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BERMAN SOLDIERS REAGIi GREEK BORDER PSIBTS

fresh Arrivals

Of Can

aclian

Troops Uverseas

Soldiers, Airmen included in latest contingent; Men describe crossing as “quiet”.

(By Louis V. Hunter, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

i aru-rrsrr roar, March s-

(CP (labial-Thousands of Canadian

pldiers and airmen who disembark-i at this port during the last few m; beaded today for camp to join their fellow countrymen in the de-

fence of Britain.

soon after their convoy reached port the Canadians streamed nhoro, singing and tossing caps into the air. They were welcomed by rrnior military officials o! Britain and Canada. "

There were units of anti-aircraft, Royal Canadian Army Service cpfpg, Labor, Forestry, and _ aduates of the Commonwealth Air Train- in; Plan. These airmen included pilots, observers and gunners. and noon; them, in addition to Canadians, were representatives of Britain. Australia, New Zealand and Poland, some of whom already had tight- iq experience and went to Canada to study advanced anvigation.

Satc- nrrivai of the convoy. which was strongly protected. rnalntain- i rd the perfect record of the Royal Navy in transporting troops across]

the Atlantic. Not a single Canadian ration during any of the numerous

he; French Win victory

LONDON, March 2—(Ci’i—- licallqulvtcrs the Free french forces announced to- night ills-t its troop": in Lib_vlr, Italian .\'ortlr Africa. had cap- iuml lhr- (lasts of Cuira. tak- ing 100i) pr snncrs and "imptlf- tent war material."

llc Gtzuiiist troops from the (hail region and the Camer- oons of l-"rt-llclr West Africa. have besieged the ltnlian gar- risnn at (‘ufrc since Feb. ‘i, com- manded by Gen. Eduard Rene illal-ir- dc lnrminat.

(‘ufrn lcs more than 600 lnilr-s lnllrnd in southern Libya, rt-pnratcrl from British forces ticng thr- const by desert.

Another ms s. (riarabub much tlcsrr to tlrc coast, has been icr wccks under British siege.

Report Thailand, indo-tihina are in agreement

EAIGON, Frcnch Indo - China, liar 2 -—(API —'I'he Vichy gov-

rmnlc ._ has ngzecd to Tokyo's plan -sct' lll_ll'. oi the tsrritohlal - "r1 Inzio-China and pnncse spokesman

but French colonial \~ o". Tokyo urc with- _ con ent. hoping to gllifimllf‘ iv concessions to Thail-

Si).'ilt‘~lll.lll- commander lno l-frlnlczi, however, limi-

. ct prompt signa- _ v l so agzcemfni. Ja- ilk-ill has ctlllrlnrlczi thnt the French

P l"l‘.l.rll.rilti large avers of the -o-('illno province; of Laos and

firmbpqiid

"f" 1'15 at l-lrrnol, t-llc French m‘? "i "vital. nevertheless snlri v Mild no. bccn informed of any t-l dcclslrn “lira? inn-n 2 4am - An m“ Fm figiucc intimated tonight rmuestntnc. had agrccd to Tokyo's m‘ Thlllfll she come to terms not consgnylfi but. "aid she had “km i cd to the

mfiwgéldicaied that the French M-n . or to be made in Tok- {0 "Qmilrorrltsc offer as the ~r further di cussions. our: Doc's arc nav b T IQlIOInNGHAM —iCP) -Rcx, a J12: to w. J. Humphries r am has bcen rescued being buried for six rbvls n! e bombed -

Coming Events *O* m‘ i" Notices in this oblumn l cents pQI yo";

"Garden ‘M hm I seeds. All the latest i," n veiletablas. semi 1 ‘missile. Arthur Veeev. Yorld 14-654. “mm Frozen ; “bayou: crdar. 90in await-l" Batu

it tvq Willy a To. w

Strawberries. Daily delivery rdsv. Island

L-QBB-l-ZB-tf.

1J7“? Annual mew g Bus", nrr o shnre- the

"i! patrons t ryi 0 the Tryon cfinggflllllnv will be held in 941mm)’ 0n ‘ruesday. March , n,’ Everybody wel- ‘m bgegllexaltftiilodlse ld "f. . HY. ETC ,1"! memo . c. a. Gamble, lr-ifl-S-infi.

concessions -

soldier has lost his life from enemy crossings.

All were anxious for war news

tories in the middle east. The mel described the crossing as quiet and said they experienced only two days or rough weather.

"it was“ rougher in the harbor willie walling to debark than any- nherc on the Atlantic." said one touch forcstrvman.

