Mackenzie King Accepts Prince Albert Nomination
Prime Minister Mackenzie King, chosen unanimously by the Liberal convention as Prince Albert candidate, declares he will not use words to alienate voters from any party. He addresses two meetings before 3,000 in the armories and says he aims to unite all sides, with no coalition plan indicated.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Mackenzie King
Armories
Patterson
Saskatchewan
Sauskatchewan
German Life Is Not Too Pleasant
Berlin reports six months of war bring widespread privations. Bread rations shrink as men on the western front reduce household income. Mothers work in munitions plants while husbands endure longer hours. Children collect scraps for Hermann Goering’s economic drive. Blackouts and unheated, crowded streetcars curb social life.
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Louis Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Hermann Quering
Weather Turns Mild Across Regions
The temperature rose from 3 above at 9 a.m. yesterday to 33 above at 2 a.m. today and further to 38 at 1 p.m. This milder trend is seen broadly with Lethbridge at 39 above and Swift Current at 30 above by late afternoon.
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Lethbridge
California Floods Reach Northern California Cities
Northern California's five day flood spreads death and destruction as it nears Colusa with 100 families evacuated from broken levees. Meridian reports five family members missing or drowned, four found alive in perilous water, one survivor.
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San Francisco
California
Sacramento Valley
Colusa
Meridian
Meridan
Calif
Perons
Ides of March May Mark First Big Nazi Offensive
Paris report surveys six months of war with Allied losses around fourteen thousand casualties and German toll higher. It notes shipping blockades by Britain, France and Britain mobilization, French economic strain and a focus on economic measures as war grinds into the second half.
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Associated Press
Paris
Mar
Adolf Hitler
France
Great Britain
Germany
Xen
Aost
Li Ba
Britain
Poland
Maginot Line
Britain’s War Machine Is Ready for Spring Offensive
Britain marshals vast resources after six months of war with Germany to meet a likely spring attack on land, sea and air. The three services have strengthened dramatically, with economic and political unity backing victory and a grim national resolve shaping a united war footing.
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London
Germany
Britain
High Seas
Corres
Italy Hopes US Coal to Avert Italian Fuel Shortage
London reports British navy will detain German coal exports to Italy at midnight, while Rome cites Italy negotiating for about 3 million tons of U S bituminous coal to prevent a fuel shortage. Private talks may influence a government decision within days, with credit facilities likely from the Import-Export Bank.
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London
C.P
Italy
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Rome
Germany
United States
Britain
Calgary Citizens Committee Forms Campaign HQ for Abherhart Debate Challenge
The Calgary Citizens' Committee announced a challenge to Premier Aberhart to debate his government's record. Officials stated the group completed organizing provincial election campaign headquarters in the city yesterday.
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Calgary
Aberhart
Calgary Citizens’ Committee
Queen Donates Woolies to the RCAF in France
Parcel of nearly 100 woolies flown from England to RAF headquarters in France carries a note From H.M. the Queen. The set includes nine scarves 24 balaclava helmets three pullovers 20 socks and a dozen mitten cuffs knitted by Buckingham Palace workers.
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R.A.F
France
Royal Air Force
England
H.M
Buckingham Palace
British and French To Confer With United States
London reports the appointment of special British and French economic experts to ease blockade tensions with the United States. Frank Aston-Gwatkin and Charles Rist were selected for the Washington talks, aiming to smooth economic friction.
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London
United States
Washington
Frank Aston-Gwatkin
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Charles Rist
Bank of France
Viipuri Faces Soviet Push In Desperate City Siege
March 1 report says powerful Soviet forces threaten Viipuri as they push toward the city four miles from the railway northeast of Kaemaarie. Finns withdraw in good order toward rear Mannerheim line defenses while Moscow claims Red Army near Viipuri. The Gulf islands are also under attack and Viipuri city remains largely ruined.
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Viipuri
Finland
Kaemaerae
Mannerheim Line
Moscow
Red Army
Gulf of Viipuri
Howe credits Liberal government with aviation turnaround
Hon C D Howe, Canada’s transport minister, asserts that since 1935 the King government has built and improved 109 airdromes, created modern airports across the country, and advanced military and commercial aviation. He cites total prewar spending of 22.45 million and notes progress from a lack of modern airports and planes to a national air program.
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London
Ont
Mackenzie King
Canada
C. D. Howe
King
Howe
Defence Department
Transport Department
Britain and Germany Clash in Air and Sea Warfare
Britain and Germany fought air and sea battles with neutral vessels among those sunk. RAF reconnaissance flights over Berlin and other German cities followed German attacks on shipping off Britain's east coast from Yorkshire to the Thames estuary. A 5000-ton Italian steamship Mirella sank after hitting a mine off Suffolk. One man was killed and eleven missing after an Italian ship was mined in the North Sea.
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Britain
Germany
Berlin
Yorkshire
Thames Estuary
Sege
Rotterdam
Italy
Suffolk
R.A.F
Baltic
Courage
North Sea
Hamburg
Bremen
Kiel
Heligoland Bight
Four Calgary Social Credit Candidates Named
Calgary from Mar 1 reports only four candidates were announced by the Social Credit advisory board to contest the five seat riding. The slate includes Premier Aberhart Fred Anderson Mrs Edith Gostick and Mrs H D Tarves after late night board sittings.
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Calgary
Mar
Social Credit Advisory Board
Aberhart
Fred Anderson
Edith Gostick
H. D. Tarves
Rush For Motor Licenses Sparks Edmonton Visit
E. Trowbridge deputy provincial secretary, visiting Edmonton, arranged extra help for the 1940 motor license rush. The highway traffic branch will issue truck plates and licenses from a basement office, while Miss Hughes’ office on the ground floor handles automobile and chauffeurs licenses as usual.
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E. Trowbridge
Edmonton
Trowbridge
Uruguayan Coast Sees Rumors of Naval Battle
Reports from Montevideo say a German pocket battleship a submarine and a large merchant ship were observed off Rio Grande do Sul near Punta del Este. Two Free French and three British warships were in the area as rumors of a clash spread. The Graf Spee hulk, scuttled during the war, was sold by Germany to a Montevideo salvage firm led by Julio Veaga Helguera for an undisclosed sum.
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Montevideo
Rio Grande Do Sul
Brazil
Punta del Este
Graf Spee
Germany
Julio Veaga Helguera
Community Pastures Aid Drought Areas In Canada
O Freer of ReginaAddressed the Western Canada Livestock Union on the Prair ie Farmers Rehabilitation Association plans The community pasture and irrigation projects aim to create self contained farm ranch units to withstand droughts and improve stock quality Officials say the program could offer better livestock marketing and soil and water management in Saskatchewan Manitoba and beyond
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Vancouver
Ita
Prairie Farmers’ Rehabilitation Association
O. Freer
Regina
Association
Western Canada Livestock Union
Rehabilitation Association
Freer
Saskatchewan
Manitopa
Dominion Opsiriene
J. W.G. Mae
University of Saskatchay Katoon
de Hee
Canada
Siowen
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