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Turkey May Enter War 0n illied Side

]51‘A,\'BUL, Turkey, June 10 ..(,\P)—'l'ho Turkish cilhlllfil met tonight to consider the

llrstltln nf Wlll‘ or W!" i131‘

urkey as a rcsult of Italys entrance into the conflict to- m against Britain and lrancr. ~

A meeting of the National Assembly and partial mobiliz- stlori. which will lricreasc K798"! the 400.000 mcn Turkey ai- reudy has under arms ls GK- pcctcd tomorrow.

Any move toward an actual declaration of war ln fulfill- ment of Turkey's mutual assist- lnce pact with the Allies w'll. lion-ever, wait on tlaveiolimgnlfi chiefly whet-hoi- Italy's notion bfllvls tlic ficliilrw. to ‘furkeyfls doorstep in tho Eastern Med- iterranean, informed quarters aid.

Oiilcml pronoitncemcnts uwrc belong tonight. but. it was assert- ld everivlirig- that 'I‘urke~v' u-suld lire up to 11"!‘ engagements undo"- bllrli last Ocvhrr when she a- nd‘. to izo to tlic aid of the Allics lathe event of any act of war threateniiiv the status quo in the llttltenanoan area.

Dipcmov- t-v-vrer-srri the bo'icf llifllél"; entry into the WiZll‘ was lkeii‘. but that it would be ap-

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Coming Events

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By Parliament As .War Spreads

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Measures - Move Follows By Few Minutes News Of Hon. Norman _Rogers Death.

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Emergency

OTTAWA, June 10-(CP) -—Backcd by the instant and unanimous approval of Par.

liamcnt, Prime Minister Mackenzie King and his Government moved swiftly

tonight to establish a state of war at the side of the Al- lies against Italy.

In a setting of soiemnity lin- precedented in the House of (ID1111110118. Parliament ac- cepted the Itnlian war de-_’ clnration a few minutes after tragic ncws had come of the death of Hon. Nor- man Rogers.

Forced by the not un- expected entry 0f Italy as an ally of Germany to take emergency measures before adjourning out of respect to the dead blinisier. the House lqllickly adopted a resolution moved by the Prime Minis- ter approving “the entry- of Canada into a state of war with Italy.”

Mr. King ciitcrcd the chamber brokcn and sovrciv-strickcn by thc iiicivs that DPIOIICC‘. Minister Rogers

_hnci been killed in tlic crasii of an air force bomber.

News Spreads Quickly

ST. LAWRENCE

Crew Follow in Foot- steps of Germany- Try to Scuttle Craft.

OTTAWA. Juno i0-(OP)—'I‘he crow of an Italian ship tIln-ighl‘. sought i0 cviide capture by Cans- dlflti authorities bv firing their Shin in the St. Lawrence River. A ROYBI Canadian Navy mine swoop- er foiled the atiem t.

The Italian vesci) was the Capo Noll 0f Hbflut 3,690 toils which sailed from Montreal harbor yes- terday,

The announcement of hcr cap- tuft came from the Department 0d Notional Defence. She was over. taken off the Big Islands, some 10 miles wrest of Rimouski.

Rimouskl is some 180 miles east of Quebec.

Ever since the vessel 1911 Mont. real harbor yesterday afternoon, she had been shudowctl by the Royal Canadian Navy,

She jwas overtaken hv the Royal CfmF-dln-n Navy mincswccpci‘, H. H. C. S. Bras d'0' and tlic Italian‘, crow ran their vcsscl ilfifflllllil. ~

There they attempted to sci; her afiro. frhc tlumcs mo); hold and the mincswce-por moi; mo; the n- nlian crew and turned them over to ‘the Royal Canadian Itlountgd POIICE‘.

A i116 tulz. it was said here, was ciiroute from. Quebec tonight to aid in tichtiiiz Llic flames on tho vcs-"l. The ‘Bras d‘Or also ivcnt i0 \v'1i'k to quench the llfllllFS.

It ivas the iii-st act cf ivai- in Canndznn winters since the itonilict siartcd. The Italian drrliiyttion of

fllnanimous MoveiTiillAN ililPlDefence Ministe iiPllliillliilKiued In Crash

ncnr here.

