Australia Faces Possible Invasion by Jap Hordes
The article warns that Japan aims to extend conquest from Java to the Asiatic mainland and Australia. It outlines a Japanese strategy to isolate China and threaten India, with Burma’s campaign designed to cut off Allied reinforcement routes. It notes Java’s loss of air and sea control and Australia’s defense challenges from isolation across vast distances.
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Lenton
Java
Asiatic
Australas
Southwest Pacific
Trited Indies
Philippines
India
Australa
MacArthur
Batan
Burma
China
Australia
New Guinea
Indies
Darwin
Asia
German Subs Mayal Air Force Cut Down Nazi Building Program
Air raids by the Royal Air Force on Wilhelmshaven and Hamburg slowed German shipbuilding. January and February damage limited U boat launches, with only six of 16 planned submarines reaching the slips. Archibald Sinclair reported three of eight U boats launched at Wilhelmshaven and Hamburg each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayal Air Force
London
Royal Air Force
Wilhelmshaven
Hamburg
Archibald Sinclair
House of Commons
Royal Canadian Navy Officer Cited For Duty
Sub-Et. Stuart Grant Moore of the Royal Canadian Navy, based in Vancouver, was mentioned in despatches for bravery and dauntless devotion to duty aboard HMLCS Restigouche during an enemy air attack. The Duchess of Kent visited the British Columbia services club in London to inspect a canteen packed with service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Canadian Navy
London
Stuart Grant Moore
Moore
Vancouver
HMLCS
Restigouche
Thichess
Service Club
Duchess of Kent
British Columbia
Armed Forces
Lady MacRobert funds four fighters for London effort
Lady MacRobert, who previously donated 100000 dollars for a bomber last August, has contributed a further 80000 pounds for four fighters. Two fighters will be named after her two sons as part of the LAF program in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
MacRobert
LAF
Martial oath swears 10000 Moros to drive invaders in Mindanao
General MacArthur reports ten thousand Moros in Lanao on Mindanao sworn to fight the Japanese. A message to the President signed by the Sultan of Ramain and a Philippine senator notes more Moros take the oath daily and vow never to lay down their daggers or surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keren
Philippines
Washington
MacArthur
Merage
Alorito
Sultan of
Ramain
Senate
Lanao
Mindanan
Underground Britain Builds Quiet Warcraft Factories
Deep underground, in abandoned mines and quarries, Britain is expanding a covert aircraft production program. Thousands of workers, including teens and women, labor in secure subterranean plants with heavy reinforced tunnels, air supply, and on-site living quarters for thousands.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Aircraft Production
Free French report Paris residents favor raids on factories
A Free French statement quoted in London says Parisians from the Nazi occupied capital ardently desire Allied raids on factories in the Paris zone aiding Germany. The report notes the view is strongest among workers and their families whose lives would be at risk.
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London
Free French National Committee
Charles de Gaulle
Fla.f
Paris
Germany
Army purge eyed for officers 45 and older
The army council ordered a review of officers up to lieutenant colonel aged 45 plus to categorize them for retention, active deployment, or non employment. It cited age, fitness, drive, and temperament, and said social connections must not influence boards. Similar RAF moves were also reported.
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London
James Grigg
Army Council
Mil
Order
Air Ministry
Army
R.A.F
Must Not Burn Paper London Salvage Order
The Ministry of Supply announces a salvage order making it a punishable offence to burn or destroy paper or cardboard. Exceptions allow limited paper use for kindling and disposal of secret government documents.
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London
Ministry of Supply
Award For Captain London From Montreal Hero Of Sea Battle
Captain Archibald Donald of Montreal whose merchantman clashed 40 minutes with a Nazi submarine has been awarded the Order of the British Empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Archibald Donald
Montreal
Compulsory Training Ottawa Postponement Policy Clarified
War Services Minister Thorson stated in the House of Commons that divisional boards grant postponements of compulsory military training when in the national interest. Boards weighed labor supply and the individual's occupation to the economy. A recent amendment allows a agriculture representative to appear before boards, alongside national labor council and national defence department representatives.
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Ottawa
War Services
Thorson
House of Commons
National Labor Supply Council
National Defence Department
Health Of Britain Good In Third Winter Of War
Britain’s health remained surprisingly good in the third winter of the war, the ministry of health said in its first report since the war began. Deaths from respiratory tuberculosis rose to 23,660 in 1940 from 22,299 in 1939, but no 1941 statistics were included.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Health
Canada to subsidize family transport for military personnel
The Dominion government announced retroactively free ocean and rail travel to Canada for wives and children under 18 of overseas Canadian armed services personnel returning to be discharged or for other permanent reasons. The policy also covers widows and dependent children when the service member dies abroad, with refunds available for prior private repatriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Want Offensive Methods Used To Boost Morale
The British press demands a shift from defensive to offensive strategy, urging a revival of daring tactics to seize initiative against Hitler. Editors cite Bruneval and other raids as evidence imagination still matters, arguing frontline offensives boost morale at home and aid Allied forces.
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London
Evening Standard
Lord Beaverbrook
Hitler
Edgar Granville
Eye Division
Sussex
The
Star
Daily Express
Pacific
Britain
Brueneval
le Havre
France
Drake
Cadiz
Foch
Europe
Marne
Neatern
Cassandra
Mirror
Bruneval
Ministry of Defence
Daily Sketch
RAF Repay of Air Offensive in February London
The Royal Air Force says 102 enemy aircraft were destroyed at a cost of 160 in February operations from Britain and the Middle East. Canadians aided a reduced but active month with 49 attacks on 19 targets in the Middle East and home-based planes flying 17 days and 16 nights. Allied air forces also damaged or sunk 17 Axis ships in European waters and 32 more in the Far East, while raids on Kiel and Mannheim targeted docks and ships. A large-scale strike against escaping Nazi warships occurred with reports of damage to battle cruisers and escorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Air Force
Britain
Middle East
Air Ministry
Hanmie Waters
Mediterranean
Far East
Germany
Kiel
Mannheim
North Sea
Atlantic
Brest
United States
Rams arrive in England to equip Canadian formations overseas
Tanks from Canada arrive in England to bolster Canadian armored divisions overseas. The Ram cruiser tanks, designed by Maj Gen F F Worthington, are to replace existing models in Canadian units. First Rams moved by train to training camps for inspection and testing, with several hundred more expected to Britain this year.
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England
Canada
F. F. Worthington
Britain
Empire Airmen to train with army and navy units
Sir Archibald Sinclair stating in the House of Commons that under a new plan Commonwealth air training plan pilots and crews will transfer to army and navy units for a week at a time before continuing their training, fostering service cooperation from the bottom.
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London
Army
Navy
Archibald Sinclair
House of Commons
Bracken outlines post war Manitoba employment plan
Premier John Bracken told the Manitoba legislature that a post war program is being developed to assure employment in the province. Plans include water power developments housing projects forest conservation work community parks and fishery developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bracken
Manitoba
Winnipeg
John Bracken
Noorduyn Aviation output tops records with 32 planes
Montreal firm Noorduyn Aviation Limited announced a new output record by producing 32 Harvard advanced training planes in the past month. The total value, including government supplied engines propellers and instruments, is about 1 250 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Noorduyn Aviation Limited
Harvard
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