The mcn did not become stale during the lengthy crossing. They kept in top shape with foot and rifle drill aboard ship. Anti-ail"- croft- crews took _un positions nn the top dccks. hoping for a chance to icst their shooting skill against Nazi planes.

"Nary a one shouled his nose," said a disappointed gunner.

Eagcrness for Battle

AN EAST‘ COAST CANADIAN PORT, itiurch 2—(AP)—C:lni1iia‘s latest gift of manpower to em- battlfld Britain. now safelv across the Atlantic. sailed out of this un- named harbor on an undisclosed date and i~~ uvwisr-Ioscd numbers.

Men in the Khaki of the army and the bluc of the air force rim- med the rolls of their liner-trans- ports when they dcnartcd on a Sllllfll‘ February afternoon. wailing and shouting to the fcw persons bidding thrnt goodbye from the piers.

Thcrc was little about this sall- ini: to match the to-do of llqrture of tlrc First and Second Divisions. but there was in the men the some cnizcrncss for bottle which mcrkcd those Canadians who are now a vital link in the de- (‘Hi cpl‘ Britain.

aln after train c

rlcd them .0

this point of elnbn lion front flllilillff." EPCElmPlTlQIHS across the 'D!)l1‘lll‘ilUll.

i ivnltlllu aboard ship for their de- parture the mcn lived much .15 they hnti in camp Physical in- istruclors took thcm out on ex- lpfltlfiiw“ dccks and put. them

through tilcil" exercises dolly.

Led by officers. lhcv paraded through cltv streets on route mirches winch drew the cvc of hundreds of civilians and other sclvtcclnclt.

When finollv lircv soiled, iimr slop: were convoyed by British warships.

entail]; Supplies to ’tluake victims

CAIRO. March 2-(AP)—.-British bombers loaded with medical sup- plies and physicians have flown to Larissa, Grc ace, to help vcitims of Saturday's Ctilillqlifiitft. _

It was said that one British alr- nnm was injured in the quake and that marry of the British. air force already there had remarkable ee- capcs whrn buildings c liapsed.

Members of the RAP‘. worked alongsde Greek soldiers in relief parties. it was said.

liear reports 0f attacks on British vessels

Nlgw RK. M h 2—(AP)— Maritimeygircles h2g6 reports to- day of recent attacks on three Bri- tish ve sell: the freighter Baltis- tan. till tom, torpedocd 450 miles off the southern tip 0i lrfifllld! the Milt-ton freiulter Jamaica Producer. attacked llV a submar- ine in the North Atlantic Feb. l). and the Midland and Scottish railway passenger shin Princes-R Maud. 2.881 tons. attacked Feb. 9 by Nazi planes south of Corsewall Point. Scotland.

(All these reports were Without "British confirmation.)

and chccrcd word of British vic-.

the rie-' '

Yugoslavia May join Axis soon

Nazis Believed seek- ing Second Route For the Passage of Troops Towards Greece.

ZAGREB, Yugoslavia, March 2- tAPl-Yugoslavia soon may sign the Axis three-power pact, auth- oritative quarters reported toni ht.

These sources said this resu ted from conferences between Prince Paul. the Yugoslav Regent, and Viktor Von Heeren, German min- ister to Belgrade.-

Scarcely had Bul aria entered the Berlin-Rome-To yo alliance Saturday, they said, than Von

l-feeren requested a special aud- lance.

He was said to have been re- celved last night.

Authoritative sources said Von Hceren "informed" Prince Paul that. his conversations last" week

with the German Foreign Minister, Ribbentrop, concerned Yugoslavlirs position in the Nazi plans for a, inew European order. l ‘

They said he “reviewed Yugo-_ slaviols position in the light; of re- cent developments in the Balkans, especially Bulgaria's adherence to the Axis act." and ‘touched’ on ,the quest on of Yuqoslav mobiliz- t-lon in which troops I cnt to the Bulgarian frontier. . Von Hccren, thev added. men- tioned that this “rulllappily" is costmr: Yugoslavia the equivalent of $1,675.000 a day.

Then. said these sources, Von l-Iecrcn “alluded" to the strength of German arms in Hun ary. Ru- msrnio and Bulrzaria (a most sur- rounding Yugoslavia with her ft- nllan and German frontiers).

