Ottawa House Opens Sessions on May 16
Parliament will open at 1 pm MST on May 16 with the Senate and House of Commons meeting at 10 am MST to elect a new speaker. Prime Minister Mackenzie King cited a large Liberal majority of 178 Liberals and 6 Independents plus Liberal Progressives among 245 members.
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Ottawa House
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Senate
House of Commons
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Fernand Rinfret
Lyman P. Duff
Canada
Earl of
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Germany warns Balkans over shift to Allies trade
German bulletin in southeastern capitals says any switch from Reich to Allies will be deemed unneutral and rivers will be protected. It cites 100000 lightning troops near Hungary and 200000 near Cracow to back demands for gunboat protection of oil and wheat shipments. Russie troop concentrations at Odessa are reported but unconfirmed.
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Bucharest
Germany
Danubian
Roumania
Reich
Cracow
Poland
Russia
Odessa
Legation Staffs Safely Cross Into Sweden
Reuters dispatch from Stockholm says the British minister to Norway and all staff of the French and Polish legations have crossed the frontier into Sweden. The British minister is believed to be en route to Stockholm.
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London
Reuters
Stockholm
Norway
Sweden
Volunteers Again Offer from Toronto Veterans
Canadian volunteers for Finland totaling about 2000, disbanded after a Russo Finnish peace, offer their services to Scandinavian nations through Finland veteran leader Finno Kackstrom in Toronto.
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Toronto
Canadian Volunteers For
Finland
Fino Kackstrom
Finnish War Veterans of
Swedish boy travels 700 miles by air to join parents in London
Krster Sundstrom, 2, reached Croydon after a 700 mile flight from Sweden to England to join his parents. His father said the boy is safer in London than in Sweden.
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Croydon
England
Krster Sundstrom
Sweden
London
Australia stays firm on war aims after Norway blitz
Prime Minister Robert Menzies said Australia will press the war to a decision after the German invasion of Norway and Denmark drew sharp denouncement from the press.
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Norway
Australia
Robert Menzies
Denmark
Raid on Scapa Flow Fends Off major Nazi Air Assault
Royal Air Force reports a heavy Luftwaffe raid over Scapa Flow and the Orkney islands. Six Heinkel bombers were shot down and two more were confirmed down over Moray Firth during a convoy attack. Anti aircraft fire and interception by fighters claimed multiple enemy aircraft. The attack was described as exceptionally deadly by onlookers.
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Royal Air Force
Scandinavia
Scapa Flow
Moray Firth
Scotland
Orkney Islands
Orkneys
Admiralty
Air and Home Security Ministries
No Export Permits From Canada to Baltic and Scandinavian Nations
The prime minister's office announced that no export permits would be issued from Canada to Baltic or Scandinavian destinations as Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Outstanding permits to Denmark Norway Sweden Estonia Latvia Lithuania are revoked and steps will halt shipments under such licences. Financial institutions are told to consult the custodian of alien property before payments from Danish or Norwegian accounts to those countries to prevent funds reaching enemy hands.
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Ottawa
Prime Minister
Canada
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Refugees From Europe Pledge Better Canadian Policy
Alderman M. A. Gray of Winnipeg criticizes Canada's stance on admitting refugees from Europe. He argues a definite policy is needed and that Canadian towns could absorb many refugees without burdening public funds or labor markets.
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Ald. Gray
Winnipeg
Canadian National Refugee Committee
Danish Shipping Told British Protection Applies at Sea
The Danish consulate reports a British consulate communication stating Danish shipping is under British protection. Any Danish vessels encountered by British warships on the high seas must be sent to a British port. Vessels wishing to clear at American ports should head to British or Canadian ports.
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Los Angeles
Relief Airdromes Planned for 16 Training Schools
The department of national defence announced that two relief airdromes will be established alongside the main airfields for each of the 16 flying training schools under the British Commonwealth air training plan.
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Ottawa
Department of National Defence
Legion delegates to ninth biennial convention in Montreal
More than 500 delegates representing 160000 members of the Canadian Legion from Halifax to Vancouver will attend the ninth biennial convention to be held here May 27 to 30.
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Montreal
Canadian Legion
Halifax
Vancouver
Ottawa discusses possible contraband base on Canadian coast
A government official said talks continue on Britain establishing a contraband control base on the Atlantic coast of Canada. The discussions, spurred by a Washington report about Lord Lothian and Canadian ministers meeting with Sumner Welles, have extended among Canada the United Kingdom and the United States with no progress to report.
