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Grim Battle As B.E.E l/Vithclraws ,To wards Channel

Crack Regtméfit? Put Up

NTOW DEF

Heroic Fight In Face Of Great Di£f_i_<_:_ulties.

' (By J. F. Sanderson, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

LONDON, May 29—(CP Cable)—Crack regiments of the llritish army, regiments famous throughout history, ioiiuhl a grim Teflrgtiard action tonight against the on- rushing German war machines to shield the Withdrawal of the llritish Expeditionary Force toward the English Chan- nel.

Intact and unshaken by 19 days of fierce fighting, the li.E.l-‘. established and held new battle positions despite relentless attacks by the German right wing while Gen- mil Viscount Gort, Commander-in-Chief, gathered his forces for a “death or glory” march to the sea.

Hundreds of thousands of men stood to arms iii this country ready to take the places of their comrades killed or captured in Flanders, while factory chimneys belched smoke and machinery clanged in 24-hour shifts to replace‘ the tanks. trucks, guns, shells and munitions likely to be

lies l‘0\'(‘(l in the B.E.F. withdrawal. itiittec to speed up thc design

t.c.ii.r. llnit d d 0 f g lrrives |n .."_.i.".;:.°“°.:i.°..;‘"l.t:::i:;.i: oget who was attached to the

ministry of munitions in the

last war. On the financial side, O'l"l'.-\Vl’.'\._i'\/lay' 29 -—(CP) -—-Th6 l Rota! Canadian Air Force

Sir Kitigslcy Wood, Chancel- lor of the Exchequer, extended W ‘n m Wmhabmm. an the excess profitstax of I00 y n; Nu 112 (cm, o; per cent to all business, retroac- t army cooperation iii. on. ha: arrived solely in the

Herbert Morrison, Minister of Supply, established a coni-

tive to April i. Previously this provision, which

urn ll ~ tom, Air Minister Pow- . . . l"‘°"""l‘ ‘my nnm, - 4 gnnighp profiteeriiig in the war emer- vo H2 t ll act as a reserve for

gency, applied only to the tniini- tions lllClllSll’_\'_

Labor Minister Ernest Bevin appealed to employers and work- ers on war production to cancel summer holidays and stay on their Jobs seven days a week.

In the latest move to curb fifth column activity, the government. ordered that starting next Mon- day all aliens above the age of l6

i. 110 tCity- of Tomato) army operation stpiadron, which went erseas in Fvbrunry.

Ditties o! the squadron are to not o .~ of ground forces for e and scouting work, ground strafing.

ck ago Monday night Mackenzie King _ m. the llouse of Com- . Canada's secrmd army-

'4" t:

4

W ma“ Squadron won-d pm_ of all nationalities must observe d ovrr r t __ ‘M, n c“ N _ 113 -_—--~ ttract‘. imlier wing," me o (Continued on 13. Col :'>_)__ c

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W‘ wrnestes saw the men of ll? llt‘.*ill'i from Ottawa tin- the leadership of Squadron tier W, F‘ Hanna oi Winni- l‘. was another Wlnnipcizizer,

atiron lender Wilbur Ban Vllet,

w"? Na no out of Ottawa for ‘ h- riuiig

‘inc (‘nltllllfillfltlf F‘, V. ‘Beam- ot the Royal Air Force act-u- ‘has in charge of No. 112 dur- lw vovrv-"ze. as was the sen-

nflicrr aboard t cir shin.

ll‘ Wino Commander holds a

mimic. in the R. A. l". but

“" rrtnvlied to the R. C. A.

or u. s. To Permit °"'"3E"e"" Her Pilots To

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O

of movement under modern condi-

gade under Brigadier C. B. of Montreal, in recent weeks is typ- ical of what the whole division has been doing, These tanned lads from the

rifle bayonet,

Today the brigade moved to open ah- canip to work on asyllsbus 0i specialized training.

Regitrient, Carlton and Yorks and

eitierged froth a recent rigorous 0p- en- country test rvith colors flying

into the assigned sector in full btit- tle array and maimed line" for an unbroken spell of 48 hours. It was had all the ingredients of the real

business,

moved into actlon and du ves ii alone. a HCIZC of

looking a broad, treeless valley, 'I'hev had been sent to this sector to act

Receives

War Financing

$700,000,000 War Appropriations Bill Passed Without Dissenting Voice.

luiiiieiit touiiv gave the goieriiiiiciit a S‘ltltl,00\l,0tlti but‘ chest tor Li.” XlS-Q cal year ehultig March 31. 1941 with authority i-o borrow witatever por- tlon of that amount which cannot be raised by taxation,

CANADA'S SUNS [EARN FINAL NAR lESSliNS

Brawny Fighters Reach Peak Of Con- w dition -- Ready For

l Anything.

