MAXIMS or A

MERE MAN

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meat action in Nazi sir Dutch ship!-

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Fur lluota Filled To ll. S. Until December

WASHINGTON, March 5- lAPl-No more silver or black for furs can be imported from (lanolin until Dec, l or from other countries until Aprll l.

cell today that Canada has exhausted its quota of 58.300 furs for the period ending Nov. 30. Other countries hi"! flllcd their March quota, but for the period April l-Nov. 30 a ‘Milo-fur share 0i their quota ls unfilled.

Make Perilous 71-mile Mercy p Flight At Night

BERLIN. N. I-I,. March 5—(AP) —ii ll-nllle "mercy flight" lii u. drlvlrlg sliouxiorm to tile side oi a tick ivomail in a lvlaule forest collage 2-1 lniles from the nearest hlsliwayivas completed SIICCCSSIUJY tocrr ivllli the return of Dr. Ed- Wll R. B. McGee to Berlin.

Taking off in a storm‘ that mllpfli 20 inches of snow here, Dr. lyifcGee_ and Pilot John E. West f-ew blind for nearly an hour last lllxllt before landing on the ice of g ed Lake Parinachenee with

f help of a compass, a flashlight and a few lanterns set out to mark tne "lllflWily."

Dcmclrllalieiit was Mrs. Albert wh-f-"Whlul. wife of a caretaker, l o had become crlticalfy ill of liil fiternal l1‘.'l110l‘l‘l1fl§0. When Dr. ‘like nrvell at. midnight, the Roman was in such dehcnic con-

-l1on the doctor could find no gll- -_ Two llnllrs elapsed before béfltiioik vfoduccd the first faint

lngillllolltzh hospital treatment was “vTCfllNl. the continuing sioim axial an ncccni nniment 0i’ slcet i‘ inln force the doctor to re- man bile iviilioui her, deferring mo} uri rnis transfer until io- rovl ll the weather clears.

PETA?) outcry

March 5-—fCP)—'I'hrcc “mi *Q___,Cfil1hiv' youths chorus ma“ ~ ylllllhz a Canacl an Airwa-s "ogkllllllcll made a forced llfldlll: myhdfllll 14kt‘. near here, Feb. 1 . Ymaki- Quilts‘ in magistrates court "W and were remanded for sent-

Pollce said evervthin glglilmgvvil token from tlie lane, an had b)!“ widespread seat: after it

ten forced down in a blizflbrd.

Coming Events

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BRITISH SEIZE FIVE ITALIAN

Du tch Angry Over Nazi Bombing Of

Unarmed Ships

Germany Masses Troops In Border Area-Fears Of Drive Across Low Co_i_1_r_itries Revived.

AltiSPERiDAM, March. b-(OP- Haves) -.F‘lesh German troop and tank units were reported massing

facing the as an angered public demanded vigorous Govern- protest against

attacks on defenceless

Dispatches from frontier towns German armored Wesel, Westphalia. on the Rhine about 27 miles from the southern border of the Dutch Province of Gederland. Such s division usualy comprises

Tile customs bureau announ. -

between 400 and 4'15 tanks. 3,000 other war vehicles and 11,000 men.

Numerous additional tank units were reported to have arrived at other points in this zone.

Fear that the coming of spring will be marked by aGerman drive across the lowland countries and Nazi activities beyond the frontier have increased tension throughout the Dutch frontier regions during recent days.

The bombing and machine-gunn- ing of at least eight Dutch ships lin two days by Nazi warplanes has

provoked widespread anger.

‘iifiiésfciiiiiilf? To Charge Nazi Horrors

PARIS, March 5 —~(AP) Polish government-in-exlle. in an advance resume of data. which is to

to a “white book," tonight ac- cused the German conquerors of ex- ecuting schoolboys and men and women en masse as part of a de- liberate campai n to exterminate the native popu atlon of Poland.

(The German ovcrnment pre- viously had deni POIIJI charges of mass executions in the occupied regions.)

The official communique cited 1on2 list of sflecen atrocities an called them “worthy of the worst tyrants of antiquity."

Says “Comph” Cut, Charm N bait

COLLEGE PARK. Mil. March 5 —(AP)-Take it or leuvellt. lllrlfi -t.he young lady says this ‘oomph stuff is out.

“Oliarm" is the word in best leap-year matrimonial circles, at- tractive Hester Beail Provensen told co-cds of the University 0! Maryland's novel class in coudiwi and etiquette tonight.

