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Strenuous efforts of fi year-old building after

"up," Dame Convent at Mll- QOUCllO was badly damaged by destructive fire which was discov- ered about 8.45 last night, The large building, valued in the vicin- m 0g $0,000 is still standing. however, after s. stubborn blue which lasted over three hours threatening in destroy it. 011K111 o, m, fire was unknown.

Tile 29 occupants oi the Convent, including eight Nuns. 1o sir! boarders and two maids were able to escape from the building with- out any trouble as the ‘fire was discovered early in the night. Be- sides me l9 pupils boarding at the Convent, it also. served as a school for the district and was gilillldfld by about 117 boys and girls during the school year. Last mph; [no girl boarders were guests n; various homes in the village.

The Convent was erected in 1864 and underwent extensive reno- vation and expansion in 1022. Only 1M1 year the wooden structure was covered with brick tile.

The blaze appears to have start- ed “w. the section housing the 11).)“, plant 811d klliChEn 111 lhfl iii-culprit. oi the four-story build- “u? ll ivorked its way between the clihrucvlll WHllS ll-lld crept "l, the gnnlh side of the Convent threat- ening (he entire frame structure as 1t proceeded. While the blaze was mi gpfiljlftlilll-Rl‘, nevertheless it proved to be quite destructive cs l, _:lI'i0l.li(lL‘l'Cd continuously and brim», out in unexpected sections.

The fire was discovered shortly bQfQre nine dclock and unfortun- nmv the only fire fighting equipment on hfllld W35 lmamd h‘ mi part of the basement where

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Retail gas, Sales increase

orrswa. Moi-on as 40:’) -Rctri.il sales of Kaslillm 3 Canada during 1941 Jotallel 980.430,000 callous wmlmr" with 886,248,000 the previous your. tihe Domltnlaln‘ Egan“ M’ Stntistcs repore 0 .-

The total included 2.015.000 gallons not distributed. the h)"- eail said.

Sales in the lliai-itimes with 1940 comparative fifll"! h‘ iii-rickets:-

Prince Edward Island 5.173.000 (4.(‘9f.000) gallons: Nova BN3")! 41.35am (riioocooo): b" munswick 20,299,000

31 mcn killed In explosion

EASTON. Pa... Marti: u -(AP)— Thirty-one men were blown to bill today by an earth-shaking, prema- ture explosion of 30 tons of dyna- mite in a limestone quarry 0i i119 Inhigh Portland Cement Company on the banks of the Drluware Rive!‘ fire mil-cs north of Easton.

So terrific was the concussion that it was felt so miles awav- Haid- lv a house or building for miles around escaped damage. M1113’ pcrsoils were injured, including a dozen chlidNn cut by broken 211158 1h a grade school half a mile BC

e scene.

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i to dance Breadaliano

‘Come hall, Friday, March 27. L-1230-8-27-2i.

"Loedi ii M d-a, (all om at sgilruwhiigiiie fiiigwveii. n-aoi-ia-si-i-z-nu-rri-ti.

"Notice - Cu- mixed feed gain Ind flour now unloading O. Green. Emerald. L-izzi-s-ml-ai.

"Iioadln hogs at Coiville until 1 D-m. Frday March 21th. Lenin MacDowell. L-IZSI-S-Ifl-li.

"Reserve Tuesday. April 15th for the L.0.L. and L.O_B.A. bean. 511mm". 14-1800.

"Notice-Receiving live h s as usual this week. Thursday. Al any. Friday. Emerald. A. C. and G- C. Green. L-i221-3-26-2i.

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box social at voriif woiinoisa, April 1st. One-act plays, come. y . Arhnlssio

llrctches. music, etc lie lid Ill D1302.

re fighters save 78-, battle lasting for hours.

‘Chinese in

Tough spot 0n Burma Front

, India. March M:

NEW DELHI (AP) — Ringed couipleteiy and a tacked time after time for 3d hours,

the Chinese forces at Win , iso- M

fated left anchor of the all ed cen- tral Burma line, held even their outer defences intact tonight s- glaiinst Japanese pressing from all s es,

The invaders had by-passcd Tollllgoo on the eastern Rangoon- Mnndalay Road, taken Kyungon. l2 miles to the north and still held the Toungoon alrdrome, eight miles above the city. but still they could not budge the entrenched Chinese about Toungoo itself.

On the other main road to Cen- tral Burma, tihe Irrawaddy Valley route to Prome and the oil fields 140 miles farther north, the Jap- anese were moving in force, pep- pering the country ahead of them with parachute irrsos iopped from the skies to organize urmese fifth columnists.

Permit married lllcn 3C to 35 in Reserve Army

OTTAWA. March 26 — (C?) - Married men between 30 and 95 years oi age will be permitted in enlist in the reserve army under an order just being issued, Defence Minister Ralston told the House of Commons tonight.

