"Y "p- 11.-ears- ‘ n‘. - : 1 i, i 1 l A si§tgh‘.'.}lt$o."fiiw ,1 THE CANADIAN P n- ..._....-.-_ ~ J January g-nflew Year’: Day)—!{ing call: up £00,000 more men for service. l- ion. J. L Ralston acclaimed M.P. or Prince. P.E.I. s-Sarthquake: and flood: devastate "‘u k . l-llrixtaih, call: all it! merchant ship: s-vtir-“firshiy Leslie i-ioro-Bellsh: resigns. Q—Ki Carol waml Russia Rumsnla wlilgfight if invaded. ‘ _ - B itl h-Canadlan $11» '1 tggtghlggyzhiphulrldihg program an- s-Elrihlsh‘ force! destroy Rulllsn division. say! communldl-IQ- D sr Castle nuke kggxgshllggedff bilsh coast. Cana- dian and U.S. olfigals confer at 0t» o—ill‘ll\'fl orll St. LavlvdcesncellSreflgilgtny 1 A les ay W0!‘ field to protect North Sea traffic. ll—New British long-range alr fighter announced. II-Russian planes bomb Southern Fin- IO-grfil‘ h t down German raid . . . s oos - ers over Firth of Forth. ‘min! IIBIDGG 1~f—(Sundayi—Arlmlral Yonai ed Nm Japanese Premier to succe lid Athmllreflgedfhn American n c a eng - sarfeEy zone and "punitive" attempt! ‘igahm Bdmsstrhlhyairplhes Seahorse lkllhgfi$gthend Starfish lost: 130 dvfld nr mlssirli-Y. 17..-Russlans down ll Finnish planes. IB-Ontallo Legislature DY 4440 w“ 3.10pm Premier i-Iephurn’s motion gondgmning alleged inadequacy of Dominion Government’: war effort. lib-Canada's s2on.ooo.oon war loan mer- subscribed s0 oer crut- 20—Erltoin rejects U.S. rotest against censorship m‘ American mails on Bllllsh and neutral ships. Il-(Sunriavi-Flnnlsh alrnlcn raid Russian bases. _ u QQ-Japan protests Britalns serious unfriendly 119i‘ ‘nnzgézingpkermnn <- rom . a a - g;_"_\‘~§$le§ 200, lost rhhon British ‘ de- =lroycr Tixlnuuth sunk in Yvlrlh Sea. g.q-|-(ln;g rcvieyvrsIFJLSA-iiiuilfitsé“ _ , ii. zr amen t s. . g;:%[_‘§n{cr>1r?\mc:'clal trcntv with Jililfin l: ses. gq_€:-I:|ti| Afr-icon Auomhly relcrts tlnu ln-slmz senllrllla llcflrv “ (icrlnrlny. Qg-(Suntirlvi-Soufh African Opposi- tion groups rail for Republawflsh 29—Germi1n warplanes raid r Shlpil Y1K- BD-Flnnlshd forrtlasr léglinlirlnrfiusslan har- hor on mo ~- ll-Brltlsh Government takes Con"!!! of Pimplro shlpnink. _<_-p_. February fl .GKW- '-§::i.**..tl:'$::§;.lr;s i.‘?.“~.»f.'l‘§ ipFranco hacks Britain in searching l-Fihlhrsiflsgayllm dead in week Of Russian air raids. __ g1 pledge ‘-.‘§.‘:.’.'.‘.’:.l’...‘?:i“%: crash. .I’.R. taught? mgesnvcrburn l0!‘- pedoed n r5 - _ 5_Kin‘:zt honolts 3:‘ heroes in first in ure o - I-Britain reports war material: sent Finland. Q._Thl6rlKCf\l'i!ll€llh contlnsent WW" at . - P0‘- 9~Eire tgoyerlnflinerlst frames measurI t cm‘ Pr‘ - l IO-Fvrench Chamber gives Prernllrelr Daladier unanimous vote of r0 Tornado kills 17 at Albany, 111-15 nday) —Governor-General Lord guzgeedsmuir dies following fall. e l2—Anzl'le ‘troop; arrive at Suez. _ l3-Brltish Plan“ fly over northwest Cermnny. lk-gzlnlflnd'filgfelid€llt Kalllo asks all W’ l’ . lli-Brglrtgincronvoys world’: BlllPPmB against German subs. iS-Rrllnln intensifies mobilization pro- Cossnck rescues 299 British 50311101’; from German ship Alimurk off Norlvcglaln boost. 1g-lSllnrla_\')—-Gerrnan freighter Morea captured by British. . ‘IQ-Britain refuses Norway s demand to surrender British seamen taken from Altmnrk. 20~Russlans announce Kolvlsto. Finland. recalls technical llrkey. bomb explodes in London’! occupation of experts st llri. R.A.F. drops leaflet: over Austria and Bohemia. M-l-iltier at Munich declare: Germany will fllzht "until the terror of _the piutocraciea has been broken.‘ fi5~lSundayl--11tlth Army Co-Uperallon Squadron f the R.C.A.F. arrive! in England. orelgn ministers of Nor- way. Sweden and Denmark re- affirm Scandinavian neutrality. fi-Sumner Welles. U.S. Undersecre- tary nf State, talks at Rome with Mussolini and Ciano. W-Wlnston Churchill announces Sca a Flow naval base has not been ava l- abls no Royal Navy llgce sinking of c R0 hi (iak. O . i4. 39. IS-U. . House vote: 324.000.11.10 loan to Finland. I'D-British Navy orders seizure of Ger- man coal shipment: to Italy. Sixty- day all-down strike culls at, Pioneer Gold lVllnos. ll.C. _.CP_ arch l-Bodlcs of thrrc fllcrx rillsslng flvs ifffltigllfi; found near i-Iopedale, ra or. B-Camhridna defeat! Oxford by five lengths in Varsity Boat Race. Adolf Hit er talks to Sumner Weller. U.S. Undersecretary of State. ii-tsundayl-Brillsh liner Domain llrili-l-bgmbcd ln English Channel; 108 e d-Prenller Hepburn hen: new: film “Canada at War" in Ontario during Federal election campaign. 