Britain to double military air output this year
The article reports Britain expects to double its military aircraft output in 1930 and forecast leadership in bomber and fighter production by 1940. It cites rapid armament progress, industry‑government collaboration, and Britain's large skilled workforce and access to raw materials as key factors, comparing with Germany’s output strategy.
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Germany
Chamberlain
Defence Services
Britain
Hermann Goering
Goering
Air Ministry
Munich
Explosions Hit Two London Subway Stations
Explosions at Leicester Square and Tottenham Court Road stations in central London occurred nearly simultaneously as service began. A ticket collector was injured at Tottenham Court Road, while Leicester Square windows were shattered. Police blamed the Irish Republican Army for a surge of bomb outrages across England.
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London
Aqita
Leicester Square
Tottenham Court Road
Tottenham Court Station
England
Irish Republican Army
BBC to continue broadcasts despite Hitler warning
The British Broadcasting Corporation will not resume German nightly news bulletins despite Chancellor Hitler warning that broadcasts from certain foreign countries to Germany will be terminated. Official circles say there is no plan to reintroduce the German news bulletin.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Hitler
Germany
BBC Nightly
British Aviator Killed in Palestine Crash
Air Ministry announces that Flying Officer John Marcus Joseph Poynton of the 33rd Pursuit Squadron was killed in Palestine when his single seat aircraft crashed. Casualties and service details are provided by the Air Ministry.
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Lesdon
John Marcus Joseph Poynton
33Rd Pursuit
Palestine
Air Ministry
Dominion plan eyed to boost wheat acreage bonus
Dominion Agriculture Minister James Gardiner weighs a new wheat acreage bonus to aid western farmers with a pegged 80 cent price under review. Dr T F Donnelly of Wood Mountain Sask proposes extending the bonus to all grains with two dollars per acre up to 100 acres for half section owners and similar scales for larger holdings, up to a $400 cap for more than a section.
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Dominion Agriculture
James Gardiner
House of Commons
Gardiner
Wood Mountain
Sask
T. F. Donnelly
Ottawa House
Connelly
Airmail Service Praised by Ottawa Minister
Hon C D Howe told the University Club of Ottawa the new trans Canada airmail service far exceeded expectations with 100 percent public approval. He noted the service, begun last summer across the prairies and extended to Toronto North Bay Ottawa and Montreal last December, doubled mail volumes and may reach profitability within a year. He added the TC Airmail system was 95 percent efficient with only five percent of flights not completed.
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Ottawa
trans-Canada
Post Office Department
C. D. Howe
University Club of Ottawa
The
Prairies
Trans- Canada Airlines
Winnipeg
Toronto
North Bay
Montreal
T.C.A
Mr. Howe
Australia wary of New Guinea return
Stanley Bruce, the Australian high commissioner in London, opposed returning Germany's New Guinea colony. He argued it would endanger Australia despite Prime Minister Lyons' ban on ministerial comment following Hitler's Reichstag speech. He urged continued preparation for Australia's security.
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Sydney
Stanley Bruce
London
Germany
New Guinea
Australia
Lyons
Hitler
Radio License Cost Ottawa in Liberal Caucus Discussion
The Ottawa radio license annual fee of $2.50 was debated at a Liberal caucus with criticism of the current assessment. New cabinet members Norman McLarty and J A MacKinnon spoke briefly, joined by former postmaster general J C Elliott and Prime Minister King. The meeting lasted about ninety minutes.
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Ottawa
Norman McLarty
J. A. MacKinnon
J. C. Elliott
King
Shipyards Busy London 1938 Lloyds Report
Lloyds annual shipping report shows 1,119 new merchant vessels totaling 3,933,593 tons launched worldwide in 1938. British and Irish yards built 1,030,375 tons (34 percent) while foreign yards produced 2,003,210 tons.
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London
Lloyd’s Annual Shipping Report
Great Britain
Ireland
Japs Seize British Freighter Saint Vincent de Paul
British naval authorities demanded an immediate explanation from Japan after the seizure of the British freighter Saint Vincent de Paul by Japanese forces near Shanghai during wartime.
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Shanghai
Saint Vincent de Paul
Hunger Sparks Near Riot in Barcelona
In Barcelona crowds grow volatile as hungry residents besiege social service centers seeking bread from insurgent forces in control of Spain’s largest city. The tense scene reflects mounting food shortages and civil unrest amid ongoing conflict.
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Barcelona
Spain
Imperial Airways Trans Atlantic Service Aims June Start
Captain Harold Balfour announced in the House of Commons that Imperial Airways hopes to begin a trans Atlantic air service on June 1. The London plan outlines the new route and timetable as part of Britain’s aerial expansion.
