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azis Reported

Clearing Towns Behind Frontier

Invasion Three-t Discussed In Holland And Belgium As Rumors Of New

German Movesiire Heard.

PIFPEN, Belgium. Feb. 29—(CP Havas)—All German towns and villages within a radius of i8 miles from the southeastern Netherlands frontier were being evacuated toniuht under orders of the German army, reliable re- ports reaching here said.

Important Nazi troop movements were under way to- day in this zone, facing the Netherlands provinces of Lim- liurg and Gelderland, the reports said.

The toivn of Cieves. l0 miles from the Dutch bordei- and 2f! miles northwest of the German town of Wesel, was evacuated at 10 n. m. today. Street car communications be- tween Cloves and Nimcguen, the Netherlands, stopped this afternoon.

’l‘hese developments coincided with reliable reports that (iermany's borders facing Belgium and the Nether- lands, both potential avenues for a flanking offensive against the Allies. will be sealed by the Reich tomorrow.

SAID LOCAL RUMORS

_ (At The Hague a government spokesman. character- iziui: the news as a Belgian report based on local rumors said the Netherlands had no official information indicat- ing such a move.)

At Aachen (Alx-la-Chapelle), near the juncture of the Belgian, Netherlands and Reich frontiers, Gei'mun appli- cants seeking special permits to cross the border were turned away by Nazi authorities. Permits would be of -|illle use, upplicantswere- told, “iii view of the forthcom- ing closing of the frontiers."

FRONTIER T0 BE CLOlSED

Workers from eastern Belgium who commute daily to jobs in Germany have been told they will be unable to ' cross the frontier after tomorrow. Bakers at Aachen and surrounding German communities were ordered, accordf lng to reports, to lay in a three-month stock of flour. It was intimated that serious “transport difficulties" might develop in the near future.

‘ Some 1,000 persons have been evacuated from the Bel- gian city of Verriers during the last month in fear of a Possible German invasion. The city is 12 miles from the ; German border. Textile plants there have started to move their machinery and stocks to Tourain. Railway freight Bervii~e will be paralyzed if serious developments arise, Belgian authoritcs pointed out.

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LONLON -(CP) — Smlthfield "ii. cis. -

Ytrom Aldgate Piimp as

uie. But Jew. dcnt like Federal Contest

Pit ii FER SEG REG ATION

' ‘hoteliers guy the new lltlll, vicirt last.

Coming Events

(By The Canadian Pressl

. Kulimo

Many Civilians Killed In lied Attacks

HIIIBINICI. Fob. M —(A.P) — Many civilians were killed, fires were started which raged far imo the night and much damage was done today by huge fleets cl Rus- sisn boinomg panes which attacked some Finnish cities in waves. ,

At less: 10 persons were killed and man injured at the island to _ vonlinns 80 miles north o! Vitipuri in Kokonselks lake. where the planes loosed their bombs in frequent attacks all through the

ay.

First uld was rushed to the his- toric town devastated by dozens L! ires.

Deienseless The place, WlllfflkFlillw sold is defenseless, is the site of the world- famous medieval island fortress of Olavi. lmherto one of tho best pie- uirved redcs in Northern Europe. Riihimaakl, 4O miles north o1 Hel- sinki, was bombed five times, and although details were not available, it was re orted fires were raging there far iito the night.

Kuovalu was bombed time alter

time by fleets as largo as 50. 1S0. and Boéilanes. Details of the an damage there still ivei-e not. known. Finnish fighter planes ccuntcr- attacked and prevented a bombing of Kaiaani by 64 sian craft. _

Two persons were killed and three wounded at the little Way village of inkeroinen. One “as killed at Hamlna and one at Turku, much- bombed port of the Gulf o: Bothnia.

Take New Positions

Forced back once more on > the western edge of the Kareliun isth- mus Finnish forces braced themsel- ves in what they said were stronger pottlcns, massed artillery and min- ed the ice of Viipurl Bay in an ef- fort to prevent encirclenient of Vii- puri, objective of the Russian in- vsders. The Finnish high command re. ortcd that the red army. entering ljhe fourth month of its ponderous offensive, was forced to pay dearly for every men of izroiinn owned 111 this area while continued assaults cn the eastern side of the uihmufi were said to have been i‘el>1115"~‘<l with heavy losses. Elsewhere, the Finns said Russuin attacks were thrown back northeast of Lake Laxlofiii. in the vicinity of Pitkaranta. and that more "H9111." 5mm; poms were captured at lii Central Flu "'1" W110i‘? 507116 Riis iwn- are encircled. Heavv ficlitliio raced unnrntri‘ a- bqvi. the Arctic Circle in the Pct-

disclosed here.