5—Brltaln seizes Italian ship: carrying 100.000 ton: of German coat toltaly, 6-Brltish Commons motion rensurln Government‘! Palestine n po cy. 'I—i.=.‘lghty Ive - thousand . ton liner ucen Elizabeth arrive! at New ork alter first transatlantic voy- age. Prime Minister . IIBI of Australia to A. Dvsart of - - re- tlres_hecnuse of lll-lflfalth: Au p ney~beneral J. B. Mc air succee :. rltaln releases l2 Italian ahlp! glint: fuklrfenrgne!‘ of Germain goal. . _ I III 0 LIIII ll Gerlmnn coal at Belgian "Mood DO!‘ E. lO-fsundnyfi-J-lltler shouts "on to vic- tory" at Berlin Memorial Day ob- IGTVBIICE. lb-"iumncr Welles of U.S. confer: with rltlsh Government. 12- “remler Daladler soar! 50.000 An lo- Prench troop! n: to !:li or “inland if formal c: l received. iii-Finland and R.u::ls sign pesos nty. giving‘ Runl: Karellan isthmus. Sir lcn ei O'Dwyer n- snssinafed in l1 011. l-i-soldlar polling in Dominion cl» t n starts. ltr-l-‘rcnch Senate give: Daladief vote confidence. lti-Jlonsevelt so world "seeks a 1.7- Sundnyi-French police arrest I‘! ommun Five children die in tenement fire at Port Alfred. Que. 18—I-Iitler and Mussolini confer st ' Bnnnero. Italy. 15—Chamberlain says Britain ready l0!‘ any move by Rome-Berlin axis. 20-French Premier Daladler resigns. 21—Pl:ul Reynauti forms French ov- ernment.‘ Premier Wm. Aber art and Social Credit Party returned in Alberta election. M-(Good Frldayi-German freighter Heddernhelm torpedoed off Danish coalt. 23-! b23llhR blicanArmy Rrillloneyrs ltlglied ephlt Dartmoor rlson, England. l9‘ 24-(Easter Sunday)—P0pe Piu: peal: ‘ d l-llfl for ‘peace. concur u . 25—Premler Reynaud confer: with Italian ambassador. 26-l.lberal government returned to ower in Dominion elections. 21'- lnnlsh wurlllllc cabinet gives way to coalition. m-Slr William Glasgow. Australian High Commissioner. arrive! at 0t- laws. 29—General Gamelln. Allied Comman- der-in-Chlef. InSDBCIB 65mm!" troops at Aldershot. Nine marine pilots drowned ln i-lnilfax harbor when bout sunk by freighter. 30—Wlnston Churchill declares Britain W111 “follow the war wherever it leads." !1—(Sunda.\')—German "nomad" bat- teries bombard French front. _.¢p__ April 1—Peler Fraser becomes Prime Min- ister of New Zealand. Z-Unsucccssftll {Nazi air raids on Scupn l-‘low and North Sea convoy 3—E‘ar)l:lrl§il.r\tlllnne allilolntctl cover nor-general of Canada. \Vlnstoh Churchill matiie director of Britain s ml lnry serrrcs. d-Bvlle-Gcn. Victor W. Odlurn_ Viln- couver. zlppulntcll to command ..nd Canadian Division. 5-Rl‘illsh warplanes holub German wu hips at \\’llllclnlsitavcn. 6—Bl‘lUSil notes to Norway and Sweden (leilne rlliieli position on question of territorial waters. says Germany llJ-yezlr-plan to conquer l-Turope. 8—Qtl0eu reviews “Pnronto Scottish and Saskatoon Light infantry at. Alliershot. 9-Gcrmany occupies Dennfark and captures Oslo. Norwegian capital, with Vlkdun Quisling heading Nazi-led Norwegian government. Germany loses three cruisers. 0n! submarine and many transports and supply ships in i\orth Sea battle. lO-Flve British destroyers sink eight Nazi vessels. British ships Hunter and Hardy sunk; Hostile and Hot- spur damaged. i1—R.A.F. attacks Germany's Norway bases. l2—Brltlsh mine Skagarrak and Kette- t ga. 13—l-I.M.S. Warsplto and destroyers penetrate Narvik fjord to sink seven German destroyers. York Rangers win Stanley Cup. heating Toronto Leafs 3-2 in over- time ln sixth game of series. l-L-(Sundaw-Germon infantry attack: on Western Front repulsed. l5-Roosevclt Pan-American Union Americas will meet force with force. 16-Thirlv dead in Argentine floods. 17—Roya 22nd Regiment of Quebec takes guard duty at Royal palaces in London. l8—Defence Minister Norman Rn or: confers with British war lea or: in London. 7—ISun:l-rl_\')-—Bl'|i8|fl ill lilil’! (trialled 11-l-‘r!nch strike !t German: advant~ lng through L xembourg. Vancou- ver Maple ueaf: win Dominion senior basketball crown, defeating Montreal ILMJLA. lzl-tsundayi-Belgisn: dig in on-sec- 0nd line of defence. Dutch battle rachute tmopa. 13- etherlend: government vacate! The Hague and Royal Family flee! to Brita n. British shoot down 130 German planes. Hon. Robert J. Manion resign: as Conservative party leader; Hon. R. B. Hanson chosen House leader. 