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Beaverbrook

iMinister Of State ”

Canadian-horn Peer becomes Deputy Prime Minister and Head of all British war production. (By Pat Ussher, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

LONDON, May — (Friday) — (CP Cable) — Lord l. averbrook, dynamic Canadian-born newspaper publisher, I upsurge of Britaln’s aircraft produc- inn under Prime Minister Churchill, today was named 1,, ulster of State which observers said makes him deputy

l- ponsihle for the

l‘ ime Minister and virtual reduction.

In a surprise series of governmental shifts the Prime liinister also announced the merging of the key ministries 9i shipping and transport-ministries sharing the burden of keeping‘ Britain supplied and directly affected by the battle of the Atlantic and air attack at home.

These are to be merged soon under the title of Min- isiry of Wartime Communications and will be under Frederick James Leathers, who has been adviser on coal

toihe ministry of shipping.

Succeeding: Lord Beaverbrook as head of the all-im- riant iliinistry of Aircraft Production is LL-Col. J. T- C.

oore-Brzibazoii. the former ihlete and aviation pioneer,

rplane entirely made in England over English soil.

in combining shipping and transport Mr. Churchill sought to unify 1- ministries unleii ucai with the great ocean life-line of Britain and ,2 Empire. anti we railways hcre. Only this

s that sonic unification of Britain's railway systems was contem- ; '.:ii under uunmie emergency conditions.

;1.z.il ,.. cwt. Increase in Bacon exported!

OTTAWA. Hay l-(CH-ln- '1‘ 100 pounds in i tn pa-circrs by the rm Board for ba-

Ccnazf. (an lo rnfer ilie l " l ,,

lnnounc slkl

l be imported to lirltcln cxistng Canada-Un-

p disc payable un-

dc: the . schcduic will be 113. .1 p. Hi1 pounds for grade B. N.. 3. neighing 70-80 pounds,

lkr side.

> Place int-reuse applies to the vsricus export cuts, in addition to rides. ' m li goes into effect on "all pro- duct tram

ut ilito cure for sxncrt ogs purchased on and liiav 2." won agreement negotiated by lsier Gardiner

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._( iii 1050- Tecmerit tlritzwin to sun- j .V 291. 0.01:0 pcunds of Wilt. ‘shire sides, but Britain actually ltoeptcd 321,000,000 pounds, ‘ .

‘Posltponc’ big tine-nay strike

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, ui mitts} plant here in conjunction “MAE-list; 1“holdays" 1n other flrltnowedp e centres. had b.ein “Tgajfilllllse wrs to hav= taken q, msimclmvv- but it Wit. called off mmlllciltlris from Slit Barrett, m, wgfk Yéeivna‘ direc or of the gm" "it 0 saniziniz co t-tee. "lsggsiigicietliq that p anneld

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minister of transport, an and first Briton to fly an

week there had been re-i

Scme circles believed promotion of Lord. Beaverbrook indicated he 1s to be regarded as . Churchill's possible 511mb sor should the Prime Minister for any reason leave Down- ing Street.

Wxiely- edited with unusual suc- cess in stepping up aircraft produc- tion. Lord Beaverorook now will be confront/ed with the task of co-ur- dlnattn indnstrlar priorities. and lncreas rig tank and other war ma- chine production.

The appointment is expected to answer some critics who have ar- gued that the war cabinet members are too burdened with departmental tasks to give the fullest. attention to the broader problems of the “T112,

Wish Lord Beaverurcok Dl‘€5iil1l-‘ ably assuming general direction of ‘ the economic phases of’ the war. Prime Minister Churchill Will o: free io devolve his full time to mill- trry, naval and diplomatic activi- ties.

In such a role Lord Beiwerbrook

ilemands U. S. Navy take over Convoy work

F‘, l ....<,.,<..,, Canadian Press Staff Writer

WASHINGTON. Mav 1 -(CPl— Agcnole; of the United States gov- gesred themselves today to imolemcnt orders of President Roosevelt to accumulate a n00] 0f a; least; 2030001) tcn< of shinning in assist nafions battling aggres-

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M, the snme time. the Senate

heard for the first time an one“ dern"nd that t-he United States na- vy be 8SSl"ll‘.‘(l lo convnv duty, at least within the western nemis- here. _ The maritime commission made plans to place 50 big tankers at the service of Britain within the next few days to carry oil from Caribbean and Gulf norts to North Atlantic harbors where the carizoes will be trans-shipped to British vessels for passage across the At- lantlc.

Meanwhile the Senate commerce committee progressed with legisla- tion authorizing the sovernment to take possession of all foreign refu- gee shiopinp in United States har- bors, including 69 German. Ital- ian and Danish vessels under seiz- ure. It: was considered most pro- bable here that the shl eventual- ly will be turned over Britain.

