Britain warns shipping losses remain heavy in war at sea
Wartime notes show April sea losses near 465,000 tons with admiralty figures soon. The ministry argues losses were severely high, despite reports of improvement, and cites June 1940 and Sept 1940 totals as comparatives. Rear Admiral Land says actual losses may exceed reported figures and clarifies scope of the data.
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Admiralty
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Britain
Dunkirk
Washington
United States Senate
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Emory Land
U.S. Maritime Commission
U.S
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
Vandenberg
United States
Land
Bliss Named Assistant Overseas Music Director at BBC
Arthur Bliss, now living in Toronto, is appointed assistant overseas music director of the British Broadcasting Corporation. He will work with Kenneth Wright, the BBC's music director since last December.
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London
Arthur Bliss
Toronto
British Broadcasting Corporation
Kenneth Wright
BBC Music
R J Manion Honored by UK Empire Parliamentary Association
The United Kingdom branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association hosted former Canadian Conservative leader R. J. Manion at a luncheon in London.
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London
United Kingdom
The
Empire Parliamentary Association
R. J. Manion
CPA Acquires Major Interest in Western Canadian Airlines
Sir Edward Beatty announced at the annual meeting that Canadian Pacific Airways has gained a majority stake in four western Canada airlines Mackenzie Air Service Yukon Southern Air Transport Starratt Airways and Ginger Coote Airways. CP engaged in reorganizing their operations under former executives and managers with details still to be settled. No competitive overlap with Trans-Canada Air Lines was stated.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Western
Canada
Sir Edward Beatty
Mackenzie Air Service Limited
Yukon Southern Air Transport Limited
Starratt Airways and Transportation Limited
Ginger Coote Airways Limited
Sir Edward
C.P.A
Sir Edward Added
Trans- Canada Air Lines
Whitby Leads Voluntary Blood Army For Life Saving
Col. Lionel Whitby, famed bacteriologist, heads a 100 000 strong voluntary blood donor corps for the British army. Donors from 18 to 80 from five southwest counties supply blood for transfusion at home and abroad. The organization centers on a small room housing 2000 pint bottle units, symbolizing the life saving capacity for about 20 000 casualties.
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England
Lionel Whitby
Col. Whitby
German Agents Zapp and Town Arrested for Deportation
Attorney General Robert Jackson announced that Manfred Zapp and Guenther Town, German citizens, indicted for failing to register as foreign agents linked to a Nazi news agency have been arrested. They are held without bail at Ellis Island awaiting deportation. officials say they violated treaty merchant provisions by not maintaining their U S status.
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Washington
Robert Jackson
Manfred Zapp
Guenther Town
Jackson
Zapp
Tom
Ellis Island
N Y
Justice Department
United States
Arms For African Troops In War Review Say Delay Boosts Aid
Lord Moyne, colonial secretary, told the House of Lords that the Balkan setback has bought two to three months to reinforce the eastern Mediterranean. He said Greece losses were heavy and evacuations limited, but larger shipments have arrived at Red Sea ports.
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London
Lord Moyne
House of Lords
Mediterran
Greece
Red Sea
United States Halts Machinery Exports to Russia
The United States has halted all exports of machinery or equipment usable in defence production to Russia. The policy follows Soviet diplomatic efforts to obtain permits and comes after orders and payments made by Russia months earlier.
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Washington
United States
Russia
South Africa Approves Canadian Nurses for Union Defense
Prime Minister Smuts told parliament that plans to introduce nurses from Canada for the defence force of the Union of South Africa have his approval. Negotiations are proceeding.
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Cape Town
Smuts
Canada
Union of South Africa
Italians to Take Over Berne In Greek Front Move
A Hungarian radio report says German troops in Greece will be replaced by Italian forces to free German units for other theaters. The claim notes a proportional redeployment affecting the Balkan area as Allied pressures continue.
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Berne
Greece
United States Canada Plan Joint Economic Defence Boards
The United States and Canada will establish closely collaborating economic defence boards to speed mobilization of North American resources for Britain and hemisphere defence. The boards will complement the Canada United States defence board already coordinating military and naval prep and will expedite the April 20 joint productive efforts agreement announced by Roosevelt and King.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Britain
Western Hemisphere
Canada-United States Defence Board
Dominion
United
Roosevelt
King
Menzies Honored by Canadian Parliament in War Support
In Ottawa the Australian prime minister Robert Menzies received a rare floor seat in the House of Commons as Canadians applauded his remarks on unity among English speaking peoples and the war effort. Prime Minister Mackenzie King led the welcome and promised permanent journal entry of the speeches. The chamber thundered with applause for Menzies and Australia's wartime heroism.
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Ottawa
Dominions
Great Britain
Robert Menzies
House of Commons
Commons
Menzies
Mr. Menzies
British Commonwealth
King
Canada
R. G. Menzies
Commonwealth of Australia
Dominion
Mr. King
Africa
Europe
Pilot Officer Eric Lock Named Youngest DSO Recipient
The 21 year old RAF pilot Eric Lock is credited with 22 Nazi planes and earns the Distinguished Service Order, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and a bar. Menzies lauds Australian support, Greece’s defense, and unity with Canada for a postwar free world.