"Men are simple crcntures—s_s I general rule," ib-e rvuuthful Pfvfefi‘ snr 0i ubllc speaking. drurnfliivi Sind ra lo technique said brlilhl-

ly_ "Get that ‘you're woildclztul 19%;: in yum eye and let them

“and 1mm to speak their names in a caressing way. That is. if yolrre interested in them. Practice . spcakiilg tlie names aloud until

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elves them the idea the ‘re the only people in the worl "W11 V6 been thinking about lately.

Mhlllwll E l] IN DISASTRCIIS ll I R R A I ll

Red Warvlanes Bom_b Hospital — Hit Air Raid Shelter.

_,_... EISHWKI, March s-(Ql-A Finnish communique said bonliht that, at least 50 persons were kill- ed and scores wounded ln a. small central Finnish town today in the most disastrous bombardment of the Russian-Finnish war.

The communique did riot iden- tlfv the town.

Earlier in the day Finnish planes bombed and machlnegullnco Red army forces crztwlin across the frozen Gulf oi Fl and ln their ltielmnt to encircle Vlipurl.

Five direct hits were scored on a hospital during the Russian raid on the town and one bomb dron- pod on an air raid shelter.

The raiders, cllvina out of the clouds to 1.400 or 1,700 feet, swept 0V9?’ in two flights 50 minutes

a

up ..

Fifteen of the bombs struck in the vlcinit of s military hospital and one b explosive missile went directly down the stairway from the top of the four-storey biilld- ing to the bottom. Twenty-five persons. nearly all of them women, were killed when abonib ltthe topof Lheair raid shelter.

Some Russian troops were drowned and several tanks sunk hi huge fissures of the ice of Vlipuri bum opened up when bombs and lu- lsry fired on the attackers caning west in an attempt to en- circle libe city. unofficial Finnish

e rts laid. , zlfiténrnnisiliiuhigh command said was n progress among the rugired inlets at the mouth of the psi, and the Finnish

rBritish And Nazis Clash

PARIS, March b -—(OP Haves) — A clash between British and Ger- man troops, in which one uemian andtwo Britons were killed at Brit-ssh prisoners were taken was an- nounced tiomght in the first com- munique on western irolli. action to be issued by the British expelli- tlonary iorce headquarters in lei-once

While a new iuli revalieu e.se- where along the rgnt German this morning attacked a B-i front line post a number of prisoners, tile communi- que said. The Britons recaptured the post and forced the enemy to with- draw. 1n addition to those killed, one Briton was wounded.

The lull, apparently due to bad weather. was refletced in the brief communiques of the French coni- nland. Tonight's French communi- one reported p, "calm day on the whole." This morning's said “noth- ing to report."

Routine overland patrol opera- tions werepcarried on. but no ap- preciable fighting was reported. Air operations were reduced but recon- nfllézflllffl planes ventured out on a number of flights over the lines.

French fliers concentrated on secondary enemy positions behind the westwall. Royal Air Force planes aualn were sent out over IlO1‘lh\\ est Germany yesterday. while two or three Nazi planes appeared over eastern France.

On the home front, 14 more com- munists were nnesbed ln the govern- mentls drive against subversive lic-

- The rtivlties

Charsed with incltinz soldiers to disobedience. distributing subversive pamphlets and reconstituting an ll- eizal organization the men will

tried by a military tribunal.

MAMaoPherson To Nominate

REGINA. March 5-—(CP)—M. A. MncPherson. K. 0.. who has been active in the campaign of Honwlv. J Manion. the Conservative leiuier, is expected to be n candl- ciaie in Regina in the Dominion election March 26. Mr. lifacPlier- son was runner-up to Dr. Manion for tlie Conservative lendcrsilip in the 1938 convention.

Alderman T. Cl. McNall. who was nominated as a Coiiscrviltive cttililitlnle, has withdrawn [0 ninke Way for the nomination of Mi. MacPlicrscn.

Lieut. Governor For N. B. ls Appointed

UITAWA. March 5—(CP)—W. G. Clark of Fretlelg-Luli. N. was appointed Lieu. Lilli Coler- nor of New Brunswick. Pizlnicr Mackenzie King niiiiounceci t0-

you can say them in a Way 9118i night-

He succeeds Hon. Murray Mac- Larch whose five-year icrin cx- pired last Feb 8. The new Liciilril- ant-Governor ms Lil)? o1 incmbcr of tlie last Parlinnlcilt for York- Suiibury, N. B. A prominent New Brunswick businessman. he is President of J. C'avk and Sons. a motor car and farm implement sales enterprise. For about 10 years. Ml‘. Clark was Mayor of Frederic-toil and in 1930 made a bid for a scat in the Pro- vincial Lea .’.tlll‘(? but was defeat- ed after cainpaiauins: against in- trcduction of liquor coiltrol in New Brunswick. n he successfully con- tested the federal ilrlinz of York- sunbury. Mr. Clark is a leader in the Baptist Church in Frrrlcrlc- ion and his hobby is farming