By Edwin Johnson Canadian Press Staff writer

in of France and Flanders where Canada's sons won immortal glory in t-tze last war and where they may fight again, men of the 1st. Canadian dAVISIDH learn the advanced lessons of mod- em warfare.

Toda the Canadian gridiron cry that line" echoed across

e wooded countryside as the Canadians went through practice battle operations, exercises in war

tions such as the kind now being w

E-WOTk of the 3rd infantrv bri- Price

brawny, sun- Marltlmes and Quebec have reached the peak of physical condition and are ready for any trial or hardship,

They graduated from the hard el- ementaries or the parade ground. through individual exercises with and other weapons of war, Now they are in a new phase of training-large -scale man- oeuvres. trench vilarfa-re, patrols through woods and open country and tactical instruction in offensive and detensive operations,

For six days the brigade engag- ed on extensive titut exercises prior t0 joining the other two divisional brigades in combined manoeuvres.

:1 5

Puss Tests With Honors

The three crack battalions which make up the brigade, the Royal 22nd

the West Nova Scotia regiment,

In rotation, each battalion moved the "front a, mock battle whim thitin except {or shells that mean Lilli‘ r rover of darkness the men

themsel- ii'ls over-

(Continued Eiii ‘p?

thority

OTTAWA, May ‘.29 -—tCP) —Pnl'-

After a snot-t discussion in

‘Argentine Ship

EN CE

D. B. Buxritt. Canadian Press Staff Writer

LONDON -.All.ted forces 1n Norway, forgotten legion since the greater battle burst on the western from, today chmaxed seven weeks 0t‘ in- tensive fighting with capture of the strategic port of Narvtk.

Word mat British and Nor- wegian forces had taken 130550831011 of the lmlpoiitant base nestled a- mong the towerlngs hills of Oten- tjord was revealed in a. brief bulletin issued jointly by the Ad- miralty and War Office. It. said:-

"KIIOTIHHEJOD has been received this morning that Narvik was cap- tured last night by Allied forces and that Fagemes and Fbrsneset are also in our: hands."

Otttcials in London gave no amp- lification oi’ the announcement. One source pointed out that. since the Allies hold Fhgerres, a hamlet on the fiorcl which rufs to the At- lantic, arid Forsrteset, six miles east of Narvik on the railway leading ‘to Sweden, they had ootisolidatal ‘their positions prlcr to iJhe victory in Narvik.

London [XLDOTS gave brief from- pagc play to the story and reserv- ed ltoadlL-ties for the ptediicament "I the British Expeditionary Force

lting George Sends Message To General Gort

LONDON. May ZlI—tCl'l-—- Tlic War Office announced to- night that the King has sent

ii ntcsstige to the commander in chief of the British l-Jxpi-dl- tioiiary force saying: “The hearts of everyone of us at home rrc with you and your magnificent troops in this hvul‘ of peril."

The King's message said:-

"l\ll your countrymen have been following with pride and admiration the courageous re- slstnncc of the British Expedi- tionary l-‘orce during the con- tinuous fighting of the last fortnight.

"Placed by circumstances out nf their control in a position of extreme difficulty. t-hcy are displaying a galhntry that has never been surnnssed In the annals of the British Army.

"The h-arts of every one of us at home are with you and voiir magnificent troops in this hour of peril."

Torpedoed

BUENOS AIRPB, May 2l)-—(APJ _T‘_~c Argentine foreign ministry announced tonight that the Argen- tine nierehantman Urguay, 3425 tons had been torpedoed and stink off the Spanish t: ast.

Titt- slilp ivas carrying grain to Eire, and ivns reported stink It) itiilcs off cope Vllllmv-

(Two other ships, a British tank- er, and a French vessel, were sunk by German submarines of! the spsinlsh northwest coast Wednes-

day.)

