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stave off Nazi with Germans at Calais.

lilllieg Artillery Blasts At Long

Herman Lines

FIGIICII Repor-t-el-d Holding Boulogrle While Fierce Battle Rages Around Calais.

_(By The Canadian Press)

onslaught to the Channel,

Allies press in the Val-‘

anciennes- Cambral sector-

B. E. F. FRONT-B. E. F- battles along Channel ports- Attacks Germans in drive south toward

Bapaume and in the region of the Escaut River.

i IN THE AIR-R. A. F. bombs Nazi communica-

KlllfimSlillllliS Til EM P I R E

His Majesty Has Ring- ing Words To People In Dark Hour.

LONDON, May 24 —-(CP)-— On this bleak Elnpire Day King George, from the quiet of his study in Buckinullam Palace. tonight warned the British Commonwealth of na- tiolls that dc-feat by Nazi Germany would bring "tile descent oi dark. ncss upcm the ruins of Britain's

world. "I 5m seine l0 speak plainly ho you." His Majesty said durinrz the

‘j ' longest broadcast he has __ » » . yet made. FRENCH FRONT French hold Boulognem... _..,0,.,, ,0, ,2 L, “mum “om Cklshjhis Buckingham Palace study. He

.\vas‘ alone.

'is \"‘l'“t‘ was firm and clear. When he spoke of Britain's chal- lenze tn Nazi ill-{zresslon it rose 1n rice defiant lIO'P.<.

The Queen lls‘en€d in another part of the Palace.

TEXT OF ADDRESS

LONDON. i\i’ay 24 —(AP) _'1‘he

lions in Rhineland, northeast France and south-lest or the Kinsls EmDlre bay ari-

lffi Belgium. Severely damages large transport;

lcolunjvn‘ at (‘rivet onmthe Meuse-

trders Given For Recruiting

‘declared officially’

(By Ilcnry C. (Yassidy, As~

socizltcd Press Staff Writer) l

l’.-\.lilS, May iZl-(AW- French troops, standing dog- gcdLy at thc northwest rim of the Republic in a great and bluntly; showdown, were tonight English Boillogne

to he holding the

Channel port of

m'“v“' my 2‘ ‘(Cm “I” airuinit the Nazi rush to the

ilructlons ‘mile been sent to Ol- loers colluiialltilllg

thc

nilltsry districts authorizing thcln llcomple‘: the necessary arrange-

llmu for recruiting ronipaiiies in ,' the clquan-v "mil _ hlelrdgllstrlcts for the veterans home , Callus, other Allicfl sr . i. ~ . ". i . . ,- .

rmouilcerletolillurllce 1mm ""‘“,closcrl desperately with (icr-

"Compiete

_ information will be lien out shortly and it is expected lst actual recruiting will start at. gtlfl! 43's." said the announce-

Deience Mi-nister Rogers announ- id the decision to establish the lice, composed of veterans of the at Greii‘. War, last. night and if that at first the organization lll consist of 12 companies oi i150

ab, one comp ch mllilnty dis

fill

(y being located in rict.

Applications received in the of-

res of district commanding

of-

itrl will not be dealt with un- l-l" date for recruiting and the

Ncribed form for

ltion has been announced.

making

ap-

Ioming Events

2-0- llfw Notices in this eolumi I cents per word.

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"Oske Sale in aid of L Saturday afternoon.

"DIIWO at, gag-triers» Chlppelle and

Alta

r5oc-

Prowse

L‘U6l.'5-22"4.1.

Peter's M

ondey . Merry

[4-757-5-25-21.

‘Jones Hatchery has available

nedialcly

1000

started

chicks.

"100 Jones. Clrtcwn Route 1. L-735-5-24-21.

"Iii/ions Talkrl d Bloke Show at 8st. glgglllg‘. m

fmslomnliiy 27th, Lilith

F" by

1 nrlle V5.11

s l-luil an

L-724-5-24-2l.

, -___ )Rulnnliu'.e_ Sale BnptLst m- Mini lath. 0.30 o'clock. L-ti94—5-24-2i.

‘Vari l m “y Show. Yeo‘: Theatre, m. "may. May 31st by st. n! Young People's Society. Atl- 911100 iiild 25c. L-734-5-25-29. ______

'5“ “Silas smialge From Turnip

blur

School

8Y5 in

f" gluon Hall, MOIIGHY. Mily

ance after.

11-7732-5-25-11.

‘Ooncert iit Cove Head Commun-

l-iall, Atrel sh.

‘l 75¢ and 15c.

Wine llillileld .

2T . ttle of lllm

Wednesday. May 20th. IW and Box social. Ad- 144543-5-25-27.

