Britain US Aim to Aid Yugoslavia Coup Says Churchill
London dispatch reports Churchill states Britain and the United States will aid Yugoslavia in the coup that would drive King Peter from the throne. The plan would place Slav leadership in power and repudiate the king’s rule. In other news a German air raid on the south coast caused several deaths and many injuries this afternoon.
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Britain
U.S.A
Yugoslavia
Peter
Churchill
London
South Coast
Britain backs Yugoslav government with armed support
London reports Britain will back the new Yugoslav regime with navy army and air force to cover the Balkans flank as Churchill predicts Belgrade will repudiate Axis pact and defend frontiers. Riots erupt in Belgrade with casualties as the army is urged to support the new king.
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Ondon
Britain
Balkans
Churchill
Balkan
Axis
Belgrade
Banjatuka
Germany
London
Yugoslavia
Trades Union Congress
Conservative
Newfoundland protection defined in Canada bases pact note
London march 27 the protocol clarifies the Anglo American bases agreement applying to Newfoundland as an integral feature of Canada’s defence scheme. Vincent Massey Canadian High Commissioner signed at 10 Downing Street guaranteeing Canadian interest in Britain’s oldest colony protection.
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London
Newfoundland
Canada
Vincent Massey
Britain
Plane stumbles to mud no injuries at air base
Official word from No 3 SCIOTS says a plane briefly nosed into soft mud near the air base this morning. There was no damage or injuries, and such events are described as very minor. At Savoy Flying Training School two student pilots completed their first solo flight after about four hours of dual instruction with instructors in A and B flights.
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No. 3 Sciots
Savoy Ice Flying Training School
Lac J. Rykens
PO A. A. Purkiss-Ginno
Lac RS. Woolas
Beatty Leads Canadian War Services Campaign Rally
Canada reports great enthusiasm for the War Services Fund drive as citizens donate to boost morale for troops. Sir Edward Beatty and Major-General A D McCrae praise Wendell Willkie's Toronto Montreal visit and urge rapid, overwhelming fundraising to back national duty.
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Toronto
Sir Edward Beatty
G.B.E
War Services Fund Campaign National Committee
Canada
War Services Fund
Wwe
Montreal
Wendell Willkie
A. D. McCrae
Sir Edward
Edward
Edward Beatty
Miaple Leaf Gardens
Mr. Willkie
Mary Ellen Reardon Passes After Prolonged Coma
Mary Ellen Reardon, five year old from Chicago, suffered sleeping sickness and spent three years in a coma before tragedy ended.
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Mary Ellen Reardon
Chicago
British seize Cheren and Harar amid East Africa campaign
British troops announced entry into Cheren Eritrea a key rail town and into Harar near Addis Ababa Jibuti railway, signaling a breakthrough after Cheren had resisted siege by about 35 000 Italian troops and dominate the line to Asmara.
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Cairo
Cheren
Eritrea
Harar
Addis Ababa-Jibati
Ethiopia
East Africa
Seige
Asmara
C N R Position Much Improved
Ottawa reports 1940 net operation revenue for Canadian National Railways at 45 007 411, up 116 percent from 1939. Net revenue available for interest rose to 33 474 443, while the deficit was cut to 16 965 044, with an optimistic 1941 outlook from S J Hungerford.
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Ottawa
Canadian National Railways
House of Commons
S. J. Hungerford
Review Board Sit In Medicine Hat Hearing Cases
The Board of Review under the Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act sits in Medicine Hat to hear twelve cases today and tomorrow chaired by Chief Justice C. R. Mitchell with F H Holmes and Bruce V. Massie. Members will tour No 34 S F T S the Medicine Hat Greenhouses and the Medicine Hat Potteries during the visit.
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Board of Review
Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act
Medicine Hat
C. R. Mitchell
Edmonton
F. H. Holmes
Pincher Creek
Bruce V. Massie
Holmes
Farmers
Massie
No. 34
S.F.T.S
Medicine Hat Potteries
Roosevelt Signs Appropriation Bill Aboard U S S Benson
President Roosevelt aboard the Potomac fishing on a cruise signed the seven billion dollar British aid appropriation bill making the fund immediately available to position the United States as an arsenal of nations fighting aggression.