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Ottawa
Atlantic
Washington
Lord Lothian
United States
Loring Christie
Sumner Welles
Canada
United Kingdom
German Fleet Swept From Sea In Naval Battle
Allied seaward assault in the Battle of the Skagerrak sinks at least four German cruisers and five troopships with many ships damaged or stranded near Norwegian waters. Oslo bombarded as British forces advance. casualties reported among Nazi crews. Norwegian towns report wreckage and bodies washing ashore.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Hitler
Skagerrak
Oslo
the Skagerrak
Norway
Haakon
United
Gothenburg
Funeral Service for John Buchan at Elsfield England
A simple burial on a hill above the Eisfield churchyard marks the interment of John Buchan first Lord Tweedsmuir. Rev W M Aste conducted the service attended by Lady Tweedsmuir and close family, including the new lord and several Buchan relatives and in laws.
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Oxfordshire
England
Eisfield
John Buchan
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
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Elsfield Manor
W. M. Aste
Tweedsmuir
William Buchan
Alastair Buchan
Brian Fairfax-Lucy
Fairfax-Lucy
Norman Grosvenor
Lady Tweedsmuir
War Dept Clears Way to Export Fast War Planes
The United States War Department approved export of three top model pursuit aircraft to Britain and France. Manufacturers may negotiate foreign contracts for the Lockheed P-38 Bell P-39 and Curtiss P-40D, all described as very fast fighters made to counter bombers and escort craft.
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Washington
United States War Department
Britain
France
Aid For Norway Toronto Volunteers Ready To Fight
Norwegian vice consul Carl J Printz said 10 000 men in Toronto many trained soldiers stand ready to volunteer to resist German aggression in Norway He wrote Ottawa about arranging training for 1 500 here immediately and another program to prepare troops for action
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Toronto
Carl J. Printz
Norway
Department of National Defence
Ottawa
Food supplies secure for Britain amid war disruptions
Lord Woolton reassured Britons that food stocks will not be seriously interfered with despite Nazi moves against Denmark and Norway. He cited ample bacon and satisfactory butter, noting prewar planning and government controls to meet emergencies. Britain has secured bacon and ham from Canada and butter from Ireland and New Zealand, with Denmark and Sweden supplies placed in reserve.
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Lord Woolton
Denmark
Norway
British Isles
Ministry of Food
Britain
Canada
Eire
New Zealand
Sweden
Reynaud vows bitter end to war in Scandinavia
Paris Premier Paul Reynaud declared Allies will push the war in Scandinavia to the bitter end from the Nordic tip to the southern Norwegian coast. He said half of Germany’s fleet is exposed and Germany must withdraw men and materiel from the Siegfried line as Allied mining and blockades disrupt Narvik iron ore flows. He cited sinkings of the Bluecher and Karlsruhe and naval losses near Narvik while claiming France bears full responsibility in the Norway notes.
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Scandinavia
Narvik
Germany
Paul Reynaud
Adolf Hitler
Denmark
Norway
Siegfried Line
Bluecher
Karlsruhe
France
Norwegian
Reynaud
Europe
Hitler
Norway Declares Refusal to German Puppet Rule
Premier Johan Nygaardsvold proclaims Norway will not accept a German chosen government. The Nygaardsvold cabinet, backed by the storting, remains the legal authority and urges Norwegians to defend liberty, independence, and constitutional laws against invasion. Long live fatherland, long live free Norway.
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Stockholm
Johan Nygaardsvold
Norway
Germany
Fuehrer
Nygaardsvold
Storting
Sea Epic Gurkha Survivors Return From Norwegian Battle
Survivors of the British destroyer Gurkha arrived at a Scottish port with a hair raising account. The ship sank after a bomb strike off the Norwegian coast as gunners fought on for hours until the water covered the decks. Fourteen sailors died. seventy German prisoners were also landed at the port under guard after the Skagerrak fight.
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London
Skagerrak
Balkan Entente Talk Grows in Istanbul Plans
Turkish officials report momentum in government circles for a Balkan entente conference to align Romania Greece and Yugoslavia with the Allies. They note Scandinavia’s invasion shows small nations cannot stay neutral and justify Turkey as non belligerent with mutual pacts with Britain and France.
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Istanbul
Roumania
Greece
Yugoslavia
Turkey
Germany
Scandinavia
Great Britain
France
Actress Mrs Patrick Campbell Dies at 75 in Pau France
London reports the death of veteran British actress Mrs Patrick Campbell at Pau France aged 75. She began her professional stage debut in 1888 and built a world touring career in many of theatre's greatest roles.
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Patrick Campbell
Pau
France
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