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CHARI-OTTETOWN. CANADA MYYNDAY, MAY,M12 1941

“llinounc. BERLIN ABE BLIlSTE

jnrsrozv CALLS [QR 32,000 ARMY RECR 011's’ Germans Admit‘

,Westm

Hall, Abbey Hit A By Nazi Bombers

British night filiters make re-

zord-Down Zzenemy planes.

12—(Monday)—(CP) — Nazi bgnflwfS struck at London again last night and early to- tiw lltll it was the lightest raid in three weeks on the r‘. which had felt the fury of the raiders in a de- SlTl1(‘l‘~.\C attack 24 hours earlier.

LONDON, May

(“Ill

While thousands of Londoners huddled in shelters

w; ' tho possibility that

y-"vitllll lll‘ rc-cnzlctcd, gunfire rumbled intermittently but before dawn when Solllllll d the end of the night's second alarm.

1,o_\‘ll(\I\'_ May rI—(CP)—The Houses of Parliament and t- .\lil>c_\', Big Ben, whose chimes have sounded Em- ' ltv millions, and Westminster Hall were hit during Sat- [day night's lvrriiic air raid on London, it was announced today.

ctznttl a fen‘ hours

pin llll

ln the light of a full moon the Nazi raiders swept across the t n: of the capital, dropping thousands of explosives and incen-

hry hmnlu.

Thur .~tint.~ltt-tl the debating chamber of the House of Com- . ~_\ttl’..-l of Britain's democratic government-into ruins. It will haw) ti. lit? rebuilt before it can be used again.

'l'ht“_v ptt-rvcrl what many consider the most magnificent roof ‘nthe w.~;-!-l—tli:tt of Westminster Hall, with its soaring arches ortl. beams-mud damaged the hall's interior.

lhty iwptttti-tl \\'csttninster Abbey, historic shrine of England,

, the sky.

tlockworlt Wit: unharmed.

t fighters, carrying

ltkilllilrit tn tlttttt, bagged 29 of the

downed illilllllvl‘ four.

llanailian navai Reserve forces Serve on 7 seas

HAMILTON, Mav 11 -<c1=) -

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Bigot: tt-ltl ‘llllrl them not. on.y tn l“ m‘ Pvtulmnlt. ‘but tn slngn- H511‘... satd the Navy Mlnls-

.ln Hamilton to address b meet.

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fire to a section of the British Museum.

I ers and 47 German sailors seized.

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the previous night's havoc

the all-clear

out their most successful coun- raitlers while anti-aircraft

This record bag for a single night. was estimated to have accounted for l0 per cent of the invading atr fleet and brought to 124 the number of Nazi night bombers shot. down In attacks on Britain during the first: 10 days of May. The pre- vlous record toll for a single night. was 24 on May 8.

In the House of Lords Capt. E. L. H. Elliott, resident superinten- dent was killed at his post while assisting tn fire fighting. Others

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Motor car workers‘ To strike Thursday

DETROIT, May ll —(AP) —The United Automobile Workers (C. I. O.) will go on strike at. 7 n. m. Thursday at. 60 General Motors plants throughout. the United States unless an agreement cm new contract. demands ls reached be- fore that time between the uNon and management tn renewed con-

-Corpora.tion stations In the Mart-

ferences at Washington, union of- fitxars announced today. '

Hoover

Time For US.

WarPreparations

Country will be at war moment navy goes into action.

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German supply Vessel sunk

IDNDON, Nazi 11 —(CP) - A German merchant vessel acting es a supply ship for s Nut raider, and a Norwegian tanker, captured by tlxe raider, have been intercepted and sunk 1n the Indian Ocean by the Australian cruiser Canberra and the New Zealand cruiser Leander, tt was announced today.

The sunken ship; were tdentlfted as the 7.400-ton German Toburg and the 7.03l-ton Norwegian tanker Ketty Brovlg. A number of Nor- wegian seamen and Chinese, appar- ently held prtsoner by the Nazis, were rescued and 18 German offic-

lleed many 0' Suez

Men in next Two months

ormwa. my 1l-(Cl=g)-De- t a l l. a n

fence Minister Ralston tont ht ts- sued o. call to the young men of Canada. to Join the cc ve army. He said 32.000 are needed tn the] next two months. q

“Tonight I open Canada's first recruttl campaign.” he said tn a. I radio ad as. “This is a. call for men for the army.

“I will get rlglht down to bust-l ness. We need about 32,000 men tn the next two months."

The Minister said the men were needed to bring the armored div- tston up to strength, to replace units of the 4th division which had been transferred to the arm- ored dtvtslon and to reinforce un- its of the 3rd division and others. He aeld the Government now was asking for the reinforcements which would normally be required over the next: cwo months.

