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German War Material Moves

Estimates

Of

WarExpenditizre Tabled Yesterday

$1,300,o00,ooo'v?3r Appro- priation Bill introduced

by Finance

Makes forced landing at irgyie shore

g lwyal Canadian Air Force plane was damaged slight-

iniiilile . f-occd landing at ‘yle l’ in a l oclock yesier- Lee

film about three f" afternoon but LAC. M. S. firm the Sulnincrsitie air training $11001 was uninjured. The plane 11M down in a farmer's field and posed over dainaizing the propellor. ‘lhe student pilot said he was timed down ivheii he was caught he blinding snow squall. He was a regular training practice and was alone in the ma-

ill.

Ths plane made a perfect land- iu, but nosed over when the steels came in contact with deep

now dr s. The damaged machine _will be lullled out by tractor and sleigh llld will probably taken to Charlottetown, l5 miles from the pace it landed. for repairs. Sev- mi mechanics left Charlottetown rlei h last night to partially an le the machine for moving. LAC. Lee was stationed in Tor- onto before coniiilll to Summer- lslodt. He was formerly from Owen

laid.

Another plane from the Sum- iiierslde airport flcw down to Argyle Shore at 5 pm. lint did ii/t land The crew just looked tile sit- vitioii ovcr.

iircek shock Troops advance

wATHENS, Fol), l8—(.AP)--Gl'cck liiock trooiis advanced along the central Albai an battle scctor lo-

_ occupying Italian fcrtifzid insltions nearlv a mile high in two "m. a government soiikeslnrtn an- lltlllltcd tonlclit.

Dtsbite mslierate efforts." he all. the Ila. ans nowhere were able

Team an ‘.ilCl1 oi ground.”

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. itli a complete

Hard of the bloodshed which they entailed.”

fave this summa

‘m _ ‘ Illllht counter-aft. ivcie crushed by our lii-e, rthcr to the east. two collii- "illicit-s were repulsed and tlie “my ails chased bevoild his linrs “fir, tloops. who inflicted heavy The liei‘

ken- v ‘inlcrl, he said. two "W0 Digsonci and 140 riicn kiiid an ed with onlv 2a escaping.

Mbelfalfoflou. Feb. l8 -(CP)— lddebt tlfil funded and ilnfiind. new? _ Dec. 3i totalled $140027.- cm Stateglliu to an interim iriiziii- pr 1 out. issued yesterday by °" “m1 llovernment.

Coming Events

m! fo N l‘: otices in this column pei; word. "Talkl ~i___ ed-Sfluris Thursday. 14-45-2-18-31. u . ‘- TBkiESTMOnT-BRUO Saturday. L-45-Z-IB-3I.

"Fresh h, Frozen Strawberries. “l! voiir order. Dally delivery

Minister.

OTTAWA, Feb. iB-JCPL-Fi- nance MlnlSte" lisley t. .11‘ -rd--r. ed in advance. Qanarirrs w.ir bill for the next fiscal year-ti .300 000.- 000—and warned that mm; pffibdbly would exceed that, figure “by a mm- 51d‘ Ytible llfliillllll."

Silfilkillt: in the House of Com- mtns the Minister said the war and ordinary c sts of federal, pr.»- vlncial and municipal giver-amen‘. would demand from tlic Canadian people more than i111! the ezfc-nated national lrlCClfif in the, firm] year ending March 31, 1042

Observing that a lirgg part of the population new is .~iving a: a level that can bear little cf the increased burden the Minister srd "the bur- dcn rif the remaining part. o! the DODulation bcvmes all the more st-aggerin-g."

Asking the House to adopt, a resrlui-i-zn prelminary to the in- iinducticn of a war appioprati n bill authorizing expenditure of s1.- 300000000. the Minister said: "We rrogmzo the fact th t probably this will be the most. cr 'il year in the hist-onv of civilization

Thr- War appropriation oili for the current fiscal year which ends next March 3i was for $700 000,070 but the Minister estimated the tr:- tal t- be spent will reach $875000 - 000 and he will have to air for a supplementary bill before the year is out.