The final discussion before the

(Continued on page 3. Col 'l)

Island Premier Gives address At Kingston

KINGSTON. Ont.. March 2 4GP) - Pl‘(‘(lll(‘l‘ Thane A. Camp- bell 0i Prince Edward Island sold in an address here tonight. that he believed the present Unltrd Shakes pol‘ V or aid for Britain had more oiiirics than on outright dec- ircul of war would have.

i Prfiililtfi‘ Campbell said: "There is In crown}; certainty of ccmpivic nnd voluntary co-omrntton by the United Slate. I think the prolaicm 0f their sffltlls has bccn wisely left- io lllc American people to (incide- ;for l."$(il$“l\'05

i "-1 think in Ilnlve adopted the moans of p" . 3 the arsalest. ihclp for Br ill fol I think there

nrlvlli be decided dzsndvantngcs ‘ilvir dscloring wot" at the pfiFelit time.“

i in “i opcllinc remarks he 511d ‘Canada's unity "is not without the siznificnnre that the foremost; nlrrcc ‘in “T114112 this unanimity belongs to Qurlxvc.“

Eden arrives In Greece 1

to

ATHENS. March 2 '-lci=l

Magnetic storm Causes trouble

NEW YORY, March 2 —(AP) —- Wanlng magnetic and atmospheric swlrms. which broke up wirele=s and cable communications with Europe and plazlued domestic communica- tions Saturday, dl ruptcd some short wove circuits intermittently today

Rome and Borne were silent throughout the dav although rrrlin corporation of America communica- tlfms and the American Telephone aitd Telegraph Crmnany reported other circuits virtually back in normal. '

British bet No invasion

.'\N EAST COAST CANADIAN PORT, March 2 —tCP) _. Britons are b" .1": 10f) to l against a Nazi lnvr-Wlolt of the British Isles slzc- cecdng. Rear Admiral F‘ R. Bzm-‘e. R. N. “d torlzlv after arrivinv "in Canada on a mis ion for lb» Brit- ish rldnfrnlty.

A Nazi invasion attempt would be

i=1 iropc," the admiral said Br‘ sher" determination and the fcrtrcfl-llke strength of 81min doomed it to failure.

Reru- Admiral Barrie, who i" on his wav to the United States for a visit. of three or four months. said he did not believe the remainder o.‘ the French fleet would be turn- ed over to the axis now ‘s. Flvcvl if l? vrerc. he swirl the axis stronrth t‘ll would not. be "nouch to dis- lrzi“ Britain from command of t‘: spas.

Romanian Oil

Fields Bombecl

First military move by British ltgainst Nazis’ Balkan partners.

ltumanian and Bulgarian fron- tiers), March 2--(AP)-The Royal Air Force was reported today to have carried the war to Rumnnia -moking good Britain's threat to bomb Rumanirfs rich oil fields and communications lincs if Nazi troops invaded Bulgaria.

The repor s reaching here from Rumania said llczrvy icxplnsiorm occurred in the Plocstl oil fields, north of Bucharest, added that hi): fires were started and attributed the damage to R..-\.F. planes. The advices also said iliili. all for": -

or: nnd- Romanians, anvc s

with military passes. haul ilccn

barred f"onr the oiii" 1d region (Neizotin lics 7'

of ihc

Bulzarlrl, Saturday.

scfia today. No fol-n of a severence m‘ Brmsh- relations has vet lyren m

the lcgntion stuff was prop. m: to

of Orsova, Rumnnia, north 0f here.

A wrecked heavy G-crtntln Junk- ers Dlfillt? with tllc charred bodies of ffllil‘ mpu was found in the woods at ltlr-rvnnta. Berlin. ix nun:- hsr of other G? mull uh rs ‘my.- becn sighted over \'!l‘LD!~‘l'\\'i.l it":- ritcvv, apparently flying to Bill- garia.

A wholesale round up of hun- dreds of men and lvomcn with British. Ullitcd States and even French connections \'.'.'1s vapor-led under wan in Bucharest to . »\'l entire trnlnlonil of loriscricr loft 'Buchnl":=st Sunday afternoon for :1

Turks restrict Traffic through Dardanehes

Units of Turkish Fleet Speed Towards the Strategic Straits.

ISTANBUL, T rkcy. March 2— (AP)-The Tllfklill Navy Ministry

. i‘! , Arlklin ins; war

, "cvs ocfiorl ln ‘mill? ein’§‘.-°““§é‘$.l<.i‘°’ I» all unidentified planes flclv illfli ulcl" "ct Tfwkfsl‘ Ncqotin in the direction 0t the _ " hi“. It?" Ploesti fields. ' i l’

‘lusoslwy anti-aircraft blttcrics ‘COP-‘lnlwd 01'! W11!!!‘ 3. C01 4‘

opened fire rwrnlnst. nnczh" - —~—————--——~——- Mclentiflcd brql .i ‘ ell. which ‘c Al" Donn = River n’ tim 15-10 c ,9, iron gatse. st. tergic ‘my to Dnnllln:

River navigation. close to th~ tllzvn .

idf bir. Archibald

‘concentration cwnln lll the plovln-

ices, the fFpOFis said.

