British Troops Reported Landing at Salonika Front
Belgrade dispatches say large British forces have arrived at Salonika with gasoline supplies as Nazi moves loom from Bulgaria. Berlin claims the Greek issue is settled and warns Greece and the Balkans remain in danger, with Turkey massing 100000 troops on its border.
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Salonika
Berlin
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Aegean
Hitler
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey
Balkans
Gevgelia
Italians Breaking Up in Yugoslavia Front
Italian soldiers and some Albanian comrades crossed into Yugoslavia for internment as reports described rapid disintegration of Italian forces fighting Greece. The day’s events reflect chaotic withdrawal from the theater and a collapsing frontline situation.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
C.P
Greece
Two Day Short Course Opens Here
The Alberta Department of Agriculture and the Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce hold a two day agricultural short course in Park Hall this spring. Sessions run today with speakers from Edmonton Lethbridge and Brooks covering potato diseases soil and water conservation shelter belts and farm gardens. Mr Longman spoke at noon and A P Burns welcomed the visitors to open the course.
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Alberta Department of Agriculture
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
S. Longman
Edmonton
Alberta
P. D. Hargrave
Brooks
United States sugar quotas rise as consumption estimate grows
Agricultural Secretary Claude Wickard raised the current year sugar consumption forecast to 6,851,889 tons, an increase of 235,072, and announced a corresponding boost in production quotas. The distribution will apply across all producing areas. A note mentions Canadians from BB.C. serving with New Zealand forces in the Mediterranean.
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Washington
Claude Wickard
United States
BB. C
New Zealand
Mediterranean
Bombs Hit Lorient Docks in British Raid
London reports British air force attacks on Lorient submarine base last night with many heavy bombs bursting in the docks and a large fire started. Coastal Command aircraft also raided Cologne factories and other targets in the Low Countries. no aircraft were shot down.
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London
Érman
Lorient
British Airft
Air Ministry
Coastal Command
Cologne
Rhineland
S.F.T.S. cadets engage in PT and Canadian sports push
North American Harvards loop and barrel roll as No. 34 S.F.T.S. runs a brisk training session led by Pilot Officer R. A. Taylor. He plans broader Canadian sport for cadets and ground crews to foster competition with local sports circles amid steady measles cases locally.
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S.F.T.S
R. A. Taylor
R.A.F
PC Taylor
P.T
London Bombing Ravages Southeast Coast and London
March 20 report of a ferocious raid by German bombers hitting a southeast coast town and London. Homes and shops demolished, five hospitals struck, a large department store burned, and seven people killed in a single building as refugees fled the area and fire crews battled widespread blazes.
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London
World Record By Nile Army in Speed of Action
The British army of the Nile reportedly set a world's record for speed in action and killed or captured Graziani's entire North African invasion force of 150,000. The Ministry of Information said two tanks and armored cars escaped, and British casualties were under 2,000.
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London
Ministry of Information Today
the Nile
Rodolfo Graziani
North Africa
Egypt
Graziani
Railroad Officials Cite Suspected Sabotage In Manhattan Limited Wreck
Pittsburgh reports say 44 Russian engineers and 18 U S army men were aboard the Manhattan Limited when a nearby Pennsylvanian line wreck occurred near Baden. Five dead and 114 injured after the crash, with railroad men claiming a rail was loosened to cause the collision.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvanian Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Army
Manhattan Limited
Baden
Manhattan
Montreal Fur-Dyeing Plant Blast Claims Worker
Officials said 575 workers at the A Hollander and Sons plant were accounted for after a Tuesday blast that injured 64 and killed John Hora, 46, who died in hospital from burns. An inquest into Hora's death opened and adjourned.
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Montreal
John Hora
A. Hollander and Sons Limited
Hora
Why Tenders Not Called in War Supplies
Ottawa report explains why the munitions and supply department sometimes bypassed tender calls. Urgent needs led to using firms with existing orders, negotiating for lower prices on increased volumes, or mobilizing entire industries for large orders. All contracts over $5 000 required order in council authorization and most contracts went to the lowest tenderer.
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Ottawa
G. K. Shells
House of Commons Committee On
Defence Department
Sheila
Textile Industry Committee
Sheils
Calgary May Establish Special Rental Appeals Committee
Judge W A MacDonald, chair of Calgary rent control board, weighs creating a special committee to hear future rental appeals after current duties end. About 1200 appeals were heard since Jan 7 by MacDonald Ald White and L F Clarry K C. White plans to leave Calgary soon to serve as regional unemployment insurance supervisor. board sittings are finished with decisions pending.
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Calgary
W. A. MacDonald
Macdonald
Ald. Ered J. White
L. F. Clarry K.C
White
Prairie Provinces
Man pleads guilty to possessing live bomb as wartime souvenir
Philip Stonard admitted possessing a live twenty five pound bomb kept under his bed. He claimed he removed the firing rod and believed the device harmless, the court heard.
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London
Philip Stonard
Cheren Front Seen as British Fast Victory Push
British and Italian reports on the Cheren front in Eritrea indicate a decisive action is near as British forces push for a quick victory. Rome concedes notable British air and troop concentrations while claiming to have repelled the foe and notes Cheren as a mop up effort amid Balkans uncertainty.
