Naval engagement in the eastern Mediterranean reported
London reports that British navy with Greek forces and the RAF trapped the Italian fleet in open waters near the Ioanian Sea. At least one Littorio class battleship is damaged along with two cruisers. a destroyer also damaged in a far reaching clash. The advance comes amid evacuations of London children to safer towns.
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London
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Royal Air Force
Mussolini
Italy
R.A.F
Cairo
Ioanian Sea
Greece
Finnish freighter Carolina Thorden torpedoed off Faroe Islands
The Finnish freighter Carolina Thorden a 3645 ton ship sailing from Petsamo to New York was torpedoed Wednesday off the Faroe Islands. Passengers and crew were reported saved.
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Helsinki
C.P
Carolina Thorden
Petsamo
Finland
New York
Faroe Islands
Yugoslavia Aims at War as Internal tensions loom
Belgrade reports indicate Germany orders German journalists to depart and the British legation advises women and children to evacuate as Yugoslavia may become a war theatre. Yugoslav policy remains unresolved amid Croat leadership debates while traffic on the Danube is suspended and telephony controlled. Dr Vladimir Macek weighs his options between supporting Simovic or joining opposition as Croatia seeks home rule.
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Belgrade
Legation
Yugoslavia
Germany
Danube
Vladimir Macek
Cvetkovic
Zagreb
Gen
Simovic
Nazi Envoy Berated at Kin Peter I Enthronement
Berlin reports state German Minister von Heeren faced hostile Belgrade reception with insults and whistles during church services for the enthronement of King Peter I of Yugoslavia. Dispatches describe a cold audience despite cheers for British American and Russian diplomats.
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Berlin
von Heeren
Belgrade
Peter I
Yugoslavia
van Heeren
United States
Round Town with Bob Kvatt Visits City
Flight Lieutenant J Kvatt Auxiliary Service Officer for No 4 Medical division in Regina tours the city praising civic groups for aiding armed forces welfare. A new Safeway store on Third Street will be ultra modern with rest rooms and showers for staff. Airmen at No 4 S.E.V.E.S. seek furnished housing for wives and families arriving soon.
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J. Kvatt
Medional Division No. 4 Cusmoonwealth Air Training Plan
Regina
Ino
His Majesty
Safeway
Third Street
Noa. Od S.eve.s
Chamber of Commerce
Gas Barrel Blast At New Norway Shop
In New Norway Alta on March 29 a gasoline barrel empty for eight years exploded during welding by Augustus Dittberner. Dittberner and a bystander suffered minor injuries and a fire in the shop started but was quickly put out.
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New Norway
Alta
Augustus Dittberner
London Sees Eighth Night Free Of Air Raid Alarms
London endured its eighth straight night without air raid alarms from dusk Friday to dawn Saturday and no after dark attacks were reported in the British Isles for the fourth night running. Weather on the continent kept major bombing raids into Germany from occurring, the report said.
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London
C.P
British Isles
Germany
Strike Looms In Chicago Stockyards Over Contract
A threatened strike at the Chicago stockyards could halt shipments of animals to meat plants after failed contract talks. Frank McCarty of the C I C packing house workers committee said a strike would likely start early next week. The union seeks an eight hour day a 40 hour week and higher minimums from fifty five to seventy five cents per hour.
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Chicago
C.P
Frank McCarty
C.I.C
Packing House Workers Organizing Committee
Tragic Death Suspected Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Alberta
The body of Harry Krossa, a part time garage employee, was found in a car in Leduc. A vacuum hose from the exhaust was shoved through a window, and police believe death resulted from carbon monoxide. He was slated to appear in police court on a dangerous driving charge. An inquest was unlikely.
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Leduc
Alberta
Harry Krossa
Krossa
Edmonton
Matsuoka Sours Berlin Visit Amid Axis Tensions
Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka did not have a happy time in Berlin as Yugoslavia’s defection looms and Nazi censorship hints Tokyo must clarify its Axis alignment. Italy’s delegates shared uneasy moments at the Belgrade coup shadow.
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Matsuoka
Berlin
Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Yugoslavia
Italy
Nasi High Command
EL Larue
Darrel Seewy Eas
Belgrade
Matsroka
Tokyo
Matsuoka Returns From Berlin Amid Balkan Tensions
The report notes a blunt suggestion that a victorious Axis would prize British Far Eastern war supplies less. Matsuoka, headed to Rome, faces Italian collapse as Cheren and Harar fall, with heavy losses and prisoner counts. Balkan developments after Yugoslavia's flip could shape Tokyo policy more than Berlin talks.
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Berlin
Matsuoka
Balkans
Tokyo
Rome
Italy
Cheren
Eritrea
Harar
Ethiopia
Death of Edmonton sports figure Eric Collingwood at Taber
Eric Collingwood, longtime Imperial Oil supervisor in Medicine Hat, dies suddenly at Taber. An Edmonton hockey and lacrosse star in youth, he played for the Imperials and Maple Leafs, turned down pro offers, and survived by his wife and one child. He also played lacrosse with the Native Sons and had recently relocated from Edmonton.