In asking that the United States navy be oonsivneri to convoy duty. Senator Joseph F. Gnffey (Dem.- Penn.) ssired "are we so careless of our national unity. so doubtful of our strength and capacity. that we are going on forever being bluffed by Hitler?"

Sentenced For Man-slaughter

RJMOUGKI. Que, May 1—(CP) --\lVilil|.m Alien Hunt. ‘l6. of Prince George, 8.0., was sentenced today in 2o mpxnths in» ail followinB 11°11‘

on a of reduced from murd dew from his arrest last Dec. i0.

Hunt was accused of murdering Joseph Madore, ca. of Sayabec. Que, on a Canadian Notional il- ways e ress train travelling rom Montrca to Monctnn. N.B. Madors died from a knife wound near the heart after a quarrel developed between the men.

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Make port After accident Over Atlantic

F e a t Described As “One Of Greatest Epics Of Flying.”

B Douglas Asnaron CsnndLn Press Staff Writer

IDNDON, May 1—-(OP CABLES- A dramatic stcry of a flight two Canadmns who successfully p loted for more than six hours a damaged giant flying boat croslng the Ar.- lantic, was told tonight by the Mm- ist of Aircraft Production.

e feat of F'lf..-Lt. J. G. Fleming, DEC, of Calgary and F0. J. J. Meikle of Toronto, members of the Royal Air Force, in brnging s Cat- alint PBY flying brat to Erglancl after both alrlerons had been tzrn off was called by the Ministry "one of the greatest epics of flying."

The plane carrying the l7W0 pli- ots, two fight engineers loaned by the Fleet Air Arm and two radio operators who are Canadian citi- zens. left Bermuda urder perfect weather ccndtions. Suddenly, at 185C100 feet the automatic plot jam- me .

“At this critical moment the

starbcard ailersn went full down." the account said. “The effect wa‘ to throw the machine into a spiral dive. Immediately the ailerons began to flutter becausa of the steep angle they were meeting the flow of olr. The machine spun clown almlsi: 18,000 feet to only B00 feet- above sen tevel."

The pilots d'd their utm"si to re- gain stsbfhty dur no the dive but

British planes Active despite Poor weather

LONDON. Mav l-dCPl ~Ger- man guns on the French coast hurled big exnlo=ive shells briefly across the m’sty strait into the Dn- vcr area anew tonight as bud visi- hllity anparently kept Nazi air ac- tivity to a minimum.

Despite stormy weather, particu- larly over the continent. the Air Ministry said that stron~ Royal Air Force bomber forces conducted ov- erni~ht attacks on the Get-man na- val base at K'e!, 0n H‘mbur=‘s in- rlustrfni centre, on the port of Fimden, and on turrets in the Ber- lin area. One British plane failed to return from the nhht missions and another was lost in dayrlight sitar“: Wednesday on shipping ntf the Netherlands const- and on an island radio sfaiion off Norway.

German operations Wednesday night were slight only a few planes tossing the nor beast coast.

In a report on April offensive and defensive operations, the Air Miri- istrv said Germany lost 113 planes and Britain 10ft.

The Air Ministry news service said ‘l0 mom houses were destroy- ed and 130 others damaged by one of Britain's "beautiful" new bombs.

Quobng reports from the Ger- man port. the service said the (l6- stuctive power or the explosives was so great that after one raid the usual boarding up of damaged Properties to conceal the damage could not be carried out.

London papers Commend changes in Government

LONDON. May 2—(F’rlday)-— (CP Cablel-Moi-ning newspapers generally commended the govern- ment changes in which Lord Beaverbrook was made Minister of state and the shipping and transport ministries were merged.

The Daily Express said Lord Beaverbroolds transfer in a job withoutcepartmental cares means he can be thrown by the Prime Minister into the battle wherever it is hottest."

The Daily Mall commented: "It seems the Prime Minister now has partly admitted the ides of a su- preme war cabinet composed of men who will not be harassed by departmental duties but will be abe to share in the general direc- tion of the war policy."

Said the News Chronicle: "Lord Beaverbroolvs drive and energy must not be lost to the nation. We hope he will be given the oppor- tunity to be as useful as he was at the ‘Ministry of Aircraft Produc-

lion.

The Dally Herald asked if Lord Beaverbi-colvs transfer was a step toward freeing the ministers of departmental l sponsibillties and enabling them to give the maxi- mum attenilon to planning and co-

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nrsfi BRITISH moors iNliiAii ro us

WITH DAMA c151) PLANE

(Edward the following. was with the British Empire forces in the slow retreat through Greece to the sea. He was with the advance forces of Gen- eral sir Archibaid P. WavelPs Bri- tish army in its sweep of north- eastern Libya. From Egypt he ac- companied the British Expedi- tionary Force to Greece.)

