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Blow A_t_ Italians

. Cairo scene of

_ final blow at Italy’s African i Empire is prepared.

Thinks German invasion only , Matter of hours

10x10. March lfl-fwed- “may; - (AP) -— Ma .-Gen. Kiyofuku Okamoto, jus re- (“med from Berlin. said today he thinks the landing of Ger- m", forces on the British isles “"1101 nnly s matter of hours."

t tt hed t0 th . . “$213: membsgcg, in Bgfll]: and Belgians in perhaps the aid in an interview: e most international and formid-

“The anticipated landing op- eration of German forces on the British Isles no longer is a more topic in Germany. I think lt is now only a. matter of

urs.‘

“What most impressed me 4min; my year stay in er- many vi-as the complete unity [Iid high morale of the Ger- man army-f’ he added. "The German people have a warm feeling inward Japan and Japan and Germany are in the same hnat."

ilasiialties high; in Liverpool, tlasgow raids

i LONDON. March l8.——(CP)—-Nazi bombs killed 1.000 persons and in- jured another 1.300 iii three . nights last ivcek in the idverpocl ‘ and Glasizow arena. shipping 8nd shipbuilding centres vital to Brit- slirs survival in the battle of the Atlantic ilic Government announc- ed tonight. ‘llie Air and Home Security Min- isiries diiicicd the casualties as tol- lows: Liverpool. 500 killed. 500 ; Glasgow. 500 killed. 800

' s said the casualties in l raids. carried out on I liarch 1.2 and l3. and. on the Glas- sow area un March 13 and 14. were lbout tho name its those at Coven- lrv and Sheffield last Autumn.

Britain nus comparatively quiet overnight because of the foil.

The Royal Air Fbrce had a. busy nlvlu Monday. A 5,000-ion Lierman supply ship WlllCll. was being escorted bran nun-aircraft ship, was sulldil , olf the Frisian islands. The British

nllot flew oft after machine gunning

Ill other ships in the convov,

Air Ministry news iervice said.

The R.A.F. canted out attacks on . Wilhelmsiintrn, Bremen. Rotter- dam and Oldenburg. causing nutter-

olo eixplosioris and flies in the dock

lllil industrial areas, of Wilhelm- i lliBVfll and Bremen. both naval bas- = M. an Air Ministry communique Mid. A large fire broke out among

nilatorage tanks at Rotterdam.

llar—-25 Years A y Ago Today .

(By The Canadian Press) MARCH 19. 1916—Fcur German " 833M008 dropped bombs on Dover.

mulérédarltamsgeg killiuginme and - Persons. Russ ens c - W“! laoahan. Persia. and millie ‘ s in Lake Nsvtcz urea on the in" River,

57 Coming Events

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By EDWARD KENNEDY Canadian Pros: Staff Writer

CAIRO, March 19.—-- (Wed- nesday)-(AP)—A great army, described as the largest ever to stand in this region, has been assembled here for Britain's final assault on the remnants 0t Italy's East African empire.

Troops drawn from Australia, New Zealzmd, India, British Af- rican coionics and other parts of the empire, have been augmented by Free French, Poles, Czechs

able force ever to tread this his- toric battleground.

Several hundred United States planes have been assembled. and they may be put to their severest test shortly-flying through sand- laden desert air to bomb Italian troops and positions ahead of Brit- ish land forces in a. general advance on Ethiopia.

British forces already are taking full advantage of their recapture o Berbera. capital of British Somali- land, from the Italians last Sun-

day.

From this base on the Gulf of Aden. the mixed troops of General Sir Archibald Wavell are spreading out through the colony whose na- tives are joining the British troops in the drive toward the northern frontier of Ethiopia.

"Veteran-r of the African cam-

lgns were among men reported

and-ed by Britain in Greece to face’ an expected thrust bv German troops in Bulgaria. (Reports of a steady stream of ar- rivals from the empire indicated adequate African replacements for any men sent to the Balkans).

Cou ‘ Blow Repuised

A violent Italian counter-attack against British forces which cap- tured two important peaks over- looking Cheren in Eritrea. has been repulsed with heavy Fascist losse in dead. wounded and prisoners. aBrlt- ish headquarters communique an- nounced today.

ilwo Norwegians ‘Killed in crash

VICTORIA. March lB--(CP)— ‘Two members of the Royal Nor- wegian naval air force were killed today and a third was injured severely when a seaplane in which they were takln8 off from thfl Royal Canadian Air Force station at nearby Patricia Bay crashed in- to the water.

Killed were Bub-L-iout. Ycna Riiser, pilot, and. Lieut. Kaare Kjos, giumer. The observer, Lieut. E. Bjornsby. was injured. No oth- ers were in the plane.

