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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

Problems of industrial rolutioi r are problems of human relations.

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Annual outrnrrlptlon Delivered, 86.00

l., “.00; lo other Provinces and UJ. “.0!

hzis LOSE 40.100 0s KALININFRCNT m MONTH

genator Dandurand Dies Unexpectedly’ 277 Pia-HZ; Are i __ I I I I li.ll. Lash Makes Reported Downed

Australian Pilots

Smash

Y Jap Ships

Domiuion's Forces Are Given Offensive Role;

No More Withdrawals.

cAwpmRA, March l2 -tTllII'l- M-(CPI - New heavy blows on s, Japnncsc invasion buses of Sa- m“ and Lae ln northeast New Gum" wcrg mMiQ yesterday b] sustrsltm bombers follovvln! "P illscks which annexed or will men and perhaps nine Japanese fltlpd, the air mlnistfy announced

tell!-

csupi-znaa. March u-(cri- pstmitan pilots, beating beck at up gathering peril to their home- umg’ ygportfld today the destruc- llui of st least seven and puhatps

tine sliips frrrn Japanese invasion-

mlns but rmid the wreck-age of his transports the enemy still came on. Hard hit cf-f the area of lodge- penis 0:1 the northeastern coast of New Gtuuva Island, the enemy ap- peared mo, off the south mast of m, 151311}, and larce new conlvcys one rcyxirtcd heading for Port llcresbi: lilo nearest major harbor lathe mainland, lviri! across only lllmilcs of u-ntcr from Cape York 0p the ucrfhcrn Australian tip. It, nus to thr- nrrth, the invader lud slliicrcci his greatest known

‘there, it was announced, two of K. \\'.‘l‘(\ definitely sunk in

nil. t r enemy ships-cruisers -ni bi; cirstroyers-vrcre attacked ,~.|s¢l bouvcd diuuaged in this raid. ‘ rlr bcuuu ycztsiday. No ~ was often-ted cf enemy

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international At A Glance

Bi‘ The Canadian Press

LONDON-Churchill promises ln- Dominion status after war; Crlous will attempt to resolve It'll» llI-llosk-m dlffrrcnccs; British tor- ltlllo 21"‘ ~ altar-k Nazi battles?!) Ttrliiiz Uit Trondheim, Norway.

CANBERRA — Imps continue landings nn New Guinea. ‘using ‘"911. llcrilupq nine ships to It. A.

l. ..wr\SlIL\'GTON-- U. R hpntbefi llisst sv-vrn lap ship; in New Guin- ea valm.

Rio nr. JANEIRO— Vargas em- Wtm himself to declare war on Brazil's behalf.

“HANDAI.AY--Brltlsh forces brac- for new Jan assaults In Burma. ‘MOSCOW’ -Ruaslans announce .700 Germans killed on Kiflnln

. Ween Feb. 5. March I.

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Bccf Cattle Show ls Big Success

MONCTON. N. 8., March 11- (CP>-At 0n average price of 19.8 cents per pound. 28 head of the choicest bee! cattle In the Marl- tlmes were sold today at the first annual Maritime fat cattle

and auction sale.- .

The average price per head was grand champion. a LPCO-pcuud Shorthorn steer own- ed by George A. chase. Port Wil- iams, N, 5., was sold to the T. Eaton Co. lMaritimcs‘ for cents per pound. The reserve champion, also a Shorthorn steer. owned bv Charles Truemau. Aulac. N’. B.. went to the same purchaser for 63 cent-s per pound and wclehed 743 pounds.

The show, first of its nature In ti": hfrlrltlmes and sponsored by the Maritime Livestock Breeders’ Assccfaltou, was termed an un- qualified success. It attracted more than 500 visitors from 011 parts of the three provinces. Prices paid

5 were almost double the average

market rate and this, officials said, indkrated the fine quality of the animals exlvblted.

Rtfillltg of the judging by W. D. Davies, Department of Agriculture. Ottawa, included:

Class 1. i150 to 950 pSilnds! third. Georfzc A. Chase Port Williams. 3.: fourth. George A. Chase: scvmth. George A. Chase.