Evidence indicated all four 0c- cliilants were killed instantly. Eye- \'.‘iillCSSi‘$ told Of hearing the ma- chine puss over the district with motors roaring at approximately 2 pin. A171‘.- It was flying low be- cause of light mist, the pilot appar- ently following a railway line.

Divcd Into Thicket

Stiddcnly it. nose dived into a thicket, snapping three limbs as it wont. Ono witness. looking from a gfl-‘illillf! statinii on a lllllhwfltiv’ hcarliv, said tlic tnacliine disrep- l)f‘ill'C‘fl bchiiid a hill. Almost ini-

Will‘ caught tile Italian Si] tirlvlnz for the 58a with the little Canadian 1 mliivsvvccper hot on licr frail. ‘

When the word of the Cane». dlan Parliaments decision

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Tributes To

Tile ilclvs had spread quickly and members niiti iliIlClillS alike were‘ Kl00111v mid subtlucd. In the gal-i lcrlcs ivoiiicii wept openly. Mr.‘ King's voice was low and trcmb ing; as lie announced the death of "my colleague and deal" friend."

Tlicn, In a clcar voice, strong- thening as hc proceeded, Mr. Kim; spoke bitterly at the Ital- ian action. branding liiussollni as onc who sat "like a cerrinn bird of pry waiting for brave mcn to rlic." _

Immediately after approval had been givcn the ivar resolution, tlic Commons adjourned until tomorrov - afternoon. out. of deference to tho, Defence Minister's memory.

Mr. King null his ministers wont into cabiiici session to pass the iicccssnrv order giving cffoct to the resolution. lir- snld llic KIPK would bc itivltcd to issiic a proclamation vcccmrzina ti at a state of war ex- ists bciivccn Canada and Italy.

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International

At A Glance

By The Canadian Press ROMEL-Mussolini declarfl war 1m Britain and France.

jos capital as GBPITIIRI tanks rumor- ‘cd in Paris urea; Germans press on in two llrivcs on Paris; Rcynlfld leaves to be with the army.

CIIARLOTTESVILLE. Vn.-- PR- sldent Roosevelt bitterly condemn! Italy. says United States material aid will Kg to "opponents of force.”

LONDON-Britain labels ltallm not "cowardice and treachery"; sends more mcn to France; aircraft car- rier Glorious sunk in northern waters; resscs war in air; anti- Itslisn emonstratlon.

ISTANBUL-Turkey declares state oi ‘idler?’ similar to wartime status, says will fulfill obligations to allies.

OTTAWA-Hollie of Commons ap- proves deciaration of war on Italy! Defence Minister Norman Rfllfll killed in sir crash.

opponents-w» cabinet minis- ters resign; re rled Russia will aid Yugoslavia if erfltory invaded-

ATlIENS-Grecks take promu- tlonsry measures.

BUCllARl-IST -—ltlzimanlln crown council unlit-d; expected to reaffirm neutrality,

llefenoe Minister l Norman Rogers

Premier Thane Prince Edwina i. . lit h; il.1( ‘urczi n.2,. _ iiyglicws of the tlcsth of D0101 Minister Rogcrs in an airplane (ICCIQCIIL yesterday.

The Premier said:

"l, was profoundly sliockai by nous cf lllC death of Norman Mc- ncou Rogers. Canada has List‘ l1 ..lI€ scholar and a capable uduiiii- orator who was oevstuiB P111 11l5_ 5118i. talciit and cncigics to licl urgent problems. His friends rind Ji-‘(ILWIIIBS have lost a noble coili- rude"

FINANCE DIINISFER RALSTON

UITAWA. June l0 —(CP)—_1_“1- nance Minister Rnisloii P1141 ""11 tile loiiight- to lhc lritc llIiIllSiPl‘ of national dcicncc, Iluli._N01‘1Y1fl11 Rogers, who likc lii W15 i! 1111' iivc son of Nova Scoiiu.

‘Ilie death of the minister of na- tional defence in an airplane crash today "comes like a thun- derbolt." said Col. Ralston.

"Those oi us who know him iri-

timatoly have 10st a. friend with a ‘No alarm was sounded immediately.

licart of pure gold." said Col.‘ Ral- ston. “The country has lost one of her most outstanding 50115 —“ statesman and an atlministrsicr of the highest type whom destiny had marked t0 D1113! 5 T99,“ "mu 1m‘ portance in those crit;cal days.

