CBC Allocates Free National Broadcast Time to Four Parties
The CBC and the four main parties Liberal Conservative CCF and Social Credit agreed on 12 percent free national air time during the general election campaign with 36 hours to Liberal 33 for Conservative 14 for CCF and 1 for Social Credit. A continuing cross party committee will govern applications and ensure fair use with parallel panels planned for French networks in Montreal. Paid local and provincial broadcasting remains allowed through private stations with CBC coverage in certain cases.
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Ottawa
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Toronto
Montreal
CBC
Chicoutimi
Que
CBC Staton
Defence of Canada
Former Kaiser Urges Allied Help for Finns Against Soviet Russia
In a letter made public by Poultney Bigelow the ex Kaiser Wilhelm argues Germany Britain and France should halt their own conflicts and unite with Minland to support the Finns against Bolshevism He notes the Finns heroic stand has diminished Bolshevism and increases calls for peace urging a united front in defense of civilization.
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New York
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Great Britain
France
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Holland
Colchester Artist Uses Coffee Grinder as Lamp Gleam
A Colchester artist and Royal Academy of Art member scorns wartime candardized measures and crafts a lamp from a coffee grinder that sits on his kitchen table shining like a lamp.
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Colchester
Essex
A. J. Agunnfogs
Royal Academy of Art
Acter
South Africa PM Defends Emergency Powers Bill
Prime Minister Smuts challenged claims of a Canada style election cycle. He noted Canada’s parliament neared end and South Africa instead formed a new parliament after a late election. Madeley denounced Hertzog’s peace with Nazis as horrifying and unthinkable to the government.
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Smuts
Canada
South Africa
King
Preat
Hertzog
W. J B. Madeley
Labor
Casualty List From Britain Warns of Early War Losses
London reports 24 British soldiers killed in action on the Western Front since the war began. The Leicestershire regiment suffered three killed and 11 wounded in patrols. A staff nurse, E. F. Davidson, is listed among the 757 non-belligerent deaths and missing. War Secretary Stanley notes most deaths arise from accidents and disease, with road incidents accounting for many.
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London
Germany
War Office
Leicestershire Regiment
E. F. Davidson
Queen Alexandria
Imperial Nursing Service
Stanley
Hungary Presses Boundary Revisions After World War I
Foreign Minister Stephen Csaky told the parliamentary foreign affairs committee that Hungary will not concede its claims to borders drawn after the last war. He described a peaceful yet firm stance and urged Romania to settle Transylvania terms, noting Transylvania’s 22,000 square miles as part of Hungary’s historic territory.
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Budapest
Stephen Csaky
Hungary
Csaky
Roumania
Transylvania
Ajax Returns Home to Plymouth After Two Years Abroad
The Ajax, one of three cruisers that chased Graf Spee into Montevideo, has arrived at Plymouth. The commander-in-chief said citizens would wish to welcome her, and the board of admiralty sent a message congratulating HMS Ajax on her safe return after two years abroad and the memorable action against the enemy.
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Plymouth
England
Ajax
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Board of Admiralty
H.M.S. Ajax
Air Training School Ottawa under Commonwealth plan
A 46000 staff is being assembled under the British Commonwealth air training plan to man air schools across the Dominion with about 10000 flying instructors. Hundreds of competent fliers have been enlisted from flying schools and commercial companies to help RCAF instructors teach young Canadians to handle military aircraft.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Royal Canadian Air Force
Finnish Forces Repel Soviet Invasion Near Rovaniemi
Finnish troops repulse major Soviet raid on Rovaniemi with casualties reported and rumors of encirclement in the Lake Ladoga area. Finns claim capture of Pitkaranta and steady defense along the front while the garrison on Mantai Isle resists heavy Russian assaults.
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Rovaniemi
Lake Ladoga
Pitkaranta
Siberia
Ao Hospital
Finland
Isle of Mantai
Lake Front
Kitelae
Hugo Oosterman
British Sink German Sub After Vaclite Sinking
British destroyer aircraft claimed to have sunk the German submarine after the Vaclite incident in a wartime convoy. Prime Minister Chamberlain announced the destruction in a recent speech.