-__.. to (name Celebration at anniversary o! e Home

L-sos-a-2s-oli-ii-ls-22-2e-ei.

mm“? mver and Alban Clubs dl0ldllll hogs until Julie 4th.

5 efPrv fortnight after. ‘we inn Mill, secretary. 14447-51441.

Ru Domlnqse sale at Barbour and

Mtgald s Show Room.

Sn tur-

mYf-“h iit 8 o. m.. by Cen-

lly Women's

Qfilbnm

Institute. 11-759

—_-__ ‘i Rlilld "illl. Emerald

m» - . 3gdll°alsllllliupii-seut. ninv ill aid lie, hlolulay

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Milv ‘.27.

fiilil Wolliells iii-

I.-'l5i-5-2.'i-2i. iHrreani and lab-

. Yolk (p . _ ‘m m "llsialllaklilirs nfrlumy

Roy

vilriolls .' 591l-

l Just to the northeast, in region of forces

‘mun light units.

The lust Allied word on Iloulturne tonight was by a French Will‘ ministry’ spokes- tmun. who announced French lllroilps still were holding the city ilgaiinsi. (lermzln arm- ored columns. Earlier in the day a London annollnce- mcnt llssilmcd the city had fullcn.

The critical struggle to- night was to bilr the Ger- mans front footholds neces- sary to attempt lo spring across the channel at Eng- land.~_

(Continued on page ll. Col 1)

PlllNS FllR an lllVlSlllN

UITAWA, May 24-—(OP)—-A viidvr ruin-oscillation of Canadian regimental units may be found 1n the proposed 3rd Division if e118‘ mnslliyng nmv iiiider consideration are adopted. Defence Minister Roi?‘

ers told the House of Commons txlday. The Govexilment. is Ell/in!

thought to forming thc 3rd Div- ision bv rmruitirq from each unil- in a inilltarv (llmHCb, possibly by taking one company from each. rather than by taking a complete battalion to represent a district.

Information on the Govern- ment's intention was illV9n in dis- cussion before the committcop! the whole House on Finnnce Min- ister Ralstonis resolution prelim- lnnrv to a. $700,000,000 war ap- prpriatloni bill. I

This being Victoria Day Prime Minister Mackenzie King announ. ced at. six ociock that. by agree- ment bcttveen tile party whips. it had been decided not to sit in the cveninz and the House adjourned until iviondav afternoon,

Mr. lioizers, replyinz to ques- tions and Still estioils. said the Government. woud consider keep- ing university officers’ training corps in operation during the sum- lncr months. and mlizht authorize recruiting non-permanent units not required for the 3rd Division. up to somethln more closely ap- proaching flill s rength.

Ilowurd (lreell (Con. Vancouver South) urufill that nil lion-per- iniineiit units be recruited lo filll slrciutlh and alien ii< much Sllill- mer training as possible.

Mr. Rogers silld the non-per- manent. iinlis 111"» required for the ilrtljllvislnn r would he" given nn

I-i-TW- e

(Continued on pnfe 11. Col 6)

infill lllll c’

dress folioxvsi-

On Elnpire Dav last vear I spoke .to von tlle_ ilcoplcs of the Em ire ‘from Winnipeg in the heart of ari-

‘Hm w“ “NW ‘n WW0 _ northward toward Calais. It t k d y I Oil that. Elnnire Dav I spoke of ' ‘vasnlzglefvcd ma‘ the“ bu” ggedlagg £28 g¥1tf§m§a§.ns. i the idea's of freedom, justice and m“ o" “m5 “f u“ V‘ '1‘ u e m r w ma) seep ' hon“. “Wm which Om. commmp tions. but others were of such 0H8 8 PS; 5 eplt _, d _ i i\\'f‘."illll of free peoples is foilnded. “m” a” ‘i’ "N! ‘i! "l" "n" ‘and Yards ‘uh coumn rag. lfilollrls were gathering. but I hold they were caused bV naval 118i 510111 Wm’! more than. a 560116 fast l0 the hone that those ideals guns. of Other 5ugpecmi lmhldlnfi s r

nliilrllt. vet achieve fuller and richer

idej.-i~'oiiiiil-lit without suffering the ‘grievous onslaught. of war. Bill. it was not to he The evil

which we strove ilnceasingly and with

, iT iii." i. SEEKS SPECIAL ll U T Y R ll l ll S

Itiy Gflilffijf-KIIIIPTSOII Associated Press Staff Writer

tVlTH THE ROYAL AIR FORCE lln nuance, l\.'Ill._\' 21—(AP)—\K;‘h-2n ltliey iisk for volunteers fotr special l'.ll < by BFil-luli pltot-s those ziigilts ,\ ‘qll-‘IGTFHIS zlppeai- for duty iilli alnis have lo v.8 dlawn out of a llllt. i surh is thc morale of tihe Royal Air Force in I-‘rilncr. l 'l‘ilere is no rest for German tunic anti arlnorea‘ on-r unis now .lil tile slital-urrn woods of France 'alitl lie

i -.».i' nnht the tanks are ferroled out and attacked by Bri- ’ llFll ixutibcrs.

