Allies Exceed Germany in Air Force Expansion
London reports unofficially that Britain and France have surpassed Germany in air force growth. FLA.F. units in France will unite under Air Marshal A. S Barratt, while Admiralty pressure seeks naval control of coastal air patrols. The Shelbrit II tanker and a lightship off Norfolk faced German raids. ships San Florentino and Athenia are cited in wartime losses with details of Eagle Oil ownership.
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London
Great Britain
France
Germany
Kingsley Wood
House of Commons
Kingsley
Fla.f
Norfolk
Amsterdam
Land’s End
Athenia
Eagle Oil and Shipping Company, Limited
Newcastle
Canada Tightens Export Controls to Germany Across Europe
Ottawa extends export permit requirement to Canadian goods sent to all European neutral countries except Eire Portugal and Turkey and to non-contiguous states with indirect routes to Germany. The measure aligns treatment with neutral exporters and navicert protection, affecting exporters and shipping firms using Canadian ports.
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Ottawa
Germany
Eire
Portugal
Turkey
National Revenue
United States
Sweden Receives Soviet Apology for Pajala Bombing
Stockholm reports Russia handed a note to the Swedish legation in Moscow apologizing for the February 21 Pajala bombing near the Finnish border. The Soviet government had previously denied the attack.
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Stockholm
Moscow
Pajala
Food supply in Moscow worse than 1933 famine says Williams
Spencer Williams secretary of the American-Russian chamber of commerce told a broadcast interview from London that Moscow's food supply is worse than at any time since the 1933 famine. He had just returned to London after ten years in Russia.
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London
Moscow
Spencer Williams
Mount Lyell Mines to Supply British Government Copper
Copper from Tasmania will be supplied to the British government by Mount Lyell mines Hobart. The arrangement allows a surplus to about 7,000 tons annually.
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Hobart
Tasmania
Mount Lyell
Prepare For Air Raids London
Great Britain requires registration of children in cities to enable prompt dispersal during spring air raids. The measure seeks to protect vulnerable youth by locating families and ensuring evacuation readiness in wartime warning scenarios.
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London
Great Britain
Hungarian Nazi Party Clash in Budapest Policymaking Clash
Sixty members of a Hungarian Nazi faction clashed with government officials in Budapest, highlighting political tension and extremist activity in the capital. The confrontation involved party members opposing government actions, creating a tense security situation in the city.
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Budapest
Nazi Party
Raid on Maginot Line Report by British Post Clash
The War Office released a communique on a March 5 German raid against a British post in a Maginot line sector. German troops entered the post after a dawn barrage, and a platoon sergeant major was killed. The Germans withdrew with one dead and several casualties, while British losses included 20 dead and missing men.
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London
War Office
Germain
Maginot Line
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Ottawa announces Clark as new New Brunswick lieutenant governor
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced William George Clark of Fredericton as the new lieutenant governor of New Brunswick succeeding Hon Murray MacLaren whose five year term ended February. Clark, a Liberal member of the last parliament for York Sunbury is a prominent New Brunswick businessman and president of J Clark and Sons, a motor car and farm implement sales firm.
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Ottawa
William George Clark
Fredericton
New Brunswick
Mackenzie King
Murray MacLaren
York-Sunbury
N.B
J. Clark and Sons
Youngest Canadian service member turns 15 in England
Private Alex C. Berwick of the Toronto Scottish regiment in England celebrated his 15th birthday with his unit at Alder shot last January. His family says he enlisted a few weeks before the war began and received permission to go overseas when the regiment left Canada, sparking debate over the youngest member of the Canadian Active Service Force.
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Toronto
Alex C. Berwick
Toronto Scottish Regiment
England
Aldershot
Berwick
Canada
Soviet Freighters Bound for Manzanillo with Copper and Lead
Two Soviet freighters Minsk and Engeis head for Manzanillo to load Mexican lead and US copper for Vladivostok. They follow the departure of two similar ships, totaling more than 12,000 tons of cargo.
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Mexico City
Manzanillo
United States
Vladvostok
Minsk
Engeis
Prisoner Lists Show Hundreds Held by Major Powers
The International Red Cross Prisoners Bureau reports fewer than 300 Germans, about 300 French and around 150 British are held after over six months of war. Officials say their notes now cover all soldiers, sailors and aviators captured by the three major powers to date.
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Geneva
International Red Cross
Pocket gunboats for Romanian navy reach Paris
Three 35 ton pocket gunboats built in England reach Paris en route to the Black Sea, following France's inland canal system to access the Mediterranean for service with the Romanian Navy.
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Paris
England
Black Sea
France
Mediterranean
Publication decision delays on Soviet talks disclosed
Authoritative circles say France and Great Britain chose not to publish documents from negotiations with Soviet Russia before the war. The move aims to avoid revealing embarrassing disagreements among the Allies and Poland.
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London
France
Great Britain
Russia
Poland
Phipps Urges Hard Line for Lasting Peace in Europe
Sir Eric Phipps, former British ambassador, called for a stern peace that renders Germany powerless and a complete union with France to prevent future war. He warned that defeat or premature peace would worsen Poland’s fate and questioned the need to repeatedly fight the German threat without risking widespread casualties. The Polish government in exile meanwhile accused German forces of mass killings and deportations in occupied Poland.
