Sacrifices For War Duration Urged By Canadian Leader
Winnipeg speech by G W Spinney national war finance chairman calls for spending trims and victory bonds. He says Victory Loan II seeks 600 million and emphasizes government must curb nonessential capital outlays while Canadians endure wartime restrictions.
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Winnipeg
G. W. Spinney
War Finance Committer
Ottawa
Winnipeg Canadian Club
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Spillney
Great Britain
England
Spinney
Dominion
Canadian Liner Lady Hawkins Sunk by Axis Submarine
The 7,968 ton Canadian National cruise ship Lady Hawkins was torpedoed off the Atlantic coast with heavy loss of life. Of 321 aboard, 71 survivors reached shore including 13 Canadians and 6 Newfoundlanders. The attack followed a U S announcement of an Axis undersea craft sighting near Texas.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Montreal
Atlantic
United States Navy
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Navy
Halifax
Nova
United States
Canadian
Increase Allowances for War Emergency Training Programs
The Labour Department announced an allowance hike effective February 2 for civilians and air force trainees in the war emergency training program. The revised weekly rates raise single trainees at home to 7 dollars, away from home to 10 dollars, and heads of families to 15 dollars, with adjustments for industrial-side and other trainee categories as published.
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Ottawa
Air Force
Labor Department
Dominion
Navy Secretary Knox: War Is One Global Fight Across Seas
In Chicago, Navy Secretary Frank Knox described the war as a single total conflict spanning the Pacific Atlantic and other theaters. He warned against misreading his January speech and emphasized that Japan and Hitler are part of one indivisible enemy and that secrecy is used to counter enemy tactics.
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Chicago
Navy
Frank Knox
United States Navy
Chicago Association of Commerce
Hitler
Pacific
Atlantic
Russia
China
Malaya
Libya
Demand For Horses In Saskatoon Report
Peter A. Taylor, secretary of the Saskatchewan Clydesdale Breeders' Club, reported to members at a joint meeting with the Saskatchewan Live Stock Breeders' Association that demand for good horses at remunerative prices would be strong if supply could meet it.
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Saskatoon
Peter A. Taylor
Saskatchewan Clydesdale Breeders’ Club
Saskatchewan Live Stock Breeders’ Association
Beaverbrook Reveals Atlantic Charter Meeting Details
Lord Beaverbrook said the first Churchill Roosevelt meeting on the Atlantic Charter occurred in Newfoundland. He praised Churchill for backing the US and Russia, disclosed Britain’s pledge of half the tank output to Russia, and noted Roosevelt’s agreement to send troops to Northern Ireland. He warned Britons not to expect rapid US supply increases.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
Churchill
Roosevelt
Newfoundland
Supply
Washington
United States
Russia
Britain
Northern Ireland
Navemar sunk by Axis submarines in Mediterranean
The 5,473 ton Spanish freighter Navemar reportedly torpedoed and sunk by Axis submarines. Axis broadcasts claim it was sunk by a British submarine to provoke Britain Spain tensions.
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London
Admiralty
Axis
Britain
Spain
Commanding Move By Veteran Turner To Canadian Fighter Squadron
Commanding Stan Turner a Dunkirk and Battle of Britain veteran has taken command of a Canadian fighter squadron. Turner, known as taciturn and credited with destroying at least 12 enemy aircraft, was awarded the bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross last August. He helped form the famed all Canadian squadron led by Douglas Bader, now a German prisoner, and has led an English squadron on trans-channel sweeps since leaving the Canadian unit.
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Vadron
Stan Turner
Dunkirk
Britain
Toronto
Douglas Bader
Germany
Turner
Schoolboy patrol battalion eyed to guard BC forests
Protection of forests in British Columbia may rely on a battalion of 1000 high school and university youths to assist forestry patrols as part of air raid precautions. Lands Minister A Wells Gray said authorities asked Ottawa for federal authority to form the patrols to counter possible incendiary attacks this summer.
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Victoria
A. Wells Gray
British Columbia
Curtin Announces War Time Labor Shift To Defence
Prime Minister John Curtin declared the government will close non essential industries across Australia and transfer the labor to vital defence production to support wartime needs. The move aims to concentrate manpower on war plants and reduce civilian output during the emergency.
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Perth
Australia
John Curtin
Food Situation In Europe Under German Occupation
Viscount Cranborne told the House of Lords that with exceptions in parts of Greece Yugoslavia and Northern Norway there is no major food shortage in Europe. He noted about 60 million of 130 million in occupied areas live close to prewar levels and that the blockade remains the main offensive weapon.
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London
Viscount Cranborne
Dominions
House of Lords
Greece
Yugoslavia
Norway
Europe
Canada Says It Will Aid Australia In War Efforts
Prime Minister Mackenzie King stated in the House of Commons that Canada is eager to cooperate in any effective way to assist Australia. He noted Australia seeks planes and tanks and suggested Canada may provide these, with further aid possible over time.
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Ottawa
Australia
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Perth
Curtin
King
Pacific
House
Hanson
Canada
Canaan
Gift Of Canada Means Lower Costs For Britain
Canada commits a 1 billion dollar gift to Britain dividing into munitions and foodstuffs with Britain paying about 25 percent less for Canadian farm products. The plan includes 125 million pounds of cheese and 300000 bushels of beans and shifts favorable pricing to Canadian farmers. Negotiations aim to supply Britain with these products under the new agreement, easing British food costs and supporting domestic Canadian pricing.
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Ottawa
Canada
Great Britain
Mackenzie King
British Food Ministry
Britain
Food Ministry
Dominion
Swiss to obtain Hong Kong wartime information
National defence headquarters announced that Switzerland as protecting power for British and Canadian interests in occupied China has opened a communication line with Hong Kong. The aim is to obtain information on British and Canadian soldiers long delayed, with updates to follow. Canadian troops in Hong Kong include Winnipeg Grenadiers and Quebec Royal Rifles, and casualties are feared heavy.
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Ottawa
National Defence
China
Hong Kong
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Quebec Royal Rifles
Ottawa Defence Minister Examines Canadian Units for U S Duty
Defence Minister Ralston told the House of Commons that units of the 6th Canadian division could go to the United States for service if attack on the U S was deemed desirable. He said such units might be sent except for home defence personnel who would need to volunteer.
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Ottawa
United States
Ralston
House of Commons
Canada to join British War Cabinet if consultative machinery fails
Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the House of Commons Canada will take part in the British war cabinet representation if existing consultation machinery with Britain proves unsatisfactory. He added that current arrangements have been satisfactory thus far.
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Ottawa
Mackenze King
House of Commons
Overseas Service Called for Canadian WACs
Between 400 and 500 members of the Canadian Women's Army Corps are likely to be sent overseas before year end. The first group is expected to depart for overseas during the summer.
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Ottawa
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
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B.C
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B. R. Mullaly
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Fort Ville Marie
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