Oonvoys. SP-lllé moving. some _i~e tang. are silowrred with bombs Illlui ma. ‘llJllC gun fire.

l At one village a serpcllit-ine Ger- ‘lniln column with atlnoreti vehicles lUltfiSCJy groupvil was tile Victim of lll.lll_\' direct hits.

f In snot-her attack upon s Ger- |nlan noiiunn on antl-nlrcrailt bat- l lery was sdellcsd To the sfluthtvest 10f t-his net-ion hrlze fures told thc , R. A. F‘. lls ihi-usl. the ilight bctore 'at. an lillllllllllillCill dump had roaohcd its mark.

Trains, leurohllglit batteries and supply depots are a-tnollg the tar- gets of t-lle night. bombrrs.

Another valiant crew of Britons in France is made up 0t men of the Auxiliary Mliitnly Pioneer Corps.

At. one orostlvads in France about 20 of those husky road bulld- ors took time out from their work to oatpture CrOITHIIII advance scouts. The road men use pick handles es weapons.

The scouts appear on motor- cycles. They carry mnohiilo glml but lisuvily are so surprised by be- ing pounced ilpon frtmn bclhind hedges that they are helpless.

Twelve sueh scouts were carp- tllrcd in one day recently by the rllod crew.

Predicts British Victory Over Nazis

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa. Mnv 24 etc‘? Cable) --Genera.l Jan Smiits. Prune Minister of Soul-h Africa. observing ills 70th birthday iodnv predicted a Brill-sh VERIFY over Germany.

Sneaking at a civic banquet. teng dercd liiin here the Pririle Mini-W‘? siild that "for weal or woe South Africa will be in this struiZBlB to i-hQ flili and to tile end."

(Jelu-rul Sllults slllll that (lcsplie illl.- ltlali-llli-ss (‘iernlnli llllllllllV Ilnl" rliine llu- ltiirll lust iln- l.i.~"t war "lll‘i'illl.‘l‘ oi lu-r sykitoloulcill dv» fol-ls iulil illl inn "illty to sec tllllll-‘S as others see them."

"'I'lN‘$f‘ defects relualn unchanfl- ed" lie said. "'I‘llev are iniponrler- ables-illrtllcrmore. Nazi itt1l>°lld“1" ables. ivllich will once more defeat-

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Barricades On

English Roads

Naval, Air, ITaEd Forces Massed At Vital Spots t To Hurl Back Invaders.

IDNDON

Mary 24—(CP) —Bri-

war tonight. from her ancient channel ports to the Irish sea

Believe Naval Guns In Action

LONDON, May Zfr-(CFJ- tSatuI-day) - Vibrations from explosions, thg thunder of flin- lire and flames shooting sky- wmrd across the English Chan- nel led to the belief early lo- day that the Royal Navy had gone into action

The rcd glare of the flames cast an eerie glow on the surface or the sea.

An Air Ministry communi- lque told of repeated bombih; attacks in thc Boulogne area. against Gel-minus pushing

continued to hold firm against an l enemy attempting to drive to within artillery range of her coast, l and her air force battered supply , lines. i

The narrow old roads from the‘ channel's high chalk cliffs itiland.‘ which have not felt the stamp of an invaderflr, boots for nearly l0, centuries. were guarded closely. i behind s. secret mB-sslng of heavy l naval. air and land forces in I strategic spots. .

Road barricades stood ready at . vital spots. and motorists in the ,’ pastoral green of rural England l werestoPDE-d and made to show ‘ identity cards.

Sharp German spy memories of i915 came flooding back as Cap- Lain Franz Von Rlnteleil, lmpi"

Oswald Mosley, British Fascist chief. Rlntielen, who came to Eng- land several years ago as a "vol- untarv exile” from Nazi Germany. only

li.0.l\.F. Brash Takes Life 0f Flight Licut. a

ma}, t, we; "impossible" for Ger» many to invade Britain. despite British "lethargy."

Whitehall sprouts Guns

me heal-t of governmental Lon- don-Jllfhltehall-sprouted machine

tsin set up barricades of modern ,

religion. but true foundation and motive ol mor:llil_-.

