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Claims OfSuccess

No indication British land forces have come into con-

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1st Yugoslav Communique ls heard

IDNDON. April 8 --(CPl — The Yugoslav i... nment broadcast a communique to- night saying that “on all ‘fronts the situation is in our favor."

At the same time, the radio reported that a "grelt part of Belgrade has been turned into ruins" by Nazi air attacks.

The text of the radio com- munique, as distributed by Reu- ters news agency:-—"

“On all fronts the situation h In our favor.

"Enemy attacks have been repulsed with the greatest vig- or

“This is even admitted by the enemy wireless station.

"lfeavy losses have been In- flletcd on the enemy.

“Our all‘ force achlpved spec- lnl distinction in encounters with the enemy."

The announcement of aerial damage on Belgrade was le fol- own:-

"On Sunday morning the capital o! Yugoslavia was at- todlod ruthlessly by enemy planes. causing many innocent victims. v

“A greet part of Belgrade has been turned Into ruins.

"Heroic and martyred -Bel- Irude in defence of the atlon- al freedom and honor was the first victim of an unexpected and unprovoked attack".

A broadcast by the Croat leader and Yugoslav vice-prom- ier Vladimir Macek from Zag- rch. as distributed here by the British ministry of informat- ion. appealed for "complete discipline," and went on:-

“Ynu always listen-rd to me in all anxious hours and I am sure you will do the some now. I ask of rgu complete discip- line everywhere whether in the army or at home. Have faith in

enemy.

By Harold Fair Canadian Press Staff Writer

lioNDONfingzpril I —(CP Cable) -Brltel.n re ned sieioel tonight. in the face of axis claims of Bal- kan successes, while spokesmen in- dicated that. Snionlka, present ob- jective of the German drive into Greece. may lot have the import- ance now that it hed in the first greet war.

This comment was taken by some observers to indicate. that British-

stand against the Nazi armored di- visions behind the Vardar river. Belonike has been the Grecian debarkstion point oi’ the imperial expeditionary force in the Balkans.

The only official news of the Bal- kan warfare came from k corn- muniques. The Yugcslevs so far have not issued any announce- ments, as for as can .be ascertain-- ed. There ls no evidence that the British forces have yet met the Germans. Significantly the only British communlques from Greece so far have dealt with the air war.

British military sources conceded that if Germany has captured Skoplje. Yugoslavia, “the situation hi] Yugoslavia might be unfavor- a e."

‘rho some sources seild initial Ger- man successes in Yugoslavia are possible because the Yugoslavia not only are outnumbered but are in- adequately equlpped and unable to provide themselves with effective

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West Midlands Town battered

A WEST MIDLANDS TOWN. England, April li-Uruesdayi-(CP) -'I‘hls town. severely battered sev- eral times. bore the brunt; of wide- spread night sir attuckson Britain last night and early today.

The raid was brief but. intense, yet. it fell short of ilhe proportions of last, November's crushing attack.

(This virtually identifies the town as Coventry which was hard hit by German bombers ill mid-

God and the unity of the peas- ant party.”

Island

NOVEIHDGT.)

Teachers

Open Three-day

Convention Qere

Hungarian iionsulats To he Withdrawn

CYITAWA. April 8.—(CP) — Ar- Tll-nsements ne belmz mode for the immediate w thdrawal from Canada of the two ' ---- wriall consulates in Montreal and Wznlllpeii. Prime Min- ister Mackenzie King told the House oi Commons today.

Hunsrarlan nationals in Canada will not be disturbed so long as they °l>ev the laws of the country, he

This action was taken. the Prime Minister edded. Hun arv (lewd to be neutral when at country permitted the Germans to

H us s. base for an "unprovok- td attack upon Yulroslsvia.

Coming Events

‘.0.- Il“ for Notices in this column cents per word.

“Zion colleen. April 22. visa.

“lo dl ""_‘“ mursdllwhlahgsnoegn. Albany ever!

do at Iilnerald until 11:30 am. A. O 35"“ 515ml. G. C. Green. liner-

B'h°Meetinlz in Album Vill . c 00l- Wednesddy April 9th ‘l P . w‘ glfllflnlm rol- Eradication of

l’ e Ply. Everybody invited. Ll-‘ilifl-i-O-li.

