Two German Planes Shot Down in Flames
British warplanes over the Western front claimed two German Messerschmitt fighters and a Dornier bomber as downed or disabled. The raids near Metz involved strong formations and the Dornier was last seen diving into clouds with one engine out. Paris dispatches noted French ambushes south of Saarbruecken halted German infantry, with a German commander killed and others captured.
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London
Western Front
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
France
Metz
Paris
Saarbruecken
Vosges Mountains
Saar
Germany
Planes Driven Off as German Air Attacks Fail
The admiralty reported two unsuccessful German air assaults on British convoys in the North Sea last evening. One attack involved a single aircraft and the other had an unknown number of planes. two bombs were dropped but both fell into the sea and caused no damage as the enemy was driven off.
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London
Admiralty
North Sea
Influx of Jewish Immigrants to Palestine Reported
A.P. dispatch from Jerusalem cites estimates since 1939 of about 15 000 European Jews entering Palestine illegally, many by night from refugee ships. Since the war, over 7 000 more have arrived, with July and August seeing the largest waves. Refugees are released from camps and placed with Jewish organizations after processing.
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Jerusalem
A.P
Palestine
Mediterranian
Pale Ata
Mirtam
Germany
Austria
Romania
Yugoslavia
Italy
Geek Islands
Inquiry Opens Into Halifax Pilot Boat Sinking
An official inquiry opened behind closed doors in the district admiralty court before Mr. Justice W F Carroll into the Hebridean disaster. The Halifax pilot boat sank after colliding with a freighter in the outer harbor, with loss of life.
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Halifax
C.P
District Admiralty Court
W. F. Carroll
Medicine Hat Rotary Wins Second in Club of the Year Contest
Maurice Stone reports the local Rotary Club won second place in Rotarian magazine’s Community Service division of the Club-of-the-Year contest. The Havana Cuba 1940 convention will present a bronze plaque. Activities include iron lung for General Hospital, Milk Fund, Christmas Cheer hampers, Youth Training Centre and Boy Scouts Toy Shop gear, scholarships to students, support for hockey league and Music Festival.
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Maurice Stone
Medicine Hat
Havana
Cuba
General Hospital
Boy Scouts
Canadian Institute For the Blind
Canadian Tuberculosis Society
Canadian Legion Forms Overseas Parcel Service For Soldiers
The Canadian Legion introduces the Canadian Legion Parcel Service to send affordable parcels to men overseas in Fingland and France. Thos Cook & Son handles packing dispatch and insurance at Lloyds rates. samples show varied items up to 9.20 and gifts include messages.
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Can
Legion Overseas Parcel Service
Fingland
France
Canadian Legion
Thos, Cook & Son, Ltd
Lloyds
Dominion
Alberta Cabinet Meets After Election With No Announcements
The Alberta cabinet held its first meeting since the March 21 election, with Premier Aberhart not expected to speak until second counts finish in seven undecided ridings. Minister Lucien Maynard was absent, and Provincial Treasurer Solon Low said he had not heard plans to open a safe Social Credit seat.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Aberhart
Lucien Maynard
Municipal
Solon Low
Warner
Social Credit
Kuhl Re-elected in Alberta Jasper Edson Riding
Walter Kuhl, New Democracy, wins re election in Alberta's Jasper Edson riding. With 194 polls reported he leads Liberal A A Knight 6294 to 6206, two other candidates far behind. result based on civilian vote.
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Edmonton
C.P
Walter Kuhl
New Democracy
Alberta
Jasper Edson
Kuhl
A. A. Knight
Sir J Gilmour Dies Minister of Shipping
Sir John Gilmour, 63, former minister of agriculture and home secretary, died today at his London home. He served 30 years in Parliament and was recalled to cabinet as minister of shipping after the war began, being the first minister to die since the war started.
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London
John Gilmour
Million Saved On Costs Of Election
Ottawa reports the Dominion election cost 3 million dollars, about one million less than 1935, due to an improved voter list system. Wartime active service voting added under 100 thousand, while unit officers handled voting supervision at no cost. Castonguay notes lists were revised and compiled as election approached rather than maintained year round.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Jules Castonguay
Castonguay
Monthly clearings rise for March 1940 over prior periods
Clearings for March 1940 total 821 183 dollars, up from February 1940 at 789 588 dollars and March 1939 at 759 289 dollars. The figures compare month to month and year over year for the period reported.
