Canada’s War Loan distributed to 178k subscribers
Canada’s $250 million loan combination with March 1 maturities was distributed to 178,363 separate subscriptions averaging $1,227, with 96.6 percent of private subscriptions ranging from $50 to $5,000. Private subscribers supplied about two thirds of the total, including 121,407 orders for $500 or less, averaging $235. Final subscriptions reached $375,576,850 with $250,000,000 allotted.
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Osawa
Canada
Palston
Col Ralston
Col
Halston
Raisson
Canadian pilots praised by British engine pioneer
Sir Ernest Potter of Comox B C lauds Canadians as best pilots while praising British planes. He says Canadians are mechanically inclined with strong initiative, noting English youths are chauffeur driven whereas Canadians take apart a $50 car to understand its operation. He compares this to how Canadians understand planes they fly.
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Comox
B.C
Ernest Potter
Great Britain
Sub Chasers Contract Awarded to Burrard Drydock
Clarence Wallace of Burrard Drydock announces orders exceeding 3 million dollars for four whaler type sub chasers plus naval work. About five to six hundred workers will be employed at North Vancouver plant. Construction starts immediately with three chasers due this year and the fourth in 1941.
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Vancouver
Clarence Wallace
Burrard Drydock Company
Wallace
North
Burrard Inlet
Air force losses rise to 663 in 19th casualty list
Official figures from London show 663 British air force losses for the war period, with 534 confirmed dead and 129 missing. The air ministry notes no Canadian names among the casualties.
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London
Air Ministry
Europe Faces Flood Fears Amid Sudden Thaw
European authorities warn of severe flooding as a rapid thaw threatens major rivers. Amsterdam and other Holland cities brace for rising water, with emergency plans activated to protect towns and critical infrastructure.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Perildes
Europe
Japan Rejects Recall of Emigrants for Hai Nan Development
Tokyo's foreign minister Hachiro Arita said recalling Japanese emigrants from North America to aid Hai Nan’s development is unlikely due to fears of straining Japan US relations. He noted government will cooperate with emigrants who wish to settle elsewhere. He denied territorial aims on the Netherlands possessions and emphasized expanding commerce. The 1907 Gentlemens Agreement limited emigration. by 1930 about 140,000 Japanese lived in the United States, half born there, and Canada counted 23,342 in 1931.
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Tokyo
Hachiro Arita
North America
Hainan
China
Netherlands East Indies
Arita
Japan
Netherlands
United States
America
Canada
British forces at Paris boast huge war manpower
Brig General Edward Spears told a French audience that Britain has 1,260,000 men under arms for home defence and 1,250,600 in the British Expeditionary Force. He noted timely conscription enabled mobilization twice as fast as 1914 and that by October a quarter of a million Britons had crossed the Channel. He added 2,000,000 British women have volunteered for public war service, about 600,000 in uniformed services auxiliary to combat forces.
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Paris
France
Edward Spears
Great Britain
B.E.F
Spears
English Channel
Canada mobilizes moral forces for war effort says Ross
Brigadier-General Alex Ross told the Canadian Club of New York that Canada has mobilized the whole of her moral forces at home to stand behind the men who will soon be at the battle front. He, as national campaign chairman of the Canadian Legion war services, declared the aim is to win through united determination and to ensure a fair chance for those who return.
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New York
Alex Ross
Canadian Club of
Canada
General Ross
Canadian Legion War Services
Canadian Legion
Finns to be aided by Canadian air volunteers
A. Kingsley Graham Finnish consul in Toronto announced that 20 Canadian airmen from over 50 volunteers are to sail for Finland in the coming days to aid the Finns against Russia. No selections have been finalized as medical and qualification checks continue. volunteers had previously failed to join the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Toronto
A. Kingsley Graham
Finland
Russia
Royal Canadian Air Force
Bennett praises empire unity in wartime address
Rt Hon R B Bennett told the Royal Warrant Holders Association that Canada and the empire stand behind Britain in the war. He noted Palestine uniting Arabs and Jews with Britain against Germany, emphasizing unified support across territories.
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London
R. B. Bennett
Royal Warrant Holders Association
Canada
Empire
Palestine
Britain
Germany
Lincoln widow wins out of court settlement from Imperial Airways
T R Iserman representing Mrs Katherine Cline Miller of Lincoln Nebraska says Imperial Airways awarded about 100000 dollars in an out of court settlement for personal injuries and the death of her husband Donald W Miller from the destruction last year of the Cavalier flying boat.
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New York
T. R. Iserman
Katherine Cline Miller
Lincoln
Neb
Imperial Airways
Donald W. Miller
Air Service Resumed Budapest Routes to London Paris
Hungarian airline service to Great Britain and France, disrupted by war, is resumed. Flights to Paris and London will stop at Venice, Rome and Marseille, linking Budapest with key European cities.
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Budapest
Great Britain
France
Paris
London
Venice
Rome
Marseille
Keeping Close Watch Airfies to Aid Poland Goods
The Allied contraband control halted some American shipments of foodstuffs and clothing to German-occupied Poland to prevent misuse. The government pledged relief for Polish victims while stressing free passage only with guarantees the aid reaches the intended recipients. In Washington, the Red Cross reported eight shipments released for Poland from Gibraltar, en route from Genoa to Cracow, with one consignment already delivered.
