United States Plans Boost in Pacific Air Power
Washington reports swift steps to strengthen U S air power in the Pacific. Gen George C Marshall told the Senate committee the Far East situation is serious and American defences will not be stripped to rush war machinery to Britain.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
Shanghai
Army
Navy
George C Marshall
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Far Eastern
Clashes Reported as German Control Tightens Polish Lands
London based Polish sources describe serious clashes in Poland between German police and armed Polish bands. The British BBC broadcasts say a German general and 44 men were killed in recent fighting. Polish circles claim Germans are expropriating property and business undertakings in major towns of Poland.
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London
Poland
British Broadcasting Corporation
Joint Anglo-American Plan to Buy South American Wool Clips
Reports from Bradford England indicate Britain and the United States may jointly purchase all South American wool clips for the war period to stop wartime shipments to Soviet Russia and potential transfer to Germany.
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Bradford
Eng
United States
South America
Soviet Russia
Germany
Food Rioting in Paris Reported by BBC
BBC reports Vichy sources describe women with babies crowding Paris suburbs demanding milk and rioting breaking out in several city areas. The BBC says authorities dispersed the crowds.
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London
Paris
British Broadcasting Corporation
Vichy
BBC
Australian Casualties Reported Overseas
A CBS broadcast of Australian radio quoted army headquarters in Sydney listing overseas casualties at 969. The breakdown shows 190 killed, 749 wounded, 20 missing, and 10 prisoners of war.
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New York
CBS
Sydney
Canada’s Coal Supply Drops in December 1940
Canada’s coal supply in December 1940 was lower than December 1939, as reported by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. The figure reflects production and imports minus exports.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Britain forms air infantry with elite parachute troops
The Daily Mail reports Britain has created an airborne infantry trained to drop from aircraft and strike quickly. Parachutists, secretly trained and highly paid, are deployed to loom ahead of offensives with a noted veteran, Sqdn. Lar. Louis Strange, guiding the organization.
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England
Britain
Italy
The
Daily Mail
Sqdn
Louis Strange
Canada reports 1940 national income rise and provincial forecasts
Preliminary 1940 figures show national income $554.6 million above 1939 level. Eight provinces expected current account improvements, Alberta the only one with a larger 1939 deficit. Seven provinces forecast a surplus, versus three the prior year. Finance Minister Ilsley tabled the statistics in the Commons as Hanson urged wider public release.
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Ottawa
Canada
Sirois
House of Commons
Ilsley
Alberta
Conservative House
Hanson
Oxford Audience Hears Henders son List Nazi Leaders
Sir Nevile Henderson, the pre war ambassador to Germany, told an Oxford audience the order to erase the Nazi leadership. He placed Himmler and Ribbentrop ahead of Hitler and said no internal revolution could topple the regime while machine guns stand. He suggested he would shoot Himmler first, then Ribbentrop, brain Hitler with a rifle butt.
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Oxford
Eng
Nevile Henderson
Germany
Hitler
Nevile
Himmler
Ribbentrop
Heinrich Himmler
Wool consumption in Canada peaks in 1940 amid war orders
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canada’s wool consumption in 1940 reached 101,616,000 pounds, the highest in a decade, driven by government orders for armed services clothing. Production in 1940 totaled 18,127,000 pounds, up from 17,846,000 pounds in 1939.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Red Cross seeks 100000 voluntary donors in Canada
The Canadian Red Cross Society plans a drive for 100000 voluntary blood donors in major centres. Norman Somerville, K.C., chair of the Canadian Central Red Cross council, announced the program at the British Columbia council annual meeting.
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Vancouver
Canada
Canadian Red Cross Society
Norman Somerville
K.C
Canadian Central Red Cross Council
British Columbia Council
No Official Comment on Lend-Lease Aid to Britain
Washington reports say U S naval repair docks may be opened to the British fleet under lend-lease terms. No official confirmation exists beyond President Roosevelts support for all out aid to Britain and Wendell Willkies suggestion to send destroyers at five to ten per month.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Britain
Wendell Willkie
Nomura Signals Japan Aims for Peaceful Expansion to Avert War
Japanese ambassador Nomura told a Washington press conference that Japan seeks economic expansion to secure supplies in French Indochina Thailand and the Netherlands East Indies. He said Japan will not clearly pledge no force but will avoid war with the United States unless the U.S. moves to declare war. He noted treaty ties to Germany and Italy and suggested the U.S. would likely not declare war on Germany, keeping the Pacific peace goal.