Joseph Flaig Dies After Tunnel Cave-In At City Water Project
Joseph Flaig a 45 year old relief worker and resident since 1925 died after a tunnel cave in at a city water main project under CPR east crossing. He was taken to General Hospital in Pattison's ambulance and died minutes after admission. Survived by wife and three children Elsie 15 Emil 12 Irene 7. Funeral arrangements are with Pattison Funeral Home.
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Joseph Flaig
General Hospital
C.P.R. East
Pattison
C.P.R
Flaig
Canada
Bessarabia
Medicine Hat
Ash Ave
Elsie
Emil
Irene
Pattison Funeral Home
Wang Ching-Wei Heads Chinese Central Govt
Wang Ching-wei proclaimed himself head of a new central government in Nanking backed by Japanese sponsors. Former premier under Chiang Kai-shek, he is denounced by his former associates as a traitor. A Japanese warship on the Yangtze was sunk by Chinese batteries on March 20 with 300 men lost.
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Nanking
Wang Ching-wei
China
Wang
Chiang Kaishek
Sun Yatsen
LINK
Hong Kong
Yangtse
Sick Man Marooned By Blocked Roads
Wellington Matthews of Peace River Alberta was stranded on Davis Island in Stony Lake for a week due to snow blocked roads. He was moved by hand sleigh to McCracken's Landing and then to Warsaw for medical care. The illness type was not disclosed.
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Peterborough
Ont
Wellington Matthews
Peace River District
Alberta
Warsaw
Here
Davis Island
Matthews
Stony Lake
McCracken
German siege of Ossowetz abandoned and Belgian air raids noted
25 Years Ago. On March 30 1915 the German siege of Ossowetz in northern Poland ended while French captured Jeudicourt near St Mihiele and Germany massed troops near Ghent for a new Belgium offensive. On March 31 Libau Baltic port shelled by Germans and Austro German forces in the Carpathians were reinforced from the Western Front. Belgian airmen bombed Handsaeme Cortemarck rail junction.
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Ossowetz
Poland
Jeudicourt
St. Mihiele
Germany
Ghent
Belgium
Baltic
Libau
Carpathians
Handsaeme
Cortemarck
Medicine Hat Junior Board of Trade Dinner Set for Tuesday
The Medicine Hat Junior Board of Trade will hold its April dinner meeting at the Assiniboian hotel Tuesday at 6 30 pm. Candidates who contested Medicine Hat ridings in the recent Provincial and Dominion elections will attend, and brief reports from five active committees will be presented.
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Medicine Hat
Berlin hints at further disclosure from Polish archives
Berlin officials dismissed 16 alleged Polish documents as cheap wine and hinted at more disclosures. They claimed access to supposed direct communications by U.S. ambassador William Bullitt and others. London and Washington officials offered cautious or no comment on the Berlin publication and its hints at U.S. involvement in the march to war.
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U.S
London
Washington
Berlin
Foreign Office
United States
France
William Bullitt
Germany
Cordell Hull
State Department
British airmen report damaging Dornier aircraft over the North Sea
Three Hudson patrol crewmen land safely after engaging two Dorniers off the German coast. They say they damaged one plane at about 3 000 feet, the other evading pursuit by skimming the water. The patrol scene occurred roughly 160 miles over the sea during a noon mission.
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London
C.P
North Sea
Germany
Siege Gun Explodes in Romania Wounds Soldiers
An explosion during army maneuvers at Dadilov shattered one of Romania's largest siege guns and caused many injuries. Authorities suppressed the incident locally, but a trainload of wounded soldiers was sent to Bucharest for treatment.
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Bucharest
C.P
Rumania
Dadilov
Lee elected in Athabaska increases Social Credit seats
Gordon Lee won a second count in Athabaska, elevating Social Credit to 34 seats in Alberta's 57 member legislature. Independents 19 and Labor one. First count had Lee at 1,965 vs Cordingley 1,336. second count 2,078 to 1,497.
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Edmonton
C.P
Gordon Lee
Alberta
Athabaska
Social Credit
Aberhart
Labor
Lee
M. P. Cordingly
Norman J. Shopland
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Cordingly
Calgary
Beaverbrook Defends British War Aims and Navy Guard
Lord Beaverbrook replies to critics of Britain’s aims in World War II. He says the navy protects world freedom and that Britain fights to secure a peace in Europe, while neutral hardships from the German blockade are not England’s war alone. He praises sacrifice under a Christian ideal.
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British Navy
Security of World Freedom
Lord Beaverbrook
London
Daily Express
United Kingdom
United States
Britain
Hitler
Germany
England
Europe
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Liberal Party
J. Glmour
W. Matthews
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