1~1—Netherlands capltulates. German! take Sedan. Lord Beaverbrook ap- lnted Minister of Aircraft Pro- uc on. lkmrmanlsnfiros: River Mouse at sev- ! po . lb-Grester war effort pledged a: Can!- dlan parliament opens. 17-[40110011 and district children moved from east coast cam to Wellh counties. German t ops enter Brussels. Winnipeg grain exchange 8! wheat futures. 18- reucb Premier Reynaud take: over war portfolio. naming Edouard Daladier Foreign Minister and Marshal Petain vice-premier. Ger» man: throw 2.500 tanks into Nor- thern France battle. iii-Gunduyl-Maxlrne Weygand re- placlees. Gameiin a: chief of allied 3l)—Prlme‘ Minister _ King announce! Lansda to raise 3rd Dvislon. Zb-Premler Reynaud admits military situation dark. 22-8!" passes British Parliament giv- ing Government power to conscrlpt life, labor and propel-t Canadian Ministry of Natloral elence for Air set! up with Hon. G. C. Power s s as M r. 23—Brltlsh Fascist Leader Sir Oswald Moslefi end Capt. Archibald Ram- say. .P.] arrested in drive against possible ‘fifth column" elements Ll-l-lvlctorla Dayi-Klng in Empire broadcast says German victory would mean "destruction of our world as we have known it." 25—Scotlnnd Yard seizes 60 Fascists. R.A F. intensifies attacks against German communications. 26—tSunday)-Gen. Sir John Dill op- pointed chief of imperial tlencral Stuff. French Premier Rcynnud and Churchill confer in London. 21-Britlsh offer stubborn resistance to Germans in France nnd Belgium. 28—King Leopold of Belgians surren- ders to Germany ordering Belgian army to cease fighting. 29—R.A.F blasts Germans lo keep Dunkerque open. Canadian Parlia- ment passes $700,000,000 war ap propriations bill. lib-Allied troops evacuated from Dun- kerque. Destrovers Grafton. Gren~ ode and Wake ul lost off channel ports R.C.M.P. arrests Adrien Ar- cand and other Fascist leaders at Montreal. 31—itnly breaks off British blockade talks. _gp_ June 1—R.A.F. shoots down T8 German planes in France. %(Sunday)—l5rltaln announces big agrarian program to boost food production. Ii-Parls attacked by 250 German planes; 2 killed. li-Dunker uc withdrawal completed; Churchl I says 335.000 rescued with 30.000 casualties: declares Britain w fl t on "if necessary. alone." to fina victory. 5—Sixteen organizations, including Nazi. Fascist and Comm nlst bodies declared ille ai under efence of Canada Regu atlons. NOTHING STOPS THIS FELLOW Here's a tank showing its stuff in winter training. Great banks of snow and ice are no obstacle when he goes “over the top." IQ-Gerard Cote, St. Hyaclnthe, Que” wins Boston lvlarothon. 20—Aliled l-Ixpellltlonary Force reaches Norway. Great Lakes seamen’: six-day strike ends. n-tsundayo-Jame: H. R. Cromwell, U.S. Minister to Canada, resigns. 22—Oshawa General: defeat Kenora Thlstles, retain Memorial Cup and Canadian Junior hockey champion- ship for lblrd time. 23—Slr John Simon announces $11,- 000 00.000 budget. Prime Minis- ter Kln confers with President Roosevelio at Warm Springs, Ga. Nearly 2 ne roe: burned to death in Natchez hiss. dance hall fire. 24-klrhhlho Lake ialdt- Devils wlh Allan Cu and Curladial: senior hockey c. nmplonshlp at 'i'ur0nt0. defeating Calgary Stampcden. 25—Blll granting suffrage to Quebec women becomes law. push hack strong German attack on Western Front. Tl-Brltlsh forces at Domhas, Norway, withdraw. 8—lSunduyl—Mmc. Luisa. ‘Pctrazzlnl. 65, soprano. tiles at twiilnn. 29—Brltlsh list W! German transport and supply snip: sunk since April ti. Iiti-Brltlsn Liberal Leader Sir Archi- bald Sinclair in anti-Chamberlain speech asks for showdown on Nor- wegian campaign. _¢p_. May l-Brltlrh retire from attack on ‘Trondheim. Norway. B-Allle: re-embark at Namaoe. Capt. Fred Burke lost in sinking of 5.8. Coilingwood in Lake Superior. 3—Three allied destroyer: sunk otl Namlo: conveying troops. d-Clutmbsrllln Iovernment criticluld for Norway withdrawal. h-tllundayi-Frencn repulse repeated attack! on Western ‘ront. b-Lien. Sit Edmund lronside welcome! British troop: ‘l-Chambsrlaln Norvngiln campaign failure. but deflnd! Of- fort. George Lnnsbury, ill, British labor lender. dies. lI-Chamberlaln govsrnmant given Il-WO vote oi confidence. Russ: counsel: alumpesn pawn: l. 9_ a: |t any Balkan move. 10- rmsny invade: Holland. Blllllllli, uxembourg Churchill become! gglme minister succeeding Cham- rlsllt. British force take! pmteo tlve custody of Ireland. Hon. J. A. MacKlnnon nut-coeds Hon 6—U.5. Navy trade: in 50 plans: to manufacturers. making them avail- able for Allied urchase. 