Tension Grows Over Vichy Stand in World Crisis
London reports deteriorating ties between Vichy France and Britain and the United States as Paris faces pressure over collaboration. British and American observers accuse French industry of aiding Hitler with Renault Citroen and Peugeot plants producing war materiel while rubber and colonial exports head to Germany. Hitler seeks to entice Mussolini with territorial concessions in exchange for France policy shifts.
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Vithy
Washington
Britain
Vichy
United States
Cornell Hull
Martinique
Anthony Eden
Parliament
France
Hitler
Eden
Renaut
Citroen
Peugeot
Marseille
Germany
Mussolini
Duce
Jugoslavia
Australians to Send More Air Squadrons to Middle East
Australia plans to dispatch additional air squadrons to the Middle East to back Royal Air Force efforts in Syria and Iraq. Air Minister John McEwen cited the German advance toward Iraq as the main danger and urged mobilization through the Commonwealth air training plan to fill any RAF shortages.
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Sydney
Australia
aAir
John McEwen
Middle East
Royal Air Force
Syria
Iraq
R.A.F
Freighter Portadoc Sunk Off African Coast
E B Sutherland vice president of Peterson Shipping Co Fort William Ontario reports unofficially that the freighter Portadoc has been sunk by enemy action off the coast of Africa. The Portadoc is among Great Lakes freighters converted for ocean traffic after the war began.
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Montreal
Peterson Shipping Co
E. B. Sutherland
Fort William
Ontario
Ays
Africa
Great Lakes
Largest Ocean Convoy Reaches Great Britain in History
Collier's Weekly reports from Quentin Reynolds that the largest ocean convoy in history, more than 30 ships loaded with $100,000,000 in war supplies and food, crossed safely from Canada to Great Britain. Reynolds traveled aboard a vessel during the crossing.
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New York
Great Britain
Canada
Collier's Weekly
Quentin Reynolds
Cmssing
Ottawa may reassemble to discuss Saint Lawrence waterway
Prime Minister Mackenzie King disclosed plans for a summer session in Ottawa to consider the Saint Lawrence waterway treaty. If the pact fails to bring back members, the assembly may adjourn until fall.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
British War Relief Society Fashion Show Notes
Overcoats admitted as entry to a garden party and fashion show under the British War Relief Society. The top prize will be sent to Britain for use by men over military age who patrol nightly, reflecting war effort support activities.
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New York
British War Relief Society
Britain
Veteran Canadian publisher J H Woods dies at 73
J H Woods longtime newspaper executive and publisher of the Calgary Herald died at his home aged 73 after months of illness. A leading figure in Canada US trade efforts, he chaired Canadian trade missions to South America and Europe and led organizations including The Canadian Press and the Empire Press Union.
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Calgary
J. H Woods
South Western Publishers, Ltd
Calgary Heratd
Woods
Canada
United States
Empire Press Union
Melbourne
Australia
England
Boy Scout Movement
Alberta
Mounties Strength Near Four Thousand In War Time Canada
Commissioner T. Wood of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in Toronto that the RCMP strength now stands at 4,000 men nearly doubling peacetime levels. He noted crime has declined since the war began and that registration cards have aided law enforcement. He added no underground Bundist groups remain active after wartime crackdowns.
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Canada
Armed Services
T. Wood
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Toronto
R.C.M.P
Wood
Girls Carry Messages Vancouver War Shifts Messenger Service
War shortages push Canadian Pacific Telegraphs to hire girls and middle aged men for messenger work. Three girls engaged for limited areas while veterans handle longer bicycle routes. The company reports up to 15 boy departures in one week.
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Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Telegraphs
C.P.R. Telegraphs
Famous Flyer Whitten-Brown Appointed Home Guard Leader
Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, famed for the 1919 transatlantic flight with Sir John Alcock, is named lieutenant-colonel and battalion commander in the Home Guard.
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London
Sir Arthur Whitten- Brown
John Alcock
Home Guard
King Victor Emmanuel awards gold medal to Duke of Aosta
King Victor Emmanuel conferred a gold medal of military valor on the Duke of Aosta viceroy of Ethiopia and commander of the defeated forces who surrendered to British troops at Amba Alajt.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Duke of
Aosta
Ethiopia
Amba Alajt
Zamzam cargo not contraband says Toronto official
Dr. Ernest Pathy of Toronto, representative of the Alexandria Navigation Company, insisted no contraband was aboard the Zamzam when it sank. He noted the 4,000 ton cargo comprised civilian needs for Egypt including fertilizer for cotton, steel for construction, foodstuffs, and newsprint. The vessel was insured for 400000 dollars.