AirTceMaflrs-hal Cordon Buried, Military Honors

NTREAL. M h 5 —fCP) — All! 91cc marshal Jfulfiiidsay Gordon, D. F. C.. 47-year-old flier who was the first air officer ever appoint-Cd 1° command n Canadian m "ill-TY dis‘ trlct. was buried today with full mil- it'3r"lleh°lIli§§s'co=-t was sounded and three vollevs were fired over the grave of the mnn whose death Sun- dav after a. loniz illness ended l brilliant career. l

Drank Evidence,

ssmuomn. Pa. March 6- (Aas-Jurors who drank half o!

the evidence in o case they were deliberating rzceived a rlbnfl) J11- dicial reprimand in court today-

District Attorney 950789 cum‘

mlllfi i-eporied ‘the Jurors drank I case or beer when it was placed in the jury room yestzrday. Recalling the Jurors. Judge Howard H1181! scofded tlinn for "lack of citlzn- ship and scirc of pu'"l'c duty."

Tim five lAOllllTi and seven men.

who sat with h ads bow d as the judge swzre, had ncqu itcd the de- fendant. oi uninw ul transportation or ms beer and morn 00 per mil

“fibula-ill

fl till veil Vii ' hil- s we. putts

o! the cost. against the state.

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

effort, follows:

prosecution of the war.

England. couroged.

WGI‘.

cnnacorrrzrovvlvfciwaoa. WEDNESDAY, Martens‘, i940

rNational Government Program‘ With War Help Paramount Appeals To All

A program for Canada's Notional Government, headed by lion. Dr. Monlon, leader of the Notional Conservative Party, who plans to unite all factions lll the Dominion for o vigorous war and peace

Canadians

l—Exertion of every effort by Conodu toward the successful 2—Fu|l mobilization of Canada's resources.

3—Productlon in Canada of ull wor materials possible. 4-—C|osesi possible co-operotion with Greul Britain. 5—lmmediote appointment of overseas minister to remain in 6—-Encourogemenl' of voluntary recruiting, which has been dis-

7—Fullest possible use of offers of service from veterans of lost

8-No political patronage or favoritism in appointments or wor

COIIITGCIS.

ond pensions.

wor effort.

9—No profiteering or exploitation.

ill-Stamping out extravagance ond waste.

ll-Jusr ond honorable treatment for all dependents of enlisted men, ond foir treatment of enlisted men in pay, allowances

l2-—-Clcsesl' co-operolion with Great Brltoln ond other ports of the Empire in air training schemes.

* l3—Proper co-ordinotlon of oll wartime boards and commissions, ‘ now functioning without necessary ice-ordination.

‘IL-Immediate review of censorship ond other restrictive regula- tions, and steps to keep people of Ccnudu Fully informed of

l5—lmmediole action, including appointment of minister of youth welfare, to meet problems of unemployment.

l6-lmplementotlon of most recommendations of the Purvls- Moore commission on employment.

Britain

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By J. F. Sanderson CIIIILJLHIA ITUbS btihi \Vl'li.L‘l'

LUNAJUH, iviarcli 5— 1GP cable) -_-'lllc ui.i..bll govcriiiiietlt tuilk pru- lliiiiliuli step..- wday to streiignleil ils liiinilcllll and economic aeicnlls by iiillluiltlciilg a [$00,000,000 fol,- aL-ahbi-IUJIVUI ivai‘ loan and intensity- mi; its ilii.c lor ilhlluiiS.

all" Joliii Simon, eliuilcellor of the Efeltilkqlllfl] tuck till: "only" by slir- ilrl c ill announcing this compara- tivclv siillill loan-enough lo pity lor oo clays ol ulir. But he llrgcu adop- tion oi a policy. step by step, which will make retieiniotioiis easier and kccu interest mics lower.

A short time alicr Sir Johns an- iiolulccincil. lii‘ his piun to ii.l the lilinolii. lzoilurs w.tll fresh credit Sir Alltlreiv Roe Duncan, president of iilc boaircl of trade, outdiied n iClLlHL! to augment Brilalnls vilnl accumulations of foreign currencies by lilcrcssinlz export trade.

