Turks Rehearse Tactics as Hitler Sends Message
In Ankara the Turkish cabinet discussed a message from Hitler to President Incia delivered by air courier. British moves in Sofia threatened to sever ties with Bulgaria, with US diplomats preparing to seize British assets. Britain eyes action against Germany and plans aid to Greece amid Balkan tensions.
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Turkey
Hitler
Incia
Germany
Sofia
Bulgaria
Rendel
United States
George Earle
Britain
Earle
U.S
Eden
John Dill
Imperial General Staff
Greece
Balkans
Middle East
the Times
British Admit Ship Losses Amid Hitler Claims
London reports British and allied merchant shipping losses totaling 60 868 tons for the week to Feb 24. The Admiralty counters Hitler's two day claim of 215 006 tons sunk, noting 14 ships were lost, including 15 British vessels and one allied merchant ship.
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London
Admiralty
Hitler
High Command
Japan sets new reply deadline on Indo China border dispute
Tokyo reports a second time in a week that France must answer Japan’s modified settlement plan on the Indo China border dispute with Thailand. Foreign Minister Matsuoka told French Ambassador Henry a final answer was expected by Wednesday noon, after a brief 6 minute meeting that failed to secure agreement.
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Tokyo
Domei
Japan
Sen
France
Thailand
Matsuoka
Henry
Soldier Sentenced For Armed Robbery in Farnham
Kingston Surrey England March 4 Pte W. N. Bennett of the Canadian Corps was sentenced to three years imprisonment after conviction for armed robbery in Farnham. He allegedly entered a theatre paybox, held up the manager and his assistant and obtained about 15 shillings. A shot was fired before his capture in a street.
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Kingston
Surrey
Ingland
Wo N. Bennett
Canadian Corps
Farnham
Bennett
Local City Council Acts on War Era Lease and Housing Calls
City Council unanimously passed a wartime lease transferring the local airport to His Majesty for the duration of the war. Delegates left terms for the finance committee and a meeting with the Civic Employees Union. The body approved a 250 dollar annual Salvation Army grant and discussed city property sales and a no-leases without sales clause policy. A housing plan inquiry and salvage committee updates were also noted along with possible census deferment.
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Civic Employees Union
Salvation Army
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Chamber of Commerce
F. W. Gershaw
Winnipeg
Calgary
Trail
Red Cross
Ottawa
Steam Engineers Sought For Local Service Training School
J W Wright of the Improvement Service of Canada seeks two second class steam engineers for permanent posts at the local training school. A rush order last night filled local men as painters carpenters and caterpillar tractor men at SFTS No 34. Men may be required to join the air force after medicals. Eight general duties handymen with air craftsmen pay also vacancies and must pass medicals.
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J. W. Wright
Improyment Service of Canada Tere
S.F.T.S. No. 34
Air Force
General Duties
Stalin’s Balkans Dilemma Boosts Two Front War Fears
A Soviet rebuke to Bulgaria over German troops hints at shifting allied attitudes. The note may push Turkey toward counter moves against Germany while Britain risks no explicit response as London anticipates a strong, proactive stance. British air and naval bases in Greece blunt Nazi options, with Crete acting as a key eastern Mediterranean stronghold.
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Hitler
Stalin
Questa
Turkey
Send
Macedonia
London
Germany
Balkans
Balkan
Greece
Crete
British Gibraltar
Mediterranean
British advance gains two Italian Somaliland strong points
NAIROBI Kenya March 4 British forces report capturing Isola Baldoa and Buloburu as they march toward the Ethiopian frontier. Cairo bulletin notes operations in Eritrea and Ethiopia progressing, Cheren besieged from north and west while Suez area raids caused no casualties or damage.
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Nairobs
Kenya
Ethiopia
Isola Baldoa
Buloburu
Eritrea
Cairo
Cheren
Asmara
Suez Canal
Admiralty Announces New Rations Scale for Seagoing Men
The Admiralty declared a new ration scale effective March 10 for home service seagoing ships. Navy meat rations drop two ounces to 10 daily and sugar by three ounces to 21 weekly. Shore establishments cut meat by two to eight daily and sugar by one and a half ounces to 14 weekly. Applies to Royal Canadian Navy ships in British waters.
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London
Admiralty
Home Service
Army
Cologne Was Main Target In British Raid
London reports that Cologne was the primary objective of a night raid by British bombers on industrial areas of the Rhineland. The raid was described as heavy and successful, with additional strikes on Brest Ostend Boulogne docks and airdromes in occupied France and smaller attacks in the Ruhr valley.