"Dance. Bolt Boci l and Int giogyn» in covelleed Road nail-Ti. ll- April 14th. Admission 20c. la-TSO-l-D-il.

"Losdlnl hoes nlursda April l“ Kelulnaton till a pool‘ euln-

rside i0 up till 2 pm Arthur "slim. Bradelbane ‘inlursday t°m°°“~ Rt-‘llh all and

River Iri- "Wh. M Dwe , C ~=l n. _"._ c" iris.

Th annual convention of the Prinz; Edward‘ Island Rachel‘! Federation opened ai- Prlnw 0f Wlales Collette yesterday mull“? st 10.30 with a lergn number 0i teachers pesent. Enrolment and viewing Red Cross wclk and P)’.- hlblis tcok up the momma les=l°n President G. Edison McDonald Pre- sided over the afternoon session whiggh got underway llt 1.40. The mmutcs of the last meeting were 1cm by recording secretory. M)‘. Angus Gillan-e.

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pointed urng e I wNominet Committee: Herbert flliufphy. M dred Auld and Iivelrn Woolner. _

R lutiomzc gmllelreylloiwfllld.

, . e . Migfofmlirfm in. Doris Mc- Donald. J. B. Iewis.

Finance: Ralph McLean. Heath MoQuarrie. Mus M- Melee"- Presidenti Address m. G. Edison McDonald irl de-

livering the President's addmel hensi 19 "l! went over hm 3pm he

5 W01‘ . W the rem-nos m» w W" i“ sliding scale of were been presented to the Government. The report. advocated an increase of IP- pmfmgtghy fifty dtflllfll with I15-

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til speaker eietedpihnt this fitter owes urgent ten rem 10°

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plemellt. have been dmetlolll! argue“ and increased demands are being made on teecherl. Th» sov- "ernnlerlt IBCHVOG the “kfldllg oom-teolnl erwwh- m! contlnuedybut as t they had not 3°91 proof o: co-

ved any l0

operation. However. it hes been made neceledfi 7°!‘ I midi“ w Attend Prince of Wales 0°l|9Ie ";'° years before he or she can 001M‘! a ‘Runner's Liven!!-

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Heavy bombs In Kiel raid

LONDON. April e-(cr) — The Air Ministry announced oonisht that the Rnyll Air Force rained "the heaviest loud of bombs ever dropped on Germany in s. single night" last nillhtfs blow at Kiel. cradle of many of the submarines ravsging

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the Empire's lililmina lanes. "Hundreds of tons of gosh explo- eivesnand more than 80. incendi-

ariee were rained on the German ort and submarine building yards, he Air Ministry news service said in etailinz a heavy blow asalnst. war- ships which have helped to send Ilritlsh-contl-olled shipping l

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in: two elf last f . five ours. the ne service said. "waveoi r wave" of British bcrs ed e1, leaving

ubmar m iiflxsnes’ id i1 e ya ev suffered neatly. A great builedlln: in the Deutsche-Werke shipyards ié£if°€l.°.°°s.i°°s“‘w‘3 .7002; ‘m’ “i” spread as in the docks." u wde‘

Board of Trade Asks additions To air service

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, file f01l0wing motion was unan- mwelv passed at e Council meet- nlg of the Board of Trade held lssl. nlsllt in the Charlottetown Hotel in wlmectiorl Wit-h the meow. EHOD- A 15th of the new Air Senvlcc the Trans-Canada Air Lines. The new service takes the Place or that nil-rushed for the past twelve years by the Canadian rways.

“Resolved that the Air Services omnmllllfle be instructed to confer with 38111161‘ Odin ll with a, view t0 5901111118. as wel as t/he proposed schedule. 8. regular BBTWOQ (m Sun- osy- a continuation of the late sf- ternoon service 511d that the n»,

capacity to W"? the traffic offering. and fur. tiller that the standard trans-Canada Pvssenger rate apply as promised by the Minister of Transport April :2- 59355 we llvsolutlion wasdmoved . . gr an S. A. McLccdey secon rd by

Much discussfon took plBCA be- m"? the resolution was passed wit-ll all present, taking part. Members all felt that [he service as pro. posed was a 200d one but that rls the rest of the Msritlmes were on. laying s Sunday service so also should the Isalld.