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Toronto
Ernest Pathy
United States
Alexandria Navigation Company
Zamzam
Egypt
Pathy
Speedy cargo ships built in United States
Washington reports the navy is rushing to employ many small aircraft carriers to protect merchant shipping. Navy Secretary Knox says the plan includes experimental fast cargo carriers and new transports with carriers under construction or planned. He notes the air force has grown by over 50 percent in a year, totaling 3,476 naval aircraft on May 1.
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Washington
United States
Navy
Frank Knox
Knox
Great Britain
Germany
Sikorski Arrives in London After Atlantic Flight
Polish government members and armed forces officers greet Prime Minister and Commander in Chief Gen Wladyslaw Sikorski on his London arrival from Scotland Gen Sikorski flew the Atlantic in a United States built bomber consigned to Britain.
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London
Air Force
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Scotland
Sikorski
Atlantic
Britain
Stuck To The Ship British Captain And Crew Brave Fire
A British sea captain and several crew members braved German bomber fire to attempt to sail the burned Sen Conrado to port after the tanker was abandoned following six attacks by three planes. A destroyer rescued the crew. the ship later caught fire and was declared a total loss.
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New York
Postmasters Contribute to British Post Office Relief Fund
Canadian Postmasters' Association reports contributions exceeding $3,000 toward the British post office relief fund to aid widows and children of postal workers killed in air raids or service. Dominion Secretary Charles D Griffin of Estevan Sask administers the appeal, with earlier $6,000 in war saving certificates donated. US postal associations are joining the appeal.
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Ottawa
Canadian Postmasters' Association
Post Office Relief Fund
Dominion
Charles D. Griffin
Estevan, Sask
United States
Saskatchewan teachers donate as war effort fund tops
Regina reports Canadian teachers have contributed 15 540 toward the war effort via a fund started by the Canadian Teachers' Federation last December. G D Eamer, secretary of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Association, provides the figure.
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Regina
Canadian Teachers’ Federation
G. D. Eamer
Saskatchewan Teachers’ Association
Lisbon official hints at surprise for Germans in bombing war
Parliament secretary Ronald Tree returning from the United States said Britain will have a surprise that will worsen German difficulties flying over England. He did not reveal details. He projected 4,000,000 tons of American shipping for British use by 1942 and swarms of American planes in action before spring, including a new 7000 mile range aircraft.
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Lisbon
Ronald Tree
Ministry of Information
United States
England
Tree
Vancouver steel rolling mill planned to use surplus scrap
Ottawa announced by Munitions Minister Howe the Cosat Vancouver will establish a steel rolling mill to process British Columbia scrap, estimated at 70,000 tons annually, for plate steel for the major shipbuilding program.
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Vancouver
Ottawa
Howe
Air mastery essential to win the war in Canada
British high commissioner Rt. Hon. Malcolm MacDonald told a combined Canadian and Empire clubs audience in Toronto that the British Commonwealth air training plan would decisively extend air mastery over Germany within months. He praised Canadian workers in war factories for their seven days a week effort since last October, stressing the vital role of labour and rights.
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Toronto
Malcolm MacDonald
Canada
Germany
Britain
Wartime Tinplate Conservation Prompts Substitutes
Government officials warn that the wartime need to conserve tinplate may drive lipstick holder production from substitutes and store gasoline in black sheet iron containers. Preserved fruits could be packed in waxed paper board cartons.
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Canberra
Wheat surplus outlook brightens with rising exports
Canada expects a large but diminishing wheat carryover by July 31 1941 with exports for 1940-41 surpassing 1939-40 as shipments reach 8 821 954 bushels in a week ending May 46. Analysts revise 1941-42 carryover estimates and note government commitments range from 350 to 400 million dollars while Canada secures a 120 million bushel sale to Britain in futures.
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Ottawae
Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Canadian Wheat Board
Canada
MacKinnon
House of Commons
Ministry of Food
Maxwell Hosts Vancouver Party to Aid Spitfires
New York hostess Elsa Maxwell drew about 4000 attendees to Hotel Vancouver to raise ten thousand dollars for British Spitfire aircraft. Funds will be sent to Lord Beaverbrook in London.
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Elsa Maxwell
Vancouver
New York
Canada
Britain
Census Questionnaires May Be Published In Newspapers
Trade Minister MacKinnon told the House of Commons that census questionnaires might be published in newspapers to have answers ready when the census takes early. T. S. Church asked for mail dispatch in advance so forms could be completed before enumerators call, but census branch officers did not approve the proposal.
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MacKinnon
House of Commons
T. S. Church
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