IION ANGUS 1.. MACDONALD

HALIFAX. Juno l0 —(CPl — The Dominion lost. a "ilflllflhi 5111' titer and servant of Caiinda"_ in the death 0f D-CYPHK‘ Wllilisl" ltoccrs in an alrplatit- crash today. Premier Angus L. .\'l.""cnnld of Nova. Scotla. said tonight.

Pl‘(‘ll’ll(‘l' Maciioiialti iss".icd this statement: _

The news of‘ Normmi Ros?" tragic death fills m-c it'll-ll 1!~“111111‘<‘ and almost overwhoiminz BT16?- H9 ivns mv friclid for molly wars‘. Mid every “succeeding ycar blOlHilf. nic somc now light (in lll-P charm and loveableness of his nature._A soul 5o gcllilt‘, many people Sllfl. was unsuited to ilic Pflliflll and 1111111110 of political lifo. but Novinriii Roi!- ors accepted his Public 1‘f‘$l>~"11‘1'11" ities manfuily. dischnrccd iiiclti faithfully and the verdict oi his- tory I think will be that he dLs- chargod them successfully.

Ilc leaves law. ii niiv. and hone oi lliclii l11‘1‘~7" lilies. uliile votmilcv vcnicmbt-r him as ' 11 tiigiiificd illltl t'lll‘lt'lltil ovcrv spin-r: lii which lie inovcd. lit‘ dtfll as 8 soldier. in iii.- lino of tiniv. and as a “Hump mitwi- and scrvant- of Canada he u-‘ill be hcld in long and affectionate remcmbrliiwt-

enemies.

nicdlatclv flames sprang up above tho trees.

Those first on the scene found ivrcckage strewn for 200 to 300 for-l. tlic main part of the plane t int: ficrcclv. lhvo of the bod- .'h badly matiglctl. had been tlii i clear. A third 000111111“ lizirl boon tvzimvcd in the cabin and bilriicd.

OfR.C.A.E Plane i

Three Airmen Die With Hon. Norman Rogers When Big Machine Crashes Into Swamp.

(By W. It. Wlicatley, Canadian Press Staff Writer) NEWTONVILLE, 0nt.. June 10-(CP)--Hon. Norman Rogers, form. l?!‘ Pfllliillo professor who directed Canada's fighting war- effort iu Na. ttonal Defence Minister, died today with three membc s of the Royal Canadian Air Force when their plans crashed into a wooded swampi (Hills All! Slrif'ltli‘l'.~\lfi' POST

The 46-year-old Minister wu being flown from Ottawa to Toronto, 40 miles west of here, to fill a, speaking engagement. His audience walt- i“? cd. vainly for more than an hour, then listened to the reading o; M; ll i bTPWh. and diilicrsed without knowing of the accident.

The other victims were Flying Officer John James Cotter, llulifax; Alrcraftsman Oscar David Brownfield, Big River, Sasin; and Aircrafts- man James Edward Nesbitt, Saskatoon,

Navigation instruments were scattered in the thicket. The mo- tor had buried itself scvcii fcct in the 511111116. A gwup of farmers formed a volunteer cordon around the wreckage and remained on duty until relieved by police

The machine, a. twin-motor Lock- lwcd Hudson bomber, is bclilzvvd to have developed motor trouble. 1b W85 SOB-n to circle aftcr passing over Ncwtonvilie and licad bark eastward toward the RCAI“. livid at. Trenton, just. before tho crash.

The scene of the accident urns the heavily - tliiibcrcd Cotit-ris ivoods, 1 l-2 miles cast of Newton- vllle. Examination of the ground

indicated the plane nose-ciivcd into ‘

the swampy ground. pious-hing along for 30 feet and gouging out o, seven-foot ditch before boun. cing once more and Sllappllllz off nearby trccs

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Bfilfgrlns

LONDON, June 10 —(Cl’| —- Royal Air Force bombers today de-

stroyed I50 German tanks, it was disclosed tonight.

Destruction of all German armored units opt-rating near the low- cr Sciilc River is r-xpcctcll soon, because of the constant attacks by .-\l-

iied aircraft. British sources said.