In regard to the late afternoon trip n was felt unit ihe pro- DOBed new setup would deprive Is- lnnd people of sendlm their day's

OTTAWA, April 8—-(CP)— A call for upwards of 116,000 men will be made during the current year to reinforce Can- ada's armed forces, it was an- nounced tonight in a. joint radio appeal for recruits by Defence hiinister Rzllstoll, Air Minister Power and Navy Minister Mac- rlonald. Their speeches, each of lo-mlnute duration, were broad- cast over a national network of the Canadian Broadcasting Cor- poration.

Of the manpower required during r941, the army will ah-

Psnri) up to 72,000, the air force

approximately 35,000 and the navy plans about 9,000 officers and men, the Ministers said.

“Alter these requirements are met, then we think that e highly skilled trudesnlan. who is a key man in war production. can be of better service to his country Just now by sticking at. his trade In" the present and giving the 01111102 to serve to others who will make fine soldiers but can be better spared from industry," he added. ,

Mo]. Power said the immediate and most. urgent need of the Royal Canadian Air Force was for radio

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li-‘our Airmen

Are killed

PICTON. Ont. April 8.—(CP) —— Two members 0i t-lle Royal Canadi- an Air Force training school were killed tncizlv when their plane crash-

miles flWiLV.

'I‘llev were PO K. N. Armstrong of T.0s Alvzsles. and AC Jean Eusenc Bntilulia. a Frenchman. Officials cf the school said that Butuslis been with the French army before lOlfllfllZ the R.C.A.F.

Cause oi the crash was unknown. Their plane was seen on s 1on2 slow slide before it struck the ice. offici-

mnil at 4.15 at regular W50,“ rates. This as n backward will. some of the members were or the op‘nlcrl of, and one that should bo remedied wltll t-he addition of an- other trip between the noon and 6 o'c‘ock trip.

Before tho meeting RdJQw-ned a motlcn was passed exurrsqng 8p- preclatlcn to the Canadian Air- Wfliis for the very excellent service rendered here during the rmgi; 12 years. The motion was moved by V. A. Ainslvort-h and seconded by F- J- Clwopelle. it reads as‘

follows:

‘Resolved that this Board ex-, press to the Canadian Airways» their appreciation for the very‘ capable, courteous and efficient ail‘ service they have rendered during the past t/we-ve veers in csnveying passengers on the Moncton-Cnar- ottctown route, The people or [hi5 PYOVIIwe have Ffflllv appreciated i-he emergency services rendered by your OOIIIDRIIV during the winter months."

Minutes of the lest, meet were lead by Secretary Wallace gglns.

Resident K. B. Rnglers presided over the meeting.

Leave today. To join new Ferry Boat

Flour Island men leeve this mom- inR for Amherstburu. Ont thesteeuler which h to on the

nfn Wood Islands-Caribou ferry route. They are “Allan McLeod. Mllr rev Harbor. to: Frank Boudreau.

Vernon. Quartermaster. Keith .- enton. Brackley Point. ssslstsnt ul- er. and Andrew u o

_ tou formerly on the s. . lnvat. Oept. Mmllre el- in tb . The boat. ice eoncluolls eel-million. is expec to arrive at Wood last. of April. FIND BOD!!! LIVIiRPOOi-l. N. 8.. APfll 0- (wl-Benrchers today found the

bodies of Donald Stewart. l5. and Willard Ball. ls. missinl since they left their homes in Townsite. N. 8., to so for a sail on the Mersey Riv r

yesterday. Their overturned sailboat was

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s said.

CUDWORTH. Sack. April B. - Two airmen were reported killed today when a Royal Canadian Air Force plane from the Saskatoon service flvlnlz trnlllinz school of the Commonwealth All‘ Trolnlnn Plan. crashed llcar this northern Snskat- chcwsn town.

liernlans claim 28 miles per Day advance

BERLIN April B~rAPi~Gcrmnn sources claimed lute tlid.y their troop: had advanced ifflm Bulgalls 5nd Rumanln to Skoplyl, yogic-lav military centre commlmdlng the head of the Vardnr River valley and about. 100 miles northwest of Sul- onlka, Greece.

Th}: Germans seid they were Id- vanrillg about, 28 miles o, day.

If file Germans should elect to seek an immediate engagement with the British. and eek forces their line of attack do btless would b, down the Vsrdar, avoiding the rougher terrain both east and west.