Ilousc Rules Suspended

By unanimous consent of the Ho se, rules were suspended to pcrnlit. the Finance Mnisirr to submit that. war aplvopriati n mrasilre without a foiiiial notice.

At the C0llCi\‘..\‘i"Il of his half- licur stitenlclit. the house adjourn- ed so that IIIPIIYDPYS m‘ght study the significance iz-f the fiflflIlClEii pr.blcin createrl by Will‘ and pre- pare themsclv s for debate. Oi: ‘s tinn Lvtitlfl‘ Hanson ad- jcllriozi the (l:ba‘c alid assurtd the. clvcrilment cf his brlisf that the Canadian lwopic \\‘"\llf‘l meet ilic‘ ‘ war oblgatirns "if it, takes thixi- last. dcllar.“

Mr. Hails n said: “The Canadian people must be brought to a rraliza- tion of ihi- grcatli rs of the cffwri as measured in (l"llfil'.\ and cents. aiid all that that implies."

Prime Minister Kin! said the speeclus made by hnis-elf and key manners pf (he cihinei- last fill‘.

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0n war contracts

OTPAWA, lfcb. 18; tor) -—Con-

‘servntive Leaner ll.lii on gale no-

iicc in LOliil_ s voila. lilid protecti- ings of the Coiillnoils that he will ask the govcrniclit tomorrow how many cost-plus contracts have been awarded by the government since September 1, i939.

MI‘. HHHSOII also ask. to what per- sons, firms or corporations such contracts were awarded. estimated cost of each contract cocnpleied. liow many of such contracts have been revi ed, what is the nature of each revision.

The Conservative House leader al- so wants to have similar information on government contracts awarded on the management-fee plan and in what management-fee contracts. if any, has provision been made for a reduction of fee in the event of the ultimate cost exceeding the es- timated cost.

Mr. Han en's final query in this connection is, “in what management fce contracts, if ally has provision been made for an increase of fee in the event of the ultimate cost being less than the estimated cost?"

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The People's aper Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

CHARLOTTETCWNICANADA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUKKY 19, 1941

Purchase five Guns for Police

The Purchase of four .38 calibre. Wlice revolvers and another of simi- lar size and weight with a .22.cali- bre bore for the City Police Force was authorized at a special meet- ing of the City Council held last night. In the absence of Mayor Hoi- mill. Deputy Mayor J. T. McKee was in the chair.

Councillor Stems. Chan-magi o:

the Police Committee, explained that in view of the recommendation of Slliiendiary Magistrate x. M. Martin, made shortly after the re- cent muiicler in the city, that tlie Police force be armed, it was m; by members of the Council that re- volvers should be iupplied, A local firm had brought in four for ap- proval but those were found to be not hefty enough.” Since then Couli. Steins has been in Toronto and on recommendation of the po- lice in that city looked over some .38 calibre. positive police colts. 171988 Would be available in six or eight weeks, he said. The price would be $37.

n the meantime the city police will be aimed with revolvers tem- porarily borrowed for the pUrpQ e,

The following resolution wp pass- ed: "Resolved that the City Clerk btifllll-floflledto purchase four .38 revolvers. police positive, for the use cf the constables of the City ‘ Police Force also one revolver of l similar izs- a.nd weight with 22 calibre bore and four suitable hoi- sters." It was moved by Coun. J, a; Steins and seconded by Coun. RC, Chandler.

Mother acquitted 0f charge of Abandoning child

ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, N. S., Feb. 1B -tCP) — A mother charged with abandoning n, 1 1-2 year-old boy and endangering its lii-e was acquitted ill Magistrates court to- day after witnesse. testified, the baby and a five-year-olcl sister hail peel: cared for by a teen-aged boy at. nearby Lawiencetoivn while the llIOlllPl‘ was cut 0f tmvn five days. Gerald Gaildet. 10- told the court Mrs. Mary Freeman, the accused. :l.-i_u~d him Feb. 2 to 100k after the children while 5'39. went to Halifax iortivo days. She did not return lliitll_Feb._7. he said. meanwhile advising lillii by po tcard she had been iii.