The Uruguay was the first ship flygtlg the flea of an American re- pit c

. my ao-(cr ossuii‘ lrhnoet

Allies Capture Strategic Narvilt

es Six Weeks Of

Capture Climax Intensive Fighting.

in France. '

They recalled, however, the gal- lam. work that the Narvik capture, statrnsz vtta. tho brilliant destroyer attack led by the late Captain Wu hlirtou- Lee 0n April l0 when his force of five British destroyers created havoc among a. larger Ger- man squadron.

‘Ilhree days later another destroy- er force and the battleship War- spite forced their way into the fjord, sank seven German drsltroy- ers and silenced the shore bat- teries.

That action marked the end of German naval strength in the Nor- vlk area. But the German gutri- son had for-titled itself‘ strongly and was provisioned and reinforced to some extent by airplanes from German-held bases in Norway. force of considerable but tindls- closed strength that mopprd up the defenders advance prsttons arid closed in on the town itself.

Narvtk was the main Flipping Swedish Mines at IIUIGR. It presumed the Allzed forces would attempt to reestablish ccnmcttons to the der.

llAlYSIIlll NIJLBSBAEK FllliN PHINGE

New View Of Possible Field O f Action Taken From Italian Comment.

VllllS next rail Swedish bor-

May

and Italian observers to trike it. ivithin a few days with

action in the hfetllterranettn andi Africa rather than directly against ; France. , In the "event of an act of ag-l gresslon leading to war in the; Mediterranean area," accOffihtg toj the Allled-Thirkislt treaty of al-

liance, Turkey, guardian oi the Dar- I daneilcs, is pledged to enter the‘ war on the side 0f Britain and

France. ‘ The new view as to the potential I theatre of attack was supported by

til

review "Conqulsta d‘Imperlo"-coti- l quest of empire. ' Marchltio said Italy's "often- slve objectives" would be HCUOllSt

_by the navy and air force in the!

Mediterrancati and laud war inl Africa w conquer the BYlllSll-i French controlled Suez Canal lind_ eventually in the Balkans to "pro.

tect." Italian interests.

Italian strategy is defensive. he

wrote. 0n thc frontiers oi l"l‘-'\llt‘(‘

proper and Fretich-tirotvcted ‘l‘iiii-

lsia yvhich fronts on Italian Libya;

it. has a different character. 110w-

Ht-Contintied on pflllemliii. Col 2i ‘I

Nazi Freighter

be sunk in the present warfare

Simultaneously with the foreign ministry announcement. owners 0f the Uruguay said the ship was being gonvoye by an Allied tlect three M's M0- The company said the muzhter wss stopped by s U-boat at. 9 n- m- vesterday, the crew removed and

llor Notices in this collmi H House of Commons the war. 8p. ll bill l tl i d _V 3 "I"! per word. y girtltfliout Bwgifigfflylfltlllfi with m‘ k '- " ——— and slent to the Seiliataeuwhcre lt. Wad ~ vs Pea u School 1n, ———— outcry out taro 1 , s ss- Laéfilglm, MP)_ shortly before s x oclock . Jus- t l , r ' ' , e o c - la ___ vliAiBNEitPiihYIYJrltZtxIYsaTes sec u“ o‘ s‘ Cmfqkettti o‘ ime fstlllpreflrge yfiioiliitemqood°mlmfisis°hw gar?! of State, mailing a ruling gtlfitifhltogamhaine tgut e Senate ' m c‘ d si ted to weed up delivery 0! chamber and gave ro at assent l0 “wsfdoa- ° s‘ tn Alli w interim ‘ome JTGT QQYEWTA}. mlthliiimelintlled 05kt: shit“! Wiililrfiirifiii’ yesterday. tlev River minim. H” n olti [:3 travel in belllsvient e‘ s-upplv bill authorizes s nd- ' m’ M‘ y c midis-n pm- ins oi aoorvxlmeiek “lbw-lg? 0i L-l-6-30-H. aircraft- ovlgr thdarugswkk “w. the elumates or ‘ 8300300 “bled leek olti chicks at the new day Elli» llind lervince Edward ‘Island. in the House last week but not yet ilrlfré. P. E I. (Io-Operative Previously this was fdrbiddfll b!’ V°l° - o; Hatchery. ' 1,.i35g_5_m;_3;_ 5 neuuamy mgulauom Later this sélecianggertgtteiolliouuaeFh it'll-H F‘__ “"113! "m" mwn‘ m“ Amul- fillliiwilinléler Ralston‘: resolution V...i re players m”; m, m“ pilots may now fly Amerlcsn- empowering mm to borrow up m a “l °l Kitty". brew Glasgow made lanes to the Cenldifln b0!‘- f 750000000 {or refund- Thufsrlay. May 30th. der. w are er 0f m“ W"! fi“"L',',‘.‘."§.?..§.i purposes. 5473-5-39-11- place and the Pill" l" 9mm“ is measure will be considered . ‘_—- MINI "l! Mm“- Th‘ "um PM“ further when the House meets t0- “MY "m" in Stanley to- then can re-enter and fly m‘ mo w