Western air command said the aircraft was engaged in training operations and had just taken off when it slipped into the water from a. turn at low altitude and sank

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1941

funklsll. GREEK. BRITISH ARMY cnnzrs conrrn?

British Assemble

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[British plane Factories made Record in Feb.

I! DOUGLAI AMABON

mnoon. March i8.—-(CP) Cable) —British factories produced a great. er number of aircraft -bombers and flzhters-in Pbbfllfiry than 1n any previous month of the war. the House of Commons we, informed fo-

av.

Col. J. J. Llewcll , Parliamentary Secretary to the Algraft Production Ministry. made the statement with- out disclosing an figures. He spoke in reply t0 IRE! by Geoffrey Mander, Liberal. that “great 41559;. lsfaction with the chaotic state of affairs" at the Ministry l; 191; 1n the country.

Mr. Mander said tthat Lord. Beav- GIBPOOILHthE lidlnister. uses "unusual methods in obtaining his ends the Aircraft Production Ministry. exerting: “There is a. very remark- able personality in charge of it who is capable of producing and can DPOdHw great results by some un- uspal methods."

It is quite preposterous for the honorable member to suggest 9V9£Yi¢hlIlR is wrong with the Minis. try. CoLLlewelling said, Lord Beav. erbrpok. bv his methods “Rot a move on 1n the whole aircraft industry Whkh been completely bheno-

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of fic Only Minor Snuabbles

C01. Llewelling Qadd that mjnm-l squabbles “must be put in the vast perspective behind the man largely responsible for helping to defeat; the enemy all last year." He credi Lord Beaverbmok with providin that vast reserves of aircraft whic have helped reinforce the Royal Air Force for this year's conflict. Beverley Baxter. Toronto-born M. P" Who. with Rt. Hon. R. B. Ben- nett. J. P. Bickel, and the Minister. makes up the four “Busy B's" --a1l natives of Canada-at the lvfinlstry. also paid tribute to his chief.

“The House has to accept this ex- traordinary man with all the diffi- culties of temperament he undoubt- edly possesse: to a marked degree." Mr. Baxter said. _

"At anv given moment 10rd Beav- erbrook can be proved via-orig. but in the end he has a terrific habit of being proved right. I begthe House not to exaggerate the importance of these temperamental difficulties which occur wherever this Minister is in charge."

line dead, 62 injured in Montreal blast

MONTREAL, March 18 -—(CP) — One man died in hospital tonight from burns suffered in a noon-day explosion which crumpled a big fur - dyeing plant in downtown Montreal.

John Hoza. 46. died while fire- men and police slill searched the smouldering members of the four- storey building in a search for pos- sible other victims. while expressmu strong hope that there had been no other deaths in t-hr blast. District fire chief Ned l-iollett said after a preliminary examiiinta ion of the de ris, that he had dis- covered no bodies in the ruins. ol- though 62 or more than 500 nan’ workers were injured in ihe unex- plained blast.

"I've been all through the sec- ond nnd third floors and there wasn't one body." he said stepping down from an ice-coated ladder. "‘I‘hat is there wasn't one visible. although there might be under benches or covered with ice."

He added that firemen working

immediately.

Italian batteries silent,

Finland gets Money to aid Food shortage

WASHINGTON. March llF-(AP) -l~"lnlocid received a . . credit from the export-import bank tzdey to relieve its food short-IAN- Flniiish government has been negoieting for food relied almost since th end of its wet with Rus- sia. In the meantime s. gemenie were made for the Red Cross to tak cure of some of itie mist ur- gent lflnnlsti needs.

Today. Jesse H. Jonu. United Btetee Federal Loan Administrator announced that the export-fmport bunk had mode a msximim of 06.000000 worth of credits avail- able t: the Finns "prlmerly for the

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' HUGE BRITISH cozvvo Y SAILS MEDITERRANEAN

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Axis warplanes refrain

from attack; Ships carry supplies to Greeks.

By Lorry Alien Associated Press Staff Wmer

ABOARD A BRITISH CRUISER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. Mar. l8 —(AP) — British and allied for- ces. daring the silent guns on lt- aly's Dodecanese Islands and ads serial scouts. have taken to Greece important wru- suppiies in some of the largest oonvo otter assembled.

The crew of tn and other Brit- ish cruisers. battleships and du- troyers were constantly at the "ready," and several times precau- tionary air raid alarms were sound- ed, but the ipontic flotilla poss- ed from centre and eastern Med- iterranean ports into the Aegean Bee without incident.

The vessels. including tankers and freighiers of every sort. moved at times within a. few miles of the Italian batteries on the Dodeeen-

ese.