Conclude Talks 0n Maritime Bacon Production

OTTAWA, Feb. 29 —(CPl—Cie_n- eral discussions on the hog rais- lng and bacon mai-keuiig satiation were concluded here today by re- presentatives of the Maritime Gov- ernments and the Dominion Ca0-

inet._

Most of the Maritime delegates will ieturn home tomorrow but Rand H. Mathewson of the Mari- time Transportation Commission will remain in Ottawa to curry on negotiations for u posszble reduc- tion in freight rates or a subvcn- tlon on mill feeds from Western Carmela moved to the Miizttimes to

Wzth 10 days to go before oiticiai ' nomination day on March ll. o.

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liaitc tui Notices tn this column survey by The Capadatan Pressl ll cents p" word, . tcdny showed 533 candidates ready l

to contest, the (Janodmi general '

4- elections March 26. The total to

date is two higher than in the i930 "IV-tllllflize Sale St. James Hall, {edelgl erlegigns‘ bgfdffg "fmfmfl" i 5“ 1~\.-:. t c. M L-UoD-Z-Zo-Lil. "m" ° B w‘ s “ °' l ‘ Th» Liberal Government has , ncm noted 204 candidates and the 34V" Conservative; list 171 cscdidaies 1" ‘iflllllliflg under the “National Lia- . Np“, m“: *0‘ criiment‘ label. Conservaove - is. l<.~.i.._»,-._,.‘ galllgllfghigr T2311“? er Mouton has stated that. he pre- Irm fers 14> use the term Notional Gov- ‘ cram/ant tn describing the 0on- servattve oandtdatefi. although he has no objection to any of his candidates describtng h‘mself in any other way provided he makes it clear that he surpprrts the pro- pcral to establish a national gov- ernment Filling up the list an 9! candi-

_ ___.. ‘Hixllcy tonight Ho s I. Stanley Brings, p

B;:€};ill_1<>iied Scotch Concert and Fnzlh hbiilltl. Wood l~iflnds hsu, l“. “Mich 1st. L-oin-z-fls-zi.

.. ., mecfpkllldyvflrlv to the Mailtiine M 1 ooatiiioay afternoon, March vanlyffl-l 1W1- yJur ciio.ce of the

l "1 100d things to est. toi-

wealth Federation and 60 others, "T l ____ the latlegldineluding Newllaemgg. ct -~ . . nmmu s, - Blretitil-Liil-iiggllicid ‘él,l,.c1l'f,"§§}.‘ iitlnfififii. zitifisiocon. 51:21; Cred- milll Bliss. sensonalllw. W? H. it. candidates are running under “m- L-coo-a-i-r. the “New Democracy" label in the "L0 ——- federal elections. southaglltllllilchlirgilflfi. Marin?! Jiiofipour digoltluwing if“ amaoiiienoidtii; our‘; ' - - - 8111118. nom a.. . 1-1-393-3-1-11- iprostriges. (L-Izbernl. NCt-Natlonal "Arriving at, Brsdiilbane 316N011 gifirzrilblgxfilthogahii-cggfldn Ogilm No‘ l N" mumwlck H“?- ln brackets after provinces indi-

Orde r now‘ wum‘ o‘ ":§§8"{}§‘_"1-_"_ cafe number of seat-s.) "11 i Ptrov M lgfltarfimetiaelioie on Modern i. no cor- other!

I15. Silver collectionfiom “might P m T l" 4 4 — '- P_ Lot-mall" i. (1121 i2 a a i riiice Edward Island o _ - . l 0) t1 '1 1 -- “l {the we w the Ladle? S: Que- we» 3v w 4 1o “$1 Lliurch on Saturn-Ill. lftqr- Ont. (l ‘i8 Bil 24 21 "wily/lurch 2nd at Meritbne sfec- Men. (l7) 1t 17 . 1a 9 °- 1,; Sd-Fk. (21) 19 7 '1 “co —‘- Mil. (17) 1'1 i. 15 13 ll"? 011B. come all to see the B, 0. (16) ill 16 16 ii toiaoff irflme to be played in Yukon (l) 1 1 - _ “mmiioynlti-M ggvlgiitmbiiwiii“ 1mm mo 9 01' 6 i B00111 92 Ci °"' ""1 was. 1.4

“l” l‘) the Ladies of Zion Uhuich. “at” or me Owwrmve csmmm" ithe discussions here and

feed h0g5.