7—Prlme Minister lng says Canada accepts new res onslbllitles and will never surren er. B-Alrcraft carrier Glorious lost with 1.200 lives. tl-tsundayi-Gennan: throw 1.800.- men into western battle front. l0--ltaly declares war on Britain and France. Canada declares war on Italy Roosevelt condemns Italy’: “stab in the back." Defence Minis- ter Normsn Roger! and three RL. A.l-". men kllle in airplane crash near Newtonvliie. Ont. Canadian mlnesweeper Bras d‘Or cs lures. Italian freighter Capo Noll n St. Lawrence. ii-French Government set up at Toura. ill-Winston Churchill. Paul Reynsud and Marshal Weygand conclude conference: in France. ‘ii-Turkey concludes trade pact with Germany. Hon. J L. Ralston be- Seeing’: Believing Mhl§§u¢nuhvu~ a-o- . Press.) RESS NEWS DIARY 01-‘1946 (Copyright. i940. by The l‘ "' carrying a bilge armful of wood into barracks. haps he's just showing his fatigue party how to do it. It actually happened at Camp Borden, a corporal But per- Aside From War- Recalling Some Nofcible Evenfs of 1940 Aporl‘ From Acfion in file Baffle Zones stories. For instance: their lives. . . 57 seats. . . . Mississippi. . . . Ont. . . -i~ + + + ~l< -l~ rl" + rl‘ ri- + + + + + + + ti‘ + + + year, giving Canada its One Big Story for ‘i940. At the same time the year witnessed epochal events apart from actual warfare-though in some cases connected with the war's progress-that in other times would have stood out in a list of big WAR cornered the headlines day after day throughout the + ~1- The year opened with Turkey rocking from its depths, vvilh the estimate on Jan. 3 of 46,200 killed, 100.000 injured and 500,000 homeless from earthquake and flood. . . . Much nearer home were the mine explosions at Bartley, W.Va.. .Ian. 10, with 92 miners losing . On Feb. ll Canada's Governor-General, Ttveedsmulr, died from injuries suffered in a fall at Rldeau Hall. . . . Lord 4- q. Canada's general election March 26 resulted in the return of the Mackenzie King Liberal government with 178 supporters of the total 245. . . . The Social Credit government of William Aberhart was returned in the Alberta general election March 2i with 36 of + ‘l- On April 20 Great Lakes seamen ended a six-day strike which tied up lakes shipping in the busiest season in years. . . . On April 23 200 negroes were burned to death in a dance hall flrc in + + On Juno l0 Canada's Defence Minister, Norman Rogers, and three R.C.A.F. men were killed in a plane crash near Newtonvllle, . Eleven U.S. Army fliers were killed when bombers collided over Queensborough, N.Y., June l7. . . . Twenty-five lost their llvcs Sept. l in an airliner accident at Lovcttsviilc, Pa, and 19 in a crash at Rio de Janciro Nov. 8. . . . + + Prince Edward Island retained prohibition in its last provincial stronghold in Canada by plebiscite June 25. . . . 4' + Foriy-threc were killed in a train wreck at Akron, Ohio, July 8i and there were 24 fatalities in the derailment of a train in Somerset, England, Nov. 4. . . . Vessels collided in Conception Bay, Nfld., Nov. 10, and 28 were lost. . . . Five vessels were lost together with 67 lives in Great Lakes storms Nov. 11. . . . ~l~ rl- F. D. Roosevelt was elected Presldent of the United States Nov. 5, giving that country a third-term President for the first time in history and climaxing a campaign in which the candidates of both major parties were pledged to continued aid to Britain. Q9569. alone. Eleven __1kl’l‘llfl_i§_ Minister Cons la nd s. Iii-Or anlzatlon for e fished in London mobilization French withdraw from positions in Maglnot Lin 17~Petuln government asks for "hon ora ' Churchill proclaim: Britain's determination to fight on killed near Queenslborough, N y. King announce: n armed forces on dut in Newfoundland. Iceland and VBCUBUOII 0| Br tish children to Dominion estab- ‘zll-Pctain says French situation nope- less. Canadian Government bill or of manpower outflanked 8. Army flier! corded to French Gen. Charles do Gaulle. ‘Jd-French-ltallan armistice signed. income. excise and other taxes in- crease sharply in Canadian budget. Defence tax proposed. ZS-l-lostllltle! between France. Ger- many and ltaly cease. Provl co of P.E.l. by plebiscite retain: prohibi- tion. Winston Churchill accuse: Marshal Petaln oi violating "many solemn assurances" in ceding sea- power to Nazis. Zti-Gen. Charles de Gnuile announ formation of l-‘rench Legion in Britain. 