Ailbisey Freeman, grandfather’ of the youngsters, told of finding them

iiiouncil to i’

has begun passing into

sla via.

That Yuo siavla would main- tain a. “han s-off" polic regard- ing German action in Bu garia was indicated by reports from Sofia. Bulgaria, that Premier Cvetkovic or some other high Yugoslav offi- cial was expected in Sofia soon to draft a reafiirmation of the Yugo- slav-Bulgariaii friendship pact.

Meanwhile, authoritative word came from Greece that German planes are flying daily over Greek territory. coincident with reports that the Nazis have advised Athens to make peace with Italy lest their armies enter the con- flict on the Italian side.

Acting quickly after announce ment of the new Turkish-Bul- garian non-aggression pact-which s:me diplomatic circles have inter- preted as immobilizing Turkey Shflllld the Geimans move against Greece-the German minister to Athens was understotd to have told the Greeks that. the Germans wazlted the Albanian war to end.

The implication was that the Germans demanded “peace" on Mussollnbs teiims and that i1’ it did not cs-me Hitler's Balkan forces would attack Greece fro-m their Romanian bases by way of Bui- garia.

New Bulgarian negotiatitns with Germany appeared under way. The newspaper Vreme reported in a. Bucharest dispatch. that King Boris of Bulgaria liad gone to Germany Monday, possibly to n=k for his country an cutiet to the Acgean Sea through Greece,

Meanwhile, the terms given to

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alone ill tiieil‘_linli>cked home Feb. 7. Both were dirty and covered ivitli

S011“. he said. They. “lei-e lying it

illlSi. recognize him. Their grandmother testified ‘the

b.ib_v's clothe.» had stuck to its’ ores. and had to be soaked off. The inlfant later was taken to hospi-, a . >

Tic baby was suffering from lln- i liriiuo. a skin condition. and u iicazi cold, a (lnctci- testified, but seemed lii fairly good health otherwise. Its ii was not in danger.

I'll dismissing the ca e. Magistrate H. l3. Dickey told the woman: "The only thing i"at. saves you is that the troubie had not d£‘\'.'l’7n"d \\'lll‘l'I‘i)_\' lilo child's life was en_ dangrcrcd.“ Shc is the wife of a soldier on active sci-vice ivitj-i m; Canadian troops in Britain.

International. At A Glance

(By The Canadian Press)

IINGAPORE-dlustralian troops, thousand: strong, reach Singapore as that vital British base prepares for cventilalltiec.

TOKYO - Japan sends up trial balloon on willingness to mecligte l"! conflict; Aixs partner Germany Says offer is without significance; Wflhllllton auggeala "deeds. not words"; Japanese warships oft‘ Stain reported strengthened.

| 0.0.0“ ‘w ' except Saturday. Island w‘ “mie- L-450-l-25-tf.

"POSWOIICG 1%‘ i. m, Welles New Wilt- liiooluieliyiilniliici-iiiiiii» gléaoztgr at

“Chose liardia

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If imlgldfivlélitlht February 21st. nigh; i 9 following” Monday u L- 4-17-19.

90rd ' lain. gait; in no r. o. o. a. as; oddfelildwgllfiilgévy] Ilexbirtiarv “m4- Rcfrcshmcnts: c c“ 11-09-2-19-21‘.

hllfs ‘rhursday Feb. Eiihlllllgllln tiilma 1pm.; . - .m.

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- ~ Friday till I-Iradaibanc McEwen and 14-78

‘gelatin

instead of Beef"

UONDON, Feb. 18 -(OP) —F0od Minister Iword Wooiton told the House of Lords today that Britain had cho en "Bardia instead of beef" and warned that "greater restrict- ions" on diet were coming because o‘! the loss of food ships to subma-

nes.

When the decision was made t0 rush troops to the Mediterranean. he laid, the vernment took as transport vesse s "which were in the habit of brinlzing meat to this coun-

. . We had a choice of beef or Bardia."

The Fnod Ministry sees "no pos- sibility of getting those shim back willie the Mcditcrrailean campaign goes on," he added, and no chance

of raisin the meat ration from the current g3 cents worth a week per person.