(By Edward Kennedy, Assoc- iated Press Staff Writer) WITH THE BRITISH EX-

PEDITIONARY FORCE AR- RIVED AT CAIRO FROM GREECE. May I - (AP)—- British Imperial troops who fought the German invaders of -,Greece have come back to ligypt after the loss oi perhaps 8,000 tanks and trucks and many first-line planes, a loss ivhich they believe to be more than balanced by the far heav- ier (leriuan losses of similar equipment.

hlost of ilie British tanks never got away from the Mount Olympus line, where they were \\'l‘."Clii‘(l or (lestroycd after in- flicting severe losses on the (lcriiiziiis.

‘The Royal Air Force saved most of’ its pilots, for the great German numerical superiority in the air enabled the Nazi fliers in bomb the R. .\. F. planes to bits ivlieu they were nu the ground and unoccupied. Tilt liritish fliers estimated they lllitl rlowuerl about l0 per

cent 0i the (Zcrunu planes, with a high toll of (Iermzm pilots.

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Private ITS. Planes for Gov’t

WASHINGTON. hfay l --tAP)—- Jeuse H. Jones announced toriav "a substantial number" of airplanes from airline and private owners will be turned over w the govern- ment within the next three days for allocation to Britain and other countries unoder the lend-lease pmgram.

Nazis report Air offensive

BERLIN German air force launched today - what Nazi sources claimed was an intensified offensive in North Africa and busted at. ships in Suda harbor on the island of Crete.

The high command gave no in- timation as to the direction of the next German thrust in the south- west, but Berlin newspapers sig- nificantly began uiscussin “the vulnerability of the island o Crete barely 100 miles south of the Nazi army which is completing the con- quest of Peloponneusus.

Crete, to which King George If and his Gowmment fled shortly before Hitler's troops Athens. also is only 200 miles from Africa-a short hop for transport panes carrying parachutists or ah- infantry.

Government offices in Berlin observed May Day but Nazi news- papers continued without pause to sound the wsming that any United States ship which the war zones must expect to sunk.

Sympathy Strike Said Abandoned

UITAWA. May 1—(0P>—-Lobor Minister Mommy's office ounc- ed today the Minister had receiv- ed s. telegram expressing assurance that members of the Trenton. 115.. local of the Steel Workers‘ Oman- izlng Committee will not stay away from work tomorrow to 6280115! the week old strike at Rolling Mills. Ltd. Montreal.

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U. S. Newsman Tells Story Of British Retreat

Pays tribute Tel-morale of British and Impeial Troops».

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Two ii.C.A.F. Men injured

OTTAWA, May 1 ~40?) Two Royal Canadian Air Force men were injured, one critically. when their trainln plane crashed on a hillside on Ihe Ottawa-Montreal highway a few miles east of here tonight. ’

The plane was on a routine na- vigation fllghi: from St. Eugene. Ont., its base, to Rockcliffe Air Station here.

The men were Temporary Ser- geant-Instructor R. R. Blythe whme 110ml is at Dallas. Texas. and Lac. AB. Thomson of Three Rivers,

Que.

Blythe, in critical condition suf- fered compound fractures of both less. a fractured arm, chest and other injuries.

Thomson is in serious condition with a fractured left arm and body 211111185. Both men are in hospital

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Commons turns iilown want of

Newest British‘ Battleship has Secret devices.

(TliurchilPs “ S e c r e t Weapon” Included Iiu Power Of Fight- ing Monster.

LONDON, May 1 —(CP> --Brit- ain's latest and greatest battleship, King George V, has more secret weapons than any other worship, write; a Reuters correspondent who w the first newspapermiin allow- ed aboard,

One of the most interesting de- vices might be ealled "Prime Min- ister Churchill's secret weapon." The correspondent understood it was inspired by Mr. Churchill when he was at the admiralty.

Here is the correspondents rles- cription of the battleship;

"This is probably the mightiest instrument of war that man has yet created.

"The first thing you hotlggl u you ascend the gangway, is the u. tonishlng thickness of the armor plate. It is not possible to see all 0f it but enough is visible to mg. gest the unofficial estimates of 16 inches is not far wrong,

“On the broad deck you are con-

More ships Wiiikie urges

NEW YORK. May l—(AP)- Ships and more ships for Britain- and conveyed ships lf necessary- were urged today by Wendell L. Willkie.

“Furnish to Britain today and tomorrow and the next; day for her desperate need, ships-tho

OTTAWA, May i—-iCP)—Liberal members. in oroer to sustain the government in office, tonight were. forced to vote against Coifsulvalive‘ and C. U. F. amendments calling for agricultural policy reforms. i

Harry Leader (Lib. Portage La-i prairie; was the only Liberal to bolt‘ the party, voting for a C. C. F. sub-amendment calling for an in- itial wheat price oi 8b ceuis a cush- ei, instead of vile present ‘l0 cents.

