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claims drive toward Estonia
11 cos sign pledge to use tank cars; rrs cut rates; Sen com hearing; R Budd testifies
Canadian effort discussed by King, praised by Churchill, Lord Mayor of London's luncheon to King; excerpts
U S Commerce Dept repts on food, clothing and med sent abroad, Jan-June
1941Dave Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022)[†]
David Murray Dryden was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, who created and first used the modern goaltending mask, consisting of fibreglass and a cage. From 1962 to 1980, he played nine seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers, Chicago Black Hawks, Buffalo Sabres, and Edmonton Oilers, and in the World Hockey Association between 1974 and 1979 with the Chicago Cougars and Edmonton Oilers.
1941Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.[†]
After the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the Baltic states were under military occupation by Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1944. Initially, many Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians considered the Germans liberators from the Soviet Union. The Balts hoped for the restoration of independence, but instead, the Germans established a provisional government. During the occupation, the Germans carried out discrimination, mass deportations, and mass killings, generating Baltic resistance movements.