Scouting Planes Draw Fire Over Berlin and North Sea
British RAF scouting planes returning from reconnaissance over Berlin and northwest Germany drew anti aircraft fire from Berlin batteries. Two German raiders off the Scottish coast were driven off by RAF fighters. A steamship was bombed by a German boat but driven off before rescue vessels arrived.
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Berlin
London
North Sea
Britain
Royal Air Force
Germany
R.A.F
Tagship
DBE
R.A. B. Panel Aries
Air Ministry
Germans Claim Successes In N Sea Raid
Berlin reports sinking of one ship and possible destruction of four others among British warships and convoyed vessels in the North Sea. German air reconnaissance over the North Sea and Orkneys noted. French sources say Allied patrols attacked German submarines but results unclear.
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Berlin
Mar
High Command
DNB
Germain
North Sea
Orkney Islands
Germany
Nymwegen
Paris
Lower Vostes
Lauter
Cabarets Appeal Vancouver By-law Frozen Operating Hours
Vancouver cabarets will be closed at midnight on Saturdays pending the British Columbia Court of Appeal ruling on a bylaw violation. Four cabarets faced fines after police court convictions, including The Cave's proprietor who paid $10. early Sunday operations had continued to 2 a.m. pending appeals.
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Vancouver
C.P
British Columbia Court of Appeal
Elmore Meredith
A. G. King
Russians push back Germans in central Poland 1915 front
25 Years Ago March 2 1915 report notes Russians forcing German retreat in central Poland and repelling Austro German assaults in the Carpathians. Allied forces hold Champagne gains and resume naval bombardments on the Dardanelles as of March 3 1915. First Canadian Division takes Fleurbaix sector with HQ at Sailly sur la Lys while French reach commanding heights north of Perthes in Champagne.
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Poland
Carpathian Mountains
Champagne
Dardanelles
Fleurbaix
Sailly-sur-la-Lys
Perthes
Canada Eyes Bacterial Warfare Threat From Nazi Germany
Canadian health officials examine tularemia as a potential weapon while noting limited effectiveness of serum and the impracticality of spreading the disease via infected insects. They cite 39 cases since 1929 in British Columbia with one death, and say sanitation and decontamination reduce risk to troops and civilians.
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Action Press
Offa
Canadia
Nazi Germany
Department of Pensions and National Health
Department
Martin Gumpert
New York
Gumpert
Canada
Health Department
British Columbia
Gray outlines Alberta policy on unemployment and war effort
E L Gray speaks over CFCN on a policy for unemployment rehabilitation and war effort affecting Medicine Hat Hanna Handhills Empress and Cypress districts and Acadia Coronation riding. He notes 7000 unemployed statewide drought rehabilitation needs and calls for ongoing government attention.
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Cypress
Acadia-Coronation
Alberta
Four Italian ships sail from Rotterdam with coal to Italy
Four Italian ships loaded with German coal left Rotterdam for Italy but returned to port after receiving instructions from Rome. The convoy sailed this morning and was redirected by Italian authorities.
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Italy
Amsterdam
C.P
Rotterdam
Rome
Winnipeg
Geo. Crujickshank
Winnipeg Street Railway Contructor
McPhillips Street
Selkirk Avenue
Cruickshank
Smith H. Brown Retires On Pension
Mr. Smith H. Brown completed 27 years of service with the Canadian Pacific Railway on March 1 when he retired on pension. Entering the service in October 1913 as a trainman he continued in that capacity until his last run at the end of February. He will visit relatives in eastern Canada before returning to Medicine Hat to spend his retirement. Friends extend best wishes for health and happiness.
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Smith H. Brown
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
Medicine Hat
Southgate Located by U.S. Planes After SOS
U.S. naval planes located the British steamship Southgate after a submarine attack report. The vessel was said to be in no immediate danger. The initial SOS message was followed by comments from Puerto Rico officials suggesting a mistaken U.S. submarine could have prompted the Southgate to fear an attack. Two U.S. submarines were in the area.
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Washington
Mar
Navy
United States Naval
Caribbean
Southgate
San Juan
Puerto Rico
United States Army
United States
USS
Junior Board Dinner Moves To Tuesday For Film Showing
The Junior Board of Trade executive shifts its March dinner from Wednesday to Tuesday evening. Dinner starts at 6 30 at the Assiniboia hotel with scenic films from Vancouver to New York planned for about 8 o clock. Members and prospective members are advised of the change.
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Vancouver
New York
J.B.T
Assiniboia
Belgian Plane Shot Down in Belgian Frontline Air Fight
Brussels reports a Belgian pursuit plane was shot down by a German bomber during air clashes over Belgian territory. Early frontier notes say a Belgian plane crashed near Bastogne near the Luxembourg border with occupants reportedly burned. German embassy sought interview as officials called the foreign minister.
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Brussels
Bastogne
Foreign Office
Paul Spaak
Spaak
C.P
German Ship Is Captured Near West Indies
Aruba reports a British cruiser captured the German freighter Heidel berg and towed it to Trinidad. The Troja and the 4,400 ton Antilla attempted exits. the Troja was set afire yesterday to avoid surrender as British patrols tightened the blockade.
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Aruba
Dutch West Indies
Trinidad
Germany
Antilla
Not In Favor Women Voting in Quebec Elections
Quebec's Cardinal Villeneuve issues four reasons for opposing provincial woman suffrage. He argues it disrupts family unity, exposes women to electoral passions, claims most women in the province do not want it, and says reforms can be achieved via feminine organizations without voting rights.
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Quebec
C.P
Rodrique Cardinal Villenuve
Hitler lays out peace terms including central Europe control
Berlin reports Hitler told Sumner Welles that Germany seeks permanent hegemony over Bohemia Moravia Slovakia Poland and Hungary plus revived Austria to form a Central European bloc of about 130 million. He also pressed freedom of seas and questioned US stance on Panama canal while urging dismantling British fortresses in Gibraltar Malta and Singapore.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Sumner Welles
U.S
Germany
Bohemia-Moravia
Slovakia
Poland
Hungary
Austria
Hitler
Great Britain
France
Balkans
Scandinavia
United States
Welles
Mexico
Britain
Europe
Asia
Italy
Panama
Italy to protest British seizure of German exports
Rome March 2 government announced a note of protest will be sent to the British government tomorrow over London s decision to seize German exports to Italy especially coal. The note is now being drafted.
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Rome
C.P
London
Italy
Allies must crush Nazi regime and forge European solidarity
London march 2 former Czech president Eduard Benes urged the Allies to mercilessly dismantle the Nazi regime and make Germans accept responsibility. He argued peace requires indivisible freedom and proposed a new European system with safeguards for small states, federated units, a recreated League of Nations and economic cooperation.
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London
C.P
Eduard Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Europe
League of Nations
War message ties Hitler fight to German people
Air Marshal W A Bishop told Ontario accountants Canada fights Hitler and the German people alike. He urged facing the truth, warned against mercy for the foe, and pledged RCAF support to Britain. He praised Canadian forces and predicted victory, stressing total national effort.
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Toronto
W. A. Bishop
Adolf Hitler
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario
Germany
Hitler
Canadian Broadcasting Corpora
Tion
Bishop
England
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canada
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FE. L. Gray
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Centrol
Central Europe
Freedom of Seas
Panama Canal
Fuehrer
Malta
Singapore
Alles
Hickey
Assiniboia Indians
Sky Chiefs
Citizens’ Band
Empress Theatre
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