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was iii ciiii gc of the defences of seszliii Ncrwcy dilrrng the Nazi illusion,

Weygand throws Weight with Vichy

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(By Douglas Amaron) (Cnnuulail Press Stall Writer) LONDON, May 25—l0P Cable)»- Briialnls 42,l00-t0n battle cruiser l1. lVl. s. Hood, largest worship in the world, was blown to bits in the wat- ers between Greenland and Iceland Saturday by an "unlucky shot" from the new German battleship Bis- marck arid today the British fleet fur-rowed the North Atlantic in pur- suit of the Nazi craft. i

The Admiralty announced the fleet was seeking to bring the flee- imz Nazis to "close action."

with aerial torpedoes, the fleet air army already had blasted into the Germ , scoring itt. least one hit. “Oper ions are still D1006“!- ing." the Admiralty said briefly.

The Admiralty, tn announcing Ass of the Hood-largest single naval loss suffered bv the Royal Navy since war began-said the Bismarck scored on "unlucky hit" in a mun- itions magazine Fear was express- tled that more than 1,300 had been o

st.

The 35.000-t0n Bismarck received damage, but. it was not. known to what extent.

Saturday evening British torpedo- planes, combinin reconnaissance with action, attac ed the German units, of unspecified strength. 'I‘hcse planes operate either from the broad decks of aircraft. carriers ur can be catapulted from warships. ‘Ihey are one of the most. threaten- ing weapons oi a. modern navy.

Seek Safety In Flight

The Admiralty said that after the fatal hit on the Hood the German forces "made every effort to shake off pursuit." But the British war- ships apparently were close at heel, counting somewhat on damage to the Bismarck to slow her flight.

There was wide speculation that more powerful units of the fleet were speeding to the scene of action following the _brief__engagernyer_t_t_ of

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The ship pictured above, The Erie Isle, now to be known operate the ferry service between Wood Islands, P. E. 1., and Caribou in Nova. Scotls. arrived st Charlottetown Saturday and is expected to take over the service later this week.

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‘Battle Cruiser Hood Sunk By

Enemy Action

Lucky hit scored on magazine causes explosion; Chase of German naval ships continues.

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Prince Nova Arrives In Port

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A very interesting event will take place this afternoon as the 87th. annual commencement exercises of St. Dunstanb. College are held. A large graduating class, consist-

Landed in April

HALIFAX, Mly 25—(CP)—Land- ed value of fish caught in the Marl- tlmes in April rose from 8698.974 to $722,126, compared with the same month st vear, according to the‘ monthly report of the Dcpartmenti of Fisheries‘ eastern division. The ctzatch rosioén weight from 24,645,200 o

The report noted increases in the value of the lobster and sardine catches for the month, but observed that. the haddock. halibut and scal- lop fisheries declined.

In Nova Scotla. the total catch decreased bv 3.703.900 pounds 17,702,300 pounds. Its value dropped fl‘0m $655,215 t0 $812,382.

New Brunswlcks catch was ll,- 0053300 pounds, more than triple the 3.138.400 of a. yea: previously. Value rose from $42.84!! to $107,656. A 8.- 200,300-pound increase in the sar- dine catch accounted for much of the increase

Prince Edward Island's fishery went from 114.200 to 185.500 pounds and from $1.234 in value to $2,088. Only herring. eels Ind flounders were taken.

Because of ice. there was no fish- in during the month in the Ms:-

Rumors of Cabinet changes At Ottawa

(B C. R. Bluckbura) (Canal! sn Press Staff rlter) AW my 25-(CP)—Un0!-

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ii.".tt%i‘.°“ aim“. the House ..

commons before the end of the m-

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ma‘. e civil eslimstes remaining to is of and the lllellhw that o sdioumment will be tsmr with a fortnight.

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A lculture Minister Gsr- diner. woul at his own request re-

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taklitntigwlew that as the represen- tative in the milgsttx for Saskat- LJM st

lm riding cabinet-

morrow sf- - budget bills

ing of l5 members, will receive di- plomas and their Bachelor of Arts Degree. Over 100 other student's have successfully completed anoth- er college year and look forward to a well earned vacation.

