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Heavy Aerial Attack On Berlin

Nearly 900 Tons Of Explosives Sllowered On German Capital.

Anti-tank Dun Deadly

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tack , c Ordnance declared Sat/ur-

nttht- “fyhabberl the ‘based’ by soldiers g“ new wee/porn was not described mechanically by either the War pepartrnent in its announcement sgturday 0r L-Oen. 1:. H. Campbell, the or nance chief, rlor did either disclose the type of $0- tile it fires. However, the er ant called the weapon “re- volutionary in design" and said its projectile will trots armor, brick and rock walls, girders - soles." Campbell said the new wed

‘carried in the hands of a sol ier‘. em destroy any enemy tank on the battlefieldioday. This weapon has beerl successful y for-

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UDNDON. March 29-(Monday)- (UH-A force of heavy bombers in such numbe rs that their roar could be heard for an hour struck across the English Channel during the night, apparently following up the devastating raids which Saturday night foluld the RAJ‘. dumping two-tors and four-ton bombs on

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..German and Nazi - controlled French stations promptly went off the air last night as the planes Isrs heard crossing the Channel in s south-easterly direction.

Destroy Twelve lap Planes

NEW DELHI, March 3840?)- British fighter planes, guarding Allied advance positions toward tile enemy-held peninsular port oi Aliyah, broke up a Japanese assault

air on Cox's Bazaar Saturday with the destruction of i2 attack- ‘éll! Dlimes, s communique said tn-

¥h° Jflllsnese sent waves o! Planes Bitzlinst Allied installations in the Burmese port on the Bengal coast. Fighters lhot down l0 of the bombers and damaged mall M" °l them. while anti-eircrat lire from gunners on the ground and on a steamship in the Nai River brought down the other two.

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By LEO BRANl-IAM (Associated Plell Stiff Writer)

iDNlDON, March 80 — (AP) — Hundreds of RAJ‘. and R.O.A.I. bombers unloaded nearly D00 inns of explosive and incendia bombs upon Berlin Saturday nght in their heaviest raid against the German capital, and heavy uad- mns oi United States panu ‘struck by daylight toda at the railway yards at RDLIGD, north-

western France.

Waves of big Lancaster-s, Hali- faxes and Stir ings made the as- sault upon Berlin, which had not recovered from a destructive raid March 1 that was only slightly less intense than last night's.

In an apparent renewal of day- and-night bombing in Europe, which had been curtailed recent- ly by unfavorable weather, the United States bcmbe s, with R. C. A. l‘. f liters as art of the escort, atruc across t e Channel to Rouen, 46 miles within France

lEmployees

l llote For Strike

MONTREAL, March 28 --(OP)— Tramways Company employceswho are members cf the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Eimlployees voted tonight to go on strike and union officials said later that the vole meant strike action was re- troactive to B pm. this evening.

Paul Marquette, Canadian Con- gress oi Labor general director for Quebec, told reporters after the standingvotewssiakozlatamasa meeting that union members work- ing tonight would be ordered to lay off work after completing their runs for the night. Those not working would be considered on strike from 8 p.m.

The vote arose from a. decision of the company to hold a jurisdic- tional referendum tomorrow to de- cide which of two unions was to be the bargaining agent for the workers. Marquette said the Con- gress of Labor Union had 3.000 members-a majzrity of the work- ers-and therefore no referendum was necessary.

(ln Ottawa tonight Labor Minist- er Mitchell announced he had tele- graphed D. E. Bla Tramways vice-prwident, that in view of the “serious nature" of the situation he was establishing a commission or board cf conciliation. He sug- gested that the company postpone its decision as to tomorrow's rq.

and a key rail centre supplying Nazi coastal defenders,

The RAF. took up the Allied round-ths-clock later today with a ii ht bomber attack on ahi irlg an shipbuild- ing yards at otterdam, big Ger- man-held Netherlands port 9n the North Sea.

Ventures of the British Bomber Command, escorted b fighters. carried out this thrus, and an

authoritative announcement said all the lanes returned. F0. Ciff Hatle of Slmmis, Sllsk.

returning from the raid on Ber- lin, reported the glow of concen- trated fires was plainly visible through clouds 150 miles from the ,.. "r-a- . we ofyitfiddleton, N.C., called the bombing a “beau- tiful show," and said:-

“I saw one terrlfically big ex- plosion and a fire that sent smoke ‘IOXOOO feet high.

‘Bombing results were good," in tlle Rouen raid, a United States communique said. One bomber "and four fighters were reported missing after the raid.