For some time past erlistments in the reserve army have been limited to men under 19 years of age sud between 35 and 50 years. The minimum age for men in the latter class who are single will still be 35 years, on the theory that men under that age should serve in the active arm .

Col. Ralstcn rn e the announce- ment in discussing army matters on iPe $2,000,000.00!) war appropria- on bfil for the new fiscal year.

Canadian Mails To Bermuda Lost

HAMILTON, Bermuda, March 26 -(CP Cablel-Iioss of some Can- adian mails travelling to Bemiuda was announced today by the Ber- muda government.

Except to say that the mails were ‘destro, by fire." an an- nouncement in the official Gazette Igalée no details of how they were cs .

Smash at Enemy From Malta to West Germany

Canadians Take Part In Raids Which Blast At Ruhr Valley, W h i I e Both France And Italy Are Scouted.

LONDON, March 36 —(CP) -'I‘he Rflyai Air Force at dusk tonight mmplebcd 36 hours of the heaviest and most successful fighting 1t has ever had outside England. spread- ing its work in attack and defence from western Germany to the Brit. 1521 tgiedllerranean stronghold of

‘Pa-icing quick advantage of a, sud- den improvement in the weather, hundreds of bombers blasted the industrial Ruhr Valley last night in one of the heaviest attacks yet made 0h Germany. and they flew also over FTilnoe and scouted It. all" Many CRflB-illliha were in the

force that attacked the Ruhr and base

St. Nazaire. Nazi submnylm on the French coast.

PePllfipe the most sensational air battle ever fought over Malta took DIME yesterday. the air ministry announced. when the RAJ‘. des. flayed or damaged 30 German dive b°ml3€TS—-fil; least half oi the at. tacking Nazi force.

l5 biz Nazi raid was directed at R 5MP lYlnR off the coast. After the first assault had been broken 11D. a fresll squadron came over im- a crack at shipping in Vsletta l-lar. boi". So hot was the anti-aircraft fire that the squadron went home wllhout causing damage.

This afternoon fliers of the bomb. er command. escorted by fighters, attacked enemv shipping gt, the German-held French port oi Havre. Eight German fighterg wgrg shot down in this sweep, wlin two British losses.

In the night flights. the foray over Italy. attacks on the German- held French coast and mine-laying lllilliis over enemv waters. a total 0f 13 British 0011111575 was 105$,

llon. Cyrus MacMillan Named to Committee

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OTTAWA, March 2C —(CP) —J. C. Turgeon (Lib. Csriboo) was nam- ed chairman of the House of Coili- mons committee on reconstruction and rehabilitation at the commit- tee’; organization meeting today.

HOII- Cyrus MacMillan (Lib. Queens) was elected vice-chairman

The committee has the task of re. porting on general problems of m- construction and rehabilitation v"l¢h may arise mei- the war.

It may appoint sub-committees to study partculiir suolects. and call witnesses.

_________,________ LIGHT KEEPER DIE!

LUBEC. Me. March 26-—(AP)— Captain Loring W. Myers, a7, keeper of the Lubec channel light for 32 years. died here Wednesday.

Cape Breton ‘Kilties ”

Learn

New Tricks

— l “Jock Columning" is something new for

hardy highlnnders; Unit is colorful.

By floss Munro cpnndlsn Press War Correspondent

SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND. March zs-(cr) - The ‘lock @01- umnisfs" of a Canadian armored division here sic ilic st-IOHC-mllwl" ed, hardy, Camdian-Scots of Cape Breton Highlanders, who coma to m; wal- from the mind, 81601 film“, 15am 18:14‘! towns of their

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rtina the tanks. one 01' m! m ' onderl’ roles wul be m carry Wt hurrying raids on enem vilified uni in» uis "Jock whim“ d in Rhys-tat: 1M6 MIL-Gen. "Jock” Campbell, WIIOmWOuIIIQI-lfl vligforia Cmss for vs!- or dose .

Companies of the Highlanders. with mobile artillery. will t-hr .

rry. encircle and hummer eh

nk and transport columns. They will attack furiously at one P01119- withdraw to strike at another lhd then make an and run around I flank and hit the line again. It lvillbeahei-tledrillona hill! scale and one Cape Breton offic- er. who has been picking u loin! Royal Air Ibroe slung, s ‘it ought to be a piece of cube."

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never tried before. but the High- landers are out to learn all he tricks of Campbell's men and add twists of their own. -

It wouldn't surprise some staff officer; if these stormy Maritimers swsnned over an enemy columl some day with regular weapons ll one hand and pick handles in the other. They have learned to expect almost anything from the colorful Highlanders.

The present battalion perpetuates the old 8th battalion, ended b, Defence Minister Misti-m in the frst gneolt Ralston isthon- or coone regimen .