At this afternoon's ceremony, Rev. P.D. McMahon, D.D. Rector of st. Dunstanls Basilica. will address the graduates. Hon. JE. Michsud, Min- ister of Fisheries, who was schedul- ed to address the 1941 Graduat- ing Class. is tinable to be present Owln to an unexpected turn in even . An interesting and compre- hensive revlew of the year's york at st. Dunstank will be glvezi by Right Rev. Monsignor J. A. lviur-

to Dill’. D.D.. Rector of the institution.

Mr %ugene Gorman of Andover, M955. as been choesn valedictor- ian of the Graduating Class. Ten of the graduates are from Prince Ed. ward Island, three sre from Qqq. begtand two are from Massachu- e s.

‘The exercises wll-l be hold M, three oclock (Daylight Saving Time.)

Graduated

The following will receive the Bachelor of Arts degree at the Commencement exercises today.

Sister Mary Peter, C.S.M. (Summit cum lauclel, Mount St. Mary's. Charlottetown.

Joserh Chisholm. Andover, Mass.

Clarence Coady. I-fazelbrook. PEI.

Eugene German (vsledictorlon). Andover, Mass.

Francis MacDonald, Grand ‘fraca- dle. P. E. I.

Ronald Macdonnld, Peakes Sta- tion. P1311’.

Wolter McGraih. Tlgnlsh, PE f.

Gsbr‘el Marrhrmd (cum infidel Vlr-forlnville, Quebec.

Kenny Mooney, Peakek Station. P. E. I.

Hit-fen Momeau. Quebec City

Francis (YCovinor, Albertnn. PEI.

Too Polrior. Palmer Rood PEI

‘Fdmimrl Roche Iona. PEI.

Paul Touritrnv- (Rumma lpmln, Vfciorlaville. Quebec.

John Trnlnor, Bedfortf. P, E. I.

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KBNTVILIF NB. May 25- (OP)—Lillisn Elaine Rood 19, of Berwick. NB" was riioson queen of the uliiih Atinnpfrlis trolley Apple Blowom Fbstfvnl by n. selection coirimittee of ti meet-lug here dur- inl! the weekend.

She will be crowned at a cere- mony June '7. She ls a sflident Horton Acsdemy, Wolfville, N5.

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At S. Dug. Today

Pass list announced; 87th Com- mencement exercises this afternoon.

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Degrees

Says Nazi Spies flocked Into Crete

Enemy Agents Aided, By Greek Traitors, Laid Groundwork For Fantastic In-

iArrives here

There steamed into Charlotte- town Harbour on Empire Day a. sturdy and trim little Ferry Boat which will soon be re-christeiied the “Prince Nova", Islanders and Nova _Sc‘.tlims have long been anticipat- ing the arrival 0f this craft, for she l5 to ply shortly between Wood Islands, P.E.I., rind CJYIDOO N.S., :1 distance of about, 14 miles, ciittng nil mun times as many miles by road‘ an sea for travrllers jour- neying between these two provinces.

Th¢ Prince Nova loft Montreal on Wednesday evening oath Captain C- O. MCGilire and his crew of eleven seamen. and arrived here at norn on Saturday. The Captain re- ported fog and d‘fficiilt weather both along the St. Laurence Rver and in the Gulf, The Ferry slips along at fifteen knots. with a poss- ible speed of seventeen

The Narthumberlund Fflring Co" OWIlEPS of the 142-fo0t craft, ex- pressed satsfstctlon as they saw her at her moorings at Plckard’s Vlfiiarl‘, She can carry about twenty (‘£175. has a fine set of engines, and accrmcdriilon for qirte a large number of passengers. The cars will Hm 0n at the stern under the deck.

When unloading, trucks will be forced to back out, but it is planned to build a swinging turn-table for

. V3810“. st..- Jolin, Associated orrespondcnt who W35 the leg by machine-gun the German invasion Yugoslavia and HOW e fol- fifth

(Robert Press war c wounded in bullets during of Greece and l; an route home. WYQW lowing account of Gelmfill column activities in Crete.)