Drive For Markets

In this drive for markets particu- lar attention will be paid Uriltell States and Canada because 0f Britain's heavy war commit- nieiits iliere. and to South America wlicrc it ls hoped Germany: 10st tmlle will bc captured.

Rneri Hudson. secretary for over- seas trade, (lciljcd in the Home Coilrlicils that Britain ivns attempt- lnrz to corner or dominate the mar- kcts of tlie world by totalitarian methods but emphasized that this

S. Offers Arms To N on- Belligerents

(By Edward E. Bomar. Associated Press Staff Writer)

WASHINGTON, March 5-(AP) —The United States War Depart- ment offered today to sell. to Lat- in American and other non-belli- gerent nations, artillery, rifles and other surplus war material which cost originally several hundred million dollars.

A list of such surplus weapons. described as "usable" though they date from the First Great. War. was disclosed following an an- almouncement that 90 long-range six-inch field pieces had already been sold to Brazil. The price was not made public.

War- 25 Years Ago Today

(By The Canadian Press)

MARCH 6. 1916 -- Eleutherlofi Venlrelos. Greek Premier, resigned over country's neutrality policy. Afiies waned wound on the West- ern Front in the Aisne and (Riampogne sectors and in the Vosges Mountains pinned forw liii drive on ociniar.

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FYnancial Front

Drive For Expo-ifs To Pay For War Purchaseils Intensified.

to the -

Moves

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ls a "new as you 20" xvar and it is necessary for Britain to litulinllila c iorclizn credits bv the sale Q1 lllr‘ izoods. Tile scllcnle. which will be nclnllli- isiercd bv a lii-until export council, cnvlsiuzcs reorunnizuiioli and ren- mcntation of the export ma h‘~*iy of Britain's \\’ll0.0 industrial . c. it will mean the people of Brltrfn ivill be forced to no without the cows l-llcv arc iisrd to. and often ivlllirizt izoods l1lC_\'l‘€(1llll'(‘._ loccause iilc drin- estic con ‘llmDllOll will be curtailed drastically.

it may be necessary eventually to siibslrlinc exports but this is not contclilulzilcrl at nrcscnt. Tile export council is premrcrl to no nlnlcsi to any ‘ellutil to increase Brim ‘s ov- cr cos trade. including barter ar- riinszcmelits.

To Ration Raw Materials

The export council will ration rtilv materials anions manufacturers lii cooperation with ivarlc assurin- tlons and apportion finished tzrlorls to W0l'l(l markets where they will (lo the most 200d from the national viewpoint.

'I'lll‘Cr\ miiior Drolilcms face llir- elmort council: a. shorinirt‘. ltllllllllVll

not ncuic. of raw mat-l 1‘il\l"-, lnridc- Iqunte shinninc some rc iillinig from I wart illc r-riritics. nllcl ilic overrid- in! necessity for COIISCTVlIlLY Brltziiiik~ sunnlv oi‘ forcism CllFl‘(‘ll"_V. ‘The lvllnlc scheme will be alllillnLstc-rcd with tlicse factors in mind.

[Privy Council Rules Alberta Acts lllra llires

LONDON. March B —(CP Cable) -ln a. udglncnt dl missing two lip- peals o the Alberta Government, the Judicial committee of the privy Council today ruled that, three acts. passed by the provincial lflglsllltivi.“ ascnlbly in 1937, mduclilg interest rates are ultra vlres of the legislat-

ure

The acts are the provincial gzurir- antced securities lute-rest act. the provlncAlly guaranteed securities proceeunlus act, and the provincial securities interest act.

Their lordships said the acts deal with interest a subject reserved ex- clusively for the dominion rlla- meiit under section 91, itisli North Almcrica Act.

(In Edmonton provincial treasur- er Solon Low announced that inter- est payments will be continued on provincial securities at 50 per cent of the old rate. Be said the govern- ment will roceed with lans for refunding e entire . lie debt "on terms consistent. with ‘he cs- ent interest mics" and dec a. the

rlvy council decision will "enable

e éokvlfaimentdtowneefek mg! obtain a man a rom e peo- ples" h. Hilbert of t8 policy-l,

Eat to please thyself, but firm to please others.

MAXI M6

OIL

MERE MAN

rllepburn Iletorts To Criticism From Ottawa

Charges Censorship W i t h “Covering Up” Disturbance Al; Air Centre.