‘ful-riyo Highlanders’ com atant ool- onel has been attached to the Black Watch from Montreal to observe gpfcial infant training in anoth- er division an n former command- in in mhry from Gait, Ont.. sctinl-

The clans of scotlsnd are repre- sented by name in this unit end the "Macs" are legion. More than 20 per cent of this M81109!“ sneaks ilie Gaelic and ever! men has made s pilgrim: to the Highlands since leaching and in the fail.

Maj. G.M. Macrleil of Grand Nar- mwg, n.5,, is second-in-commsn-f commanders are

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Read by Everybody

War Situation Last Night

(By KIRKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst)

With Axis and Allies alike fishing in troubled political waters for fresh battle resources, Prime Minister Churchill's declaration ti; p, London audience that the Allies "cannot lose except through our own fault“, has pointed meanlng_

The Balkan and Indian manoeuvres 111's reference to "the combined. terial resources and manpower

sharply underscore Church- ovcrvvhelming strength" in both ms.- which is available to the Allies, if successfully mobilized. London estimates that Hitler is seeking to re- cruit 750,000 new troops In the Balkans. The Crlpps mission to India 1:“ ‘pointed at on sll but inexhaustible manpower reservoir for the el. O I I Q

That ll only port of whet flnsrehffi had 1n mind: but it ll a very critical elment in the war situation at this moment. Political man- oeurvlng in the Balkans and In India necessa iiy displaces battle happenings in first interest since success or failure by either sidi: mull! deeply Influence the immediate as well as the future course of

e war.

Assured of whole-hearted entry of India info the struggle, Brl- taln could view the widening Japanese attack on Empire life lines In Burma sinil the Indian Ocean s»; only another temporary phase. Japanese penetrations of the British-Chinese lines In Burma have not yct assumed critical proportions. In Japanese hands the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, abandoned by light British forces as indefensible, are l, potential rather than present threat. to Calcutta or Ceylon. ,

There 15 much Information on this side of the Atlantic, however, to justify London assertions that Ilifler is playing with fire in the Balkans. The intermixed nationalities and warring ambitions and lilfercsts of that political powder barrel make it a dangerous place to strike sparks.

Only by a mixture of threats and promises did Hitler weave the insecure pattern of Axis affiliation In Rumania, Hungary and Bul- garia. Now he is seeking to expand it without benefit of his promised Bmflfillllli,’ Vlflfiry in Russia. Yet to Allied eyes the major factor in- volved In the Nuzl Balkan recruiting drive must be the indication it clearly gives that Hitler ls reaching the bottom of the barrel of his own resources in manpower ils vi-cll a; oil. That is what his Russian “cruszide" has cost him.

With King Boris of Bulgaria and the Nail diplomat. Von Papers, reported now in conference with Hitler, the crisis in the Balkan re- cruiting manoeuvre cannot be long delayed. Time is already short for deploying additional troops Ilifler might get for his 1942 offensive,

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Some London experts gleefully predict he may lose Instead of gaining strength. IIe may be forced to sendJdditlollll German gar- risons to keep order in the Balksnsjo prevent l var-vvithin-wgr be- hind his back. The bribes In territory arid sen outlet control he proh- lllly l! ""8""! l!" H" yet his to hand out They aflll must be won In blood, sweat and tears. '

“limes” Emmi l0 Ill]? I linger into the Indian political whirl- pool are also noted, coupled with the first Japanese seizure in the Andamuns of Indian footholds. That move, however, may prove to be 0f Slflfllly limited and purely military significance.

Bay of Bengal bases on those islands might be designed rather to protect a Japanese flanking attaik by sea on the west coast nf Bin-m; to turn Slrlo-Britlsh defences of the main Burmese oil fields rather than as attack springboards against Ceylon or Calcutta.

“Ferry Service

I Problem Aired

Two possib-le choices of ‘stand-by’ boat, says Ralston.

OTTAWA, March 26-(0?) -'I‘wo

lble choices of a "stand-by"

at for the Prince Edward Islund

car ferry service are being studied.

Defence Minister Ralston told the House of Commons tonight.

Last year the regular train and automobile ferry operating between Cape Tormentine, N. 13., and Bor- den. PEI- sailk while going to Saint John for an overhauling. Since tilcn the ferry service has been operated by a snail bout which

ad been used as a stand-by. The matter was discussed iii com- mittee tonight durin consideration of supplementary est mates for the current fiscal year.

Col. Rnlston said the Canadian National Railways, which operates the ferry. was considering a boat celled ‘The city of Sacramento," now operating on the Pacific coast, as a possible stand-by boat for the service. It is ilot s train ferry.