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London
Imperial Airways
Harold Balfour
Air
House of Commons
France Opens Armistice Talks Over Catalonia Crisis
Paris reports international talks have begun to seek an armistice in Catalonia while border defenses grow to 50 000 French troops. Daladier orders forces intensified as Spanish militiamen threaten a frontier push if negotiations fail. Burgos is the mediation point with Allied and Axis powers informed to press Franco for ceasefire terms.
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Paris
France
Catalonia
Daladier
Franco
Burgos
U S Attitude Condemned by Fascist Nations
London reports Roosevelt favored rearmament aid to Britain and France provoking praise in London and Paris but fierce condemnation in Nazi and Fascist capitals. German, Italian, and other press attacked his stance, with DNB calling millions of Americans treasonous and warning of a new inflammatory campaign in the United States.
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London
Roosevelt
Great Britain
France
Paris
U.S. Senate
DNB
White House
U.S.A
America
William C. Bullitt
United States
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
United States Treasury
Fuehrer
Chamberlain
Hitler
British Empire Invincible. Hoare Warns Dictators
Sir Samuel Hoare addressing critics in Swansea declared the British Empire invincible. He warned that no air attack, however frightful, would break the will to resist of the British people, challenging those who claim Britain is weary with age and power.
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Samuel Hoare
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Swansea
Dominion to distribute coins for royal visit to Canada
The Dominion government will give about 2 250 000 bronze medallions to school children next summer to mark the King and Queen’s visit. Silver and bronze medallions will be sold at major post offices. Medallions bear Their Majesties on the obverse and a map of Canada on the reverse with the motto from sea to sea.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Canada
Mackenzie King
Ottawa considers national registration for citizens
Ontario attorney-general Gordon Conant told a St Thomas audience that Canada should adopt a national registration of all citizens similar to Britain's conscription system. He argued that high speed bombers require a national war registry to marshal manpower and to create a comprehensive unemployment record.
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Ottawa
St. Thomas
Ont
Gordon Conant
Ontario
Canada
Dominion
Britain
Negrin wins confidence in wartime Catalan defense
In a subterranean Castilian vault near Figueras the Spanish Cortes met for a war time session to support Premier Juan Negrin. Only 62 of 420 deputies attended as the body met to fulfill constitutional requirements. Negrin warned that losing Catalonia would extend the war in Madrid Valencia and urged measures to curb civilian panic caused by insurgent rumors.
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Figueras
Spain
Juan Negrin
Cortes
Negrin
Catalonia
Madrid-Valencia
Barcelona
May Discontinue Charters By AFL Chief In Canada
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor said the executive council was weighing a revised charter plan to stop issuing AFL charters to Canadian central labor bodies. The move aims to grant Canadian centers more freedom in legislative activity and reduce AFL oversight that currently accompanies Canadian charters.
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American Federation of Labor
Canada
Miami
Fla
William Green
A.F.L
Green
Af.l
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Britain to insure all war risks for civilians and soldiers
Britain outlines a vast war risk insurance plan placing civilians and front line troops on equal footing. The scheme would cover life and property with state compensation for injuries deaths and breadwinners while essential property stock and commodities would be rebuilt after the war, subject to a postwar assessment.
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London
Treasury
John Simon
Exchequer
House of Commons
Critics Fear US Policy May Lead to War
Washington critics of President Roosevelt denounce secret and unneutral acts they say could drag the United States into war. Nine Republican House members issue a manifesto opposing covert diplomacy and urging open disclosure and adherence to neutrality. Harold Ickes defends peace and mocks Hoover while administration supporters back the policy.
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U. S
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
House of Representatives Foreign Committee
France
Europe
Harold Ickes
Interior
Herbert Hoover
Ickes
Hoover
Committee On Foreign Affairs
House of Representatives
America
Prague decrees target Jews and immigrants after Munich split
Prague proclaims two decrees from the Munich partition last September. One deprives most Jews of Czecho-Slovak citizenship. The other orders all immigrants to depart within six months. A government commentary cites preserving native work opportunities as reason for removing immigrants.
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Prague
Munich
Candidate declares bid in Simcoe East by election
May oppose Col Drew Coldwater Ont Capt W J Os borne Dempster of Toronto announced he will enter the Simcoe East provincial by election Feb 27 as a Conservative candidate in opposition to Lieut Col George A Drew Ontario Conservative party leader who recently received unanimous support of the party executive in the riding.
New Terror Strikes Chile After Deadly Earthquake
Fresh earthquakes and unusual volcanic activity terrorize Santiago and the High Andes. Electrical storms hinder relief efforts as survivors face renewed peril after a disaster that may have claimed about 30,000 lives.
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Santiago
Chile
Andes
New Fast Monoplane De Fant Adopted by RAF
The Royal Air Force has adopted a fast combat monoplane with underslung wings named the De Fant. It carries bomb racks and mid fuselage machine guns and will replace older fighting planes in United Kingdom squadrons.
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London
Royal Air Force
United Kingdom
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