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London
Vaclite
Chamberlain
Finnish army seeks Canadian airmen for northern flying duties
The Finnish army reportedly seeks experienced Canadian bush flyers for northern operations. No official Finnish consulate statement is available, but enlistment would occur in Finland for those ineligible for the Royal Canadian Air Force due to age or education. Applicants receive railway fare to New York and passage to Finland if they meet criteria. No mandatory service until enlistment.
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Toronto
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canada
New York
Finland
Duty Free Gifts Arranged for Canadian Service Members
Postmaster General C. G. Power announced a British government deal allowing gifts to Canadian Active Service Force members and Canucks serving in British units to enter the United Kingdom duty free. Parcels for British troops in France will also be duty free if sent by private individuals, expanding beyond the previous Christmas parcel arrangement.
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Ottawa
C. G. Power
Active Service
United Kingdom
France
Royal Mint Ottawa reports large issue of pennies in 1989
Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa released figures showing more than 21.46 million one cent pieces produced in 1989. The total coin output reached 3,329,632 dollars including 1 220 732 cents 50 cent pieces 288 000 50 cent pieces 3 469 600 quarters 5 619 000 dimes 6 420 000 nickels and 21 460 000 pennies.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mint
Canadians Stand With Empire In War Unity Gathering
London theme shows Major-General A G L McNaughton declares Canadians have defined a unified front to end the menace facing Europe and the world. Eden and Stanley praise Dominion loyalty and combat record as Great War veterans and dignitaries attend a luncheon with 300 prominent Canadians in Britain.
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A. G. L. McNaughton
Canadian Active Service Force
Europe
France
Canada
United Kingdom
Dominions
Anthony Eden
Empire
Oliver Stanley
Highpeeches
McNaughton
C.as.f
Stanley
Lord Mottistone
Earl of Bessborough
R.B. Bennett
Vincent Massey
Edmund Ironside
Duke of Devonshire
Duke of Connaught
Ypres
Vimy
Passchendaele
McNaughten
Camberley
Quetta
Chamberlain REJECTS Economics Minister for War Effort
Prime Minister Chamberlain will not appoint a cabinet minister to supervise the economic side of the national war effort. An announcement in the House of Commons is expected on February 12 as Labour presses its resolution for an economics minister.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Labor Party
Generous Donation From King and Queen to Relief Committee
The King and Queen sent a generous donation to the Anglo Turkish relief committee. About 110 tons of clothing and two tons of medical supplies are now en route to Turkey on behalf of the committee.
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London
Turkey
Britain braces for enemy air attacks with new Defiant fighter
British air defense planners rush to meet possible German air strikes as weather and longer days aid spring operations. Reports say Germany fields fast high altitude bombers like the JU 88, while the RAF counters with the Defiant two seater armed with a turret and powered by a tow engine. Additional purchases of US aircraft are anticipated to boost Allied output.
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Germany
Royal Air Force
United States
British Ship Highwave Sunk After German Air Attack
Eighteen survivors rescued by the Dutch motorship Rian tell how the 1178 ton British liner Highwave was attacked off the British coast by a German bomber. The plane dropped twenty bombs in four passes, firing on the crew and sinking the vessel in four minutes. The Rian lifted survivors from the sea. its crew witnessed the blasts lifting their own boat.
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Flushing
Netherlands
Canadian built hurricane aircraft shipped to Britain
President Victor M. Drury of Canadian Car and Foundry Co. announced that the first military plane for Britain, built and tested in Canada, has been shipped to Great Britain. The Fort William plant produced the machine in a powerful Hurricane design and work will continue at full speed for the Britain order. extent and value not disclosed.
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Canada
Britain
Montreal
Great Britain
Victor M. Drury
Canadian Car and Foundry Co
Fort William
Drury
Parliament Hit Dormitory Stuns London War Cabinet
London’s Whitehall reveals ministers sleep in departments or nearby due to war, turning Parliament into a vast dormitory as officials remain available around the clock.
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London
Eng
Whitehall
Parliament
Ottawa
War Cabinet
Food Costs in Britain Move to Control Prices
Sir John Simon told the House of Commons Britain spends about 1 450 000 dollars weekly to curb inflation by keeping basic food costs within reason in a government drive.
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Britain
London
John Simon
House of Commons
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