washington January 29 immigration committee reported favorably a bill to deport Harry Bridges west coast leader of the Congress of Industrial Organizations Bridges an Australian native and labor figure faced prior deportation action by the last House session which passed the measure but the Senate took no action this time and no final outcome occurred.
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Harry Bridges
Congress of Industrial Organizations
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Australia
United States
House of Representatives
Immigration Committee
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Senate
City Glances and Updates Spark City Interest
Darling Dress Shop renovates interior to a smarter look. Total receipts for the TB Christmas seal campaign reach 1252 dollars and 6 cents. Book sales close February 1. Empire Club rooms buzz with activity as they prepare for a debut to the public on Saturday. A new sign near the police office marks a convenient location reference.
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Empire Club
Ontario Brigade Rises to Coastal Defence Duty
The 2nd Canadian Division sends a Central Ontario and Western Ontario brigade to bolster seafront fortifications on the English coast. With sandbags barbed wire and gun emplacements the units test fire trenches and pill boxes and earn high praise from a senior British corps commander and General Victor Odlum.
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Ontario
Ottawa
Wesern Ontario
Victor Odlum
Odlum
England
Soldiers of Canadian base units begin voting drive
Generous Canucks London report states base unit soldiers have started a voting drive at the Canadian base, aiming to mobilize support and encourage enlistment during a wartime period.
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Generous Canucks
London
Evacuees Benefit Fund Supports East End Children
A fund was established to aid several hundred children evacuated from London's East End with money for food clothing games sports equipment and entertainment.
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London
East End
Stimson Defines War Aim as Buying Time for Armament
War Secretary Stimson told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the objective of the United States is to buy time from Britain to arm and protect itself. He urged passage of legislation to meet the extraordinary emergency created by the age and nations.
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Washington
Stimson
United States
Britain
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
War Department
Alberta considers moratorium on private debts
Alberta minister Lu c ien Maynard says the government may declare a moratorium on private debts and extend it as long as needed to protect debtors in the province.
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Edmonton
Lucien Maynard
Alberta
Premier Aberhart On Holiday At Coast
Premier Aberhart of Alberta arrived in Vancouver yesterday to visit his daughter and son-in-law Mr and Mrs A MacNutt. He had nothing to say except he expected to return to Edmonton shortly.
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Vancouver
Aberhart
Alberta
A. MacNutt
Edmonton
Rebels blast tomb of Romanian political foe in revolt
The tomb of Armand Calinescu, an arch enemy of the Iron Guard blamed for thousands of executions in 1939, was dynamited by rebels during last week's uprising in Bucharest.
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Bucharest
Armand Calinescu
The
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R A F Bombs Naples and Libya Targets
Royal Air Force headquarters announced fires followed the bombing of Naples airdrome and a central railway junction at Naples plus a marshalling yard on Monday night. The communique said RAF fighters machine gunned the retreating enemy between Derna and Barce in Libya.
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Barce
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Willkie Sees Angry Women In London Demonstration
In London Wendell Willkie observed a protest by banner-waving women outside a hotel where he planned lunch. The banners derided government food policy and Lord Woolton, the Minister of Food, amid a timed demonstration upon his arrival.
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C.P
Wendell Willkie
Lord Wealton
Lord Woolton
Willkie
Greeks Repel Italian Counterattacks Near Klisura
Greek mountain troops shattered two fresh Italian counter-attacks north of Klisura and took 70 prisoners including a captain. Italians used tanks in one assault, losing three on the spot and a fourth abandoned in flames. At least 100 Alpini prisoners reported, two Italian planes shot down, and a Salonika hospital strike left one dead and 19 wounded.
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Klisura
Salonika
Ministry of Home Security
British
Royal Air Force
Elbasani
Albania
Twenty Five Years Ago In World War I Highlights
Twenty four persons killed and 380 injured in Zeppelin raid on Paris. Germans advanced at Frise on the Somme. On the Eastern Front Russian forces repulsed a German attack south of Lake Babit in the Riga sector.
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Somme
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Troops Mass to Assault Derna Port
Cairo dispatch reports British motorized units pushing toward Derna Libya as a coastal assault tightens. Main forces mass near the town while advanced units move south and west with heavy track vehicles. In Eritrea sector, operations are developing with 73 prisoners taken as Italians withdraw toward Unm Hamar. Ethiopian front remains unchanged with vigorous patrols.
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Ivritrea
Sudan
Unm Hamar
May Lead To War Gayda Warns U S A
Virginio Gayda editorial spokesman for Fascist Italy warns that U S aid to Britain breaks neutrality and could draw the United States into war through the legitimate reaction of the Axis powers.
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Romf
C.P
Virginio Gayla
Italy
United States
Britain
Asis
Ciano Seen as Mussolini Scapegoat by New York Times
The New York Times editorial views Italy's foreign minister Ciano leaving to the war front as a scapegoat for Mussolini's mistakes. It notes seven ministers have gone to fronts to quell protests and bolster an unpopular war, with doubt of averting catastrophe and a choice between defeat by Britain or Germany.
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Germany
Will Hold Farmers Short Course Here Medicine Hat
In response to a letter, W T Bannan secretary of the Chamber of Commerce reported from the Department of Agriculture Edmonton that a farmers short course will be held in Medicine Hat this spring. Dates to be announced later. This will be the first such course in Medicine Hat and will reduce travel costs for local farmers who previously attended the Calgary course.
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Chamber of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Conchie Camps to Open for Draft Resisters in Seven States
Work camps for conscientious objectors will open soon in seven states for an initial induction of about 1,000 men drawn from the November December and January draft quotas.
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Washington
A.P
Will Act Against Rent Profiteering
In Ottawa on January 29 the Wartime Price and Trade Board's rentals section said landlords who raise rents without justification may face action by the rentals administrator to fix the amounts receivers may obtain.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canada
Price and Trade Board
New World War II British Draft Adds New Registration Classes
London reports a royal proclamation orders men born in 1921 and other ages to register for military service. The first class to register, those born in 1921, will register February 22. The change also revises reserved occupations and ties eligibility more closely to ongoing work. No total for affected men was given.
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London
Unien
Ministry of Labor
Wholesalers And Retailers To Meet In Calgary
Calgary reports a meeting of wholesale and retail distributors in the city and district set for Thursday evening at 8 in the city police court. The Alberta provincial board Retail Merchants Association of Canada calls the session to discuss a proposed amendment regarding its services against Ethiopians to be raised at the provincial legislature.
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Alberta Provincial Board
Retail Merchants Association of Canada
Oil Resources Determine Scope of Axis Spring Attack
The piece argues Nazi oil stocks will shape a spring offensive and that weather, while reducing attacks on Britain, is secondary to conserving fuel for a major push. It critiques Rome’s forecasts of a triple offensive, notes Italy's fragile role, and links Mussolini’s aims to Mediterranean oil access and routes to Rumnausen.
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Associated Press
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