(‘lass 2. 9'51 to 1.050 pounds: first. William O'F‘*‘*v1 and sons. Wind- sor Forks. N. S.

Class °. 951 to 1.050 pounds, first. William O'Brien and sons. Windsor Forks, N S; second, Charles ‘Irermolm. Port Lawrence N 5.. fourth. Saunderson Bro- the". North River. P. s. r.

Ci".'=s Q-flrst, rkaorize A. chose; Third. Wlttam Ofirien and Sons; rrrui. Rvrmmid Black. Amherst, l“ 8.; eight. Sounder-son Brothers.

Air Superiority Cave Japanese First Victories

WASHINCYION. March ll-(AP) —-5mashlng Japanese aerial superi- ority that showed up at every cruc- ial phase of battle was Admiral Thomas . Hart today with having produced victory for the enemy in the first great campaign

of the 5h Allelic Flee sndcommauder of allied navel forces 1n the West- ’ my hllltclpuo‘ hoclieve" illliii an a. cost in ship losses for the vast. rich territory captured that he must have " eat concrern”uggihitltemfuture. " ommv Kort story of the tragic failure of the American, Nether- lands and British allies at Navy Secretary Hank Knots press con- ference. Beside him sat Admiral Ernest J. King. su me United Stator novel comm .'I‘he recital Hart's hearers that. in his view n least the first f! m: of the United Nations in re- conTterirw the Western mus be to concentrata overwhelm- ina l-lr Dover there. LAIIGI CONVOY IIACIII! RUSSIA womb 11-40?)- t broadcast s report tlah convoy h ar- Russlcn waters. The cast. heard here by the 0N. said: "Since the ‘rtrpita was ‘lrondheirn the arrival of e h eon- voy in Russian waters,

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Was Member Cf Upper Chamber For 44 Years _ Death 0755mm I n

Hospital After Few H0ur’s Illness.

OTTAWA, March» ll- (CP) _. Senator Raoul Dandurand, govern- ment lesder in the senate, died 1n Ottawa. Civic Hospital tonight.

Senator Dandurand. who attend- ed last night's sitting of the upper Chamber. Was taken to hospital ear- lier today for observation after an attack of lunlbago,

At that time it was understood his condition W84 not serious, dag- plte his advanced years. I H6 fewhed his 00th birthday late last year but. had been active in Senate business in the present ses- slon.

His death occurred at B255 p. m. A.D.'I‘.

For almost half a century Senator

Dfllldufflnd llfld hcld a prominent

filrace in Canadian parliamentary e.

Dr. F‘. W. McKlnnon, his physic- llm. said he believed Senator Dan- durand died as a. result of a hemor- rhage into the cyst of the pancreas. The Senate leader, named to the

King's Privy Council only at the _

W11‘ end. arose this morning feel- iug_ well, Dr. McKlnnon said. but while at breakfast took suddenly lit and suffered “shocks and pains."

Dr. McKtnnon was cubed immed- lfll-elv and ordered him removed to hospital for observation. A short. tlme later Dr. Eugene Gaulin of Ottawa was called for consultation.

Senator Dandurands death came Bs a shock to his many associates and friends in the capital. ~- He asked“ ~ his permits‘! .5 .-¢;D. Oscar Poirier of Montreal, be called and Dr. Polrier arrived during the af- ternoon.

The death occurred so suddenly that only nursing sisters, a hospi-

40 tat doflt/Ol‘. hi5 Personal nurse. his

son-ln-law. and De Gaspe Bcaublen were at his bedside. Prime Minis- ter Mackenzie King arrived at the hospital a short time later.

Senator Dandurand only recently was guest of honor at a Senate function at which he was present- Bd with a bust of himself. as a tok- en of esteem and affection. The ceremony wa- to have been field on his 80th birTdayY last Nov. 4 but was postponed until ater the new year.