MAXIMG

OIA

MERE LIAN

Morality is not the re iglon

mmdwork ll‘ lq lll"

By Inl

ND BATTLES RAG

llllll llNSSllYi Every

Annnll Bnhncrlptinn Delivered 86.00

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Weapon

AlllEll nuns’ Employed In ARE lllll [All Fierce Fighting

Observers See Ward (lrowlng‘

(,7 l 0 u d s Darker Over Italy.

ROME. May 24 __(AP) ings oi lilrcc Italian liners iloslgioiied

oossions lnteildcci to keep Italy out of the war had come "too late. '

Today was the 25th anniversary‘ oi Italy's cntryi into the last zvar on the side of tile Allies. Now she is .'\llli'.l to (‘iel-llinln‘.

The o’ "ial announcements of t i '\ lvlllPIliS said it was a routi i matter. New dates weie booked ‘out reports were widespread ‘that these meant little.

Two of tile llliers were the Rex and time Augustus. schedule-ti to leave (ienoa and Trieste Mzlv 29 and Hay ‘.17 respectively. Both are booked now for departure June. 6. Tile Neptunia. srilcduled to leave Genoa June 1 for South America. now is listed to g0 June 21.

Tile civil mobilization law went into effect tonitzht. It wives illl‘ v " ("il' ~,io\vel‘ to mobilize al t over tile age of l4 and to req tlon materials or services flll_\ ere in the nation.

Other Activities

I

News Ofllllf‘ delay in liner sall- ings eoinorled with announcement

sterday told newspapermen [that naval reservists who recently

rr-intileierl training have been re- called to the colors.

Naval experts have said that lin- ers would he needed for troop transport in the event. of war

As for the reported last-minute collce sinus which Milssollni was

gum and armed izuuds. One gun stood at the head of Downing Street. where Prime Minister Churchill lives. Another was plant- ed near the Foreign Office. Army guards at public buildings wrrt-

TRENTON. Ont.. May 24—(CP)— Flight daieutenant H. R. McBurneY- ,23. Saskatoon, was killed and Ser- :gegnL-pi1QL A] Cheesmari of Port; ‘Artluu. falned “Flying Alderman,

suffered minor injuries Mrtonight mcreamui

@2123? “fr? 5W1‘. ‘§il2‘y“'3v‘§3e abomrlg Bnensthenins <31 3;; chagrin jg; and took a sudden nosedive and mime-b 11 "1 Y‘ ma?‘ lib] -‘ ploughed mtobnhe “Dump ceeded wi h the grea stbryossfl e ‘

I Hospital officials at the training concealment because of o h ie

"fifth column" danger and because l the coastline is being scouted daily l by German planes. to the shar l accompaniment o: anti-alrcrat;

[[1118- As for internal dangers on the , east coast. spokesmen sald__lhey‘~

‘base ilospltal said’ Oheestuan suffer- cd olllv slight IIIJUIIGS. He was a one-limo member of the Port Ar- thur city “ouncil and beoafne knWn ‘as the “Flying Alderman.

nfoliurne ap entlv was at the control of he s 1D when if’ ¢PB5T1¢<'1- .Furthel' details were not revealed hv military authorities.

. (Continuedwon page 11._ Col 5)_

Eyewitness Describes Battlefield Strewn With Heaps Of German Dead '-

Cnrnnge In Wake Of. Nazi _Tank Advances Reveal Herd-like Instinct Still Dominant In Nazi Infantry.

l i ‘ (By GREGORY CLARK) , (Copyright 1940, lstar Newspaper Service) ‘ LONDON. May 23 —What losses the Gennans are suffering in these buocaneering tactics. roving over wide areas. cannot be Kllvsfifli b1"- mi‘ most gruesome story of losses I over heard was given me by a Willi! y engineer offioer. I He was in charge of a couple of lorries laden with special in- struments hidden in woods. One of those wedge attacks. consisting of bombers flying over. followed ‘by exploiting tanks and motor cycle ‘ troops, came directly through the woods. which looked as if a typhoon had passed when the attack went by. b

ATTACK DISORGANIZED

"British fighters attacked the bombers and disorganized them. and the tanks to my eyes were also disorganized. because they went by in the woods only one hundred yards on either side. but apparently did not even see my lorries. The motor cycles went around the woods. At any xste the attack swept by and I could hear furious machine gun fire from the front of the wood. Among the British troops who withdrew past me was a Dormant Major Ithose bondage! I readjusted, and he told me to walk I couple of hundred yards forward to where the infantry were holding and take a look in the field beyond.