The latest Berlin raid was the sixth this year and the 59th of the war, and the Air Ministry said the total of explosives was about double the quantity dumped by the Germans in their heaviest assault‘ on London.

Nine bomber were lost on the MOO-mile round-trip to Berlin, the Air Ministry reported,

(‘The German High Command. in a communique broadcast from

Berlin and recorded by the As- sociated Press, said the raiders penetrated the Greater Berlin

area, causing fires in residential sections, destroying public build- ings and "places oi’ culture”, and causi losses among the civilian popula ion.)

A Reuters News Agency dispatch from Stockholm quoted the Ber- lin correspondent of the Swedim newslli/Pei‘ Aftonbladet as saying last night's raid was "at lens as large in scale as the previous one and lasted twice as long.”

The Berlin attack followed by one night a heavy R.A.F.-R.C.A.F'. assault on Duisburg, Europe's larg- est inland port, and other targets in the industrial Ruhr Valley.

Scnall-scaie raids were made on Germany and Holland in day-light Saturday.

The first report of German

lanes over Britain in more than 6 hours came in an announce- ment Saturday that an enemy air- craft was destroyed off the south coast durln the afternoon,

. Lantegne of Cara-

on the Duisbur raid

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I think per aps something blew up."

The Duisburg attack, like most others recently, up arently was directed at further rupting Hit- ler's already crippled transporta- ~tion system.

Outskirts Baffled IIOCKHOLM. March 284A?)- The heavy bomber raid on Berlin

~ ways employees.

ferendum.

(Mr. Mitchell said Mr. Blair had notified him that the tramways, hill/l"! Stunted the negotiating committee permisslcn in hold the ballot, felt it could not withdraw Permission. and a strike therefore appeared inevitable unless the Eroilps concerned accepted the Min- isters warning that such action would be iliegal.

(At the same time, Mr. Mitchell said he had telegraphed A. R. Mos-her. president of the Canadian Bmtherlhod of Railway Emlployees. Warning him that a strike would be Illegal and urging them to take ‘tell: a fight such Ifitlfltfl.)

m e .. e way" in—~~wsst=end%ile‘lg‘=llftfalrgetf' Marquette told the union mem- bers that he had been talking by long-distance telephone to Mr. M08116!‘ in Ottawa. are told them of Labor Minister Mitchell's warn- 111s to Mr. Mosher that. strike iwtlml would be illegal and then mlzfedloftlél- LhQlafi:?§tlOnthlXl a stlgnd.

on er e to strike. 8y w h d

The majority of the men rose to their feet in response to the you,

Union officials estimated that 2-800 company emnio ees attended the meeting and sai that others would be in later when their shifts ended and street cars were taken to the company barns.

AskedLfcr comment on the vote. Ml. Blalr, the company vicc-pregl. dent and general manager mid The Canadian Press, he did not wish to elaborate on the state- merit he had made to Mr. Mitchell. HOWEVER he said, he wanted to assure‘ Montreal tramways patrons that ‘we are doing our but, l“ braking plans to meat the sit- uation.’

The Atwater market meeting w“ orderly. with guards at the doors to admit only those who could identify themselves as tram. Union members carried banners proclaiming in French and English: “Tramways on strike for the recognition o: ougerights."

0T9 U19 strike vote was taken. M81‘ uette told the men of Mr- Mitche 1's announcement that he WM setting up a Conciliation Board but the members shouted m FPETICJII "IVE Too Late! It's To» Labs! Marquette then called for the standing vote.

0.6. Forces intercept Jap Fleet

WASHINGTON. March 26 -(AP) A Ja anese fleet heading for the Aleu an Islands was intercepted by a light force of United States ves- sels, engaged at long range and when last seen was headed west-

Saturday n ht was concentrated on the ou irts oi the German capital, where many oi the city's great war industries are located. and left central Berlin practically undamaged, the newspaper Afton- bladet said today.

In a dispatch from Berlin, the new per said that the raid was “as arge as the gigantic attack" which the R-AJI’. and f-t.C.A.F aimed at the heart of the Nazi Capital Mardl as

1, and lasted twice ionl. but the damage did not cover so wide an arse.

The lhlener National Zeitun for the first time has published what it claimed was an official death toll of cs0 in the Allied raids on Essen March s and l2.