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London
C.p.j
Cologne
Rhineland
Royal Air Force
Brest
Ostend
Boulogne
France
Ruhr
Heavy Raid on Cardiff City
Cardiff endured a major nightly air raid described by officials as among the war’s greatest fire raids. Fires raged across the city with widespread destruction and uncertain casualties as German bombers attacked additional areas including London and Scotland.
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Cardiff
Wales
C.P
Lorin
Britain
London
Cough Air
Scotland
Savings on the Instalment Plan
War savings certificates offer a steady option for small income groups to fund investments through monthly instalments. The program targets those who cannot afford large lump sums but can contribute several dollars monthly, building to substantial yearly totals.
Thirty Two Canucks On Torpedoed Ship
Shipping officials released a list showing 32 Canadians among the crew of the British freighter Maple Court sunk by enemy action. The commander is Captain W. H. Mumphreys, Vancouver. No other western Canadians appear on the crew list.
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March
C.P
W. H. Mumphreys
Vancouver
Charge Against James Tschritter is Dismissed
A Manitoba court dismissed manslaughter charges against James Tschritter of Foremost after the prosecution failed to prove wilful misconduct or criminal negligence in the death of Francis Hugh Reilly on December 2, 1940. Witness testimony indicated the death came from a dislocated cervical vertebrae possibly caused by a heavy jolt. no witnesses described an accident involving a truck and bicycle.
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W. C. Ives
James Tschritter
Supreme Court
Tschritter
Francis Hugh Reilly
Third Street
N.E
Medicine Hat
Canada
Varley Mulligan
W. D. Gow
Zaid
Edward Ashburner
John Dunlop
George Brown
Harold Watts
Hannah Reilly
Milton Brown
Thomas Davey
Clarence Hamilton
William Waters
Jack Hope
Frank
North Railway
Second Streets
City Glances Shine in February Civic Reports
February local births reached 40, marriages 16, deaths 6 with new cadets rising at Alexandra High School under P L F Riches. A Red Cross salvage drive collects tin and metal scraps. In Supreme Court, a salesman quips that bicycles are a nuisance.
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Red Cross
Alexandra High School
P. L. F. Riches
New Alfalfa Varietal "Forax" Unveiled After 17 Years
University of Alberta researchers led by Dr. J. R. Fryer announce a new alfalfa variety named Forax. The high seed producer ends decades of fickle seed set and marks a major breakthrough after 17 years of genetic field crop research in March in Edmonton.
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University of Alberta
J. R. Fryer
Mr. Fryer
War savings pledges urged. Ottawa aims for Saturday
Mr. Fercy Yeo thanks canvassers for war savings certificates pledges and urges completion of zones at once. He learned today Ottawa expects the job finished by Saturday, March 5th.
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Fercy Yeo
Ottawa
Yugoslav Miner Pleads Guilty in Poker Fraud Conspiracy
Joseph Eror, 50, admitted conspiracy to defraud Louis Leroux in a September poker game at New Westminster. Remanded for sentence. Co-defendants James Watson and Ralph Lohn were previously sentenced to four and two years. The case occurred in Vancouver area.
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Vancouver
Joseph Eror
Louis O. Leroux
Windsor
Cnt
James Watson
Ralph Lohn
New Westminster
B.C
Government to shut or merge civilian industries to boost arms
London March 4 The government will shut down or consolidate 50 to 90 civilian industries employing up to 1,000,000 workers and shift all available manpower and materials to arms manufacture. Oliver Lyttleton announced in Commons the plan aims to force factory closures or consolidations under government raw materials control.
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London
C.P
Oliver Lyttleton
Board of Trade
Hossery
Capt. Lyttleton
Alberta Could Aid War Effort
J H Walker leader of the Independent group in the Alberta legislature said in a speech broadcast from Edmonton and Calgary that rigid economy could keep services and finance 240 Spitfires plus a year of gasoline. He noted 1940 tax and revenue exceeded 6 million dollars more than 1936 and civil service costs rose by more than 7 million dollars since 1935.
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Edmonton
J. H. Walker
Alberta
Calgary
Tighten Exams Medical Boards Better Than in Last War
Ottawa reports Defence Minister Ralston told the House of Commons that about 10,000 of 20,000 discharged service members since the war were physically unfit, prompting tighter medical board examinations. The pensions debate continued, noting 148 disability pensions and 273 families receiving pensions among the discharged, with several thousand applications under adjudication.
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Defence
Ralston
House of Commons
Col. Ralston
Mackenzie
Mackengzie
Salid
Air
Power
Prrours
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