A month ago, Col, Ralston said, he had‘ said Canada would need probably 6,000 men a month to pro- vtde replacements and keep up the strength of units. But the plans had to be changed. Yugoslavia and Greece had fallen.

“Hitler now threatens the Middle East and Suez." Col. Ralston satd. “Equipment which could lll be-, spared‘ has been lost. The shipping situation has grown more serious. That is all in one short. month."

Col. Ralctows address was broad- cast over Canadian Broadcasting

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time provinces at. 7:15 p. m. A.D.'I‘. and was to be rebroadcast to the rest; of Canada at 12:15 p. m. A. D. T. CBC officials said the marl- ttme network is off the air at 11:15 p. m. A.D.T.

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Body of B. 0. Senator found

WINTER. Saskn May 11 -tCPl- Tllc body of nn elderly man, be- lieved to be that of senator J. D. Taylor, '17, publttlzer of the New Westminster British Columblan, a daily newspaper, was found today along side railway tracks near this northwestern Saskatchewan town.

Senator Taylor. a representative of the Conservative party tn the Senate, was occupying a sleeping car compartment aboard the east- bound Canadian National Railways “Continental Ldmlted" and was bound for Ottawa. When the tratn leached Saskatoon early today the compartment was found to be emp- ty with the wlndgv glass broken. Subsequent search along the line between Edmonton and Saskatoon led to discovery of the bodv clad tn night; clothes. not. established definitely today.

The Senator left Vancouver Fri- day to attend the parliament ses- sion nt Ottawa. As tPe train was leaving Bigger. Snsk. 75 miles east of Winter. at 3:35 a. m. MST (7:35 a. m. ADT) today o. railway em- ployee notlced the broken window.

ONE ARM-FOUR H. I. O.

SPOKANE. Wash. —(CP)- Les- ter P. Edge. gtrlng bllthrlv through life with one nnn. this dona the Countryjllub course several tines tn the seventies and ts officially credited wlth four ho es-ln-otne.

Pleads m

NEW YORK. May 11 —- (AP) — Herbert Hoover said tonight that the United States will be at war “tthc moment our navy ts put into action" and pleaded for time to ure-

stmzdpolnt and asserted that. beyond a Renernl determin- atton to defend the western heml- sphere and . ‘ condemnation of amressolr ‘P101008, "we are a. dt-

vtded ‘D .. "H geollgW “lit W!

address. “That ls a straightforward. understandable proposal which boldly makes clear the meaning of wouls like convoys or patrols. "That ts jotnlng tn this war. one: and for all. Hon: here the steps are

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Identification was _

mend.

The communique laid extensive damage was caused (,0 all-cm", a; ll" W" Slf-‘lllfln RlNlrI-lmea In the attack which "came as s complete

surprise."

One German Messerschmltt was destroyed and and“; 30 Qfflcefg running into the mess were machine-gunned at Comlso.

CAIRO, May I1—(AP)—The Suez canal zone was raided for the third successive night Saturday night when Axis aircraft dropped hnrnbs causing slight damage to property and injuring one person. The raid was announced by the Egyptian Ministry

of the Interior.

Bom bed; l R.A.F. Surprises

klromes

Ctllno» May 12-(Monday)—(AP)—Successful attacks by the Royal Atr Force on enemy aircraft based on alrdromes at Catanln and Comlso, . Sicily, were announced today by the Royal Air Force Middle East corn-

British Navy Delivers Hard Blow At Italians

Bengasi shellal-in - sudden

smashing assault. __ W __._.__.

- By Robert Bunnelle . .. _‘ Associated Press Staff Writer’

--LONDON, May ll-(AP) -Brlt- ain’s Mediterranean squadrons, en the loose again, have delivered an- other powerful blow against Ital- ian North Africa and escapt-d un- scathcd from a mass assault by axis bombing and torpedo planes, the admiralty announced Saturday.

This action took place last Thurs- day, the admiralty said, beginning in the early morning hours when units of the fleet stole up to the Libyan coast and shelled the im- portant axis port of Bengasl, in an action similar to the April 22 naval and air assault upon Tripoli.

(Berlin said Sunday night that the fleet renewed its shelling of Bcngast duzing the weekend but clalmed that. two cruisers and three destroyers carrying out the ncnlon were driven off by dive-bombers. No announcement concerning :hl.s action has been made so far by the admiralty.)