“Britt's/i

international At A Glance

(Canadian Press) SOFIA-Germons have arrived at four Bulgarian points touching Greece; sources say British minister to Bui- irzrrirr informed Kin Boris diplo- matic relations pro ably will be scvcrcd Tuesday, state of war "un-

reported to

British foreign secretary Anthony Edrn arrived today by plane froln

Turkey and wa. received by King i

George II

Accompanying Mr. Eden was Gen. Sir John Dill, chief of the British Imperial staff, who portici- i pitted with Mr. Eden in talks with Turkish leaders during their stay in Turkey.

The foreign secretory plans stay in Athens a few day.

Italian bombers Attack ’quake Stricken Bity

ATTTENS. March 2—tAP)—Yih.l- lan bombers struck at the earth-

uake-stricken city of Larira to- day during the peak cf relief w rk. a government spokesman std. but no additional casualties resulted.

Buildincs already shattered by saturclnyfls quake crumpled under the immct of bombs after the city's population had been removed. he added.

On the central Albanian military frrnt the Greek nrrny was said to have tilrcwn bnck repeal/d Italian clanlcr-altaclu oimwi at recccupv- ‘ua. twill-as capture’! bl- the Greeks. ‘The Fascists suffered heavily, the spokesman said. with deed and woumicd strewn on the slopes of ti“ motwtainfi

"wt; than 190M) persons were mic‘ to be hcmele<= ‘o Larissa-as a result of the oarthouake. Which shook northern Greece.

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doubtedly will follow" Bulgarian act of pcrnrlttlniz German troops to enter country.

A BRITISH PORT- Thousands of (‘nnatiinn soldiers and airmen arrive.

ZAGREB, Yugnslnvla- Authovl-l

tative quarters sa probably will join Ax

ISTANBUL — Turkey strategic Dardnnelies to ships hav- ing special permits and using Turkish naval pilots.

SOFIA -—Bulgaria's single-cham- ber parliament approvcs Axis |illi-

y Yugoslavia s.

ance over protests of 20 of 150 members. ATHENS-British Foreign Sec-

rctrrrv Anthony Eden arrives from Ankara.

NEOOTIN, Yugoslavia —Report British planes raided rich Pioesti oil fields of ltumania.

LONDON -British rrI-llrcs raid German and Netherlands coastal

points.

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little damage.

British .-

restrictrr -

Plan es

Raicl German

Coastal Positions

Nazis pound scattered British _targets but do

-ul) of lil . ustern Germ trv said left a " turic" of fires in the Rhine Cilv cf Currant‘.

sold German lair: nu ."‘nl . illorthwest oi Eillfifli, iuwt nrro s ‘from l-lollnllrl. and llnmstcilr: and lllc port of Hill‘ inqcn Holland. were

(l.

‘on hour-forte. nil" ltlilflll in tlu- early levelling-tile first alert in the (unl- ‘tal since shcl rlv after nlicinisillt. , A Royal Air Farr-c izrlnllcl" \vi‘o tcck mlrt in the three-hour assault on Coiorrne Saturday niuht, sold ' was like "flvlna out of a sunset" when his bomber turned honlcxwrrf. Dicks. railway txlmcis and l ‘nztiilatiorls ill the industrial Ruin" ivnllcy". at Rotterdam. the NW1?‘ i ands. and the "invasion coast" nor . of Bculourlc. France, also "were raided Saturday nilzht bv tho Brit- iish fliers. the Air Ministry reported

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lWar-—2B Years

Ago Today

(By The Canadian Press)

H 3,_ IBIS-British forces cznsclldnteci captured prsitons on the Ypres-Crmlnes Conn‘. Ecnussi tribcsmen surrendered to Bri‘.l"~h tro ps at Sidi Bnrrani, Western Egypt. Bench defences firm in Bat- tle of Verdun.

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rr BAKING!

For a time he edited and publish-

0,1 Lil~ nlcl "Prince Edward Island .\’il’.’r'i which for literary cmd ",

.ll‘.siol interest retains a unique

-l p0 moi.‘ in the jourllali tic rccoxcis iof iil? Charlottetown: Rotary Club

-l ‘iv v.11. lllcu appointed an honor-

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announced t-nllzht that the s‘"z'ta- gc Dnrdancilcs Straits has men closed to all sh ps except those hav- g silecinl pernms. and emp 03111:; Ti. k sh no ial imhts.