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Eric Lock
R.A.F
Saboteurs Convicted In Irkania Case In Jacksonville
In Jacksonville a federal court jury convicts all 39 seamen of sabotage after the Italian freighter Ir cania was seized by the Coast Guard on March 30. The men, among the crew, face penalties under federal sabotage statutes.
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Jacksonville
Fla
United States Coast Guard
Helps Refugees Escape Lisbon
Refugees reaching Portugal describe a secret organization operating along the border between the German occupied and unoccupied zones of France. They say smugglers arrange escapes for those without permits, with German patrols firing on escapees and several killed weekly. Guides number 20 to 30 full time, plus many locals aiding for patriotism or profit.
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Lisbon
France
Portugal
Nerissa Sunk Off Irish Coast With 122 Lives Lost
The British liner Nerissa, a 5583 ton Furness ship on the Boston Halifax Liverpool route, was sunk about 50 miles off the Irish coast with 122 dead, including 12 Americans and 11 American air ferry pilots. 35 survivors were rescued, 22 of them wounded, after a submarine attack.
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New York
Britain
George Watson
Nerissa
Halifax
Furness
Bermuda
North Atlantic
Boston
Liverpool
Greenland
Glasgow
Hamilton
Conditions In Berlin Report From London on Shortages
Reports reaching London indicate labor and commodity shortages in Germany. A Swede notes visible bomb damage is hard to see at first but becomes apparent behind scaffolding. Gasoline is scarce and traffic is minimal with few taxis. Shop displays show goods either not for sale or already sold. Coffee tea and cocoa are scarce. clothing designs are limited though uniforms are readily available for the armed services.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Evacuation of Civilians from British Fortress Under Way
Further evacuation from this fortress was announced at the earliest time. Lists show more than 1,000 persons needed to depart, including numerous Spanish refugees who had found shelter since the Spanish civil war.
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Gibraltar
Darlan and German Authorities Agree on Cost Cut
Vice Premier Jean Darlan and German authorities in Paris announced an agreement envisaging a 25 percent reduction in the cost of supporting the German occupation army. The announcement signals cooperation on financial burdens between Vichy and Berlin.
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Vichy
Jean Darlan
Paris
Future World Decided by War Says British Official
Montreal remarks by Rt. Hon Malcolm MacDonald emphasize the British Commonwealth as the source of a new world order. He warns the war will be won by many peoples playing their parts, with Canadian taxpayers given a distinct role, and Britain sustaining through food and weapons to break the foe’s spirit.
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Montreal
British Commonwealth
Malcolm MacDonald
Montreal Board of Trade
la Chambre de Commerce
Commonwealth of Free and Equal Nations
MacDonald
Britain
Ottawa labor conditions conference reports cooperation and enforcement
Labour Minister McLarty and provincial labor heads discussed labor conditions in Dominion government contracts and the enforcement of these terms. The meeting covered ongoing conciliation work and sought free expression of views in an informal session. Attending were Saskatchewan minister R. J. M. Parker and Saskatchewan bureau of labor commissioner H. F. Johnstone.
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Ottawa
Dominion
McLarty
Federal Department
R. J. M. Parker
Saskatchewan
H. F. Johnstone
Saskatchewan Bureau of Labor
Education And Democracy Speech By C C Carrothers
Former London Ontario school board chairman C C Carrothers told a Toronto luncheon for Associated High School Boards that Ontario’s education system is not the best in Canada. He cited British Columbia as ten years ahead and Saskatchewan’s proud system despite lower teacher salaries.
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Toronto
C. C. Carrothers
London
Ont
Convention of Associated High School Boards
Ontario
Canada
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Poppy Fund Campaign Dates Set Across Canada 1941
Representatives of community chests in major cities meet in Toronto under J M MacDonnel to schedule 1941 campaigns from September 1 to November 10 for welfare work and the poppy fund of the Canadian Legion with the latter week kept free.
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Ottawa
The
Canadian Legion
Canada
J. M. MacDonnel
Toronto
Defeating Sub Campaign Encourages Admiralty Leader
Capt. Austin Hudson told the House of Commons that recent results in the anti U boat campaign give reason to be encouraged. He noted that claims of U boats sunk could not be announced without aiding the Axis.
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London
Austin Hudson
Admiralty
House of Commons
Beaverbrook and Moore-Brazabon Receive Audience at Buckingham Palace
In London Lord Beaverbrook was received by the King at Buckingham Palace on his appointment as minister of state. J. T. C. Moore-Brazabon, who succeeded Beaverbrook as minister of aircraft production, was also received by His Majesty.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
Buckingham Palace
J. T. C. Moore-Brazabon
Minster
Food For Britain Lard and Pork Purchases Revealed
The agriculture department bought 24,625,055 pounds of lard and 41,379,796 pounds of pork meat products for disposal under British aid and domestic relief programs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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Grenadier Guards
Mary de Tafford
Humphrey de Trafford
Bowes-Lyon
Geoffrey Bowes-Lyon
Queen Elizabeth
Ireland
Ance
For Poppy Fund
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