He was appointed to the Senate ln_1_898 nug_ was Senate sneaker

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Enemy Staking Everything 0n

I in °°tlln°lillmvlilléning of Monday. M

OTTAWA. March

became known that the

helm

War Situation Last Night

(By KIRK! It, SIMPSON, Associated Press Wu Analyst) Whether or not Sir Stafford Crlpps succeeds in ringing India's hundred; of millions vvhole-heaa-tedly into the vvlr against the Axle.

his fu-‘hcoming 1 , to India

appears to stop the anti-Churchill

drive In London In ite trucks indefinitely.

By that move (and the no. I nun in the Churchill vvnr cabinet volunteered for duty) the only men mentioned In London diqaatohee as a possible successor to Prime Minister Churchill, steps off the home front political stage. Ho remove; himself not only physically from the parliamentary storm centre; but accepts a. role calculated to test his

stntesmnnshlp to the limit. ' O

The result could ma. or break hhn on Britain's Inna of ca. ii-

tnre. Blr Stafford could not be unnw

o of that in offering to take the

thorny Indian problem off Mr. Churchill's hands for negotiation. In

so doing he pointedly reaffirmed loade Intending Mr. Churchill's scalp.

his own faith in the Churchill

, and knocked the props out from under homs critics de-

Thers Is much to suggest official forknovvledge In Washington of

what was to happen In London. President Roosevelt

appointed nu

American commission to help develop India's vvar resources only a few days before Mr. Churchill's ‘eatery awaited policy dwlmtlvn- t O

The implication is inescapable that Washington not only regards Sir Stafford as the logical Briton for the difficult task he under- takes In India; but abo vvelcoones indefinite deferment of s leadership crisis ln London. A change in British leadership at this critical time could only impair to some extent the unity of action and strategic purpose scaled by the United Nations pact. ' _

The recent visit of the Chinese leader. Gen. Chiang Kai-Shel. "I India ls an integral part of the plcturfi» W" 5'5 l! "l! "ml"! "l wish‘ lngton‘: announcement of the commission to India. Concerted United Nation action focusing on the Indian political setmf-‘Ilt 0t 1119 51"“

front is obvious,

Nazi Ship Tirpitz Chased Into Port

Few Details Given Of

Engagement In Which

. k,,...,,,'B5i5§]p;fl?lorpedo»-.Planes Took ' Part."

LONDON, March ll-fAPl -'Ilie battleship Tlrpitz, ghost ship 0i the German navy, has been spill- ted, at sea, attacked by British tor- pedo panes, and chased to refuse In Norway, the admiralty announc- ed tonight. -

The bare facts of this first-known battle with Germany's newest and finest battleship were contained in g five-srntence communique which suggested that strong naval forces of both sides were Operating °55 Norway in the opening phases of what h expected to become a pro- longed battle for control of the supply lane to Russia. _

The Nazis in this case risked the flrpitz grid probab'y others of their best warships in a futile atfemPt upon a British convoy.

Qualified sources said the cflni/OY was a large one carrying war mat-

erials to Russia.

The admiralty communique said: "As a result of reconnaissance it German battleship Tirpltz had‘ left Trond- (Norwnyl and was proceed- g in a northerly direction up the

arch 9. the Tlrpttz was ‘ocated

and attacked with torpedoes by nu- ii-tc?) -- val oil-craft. Prime Minister" Mackenzie King void “It was n00 1105*

lble to observe

the tiutwu tonight. that. uermuny in detail the result of this attack. and Japan are “stuklllll everything bu; the Ttrpltz was seen retiring

on 1042' as he thanked Canadians

under cover of a heavy smoke

tor their SIIDWYL °f ‘he sewn“ semen towards the Norwegian wast.

tory man and warned that cannot. .. .even for a moment. Bf- ford to be content. ‘with what we have achieved." . Kim; . , "thankgougdbgalégflésétdgggtkllacllélg? l I ' gcimlon?“ Finance Minister 118193! and aw. Spinney. chairman of the

spoke on a national °

"Our surface forces did not suc-

ceed in making contact with the enemy, but any attempt to attack

ur convoy was frustrated.