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Manchester
Germany
Europe
France
Eric Phipps
Berlin
Paris
Eric
Poland
Polish religious sites targeted in western Poland
A communique reports widespread removal of religious symbols including wayside crosses and chapels in western Poland. It cites the confiscation of a Christ statue, the destruction of Kosciuszko and Wilson monuments, and the demolition of a church relic during a wave of anti religious actions.
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Poland
Kosciuszko
Woodrow Wilson
Ponznan
Netherlands to Strengthen Antiespionage Efforts After Spy Admits
Justice Minister P. S. Gerbrandy announced measures to heighten penalties for foreign spies as P. Bakker, a 47 year old Dutch subject, confessed to broadcasting weather reports to Germany with a transmitter lent by Nazi agents and receiving 310 florins monthly. He also admitted spying for Germany in France in the last war. Henrich Drewer, editor of the Essen German news service, stood trial with him as police found instructional documents in Drewer's baggage.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
P. S. Gerbrandy
P. Bakker
Germany
Iazi
France
Henrich Drewer
Westdeuscher Presse Dienst
Essen
Bakker
Drewer
Canada fur quota filled prompts import pause
The customs bureau announced no more silver or black fox furs can be imported from Canada until December 1 and from other countries until April 1. Canada has exhausted its 58,300 fur quota for the period ending Nov. 30, while other nations have filled their March quota and have 7,400 furs unfilled for April 1 to Nov. 30.
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Washington
Canada
Customs Bureau
Australian Army Program Outlined by Menzies
Prime Minister Menzies announced a sweeping Australian defense plan to deploy an army corps overseas, create a 90 000 strong reserve, and call up 25 000 to 56 000 for home training. The program costs at least 561 600 000 over two years, triples WWI-era costs, and includes expanding the air force sevenfold and employing 17 000 in munitions plants by June 1942 to supply Australia New Zealand and Britain. Australia has already dispatched troops to the Near East.
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Sydney
Australia
R. G. Menzies
Menzies
New Zealand
Great Britain
Near East
Giant liner Queen Elizabeth crosses Atlantic on secret maiden voyage
London reports the Queen Elizabeth sailed from Clyde on Feb 26 1940 with no passengers, a secrecy oath for crew, and a large fuel reserve. The voyage, kept from the public, aimed to prove Royal Navy vigilance and industry prowess as air and sea threats loomed in Europe.
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London
Atlantic
Great Britain
Royal Navy
Clydeside
Press Association
Britain
Guardian
Cunard-White Star Company
New York
Adolf Hitler
Admiral Raeder
Clyde
Elzabeth
Royal Air Force
Elizabeth
The
Daily Herald
Queen Elizabeth
Scotland
Romania to Build Up Army as Independence Shield
King Carol opened parliament declaring every resource will back the army as a supreme guarantee of independence and borders. He announced tax increases to support 1,600,000 troops and vowed strict neutrality in foreign commerce to ensure supplies for the army and people amid Allied German tensions.
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Bucharest
Carol
Roumania
Crown Council
Germany
Virael Tilea
London
Great Britain
United States Opens Conciliation Talks With Four Dominions
The United States is negotiating separate conciliation treaties with Canada Australia South Africa and New Zealand. Each pact would establish a five member permanent commission to settle disputes with the United States. The move gains importance as all four Dominions are at war with Germany and may face economic warfare issues. A prior treaty with Great Britain exists but its provisions referencing the Dominions are now dated.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Australia
South Africa
New Zealand
Germany
Great Britain
Dominions
RAF sorties and losses reported by Air Secretary
Air Secretary Sir Kingsley Wood told the House of Commons the Royal Air Force has flown over 1000 sorties into German territory since the war began. He noted 44 German aircraft were shot down around British coasts with no RAF losses. He added that the current strength of one command equals last year’s total RAF manpower of about 100,000.
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London
Kingsley Wood
House of Commons
Royal Air Force
Chilean Mine Disaster at Schwager Mine
An explosion at the Schwager coal mine in Coronel Chile trapped 500 workers. Officials estimate 302 dead 98 injured with 100 escaping. Rescue squads battled flames 500 feet underground amid about $2 million in damage.
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Coronel
Chile
Schwager
Rhodes Scholarships Extend To India For Oxford Study
Trustees announce Rhodes scholarships will extend to India with two awards yearly. The first Indian scholars will travel to Oxford to study after the war.
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London
India
Oxford
Calgary RCMP Probe Spread of Communist Antiwar Pamphlets
Royal Canadian Mounted Police in southern Alberta investigate further distribution of Communist anti war pamphlets found in scattered areas in recent days.
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Calgary
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Alberta
Move R.A.F. Depot Ottawa to Calgary via Winnipeg transfer
The Royal Canadian Air Force depot once at Ottawa and now operating from Winnipeg will be relocated to Calgary. This transfer moves the equipment depot and its staff to the new site.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Winnipeg
Calgary
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