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Germany
London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Poland
United States
Washington
Red Cross
Gibraltar
Genoa
Italy
Cracow
American Red Cross
Trading ships in the North Sea will be armed
London reports in the House of Commons that within four months every vessel trading in the North Sea will be armed with guns. Winston Churchill said a very great measure of protection for sailors is hoped to be achieved quickly. Prime Minister Chamberlain favored direct information over a white paper. Churchill noted German ships escaped detection near Rotterdam and cited continuous coastlines and air power as challenges to patrols and blockades.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
North Sea
Churchill
Chamberlain
The
House
Rotterdam
Germany
Holland
Caucasian Oil Fields at Turkish Frontier Draw War Talk
The Turkish press highlights Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus along the Turkish frontier and discusses war possibilities by April. Newspapers note Britain France and Turkey near 1,000,000 Near Eastern troops considering an attack while Germany moves troops to the Caucasus to aid Russia. Reports also describe Russian fortifications and port defenses in the region as French and British forces concentrate closer to Turkey.
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Istanbul
Russia
San Telegraf
Great Britain
France
Turkey
Germany
Caucasus
Syria
Odessa
Canadians Salute King During London Tower Visit
A party of 14 Canadian soldiers on leave formed a surprise guard of honor for the King at the Tower of London. They learned he was presenting colors to units and, recalling their roles in Canada, stood in line while police kept spectators back. The King smiled and acknowledged their salute.
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London
Tower of London
Canada
Faith In Allied Cause Hopeful Note From Attlee
Labour leader Clement Attlee addressed the national defence public interests committee urging resilience and preparation for worst outcomes. He compared the present war to 1918, expressed belief in victory, hoped for a peaceful end without mass slaughter, and emphasized securing homes from constant menace.
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London
Britain
Clement Attlee
P National Defence Public Interests Committee
Attlee
One Law For All London Churchill Seeks Rescue Duty
Churchill told the House of Commons that ships should rescue drownings or castaways during duties. Labor MP Wedgwood pressed whether ships would refuse to save German airmen after alleged killings. Churchill said the admiralty is ceaselessly engaged in protecting trawlers and hoped for broad protection in the North Sea within a month or six weeks.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Admiralty
Josiah Wedgwood
Churchill
North Sea
Finland Holds Line Against Mass Russian Assault
President Kyosti Kallio said Finland must keep fighting on as more men are called to arms while the Mannerheim line remains unbroken. He noted Finland is outnumbered fifty to one but hopes foreign help may arrive as Viborg and other towns face Soviet bombing and supply lines through Leningrad strain. Russian 54th division reportedly faces difficulties about 30 miles inside Finland.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Mannerheim
Kyosti Kallio
Viborg
Viipuri
Karelian
Hamina
Lapeenranta
Leningrad
Red Army
Kuhmo
Russia
Ottawa war board awards contracts for air training plan
Ottawa Minister C D Howe announced that the war supply board placed contracts totaling 3,307,166 for the week ending February 10. About 2,300,000 funded aircraft supplies for the air training plan while the British air ministry ordered aircraft valued at 336,400. Construction of air training plan buildings is seen as the next major outlay.
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Ottawa
C. D. Howe
War Supply Board
British Air Ministry
Britain May Offer Protection To Neutral Ships
Britain to extend protection to all neutral vessels passing through contraband controls, challenging Germany’s claim to sink any neutral ship bound for a British contraband port. The King received a briefing on merchant shipping at the Chamber of Shipping. Sul tan Star survivors reach a west coast port after torpedoing. one man lost, two injured. Britain credits convoy success to the navy asdic device enabling depth charge attacks after detection.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Britain
Chamber of Shipping
W. H. Bevan
Italian Armament Orders Put On Hold In Italy
German pressure reportedly led Italy to suspend work on armament orders from Allies and neutral powers. Drafted by the supreme war council under Mussolini, the move aims to pause purchases by foreign commissions in Italy. Observers note Italian concerns had been supplying large ordnance for Britain and France, with raw materials from those powers.
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Rome
Supreme War Council
Mussolini
Italy
Britain
France
War Gifts Flow From Indian Princes to Viceroy Linlithgow
The latest contributions include the Maharajah of Bhavnagar gifting about 60000 dollars and access to Bhavnagar state railways workshops for munitions and war supplies. The Maharajah of Rewa offers food and agricultural produce valued at about 30000 dollars for India’s defence service or export. The Maharajah of Dewas provides an ambulance unit with 32 bearers, plus an officer and a surgeon.
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New Delhi
Lord Linlithgow
Maharajah of Bhavnagar
Bhavnagar State Railways
Maharajah of
Rewa
Defence of India Service
Dewas
No Vote For Interned Citizens Say Ottawa Chief
Ottawa announces no voting rights for Canadians interned in concentration camps. Jules Castonguay, chief electoral officer, cites the Elections Act provision barring those in penal institutions from casting ballots.
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Ottawa
Jules Castonguay
MPs Serving in British Army Include Sixty Five Members
In a House of Commons written answer it was stated that sixty five members of parliament are serving in the British army aside from those with honorary roles.
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London
House of Commons
Anglo French Belgium reach full war trade accord
London authorities announce the conclusion of Anglo-French negotiations with Belgium for a complete war trade agreement. The pact aims to regulate commerce and economic measures amid wartime conditions and will affect allied supply chains and wartime logistics.
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London
British Ministry of Economic Warfare
Belgium
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