0r, disregarding the British ex-

ltlonary force temporarily. Hit- er‘s troops could elect to push west from Skoplje, and attem t to ee- teblii-l. contact with ther Italian ellles fighting the Greeks in Al- bania, miltary observers silzkesled.

In the opinion of the commen- tary, Dienst. Aus Deutschlarld, I.

westward move would separs the Greeks from the main body the Yugoslav army.

Reports that. British reinforce- ments ere srl-ivlng daily st Salonikn ms have a bearing on the German on.

found on the river lee _OVGNDB

near Townsite, i6 miles tom here.

Will Call For 116,000 Men In Current Year

Three Cabinet Members in ._joint call for rcguits.

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ed on the ice of Athol Bay, five‘

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Island born Banker gets Promotion

‘TORDNIO, April 8 --(CP) --Har- ry F. Patterson, gel-rel manager of the Bank of Nova Scctia has been appointed executive vice-presi- dent, i was announcld here today. Herbert D. Bums who has been senior assistant general manager has been appointed general mans- ger, succeeding Mr. Patterson and Edwin Crockett. assistant general manager, has been appointed to the post of senior assistant general manager.

Mr. Patterson, o. native of New Brunswick, served the bank at Campbellton, N. 13., Newcastle, Ont. Chicano, Toronto and Ot- tawa. In 1914 he was spplntcd n- genl; of the bank at New York. and in 192i superintendent of branches at ‘Ibronto. He was appointed ns- slsfsnt general manager in 1923 and general msnuuer in 1934.

Mr. Burns. s native of Digby. N. 5.. started with the bunk at Mono- ton, N. B., serving inter as accoun- tant at Montreal. manager at Kent- ville. N. 8., manager at Woodstock, N.B.. rnsrlager at Vancouver. sup- ervisor of western branches. with headquarters at Toronto, manager" at Toronto. In 1923 he was ap- pointed assistant general manager and since i934 has been senior 9,5- slstont senel-al manscer.

Mr. Crockett, native of Prince Edward Island, served the bank at Charlottetown, and in succeeding years, Halifax and Toronto. He be- cam!‘ superintendent. of branches lnelillfi and was appointed assist- ant. general manager in i934.

Home reports vile-capture of Port of llernil

ROME, April 8—(AP)—'I‘lle ne-

Shipping losses High but many ll-Boats sunk

By WILLIAM HUMPHREYS Associated Press Staff Writer

LONDON. April iL-(AP) — The Admiralty iodav announced British. allied and. neutral shipping losses for the week ended March 30. were 20‘ ships totalling 77.575 tons, and at" the same time revised sharply up-' ward the figures for the week ended, March 2 and March l6. |

The years’ high. 150.700 tons. war reached for the week ended March; 2. the Admlraltys amended figures showed. and close behind was the 140.098 tons for the week ended M""0‘l l6.

This hrousrht the average weekly loss ‘or March to 9B. ns com-' pared with 85.000 tons in February on". 66,743 tons for the war to date. exclusive of the Dunkeruue losses

Oil the other side of the. the Admiralty made a. duo! nouncement:

The Royal Navy prisoners. including

HH-

Cmdr. commander. from German submar- ines which hnve been sunk. 2. The Rovsl Navv has conveyed. 200000.000 zross tons of shipping since the war started and rzrcater part of this vnst. tonnage or

Without disclosing the number O1! U-bosts sunk. the Admiralty said; counter" measures azainst the craft had met with "greater success."

KIClSChfilGI‘ has been credited Nazi ccmmunlqucs with sin 250.000 tons of shipping.

'I‘lle Admlraltyis communique said “we have in our hands as prisoners of war from U-boals which have been sunk more than 50 German ul- ficcrs and considerably over 400 petty officer's and men. There are also in our llzlllcis a number 0f ill-ls- oncrs 0f will" from Iilllliln U-bnzlls."

The Admiralty placed the merch- ant shin losses for the week ended March 30 at 13. British ships total- llne 58.870 tons. five allied ships t0- tallinlz 14.975 tons and two neutral ships totolllnz 3.730 tons.

