Allies May Use Northern Front For Spring Drive
Cumulative evidence points to a coming Allied spring offensive centered on the North Cape to Murmansk coast. Major air and naval operations already involve German capital ships, British torpedo planes from an aircraft carrier, and UN convoys. A northern push could sever Finland, secure Murmansk, open a link to Russia through Finland, and pressure Germany across the Baltic region.
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United Nations
Free Europe
London
West
British Isles
Kirkenes
Norway
Hendaye
France
Scandinavia
Russia
Finland
Germany
Europe
Soviet Union
Murmansk
U.S
Ireland
North Cape
Staraya Russa
Latvia
East Prussia
Rybachi Peninsula
Archangel
Leningrade
Appeal For Higher Farm Output In Canada War Drive
Federal and provincial agricultural departments launch a 1942 production push as Canada aims to surpass 1941 yields. United States Secretary of Agriculture Wickard urges stronger farm output to meet allied needs and a UK bacon pact of 600 million pounds, with prairie provinces contributing 65 percent of hogs in the latest period. The effort relies on weather and coordinated campaigns across provinces through media and radio.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Wickard
United Kingdom
Prairie Provinces
Prairies
Senate Leader Raoul Dandurand Dies in Ottawa
Rt Hon Raoul Dandurand longtime government leader in the senate and close associate of Prime Minister Mackenzie King died in hospital in Ottawa. He served since 1919, was the first minister sworn in 1921, and was the last surviving member of King’s early cabinet apart from the Prime Minister. He had been active in the senate since 1898 and held a prominent place in Canadian politics for almost fifty years.
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Ottawa
Raoul Dandurand
Senate
Mackenzie King
King
Dandurand
Wifrid Laurier
Trans-Atlantic Service Planned by American Export Lines
American Export Airlines will begin trans-Atlantic operations between Europe and the United States late in April. James M. Eaton, vice president of the line, announced the plan.
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New York
Europe
United States
American Export Airlines, Inc
James M. Eaton
Argentina presses to investigate Hong Kong prisoner reports
Argentina and Britain engage in probes over British complaints of treatment of war prisoners in Hong Kong. Foreign Minister Enrique Ruiz Guinazu met with the Japanese ambassador as Argentina seeks observer status in Hong Kong and asks Tokyo for approval for a British ship to deliver food and medical supplies to Hong Kong and Singapore.
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Argentina
Hong Kong
Buenos Aires
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Foreign Office
Britain
Canada
Far East
Tokyo
Japan
Singapore
Dutch Leader Describes Java Battle Defense Failures
Premier Gerbrandy says Netherlands Indies faced a large Japanese fleet including 14 cruisers and 5 carriers with 60 transports. He notes Allied forces were outmatched but inflicted a severe blow before losing a key portion of the fleet after twelve days of fighting. The NEI occupation impact is deemed worse than in Europe.
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Lehden
Netherlands Indies
Java
Peter Gerbandy
Netherlands
Indies
Sea of
Gerbrandy
NEI
Europe
Italy Expects Invasion Plans Reported by Stockholm
Stockholm Tidningen reports Italian Rome correspondent that Allied plans include a U S British offensive aimed at Italy. Fascist press says the objective is Mediterranean control to pave a path for a direct assault on Germany. Italy is taking precautions against such a move.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Italy
Rome
Stockholm Tidiningen
Mediterranean
Germany
Churchill reshapes war cabinet appoints Cripps leader
Prime Minister Winston Churchill trims the war cabinet to seven. Sir Stafford Cripps, formerly ambassador to Moscow, becomes Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons.
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Winston Churchill
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
House of Commons
Free medical attention plan approved for seniors and mothers
The Ontario Medical Association approved a plan to provide free medical attention to recipients of the old age pension and to women on the mothers’ allowance and their dependents. The program takes effect April 1 and will aid 95 000 persons.