2’I—Rumania yields B05881?! Dil RUG July, l-(Domlnlon Dan-German occupa- tion of Channel island: of Jersey and Guernsey announced. ‘J-Frcnch government set up at Vichy. 3~Klng and Queen reject. suggestion: to send princesses to Domlniona. Royal Navy seine! two French bat- tleships. two light cruisers and other craft In Brill!!! port: sink: a battleship and seaplane carrier in Uran engag ent. Liner Aran- dora Star. an r0 te to Canada. with enemy lnterneea. torpedoed and sunk. 4—De Valera reafflrtri! Eire neutrality. 5—Brltlsh defence area extended to include English east coast and nearly all south coast. 6—Gertnlany and Greece sign economic pac . ‘i-(Sunduyl-KAJ". continues nightly attacks on military objectives in Germany and German-held terri- tory. B-Premler Angus Mncdonald of Nova Scotla appointed Minister of Na- tional Defence for Naval Affair: at Ottawa. 9—Duke of Windsor named governor- neneral ni Bllhflfiiil! Iii-Announcement tn British House 6.700 rlsoners nt wur and inlclnoes now n Canada. Hon. A. S. Mar Mlllun sworn in as premier of Nova ii Sco a. 11—De Vnlera of Eire reJecls proposal: for Joint defence of Ireland. 12-1000 war guests reach Canada. l3-—P.rltzlln calls 32-year-old men to colors. l-l-lSundayl-Majur-Gell. A. G. L. McNaughton promoted to lieuten- anl-lzeneral to command army corps to include Canadian forces in Eng- land. lib-British garrison withdraws on Kenya-Ethiopian frontier. lG-Brlg. G. . Peurkes. V.C.. pro- molen to mayor-general to command lsl Canadian Division. l'l—R.A.i<‘. raids barge concentrations on German occupied coast. lfl-Britnin closes ilurma Road to arms shipments to China. ill-Australian Sydney sinks ltnlinn cruiser in Mediterranean. l.t.-Gcn. Sir Alnn Brooke named nmmander-ln-chlcl of Home Forces sucreedln Sir Edmund lronside. made Flcd Marshal. 20~Ruosevelt signs blll authorizing $1.500 tltlll.0ll0 expansion of navy to glva .5. "two-ocean" fleet. 2i—tSunday)—l£stonlo. Lithuania and Latvia become part of Soviet Rus- sin. 22—lifa_lor-Gen. l-i. D. G. Crernr sp- polnlcd Chief of Canadian General la . 23—Vlchy government orders formel Premier Daladler and others tried for "war guilt." Z-f-Brltlsh Admiralty admit: loss nf battleship, two aircraft carriers. ihrce cruisers. four armed mer- chant cruisers, ‘JG destroyers. and ll submarines since \var's slarl. Era-Fifty German bombers attack Brit- ish convoy off southeast coast of Englnnd. 26—Serond Italian bombard-hem of Gibraltar repulsed. ‘J7—B|'llons arrested in espionage cl-lnipalg . ‘Zii-(Sllntlnyl-Jiallan planes raid Cairo and Malta. ‘ 29-Chlnn turns down Japanese peace overture. (JO-Britain blockades Spain and Portu- _ gnl to keep supplies from Axis. J1—-l‘Yll‘l)'-lil|‘f‘0 killed in head-on train crnsh at Akron. 0. _Cp_ Augusf l-—l'>tll<c of Windsor leaves Lisbon for llzlllulnzls. 2—l‘urchasc of l0tl.O00.UOlJ bushels of Canndlnn wheat-largest single ‘Yokio anti- Mlnlster King meet at Ogdshaburg to discus: hemisphere de encs. lB-tsundsyi-G e r m : u y lane! in raid: over Britain. oosevelt and King nnnoune! ill- tentlon to form international Joint defence board. iii-Canadian notional registration 0f |\ I15 20—Ch.urt%h)i::l ‘hdmlt: "agreemlnt in r o" . Kohl. c bases. Leon Trot! attacked with axe at ome. ‘Al-Japan summons home American envoy. Zip-Lorentz Guenther. German in- ternee recaptuled at Montreal after dutrmile chase. za-Lohooh bombed in um nlkm raid of wur. 24—Nazi planes bomb Dover as cross- Channei artillery duel continues. 25—(Sunliuy)—l3rltish forces withdrawn from Chlnu 2a~c-nutlh-u.s.' joint defence b ard bgglns study of mutual probilems exlcan at Ottawa. _ v 27—Re ulatlons Edi/Emmi 55'1"" ' cal-up single men and child less widowers from 21 to d5 an- nounced. .'