Britain Needs All Possible Aid To Ensure Victory
Sir Cyril Newall voiced a plea for rapid aid from North America including ships planes guns tanks and munitions to secure Britain's victory. He praised the RAF and Dominions for air power while warning the Nazis must be defeated and vows to maintain air and naval superiority.
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Ottawa
Cyril Newall
New Zealand
Royal Air Force
Rideau Hall
Alice
Cyril Said
Lord Galway
Cyril
Royal Navy
Dominions
Germany
England
Channel
Raeder Urges Bold German Strike on British Isles
Grand Admiral Erich Raeder urged a direct assault on the British Isles in a 50 minute radio address reported by the BBC. He called dock workers to mobilize with all strength to win, stating the foe fights for life and will attempt to escape disaster, while noting Britain seeks US aid as a "miserable spectacle of open begging."
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London
Erich Raeder
British Broadcasting Corporation
United States
Raeder
Admiral Raeder
British Isles
Dublin Urges Preparedness Rationing Tea and Gasoline
Premier Eamon de Valera told Eire to prepare for the worst as war disrupts imports. Gasoline is restricted to essential services. tea is rationed to three fourths of normal sales. Wheat reserves are thin and substitutions like potatoes are urged. cattle slaughter may rise without imported fodder.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Erie
de Valera
Fife
Ottawa Wheat Problem Proposal Leaks in Circles
Reported plan to resolve Canada's wheat issue avoids coercion and favors compromise. Proposals include a guaranteed 85 cent price per bushel, federal purchase of 230 to 250 million bushels, and a 50 cent processing tax on domestic flour. Growers would handle surplus beyond federal buy quantity.
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Ottawa
Canada
Western Canada
Prairie Provinces
U S firms pressed to purge Latin American branches
Washington reports a government drive to have American companies purge anti American or pro Axis personnel from Latin American subsidiaries. The State Department and agencies apply diplomatic pressure to enlist export industry help. Discharges of suspected agents and a compiled list of suspect individuals and firms in twenty countries are noted.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Britain plans sale of US securities to finance war needs
Britain announces it will sell British owned and controlled US securities to raise dollars for war purchases of planes ships tanks and munitions. The treasury notes large gold use and says Sir Edward Peacock will assess British and US controlled firms to maximize proceeds, though exact values are not listed.
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London
Britain
United States
Treasury
America
Sir Edward Peacock
Stock Exchange
United States of America
Resentment In Holland New York Street Encounters Described
Walter R. van Lianden an 18 year old son of a San Francisco exporter reports daily clashes between loyal Netherlands citizens and black shirted National Socialist band members in The Hague after the invasion. He arrived from Spain aboard the Magallanes liner.
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New York
National Socialist
Walter R. van Lianden
San Francisco
the Hague
van Lianden
Spain
In Position To Pay Washington
Secretary Morgenthau told the senate committee that Canada has enough dollar assets in sight to meet war equipment commitments in the United States for the balance of the year. He said assurances from Canadian authorities support continued payments and financial support for wartime needs.
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Washington
United States
Six Provinces Making Guns Ottawa
Canada undertakes a national gun and armament program for the British admiralty with a capital outlay of 17.538 million dollars. Plants across Alberta British Columbia Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec and Ontario will build gun barrels and related equipment for the Royal Canadian Navy and the Dominion Bridge Company plant in Burnaby is being rebuilt at a cost of five million dollars. The minister cited an annual output in the tens of millions with a reported total near 100 million dollars.
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Royal Navy
Canada
British Admiralty
Munitions and Supply Department
Royal Canadian Navy
Howe
Alberta
British Columbia
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New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Dominon Bridge Company
Burnaby
Vancouver
Censorship Order Tightens War Reporting in Eire
Dublin reports that the Eire government has established press censorship banning uncensored war reports sent abroad. Emergency powers warn of serious consequences for noncompliance and require messages to pass censorship before publication.