lire t Canada to New ~' Peosiilgi“ will. ffim“ rtinnezwlcnkcrlisgvl Bcotls. and Prince M" 25 Md 15c. L-ai

__, its own sebum :4": t-e- art's" ""1 c" s" ha‘! iltititittitte“.‘lir€’é’§ifiio“33§'w ‘fit “it oiinlains. Pgqllu m: cm puow‘ howeverfilcm“ m. ‘uthorlzed the Derellltlglflbfihligtersl? 1"‘ Chick gummy Atlantic. “TWA” “"1 “m

L-fl-ll-ao-Bi. mvmwy "n Amalu“ “n” h“ ‘aflgt’! House also passed In Mt W u W. '6__" ‘ “m” we” m: enable permanent no officer: i; . . _, .. _ n ‘My by Iligllflnflgnllotpmusfs f had to pick it up for the fflfl“§ol‘t'-‘liei'élil§n§'l°ntvil “service ‘mm “all Friday “list. 11D 0f u" '7' when computing the time for which “m We vriginailrwqmgm The new NIH pension may be claimed. find flmm‘

‘Y’ i at itiuithiiifogati ll‘- ttlfi-Tl- l. ts sad. on ac a y lil’ I "*~ Eletiited States bombers across the m 8W’ People's Festival at Atlantic if the British authorities m Wllélfa Church. Friday even- decided to use this u s.

i‘ Hedfque, ‘esulnr nteans toi- faster delivery.

O bill was out through mum Isllnd, in the eastern momma the pert of Os-nsdl.

er empowering the

estates left bv members 0T "l? 7°?‘ ces who die on active service.

ress was made when I d l stxllses 81v;

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then the ship torpedoed. Halt the crew of 28 was reported landed saielv at La Coriintt, on Spain! northwest coast. The other l4 crew- men were reported still afloat in ll lifeboat.

i i01- Germany.

Sails With Rubber

BELEM. Brazil, Mav 20_»-(A.P)-— The crew o! a small Brazilian boat W05 reported todnv to have slihléd

submarine. believed to be the

ncli Pallas, off Oytipock on the Brazilian north coast near French Guiana.

The 6.466-ton German freighter Konlgsberg sailed from here vester- dav with $800000 worth of rubber

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small ‘

southern ' Gradually the Allies assembled a ,

poinit. for iron ore from the heart); . O. l). notional ilresldent.

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expect her l’ c‘

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Named To Execu

Chapter.

(GP) — The Canadian ll7ll.\))lCl' of the I Daughters of the Empire today vot-

,ed to raise at least 5100.000 for t. e Bollngbroke ltie Dominion govern-

aitlriloso of KLYLIQQ a lbotnbet" to ntcut. V A telegram from Defence Minis- .ter {tout-rs stated that tanks, L'- 5.\ll(l('l' tll‘lll_\' co-operatioit land Bolingbroke Bombers were eq- ually tirguiit tiecds, '.l‘lie costs are $12,000 each for tanks $64,000 tor the airshtps and $100,000 for the bombers. Ambulances are not an immedi- late tier-ti. actlordina to w0i'd from the niitiislefs secretary". , Mrs. (ieortze Blank. of the Yukon. tmoved the resolution that at least lsittotioo be raised to present the ,b0nlbcr. The motion carried bv un- illlllll0llS standing vote. Ali's. W, B. Hopkins, Toronto, I said i-hc was informed the three types of war i‘t’|llli)lll(‘lll coird be matiufac- tiired in Canada but construction ‘would be quicker in England or the

United states, Optics-lug anv idea of delaying the to provide work in

legit in I ted on tiage 13, Col 3)

‘Great Lakes

Freighters For British Service

l l ‘ t')'I"l‘/\\V/\. lit-t" o; L-‘l

May 29—-!CP)~A (ii-eat. [takes ll'(‘l"lll€l‘S

itiuv he sent to England siortly tor coastnvisc trade around the lBi-it h Isles in the service of the

Brittsh Government, it. was report. ed here totlay.