.18—U.S. Senate passes conscription 29—¥t‘.l1lt.i-‘. bmuhs Krupp work: M Essen. Australian parliament dis- solved. .30—Bl'lliish laefugee ‘shéplntiggvldesd ""1 ul save excel) ~ {ll-South Afrlcun House reW-‘ll 39"‘ zog pence proliflsill- _(;p._ Sepfember liner crashes at Loveltsvllle, Pa. kl llnG 25- I 2——lLfl|)0l‘ Dzlyl-Alr Ministry says 1.96’! Nazi planes shot 00W“ I1 ear of \\‘lll. _ 3- Iritoln enters second y?!" 0i W4"- lrades New World nilvlll llld Bl!’ i-(Sunduyi-Alr bases for 50 over-age U. . do- aitfigifhkhvy bombard: Scarpanti in Dodcconesc. i" l\_ nn unces August sink- Ffilimofnunirlri-‘ntlfjlcd Canadian steam- shl . G—Ci1l€‘l| of Rumanlu abdlcates ln favor of son Michael. Fines total- ling M65000 imposed on l9 Cann- dlun uupur liox companies for combine nctlvltlcs. ‘I-Nuzis send 700 Diaries over Lon- don; 306 klllctl. B—(Su|\dfly)—Dtly of prayer observed at King's request. group of U.S. destroyers turned over to Royal Navy. i0~Canuda‘s \vheut crop estimated at 561,104,001) bushels ll-Cilurchlll warns of invasion dan r. R.A.F. damage! Reichstag bu ld- lng in Berlin. l2—Exp|0slons at Kenvil. N.J.. powder inni kill 52. 13 mrmans dlop five bomb! on Bucklmzham Palace. but King and Queen unharmed. ' l-i-Proclumatlon calls first class of Canadian trainees. l5~tSunday)-Licut. Robert Davies. formerly of St. Cntharlnes, 0nt., lends "suicide squad" in removing time bomb from Si. Paul's Church- ‘d. 16- Tesident Roosevelt :i ns first eaceilme conscription bil in U.S. lstory. l'l—-Nearly 250 lost. including B1 chil- dren hound for Canada. when City of Brnnrcs torpedoed l i8-Bvltlsl\ pnrllnmcnt sessions lo discuss air a tacks. iii-Dominion cabinet discusses seaway: ro ec . ZO-t l: announced six U.S. destroyer: to he manned a! Canadian ships. 21-Prlme Minister Menzies returned in Australian general election. Canndn‘s $300.000.000 war loan over-subscribed by $42,248,300. 22—(Sunday)-Egyptlan cabinet an- WINTER ON THE RIFLE RANGE Even on the coldest days Canada's troops in training go out to the ranges for rifle practice. protected by canvas windbreaks. girder in hlstor, by it . Ii-Vl/‘heatn Board Bill passed by Cana- dian Parliament. 4—lSunday)—Tran:atlantlc f l y l n g boat C a arrives at Bouchervllla. Que" onrflrst trip of season. lS-MBL-Gen. . Elk Canadian east coast arm n U.S. Senate passes army draft bill. 6-U.S. sign: trade pact with Soviet. ‘f-Canadlan House of Commons ad- v? Nov. a-dore tan 400 Nazi plane: raid En llajdb: Btlhdofirmed. u 9-2. .. oms s: por. lti-Wtlhelmshaven bombed by RAJ‘. il-tsundayll- amlly of seven dro\vn- ed at al d'0r. Que, when auto aleungae from ferry. 1g. 62 plane: in raid: over Dover and Portsmouth. hlte. chief of army 13--Lt.-Gen. C rll W ' Rwlfl- d’ tn om t ml l t r comes Minister of UGfGliCe. material resource: adopted- - n-“mm” B"°°""“‘ '°~ "m- " r" l" e " l ° ' 14_|_;erman5 m“ pal-m 21—l~iitler personally dictates armistice ‘8_§§.'.‘|'§.',','.".§°§3.'§.y.°l.' wlitaesresr" ‘rilhnldegg kme]? m Aunramn album" iii-British cruiser Calypso sunk by mm“ l‘) Frmlc" l" Wmfwllhe or mmmm ‘ u W“: Secret," Anuwn Eden n , Italian submarine in Mediterranean. mugifnn-nvlvrench unmm“ "wk £92m“: néiinfir-plrlntlingu gr _r¢:| “in start’; when rltain tug. ii- . . 0 e: aw n . . q gvg, l6-tS flfid i-Mar hi Henri emu "m" "Fmm- m" "“"'°" F"°“°" -i- .000 i t Poltatinyhead!‘ deg: Frefncih 50.5}?! "°°°‘ ‘“"'°"°"'" A'"°°'l-°'"'"=~ 30-lt“SuBI:ldayt)-—Brltlsh attack itallana lsfgfilrfiirninurfler‘sits¢|.;pi'§'o°§h$:¢§? men on re: gnu on o au ey- gyp. “PG k b 1.1g, naud a: situation become: critical. 23-tSu 1—l:lt‘lt.i:h recognltlo so --CP- iv-ri-Ziliuii“ Rgusevelt and Prime February l'l. Uatober II. .*.*.'.':l-'~ “.t'.‘f.“i'é:..°t5.‘f..‘l.“i;i.3?§ 5 |' 1. D f r f}, w wit". r aea a ; ve a . ship Altmark. d I371 G 9S O 8 6|‘ "“‘ 0.1.3,, ,,_ llareh ll. Fihlliid and Russia sign peace treaty giving itunis tn! Karellan isthmus and other areas. Aprllii. Germany invade: Denmark and Norway; Nazi: lose many ahlps. April II. British destroy seven German destroyers at Narvllt. Norway. ll) I. Allie: evacuate Southern Norway. lay iii. Germany invade! The Nether- lands. Bel ium and Luxembourg. Churchill uelxcd: Chamberlain a: British Prime Minister. . llay N. Netherlands aumnder! to Gen many. lay I8. King Leopold of Belgian! surren- der: to Germany. Ill Uunkerque evacuation complete: Euler as Minister of Tredevand moral hast.- fgr cgeace." Mine ex- plosion at St. slrsvllle, 0.. ‘I3 e! Commerce. 