By Robert St. Joh Amoclated Press Staff

CAPE TOWN. May 25 4A1”,- Hundreds of German undercover agenm aided by Greek traitors. laid the ground-work for the lan- tastlc Nazi air invasion 0f Crem-

Thep were the same men- and women-who seeped mm Glee” Whilfi Germany was remalnlns theoretically aloof from the Greek- ltaliim war and they Spent the

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They did their job so well that when Germany attacked Greece and the collapse of the Greek army appeared certain they received oi- ders to get to Crete surreptitiously but; a5 quickly as possible.

Some started in the early days of April-as soon as the Germans began moving out of Bulgaria. The last of them got to Crete by ‘he time the Germans had finished occupying the Peloponnesus.

A few of them actually got away from the Greek mainland with British convoys in the full evacua- tion operation.

m- the last month they have been circulating freely around 0P6" in the iiise o refugees while sur- veying he long island, pi-epsriiif the groundwork for the Nazi inva- stun and keeping communication with Berlin by a shortwave wire-

le . &C‘!ne night on Crete I heard s burst of rifle fire in the hills. "Just rounding up some more ‘refugees?’ s British officer ex- plained casually. He sold several radio sending sets already! had been confiscated e

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"HTS 8t the bow on the car deck. They will run on this platform and be turned around s0 that. they may drive forward to the w-hni-f Captain McGure, who sailed lost year with the 5.5. Lovst “ditch runs between Smurfs, P.E.I and

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Says convoys Will he “open War act”

Declares Ameri- can Patrol System Aggressive In Character.

(By Lynn Helnzerling, Associated Press Staff Writer)

BERLIN, May 25-(AP)—Grand Admiral Erich Roeder. commander of the German navy, in on unusual interview tonight warned the United Statics two days before rt scheduled speech by President Roosevelt that American convoys for materials going to Britain would constitute an “open war act" which would be prevented by guns of the German navy if ne- COSSQTAQ

The interview ivris granted to the Berlin representative of.’ Domei. Japanese news agency. and was issued here by D.N_B., German news and propaganda agency.

In addition to warning against convoys. Admiral Rnecler contend- ed the American patrol system was “aggressive” in character.

“Since the nature of the cargoes of conveyed ships according to American admissions was estab- lished from the very beginning as contraband, resort to this type of convoy system would not be s neutral convoy in the sense of in- ternational law or American treat- ies but an open War act and l. bare, unprovoked attack," the navy commander said.

“German naval forces would therefore be justified in taking measures against these contraband carriers, according to the law of see warfare and would, by exercise of these rights, have to repulse with arms if necessary any hin- dronce, even against American warships." l

Rneder was equally sharp con coming the patrol system.

"He (the commander) faces in this case just as in the case of convoys an actual warlike act and is justified according to the recog- nized rules of war to demand ces- sation of hostile actions by the ship involved and if necessary to enforce it. witi arms."

Admiral Raeder said the Ger- man navy regards possible results of American efforts to see that war materials reach Britain as “very serious".

Greece

CAIRO. May 25 -(AP\- Eltiding swarms of Nazi parachutlsts tall-

tlte Magdalene Islands, states that there is some finishing wvrk in the line of welding yet m be dong‘ but that in ll day or two the Prince Nova will be making regular jcur-l neys at Wood Islands.

At. present the fcrrv is heal-my the name “Erie Isle." '

Proposes ll. S. , Transfer more ‘ Ships to British

WASHINGTON, May 26 --(AP)— Scnator George Norris proposed to-- dov that the United States trons- fer immediately a. substantial nuin-g ber of warships to the British ori Canadian navles for use in the North Atlantic convoy service.