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CHUNGKINC. March are-tar)- The chinae high command said toda that a fresh Japanese drive in i, s southern province of Kwan- tung, a entl to re- move e po tial threat of China's anny lo the railway be- tween Canton and Kowloon. was legulsed fllursday. he communl ue said that, in this and other sa tents of the drive airlst Talc. lbs Japanese suffer- heavy casualties and the loss of arms and ammunition.

ward, the Navy Department re- ported today.

The Japanese force, located by American forces patrolling west-

mcst end of Aleut chain, consisted of two heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, four destroyers and 20 cargo ships.

The Japanese fleet appuently was under instructions to escort the cargo vessels into Klska, where enemy has established a base bomb- ed frequently by American planes.

The mu weather found in the north Pscifo evidently‘ made lnpcasible to ea defini iy that the 8a eae had n driven off.

earlier communique , telling of aerial raiding t the southwest Pacific, said American planes hit six times at Japanese air and sea bases in the last three days, while enemy planes retaliated with two attack; on United States positions in the Solomons and on Canton Island.

An attack on Klaka was the 29th‘ in the last month, while two raids on Munda boasted to 100 the num- ber (f times American pianos have bombed the ‘enemy there.

Army homers ranging far afield heavllv damaged enemy in- sullations on Nauru llnd near

the fortified Gilbert map. the Nan

ward of Attu Island at the western- ian N

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By Gill C. C

War Situation Last Night

, Associated Press War Analyst

The usefulness of the Mareth Line to Marshal Erwin Rommel ap-

PflIeni-ly is about ended.

Although only slightly dented by Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery's frontal assault. it has been outflunked as was France's Maginot Line,

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Four armored s

are pointed at the line oi‘ the Axis com-

munications to the north and it would be most unusual if the German

strategist elected to stand and fight cut off.

' ‘he greatest threat ‘to his "B.

whilc in immediate danger or being

is'at the Ozltlkllll of El Hamma

where a strong armored force is at the point of seizing control d; the

western gatepost of the Gabes Gap after an amazing 100-mile circuitous the Sahara.

Rommel foresaw the wide-locpin, ""9"" Pffllilrations to meet it by placing a. concent at»...

and motorised forces at El Hamma.

between the salt lakes of the sea march across a northern spur nf

attack by this column and made of armored But such was the strength of this

Wing of Gen. Montgomery's attack that it met these force; and pushed them back. The spearhead now is only about 15 miles from cornplet‘

its circuit to the sea at Bornmeh rear. I I U O

North of the Gabes bottleneck two American columns have pierced or

nearly pierced the lower end of the Grand

Dorsal, the cha-ln of moun-

talns which runs from north to south, ready to fan out on the ceased] plain. The southern column east of El Guetar apparently has one puss yet to thread, while the northern column east of Maknassy seemingly holds the eastern end of tho last pass

Farther north another American

column has driven through the

Grand Dorsal, capturing I-‘ondouk and threatening the Kairouan plain.

The French on the left flank of the a junction with this force at Kairou side of the long-contested Ouaseltia. O O

Still further north the British derson has moved out of its defensiv

Americans, appear to be headed for an by moving across to the eastern

Destroy Giant l ‘Krupp Works

. LONDON, March 28 -——(CP)— Buildings in Germany's giant Krupp works covering 106,000 sq. yfifllS-Jlltllldlllg l2 mam shops and 36 others-were destroyed or damaged badly i.rl the ILOOO-ton R. AI‘. raid on Essen March l2, the All‘ lvlinistry- news service disclosed today.

The devastation was considerably, more than that. in the raid there a week earlier when 135.000 N115" yards were damaged, the news ser- vice said.

Eden Visit important

By FRANK FLAHERTY (Canadian Press Staff Wrlter)

OTTAWA, March 28 — (CP) —_- While Rt. Hon. Anthony Edens visit to Ottawa this Week is un- likely to be marked by any im- portant new statements on policy. its importance is rated high in gov- ernmental and diplomatic circles.

The things Mr. Eden will say and hear in the privacy of the war

Valley.

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1st Army of Gen. Sir Kenneth An- e positions at Daebcl Abiod near the

coast and captured its first objectives. This operation probably wag on

a bigger scale than the communique

indicates, for the British force had

committee of the cabinet and in the offices of Prime Minister Macken- = zie King and other" ministers are likely’ to be of more importance .1i_lll\n the tlrlllgs he will say in pub- - 1c.

The exact. purpose of Mr. Eden's

fallen hack to hills from which it had to or s a b ad ll ' li ,~ .» a clear field of fire before gettinf at the éers-mannfvoslagflls‘. Va ey g“ n: “m to Canada and the United Altogether, the news from Tunisia. ls good.