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Edmonton
C.P
Eric Collingwood
Imperial Oil Co. Ltd
Medicine Hat
Taber
Collingwood
Imperial Oil
Imperial Oil Company
Imperials
Maple Leafs
Native Sons
City Glances and Courtroom Humor Amid Papery Notes
A brisk downtown snapshot mentions a fire siren test at the S F T S, humorous sparrow intrusions in courtrooms, and spring weather. It also notes student pilots heading to North American Harvard for advanced flight training, hinting at evolving aviation interest in the city.
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Harvard
Moratorium Prepared to Shield Alberta Debts
Edmonton March 29 The Alberta legislature committee reports a bill to empower the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to declare a moratorium on certain debts incurred since July 1 1936. Minister Lucien Maynard says the act is a safeguard against creditor attacks, though the government hopes never to use it. Four other bills were amended and progress reported on two as ten new measures are introduced before adjournment.
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Edmonton
Lucien Maynard
Alberta
Maynard
J. C. Mahaffy
Ind
Calgary
Dr Manion Goes To England To Discuss Auxiliary Services
Defence Minister Ralston announced that Hon. R. J. Manion former Conservative leader is authorized to go to England to confer with Canadian military HQ in London and Lt Gen McNaughton on Auxiliary Services work overseas. He will rank as acting colonel during his mission.
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Ottawa
C.P
Defence
Ralston
R. J. Manion
Defence Department
England
London
A. G. L. McNaughton
Manion
Defence Headquarters
Inquiry Into Gas Tax Revenue in Alberta
Speaker Peter Dawson announced a meeting of the agricultural committee to review gasoline tax revenue. The session follows a Calgary Alberta Motor Association challenge to a statement by Minister W A Fallow that the province spent 10 million dollars more on roads in the last decade than revenue from motor licenses and gasoline tax.
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Edmonton
Peter Dawson
Alberta
Fred Anderson
8.C
Calgary
Alberta Motor Association
W. A. Fallow
Fallow
Britain Announces Naval Operations in Eastern Mediterranean
The Admiralty credits the Royal Air Force and Greeks with involvement in ongoing naval actions in the eastern Mediterranean. Britain has already damaged one Littorio class battleship, with reports unclear on potential hits on two Italian cruisers by M Navy guns and Kor 3s. Further communiqués promised as available.
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Admiralty
R.A.F
Mediterranean
Britain
Italy
M Navy
Alberta Retail Merchants Seek Compulsory Membership
Provincial Secretary Manning said a delegation from the Alberta Retail Merchants Association urged enabling legislation to authorize a compulsory merchants' association. He noted divided merchant opinion across the province with some supporting and others opposing the move. The government is considering the matter but seeks broad unanimity before action.
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Edmonton
Manning
Alberta Retail Merchants’ Association
Merchants’ Association
Trade and Industry Act
Government to pay half freight on western grains to Ont
In Ottawa the Agriculture Minister Gardiner defended the grain freight subsidy to Ontario as neutral for eastern farmers. He contrasted it with the wheat acreage bonus and rejected Hanson’s call to scrap the plan in favor of a higher wheat price. The House debated western grain support amid ongoing wheat policy proposals.
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Ottawa
Gardiner
House of Commons
Hanson
Qardinar Cai Tha Fadaral Anu
Aree Iee Rees
Fireman Receives George Cross for Tunnel Rescue
London report states William Mosedale fire brigade station officer earned the George Cross for tunnelling under hundreds of tons of debris to rescue 12 people during intense bombardment. He completed the perilous task in 12 hours at great personal risk.
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London
William Mosedale
Medicine Hat district War Services Fund drive set to start
M H Stone announces the Medicine Hat and district War Services Fund campaign will begin Monday. The drive aims to raise 6000 for war services year round with monthly deferred contributions available. Mrs. Walter Pace heads residential canvass, Chas Beny handles business and industry, and R H A Lacey country points.
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M. H. Stone
K.C
Medicine Hat and District
Walter Pace
Chas. Beny
R. H. A. Lacey
Stone
J. J. Hallworth
Medicine Hat
Médicine Hat
U.S. Fleet May Stay Longer in the South Pacific
A seven-ship U S Navy squadron from Hawaii visited Brisbane and then extended its stay. Admiral Start refused comment on future destination amid speculation the force could remain indefinitely to influence Japan. A smaller New Zealand visit also occurred under similar secrecy as officials cite goodwill and recreation.
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Washington
United States Navy
South Pacific
Japan
Brisbane
Australia
Harold R. Start
John H. Newton
New Zealand
Hawaii
British Empire
Italian Ship Sunk By Greek Sub
The Italian supply ship Carnia, 5,451 tons, was destroyed March 23 in an attack by a Greek submarine on a heavily escorted Italian convoy. Another smaller ship was damaged, according to the Ministry of Marine in Athens yesterday.
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Athens
C.P
Ministry of Marine
Carnia
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S.F.T.S
Supreme Court
Dr.Manion
R.M.A
Ont
Ontario
Park Hall
Red Cross
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U.S
Kitty Foyle
Monarch
Empress Theatre
Paul Goldien
His Orchestra
Granada
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