335.000 British soldiers rescued. Ian! l0. Jase ll. In! is. hostilities between many and Italy end. In! ll. FTBIQI’ lllflk b Jlly l. Canada with enemlv in lives lost. Brilan against French fleet. Announced Ullildllh Oolilll waters. 4e do: or missing. Can: a declare! war on Jun: i0. Italy declare: war on Britain and France. d Italy. Petaln become: Chief of Stat! of Fran Cllllflllli “Oyifflfllllll IIIOVOI t0 fhflhlllll IHIIIDOWII‘ lllfl NIOIIIOBI. Franco. Gen dntroysr 0h If! French Arandors Star sunk en route to IQPHBEI: Lil!) Mill Bfllbli I ly ll. eJ-Gen. . G L. McNaughton promoted to lieutenant-general to comnasnd army corps including Con: Ian: in England. Alglll l0. uennan: send 1.000 plane: over Britain; 180 snot down. Algull ll. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Mackenzie Ogdensbun. N Y nounce permanent iolnl. board of efence. September ti. United Kingdom trades New orld naval and air base! to united tete! for lit) destroyers. lletrtemher 1. Record rat on London by tier- man: Rllln all and serlousy in- jures L337. llnptetnhcr l1. City oi BPIIIIES tarps-timed by Ger- man! in Atlantic: ‘Mil lnet, including 8i children bound for Canada. Empress of Britain lost at lea through German air attack. November B. German raider sinks ILMS. Jervis Bay and foul ship! of 38 In British Atlantic convoy. November I. Neville Chamberlain dies. 7i. November If. Brltlsn airmen smash ltnlian war- ships at Turanlo. November l4. German! l'illt‘l Coventry in first of series of raids on Midland citlel; 400 killed. November ‘H. llaiiun invaders driven from Greek soil; Knritzs laila. December U. British start victorious drive against ltnllans in I-Igypt: thou- sand: oi prisoners captured. mile: IO. ltnllhn stronghold. offensive extends lire! Furl Ln uzzo, lall: as rlillh into Libya. full ion with Britain. A's-German :ub: sink 159.88 ton: of merchant shipping in on! Week- three tlme! normal. Lid-Prime Minister King announon! Dr. Joseph Slroi: to ead unemploy- ment lnsursnce commi! on ZfS-Two chemical plants at Cialrton, Pa.. wrecked by blasts. 26—Cunadlun armed merchantrnnn Prince Robert capture: German ship Weser off Mexico. TI-Gormun‘); ltely and Japan sign l0- year m litary and economic act. a t. John Trescy of Cha arll. 0n .. arrested in Rumanls. 29—(S d )—R l Cl lfllllll §i......“’il2.‘i.:'i.i.i. r... ... ll O I ge. lib-Seven British resident: of Japan convicted of espionage, it ll N- ported. p_ Qcfober - b-Newiy crested George Ceca award- od Leut. Robert Davies, nadlan. for bomb romova . 2—British child evacuation lcnemr pended. J-Nevllle Cnambsrlaln resign: a: Lord President of the council. a-Alr Chief Marshal Sir t. rll Newall [tamed governor-genera of New and. Ia-Brltllll reinforcement! landed st Gibraltar. tF-(Bundnyi-A rlcuitun Mlnlllel‘ Gardiner an other Canadian of - v! in United Kingdom fut conference: ‘I-Rohert uurisr. nephew o: sh ' Wilfrid. !worn in a: ontarlo Mina: s-cMlwihlerll Red f.‘ Ill I 0f NIIIOIIII “ml t win world uric: from ‘ltlgera. 9—t.omp'u,l:or military trainlfil b!- Eln: | ‘ J50 Ulnldllnl. hurchlll succeed: Uh mb! leader oi Conservative Party. IO-‘izaclflc Arm Lnmmgnq "on" Maior- n. it. u. Alexander ' a! commander. ll-Cenlerbury cathedral windows dam- “ : an raid. '- r : cruise A ltallan destroyrera," "n" m". lli-tt-lundayl-Prlnceu l2 i l s l be t n L broadcast: to children of Empire. voicm lnilii ln victory. ld-l lbnn sgivtng Usyi - Mgcflgng“ l Kill! announces tansd: and U.b Will rnove together ill International . WlllfWlI power development. Winston - rtaln l! 15-min uothlan. British am U.S. leave! for Londombuudm te-an. is‘. w. Sansom ‘ orgeneral to n dian Division. - rma Roe rec n:. lk-Vioe-Admiral SlrpeJohn Tov y, comu commander of Brltlshgly-iomi 1 FIGEl. Pgflgallhy BM Yllxuslsvls sign n“, commgrlizmogtgg: 30-! )-—R.A.l". attack: Berlin 'f“*h'::::§§i.'..... '.' "m" c v- fl-Cans an dost M in gllsnuc. ldrgylisrst. “ram 5"“ Bis-Vic y government says l-‘rance will lgirgalanndo. mmmry am” "mm “-§"l:z'..".:s":~.rl:2. 25- ore t an llJlLUtlt) . uated from Berlin nhclimllghfrilhnfia“ ZG-Canudlan liner Empress of Blllil-in tonre...'s. oral-r- Yhiflundlyi-trs. Amhass . . Kennedy returns rrhm fllhhhlhwph ‘Rs-Italy invades Greece. idrllnln or.» ises aid tn Greeks m' it is announce" Atlstvnlln \\'l|l n... 5410.000 Dnumls oi Canadian lent tobacco. (ab-Canadian mlncswconor m1... ,.,,, irons freighter Si. Mum .v|....