Ilrlta-lit chartered eight stich Canada , lites last autumn, and‘ h authorities have open-l nogo ntlons now through the] Ciitiadlati Shipping Board to ac-i quire the additional fleet of 2i‘ slurvir Cunadinti liikeboals. l

Final iiirantleirieiits for trans-l ier oi the touts to Britain's scr- ilce will be COllLplGlPd shortly, hut- nanies and present owners oi the? vessels could not be learned. l

l Steam

flWcerITghEIi§f eroic Stand

The British Army

Empire Has R Pride In Fight

Of B.,E. F. In Flanders.

LONDON. May 29

tive Of Dominionl

SAINT JOHN, N. B.. May 29 -— national Imperial Order

atrslii ps

-—tCP)—A senior army officer from the battle

PARIS, May 29—(CP)_. Fighting in apparently the last phases of the great Battle of Flanders, French troops tonight came to grips with the Germans in the in- dustrial city of Lille while the withdrawing British Expeditionary Force opened the flood sliiices around Dunkerque to guard their

flast port of escape on the vsea.

The Allied army in Flan- ders. crippled by the Bel- gian surrender. but unbeat- en by the Germans, fought every inch of the way as it withdrew‘.

Strong ZOO-Mile Front

Every nilnute counted. and military spokesmen. admit- ling the picture in Flanders looked dark, said, however, that the battle had given U18 Allies time to build a

strong southern front along

Prepare

Flood Sluices-Xround. Dunkerque Opened To Hold Last Port Of Escape

For Trapped Forces.

‘locks southwest and lltll'lll~ east of Dunkerque, on the great canal that flows by the city and follows the coast for many miles.

Belgian Units Fight

The retreat ivas h;ii".'i>.~~.~d by heavy German fire. Some Belgian units, refusing to lay down their arms despite their King’s order to capi- tulate, were reported still fighting" beside the British and French.

:\ single l-‘reiicli dil.‘ ' which had been statztuted \ the lltlgitiits as the liztc. oi their front tile-l t.» back the Nari rush in 11;.‘ port-Dixmiidc sector, a 1...; field of the last war on ‘fie coast lll>l'lllL'.'l_\l of llizi‘

Stiicide squads Elli" Ull the CZl>l(‘lll Zilitl . ' sides ot’ the Allied path :l_. . sea. Some Allied utizts Zisti to fight through li€flllflii Po‘ "

lthe Somme and Aisne rivers, l miféflmlalll“ 1t'l‘]~'"‘el}‘l“l b?

l t - _ _ _ _ ._, s ‘s, ‘as e 2st;

“TF9” mugs‘ "c1055 llhmce- solid Allied positions. 'l‘l'i t o.’ While the waters rose the battlefield was a marl" 0m of

steadily in the vast system

‘of streams across the piain_ _ of Dlmkel-qum pal-ouch d1“ vljlOlKls haiimiii-I over

isions fought across the! landscape to hold the reari while British ed the main points of pass-- age for the main forces seeking" the coastline.

The itllies brought on the inundation by opening the

By_

eason ‘For ing Quality

troops defcnd- l‘... k5

free-tor-all fighting, ' blazing fires. Airplanes tangled in l

area. Allied tiavy d". tising the low-thing employ against stilmia ti warships, pliitiged on .n . ‘mfiimaifittiit. n. (x1 t»

OHlGEEt 1105

WEATHER QlVES ME THE SPRINc. f-‘Evaa A

mniotvw. w? WAC?“ Minimum and maximum tenrPPYfl- llITO-wi

n; | A ‘on S6 7O s edliclflandegs toaifht told Britain in s broadcast that the British .9::§ccu‘.fl. 4v 71 Em‘ “n”? "u- Ylrllll") lflrlfvlfli through no fflllll of its own, lPxlnton-ton 4h 95 h“ pm “Ft M"! l5 Dual"! Illl. a show of which the vrliole Fm ire must Rpgm“ M he Droud." ' p ‘ yvititinws