Agr ulturc Minister Dennis of Prince Edward Island said that the question of reduction In the cost of mill feeds ii‘ns ii major consideration of the meeting here but added that all discussions were fairly gen- eral and no definite conclusions were arrived at.

Due to the present high price of mill feeds in the Maritime Prov- inces it is difficult to raise hogs and participate tn the bacon agree- ment bsiween Canada and the United Kingdom, Mr. Dennis said. Under the agreement the Domin- ion provides Bdtain with ii mini- nium of 4.800.000 pounds of bacon I

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wAgrlculture Minister Taylor oii’ New Brunswick and Agriculture Minister Macdonald of Nova Sco a also were meinbvs of the doles!" pan atom w'l'/- Mr Dennis. They c“ c ‘=”""'"".r:;.i:.'; return for further nesoilfltlflfls

later.

Cov’t Plans Monthly liuota For ll. S. Pork

OTTAWA. Feb. 29 —~(CP) --Dom- lnion government officials are de- veloping g plan t0 BDDOISIOn "16 monthly quota of fresh and frozen pork to be imJmrten fi‘om the Unit- ed States un er the nounced restrictions desi ned stabilize Canadian orodlloi- 011-

'I‘he monthly tabllshed at 1.62 ‘I60 bounds

n average monthly

all imports have been

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Covers Prince Edward

Struggle A Months

ByThoCnnadialPlC

Six months after the German in- vs icii of Poland. which brought- Brltish and French declarations of war on Germany. Europe awaits the I real struggle between the forces of the great powers.

‘Thousands of lives have been lost. the course of millions of lives has changed, but. t_he mas! slaughter in battle and the wreckln of great cities —~whlch it was o ten predict- ed uould accompany the first out- break of another great war- have not materialized. save in Poland and Finland.

But. after six months. spring is approaching. and with it t e ind of weather preferred for large-scale,‘

' operations. i

The day-by-dsy chronology of the confllc: shows it has been so far a "ivai" of words.“

Gevinaitys blitzkreig against Po- land and the Russian invasion of Finland developed into full military action.

Mass aerial bombings have not taken place.

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out-of-ihc ,

sumo region but the result ivas not}

for several, days ml: boolun 1-110

‘ have gone into stride.

Oiilv at sca does the war between the three western powers seem to

Many neutrals. their fate in bal- ance, ponder these possibilities with the approach 0f spring:——

A dcc3=ive struggle on the we=t- erii front.

A German attemnt to flank the MilTlllflt ltiic by striking through the r1f‘ll‘l‘Eil low countries or Switzer-

land. An allied thrust. rit. Germany tlirniioli h"r hack door. A drive bv Germany; into th - kans. Wldeninc of the Finnish stri zgle‘ to bring in Norway and Sweden. l A cliroiiolcoxi of important events, during the first six months oi’ the

(Con uucd on page '1. Col S)

Mackenzie King denominated For Prince Albert

PRINCE ALBERT, Susie, Feb. 29 —<CPr —\Viirning National govern- mcii‘. advoe 1e. that "hitter and coiiteiiipLlilii‘ ‘words u-euld no’. n‘. {

for iiiiiii‘ and coopcmtion, Prune Minister Mackenzie Iiiiig declared here trduv his tictciuiimnt on that no word uttered by him during the P11Y11Druen would aliclitltc the ll'lfl1(l€il1l) and cooperation of any man or woman of unv political party,

Chosen unanimously by the Liber- al convention this afternoon as

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Island Like the Dew

ETOWN, CANADA. FRIDATK, 1, 19401

fter Six Warfare

Sees Reds Bombing Canada To llit At United States

BUFFALO. N. Y.. Feb. 29 ——(AP) -Bomb:rig by Soviet Rusoa of Canadian cities to force mobiliza-

Llon of the United States was pne- t Guild of Chgylgmeiou-n smged the IDNDON, i 4 ~01’ (

dloted today by Frederick Snyder,

Kingston. N. Y, writer and tl'3\'€.l- , Been Arranged" at the Prince Ed- lfl‘. | ivurd The-sure yesterday. Snyder told the Buffalo Rotary; ‘

Club "the Russian-x will bomb Can-

ada because they believe ma: re-l dzstiiiguislied

volt and communism yvlll spwad in this country. once mobilization .5 ordered."

Sacramento River Breaks Through Bikes

SAN FRANCISCO Feb. L“ - - —The Sn" nciito 1"‘ ‘ " torrents from its poured through bi inundaJiig villages and 1a

The breaching of the lev.

