U S must rush war supplies to Britain and allies
Washington secretary of state Cordell Hull urged that American war supplies reach Great Britain and other resisting nations in the shortest time and in maximum quantity. He warned against hesitancy and called on 130 million Americans to unite in arming for self defense amid a long, escalating global conflict.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
United States
Great Britain
American Society of International Law
Hull
Americas
High Seas
Earth
English Channel
Atlantic
Secretary of State
Australia’s Navy Minister Says Britain Fights On
In a broadcast from Ottawa W H Hughes warns Australians that Greece fighting yields body blows not deadly. He compares the danger to France’s collapse and frames the British Empire as a fighting race amid the war. The CBC listening post in Ottawa relayed the remarks.
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Ottawa
Navy
W. H Hughes
Australia
Dominion
Greece
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
France
British Empire
War Department Details Four Family Bomb Shelters
The War Department disclosed specifications for four family type bomb shelters. They will be recommended to civilian engineers for construction in the United States if the necessity arises.
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Washingon
War Department
United States
Roosevelt says Axis gains won’t curb Allied supply lines
President Roosevelt told a press conference that Axis advances in the Balkans will not win the war for Hitler and Mussolini nor reduce shipments of American war materials to Britain. He urged the public to avoid alternating waves of hope and despair and to support the British empire as the defenders of democracy. He dodged a commitment onGreek oracle echoes and warned readers to temper their wartime expectations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Balkans
Hitler
Mussolini
Britain
United States
Delphi
Mediterranean
Greece
Ships for Britain under lend lease and Canadian build plan
Navy Secretary Knox announced about 20 fast naval motor torpedo boats ready for delivery to Great Britain under lend lease. He said they would be shipped rather than sailed. Knox also outlined possible Canada built warships for the U S Navy to be transferred to Britain under lend lease as part of a Roosevelt King cooperative program.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
Great Britain
U.S. Navy
Canada
U.S
Roosevelt
King
Planned Wartime Housing to Be Temporary Structures
Joseph M. Pigott of Hamilton told the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities that Wartime Housing Ltd will erect temporary houses designed for liquidation after the war. Mayor Ray Forbes of Fredericton introduced Pigott, noting the company builds only where there is a definite housing shortage to relieve wartime congestion.
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Ottawa
Wartime Housing Ltd
Joseph M. Pigott
Hamilton
Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities
Ray T. Forbes
Fredericton
N.B
Mr. Pigott
Government Corporation
Captain Kennedy Honored In Public Ceremony
A memorial to Captain E C Kennedy of the British auxiliary cruiser Rawalpindi, sunk in 1939, was unveiled in a public ceremony. A V Alexander, first lord of the admiralty, led the tribute after the ship engaged the German raider Deutschland.
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London
Rawalpindi
British Broadcasting Corporation
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
E. C. Kennedy
Norwegians Fined by German Occupation in Sweden
The towns Stavanger and Haugesund and Rogaland district in Norway were fined 500000 kronor by German forces for sabotaging telephone wires used by the Nazi war machine. Residents were also required to guard German military works.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Stavanger
Haugesund
Rogaland
Norway
Will Contribute Ottawa War Goods Firms Support Local Services
Crown companies set up to manufacture war supplies will contribute voluntarily toward the cost of local improvements, schools and municipal services. Government property is not taxed, but the spokesman notes that a plant requiring services should pay for them and that large workforces require fair compensation for municipal costs.
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Ottawa
Munitions and Supply Department
Flow of planes to Britain speeds up as U S Canada deliveries rise
Lord Beaverbrook told the House of Lords nearly 1,000 assembled American and Canadian aircraft have been handed to the Royal Air Force. He said the flow from America is increasing rapidly with a 200 to 300 percent reserve objective for the air industry. He noted delivery delays are not serious and British types are being shipped to America for use.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
House of Lords
R.A.F
America
R.af
Royal Air Force
Wigley joins RCAF aviation effort in Canada
Christopher Wigley son of Sir Wilfred Wigley governor of the Leeward Islands arrives in Montreal to join the Royal Canadian Air Force as air crew after leaving a sugar plantation job. He notes Canada was chosen to avoid immediate deployment to England and train. The report discusses wartime aircraft supply and ferrying challenges, including losses and deliveries from the United States and the Atlantic routes.
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Christopher Wigley
Sir Wilfred Wigley
Leeward Islands
British West Indies
Montreal
R.C.A.F
Wigley
Canada
England
Six Day Work Week Planned for London Factories
The Daily Mail reports London factory workers will shift to a six day week to boost war material production. The change adds vacations while around the clock operations continue.
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London
Daily Mail
Treatment Of Prisoners London
Richard Law, financial secretary to the war office, told the House of Commons there is no ground for claims that German prisoners in Canada are ill treated. He noted Polish camps at Posen are still unsatisfactory and said representations have been made to the protecting power. He added the foe is unscrupulous and pressure is limited to current measures.
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London
Richard Law
War Office
House of Commons
Canada
Law
Posen
U S Navy May Patrol This Side of the Atlantic
In Ottawa Mayor LaGuardia announces the Canada United States defence board plans 1000 mile coast defense and hints at possible U S naval patrols across the Atlantic half way to Great Britain. Reported views suggest British and Canadian convoys may rely less on seaborne escort as U S craft could join in convoy duty to deter German submarines.
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Washington
United States Navy
North Atlantic
Great Britain
Mayor LaGuardia
New York
Joint
LaGuardia
Ottawa
United States
Atlantic
Hemisphere
Greenland
Canada
Canada-United States Permanent Joint Defence Board
Pacific
Fiorello LaGuardia
British Empire Medal and military honors announced in London
The London Gazette announces the creation of the British Empire Medal for meritorious service. The award will be added to the existing order statutes, with future recipients earning a bar to the medal after the Burma gallantry medal. The George Cross era replaces the prior gallantry medal. London notes Lieut. Gen. Sir Thomas Blamey is appointed second in command to Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell in the Middle East to ease Australian discontent over Greece.
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London
Order of the
Burma
Order For Gallantry
Thomas Blamey
Middle East
Archibald Wavell
Imperial Army
Greece
British Blockade Strangles Nazi War Effort
London reports Britain’s blockade slowly reduces Germany’s war capacity. Data from the Ministry of Economic Warfare notes multiple shortages from oil and textiles to ferro alloys and food, with labor strains and renewed efforts to import foreign workers. About 1.5 million foreign workers already employed in Germany.
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London
Britain
Germany
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Italy
Europe
France
Bucharest
Chinese Girl Flyer Hanyin Cheng in Vancouver on Diplomatic Service
Hanyin Cheng, one of China's two girl flyers, with 250 flying hours and an international federation license from the Royal Aero Club, has been living quietly in Vancouver for months and says she is in the city on diplomatic service.
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Vancouver
Hanyin Cheng
China
Federation Aeronauticque Internationale
Royal Aero Club
Britain’s New Battleship Prince of Wales Enters Commission
Britain's second new battleship the 35000 ton Prince of Wales sister ship of the King George V has been commissioned. It carried Viscount Halifax to the United States. Three other battleships were laid down named Anson Beatty and Jellicoe.
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London
Britain
Viscount Halifax
United States
The
Press Association
Anson
Beatty
Jellicoe
Canadian War Services Fund Tops Target in Toronto Drive
James Y. Murdoch, president of the Canadian War Services Fund, hailed the first united war services appeal as an unqualified success. Officials announced a total of 6,207,961 with an estimated 325,000 expected later.
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Toronto
James Y. Murdoch
Canadian War Services Fund
United War Services
Canada
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Danube
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