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Toronto
Ontario Medical Association
Motorist Saves Three From Train By Pushing Car
An unidentified driver in Brantford Ont. used his car to shove an overturned vehicle containing three people off a highway track near Tilsonburg to avert a Wabash train collision. The act credited as lifesaving occurred at an intersection of a highway and railway.
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Brantford
Ont
Tilsonburg
Here
Britain Faces Record War Costs and New Credit Vote
Chancellor Sir Kingsley Wood told the House of Commons that Britain spends about £14.5 million daily on war needs and expects further rises. He announced a supplementary vote of credit for £250,000 and noted weekly government outlays around £88.5 million, with fighting services accounting for roughly £65 million weekly.
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Britain
London
Kingsley Wood
House of Commons
Axis mobilizes vast manpower for spring offensive
Reports from Berne indicate Germany is mobilizing the entire Axis for a major spring drive. Field Marshal Keitel’s Hungary and Slovakia tour precedes mass conscription, with about 1.5 million fresh troops expected. Hungary and Slovakia pledge thousands more, Italy pace uncertain, Romania already about a million in the field.
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Berne
Germany
Europe
Keitel
Hungary
Slovakia
Italy
Rumania
Bulgaria
Russia
French Lorraine
Yugoslavia
Croatia
Warned by Japan Tokyo on Australia fate
A Domei spokesman warned Australia that continuing resistance to Japan would bring disaster and suffering like the Netherlands East Indies. He cited Premier Tojo's January 21 diet remarks and urged Australia to cooperate with Japan or face a similar fate as Singapore and Java.
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Tokyo
Australia
Netherlands East Indies
Japan
Japanese’ Information Board
Domei
Tojo
Diet
Singapore
Java
Washington speeds aid as spring offensive shifts war effort
Washington orders faster manufacture and shipment of all supplies to the Soviet Union to offset shipping delays after the United States entered the war. Federal agencies are directed to expedite assistance, aiming to bolster Russia as spring operations loom.
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Washington
Germany
Russia
United States
Prince Rupert as Alaska supply base wins Ottawa backing
Ottawa sources say Prince Rupert on the west coast could become a key supply base for Alaska defense. The plan hinges on sea transport past submarine danger with disembarkation for rail to Fairbanks. Three reasons cited include limited Alaska road capacity, longer submarine routes from Seattle and Vancouver, and Rupert’s ready port and rail links.
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Ottawa
Prince Rupert
Coas
Alaska
Alaska Highway
Washington
Alaskan
Fairbanks
British Columbia
Seattle
Vancouver
New Polymer Corp to Produce Synthetic Rubber in Canada
Munitions Minister Howe announced a government owned Polymer Corporation Ltd to produce synthetic rubber in Canada with Col Arthur L Bishop of Toronto as president. Headquarters will be in Toronto and plants are being planned to start by end of 1943. Output aimed at 34 000 long tons annually but reserved for war use only.
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Ottawa
Howe
Polymer Corporation Ltd
Canada
Col
Arthur L. Bishop
Toronto
Officers and NCOs Awarded George Medal for Georgie Rescue
Three officers and three non commissioned officers who boarded the blazing Cunard White Star liner Georgie after she was damaged at Suez last July to arrange for the removal of a German tank have been awarded the George Medal.
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London
Cunard-White Star
Georgie
Suez
Ban on White Bread in Britain Begins Phaseout
Food Minister Lord Woolton announced in the house of lords that white bread will gradually disappear from British tables and be replaced by a national wheat meal or dark bread. Bakers may continue producing white bread until April 6 as shipping space is conserved.
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London
Lord Woolton
House of Lords
Imperial Order Plans Fighter Plane Gift to Australia
The national executive committee of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire decided to donate a Hurricane fighter plane costing $50,000 to Australia after raising $100,000 to buy a bomber for Britain in three weeks last year.
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Toronto
The
Imperial Order, Daughters of the Empire
Australia
Britain
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