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Annual Ilubiicrtfitlnn Ilclivered I530 I

lly Bliill—l'.ii.. $000, laniiiiu nod l \ il-i 00

Anglo’ - Italian Talks Are Suspended

l Europe Awaits Real YRED CRUSS; British-Giro Seize

lniiuciivivazi Shipments IS SUCCESS; U?” Coal To Italy

Little Theatre Guild. o‘ : - - , Players Have Cap_:L0ndon Otiicials Said Confident acity House For Frade NQQOtIEItIOnS VVill Performance. B R A capacity Crowd at both the sf- e enewed‘

terziociii and evening performance _ _

.W6i"e treated to a two and one '

i l1;‘.‘.‘i'...*“;;*:i::‘nitarizie . -

Conservatives ,1‘;;j§;§.§ Nominate tlinllt Halifax

By J. l". Suiitii-iwr-ii Canadian 1'1‘. ~~ . u. \“.i|!t‘[ l ‘ BLE‘ ti. iiitcn 11.1w.‘ ixfczi

l thee act drama, "A Murder Has TTraGE “I Great Britain u< "blLilfilltivd. ' . The drama, Wll h was a Red swim ‘fllqll Cross benefit 111a)‘, was under the ' patronage of His Honour Lieut. Governor and Ms.

lcPage. It was gtaggd as a destzn-ed for Df1IFi0ilC_ For effort and the pro- i . coeds ivil. assist the local Red Negotiations for n war trade t i s 1V IIEPPQiiii-tit llt'1\l't'l‘i1 ilnnii- and l

HALIFAX, Frh. 29~-—((‘P\~~("l'l- (iziu: .15

l . t. “ ti‘ v u '1 ion of .115 diania HR,

-~ ‘Lil la" .i~> l-l wovld do credit to much is" r m K u“ l“‘ ‘I mm “ I

fill‘ ireclis hut ' 1l]l_ii.ll‘t‘ll1l_\' have struck a .\t'l‘i|ll> sii g

= acd the actors and ncm- es 'i~d the benefit. of the six weeks

PPQlYBT-“lllllll llllfl rehenrszif. Among other ct ll>.(l(l‘tl'.l(i.'.S

Y} ys pcrforinziiicc was a volied. Brztr. I ~~t I met-roixilitan production cont for .65 m me Se“ m held the lll'.t"(‘.§i of the "w, u o 1W0 5111i:

- iooiivciitioii has ‘vii two c lLilClITIOS, slid a Co-(Jy

. we from start to finish. i-ic for the fllitTfilllYllPll‘ “"15 Flo-f, - .7 ‘d by Albert. Blanchm-(Ts §,,.,'“‘.,'u§‘ ca?“ ‘ziie Conimciiivcrillli l'\(1‘_‘!‘_.'.l<)l'\ Rand. Sclecflo-ns WPTf‘ piared 5mm; icilllfiidllie is lii the running. l" tiitermisslous and the or- 711T.‘ w. o, . _ .,,_ , l R E‘. Finn, K. C., one oi

was also interwoven into ~‘,,,,m‘§,.,:§f, ;:.',1‘,(._““‘“[ “$2? ‘Liberal Halifax members tn

‘. ‘ ‘ ’ ‘ ‘q ‘ 1‘ wast PHTlLQiDGUI, was no: re-niiniiii- ‘ axed but nniiouizced lie \i‘\‘li.d run 1 ‘as a Luicrul. Detcre hl- DJYlYS " iCOlIVOIlKlKTTi, he said he would imo ‘L ‘accept a iiomirnfinn from it be-

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All tlircc acts had the <riiiie sett-

ed three LCWIIS, iruli an n5 ,, popu atton oi about 800. amt ereat-t ed a threatening situation in the; loiver valley. t

Wuitlici‘ was favorable. lioiveverfl and river experts prt kl eieil the flowt soon would reflect the (IP01) of inc upper stream.

Although the rising streams cans-i ed morcmtlian 5,000 persons to tleel Choir!!!) esume Goat-T! toil mun the‘, four days of flood still stood at only‘ 2 and not more than a dozen per- sons were injured.