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President Roosevelt
United States
Duff Found Alive After RCAF Missing Flight
Portage la Prairie March 27 CP Leading aircraftman F F Duff of Toronto who vanished Tuesday after departing Portage La Prairie in an RCAF aircraft was located alive at Sandy Point on Lake of the Woods.
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Portage LA Prairie
C.P
F. F. Duff
Toronto
Royal Canadian Air Force
Sandy Point
Lake of the Wooda
King and Queen Visit Canucks in England Tour
The King and Queen visited the Canadian 2nd division in England on March 27. Bugles, pipe band, and cheering crowds marked their six hour visit as they met units, with Maj.-Gen. Victor Odlum and staff in attendance.
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England
Victor Odlum
R C M P Round Up Rustlers
George Pamler and Art Wager pleaded guilty to cattle theft charges at R C M P court. Pamler and Wager received six months in jail, with James Wager given six months suspended. The case arose from a March 6 complaint by Gus Schneider of Nine Mile Coulee after a heifer was stolen and later traced via its hide at a local dealer. The thieves allegedly drove a truck onto the field, roped the heifer, and loaded it, then moved the carcass to Art Wager’s farm and slaughtered it.
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George Pamler
Art Wager
James Wager
Rocks
R.C.M.P
the Mounties
Gus Schneider
Nine Mile Coulee
Abe Simon Named Deputy Police Commissioner
Abe Simon the heavyweight boxer who battled Joe Louis for 13 rounds in Detroit last Friday night was appointed deputy police commissioner of Long Beach New York by Mayor Theodore Ornstein.
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Long Beach
N.Y
Abe Simon
Joe Louis
Detroit
Long Island
Theodore Ornstein
City Glances Trainer Plans Airport Flight Route
City notes indicate a trainer plane flight today at No 34 S F T S in a clockwise path reversing a prior counterclockwise preference. Returns from the clearing house show 271290 this week 266579 last week and 164566 last year. Riversiders meet last night to discuss a civic government setup. R A F personnel express gratitude for civic rides but prefer walking to town from the air base.
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No. 34
S.F.T.S
Ethiopians Capture Posts in Southwest Ethiopia
A British communique from Nairobi reports Ethiopian irregular forces capturing several posts east and west of Yavello in southwestern Ethiopia. It notes Italian morale as very low and states that 100 Italians surrendered at one post without hesitation.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Colony
C.P
Yavello
Ethiopia
Roosevelt empowered to assist Yugoslavia
The United States congratulated the new Yugoslav government and said President Roosevelt is empowered to assist nations seeking to preserve independence. Sumner Wells announced minister Arthur Blass Lane was told to relay the message as the regime overthrew the pro Axis regency.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Sumner Wells
Arthur Blass Lane
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Fire Claims 19 Seamen in Halifax Patrol Vessel Disaster
At Halifax the Royal Canadian Navy patrol vessel HMCS Otter caught fire and sank off the coast. Twenty two crew survived, while two officers and 17 men perished or died of shock and exposure. A merchant ship and another war vessel rescued seven more, including officers from Nova Scotia. Lieutenant Denis S. Mossman of Halifax was saved in the hazardous rescue.
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Walipax
Royal Canadian Navy
H.M.C.S. Otter
Halifax
Department of Naval Services
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Quebec
Princes Edward Island
Manitoba
Nova
Destroyer Bases Treaty Signed at Downing Street
The treaty formalizing leasing naval bases in the western hemisphere to the United States in exchange for 50 destroyers was signed at 10 Downing Street.
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London
United States
War Zone Moves and Balkan Tangles in Axis Strategy
Berlin cites Greenland Iceland extension as a blockade, while Washington denies Icelandic shipping. Moscow influence in Yugoslavia seeks to delay German moves on Greece as Belgrade and Berlin tread cautiously toward a cooling-off period.
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Berlin
Balkan
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Greece
Belgrade
Urges U S Navy Convoys In WWII Shipping
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia urged deploying United States Navy convoys to protect jealously guarded convoyed shipments to Britain as Germany extended its unrestricted sea war zone toward the western hemisphere. He said if Germany sinks U S goods, convoys are needed. most foreign relations committee members oppose convoys unless war is imminent.
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Washington
Germany
Carter Glass
Dem
Virginia
Britain
Foreign Relations Committee
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Joe
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