As the ships zlgzagged and fau- ned out through. the island-dotted passages known as the German iii-Mi

fooutinued on was S. Col It j

loss of three en

Forecast joint Development of St. Lawrence

--President Roosevelt told a D1858. conference today he would send to Congress within a, few days a re-

memzlusince the time he came into st, Lawrence seaway-power the

quest for legislation for dsveloun

WASHINGTON- Mflrch 13PM?) linen had gone down. nor the size

Says Nazi Subs, Cruisers Operated In WestAtlantic

Sank unconvo-yr-ee-d ships 1,500 miles from New York; Reveals

emy U-Boats.

(By Alfred Wnli. Associated Press

Staff Writer) LONDON, March la - (AP)- Gerrnan submarines and battle

cruisers operating on “the Ameri- can side of the Atlantic" already have sunk unconvoyed British ships within_1.5(l0 miles of New York. Prime Minister Churchill declared today.

' The Prime Minister did not specify just how many merchant-

lliowe clashes With supporter In Parliament

OFITAWA, March 18-07?)- Shipbuildirig. iron deposits and a ccrdite plant in Winnipeg occup- led the House of Commons this afternoon but greatest interest was in the latter which brought B- sharp interchange between Muni- tlons Minister Howe and a Gov- ernment supporter, Ralph lvlay- bani; (Lib. Winnipeg south Cen- tre).

At one stage Mr. Howe ordered the Winnipeg member to " t down" as Mr. Maybank sought, on a point of order, to charge the minister with misquoting him.

Mr. Howe also objected to the House permitting Mr. Maybenk to exceed, to a considerbale degree. the 40 minutes a member is ul- lowed to speak.

But. W. A. Tucker (Lib. Ros- thern) rose. spoke a few words and then yielded the floor to Mr. May- bank who under rules when the House is in committee was then

of the Nazi raiding force. but the berm he used for the surface raiders could applv to warships as large as the 26,000-ton Scharn-

mm with ‘Tfinadil °i a W‘ °‘ mpicrst. to which he had referred in

project. He would not say definitely what

it might include a seaway as We-l 118 power develonmcnh

The request. the President assert- ed. would be for legl lation rathetl than a trcatv which was defeatedm, 1934, because the Senate failed to:

ted ,...v. n tilt,‘ icquircd two-thirds vote.

The agreement with Canada to be transmitted in e. report to Congress will require only a. maioritv vote.

‘llie President would not say how much moncv would be asked in 00n- nection with the project.

‘iherc ucro two indications that it would involve a. senway as well as a poviuir development:

1. Mr. Roosevelt remarked that the cost of a dam built for power

OTTAWA, March lB—(Cl'l— The proposed agreement bo- tween the United States and Canada for the St. Lawrence seawey-power project. it was understood tonight received s final cheek-up by department experts of the two countries here today and is ready for signature.

General belief here is that the agreement will be signed to- morrow in Ottawa, or st the latest on Thursday.

purposes would be increased only 10 per cent. if a lock were included foo‘ seaway purposes. Thu . he said, if a power dam cost $200.000.000.alock would cost $20,000,000 more.

2. Mr. Roosevelt observed thatin the present state of the waterway. no ocean-going vessel couldbe built in shipyards on the Great Lakes and no ships could be diverted from lakes to ocean use unless they were under Z70 feet in length.

Approve Lord Somers as chief 0f Boy Scouts

UITAWA, March 18 -—(CPl - Delegates to the annual meeting of the Canadian gmeral council of the; Boy Scouts Association todav voic::l approval of the suggcstml appointment of Lord Somors i0 the position of chief Scout for the British Empire to succeed the late Lord Baden-Powell. Lord Somers, who has held the post of deputy chief srcut. new is in Egypt.

Reports from tlic provinces were presenter! by Mi. Jilstice W. If. Harrison of Saint John for Now" Brilnsivlck: A. P Ccretti of Bu.‘ den. P. E. I., for Prince Edward Is- lan

d.

Dominion officers for 1041 in- elude:

Hon. J. B. M. Baxter. Saint Jfohn. pgoliéincial president for New Bruns- w r

A. P. Ceretti probably is the oii- ly deep sea diver in the world who has the distinction of being e Sroutmaster.

Ceretti. who once dove to a depth of 210 feet says stories of his work many fathoms down in the sea makes materiel with which to regele is troop members.

IONDON. March l8.—(CP)—'I‘he‘ Food Ministry announced today that cheese would be rationed soon. TilQl amount to be allowed was not dis-l

workers and miners would receive] larger allotments than other F0111)". This will be Britain's first allocation! of special amounts of food to ferent classes of women

‘from the United State alone in closed. but s. statement said farm 000

the past as a "battle cruiser." He made his disclosure before

WW“ "mmmmd- m" mdwamine Pilgrims Club in formally wel- coming the new United States Am- ‘_bassador, John G. Winant.