BASEL, Switzerland. June ii (Tuesday) —(AP) — Heavy artillery i

of the French forts along the Itiiine opened fire on German positions ill liadcii iliis morning. as they did yesterday. ‘llic firing continued sporadically with occasional replies from the

GCHIIRII KIIIIS.

LA LINEA, Spain, Juno II —(Tuesd.nyi —(AP) —Two Italian mer- chant ships, the 10.000-ton Ohelina and the 2,000-ton Numbolia. were scuttled by their crews in Gibraltar waters late yesterday when their cn-ivs heard the radio news that Italy had gone to war. '

LONDON, June

ii-(Tucsdaw-(CP Cablcl-Brltains ‘ press warned Italians they will suilfer bitterly for being draw-n into tho

iiloriiiir:

Wfll‘ 11nd 101111613’ condemned what it termed the jackal tactics of Rome's

"crsliiz Caesar." The Dally Herald summoned

up tho editorial ro-

nctiou with a cartoon entitled “In the 'I‘ruil of the Boast." It showed .1

‘jnckal, labelled Italy, roving through a skull-liticrcd jungle.

PARIS, June Il-(Tucsdayl-(APJ-The roar of slrplsnes and tho thunder of French antLsircrsft guns were heard over Paris early today.

WASHINGTON, June 10—(AP)—Prcsldent Roosevelt extended DH‘- visions of the United states Neutrality Act to Italy tonight as a result of Premier Mussolinrs declaration of war.

NEW YORK. Juno Ifl-(AIU-The Rome radio declared tonight that hostilities "started four hours no" In a broadcast received in New York by tho Columbia Broadcasting System at I2 midnight ADT tonight. "The first Italian war bulletin is expected u; be issued within n few hours,“

the broadcast said.

tario supreme Court, in a Judgment on the Abitibi Power and Paper Company case, today ordered the publication of advertisements “look- lug to the sale of the properties in October oi this year."

BELGRADE. June Id-(API-Two cabinet ministers resigned from i

Yugoslaviifs Cabinet late today in n movement expected to bring for. mation of a Govcmment of national concentration as n consequence of Italy's belllgerency. Premier Draglshn Cevtltovio is expected to hut-coed

hlmsclf, hut with rcp-

‘ lives of all h "

tn his

Cabinet in order to make the nation untied for any Clcfilliillity that ‘

may ensue from the Italian action.

LONDON. June IO-JCPM-Anti-Italian riots in which bottles wcro ‘ thrown and five arms uscd bmke out tonight in Loiidtmt lililltilis liili- Q

entry into the I'll’.

of public ,’ ’

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-Plioto by Blank and S‘. .lcr

Squadron Lender Ilugh Ronald Simian L-IBUYPI), the new air ' lry iii tile department of na- "lq-it-c for aur. squacnon or St-svznrt has bccil pcrsnnal

‘Niillil to tlic rh'cf 0f hi!‘ stuff " c- war broke out.

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l mcnthllv mectxig ll last ti-littlt tlie~ . .ous committees! ct! and pct ns from; .. tllliffs L'Cl cred. In; .411 ct Iis Wcrsrp Mayor} llllbjli. llic Autiru-hlziytiri ~ J. '1'. hLcKcc occupied]

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a communication from, Oi-icwa, advising ' -lic' ms wriosc

c ll.“ for in.‘

i \‘.‘llI) wcuiti not rc-

t tor some illll(‘, the‘ vtl to auitliiorinz- the

adv-slices. rcnibixlse- i mad»:- by.‘ the Delft, of . f0 owing resolu- . R'.i<oli'c<i that on of the Dept. oi’ : (i by tcltgram H .n:in, the sum o!‘ .111 to Harold Gillespie} Frcd l-lorne 0n tic-I

liillClli. for their re- "IllCS taken for aLr- .l ...li. oil IYKYDPI‘ arrange- clniiii to (‘Xlfliit of above l,» onalrlc (itrcot. rc-ini-

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it» from l-lic I)0I'l\lll'l0I1

(tin iiiclit. in aiisxvcr to s communication from the City of Otta-wa, the.

ivlvcd that ihc Dominion

Dc rcqllc itti to com-l pol .il.tiii Of all persons m4 l l i

lCouinnn 0w: llic age o: sixteen wars, and to have stated them-in if a British subject by birth or not, .i<r nationality.