A second ssible choice is a hain ferry now operating on Lake Michigan, the minister said. .1t would be necessa to cut this boat in two in onder get it through the 8t, Lawrence River canal locks. It was also possible this boat would not fit the train-ferry dock facili- ties now in use.

All aspects (if thsoasétuation bziils respect to the wc s were h! a m-e-r- 1.55%:

Earner Munltlom Minis”! Ho“ urgently needed on Canadianpfarms told the committee it had been de- to 1mm” the Dommw,“ produch oided shipyard space and mnteAals ion of “.001 by 7000000 w 8000000 could not be diverted from war nur- mun,“ ‘ W“ d m’ 03th,,’ 8km Doses at this time to construct o "a, “min-sexy,” the Canadian c,“ MW l9"? and m“ n" “M”: operative wool Growers‘ Association would have '4) will!" will‘ ll" today told the zsui annual meeting present facilities.

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lslanii Farmer Wins at Truro

TRUE/O, N. S.. March 20-40?)- Edward Boswell of Victoria, P. E, 1., won the grand champion medal at the 7th annual Nova Scotia Agricultural College winter Fall- ncre today. Boswell out-distanced all other graduate; of the five- inonth short course by capturing first place in both the Guernsey cow and fill classes

N. D. Mc nald of Bridgeville. N. S., Won the reserve grand champion medal. The awards weie made on the basis of the students training, preparation and show- inanship in exhibiting the vl-rioill classes If livestock in the judging r l.

More Sheep Urgently Needed On Farms

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Charges oil Interests sold Patents to Nazis‘

WASHINGTON. March zit-MP) -'I‘hurmsn Arnold declared today that the Standard Oil Conlpriny of New Jersey had “frustrated the creation of an American srnt-liciic rubber industry" by turning im- proved manufacturing processes over to Geitnan interests, prior to United States entry into the war, the same time withhold- ing them from American firms.

Arnold, assistant United States Attorney General in charge of unti- trust division, tcld the Senate De- fence Invostigating Committee that cartel arrangements between Stan- dard Oil and ilie I. G_ Farben Trust of Gennany were “the principal cause of our present shortage of gynihelic rubber."

Furthermore. llc said, Standard had estimated that. slmtlleiic rub- ber could be produced by its pro- oemes at s cost below the price of natural rubber.

only Department of Justice sc- tion which resulted yesterday in a consent decree and payment of fines. Arnold said, succeeded in making available to the American government and industries patents for the synthetic rubber, synthet- ic gasoline and various other chemicals as well as the "know- how" of their application.

As a result of that action, Arnold expressed the opinicn that "in the future, with some supervision by an active anti-trust division. this sort of thing isn't going to happen again."

He estimated that. standard Oil's loss oi its control over the patents involved would ccst the company $5.000.070 to 810000.000 which he said “justifies the comparatively small fines."

Col. Ralston Comments on Army program

OTTAWA, March 26 — (C P)- Canadols 1942 overseas army pro- gram will not be affected by reason of the additional forces now being mobilised for home service, Def- ence Minister Ralston said today at a press conference.

The present invention is to pro- ceed with stcpping up of the over- seas organization from an army corps to a two-corps army, heavily weighted with tank formations.

T e 7th and 8th divisions. mob- lization of which was announced Wednesday bv Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King. will be almost en- tirely comprised of “home defence troops’ of the active army.

Thai; is, they will be manned by “recruitsl the men called up un- der the compulsory provisions oi the National Resources Mobilization Act for service in Canada and who have not volunteered for service outside Canada.

The Minister said some men crill- ed u? compulsorily are in the 6th divis on, moblizcd some time ago, and also on home defence service, but the greater number of men in

is division are volunteers for ser- vice anywhere in the world.

(In a story earlier The Canadian Press quoted Col. Rolsicn as say- ing that most of the mcn in the 6th division were men called compili- sorily but the Minister later said this was inaccurate.)

susrnnns PUBLICATION

DALLAS, March 28 -- (AP)-Th€ Dallas Journal in a notice printed on its front page, today announced suspension of publication.

"Continuance is no longer econ-

plausible and would there- fon constitute waste." the anh- ouncement .

Suspension of the Journal. after- noon Daper founded in i014, leaves the Dallas newspaper field to the Dallas moniing news, and the after- noonklgailyjrirnes I Herald.

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Report charges Nazis using Rio De Janeiro as World

clearing house for espionage.

RIO DE JANEIHO, March 26 —~ (AP)- Police Chief Filinto Muller announced tonight that a "gigan- tic" Nazi spy ring ccntring in Rio De Jimciro had been smashed with the arrest of 200 operatvcs and the seizure of four powerful secret rs.- clio stations.

The official report charged that the Nazi's had been using this capi- tal as n world clearing house for espionage.

It doc-lured that war secrets from the Uniied Slates, Britain and many other nations had been spirited here in complete detail.