The ruling went into ificc day ltiuht.

Ul is of the ‘Turkish flvet. lenrnccl at the some time. out of Istanbul t"\v (irlvvlics during the

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Sun-

it was i/Jfillfd

torloy Turkey

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k. lrlllillrrn was cffvrcd im-

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[Bulgaria Sees Nazis Take Over

Under New Pact

Expect British break with latest addition to Axis partner Within few days.

S<,)l"l;\, Xlzrvcll _)<*(All)lll.li.i)‘)_(.\l',l""iiilt vztlzgilztrli llf tlcrlllzllrus ulllwlslllln; iinllrilu zrrllly, >|)L'L“l2li;_l ilLTUes llu ;.;.ll;u ilillli

lfilstfis‘ ill itllllizlllizl, W115 1'L’]K.‘i‘i\‘(l to llilVQ rcuvilt-li tin: liver-i; trllllillif

(ii, foul" points curly today. _ _ Thl- tll-rnlzlils also spell toward the 'i‘urki>ir frl-lllicl; 'l \\0ll‘_1llfl

iuzilis of illiiillil'_\'lllt'll wcrc lllsilzrtclli-(l frlnn l'lllVlll\'. Hllb-‘iill i 5

gffiillti largest city, t<l\\.'ll"l| Tiitlrkrcv.‘ I _

[\'(~iu>i"l§ from lllc ilruvlllccs soul sllulll .\.li'/.i‘ (lt'l1.it‘llillt'iii$yllnti tulrvrl lll) quart "s ill the Bulgarian towns oi blzliullllld; Alcfmkt 'l'l"i,;l";lli. zlllll Svllcrlgrzul, 2i. few HlIiUS short iii ti‘)? (l_l'\'4‘l\' "(mim-

(lliu-l" llTlllllS were Silltl to i)(‘ rolling into l itlYtllV.

strum hllllllil s-(urnndav)—(Al’)—British quilrlers in Bulgnrizfs capital said early today that Minister George Rendel hzrd informed King Boris Britain would break off

relations with Bulgaria “probably Tuesday" and "Hit a state 0f wzrr would “undoubtedly follow. . The British Minister and King Boris were alone for

two hours Saturday night, talking in the lilonurchs ‘study.

The tzrlk was described as friendly. King _B0_rls met the ‘Minister on the palace steps and escorted him into the slur v.

Air. Rendel was understood to have expressed rclyret felt by the British Government that Bulgaria should sign the Axis pact and open the C0lllltl'.l' i” (‘ermilll HIXKHQS- since Britain must resist the German march and Bulgaria may become a battleground. _

King Boris was understood i0 have replied that he had

l Ml’. A"t'l“ilb’ll(l Irwin. '73, died u‘. ‘ills ChAr-IQLLcirnvrl home yesterday‘. ‘l-lc il.\fi been in failing health for

l(’.l vrzrzz. but was seriously ill unlv ,

lhi city," , the loin.

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lie. When 21c urine lo Charlotte- tvnn ll“ was (‘lllf1lO_\'t‘(l on the Jltl “f lll a uzliiy ilCYC their. Silh-

z * some time before starting no s for himself. He open- ., Irwin Printing _Company in 15130 and has carried on the ... -s ~

1 .

‘dcd as one of the

all-round printer's in

. and built rip a very

>1 commercial job-print- ss

of illc province. _ Vlr. Il‘\\'lll was a charter member

his membership un- forced him t0 retire.

rllill

lurlnZJcr, Slllifilig that distinc- wilh Mr. Justice A. E. Arsen- nult. llc was a pn t. master 0i Victoria d A. M

v ‘Y s Helen Mason nf Chnrlottei a son, Ainlcolm Irwin. E in o.’ Cilnrlottctown is a bl"

OWil "i

Ii orh-

cl‘. Funeral services will be held Tucs-

i'l_v nflcrulmrl. Burial will be in Fllorlvnnrl Ccmcicry, a few mile: tvrrn hero.

Will discuss Defence rules

OTTAWA. March 2—(OP)—De- fcrlcc of Carloda Rkglllat-loils are >Cll'(llllt‘fl fr further d‘s."uss.on in thc House of Commons tomor- row with i-l ward Green (Con. V1llll"lli'v'(l‘ S 11th» as" first slnclker. Debate null be resumed crn tho

on the efficacy ~i the regula- ifillfi.

Thr first ilrm of government llu .rlr.<5 on the ngrnda for tcmnr- rmv ‘s a rcsoluti n of Pensions Minister Mackenzie preliminary to inzrcduclnyz a bill to amend the Pensions Act.