Only yesterday, Mr. Church- ill sad, he was informed of “the certain destruction" of three Nazi U-boats-Ahe first "delectable tldinz" of such a. triple German disaster since October, 1939, and he addeii:—-

“The battle of the Atlantic must be won in decisive manner. It must be won beyond all doubt if the declared policies of the Gov- ernment and people of the United States are not to be forcibly frus- trated.

“Not only German U-boats but German battle cruisers have cross- ed to the American side of the Atlantic and have already sunk some of our independently routed ships not sailing in convoy. They

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Urge prompt Approval of 7 Billions Bill

WASHIHGTON. lklrrch l8 —-!A- P) — With passage a foregone clusion. the House of Represeiiu- tlves today laeard the ranking Ro- publican and Democratic mem- bers of its appropriations coir-mi:-

privileged to speak another 40

inutes.

Shipbuilding was brought up earlier in the afternoon by John R. MacNlcol (Con. Toronto-Daven- port), wno wanted to know if ship- building could be epeeded up by finding new sources for steel.

The minister said steel and iron resources were satisfacto and that. all available shipbuild ng fa- cilities were occupied. _

Cargo - carrying construction would be the main concern for the time, the minister said, but the Government proposed to enter up- on complete destroyer construction

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Warns civilians To stand firm

LONDON, March l8 — (OP)- Home Secretary Herbert Morrison ivarned Britain's civilian popula- tion in a broadcast tonight to "stand firm" in the event of an invasion attempt so that there would be no flight of terror-strick- en refugees such as helped the Nazis on the coutirientin 1940.

He said that the "military chiefs have made plans for the defence of Britain on the basis of com-

lets confidence that you won't ct them down."

Millions who had withstood air bombardment, the Home secretary pointed out, should know what to do under the strainof invasion battle.

He advised civilians that what- ever happens they must carry on their regular tasks.

“Likely there will be exciting isolated engagements and fights, involving surface raiders, armed

tee urge prompt approval of ihc

appropriation bill — $7.000.000.00i) for help to Great Britain, Greece and other nations which resist the axis powers.

"This act will be a transfusion of new life to tile beleaguered dc- mocracies of the world." said Rep~ rcscntative Clifton Woodrum (Dom.

Va.)

Representative John Taber (Rep- NY), who voted against the lease- lend bill, said:-

“Rlegardlcss of what anyoncts at- titude might have men as to cm- barking upon a p1; ram of aid l0 L-rerit Britain, H aw mind there can be no quest on lui what we have embarked ll .~\i the program and that we must furnish enough aid to (‘neat B liafn to pcrntft Great Britain to \'l.il. Otherwise. wt are in tronhlr."

Tim bfl‘ wen‘. t) the House at ‘lOi/"l from its apoioirtatioiis C('-'ll- niztltc. vhich aft r approving ‘t, submitted a report saying that the United States must give full sun- port to its British-aid program or "lxeccme s. faltering weicher" on ii pledges.

Protests huge Goal imports

UITAWA, March lB.—(CP\ -C. B. Johnston (N.D. Bow River) to- night urged development of a ne- tionsl coal polic . telling the House of Commons tat coal imported

merchantmen, submarines. bomb-

Umted slams’ biggest’ p°a°9t'1m""iiig planes and fighting planes," he

said, “but tlicrc will never be any vast naval action. Germany has no grand fleet to challenge British seapower.

. “The destroyers we got from the ‘Unit/ed states will see plenty of faction.“

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l Yugoslavia Says Pro-British Pact

Talk Premature‘

Italy reported begging Germany to withhold invasion of Greece

until Fascist arms win victory.

(By Robert St. John, Associated Press Staff Writer)

BELGRADE. March 19—(Wednesday)- (AH-Turk- ish military leaders were reported conferring early today with both British and Greek army chiefs as British troops in Greece prepared anti-aircraft defences against an ex- pected Gcrman attack.

Soon after dispatches from Ankara reported that the Turkish Foreign Minister, SukruSaracoglu, had gone to Palestine or Egypt to meet the British Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden, or other British officials, a dispatch puss- ed by the military censor at Athens said the Governors of Turkish and Grecian Thrace met at Karagatch, a railway station near Adrianople.

The Athens dispatch said Kosta Kozzia, temporary governor of Grecian Thrace inspected defences along the Bulgarian-Greek frontier before he met the correspond- ing nfficial (unnamed in the dispatch) of Turkish Thrace. This incresaed activity of Turkish officials came as a Yugoslav official characterized as “premature if not com- pletely incorrect" reports that Belgrade may throw her military support. to the Greek and British forces or may hold defence talks soon with Turkey.

The negative admission that talks may have been contemplated or even might be arranged for the near future coincided with Belgrade officials‘ expressed determination to resist Germany's demands for troop passage through this country into Greece.