BELGRADE — Greece reported facing alternatives nf suln Italy for peace or combining wit Bri- tain‘ to meet expected German at- ac .

ATHENS — Greece announces. new advance: in Albania.

LONDON - Admiralty announces naval planes ink German supply lhlp in Mediterranean; light raids mark day's attacks; 1,502 civilian lives loot in January.

OTTAWA-Dominica's 194i war coat to run more than 31.300.000.000 Finance Minister announces.

- PROM] NENT MARITIME]! DIES

DIGBY. N’. S., Feb. 18 -(CP)—- George W. Wlghtman. 00, promin- ent in Maritime fishing. lumbering: and mining circles, died at his home in nearby Smiths Cove today fol- lowing a lengthy illness. He was a former deputy mayor of Digby.

Mr. Wightman was born at Bayl-

Loss of British ' Minesweeper is Announced

LONDON, Feb. l8 —-(CP) -The acinliraliy issued this statement Tiic day iiight:-

"The boaid of acluliriilly regrets to announce that, the minesweeper H. M. S. Huntley iLt-Cmdr. E. S Cctseil, R.N.R.i has been sunk. "Tile next. of kin of casualties

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Trans-Canada Air Lines

Into Bulgaria

Long lines of freight cars rumble over Y_u_g_oslav railroads.

(By Paul Vajda, Associated Prue staff Writer) BELGRADE, Feb. Iil-twednecdafl-(AIU-German war IIIlNCflIl lgaria over Yugoslav railways, It. was report- ed reliably today as diplomatic circle: heard accounts of iednubled Ger- man efforts to malrc Greece come to terms with Italy.

Long lines of sealed railway can were aald to have roiled over the German-Yugoslav frontier en route to Bulgaria as a part of the agree- ment rcached in the interview at Berchtesgaden, between Hitler and the Yugoslav Premier, Dragisa Cvctkovic.

This passage of materials was one of the tcrins mentioned by Zlilll Sol, a member cf the Croat Peasant Party, who told his constituents the others included a larger share for Germany in this country's Mlle"!- tural production and observance of the strictest neutrality by Yugo-

Germany, last week

Extension in

I TIcIAI . ‘diiifcili-‘Sdiificial. lo Britain to act .is

Effectvie April 1

UITAWA, Feb. l8 -—(CP) _—WiLh an extensive expansion in the Services planned to go into effect around April 1 the government has decid- ed to continue for another year the existing agreement with T. C. A. for the transportation of air mall which has been in effect since the service started.

A re;olutlon in Commons‘ votes and proceedings today gives notice that the preserit_ arrangemen. whereby the post office pays Trans- Canada a, flat rate of 60 cents a mile to carry all its air mail, rc- gardless of how much, will be con- tinued for one more year.

When the service started this rate wa: fixed with the understanding that if Trans-Canada lost on a

year's operation Parliament should

make up the deficit. ‘ The idea. was that it was impos-

sible to lcaow how much T. C. A.

surplus thi r year

have IJPGIItjIIlQIZIIICG."

Find babies in Wooden boxes

BOSTON, Feb. l8 —(APi —Dis- covery of a baby so ill it may die and of other infants being cared for in wooden boxes at unlicensed bounding house: brought an order tonight for an investigation of all such places in Massachusetts.

Marty T. McCann. a state in- spector, said she found eight infants lying in wooden boxes under wet clothing in a. laundry of one him-r. and six babies with various illnesses in one room at another house.

' The state welfare commissioner, Arthur G. Rotch, said complaints al- ready have been fsued against two Boston women. charging them with boarding more than one baby with- out a licence. A bill is before the legislature for state and

f all baby bonding

W848, N’. B.

. ation o houses

Calls On Britons To Prepare For Supremi Test

First Sea Lord couples warn- ing with view long-term British offensive has started.

'of our island." and

should be paid for carrying mails until it had been tried out for two years.

T. C. A. made more than $500,000 because of the heavy passenger traffic. WlIlCll rior- mally would mean the rate charged the post office department would have been decreased.