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London
Eire
South Africa Accepts 20000 Italian Prisoners
South Africa agrees to accommodate 20 000 Italian prisoners from the western desert campaign to spare ships needed for their transport to Italy. The plan aims to ease Allied logistics during the early campaign years.
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Cape Town
Pension Award To South African Leader Hertzog
Gen J B M Hertzog, 74, former South African prime minister and Nationalist leader, receives an annual pension of 2000 pounds from the Union government. He resigned from parliament in 1940 and later retired from public life after heading a coalition government with Smuts before their wartime split. The pension was reported by the BBC citing a Cape Town announcement.
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London
J B. M. Hertzog
Union of South Africa
British Broadcasting Corporation
Cape Town
Hertzog
Pariament
Jan Smuts
Nationalist
Gen. Smuts
United South African Party
Gen. Hertzog
South Africa
Germany
Plan To Draft Thousands Of Single Women For War Factories
Representatives of London city, labor, and government outlined a plan to draft thousands of single women 18 and older from drawing rooms, slums, and servants quarters into war factories to accelerate Britain’s war production. Union and employer delegates endorsed the proposals in a meeting with Minister Ernest Bevin and other ministers including Sir Andrew Duncan, A. W. Alexander, Lord Beaverbrook, and Oliver Lyttleton.
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London
Great Britain
Ernest Bevin
Andrew Duncan
A. W. Alexander
The
Admiralty
Lord Beaverbrook
Oliver Lyttleton
Board of Trade
Early invasion plans may have to be abandoned
A British authority says the expected early German invasion of Britain may be dropped to favor aiding Italy and Balkans operations. He notes German divisions in Romania and airfields in Bulgaria, with possible drives toward Salonika to isolate Greece, while a large German army remains spread from Narvik to Massena and Brest to Bucharest.
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London
Great Britain
Balkans
Channel
United States
Bulgaria
Romania
Salonika
Albania
Mediterranean
Narvik
Massena
Brest
Bucharest
Spain
Gibraltar
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Africa
France
Turkey
Italy
Germany
British People Answer Hitler Speech Stirs Allies
The BBC German broadcast titled British People's answer predicted free peoples of Britain and America will fight to the bitter end to force the Nazis to fall. NY papers noted Hitler's threats were dismissed and called his regime unstable after eight years of Nazi rule.
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Hitler
New York
British Broadcasting Corporation
Britain
America
Columbia Broadcasting System
Fuehrer
Germany
Great Britain
Atlantic
New World
Europe
The
Herald Tribune
Times
Lenon Appointed Chief Scout of the United Kingdom
Lord Somers 54, deputy chief scout since 1936, is named chief scout following founder Lord Baden-Powell whose death prompted the change. Lord Hampton says no other world chief scout will exist, and the title should honor the chief and founder for all time.
Smith Hurricane Fund Aims at Ottawa Fighter Purchase
Wilfred Smith of Ottawa announces the Smith Hurricane Fund a public drive to buy one or more Hurricane fighters for wartime support. All Smiths in Canada eligible to contribute with approval cited from Finance Minister Issey.
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Ottawa
Wilfred Smith
Smiths
Canada
Smith
Issey
Celebrated Artist Sir William Llewellyn Dies at 77
London renowned painter Sir William Llewellyn president of the Royal Academy from 1928 to 1938 died here at 77. His portraits of Queen Mary were celebrated and one work was acquired by the state.
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London
William Llewellyn
Royal Academy
Queen Mary
Wheat in Store In Ottawa Shows Increase
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Ottawa stored Canadian wheat totals on January 24 at 495,841,577 bushels, up from 494,205,023 on January 17 and 336,358,428 on the same date last year.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Quints Visit Draw 250000 To Dafoe Hospital
Dr. A R Dafoe announced that about 250000 people visited the Dafoe hospital in Callander Ontario in 1940 to see the Dionne quintuplets, who are six years old.
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Callander
A. R. Dafoe
Dafoe Hospital
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