‘TORONTO. Much k-(OPF- Premier Hepburn otiarged today that Canadian censorship had "coverrd up" what he described as a "vzolent disturbance"nt the Royal Cttllntllan Air Force centre near Si, Thomas, Ont., where airmen in training had became "fen-up and disgusted with doing nothing but shining door knobs and polishing floors.‘

OTTAWA, March 5—(CP)- A Government spokesman to- night denied charges made by Premier llcpburn of Ontario that a news story concerning "violent disturbances” at the Royal Canadian Air Force cen- in: near St. Thomas. 0nt., had liccn suppressed by the censors. The rcss censors here confirmed he spokesmans statement.

The statement read:-

“The censors mover at any time suppressed any story such a. disturbance at St. Thomas and no such story ever ivas submitted to them. In- quiries were made at the main censorship office here and at tlie local censors elsewhere and no record was found that such n. mnilcr had enmc before the press censors."

‘The Prenllor. 011110151. M 50-16. by criticism by Dominion Govern- ment officials against Mr. HEP- binns bun on the ‘March oit Tone" film “Canada. at War," told news- pztpernlen he was exposing news of the "violent disturbance” on ms OWU responsibility as Premier 0i’ Ontario. He challenged Defence siliiiswr Rogers to deny the story and dared the censors to prevent

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‘marrow night for a meeting o-n his

Annual

Fascist

llllanion Visits Maritimes This Week; Here Fri.

OTTAWA. March 5 -—(CP) ._. Conservative lender Manlon visits the Mnrllllle Provinces this week lii ille course 01' his dominion elec- tion carlipulirn and, Conservative headquarters announced tonight, lie will 51W) at sherbrooke, Que. to-

wu-y cztst from Ottawa.

Dr. Manlon will open his muritlnoc speaking program Thursday at St. Joiiil, spcnklilu at Charlottetown

the lclluwiuu llfll and at l-ialliax March 9. He Will speak at Quebec Nlarch

lllléurch ll and at lvlolitreal

Hon. Elirl Iiznvson, former nation- al revenue llllllsSiifii.‘ will speak at COICUUbLCl‘, l\’. S. Mitrcli l8, Lulit-ii- bulg. N. S.. March 1:), Cliutlllinl N. B.. ivizirch 20 and at Moncton the I0il0\\'11’l£z day. Demon Massey lor- mcr Coilserxal-ive member of Par- liament for ‘Toronto Greenwood has scheduled addresses in Cape Breton Island, N. S., lvlarch 14 and 16, mov- lilk on to Charlottetown for a lileet- iniz March l6.

OIUJAWA, March 5 —-(CP) —Na.— tional Conservative party headquar- tcrs tonight announced additional broadcast addresses scheduled by

its pilblicntlrn.

Ml". llcpiilirn said that little less than n rlionl-h ago several hun- dred men from the air training centre established at the Ontario Government-owned st. Thomas Htv-lklill, hZKl leit their quarters uxiliolit pennisslnn and paraded llllflllffll the sv c. in protest n? int ivlint the FITTING!‘ described as “luck of training.’

Says ‘Doing Nothing"

"These fellows. some of whom inn. grcrl _i bs to loin tlhe air force, were full-lip and (115-{111 ted wl-h d0- Illf!‘ ilctlllng but shilling door ltliobs and pOlSllllig floors," said Mr. H‘ burn. “It look the military fllllllOfl t-lire." clays to round tlicm all ulp and the (‘GPSOTB Wilm- cli 10ml iieurslyrnpruimcn that the story criild not be published."

Mi". H"‘I*‘i}1ll‘ll also chars-rd that- Dcfcilce Aizlilstcr Rogers had gzvcn

(Coiltlliiied on page ‘l, O01 U)

Canadian Navy Praised

CAPTAIN E. S. BRAND SAYS SEA POWER ALLIES‘ HOPE

OTTAWA. Iiiarcll 5—- (CP)—-“$(‘l noivci- will hm‘ Lo bc the folllldflilml oil which our ultimate victory is limit." Clipt. n. s. Brand. director of naval intelligence ior Canada. said loiiiizlit. at a. dinner followliifi

a boilsiiiel at the Rideau Curling Clllll licrc. Cliiii. Ill-rind, former second-in-

cmnillailli of the l-nrpcrlocd aircraft

ll. Ni. S. Cuiirnucous. Sold ll(l mrii of illc Royal Call- \'_\' “cl-n trained and worked cxzicilv .1: tlic 120ml‘ Nnvv and "l" \\'.1,\' illicit in wcll with ille Home F1 i-t. Cont. llritnrl was transferred t0 tlie (‘uiindiliii iiavv inst Jilly.