Tho Clinizniaii of the Fznance Cyiiilii ill-o 1X away n0 roport l p mciiis and lll'..v> oxpuiitll- ,.. . A rrquosi from. nil ll vstxitpci‘ for osiiiri- 0 am I.~..Ili(i Tourist Page .l‘(‘<l to the committee.

Street Work Progrcssing i (‘oulic.ll.'~i' i101 gun. Chillflllllll of ‘the Sl-ltfl C3lliJll.‘1'.i'(‘, reported the streets 1n cord coiiditxm and uvork prwatrl- iiii: favorably, Court. Ilr1p:iio:'ii<~ okqrlaiiird lliat- the host

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Italy At

. With Allies

TORONTO. Julie l0—(C7P)-Mr. Justice W. E. Middleton of ilie On- .

noun. Jum- lo-tarl-"fllr joined (icrmally tonight in war l against (ii-cat Britain and ‘ Franco. 1

l'll‘llll(‘l' blussnliiil made the ailliouuccmi-nt to Fascists gatli- t l‘I‘(‘tI throughout IIII _', that thc I talc-till iicvlnrriinli had been i liundctl to tht- Allied Amhass- ‘ allots.

‘llic formal welding of the liumr-lftrrlin axis ill ilic siccl of war was sct for tomorrow, pm ltvii n reports claimed liai- inn troop-e aircady had entered I-‘rancc "through thr- Riviera."

(This has not hccn confirm- ed b) Allio-ti scillrccsll

l1 loci: liarhbton anticipated.

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Nazi Tilt-J; Units Reported Near French gapital

Premier Reynaud Joins Arm ics As Bitter Battle For France Con- tinues. Nation Is Grim But Calm.

PAItIS. June lil—(AP)—The Government left Poi-is, the capital of thc Republic of France, tonight as inuraud- mg German tanks were reported to have reached the rog- inn of the city itself.

(Thcrc was no official confirmation of this report.)

_Pi'cmici‘ Paul Rcynaud has gone to join the French armies. a brief AIIIIISIPY of Information communique suid.

"The High Command asked the Ministers to effect their wiihtlrzuval to the provinces in conformity with csizili- llshcd (lispnsititiiis. This withdrziivzll has liccn cficcicrl."

Ilzivas. the French News Agency, announced snout-n- sion of services in Paris, starting at 2 a. m. tomorrow (l0 p. m. ADT Monday).

Ncivspapers already had ceased to appear in Paris which in peacetime has a population of nearly Jhiiofhliilll.

CALM BUT GRIM

But France, besieged on two sides by Germans driving on Paris from the north and faced with Italy's ('l1Il'illl'.‘t‘ into tho war, proclaimed her grim determination to c: 1 on the fight.

The m:1in combats ivcrc centred in the Seine Valli-y lo the west, of Paris, with the High Command flllllilllllflilg’ that some German elements had crossed the Seine ltiwv at certain points, and in the Ourcq River vzilicy to iii.- northeast of the capital.

The communique, however, said the cvcryivhcre by vigorous counter-attacks.”

The French communique was filed from Paris but ivns issued “somewhere in France.” The rcgullli- press confer- cncc of ihc War Office was not held this morning as only :l fcw littltchcs were in the office. At the same time, pzirl of 'I‘he ASSOCIZIIQH Press staff moved to a point "somewhere in Franco."

Premier int: to the

“cncmy is licltl

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Reynnutl, speak- pcople an hour and l5 minutes after Pre- mier Mussolini announced that, Italy had cast her lot; with Nazi Germany. voiced the nation's determination to fight against ivhatcvcr‘ might come.

DERBY, En“ lkrby has drcdih aiiniic terminus.

‘fin: oco swuvnn‘ HOLE IS coMlHc, info KS OWN .. AGAlM ,/ ALLIES STRONG Z “The Allies arc strong," he said. He emphasized the Allied intention to continue the war "for thc indcpclidcnce of all oihcr counirics." “Front-c has bcm through evon " difficulties and it has nl-,

that. moment that the entire world,"

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