“Two of our aircraft did not re- turn from the attack on the Tir- pltz."

Whether the flrplta was domes-

F commrtee ed t mad tear. but if not. lvllilbiingllanlci-Iifélted tligrlgin drive, Z180 herzncfttrnegnent lgdlcated éithfl‘ the

k briefly. - “M: Ilsley outlined for;

n two-point WOUND;

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‘"- Width“ gkiglshed the Job. accented t" continuation of crest 01m 01 saving for victory.

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last f" COMP - drive was 8600-0099093

British lied Cross. Appeals To Tokyo

Canadians work and

success in

coupon. British Red crow slid” "l" ‘PM!

ovo todlly - additional atrocities.- Bucl‘ 5‘ F“

den re- Qtgn secretary Anthony E _ om- w-mdv- c" “truss. mlbtgd against 914mm"

Kong Konl. .

The mcsswe “mg”, n“, miss“?! wpaltslgngrrslna’ vgvltlrmigclief section gene: 3395mm Red Cross. to “M, "er-y possible step 100:1"; "wtgagg K2;*,§,,°';';“'Zi-,-.il§3 tllJalt

ro ‘ gut-h treatment does not occur lfl the future.”

presence of super!" 101'“! 01' I m‘

table t for the ‘naval torpedo

planes w ich played the major ro'e m‘ in brlnulno to boy and sinking her mo“ Guam“. sister ship, the Bismarck, last May

‘Cndoubbedly the British planes

came from an aircraft carrier since doy National the distance from Britain would be

difficult for land-based craft.

tliisamstaafi Frenlch Reinforcing o midst: if. Island of Madagascar

IDNDON. March Ikflrhursdny) —tCI-‘) —'!he Dally Moll reported today that the Premh- wxmisers Glolre and Montcalm hid left m- kar, French West Africa. with three troop transports to reinforce the arench Indian Ocean island of

ldagsscar. Some unofficial sources here have hinted that the Drilled“ Natl r’ -

M fir! occupy for fear that the Japanese would

Qt them to that important point on the a‘lled supply routes to India and the Middle East.

IMHO VII‘! ARMY TRAIN

HALIFAX. March n-tori-cs- nadrvsummywdepilafiretlon train was rwns three hours hen today. lira-Col. J.E.

ennc. in chum of the train. sold It was the best ahowln: made tn my 0min of comparative at! since the tour started. Up to now. 552.0%) n: have thrwlh

Cripps Will Present C0v’t. Plans ln India

LONDON- March ll——(CP)- Britain's War Cabinet has agreed unanimously on a Dlrm t0 $110091 the way for eventual Dominion stat- us for India and Sir Stafford Crlpps trusted friend of the sub-continent's 350000.000 inhabitants is loin! to India to determine whether the plan will work, Prime Minister Churchill announced today in the House 0f Commons.

The Prime Minister called the plan “a strong contribution to aid India in the realization of f-ull self- government." But he said that it was not yet being announced lest its rejection by essential elements 0t the Indian population provoke fierce communal disputes at the moment when the enemy is at the gates of India."

1,590,215 Radio Licenses Purchased

UITAWA. March 11 —- (OP)- Radlo licences purchased since March 31., 1941 numbered 1.590.275 with the total of gross fees $3.- B42,45l, said a return tabled in the House of Commons today for Gor- don Graydon (Con. Peel).

‘The c of collections was $271.38 in commissions and $154.- 605 in administration. Those pros- ecuated since March 31 for failure to purchase a. radio licence num- bered 4,545 and 4,184 convictions were obtained.

Brazil Prepares For hostilities

R-IO DE JANEIHD, Match li- lAPl-Brazil was given pointed n0- tlce lonisht that President Getullo Vargas holds single-handed power to declare war, and further indi- cation of this country's approach l0 W911 1108941115108 appeared in the withdrawal of Ill Brazilian mer- client ships from seas where at gist. four have been sunk by-ths

President Vargu 13cm n- iterated his constlbu tonal powers todecle-rewarors stetcofnn- tlonal Jay mg - - m, "fly for seizure of Axis subjects "Id Property without further edo.

