War Purchases in U S to Be Studied by Treasury Leaders
Washington reports intense study by Canadian and American treasury officials on financing war purchases in the United States. Prime Minister Mackenzie King meets with Henry Morgenthau and Cordell Hull as exploratory talks consider four options including lend lease like Britain, new loan authorities, Ottawa London arrangements, or Canadian factory processing to earn American dollars.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Treasury
Mackenzie King
Roosevelt
Henry Morgenthau
Clifford Clark
Finance
Morgenthau
Cordell Hull
Viscount Halifax
Britain
Ottawa
London
No Change In Policy Istanbul
Yeni Saba denounces rumors of Turkish talks with Germany as a “shadowy form of German propaganda” and warns the public that the war of nerves reflects a propaganda campaign. Turkey’s non belligerent stance remains, despite claims Ankara may shift toward the Axis.
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Istanbul
Yeni Saba
Turkey
Germany
Great Variety Of Articles In Wartime Production
John Eaton, head of the general purchasing branch of munitions and supply, told the Purchasing Agents Association of Montreal that Canadian plants are turning out field telephones wireless equipment naval stores compasses chemicals for smoke screens chain cable anti gas clothing and gas masks since the war began.
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Montreal
John Eaton
Department of Munitions and Supply
Purchasing Agents Association of Montreal
Eaton
Four U S cargo ships to be lent to Britain
The Maritime Commission announced the first lend lease transfer of four United States cargo ships to Great Britain. The ships will be registered under the British flag and crewed entirely by British officers and crews.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
United States
Great Britain
Australian salesman leads own raid at Tobruk siege
United Press describes a 23 year old Sydney salesman in Tobruk with a six man patrol routing 490 Germans and killing 12 with bayonet and rifle butt. He says hand to hand fighting showed Germans no better than Italians and that Nazis failed to fire from a protected position under heavy machine gun fire. The squad advanced through fire and surprised their enemy, then held a position 100 yards away.
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United Press
Jan Yingrich
Tobruk
Bombing of Veles Bridge Compared to Maastricht Attack
BBC in Athens described a Royal Air Force raid on the bridge over the Vardar at Veles in southern Yugoslavia. Flight crews faced heavy ground fire, with one pilot overcorrecting and the squadron executing multiple passes to ensure impact. The bridge was demolished and a nearby railway line hit. advancing German troops were stalled as other RAF bombers arrived.
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London
Royal Air Force
Vardar
Veles
Yugoslavia
R.A.F
Maastricht
Netherlands
Athens
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Greenland Restored to Denmark Under Monroe Doctrine
President Roosevelt stated Greenland would be restored to Denmark once the mother country is independent not under duress. He explained the agreement with the Danish minister that Greenland joined Western Hemisphere defense under the Monroe doctrine. He addressed Denmark's recall order issue noting occupation by German troops and the government under duress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Greenland
Denmark
United States
Copenhagen
Germany
State Department
Paris Strikes Hard Against De Gaulle Slogans
BBC reports in Paris authorities issued over 6000 warrants for leaving De Gaullist inscriptions on walls and businesses. Police patrol at dawn to erase slogans as the Free French movement grows strong in the city under occupation.
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London
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Britain
de Gaulle
British Forces Face Strong Axis Army in Libya
The Daily Express reports a full size Nazi Fascist force in Libya with 60 000 to 80 000 enemy troops. Estimates include two Panzer divisions with 800 tanks and 1200 other vehicles, plus Italian and German units and hundreds of planes. Thousands of Empire soldiers push through desert storms toward the front.
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London
Libya
Daily Express
Daily Telegraph
East Africa
Egypt
Somaliland
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Parachute Troops Deployed In Shanghai
The British Broadcasting Corporation citing Reuters reports from Shanghai says several thousand Japanese troops were sent to Shanghai to counter a Chinese move from the southeast. The report notes parachute troops conducting large scale exercises over the northern suburbs, jumping from planes in formation.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Reuter
Shanghai
Substantial Gift From Salt Lake City Boosts Canadian War Fund
A cheque for 1000 from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City was sent via J. H. Card of Cardston to the Canadian War Services Campaign Fund. Church President Heber J. Grant expressed best wishes for the success of Canada and Britain in their sacrifices.
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Calgary
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Salt Lake City
Utah
War Services Campaign
J. H. Card
Cardston
Heber J. Grant
Canada
Great Britain
War Loan Planned for Australia Council Meeting
Issuing War Loan Corporation states a Canberra meeting of the Australian loan council led to a war loan decision of £35,000,000 about $155,750,000 with funds earmarked for national defense and reconstruction efforts.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Loan Council
Canberra
San Francisco Shares 1906 Recovery Experience With London
San Francisco will send its records and other pertinent information to London as it assists the war damaged city. Mayor Angelo Rossi, via Dean Acheson, said San Francisco would provide detailed information on how the bay city rebuilt after the 1906 earthquake and fire.
