British Army of the Nile Sets World Speed Record in Africa
The British army of the Nile claims a world speed record for action, saying it killed or captured the entire 150,000 strong Italian force under Graziani in North Africa. It notes light casualties, two tanks and four armored cars escaped, and lauds endurance feats in Somaliland and Southern Ethiopia. It asserts Britain will not permit Italian non combatants to leave East Africa without surrender and mentions Haile Selassie and a Vatican compliment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ministry of Information
the Nile
Rodolfo Graziani
North Africa
Egypt
Graziani
Somaliland
Ethiopia
France
Africa
Britain
Dunkirk
East Africa
Italy
Haile Selassie
Francis Osborne
Vatican
Holy See
Wheat surplus could aid war effort says Saskatchewan MP
Donald McNiven of Regina told the House of Commons that Saskatchewan has large wheat stocks that could save lives like Joseph in Egypt. He urged wider war industry distribution, more training schools, and using prairie manpower to support Canada's war effort and postwar recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Egypt
Donald McNiven
Lib
Regina
House of Commons
Joseph
McNiven
Canada
Thai advance breaches Japanese peace line in Indo China
French Indo China authorities protested to Japanese officials alleging Thai forces violated the March 11 peace accord by moving past the West Cambodia border. The Thai advance blocked supply routes and separated French Indo China troops from their lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Thailand
New West Cambodia
Wrecked tenement evacuees prompt aid in Clydeside town
London reports a bomb shattered a Clydeside tenement leaving a trapped woman. A physician crawled through rubble delivering injections to stabilize her. She was hoisted to safety and thanked rescuers before dying six hours later in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Clydeside
German Forces in Libya Estimated at 400 Vehicles
A well informed source estimates Germany maintains about 400 vehicles including tanks armored cars and other equipment to support Italian lines in western Libya. Earlier estimates suggested parts of three German divisions are in the North African colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Libya
Damageed Institutions Suffer in German Air Raids
London officials report several institutions struck in raids. Glasgow saw damage to the University and Garscadden hospital while Liverpool reported damage to the Cotton Exchange and Commercial Exchange. Leeda’s town hall and Kirkgate market also damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Glasgow
University and Garscadden Hospital
Liverpool
Cotton Exchange and Commercial Exchange
Leeda
Town Hall
Kirkgate Market
Scouts of the Empire Elect New Chief Scout
Scouts of the empire choose Lord Somers to succeed Lord Baden Powell as chief scout after Powell's death in January. The decision reflects unanimous support across national scout groups and honors Powell's legacy while naming Somers to lead the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loendon
Scouts of the Empire
Lord Somers
Baden Powell
Mrs Jeph Stephen 103 Dies in Fall River
An aged resident of Fall River Nova Scotia Mrs Jeph Stephen born in 1837 the year Queen Victoria began her reign died at her home recently Her son Ralph Stephen lives in Saskatoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
N.S
Victoria
Jeph Stephen
Ralph Stephen
Saskatoon
Orders Reach Billions Washington
Harold D. Smith budget director reports to Congress on Britain's wartime finances. UK orders total 2.7 billion dollars with about 1.682 billion paid in cash. policy is cash payment and goods delivered were paid. Remaining liabilities will be covered by dollar resources including sale of US securities, gold, and exports proceeds. No proposed aid funds will pay for pre Lease-Lend orders in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Congress
Britain
Harold D. Smith
Smith
United Kingdom
U.S
United States
Refugees crowd Nice as liberal exile retreat on Riviera
The unoccupied French zone sees refugees from across Europe in Nice enjoying theatres operas and gambling. The Promenade des Anglais fills with visitors speaking English German Polish Russian and Czech while food shortages persist with a black market selling butter at high prices and other goods scarce for the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Discontent in Italy Reported by Athens Radio
An Athens radio cast quoted Italian prisoners in Greece saying discontent is rising in Italy. The announcer said prisoners admitted they were fed on false rumors and that popular spirit at home was becoming depressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Athens
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Greece
Italy
Athens Grants Roosevelt City Honors Upon Alliance Support
The municipal council voted to rename a major capital street in honor of President Roosevelt for the U S decision to aid Greece in its struggle. Roosevelt received a gold medal and lifelong freedom of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Nake
Roosevelt
United States
Greece
Pepper urges after culprits chained to stocks seek global peace
Sen. Claude Pepper of Florida spoke before the Canadian club during a Canada tour. He said international culprits must be imprisoned and disarmed before nations can negotiate a lasting peace. Pepper proposed pan Americanism as a possible path to solving world disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Claude Pepper
Fla
Pepper
Canada
Army Officers Must Graduate From the Ranks
The Canadian army plans a stricter path to officership with four months of preliminary training and a cadet course after non commissioned service. Promotions depend on seniority and performance, with further Royal Military College courses required for majors and lieutenant colonels, plus tougher tests for reserve officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Defence
Ralston
Defence Department
Department
United Kingdom
Royal Military College
Wheat price average in 1940 41 Ottawa report
The average price received by Canadian wheat producers for the first five months of the 1940 41 crop year was 51 cents per bushel, according to a return tabled in the House of Commons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
House of Commons
St Lawrence Seaway Plan Signed by U S and Canada
The United States and Canada signed an agreement to start the St. Lawrence seaway and power project in the international rapids section. The plan, valued at about 266 million dollars, aims to rival the Panama Canal and include defense objectives and deep sea navigation. Approval by Congress and Parliament is required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