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Eritrea
East Africa
Rome
Balkans
Middle East
Cheren
British Air Bombard Zeebrugge. German Destroyers Chased
Sixty British airplanes bombarded Zeebrugge causing damage. British destroyers chased three German destroyers into the Belgian harbor severely damaging one. Germans attacked Avecourt Wood and Hill 304 at Verdun.
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Zeebrugge
Avecourt Wood
Hill 304
Verdun
Explosion at Hercules Powder plant causes scare
An explosion on the burning grounds of the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil New Jersey rocked the area today but caused no injuries and minimal damage. Patrolman Edward Higgins reported the blast occurred where refuse was destroyed, recalling last fall’s 52 fatal blast.
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Kenvil
N.J
Hercules Powder Company
Edward Higgins
Sub hits on Italian transports by British subs score two sunk
Three British submarines attacked Italian convoys off London on March 20. The Triumph sank two supply ships of about 2,500 tons each, and a 3,000 ton ship was hit by the Unique. Utmost caused a violent explosion, with at least one transport believed completely destroyed.
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London
C.P
Admiralty
Triumph
Utmost
Mayors of Canada Back United Fund
Ottawa mayor Stanley Lewis, president of the Canadian Federation of Mayors, supports a united national appeal for 5.5 million dollars to aid Canada’s armed forces at home and overseas. He says the drive will cut campaign costs and spare the public from six separate solicitations over the next year.
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Ottawa
Stanley Lewis
Canadian Federation of Mayors
Canadian War Services Fund
United National Appeal
Canada
Canadian Legion
1.C.C.E
Knights of Columbus
Salvation Army
Y.M. C.A
Y.W.C.A
Lewis
Sweden Defense Bill Seeks Longer Initial Training for Conscripts
Sweden proposes to double the first training period for conscripts from 180 to 360 days in a defense bill. The plan aims to strengthen military readiness and expand basic training, extending the time recruits spend in initial instruction.
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Sweden
Edmonton Triplets Turn Sixteen After Vanishing
Edmonton's identical triplets James Robert and William Tully, who were once missing for a day last summer near Hardisty, returned home to prepare for their 16th birthday party. Their mother Mrs. James Tully said the boys are in excellent health and invited friends for a cake with 13 candles.
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Edmonton
James
Robert
William Tully
James Tully
Hoys
Hardisty
British closing in on Cheren in Eritrea siege
British RAF dive bombed Italian hill positions as land forces press toward Cheren Eritrea amid heavy enemy counterattacks. Italian casualties were described as particularly heavy, with southern Ethiopia reporting satisfactory forward movement. RAF also attacked shipping at Tripoli with bombs causing fires in the harbor and near stores.
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Cairo
C.P
Royal Air Force
Cheren
Tripoli
Budget Adopted-Law Defends Govt. Policies
Mr. Low defended the budget delivering a surplus of 11 700 and restoration of cabinet ministers salaries to prior levels. He announced a committee to review civil service pay, and revision of educational grants. Two bills passed first reading: School Act amendment and Metis Promotion Betterment Act. Budget adopted, estimates reviewed, session set to resume.
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Low
Civil Service
Treasury
Executive Council
Department of Municipal Affaires
Attorney- General's Department
Italian Warship Sunk in Albania Bombing Raids
Alexandria dispatch reports an Italian warship, likely a cruiser or large destroyer, sunk by torpedo planes during raids on Valona and Durazzo Albania on March 15 16 and 17. British naval communique confirms the losses.
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Alexandria
Egypt
C.P
Valona
Durazzo
Albania
Mass Sub Raid On March 6 Sinks 48,646 Tons Of Ships
Captain Ary Keovy of the Netherlands freighter Leerham reports five British and Allied ships sunk by two mass submarine attacks on a 38 ship convoy about 1,000 miles off the Irish coast on March 6. The submarines struck in groups of three and sank vessels totaling 48,646 tons amid evading four destroyers. Shipping losses for the week ending March 9 reached 98,932 tons.
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Hoboken
N.J
Ary Keovy
Netherlands
Leerham
Irish
Keovy
Bombers Hit Tepeleni as Greeks Report Front Push
March 20 Athens AP report says a British RAF attack on Tepeleni hit the town and set a fire, with bombers machine gunning Italian transport. An unconfirmed Yugoslav dispatch claims Greek forces entered Tepeleni, seizing Italian soldiers and war matériel, while Greek lines advanced along the Viosa river.
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Athens
Tepeleni
R.A.F
Yugoslavia
Associated Press
Albania
Viosa
Britain and United States Reach Naval Base Leasing Deal
Well informed sources said Britain and the United States agreed on details for leasing naval bases in the United States and expected to sign within days. Navy Secretary Knox said Col. William J. Donovan would radio a nation report soon on his wartime observations after returning from abroad.
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London
Britain
United States
Uniteds
City Glances and War Effort Notes on South Railway
Signs on South Railway opposite the public library promote gratis advertising for the war effort. An airman praised the blue sky of ideal flying weather. The Salvation Army paraded through the business district. Park Dairy on First Street renovated its soda fountain. Bert Dempster on Third Street offers a prize to the RAF Old Country man who turns in a gopher tall. A flock of wild geese heads toward Pashley en route to Many Island Lake. First of the season and a good hill afring is near.
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Howald Signs Company
Gratis
Bert Dempster
Third Street
R.A.F
Pashley
Many Island Lake
Afring
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