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San Francisco
London
Bay City
Angelo Rossi
Dean Acheson
United States
W. G. Jackson
London County Council
Jackson
Rossi
Trans-Canada Air Lines opens Halifax western service link
Trans-Canada Air Lines launched its first westward flight on a new Atlantic to Pacific route. The airline previously ended routes at Moncton and will now operate into Halifax and Charlottetown, taking over lines once flown by Canadian Airways.
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Halifax
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Atlantic
Pacific
T.C.A
Moncton
N.B
Charlottetown
Canadian Airways
Netherlands Jews Ordered to Surrender Radios
Nazis in Amsterdam via Berlin command Jews to surrender radio receivers within two weeks. Police to confiscate any receivers in Jewish possession.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Netherlands
Final day approaches for Canadian 1940 income tax returns
Ottawa reports March income tax receipts at 39,958,806 dollars up 34,061,886 from 1940 due to higher rates and new instalment plan. Taxpayers must file by April 30 to avoid penalties. five percent of tax due and five percent annual interest on late instalments apply. Fiscal year totals show 272,138,290 dollars collected, compared with 134,418,566 a year earlier.
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Ottawa
Department of National Revenue
Imperial War Council Aims London Meeting with Dominion Premiers
London reports Britain seeks dominion prime ministers for war talks in London. Australia’s R G Menzies prolongs his visit at Churchill’s request, with New Zealand’s Peter Fraser and possibly South Africa’s Jan Smuts invited. Canadian PM Mackenzie King may attend. Viscount Cranborne had rejected an imperial council plan on April 1.
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London
R. G. Menzies
Australia
Winston Churchill
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
Churchill
Britain
Jan Smuts
South Africa
Middle East
Mackenzie King
Imperial War Council
Viscount Cranborne
Dominions
Acreage Bonus for Wheat Lands Delayed Computation
Federal bonus of 4 dollars per acre on wheat land will be payable for summerfallow after July 1 based on acreage shown then. Regulations allow payment for each extra acre summerfallowed in 1941 over 1940. Alberta minister MacMillan says the acreage used for calculation will be those shown July 31 rather than July 1.
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Ottawa
Agriculture Department
MacMillan
Alberta
Refugee industries rise in Britain’s town estates
In northeast England large European refugee enterprises sprout in the Team Valley estates aided by personal funds and government relief on rents and taxes. Similar workshops appear in the Treforest estate in south Wales.
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London
Team Valley
England
Treforest
South
Wales
Plans Made for Naval Defence of Canada’s Coasts
The Canada-United States joint permanent defence board announced completion of plans for the military and naval defence of both eastern and western coasts. The board will keep plans up to date and ready for operation, with Newfoundland officials involved in discussions.
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Montreal
Canada
United States
Joint Permanent Defence Board
Newfoundland
Fiorello la Guardia
New York
Col
O. M. Biggar
Ottawa
L. E. Emerson
Justice and Defence
J. H. Penson
Lord Stamp and Family Die in London Air Raid
Lord Stamp the noted economist and his wife Lady Stamp were killed in a London outer suburb air raid. His heir Wilfrid Carlyle Stamp also perished in the blast that wrecked their home. Lord Stamp chaired the London Midland and Scottish railway and served as a Bank of England director. Lady Stamp led the National Free Church Women's Council and was a University College Aberystwyth governor.
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London
Lord Stamp
Lady Stamp
Wilfrid Carlyle Stamp
Shortlands
Kent
Canada
McGill University
University of Toronto
University of Western Ontario
McMaster University
Canadian Grain Futures Inquiry
BC Shipbuilding Orders Rise in wartime Efforts
The Department of Trade and Industry reports British Columbia wartime shipbuilding orders total about 40 million dollars with around 10 million completed. A new 3 million dollar contract for two 9,300 ton steel cargo ships was awarded to Prince Rupert drydocks. Steel for eight more ships underway at Burrard Dry Dock in Vancouver has arrived, with two keels likely to be laid in the next week or ten days, says Hubert Wallace.
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Victoria
Department of Trade and Industry
British Columbia
Prince Rupert
New Training Plane Tested in Canada for Dominion Pilots
Ottawa reports tests on a new primary training plane, the Fairchild M-6 2, by the munitions and supply department. Officials say using the craft in Canada remains in preliminary talks.
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Ottawa
Canada
Munitions and Supply Department
Battle of Greece Rumor At London BBC Post
Columbia Broadcasting System listening post reports a London radio claim that a British Royal Air Force squadron shot down 100 Axis planes in the battle of Greece. The report could not be independently confirmed and wartime casualty notes remain unverified.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
London Radio
Royal Air Force
Greece
Manion Arrives in England for War Services Survey
Hon. R. J. Manion former Canadian Conservative leader arrived in England by clipper to undertake a survey of Canadian auxiliary war services.
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London
R. J. Manion
England
Clipper
Canadian Auxiliary War Services
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China
Sir Arthur Salter
British Shipping Ministry
Sir Arthur
Nova Scotia
Duchess of Gloucester
Northamptonshire Institute of Agriculture
Women’s Land Army
Refugee Industries
Lord
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