3115"’! sneer toward the Axis was indicated by headlines on the latest known sinking, news of which was Withheld until early tonight.

con. ‘summon m nsursx

x-rsnmax. Much ll-dCPl-Hon. BJ- Msntm. Canadian director of civilian defence, arrived here to- night from Saint John. us. con- tti.“'ms.'°"'u°‘ t‘? "’"i‘.'i“°“cfi§

0 mmorc

tomorrow.

Urgent Plea For In Day ’s Battle

llnity In Canada

MONTREAL, March 11-—(GP)- O. H. Lash, director of public in- formation, tonlght urged Cana- dians in general and the nation's writers 1n particular to compose internal differences and "set an example in unity that our partner notions miut follow."

“but us, let Comrade, show the way, the only sure, quick way to victory." he said in an address at the 21st

In Addition To Aircraft De- stroyed Soviets Captured 78 Tanks And 172 Guns.

MOSCOW, March 1Z—('l'hursday)—(AP)-—A anniversary dinner of Soviet communique today announced 49,700 Germans had

special

ilgacallml“ Autmfl’ 5115MB" been killed on the Kalinin front northwest of Moscow be-

uyou who a" he" which, m, tween Feb. 5 and March 8.

writers," he said. “Pick up your pens and write.

“Dip them in the flames that are scorching freedom’; earth in Malaya, Sumatra, Java.

"Dip them in blood that has been shed in Poland, Norway, Hol- land, France, the British Isles. Libya, Greece, the Near East and the Far East and upon the oceans do“, of the world.

"Write with the blood which your captured 78 tanks and 172 free-born brothers and sisters. ln Red army troops were reported many lands, on many seas, have f0 have captured a key junction in shed for you. > the Lake Ilmen ares where soviet

“Write in flaming, scarlet let- YiQhTcr pilots have been destroy- tcrs a plea, a prayer, a demand 111g steadily big Nani transport for unity." Planes trying w ferry reinforce-

Ccmacla was not united now. merits to the trapped German 10th Pitching a war loan over the top army under Gen, Von Busch,

did not constitute a full expres- Dispatches from the staraya sion of unity. Russo SkClOI‘ said the Germans

“Look about you and what do were using e transport routs from you find?" he asked. "Doubt of Koenigsberg in eastern Qei-mmy the courage of American naval vfe Riga, Latvia, in an effort, to men voiced in Canads; American shuttle plane-loads of 80 to as papers and speakers hammering men to the encircled garrison. at British policy and British Forests and alrdromes along the leadership until today, British lust leg of this service were litter- prestlge is lower In the United ed with the burned-out wrecks of state; than it has been within these big planes, the Russians said. the memory of any of us." Tass also reported that the num-

Stflltn and Maxim Lltvinoff, ber of suicides of privates and of- Rusalazi Ambassador to Washing- ficers alike in the besieged army ton. “who have earned the right were increasing, and that Von tr be blunt," were warning Bri- Busch had issued orders that the tam 8.110 the United States that bodies of these men be buried out» Russia elfPectcd them to be allies side military plots and without ‘in deeds us well as in words." honors.

Aud Madam Chlsng Kal-shek, Prisoners captured from some wife of the Chinese Generallssimn, of the transport planes forced was "pleading with all of us urg- clown en route to Staraya Russo. tjlilly. passionately to unite to save were quoted as saying they were tue freedom of the world from en route with food, munitions and death.’ clothing as well as additional man-

One other "very ugly foot," n“ power. to be faced. Mr. Lash said, and Twenty-five suoh that was that between Fmgligh were smashed ln three days. and jnench-speaking races in the The regular midnight oommunl Dominion ‘the almost-dead embers quc said the soviet advance was

Kaiinin itself is 95 miles

In the fighting reported

of distrust are again mlnQ m“. continuing w?» the Germans suf-