Asserting that this might solve the problem of getting war supplics to Great Britain. the Nebraska-In- dependent told reporters he felt the time had come for the United Stat- es to take whatever risk might be involved in reducing its fleets strik-

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was emphasized, Norris added, by the sinking of the bottle cruiser good by the German battleship

to use some of our fleet now. if we can tum the tide with it. than to kee it intact and have to fight

falls." he said. »

The loss of the Hood appeared likely to figure lncreasi controversy over the dues ion of ex- tending further naval aid to Britain, e

convoy of 0on0

power to make the ships avail-

ab e to Bri in. The necessity of givln further nsval assistance to Grea Britain.

ismarck. _ “I think it would be much better

I-ilt er by ourselves ii Great Blihllll‘ ly in tile‘

ther bv transfer of ships or byi vessels.

ing all around from hundreds of German planes over Crete and even dodging the mistaken bullets of his own soldiers. King George II of Greece found haven in Egypt today with his emigre government.

He immediately proclaimed that Greece would continue to fight.

It was one of the most remark- able journeys ever made by s king Many time; he hurled tiimself into Creto ditches to escape Nazi fire. He crossed a ‘MOO-foot mountain; slept in the open with peasant shepherds, ate their food, and fi- nally reached the southern shore of Crete astride a mule.

The monarch and his port-y in their 72-hour trek were mistaken for German psrachutisls dressed in British and Gi-cck. unlit ims. nml one or two Greek patrols iircd at them. No one was wounded.

So narrow was the esca e of the

I King from the Germans t at. when

it was decided to flee the ‘sltmd

nnd meu were sent bflCk to the

roynl residence to obtain the king's baggage, the house was filled with

German soldiers.

So many planes were in the oir that members of the party snid it. was a wonder the refugees were not spotted, On several ozniisloiis

itlie rcarguard of New Zcainnd 5 troops and Greek gcndannes onen- l ed fire on the pai-achiittsts in turn them back.

An account of tho trip unis given licre by MILL-QC". T. G. i-I-ywood, hood of the British military mission i in Greece. and Col. J.S. Blunt. 1 British military attache. who took the party off the island.

Accompanyingl the K‘Ilg wen- Premler-war lnister Emmanuel Tsouderos and other members

Pnliilrcl: nnd thr-

King George Of

Dramatic Trip

Reaches Egypt with entire Government.

of the Greek government; British mm- istei‘ sir Miirole Palalrct and Law BrltLsh lognliou

ETAIN CRETE

R.A.F. 35d. 1.. Battle; Bag 30 Big Nani Planes

Rain of ’chutists on Greek Island shows signs of stopping; Bitter hand-to- hand fightingiontinues.

(By Eric Bigio, Associated Press Staff Correspondent)

CAIRO, hilly 2f'>-(Mondziy)--(AP)—Allia-d soldiers waging hitter hziud-to-hrind fights are slowly closing in 0n the German parachute and air invaders 0f Crete, British headquarters indicated today, and a British military ob- server predicted it would be possible to hold the island on which the war in the Middle East hinges.

(loncral headquarters here announced lnte inst night the first break in the eerie sky parade of German troops to the island, which began in full force seven days ago..

Troop landings by the Germans, a communique said, continued Saturday “but on a substantially reduced scale as compared with the previous two days."

Thus the ‘hint that German troop reinforcements through the air were slackening coincided with the re- newed activity of the RAF, which sent long-range fighters and bombers hack to the battle Friday and in which 30 Nazi troop-bearing planes were knocked out in two days.

Out of the surging battle came hlaL-Gen. T. G. Hey- wood. a chief of the British military mission to the Greeks, with a word of encouragement for the Empire. He reached Cairo wtih King George II of Greece and the Greek Government after a hazardous escape from the be- sieged island aboard a destroyer.

“I think it will be possible to hold Crete,” MaJI-Gen.

Heywood declared.

"The British and Dominion troops and marines fight well in this type of fighting, that is man to mun."

The sharpest. fighting was reported between hfalemi, where the Ger- mans hove obtained a hold on the important alrdrome, and Csnen, capitol-oi’ Crete which was one of three cities bombed indiscriminately and destructivcly by massed German fighters Saturday.

Intensive dive-bombing attacks were uisde in the Mslemi-Csnes area, the general headquarters sold.

“As on previous days, our forces in this area have inflicted very heavy losses on the enemy, including continued destruction by shellflre of his aircraft on the ground,” the communique added. Mel~1Qeu_Hsr£22dWdselsrse ._________~__ "N". .,