St. Lawrence Seaway
United States
Canada
Roosevelt
United States Congress
International Rapids
St. Lawrence River
Panama Canal
Senate
House of Congress
W. L. Mackenzie King
Great Britain
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Roosevelt Sets Up Food Aid List For Britain and Other Nations
President Roosevelt said the agriculture department and the public health service will prepare lists of food and related products needed by Great Britain and other countries. Britain would receive most shipments, with Spain possibly receiving some. The Red Cross is arranging two cargoes of grains to unoccupied France, and vitamins in concentrated form will be included for Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Public Health Services
Great Britain
Britain
Spain
Red Cross
France
Canadian Officer Dies Saving Nurse in London Bomb Blast
Lieut. J. D. Wright of Sarnia died heroically when a bomb struck a London restaurant. He shielded nurse Thelma Stewart of Toronto, a physiotherapist with the Canadian Army Medical Corps, saving her life while she was lightly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lieut
J. D. Wright
Sarnia
Thelma Stewart
Toronto
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Plan for a destroyer lane across the Atlantic proposed
Shipping experts urge Britain to abandon the convoy in favor of a constant patrol of about 50 destroyers along the Labrador to British Isles route. Forty ships would watch while ten refuel or travel, with each destroyer covering a 50 mile sector ten times daily. The lane would be so continuously patrolled that a raider could not approach merchant ships within the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Britain
Atlantic
America
Great Circle
Labrador
British Isles
Start Drive to Keep Food From Reaching Nazis
Britain seeks full US help to sterlize food and war material to Axis Europe. Prof Noel Hall travels to Washington to coordinate collaboration and possible export licensing to block shipments, with medical supplies and vitamins allowed under Red Cross supervision. He calls the effort a fluid humanitarian task to prevent Axis starvation and manpower loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
United States
Noel Hall
Washington
Hall
France
Red Cross
Europe
Oppressors Are Hard London Says Occupied Nations Pay Huge Sums
British under secretary for foreign affairs R A Butler told the House of Commons five European countries occupied by Germany paid an annual cash burden of about £1 050 000 000 beyond losses in supplies and confiscations. Norway led per capita costs at £25, Denmark £8, Belgium £8, Holland £6 and France £20. Estimates for Czecho Slovakia Poland Romania and Bulgaria were not available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
R. A. Butler
House of Commons
Germany
Norway
Denmark
Belgium
Holland
France
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Rumania
Bulgaria
Butler
Stand Firm Advised as Invasion Threat Rises
London broadcast by Home Secretary Herbert Morrison urges civilians to stand firm if invasion comes. He said military chiefs plan to defend Britain based on public confidence and to prevent terror-driven flight seen in 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Home
Herbert Morrison
Britain
Harvard President Seeks UK US Science Exchange
Dr. James Bryant Conant, president of Harvard University, visits London to arrange British American exchanges of scientific information on defence. He says he is pleased with the willingness to cooperate he encounters among members of parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
James Bryant Conant
Harvard University
Saboteurs in Bulgaria Cause Heavy Damage
An anti-German Bulgarian escapee reported widespread saboteur activity in southeastern Bulgaria aimed at hindering German forces. He cited damaged telegraph lines two oil trains destroyed bridges and plans to disrupt crops. The informant named a leading Macedonian figure operating from the Macedonian mountains while another leader fled abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istanbul
Europe
Bulgaria
Radio men secured in Ottawa in national registry
Hon J G Gardiner told the House of Commons that almost all radio men recruited by the air force for night bombing countermeasures in Britain were found through last August’s national registration. He noted 1 500 men were located in one city while replying to T C Douglas about cross department use of the registry to place workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
J. G. Gardiner
National War Service
House of Commons
Air Force
Britain
T. C. Douglas
C.C.F
Weyburn
War Services Department
Dive Bomber Shot Down Near London Drift Ship Mast
A German dive bomber attacked two naval auxiliary vessels and was shot down by a naval gunner who kept his Lewis gun trained until the plane crashed into the sea. The aircraft struck the mizzen mast of a drifter, lost control, and broke up as it plunged into the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ontario panel to exempt dental surgeons editors from jury duty
The legal bills committee of Ontario legislature approved an amendment to the jurors act exempting dental surgeons editors reporters and printers from jury service. The committee also raises the age limit for jurors from 65 to 70 before the bill advances to the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ontario
BC Plans Three Cents Per Dozen Egg Subsidy
Hon. Dr. K. C. MacDonald BC minister of agriculture announced at the Pacific Coast Poultry Producers Association meeting that the province will pay exporters a subsidy of three cents a dozen provided the eggs are turned over to the producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
K. C. MacDonald
British Columbia
Pacific Coast Poultry Producers’ Association
North American Aviation Delivers 1000th Harvard Trainer
Los Angeles based North American Aviation Corp reports the British Air Commission has accepted its 1000th Harvard advanced trainer. The first aircraft was delivered 18 months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
North American Aviation Corp
British Air Commission
Canadian Wool Growers elect fifth term president
Chris Jensen of Magrath Alberta was re elected president of the Canadian Co operative Wool Growers Association at the annual meeting in Toronto. It will be his fifth consecutive term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Chris Jensen
Magrath
Alberta
Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers’ Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nile
Prairie Provinces
Armored Division
China
Nice
R. G. Menzies
Australia
St. Lawrence Seaway Plan
of Wool Growers
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!