Oil Shipments to Spain Halted by United States
The United States suspended shipments from the Caribbean to Spain for February as part of a broader review of Spain's war position. Spain can only receive a limited fuel oil and gasoline quota, hindering reserves. The move follows Spain's 4,000,000 pesetas credit agreement with Germany, impacting Allied efforts to curb German imports.
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United States
Washington
Caribbean
Span
Spa
Italan
Gemany
Germany
Proteata
Madrid
Splea
Gibraltar
Coningham Heads RAF No 2 Tactical Air Force in Britain
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, famed for directing Allied air units in Northwest Africa and the Tunisian Sicilian and Italian campaigns, has taken command of Britain based No 2 Tactical Air Force under Eisenhower. His Mediterranean wing is redesignated No 1 Tactical Air Force. The force supports ground operations while strategic air power targets rear objectives.
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London
Arthur Coningham
United States
Africa
Arthur Tedder
Britain
R.A.F
Arthur
Middle East
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Coningham
Air Ministry
No. 2 Tactical Air Force
RAF
No. 1 Tactical Air Force
Tactical Air Force
Strategic Air Force
Argentina Break with Axis Reshapes Hemisphere Alliances
Official quarters say Argentina's severance of ties with Germany and Japan signals a broader western hemisphere purge of Axis agents. Argentina had remained in business with the powers until January 26, mirroring Chile's earlier move. Summer Welles had charged both nations with harboring Axis networks, prompting U.S. admonitions before policy shifts.
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Washington
Argentina
Axis
Germany
Japan
Chile
United States
Summer Welles
Axis Redes
Republica
Chie
Volunteers from West Indies join FLAF ground staff plan
The air ministry announced arrival in London of the first contingent of ground staff volunteers recruited in the West Indies for Britain. About 1,000 men were selected to travel for training under the official scheme.
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London
FLAF
West
Britain
Air Ministry
West Indies
Demobilize Trained Foresters Urged by Canadian Society
The Canadian Society of Forest Engineers, closing its 36th meeting in Montreal, urged early demobilization of trained foresters from the armed forces to supply supervisory personnel for post war forestry projects. It also urged a national forestry congress, a government inventory of Canada's forest resources, expanded use of aerial photography, and funding for forest insect research and supervision.
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Montreal
Canadian Society of Forest Engineers
National Forestry Congress
Canada
Record air bombardment in January sets Europe on fire
An RAF commentator reported January air raids on Hitler’s Europe totaling about 31,000 tons, a potential time record. Britain dropped 20,000 tons, the Mediterranean 9,000 on Italy, with over 2,000 elsewhere. Nettuno landings hinder German supply buildup despite limited Italian operations.
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London
Hitler
Europe
Mediterranean
R.A.F
Britain
Italy
Balkans
United States
Nettuno
Canadian Farm Equipment Self-Sufficiency Urged
The wartime expenditures committee urged Canadian manufacturers to raise their share of farm implements produced domestically. Presented in the House of Commons by Liberal Hughes Cleaver, the report notes Canada’s industrial growth and agriculture dominance and says only 38 percent of farm implements are made locally, calling for expansion aligned with reconstruction goals.
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Canada
Ottawa
House of Commons
Hughes Cleaver
Lib
Halton
Polish dispute over mediation bid with Moscow
Washington disclosed that Soviet Russia rejected a U S offer to mediate between Moscow and the Polish government at London. The reply said conditions were not yet ripe for U S good offices to help. Cordell Hull noted the U S action pleased Poland, but Moscow declined to propose mediation on the territorial dispute.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Moscow
London
Cordell Hult
W. Averill Harriman
Poland
Idle Farm Areas in Canada Shrink Five Percent in 1941
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports that idle or abandoned farms covered 5,023,541 acres in 1941, down five percent from 1931. The count of such farms fell to 32,518, with land valued at 22.29 million dollars and buildings at 5.38 million, compared with prior totals.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion Census of Agriculture
Canada
Empire unity urged for post war policy planning
In London the Earl of Listowel urged Britain and the dominions to forge a single imperial plan covering foreign policy defence and post war organization. Labour peers echoed calls for regional cooperation as Churchill Curtin and Smuts urged action, while Viscount Cranborne warned such questions must wait until the war ends.
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London
Britain
Dominions
Earl of Listowel
House of Lords
Lord Halifax
United States
Toronto
Lord Listowel
Churchill
Curtin
Smuts
Viscount Samuel
United Kingdom
Viscount Cranborne
Fire and water save house after bomb raid in Essex
An incendiary bomb penetrated a south Essex roof during a recent German raid. It started a fire but burned through a water pipe, and the ensuing water quenched the flames before major damage.
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London
Essex
UN conference planned to tackle cartels in postwar era
London report states Lord Wooton, minister of reconstruction, disclosed in the house of lords that plans are underway for a United Nations conference to address cartels. Lord Strabolgi warned the UN might face leaders of Germanys monopoly finance seeking to reconnect with old allies in Britain and the United States amid war crime trials and disarmament.
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Cally
United Nations
London
Lord Wooton
House of Lords
Lord Strabolgi
Germany
Britain
United States
Britain Sets Aside 100 Million for Europe Relief
The Daily Express reports Britain will immediately allocate nearly 100 million pounds about 450 million dollars for relief of countries liberated from the Nazis. The move aims to aid reconstruction and humanitarian needs across war torn Europe.
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London
Britain
Daily Express
MacArthur Stays On Duty On His 64th Birthday
General Douglas MacArthur, commander in the southwest Pacific, marked his 64th birthday on January 26 by remaining at his Allied headquarters in New Guinea and continuing to direct war operations.
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William Mulock
Canada
Toronto
Ont
University of Toronto
Crown Prince
Olaf
Norway
Allied
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Livestock Policy Urged For Canada After War
Prof J W Grant MacEwan of the University of Saskatchewan warns in Regina that European livestock destruction heightens Canada’s need for durable policies. He cites war losses in Russia Belgium France Holland and Denmark and urges a long term plan emphasizing soil welfare market security diversity and freer trade. He predicts continued dairy cattle and pig production with potential sheep growth.
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Regina
Canada
J. W. Grant MacEwan
School of Agriculture
University of Saskatchewan
Stackowan
MacEwan
Russia
Germany
Belgium
France
Holland
Denmark
Britain
Prof
War Training for Polish Girls in Scotland
Six Canadian born Polish women, newly arrived in Britain, train as Polish AT.S. in Scotland to join Europe’s fighting forces. They study sniping tactics, guerrilla methods, and field warfare to operate Bren guns and hand grenades. Jadwiga Nowak, a noted Polish heroine, leads as commandant of over 6,000 Polish women. Alicja L Dziki, former CWAC corporal, serves in the Polish army. her father Lieut A Dziki is with the Canadian army in England.
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Scotland
Winnipeg
Alicja L. Dziki
Manville
Alta
C.W.A.C
Lieut. A
German claim on hidden supply dumps in Greece
German radio reported discovery of hidden Allied supply dumps in Greek mountains. Claim states British planes dropped weapons for Communist bandits. German forces seized guards, captured machine guns and mortars, rifles, and airborne explosives including time bombs.
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Nazia
Greece
London
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