The announcement satd two 11x15 supply ships approaching Bengnsl harbor were intercepted. One, a 3.-

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Anti - convoy Backers face Certain defeat

WASHINGTON, May 1l—(AP) -— Sonte bacltcs of the Tobey anti- convoy resolution conceded loony that lt faces almost certain defeat in the Senate and undertook to dls- saude the author, Senator Charles Tqbey tRep.-N.H.) from pressing 1t t0 n vote.

With informal polls indicating that. supporters could muster less than 40 votes for the proposal. Senator Gerald Nye. North Dakota. Republican and lending isolationist told reporters he was "afraid 1t hasn't, n chance."

Nye said he thought President Roosevelt “would take it's defeat: as c, signal to go ahead with convoys" and for that reason sold he ts et- tempting to convince Tobey that he ought. not to offer the resolution, n; now planned, as an amendment to an administration-sponsored btll which would permit the government to take over tdle foreign ship; tn Untied States ports.

Meanwhile, Senator Harry Byrd (Dem-Ve.) told reporters that the government should make public fig- ures on the dollar value o! United States supplies forwarded under the

rovtsfons of the lease-lend btll that

ave been sunk en route to Britain.

Orapaud girl To Graduate

BATHUBST. N. 8., May 11 -(O- P) —Stx nurses who will graduate from the James Hamlet Dunn Hos- pttal here tomorrow are Evelyn M. Robertson. Barney's River. N. 5.; Jenn Gordon, New Glasgow. N. 8.: Elmlle MaoDougall, Stellarton, N.

IFish-ingmllessel

Is Re-floated

CAPE TORMENTINE, N. B.- May 11-—(CP)—Tl1e fishing vessel Ad- mlnlstrlx was towed into Cape Tor- menttne by fishermen during the weekend after grounding on a reef four miles from here.

The grounding occurred Friday. After n signal of distress failed :0 bring immediate assistance, seven crew members rowed to Cape Tor- mentlne ln a dory, The cargo of 1.400 begs of salt and fishing sup- plies from Newfoundland was re- moved here and the vessel pwcoed- ed to Plctou, N. S., for recalls.

Greamery butter Stocks reduced

OTTAWA. May 11—~(CP) -’I‘ot.al estimated stocks of creamery bul- ter on hand in Canada Mny 1 were 10,171.70»! pounds. compared with 10.746566 DOl-lnds May 1, 1940, and 11.395686 pounds Aplll 1, the dom- lnlon bureau of statistics said in t“, preliminary report Saturday

In the total May l stocks were 9.662.895 Pounds of Canadian-made butter in storage, 303,000 poundg 1n in carlonds tn the hands of railway COYYIPBIIIBF. 13.097 pounds imported and 187.712 Pounds held tn bond.

Ghee-BB holdings were reported by warehouses and dairy factories at 15.158061 pounds May l, and an my. ded estimate of 141.000 pounds for firms falling to repozt on time made a grand total of 15...29.06l pounds —an increase of 1.200.000 pounds gvpr last year's figure for tl-t-

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3.. and Eleanor ‘rrowsdsle, Crap‘- eud, P. B- L _ _,___. ___ __ l

lFor whole truth

Hear demand

0f shipping

IDNDON, May lI-(CP) —An- notlneemem that: Nazt raiders have taken t; toll of more than 6.000.000 tons of British, Allied and neutral merchant shipping since use wars start brought. demand today that "the whole truth" about. the ship- ping situation be set. promptly be- fore Britons and Americans.

Seriousness of the situation should be explained clearly, tt was scat- ed. following

M The admtraltyk statistics. in sum- mery, showed this to be the price exacted by German mines, utt- and sea raiders on Brtttsh ships and» ships tn Britain's service:-

Slnce the war began-LMZ! mer- chgkntamen, totalling 5,961,044 tons, nu .

Insses for lest montn "alone-we ahtps totalling 488.124 tons- were the first to be published as a month- ly total and were announced early , Saturday "in view of reports from German and other sources."

. On the other hand, the admiralty announced the axis had lost 2.012.000 tons by sinking, capture or seuttltm since the start of the war and said , 000.000 tons of these losses occurred tn the last stx weeks. Germany g

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has lost 1,756,000 tons; 1t vv, 1.090,- 000 tons, and another 6.3.000 tons "useful to the enemy" ha beenl

Loeptured or destroyed.

Newsman gives Impressions 0f London

Have To-“Look Twice” To Tell a War’s On In British Capital.

(After 18 months of watching the, Battle of Britain, returning war. correspondent. Edwin Stout. presents this unusual study of ltfe in wartime London.)