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Washington
Japan
Kichisaburo Nomura
United States
Great Britain
Indo-China
Thailand
Netherlands East Indies
Germany
Italy
Nomura
America
Pacific
Europe
Ambassadors warn over Pacific naval bases amid expansion talks
The envoy cautions against extending naval power toward the Pacific while the US Congress advances a naval expansion program. He notes Guam and Samoa are American territories and urges non interference despite Western anxieties about bases.
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House of Representatives
Pacific
Guam
Samoa
United States
RAF Operates Moose Jaw Airfield Independent of BCATP
The Royal Air Force runs the Ottawa area airfield and Moose Jaw training school independently of the BCATP with the UK government assuming all construction and maintenance liabilities. Total spend reached 1,528,936 dollars on airfield, buildings, and camp facilities. operations directed by the departments of Transport and National Defence for Air. The move involves RAF training schools relocated from the United Kingdom to Canada under Canada UK government agreement outside the BCATP. specifics cannot be disclosed for security reasons.
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Ottawa
Moose Jaw
Royal Air Force
United Kingdom
House of Commons
E. E. Perley
Qu'Appelle
Department of Transport
Department of National Defence
Canada
Tanker Destroys Sub London
The tanker Cardita engaged a submarine after breaking from a convoy during gales. Captain R L Bruce ordered fire and the ship’s gun fired. The U-boat submerged twice, reappearing at 2000 yards, and disappeared after a shell produced a spray of oily water. Cardita reached port safely.
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London
Cardita
R. L. Bruce
Britain restricts exports to South American nations
The government announced a ban on exporting goods from Britain to Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru without a license, effective March 6. The Board of Trade said the move aims to maximize UK export benefits while keeping export volume affordable within payment means.
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London
Britain
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Peru
Board of Trade
United Kingdom
Nazi Undersea Drive Predicted For This Spring
A neutral naval source predicted a German undersea offensive this spring using 600 U boats to disrupt British shipping. The observer said Germany could aim to choke U S and empire supply lines or back a spring invasion, with the fleet building toward 600 subs and a mix of small 250 to 330 ton boats.
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London
Hitler
Britain
United States
Empire
Royal Navy
Germany
Norway
Denmark
Netherlands
Naval Authority
Germania
Deschimag
Atlantic Seaboard
Arctic Circle
Bay of Biscay
Eden and Dill in Egypt on significant Middle East visit
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and General Sir John Dill are in Cairo to coordinate British diplomacy in the Balkans and Middle East. The aim is to reassure Greece and Turkey, discuss potential new front openings, and address administrative tasks after Libya's eastern capture. Eden, a fluent Arabic speaker, may meet Turkish leaders during the trip.
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London
Anthony Eden
John Dill
Imperial General Staff
Egypt
Turkey
Greece
Britain
Bulgaria
Italy
Thrace
Balkans
Middle East
Eden
Cairo
Dill
Grece
Libya
Imperial Army of the Nile
Detentions Under Defence Regulations Reported in Ottawa
A memorandum tabled in the House of Commons shows that between November 1, 1940, and February 17, 1941, orders detained 48 people under Defence of Canada regulations. Of those, 30 were Germans, six Italians, 11 Communists, and one National Unity member. Advisory committees recommended release in 24 of 83 reviewed cases, while Justice Minister Lapointe overrode nine recommendations.
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Ottawa
Defence of Canada
House of Commons
National Unity Party
Lapointe
War Appropriation Bill Underestimates and Adjustments
Ottawa Finance Minister Isley announced that more than 150 million dollars were subtracted from the official estimates for war services in the coming fiscal year as he presented a 1.3 billion dollar war appropriation bill to the House of Commons. He warned he may return for a supplementary appropriation and cited wartime uncertainties like wastage as the reason estimates cannot be precise a year ahead.
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Ottawa
Isley
House of Commons
Tisley
Nazi boast claims Germany trained 126000 more workers in 1940
A Berlin Nazi spokesman boasted that Germany began the war with more armament and munitions workers than Britain and the United States combined. He refused to give exact figures but said Germany trained 126000 additional workers between April and September 1940.
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Berlin
Germany
Britain
United States
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