Nine breaks were forced if) the levees, and the overflow isolated Btillc city and its 400 residents- Princeton and CodoraAMoi-e than’ 100 persons in Butte City were rc- ported marooned. and relief agencies: sought means of dotting food and. water into the town

After the break lii the dikes about, 65 miles uii stream from Sacramento, much concern (lercloiicd for the. safctr of the area around KlllQll"S Landing. near the concourse of the Sacramento nnrl flooded triluitmjlcra Knight's inii"‘ii~ is nllOlll 20 miles north of sfifltlllflllfi.

criiirlirlatc for Prince Albert. which hshas Pf‘l)l‘(‘=f‘llt("i since 1926 the , Prime Minister addressed two pub- l hc meetings here. afternoon and, evening. t “I hope to be able to say at the- clo e of the campaign that I have ‘ not used a word about anv person l‘! RYW Dfllflvfll party which mayl make it impossible for that mun or. woman to “"1 with me." the Prime illnistcr said,

(I conversation. after . llic Prime Ministci" "aid this remark ivils not to be construed as indicating n nlari to form a coali- tinn government, but, ma; hp “.1511- ed to be frcc to mll unon men and women of all nnrttcs to cooperate with the government.)

Says Turkey lias No Plans For Invasion

ANKARA, Feb. 20—(APl -—-PN- mier Reflk Snydam in u broad- cast to the nation tonight de- clared Turkey had no intention of attacking Soviet Russia and had no reason to believe that the Soviet. Uiilon would attack her.

Denounclng "evil intentioned propaganda," which, he said, had led to reports abroad attributing ivarllke moves to Turkey, Savclam declared the nation wished oiify to "cmiitn at peace

The Premier did not accuse any nation spectflcafy of spreading the reports to which he referred, but made it. plain that the main pur-

More Building In Canada Than In Jan.

TORONTO. Fkab. 29 -_-ICP) —' Building contracts airnroed Llirough- i out. Canada. in February totalled $11,768,500 according to ligurcs coni- pilcd b Macbean Building Reports Limlie . compared W1Ll1$8,3-11.7C(lv in January and $l1,322.900 in E's!)-

rusry, 19119.

For the first. two months of 1940. contracts unaided are 10.9 per cent greater than to; iht‘ 5111111‘ DQ1- iod of 1039, with totals of $211,613.- 000 and $18,513,700 respectively. awarded

lcaiise he dlsaipprorcd of the ‘delegates were chosen.

ins, the stage of St. J‘T.."s' The- wat- -I‘ t‘. loud-on and the drama lt=clf . ' “~35 n; admin‘, prmlvmd at . gotiatioiis arc only suspended Jnni-S» Thryrm Tlnndort Th,‘ s“, and tliirre was no eviilwicc to

of the drama ivas the stage of ilia mplm" """"" ‘Pbeatre and the ttime was between

It was stated iicrc that ne-

l ‘L been broken off.

, _ 1 (llfifllilg urc confident. in fact. _ grlirsi?‘ D-Jlgsznglrllgthauléigll‘: i that thry will he renewed. L birthday

l ms? is usuattv I i

oic Charles Jasper, the author of ‘ a b0 k b‘ ck manic and ghosts.

(Conuiucd on page 7. Col 5)

Tia: DUMBEST

whi-li a V. ‘ . = .. tcndcd to co Y l‘ Gcrziinn

I I ivcll a= innit s. At the t . the blockade was‘ I extended, Bi‘ 1i ."lli!"1lllr'€'d that

woe liable to

i ‘ . r ci‘ n t they were 011W‘ .11 hp- tli‘ . iiellirnl | (i Iikgs. ‘rnA I s l 3S. . G I R“! t ‘t __> a I tliy .l. Sanili-isonl Wiiiiiiiiiiin l’ Staff Writer) \‘ F. Jt-(CP Cable) i it!" . . months of ivrir with, F Gcrmaziy Bflillill sands loriiiv} ., \\".l;1 all he: vast resources ma» sliallcd to lll0t‘t ihc expected iurge- I scale enemy spring olfcnsiie on _______ , l liiiul, sen mid in the air. ...-,>._1-‘,n-

Britain's iviii‘ machine. which nd- _ an“ MU“ mittcdly had many defects ‘when m“, um“,- wzir (M11110 111M auuiiiiii, has t ‘ strciij-iliciicd and expanded almost bcyrcnd lDC-llfif during the six mouths, sit/it'd indiertly by inaction mm“ L; L13 p. on all iiilliiary fronts except the. “u, by...“ “m '1 ‘l1 S035. 1_ lpqiy 1 ,‘ ‘

The iiirrc flohting services have 194i In ‘Ylllll’ the avcrflrst imssihle use of me m“. _ the half yrar of “war without Cunndmn warfare" nud today have reached Puxcuih} .1 .e in their doveiopmeiit of i‘ . Ill and ffilfl‘ll"\‘ which gives the country as a ivhole supreme copfidrure in llllllllfl‘? victcri‘.