Safe Removal of British Troops From Greece
The British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Greece to Egypt after heavy losses in Greece and air battles. An orderly withdrawal saved pilots and many personnel, with 60 000 British troops pulling back to safety while vast German forces pursued.
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Cairo
Greece
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R.A.F
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Piraeus
Athens
George II
Crete
Salonika
Dessie Falls to South Africans After Ten Day Battle
South Africans capture Dessie in northeast Ethiopia after a fierce ten day fight that collapses Italian positions in the mountains. About 1 060 Italian prisoners crawl from the gorge as 8 000 Salans are rounded up. Baboons could have defended the fortifications. Italian air force losses include 22 bombers and fighters at Komboltcha airfield.
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Kenya
South Africa
India
Italy
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Ambu Alagi
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Somme
Balkans and Eastern Med Comment Echoed by BBC Broadcast
BBC report quoted by NBC cites Moscow radio saying Britain's position in the eastern Mediterranean remains stable after Greece. It notes difficulties in attacking Egypt via the western desert and highlights the Red Sea securing British supplies and reinforcements.
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BBC
NBC
Moscow
Balkan
Greece
Mediterranean
Egypt
Western Desert
Red Sea
Axis planes crushed as Britain reports April air losses
British and Imperial air fighters and ground defences destroyed 252 Axis planes in April, a new record. Western desert accounts for 81 shot down by fighters, 11 by anti air, 31 destroyed on the ground, with Greece Albania tallying 65, East Africa 46 wrecks, Malta 10, and Middle East total losses 58.
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London
Imperial
Middle East
Air Ministry
Greece
Albania
East Africa
Malta
Britain
Defence Of Singapore Predicted A Sticky Time For Enemies
Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, commander in chief of the Far East forces, told reporters that any enemy attacking Singapore naval base would be in for a sticky time. He cited sober analysis of capabilities and noted the Philippines as a significant factor in any spread of hostilities to the southern Pacific.
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Singapore
Robert Brooke- Popham
Empire Forces
Far East
Inter
Philippines
Pacific
Greek workers praise Australia aid in Greece grim days
The British Broadcasting Corporation reports a message from Greek workers in Australia praising Australia for aid to Greece during the grim days of trial. The message says Greek workers will not give up the struggle, notwithstanding future sacrifices.
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London
Australia
Greece
British Broadcasting Corporation
German airmen may face internment in Canada
Officials say four German airmen removed from the US liner President Garfield could be held in Canada or elsewhere, noting many internees come this way. No official word yet on their transfer to the Dominion.
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U.S
Canada
Ottawa
United States
President Garfield
Dominion
Revised wheat acreage plan rules tighten penalties and data access
Ottawa reports revised 1941 42 wheat acreage rules establish fines up to 100 dollars for false returns and authorize the agriculture minister to require country elevator operators to provide farming operation data. The rules redefine acreage reductions by comparing 1940 and earlier sowings, with adjustments for changes in farm size and past sowing shares.
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Ottawa
Gardiner
King George I Names Papagos Retired Commander Chief
A royal decree from Crete declares General Alexander Papagos retired at his own request as King George II of Greece ascends. Premier Emmanuel Tsouderos assumes the war ministry, with the announcement made from Crete, the seat of government.
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George I
Crete
Alexander Papagos
Emmanuel Tsouderos
Ministry of War
Wheat acreage rules for 1939 40 and subsidy payments
Regulations outline how wheat sowings for 1940 are calculated from 1939 and 1940 acreages on farms with new breaking in 1940. 80 percent of breaking counts toward wheat sowings while 20 percent goes to coarse grains. Payments begin after July 1 1941 at four dollars per acre for summerfallow land reducing wheat, two dollars per acre for each excess coarse grain or grass acre, and two dollars more for grass or rye sown in 1941 remaining in grass by July 1 1942.
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Gardiner
Death Penalty Rule in Abyssinia for Carried Firearms
The BBC reports a government decree in Abyssinia making firearm possession punishable by death. Police army and Abyssinian chiefs are exempt from the regulation.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Abyssinia
Yugoslav Airmen’s Stand Over Belgrade Praised by BBC
BBC reports a heroic Yugoslav air force effort during the German invasion. Only about 100 modern fighters remained as Belgrade battles raged with 50 German aircraft downed the first day and 50 more the next. By finality the force dwindled to three planes and 30 airmen, yet they still engaged a formation of 40 Italian bombers and shot down nine.
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London
Moscow
British Broadcasting Corporation
Belgrade
BBC
Britain Goods Easier Entry to Canada Budget Concessions
Ottawa reports Finance Minister Ilsley announced immediate duty concessions to aid British imports. Key items like woollens, shoes, and textiles would be free or discounted up to 50 percent under British preferential duties. Wiseman called the move a gracious gift to Britain and essential to sustaining trade.
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Britain
A. M. Wiseman
Canada
United Kingdom
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Wiseman
Sisley
N.O.P
Plant Authority Winnipeg Seed Pioneer Harry McFadyen Dies
Harry McFadyen 57 died after a brief illness in Winnipeg. A native of Caledon Ontario he moved west in 1905 as Saskatchewan seed commissioner after Ontario Agricultural College training. He worked with Sweden’s plant breeding station and founded the McFadyen Seed Company in 1910. survived by his widow two daughters and a brother Charles McFadyen of Vancouver.
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Harry McFadyen
Caledon
Ont
McFadyen
Saskatchewan
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Sweden
Swaloff
Canada
McFadyen Seed Company
Beaverbrook Named to New War Portfolio in Churchill Shuffle
London Lord Beaverbrook, the Canadian born minister of aircraft production, is appointed minister of state in a move seen as elevating him toward deputy prime minister status. J T C Moore Brabazon becomes minister of aircraft production, while Frederick Leathers heads merged wartime ministries of shipping and transport. Ronald Cross becomes Australian high commissioner as other posts shift in Churchill’s pre‑decreted cabinet reshuffle aimed at countering critics over Greece and Libya troop withdrawals.
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Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
Churchill
Greece
Libya
J. T. C Moore-Brabazon
Frederick James Leathers
Ministry of Shipping
Shipping
Ronald Cross
Australia
Col
J. J. Llewellyn
Frederick Montague
Col. Llewellyn
Transport
Shipping Ministry
Montague
House of Commons
Belgrade and Budapest in War-Torn Conditions
United States minister to Yugoslavia Arthur Bliss Lane, resting in Belgrade after a long drive, calls the war in the region hell. He reports Belgrade’s water and sewage systems destroyed, risk of disease with typhoid and typhus present, and notes the Red Cross providing aid and feeding thousands daily. Lane says American correspondents may be safe in a Dalmatian coast town in Bosnia. he has had no direct contact.
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Budapest
Arthur Bliss Lane
United States
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
American Red Cross
Lane
Herzegovina
Eire Receives Warning Over Firefighting Aid
BBC reports German leaflets dropped in Eire warn residents against aiding extinguishing fires in Northern Ireland. Leaflets say if such help continues they may face fires of their own to fight. Source NBC broadcast notes Eire had sent firefighting aid to Belfast after Nazi raids.
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BBC
Eire
Northern Ireland
Belfast
NBC
Willing to Forgive Vichy Proclaims May Amnesty
Chief of State Petain declared a May day amnesty for 700 offenders against French law. The list includes labor union members jailed for pacifism and farmers punished for breaching food laws.
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Vichy
Petain
France
Commission to Study Problems Under Three-Power Pact
A joint German Italian and Japanese commission met last week to study military political and economic issues arising under the alliance. The official announcement said the group would consider problems related to the three power pact.
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Rome
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