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Frustrate German Attempt To Recross Northern Donets.

By EDDY GILMORE (Associated Press Staff Wrltcr) MOSCOW, March 28 — lAPr —

stubbornly fighting to maintain its offensive. the Red Army smash- ed resistance and captured seven villages in tile Smolensk salient west of Moscow, tile Soviet Ill- formation Bureau announced io- day. but campaigning was be- coming more difficult as a result of spring tlulws. Elsewhere on the long front operations dwind-

led.

The days of real Russian mud have arrived with the Red Army apparently having checked the German's comeback offensive along the northern Donets front in the south and beaicn back every effort of tile invaders to re-cross that barrier.

(The German High Command communique. recorded by the As- sociated Press. claiming the cap- ture of sevsk, so miles south of Bryansk. where a Soviet spelli- head had made its deepest penc- trution toward the Dnieper in the area between Kursk and Orel, but said the front was quiet else-‘ where.)

It seemed evident that the Red Army was reluctant to give up its offensive toward Smolensk, in the lower reaches of the Kuban ln the Caucasus and in the northwest. but trucks, tanks and even wagons stuck in the mud.

The seven villages captured in tile Smolensk salient were taken

Wins Prize At 0. A. 0.

GUELPH, Dnt., March 2s --(CPl -Prizes and awards were granted at the annual graduation exercises of the dairy course at the Ontario Agriculture College here Saturday

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n grferl‘ prizes included:

Butter Manufacture, K. b Payn- tcr, Crapaud. PE I . Dairy Judging Prizes: Butter-E. D. Donne. .5.

Vermouth,

department reported Saturday. The raid on Nauru Island W88 delivered“ grids: mornins 18010- msns e a a interest here over whether it might be the beslnnlns of e sen" of long-range attacks against the strong line of enemy fortifications several hundred miles north o! the

n American ail-fled on Glifldfllflllll

in the Solomon islands.

roused consider- .

by the forces driving south of Bely toward the Vyszma-Smolensk rail- way- There were a few other sharp enSB-gements.

In the Belgorod area northeast of Kharkov and on the Upper Dollets. the situation again appear- ed to be in hand. with tllc Rus- sians announcing ille rvpuise of another enemy attack.

A Red Star dispatch from the Kuban from said German resist- ance Wits increasing as tllc Rus- sians enetratcd wwsiwnrd t0- ward tlc Block Sea. naval base of Novorosslsk and the Kercb Straits.

Tass News Agency said the Ger- mans in four days of fichtillg from March l9 to 23 lost 140 tanks, 72 guns and 8.000 killed in the area north of Zilizdra, 32 miles north of Bryansk.

These losses. Tass said, were in addition to 20,000 Germans killed and 5.000 captured in the Orel area during a Russian offensive beginning late in January.

Soviet losses during the same period of offensive operations were 8,620 killed and wounded, Tass said.

Swampy conditions had extended even to the far northwestern front, where Marshal Semeon Timo- ‘sflenkos drive from below Lake Ilmen toward the Nazi base at Starayg Russa was pushing slowly

through a series of strong- ly fortified lines. The Soviet Saturday mid-day

communique. which told of vast new Nazi concentrations along the Dnncts north of Cllugucv. said numerous German assaults were repulsed in that area Friday, The Army newspn l‘ Red Star said the Germans obv ollslv were massing a huge weight of men and armor for Fa final all-out attempt lo force their way across the Dons-ts.

TORPIDOIS CREW

During the First Great War. the length of torpedoes increased from 10 24 feet.

War-ZS Years Ago Today

(By The Canadian Pres)

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March 29, lino-Germans captur- ed Mellieres, but offensive in other areas on the Western Front was checked. Seventy-five killed and 90

States has never been stated. but ill informed quarters it is assumed it has to do broadly with the lob of keeping the United Nations work- ing together" as u lcaln for the pro- sccution of the Will‘, improving on the teamwork if possible, and look- ing for n basis on which teamwork can continue after the Axis powers are defeated and tllc task of world reconstruction must be tackled.

in a speech in the House of Com- mons last th. iPrimc. ,_ t?! King indicate there were cer a anomalies in resent arrangements for co-operat on between United Nation's Governments which he hoped could be removed.

The Eden discussion are con- sidered as likely designed mcrclv to iceep the different governments in- formed of the views of the others so that they cun be better prepared ‘for more concrete discussions later I on. and perhaps be able to reach dlgreemerlts vrltll a minimum 0i friction.