-;,,; til-Greeks push back it ll t » Mzlrgnrce survivors Bglglhhd: ._¢p.. November 1—-G|'eeks Italians everywhere. 2—Greeks bomb Albanian flilTlllIfllV: and enemy concentrations. ti-tsunrlny) -l.andlng m l; r | t | 5 n troops ln Greece lmuuuru-l-rl, 4-Greeks uenclrnto seven llllitli m... Aihnnlh Premier Jliilil ark-on of Mnnltolul fnrms unlnu lllllllF-lll, 5—-Armed merchant cruiser nl-ra Bay destroyed in Atlantic “Pith-pl. lng convoy ngnlnst Gerunn raider which sinks [our uf (ill ships‘, i-ranklin D. Roost-loll (‘lvfllld l... third term us Unlletl Silllcs till-sl- relml‘! rcpu lsvd dent. Cnmldlnn parliament plo- s overnmen l - , -- . c-‘éiiifl. . .. 000.000 r 21.25am») n? (‘fl-ghe-Z, U‘ '1—Brltain reserves rl 'ht tu homo Rome following ltttuc s on Lonllun, Dominion House opens new 50,. on 8—Greeks back Italians in northeast and centre. U.S. tn spill will sul» lies 50-50 ‘lulu, say: Nineteen dclul in air. lane collision at Rio de Jonono. 9—- evllle Chamberlain dies nl 0di- ham home. aged 71. ltJ-tsunduyl-Thousnnds killed and injured in Rumanlan earthquakes; ‘ property tillnnge enormous. Ves- sels colllde in Conception Bnv, Newfoundland; 28 killed. 4 IL-(Remembrance Dllyl—-Fleel arm smashes ltnlinn warships in Taranto naval base. ltallnn supply ship sunk and others set on fire off Albania. Great Lakes storms, five vessels and 67 lives lost. l2—-Nine drown when lug founders in Beouharnols Cnnal. Que. l3-—Air Chief Marshal Sir Rom-rt Brooke-Popham named British cum- mande -in-chief ln the Far East. ld-Nazla smash Coventry; 4410 killed. .A. raids Berlin. 26 alrdromr-s and other ob ectlves fmm Norway illl‘ to Brlttan : 0 planes missing 15—Future anndlnn ormy officers must pass through ranks. Defence Minister Ralston says. 16—Capt. Fogart l-‘egen. lost skipper of sunken H. .8. Jervis Bar. cllcd for V.C. 1'I—(Sunday)—Hamburg hard hit by R.A.F. night-long raid. lB-JThree killed n TNT explosion t Nobel n! 19—Ralders damage Birmingham. 20—Hungary loin: Axis. 21—'i‘en Ital an planes downed in North Afrlc . reek: capture Korltza. Italian bass in Albania. 23-Rumanla joins Axis. 24—-(Sunday)—Premlt-r Cralyzavnn of Northern Ireland dies. aged 6i). ZL-Bulgaria spurns Hitler's bid to iuln , x . lib-Bristol heavllv bombed; v Rather- mere dies in Bermuda. fl-Slx Italian warships damaged by British in Mediterranean. ermnn air attack on Liverpool diverted by anti-aircraft barrage. ZiJ-Rumanlan authorities move to end uard blood purge. Italian line in Albania re- tire: before Greeks. _¢p_ December b-(Sunds r-lt i: announced Cana- may borrow "kcv t e ac lve army. 2—Cansda's "baby" budget bans many non-British imports. 8—Prlme Minister King promises com- mittee to delve into war costs. d-ltaiians abandon Port Edda and other Albanian bases. B-ILAJ‘. smashes German Ruhr in record raids. Ov-Domlnion Parliament adlourns. ‘f-Mershsi Badoglio. Admiral Cavalr- narl and other Italian war chiefs quit ln-shake-up. L-(Bundsw-Greeks take Arglro- kastra s-lt tfannounced 21 mlssinl. l! wounded on Canadian destroyer in fight with German U- a rltlsh attack Italian! in Italian hne of Sllil B rra lit-Churchill announces three ltaliav} divisions smashed in vlctorv <\_ first order" for British in Ezynl- more than 25.000 rlsoncrs lhkr-n. Lo mthtsn. Br tish envnv m lkgemhsn: of Duee's armies In gypt fie into Italian Libya. ld-Annoulice liner Western Prince torpedocd. lh f ‘Pizzas: fi‘..".‘ii.‘.‘3.li‘.""i°.‘..""é..~°l. of M ntreal. British purchnslnlz Mfr United Staten. named lo British Privy Ooun . m and Uapuzzo. Italian tori!- ca tured ns British advance lulu Llgvn. 1'1—Brli.lsh take three Italian forte in Libya. 18—Munli.lons Minister C. l). Howe" and 153 survivors .<\f torpedoed Western Prince arrive at British port; H011- Gordon Scott, Montreal, re- io: . ‘ lb-Iggm sblgndon Porto Pl!- lenno in Albania. M-Brltlsh surround Berdll. Libya. iidioysl Air Force bombs l5 objectives in Germany. h-(Bundsy) — War secretary Anthony lilden nlllvvlfllfd Io secretary; Lor Halifax made envoy to U. B. ps-Ohurchlll urges Italy to d6- gone lldiissolini. 21- rlme Minister Kim; B": nounces formation of CHM - dig? Army corps overseas. 25-(0 ristmss Day) — Kl a George in Empire Menage says future hard but Bl‘ ~.=;.=:-.->"m":::s"- 16-] 5-“ :1 3d I "gm" posslllnllgyflég sudden attempt at l" d Germans as mists 01°" the channel waters. l.‘ on coast