Navy report flags damaged German ships and U boat surge
In a House of Commons briefing Admiral Alexander says Scharnhorst and Prinz Eugen were knocked out of the war and Trident sunk a Priz Eugene class cruiser off Norway. He cites increased British naval strength, US measures against U-boats, and heavy Allied ship losses and defenses.
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English
Brent
Trondheim
Brest
Germany
Norwegian
Admiralty
Britain
Alexander
Atlantic
United States
Artillas
Alaska Highway Edmonton Feasible Says U S Army Panel
A United States army commission returning from an Edmonton inspection tour of the Alaska highway route to Fort Nelson British Columbia reports the project through Edmonton the Yukon and northern British Columbia is entirely feasible. The commission led by Col. W M Hoge will report to Washington that no barriers exist though building the road would be a huge task. They stressed the decision to proceed is not theirs and their duty was to assess feasibility.
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Edmonton
United States Army
Fort Nelson
B. C
British Columbia
Yukon
Washington
W. M. Hoge
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers
Tin Shortage Tightened Rules Hit Metal Trades
Metals Controller G. C. Bateman called the tin shortage critical and issued new instructions banning virgin tin use without written permit. Purchasers must detail seed usage and certify compliance, reflecting wartime material controls impacting tin and tin alloy trades.
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Ottaws
G. C. Bateman
Britain faces stricter wartime living as U boats threaten
The British area absorbs Churchill’s grave warning that submarine attacks imperil ocean lifelines. Citizens are urged to tighten belts and endure harder living, with media calling for personal effort and self denial to overcome the new threat to national existence.
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Lordon
Hitler
United Kingdom
Churchill
Chair Cripps Warns War Effort Demands Seriousness
Sir Stafford Cripps, lord privy seal, told the House of Commons the government will not permit a business as usual attitude toward the war. He announced steps on the home front to halt dog racing and boxing displays, calling them out of accord with the country’s serious pursuit of victory.
Help Of India Of Vital Value To The Empire
London reports Sir Stafford Cripps urging India to contribute to Britain's war effort and defend the empire. He warns that Blimpery weakens colonial holdings and emphasizes unity with Britain against Japan and Germany. Debate touches Indian aid, postwar plans, and demands for greater production and military air support.
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India
London
Britain
Stafford Cripps
Privy Seal
Parliament
Blimpery
Britain backs Canada Vichy diplomacy stance
Foreign Secretary Eden told the House of Commons that Britain views it in the common interest for Canada to maintain diplomatic relations with Vichy. He noted Canada had asked for UK guidance, but no reply was given to Liberal MP Geoffrey Mander's query about empire-wide consistency.
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Germany
Britain
Comede Streuld
Vichy
London
Canada
Eden
House of Commons
United Kingdom
H.M
Geoffrey Mander
Mander
No More New Bicycles in Canada Warns Braden
George Braden of Toronto, GM of Canada Cycle and Motor, told the Canadian Bicycle and Sports Goods Association convention that post April the war effort will shift materials away from wheel goods. He said manufacturing of tricycles, kiddy cars, juvenile bicycles and wagons will virtually end, with existing stocks allocated to factory workers and delivery work.
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Montreal
Canada
George 3. Braden
Toronto
Canada Cycle and Motor Company, Limited
Braden
Canadian Bicycle and Sports Goods Association
Wing Commander Waterhouse New Officer Commanding At Brantford
Wing Commander R H Waterhouse named officer commanding at No 5 Service Flying Training School Brantford succeeding Group Captain B F Johnson Now in Toronto as senior personnel staff officer Waterhouse is an R A F officer on loan to the R C A F
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R. H. Waterhouse
No. 5 Service Flying Training School
Brantford
B. F. Johnson
Toronto
Waterhouse
R.A.F
R.C.A.F
Defence Of Coastal Areas Ottawa
Col P H Gardner of Kingston told reserve unit officers that over 5000 fully trained reserve troops from Military District No 3 will be prepared to rush to defend coastal or other areas in the Dominion if needed. The new brigade group is organized by defence HQ and about 80 percent of the men will come from Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Military District No
Kingston
Ont
Dominion
P. H. Gardner
Area Command
Defence Headquarters
National coal board plan eyed as alternative to nationalization
London reports that the national council of labor approved a scheme to place Britain's coal mines under a national coal board representing the government, coal owners, and miners. The plan, drafted by Mineworkers Federation and National Council of Labor sub committees, aims to maximize output by unifying resources and labor. Sir James Grigg, promoted to secretary of state for war, will join the House of Commons when a seat is found. Sir Stafford Cripps noted prior speculation about Grigg joining the Commons or a peerage.
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London
National Council of Labor
Britain
National Coal Board
Mineworkers Federation
James Grigg
House of Commons
Stafford Cripps
James
Scorched Earth Policy in Russia cripples Nazi plans
The German press reports Russia’s scorched earth strategy crippled Germany’s effort to gear occupied Russian regions to the Reich. Mass departures, loss of horses and equipment, and labor shortages hit cities like Dniepropetrovsk and Baltic areas. A decree compels doctors and medical staff to work, while in Bessarabia and Ukraine the population is pressed into farm labor from sunrise to sunset.
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Berne
Russia
Germany
Reich
Dniepropetrovak
Baltic States
Estonia
Ukraine
Deutsche Ukraine Zeitung
Bessarabia
Britain urged air offensive to strike Germany from rear
Viscount Trenchard tells the House of Lords Britain should bomb Germany from the air to force a combined Russian advance and Allied air attacks from the rear. He says half of Britain's bomber force remains unused, while the navy risks balance without ships. Lord Chatfield seeks secret naval data, and Lord Denman questions wartime cabinet balance and Cranborne’s role.
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London
Viscount Trenchard
Royal Air Force
House of Lords
Britain
Germany
Geremany
Lord Chatfield
Pacific
Lord Denman
Dominions
Viscount Cranborne
Red Cross Mail Service Expanded To Japan And Estonia
The post office announced expanding Red Cross message service through neutral channels to Canadians in Japan and in German occupied Estonia. Messages are routed via Geneva and subject to censorship. senders may only discuss family news or inquiries about the addressee. A local postmaster provides the special form with a fee to cover Geneva to Canada postage. Mail service to Malaya and Singapore has been suspended.
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Ottawa
International Red Cross
Japan
Estonia
Post Office Department
Germany
Austria
Italy
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Norway
France
Channel Islands
Geneva
Switzerland
Post Office
Red Cross
Canada
Malaya
Federated and Unfederated Malay States
Straita Settlements
Singapore
Lifeboat Crowded During Flight from New Guinea Bombs
During a flight from Ferguson Island near Samurai New Guinea to dodge bombs, 182 people rode in a lifeboat built for 12. Among passengers were five Methodist women missionaries.
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Sydney
Australia
Ferguson Island
Samurai
New Guinea
German Mayor Executed Over Economic War Decrees
Karl Lautmann, 63, mayor of Mayschoss near Coblenz, Germany, has been executed for offences against Germanys economic war decrees, according to Berliner Lokal Anzeiger.
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Berne
Karl Lautmann
Mayschoss
Coblenz
Germany
Berliner Lokal Anzeiger
Admiral Shibuya Killed in Action Off Borneo
The navy ministry reports Rear Admiral Shusaku Shibuya was killed in action on February 14 off Borneo during operations related to Tokyo broadcasts.
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Tokyo
Navy Ministry
Shusaku Shibuya
Borneo
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