Conservatives split on t-lliS sub- ainenument with Conservative House leader Hanson and the bulk of his followers supporiuig it and live voting against.

All Opposition members except A. W. Neill tin. LCHIOX Aibernil voicd for the Conservative amendment. calling for general reform in the governments farm policies, and all mbcrals except Mr. header voted against it. Mr. header did not vote on this second division and Neill voted with the government.

‘ilie two divisions marked the end of a debate which has been Oél-ifittd on intermittently since March 26 when Mark Senn (Con, flaldimand) moved an amendment to the mo- tion to go into committee on esti- mates. .

Last Monday T. C. Douglas (C. C. F. Weyburni moved an amendment to the aniendmentpcddiai? to the orlgnal an expression dimp- proval of the 1941 wheat policy and advocating adoption of the six- point. program adopted in the Sa- skatchewan Legislature Feb. 28,

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Revoke maximum Butter price as Supply improves

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UITAWA. May l-(CIPF-TTK! Wartime P110455 and Trrde 301ml announced late tozlay the order 0f

, 2'1, 1940 fixing the mnx mum who esale price for butter had helm revoked. At that time the board set the maximum flgil"! at the wholesale price prevailingDec l2.

At Montreal this mice livas about 34 di-a cents a und for first are e creamery so .

An official of the board said the order had been revoked “because it is no lonfer necessary."

"Actual y. the current market price is about five cents below the lnaxfinum" he said. “If. will be re- called that when we issued the Dec. 2'! order, it. was stated that the question would be end of the winter season."

Oanadifs butter supply had im- proved. the official said. The coun- try, with cattle being placed out to none. soon will have h creased but- ler production.

Issuing the December Ordfl- the board mid that the butter subblv the Dominion was below nonaal. ' ac on

Plans for such a "sympathy" m4 withheld severe, weeks, strike by 8.W.0.C. locals have been “In the hope that the gradug] in- ordered abandoned by committee m“; cu would my“; 1m. authorities. The telegram from poi-ts su ficlent to meet any phy-

nfcn was sitmed bv G. Miller sicsl lion-op rune by mu Dick, puisident of the local. ‘ punt.

ships in our docks, the ships in our coast-wise trade-until it. hurts, then impound ships of other na- :ions, the ships we are building," lie said.

"Give to her destroyers, and if necessary see that those ships, loaded with ilie ever-increasing production of American factories and farms, deliver their cargoes safely to the ports of western and northern England.“

“Thus uvill England survive," Wlllkie said in an article in the current issue of Colliers Magazine in which lie presents the “inter- national view", in reply to the isolationist viewpoint expounded by Charles A. Lindbergh in a re- cent issue of the magazine.

Joint body to Co-ordinatc ii. S. Canadian supplies

OTTAWA, May 1—tCP)—The selling-up of a iiiaicrzal co-ordiii- iitiOll committee of uie United bLillES and Canada was announced

late today by munitions Minister Hnve. "The purpose of this committee

is to collect and exchange liiloima- iaon of raw material suppllcs ill the Umtcci States and Cfliitikstt in order that all sources c1 each country may be made knonn to those re- spcusbie for war production," suiri inc minister.

hfniiiu-rs of the committee: Li. d Stare.» hummu- iutiivard R. .. .lil'ili5, Jl'., direzr: of tho pric- i. es division; William L. Baht, Sn, QCpiil)‘ director of the produc- tion (Lvision; ' ' ‘

Canuchnn mcmbcrs—l>ferbert J. Symiiigioii, poucr controller; George C. Butcmcu, metals con- troller; members of the Canadian‘ Wartime Industries Control Board.

“The formation of such a c;.m- mittec was suggested by the per- manent joint board on defence es- tablished by the United Slates and, Canada." Mr. Howe sad. 1

He said Canadian members the committee will have the asszst- ance of all department coiitrcllers and “all those officers of ilie Dc- pnrtmcnt of Munitions and Supply having to do with the manufacture of raw materials used in war pro- duct-ion."

Germans placo British losses high

BERLIN, May 2—iFi'ldi\y)-—(CPi -—German military sources claim- ed early todsy that two thirds of the British Expeditionary Force. of about 40.000 men. can be re- garded as "lost" in Greece.

(‘The German high command so far has claimed tnkin only 5.000 British prisoners. Lou on has an- nounced that 48.000 men or 80 per cent of the force of 60.000 men, were rescued.)

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Iraq, and expressed hope that_tho that such intrigues are not. effective.

Egypt's western desert, Axs armor- ed columns had pierced the outer defences 0f British-held Tobruk, and observers here were concerned lest the Axis scissors close before Gen. sir Archibald Waveli has a chance to reorganize and re-equlp his Middle-Eastern armies follow- ing the Balkan defeat.