‘Tilrough the smashed woods where the bombers and tanks had passed. I worked my wsy up to where a certain famous regiment was holding the edge. In the open rising fields beyond I saw a sight so terrible that I doubt if I can sleep tonight or ever. German infantry were piled there, many still moving their arms and legs. in such heaps it is impossible to make you believe.

GERMAN booms smoker)

"As far as I could see to the skyline, four hundred yards away, ini- whole earth was stacked as with begs flung down. If there was a spot its big as a tablecloth without. its little heap of bodies I did not no n, Every one of them was heavily laden with baggage and equip lvlit or all sorts. ' ‘.

"What had happened. the infantry machine-gunners told me. was

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. Germany." I

_lbiifii“ol'i_llii'llfool' n‘ l

Allies Offer

To Relax Italy's Sea Blockade

PARIS. May 24 -—(AP) -France and Great Briilain have opened nccolliltiolls with Rome for re- ‘. .lion of the Allied blockade in l <- Afi-tluerraneali.

'I‘hl- Allies ilave takcn "quite im- ])(\‘.'lIiI'i'i iilensurcs" already. it was said lll diplomatic quartczs today. a-nd these have placed Italy in a 1r Ilcuinrlv favorable situation"

under the blockade. .\'. ‘re s.iin.~ tinle ltwas disclos- e. '. Renaud. maker ol

fit Imuls

l“'.'t‘ll(‘li autolllobilc s‘ ills ilamc. has been the nrlllnnlents coni- n niisynn abroad.

I‘ ‘l’ ltlll""(% uith ‘Flir- ll.'l'lli‘f‘ of the mission was

Renault con- with Pi'f‘illll‘i'

known

morning ' . lee lll"‘llllt‘l' Petain and ilzulljv. hfrlisatcr of Alina-

tiiciirnui

LIMA. Peru. .\I 3A -rCP\ _- .'i I

tilqilakes caus- .ls alld injured

series of sharp ed a! leilsi 17'.) <

nearly 3.000 persons lll Lima. Citv .

of the Coilquistadocs. and o‘her P(§"il\'l.’\7l eoininiulltles today.

(fniinq I-iiilals seaport six miles away. “its the li.ll'tll‘<l hit. The deiitli tnli illere was put at 150. with 1.100 injured

Almost every building in Callao was reported collapsed or cracked

and the whole population was.‘ ramptna in streets and plazas. Tile shocks started with a onc-

millllte tremor in tile early after- noon. 'l‘lle ilopillaliril rushed panic- stricken llllo the streets. Tilcri- were l3 mote shocks before night- fili . At. the seaside resort of Chorrillos 90 per cent of thc buiidintzs col- lapsed. killing l5 persons.

Two school children were killed in the collapse of a schoolhouse at. liaurnv, capital of Atlcachs Depart- ment.

Rsrvuc workers ni Cllorrillos said nlany nlore victims were beteved buried ill debris.

Callao seemed tile hardest. illl. I-‘irsi. aid stations eased for more than coo seriously injured. Many residents were believed lo have been enloinhed

‘There was no communication

with St)llllll‘l'l1 cities and l-lle ex- dr-iil til tile fll‘.iil't'l' lllvlt‘ leuuilll- ‘cit lll ilwlilil.

.'\lli(ili‘ llli" ll|ili\ lilsluln‘ ‘tirin-

1 . . ti; in e ill liliilzi one of tile oldest cities of the new world i\.l.~ he lull eeiiturv Linla i'~

Tile sirews were

v patrolled by marines and sailors.

-—S."i.il- l were l ‘oi lul t . ' ‘t " -' While 9“ m“ ummlem h" “w!” lcillzltctl ill KIlhIvI llléllgl. I/illialcis cblil-l . .

cit- *

British Announce 150i)

Enemy Aircraft Are Des-

troyed Since i LONDON. May Zl—-((.'I’)

ithe shifting battle front today as lFrench troops fought in five separate land actions-and

linnunierilble actions in the from invasion and to rc-cst

3 France and Ilelgiunl.

numbers of men engaged, to ed as:

Germans pressing along the

logne itself.

‘tablished strong pflSlllfiflS pl general advance.

3. Rapier-like thrusts so tish mechanized troops and

l

base.

object as the French movements-establishing lin line that would slice Germany's western salient oil‘ ill ii.-

May 10.

—\"iolcnt conflict raged lilting British. Belgian éllld

llritniri iii-ruse

skics—lo safeguard ablish defence lines

‘ Engagements important enough strategically, if not in

be called battles were report-

l. A fight along the coast for channel ports with the