However the expansion of the air service planned for April 1 makes it uncrrtain what the financial sltowing will be in the fiittire, so the trial arrangement will be continu ed.

The expansions propo ed are:

‘Three Montreal to vflllCflllVPl‘ scr- vices dailv each way insmad of two as at present.

WINS GEORGE (‘ROSS

LONDON —iCl’I -- "For acis of exceptional coolness and courage oii several occa ions." Lcoilard Harris- on, a bomb expert. has been a- viarzled tlic George Cross. Hc is a civilian instructor, at an R. A. F. t.rl_iiii__ing ivool.

LONDON. Feb. l8--(CP)—A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Ad- miralty, called on Britons tonight to prepare “for the supreme battle said that a “ion -term offensive against the Axis’ has be un with British auc-

cessel in Afr ca. But he added: "The main clash

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Senate hears Calls to defeat Lease-lend Bill

By Richard L. Turner Associated Presc Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 —(AP) —Senutor Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan and Senator Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri. the olie' a Republican and the other a Demo- crat, today appealed to a grimly earnest Senate to reject the lease- lend bill because, they said, it would place the United States upon the

brink of full involvement iii ..he war. Senator Gerald Nye (Ileim-ND.)

followed them with a demand that President Roo evelt disclose wheth- er he is “entertaining the notion of a pemianeilt alliance with Brit- ain." Nye. too, charged the measure was a. “ivar bill" and one which would pilt the United States "iilllv into the bloody business of lickiuc Adolf Hitler."

To their clitreaties Senator" Hiram Johnson (Rcp-CalifJ, submitting a minority report from the coniimlt- tee on foreign relatimis- added a W" defeat. He kes the President ,a dictator 411th into war." debate progressed.

While President Roosevelt disclosed to hl cres< confercilcc that he is scnciitig

the

Harriam. financier and what Mr. Roosevelt tclnlcd a lie- fence cxpediter.

Mr. Roosevelt. also said he hope; to have ready in a week or two a home defence s_vstcin under ivhien woncn and men outside the rlraft. are could assist in the defence mo- gram. '

Nazi planes fiver Greece .

BITOLJ, Yugoslavia. Feb. ‘.8 — (AP: - Reports ironi Greece today said higli ilying rcconnai one‘: planes, "|:o.sitivei_l' identified as German. have been flying over Greek Macedonia in recent clays. provoking fears of an inva ion of Nazi forces.

'I"nir planes were said to appear earth day along the Bulgarian fron- tier, causing as many as three ziir raid alarms daily in Greek towns.

One of these reconnais ance planes is reported to have flown south of Athens.

Greek military observers say the planes come from the direction of Billgaria, taking off from either Bulgarian or Riimaniaii bases.

The Greeks remain rilcnt, hoping to avoid provoking an "incident."

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Aussies arrive

SINGAPORE, Feb. l8-—( thousands. strong reached Siilgap 'i'lllls was iiroilgllt to this

froili great liners which had tra

Australians, jziiiiining the rails all iiirrcl."

a $ll\)\\’L‘i' of Ailstrziiizlii pennies (iclicrzils and Admirals who had tile tfoliiliioiiivczillii troops under

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ive don't care."

in Millaya, at the tip of which lies SHIIIEIDOYU. liirzins that Britain is gilarding auainst a Japanese land thrust at Singapore. Air Chief Mar- shal Sir Robt. Brooke Pophain, Bri- tish Far Eastern Commander-in- Chici with headquarters at Sing- apore. attended an Australian war cabinet meeting in Sydncv only last Friday, at which the Australian Government said the Far Eastern situation was of the utmost gravity.

(Tile Thai (Siamese) Government. in a communique issued Tuesday. reiterated its denial of Japanese reports that its southern provinces were disturbed by a massing of Bri- tish troops in hfalaywa. near the ‘Thai borders».

The iiien who arrii/cd today to reinforce the tllfCBLlV formidable British. Indian and Malay F0111- nients under the Far East Com- mandcr-in-chief are “all Aus- tralian." With the troops “'91! artillery‘ and motor transport.