Mexico idles Over i2 Axis Merchant ships

MEXICO CITY. April 8_ —(AP)— President Camacho issued a decree tonight, exnroprlatlllc l2 German‘ and Italian mercilnllt ships taken in custody bv the Mexican navv at ,Tzlmplco and Vern Cruz. , The president ordered the minis-

thc l0 Italian. and two German! ships immediately so that Mexico‘ could use them in coilstwlsc and ln- ternational trade without delay. Under tile decree. settlement ofl cllllms nlzalnst t-lle expropriation‘ be deferred. until the end of

the will". The president ordered llprelzn‘

ported eastward push of Axis forces ln North Africa beyond the re- cccupicd Libyan port. of Derns over- shadowed in military circles tomgllt the Italian land operations in Yum- slaviu which dispatches called mln- ; c-r patrol SKlHTIWIICS. ,- Axis cccupatéfn of Tcbruk, 100‘, miles east cf Dernil and '75 miles, from the Egyplinn front-er. llllof- ficlaily was rcpcrted to be immin- ent. Foreign military experts assumedl that. Gell. Sir Arrhibald Wavell lladl decided to abandon ccsierll _l.ib_vnl and concentrate on t.he BiLkllIlSm czuntinu on t-ilc intense hem, cf tllel

wsierlvr. do ert, nllrl rem" guard m»; ‘

tlcn to keep Axis forces from pen- etratlnu far into Egypt. i

(Berlin reports claimed Axis i troops including "strolls units" had‘ advanced more than 150 miles be-l ycnd Bengnsi. urhirh iilcy orclllilf-ll April 4. recapturing Drrlln llnzi | m:ving on toward Egypt as for u~' Dscbcl El Agbnr.)

Dispatches from Libya indicated the British IOICEs were withdrawn eastward afiel- offering who! the. Italian high commend called strong resistance.

From the Albanian front. a cor-i respondent for I1 Lavoro FHSClSIRI said aerial scouts reported intense, troop activity in the Yugoslav rearl‘ line and s withdrawal from air fields at Kioevo, 40 miles southwest l of Skcnalje, and at Tetovo, 25 miles

west o Skoplje. ‘Ere dispatches said Italian troops set foot on Yugoslav soil

Monday on the eastern shore of lleke Ohrid seven miles south of Sir-ugh after "s" machine-gun and rifle skirmish with Yugoslav frontier

orces.

Stefani, Italian news and psgllnda egen , published months-old alleged s al from Croatian nationalists as g Muss- olini to intervene "in the sacred and just cause cf the Croat. nation the belirerlc intrusion of

their silica."

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. "f serious misconduct."

Miuistcr Prulllln in notify the Gen,

mall and Italian mlllistcrslmmcdi-

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Advance May Encircle Defending Army

Re - capture of Savtavil by Greeks is reported; Loss of two vital Yugoslav centres

paved Way for Nazi gains.

(By J. Wes Gallagher, Associated Press Staff Writer) ATHENS, April 9--(Wednesdsy)--(AP)--A German

Dlcturemlechanized division driving southward from slav border “dangerously in the direction of Salonikil" has take" 45°‘ threatened i0 encircle Greek forces holding off Nazi at»-

ihe Yugo-

Kretschmer, onenniecoraged u-besgf tacks at the Siruma River passes to the east, the high

Communications between the hard-fighting Greeks in

"the, eastern Macedonia and other forces in the Vardar Valley, rived unmolested by the enemy," [already have been cut by Germans, the communique said. ,

The encircling German thrust began at dawn Tuesday;

ilftel- Doirzln, Yugoslav town near the junction of the Yugo- kill}; slav-Greck-Bulgzlrilln frontier, fell to the invaders.

Rolling through a mountain pass east of the Vilrdar _ River Valley leading down to Szllonikil, less than 50 miles llwily, the Germans pushed on as outnumbered Greek de- fenders sought to delay them.

“Eventually, however, the enemy succeeded in [rushing

dangerously in the direction of Szllonika,

cutting com-

munications between our forces in eastern Macedonia and the rest 0f the country,” the communique szlid.

This break-through via Yugoslavia ‘ apparently

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caused when Yugoslav troops withdrew from the Doll-all area to rush to Skoplje i0 defend that key Yugoslav city from the Nazi offensive. The Greek flank thus was ex-

posed.

On the right flank, along the Bulgarian frontier and particularly at the Struma River passes and on the plateau of Nevrokop, great successes were claimed by the (irecks.