(By Edwin Stoul) (Associated Press Staff Writer) NEW YORK, May l1—-(AP)-If

you were in London on a. s-lmny, afternoon this spring. you would. have to look twice to tell there was, a war on. ‘

Except for the empty places where buildings used to be, the clty seelns much the some as it was be- fore the blitz started. It's hard to walk without stepping off the side- walks because the streets are so crowded with the people from the; stores and soldiers from London‘ barracks. '

If there is an afternoon ulr raid,‘ you might: see a few puffs in - 6, skv where atll-aircraft shells burst,_' or a few vapor trails where bombers and pursuit planes are fighting 1t out. but even with strong field glasses 1t is rare that. anyone sees a dogililllli- 1

In 18 months 1n London I silent» many hours on rooftops during air raids. But: in all those I saw only one tilaue fall. ,

There are so many other things- I looked for and failed to see that the 1>€0Dle I talk to are begumlng to think I wasn't there. _ ,

Except for veterans of the _flrst Great. War I never saw a maimed or wounded person on the streets; The high SDCNl antbltlnnce service. gets them off the streets in a. mat.- ter of minutes. l

I never saw n pPYSOH lumpy 0T, shaky front bombardment. During; 500 air ratds I watched thousands‘. of people on btlscs, on the streets. tn rcst-attrants, tn theatres. m 0[f'c-, cs, in saloons. and n1 night clubs. 1 never saw anyone lump or fLr.r.l1

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Budget debate To resume at Ottawa today

QTTAWA, May ll-(CP)—GBH-| t-ral debate on the budge‘. will be, rcswncd in the House cf Cmmllllllfi l01110fl‘0\\' and a vote ls expeclfll Tuesday or Wednoday, but that will be only the inst. stage of Par- t lianlenfs Cldllldllllg of the record‘ taxation measures being imposed by 1 Finance Minister Ilsley. _ ,

Once the lnaln debate 1s disposed , of the House will go into commit-l, tee on the lCSLllllLlOllS covering the taxation increase and tariff changes, possdzly u 1on3 PYm-‘edllw,

The motion which vicompantezt Mr. Ilsleys presentation ol the budget April 29 was that. the Housv go into conunitlee on the resolu- tions essential to g.ve effect to the tax and‘ tariff changes.

Th1’) llmcttnntcnts have bcfn moved’ one by the New Democracy group ruling for use of the Bank of Canada's credit-creating powers to supplement lax revenues and‘ non-interest bearing loans to fl-i nance the war, and another by the C.C.F. grottp calling for nationaliz- ation of Canaries Lnunclal llzslttti- tlons.

AtLption of either amendment would mcun defeat of time govern- ment. and n general cleetxm, but‘ there is no llkedllood o1 them carrying.

The Senate 2s scheduled to meet} Tuesday evening but t-here ls no_ Commons business ready for that chamber and" the meeting may be, purely formal, follcwied by another: adjournment.

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Mach Damage At‘ Important y Port"

British conceal-ate on great shipping centre; Super- bombs create chaos; Un- usual admission by

enemy of destruction.

(By hostel‘ Barclay, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

LONI)OZ\', hilly 11—(CP)—Britain sent an armada of 100 bombers into Germany’s skies last night and early to- day to pound Hamburg in the second massive and de- structive raid within a week on the German port. Smaller units struck at Berlin and Nazi-held cities on the contin- ent.

The Air Ministry announced, and the Germans acknow- ledged, that widespread destruction and raging fires were left in already badly-battered Hamburg, which with Bre- men was ‘the target Thursday night of the biggest mass (‘if A. l‘. planes ever assembled for a single night's at.

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New devastation was churned up among the port's much-bombed shipyards and industrial plants, the air

t ministry's account said.

Although there were not as many planes involved as on 'l'hu_rsdlt_v night when 300 to 400 planes were hurled auainst Hamburg and Bremen, the Germans indicated lt was just as damaging, or perhaps more so.

ln an unusual admission, Berlin said that in addition to fires and destruction there were many casualties. In Thursday's raid they acknowledged at least 94 casualties and 35 missing-

Thc :\ir hliltislry News Service, telling of the raid. said the; lJrili-h lllllllllfd‘: again used their new heavv bontbs,

“The night was so clear," said one pilot, "that when one of our been? bombs left the aircraft I couldsee it going tlotvn for 1,000 tcct. Then crltne the most amazing sight l ever srnv."

The ll1l>ll of tltc llltlllll bursting, he Silltl. flannlnf red ball half a mile across.

WflS A. @111‘;

“liven at the height we were travelling we felt the kick of the

lslast," he said. ‘Ilivcrythittg inside the ball seemed crumbling and burning, and the ilocks all .'ll"‘llll'l*l, as well as tllc sky, were lighted up. ~.-—__- ~-

He said industrial plants and FATAL lll-mllllYTY factories, with their chimneys """_'

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