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Annual Subnerlptlou Dellu-reil $51.00. lly Mall-LIL]. $1.00; (‘isnunlis uuil L". B. 1.1.00.

, fNazi Industry Is British Aim

Will Reserve FE Liberty Of Action With Regard To Rome is In London.

Nazis Peeved By Weygantfs Statement

V1611)’, France, Nov, ‘I, — (cry-niplomatle sources here mp1 1MillV that the Germans have taken offence at a state- ment bi (Zen. Maximo W0)’- piud that “France will not cede one inch of her colonial em-

ire."

Diplomatic sources rc rted

that the (irrmans have 1 reat- rvietl to |l|'l‘ilk oil‘ negotiations for a general accord with Vichy as a result of Gen. Wcygand’: remark, iviiich has not been published in France. . 'l‘nih- e resident-general o! Tllliiskl, Admiral Jean Esleva, arrivrrl in l-‘ranee. and was re- piirtrrl to have given officials ll pll-ilgc of hcth his own loyalty and that of the Moruccnngov- i-riair, (ten. Nugucs. This was iakr-u .’l\ offsetting foreign re- puric that Nngues had threat- cued to uitlulvuw his allegiance tn Vichy- shnultl Morocco be turnctl mcr to another nation.

‘hree Drowned l Maine Lake-“

NORCFTFER, Mass, Nov. l’ L» fil‘ti‘1\'lllllg of \.

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outing Events

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'1_ Paul M. ‘YOFK. vice-president. 111111111201‘ of the Wick- Siecl Corporation. corporation 11 \\.1.11= on II. hunting; trip in ‘ \\".~» rrpivricd licrc tonight.

B. U1ll'l'(l\\'S, of Worces- 111' <1; the 11111111111; party. 1r William A. Ben- itlacklin, . sii11ci"iiitcnrietit . yilnnt of the son, lillflllilll at the 5mm; 111" from rt canoe yes- - Ocean Lake, lid nub-s north oi Green-

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By ANDREW MIDDLETON Associated Press Stall‘ Writer

Italian fliers ‘have Joined the G01‘- inans lll bombing attacks on Lon-

the status of the Italian capital triad»: by R. A, Butler. Under-seen tury for Foreign Affairs, while signs indicated that the Royal Au" Force was pvt-pairing to ii1crease— not lessen-the_teiiipo 01 us attack during the comma wintt-i".

14011111111: shell. of eoiitrcl oi Ger- man skyuvtns unit i1 complete "bollib blockade" 0t Nazi heavy," industry, said one air observer, is the British winwi" and spring flllll.

The Air Ministry reported new bombing thrusts to the out- skirts oi‘ Berlin, at vital areas L11- insiile liei"mauiy' and “lung the blackened Nazi-held coast.- line. A dispatch from Cairo told o! a heavy attack on Brin- dist, Italy.

Industrial plants in spttntiau, Berlin suburb. were heavily attack- ed in 0\'t.‘l'llltlili l ids, the Ministry said. and a raliwtiv Junction north- west of the Germain capital also was bombed.

Othci" British bombers were dc-

clavt-d to have assaulted a Nazi coiivov of 01.14111. 0t- niiie bu: 1110101" vesse1s.__ct1ci1 averaging some 4,000 tons. oil Den llcltivr, lloilanti. and attacked at these other ior-separat- ed points:- Syni-hciic oil plants at Leuna and Hiiinbunz; factories near Dusseldorf, the inland port of Duisburg; rail- way yards and junctions at l-lalle, Pi-i-tsch an the River Elbe, and netu" Cologne; n fuclorv tit Sailzbcrgen, northwest Cicriutni)‘: n cluster of billpliilit! at Cuxhaveu. (iermany,

Amplifying its story n1 the raid, the A11" Ivliiiistrv iinnuiznceti that at the satire time Duisburg was ni-

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Truck Briver Pleads Guilty ill Manslaughter

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SYDNEY, NS N A. Nelson Moi '11 manslaugh- 11-1" trial tuxtcved its so 11-111‘ ill supreme court today. he changed his

' "imt culltv" pea to one of pztiilty.

Ctmfi r1t1'iccvs_~.1l:l the rcverszii wrs the first uitlnu memory in a

Nina Hm .1

11.11:). 1.1 , from nearby Glare Bay. \\‘.l.\ iliarizctl as the driver 1,1 11-11111; 111111 kiHQKi Lennard Tinizle Oct. 1 t (‘time 13:11‘. His izuilty 1111.111 was accepted bv Mr. Justice W. L. l':1Il, who will 5111111111012 him next week.

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Snle Saturday, November er. Auspices

War-ZS Years Ago Today

tlJy 'l‘lu-. Cuiititllan Press)

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By Edward Kennedy

CAIRO. Nov. '1 -—(AP) —Brltish authorities announced today their first notable offensive thrust oi the Sudanese campaign and rePQTY/Bd 11 heavy" Royal Air Force raid on Brindisl. naval base at the heel oi the Italian boot. _

Just. on the British side of the frontier between the Anglo- 152F01- ian Sudan and Ethiopia. the Brit- lali middle-east command announc- ed 211111.111 tmns surprised and "- captured the ill\\'ll oi Galiabat. 1m- prisoiicd part of the Harrison, dug held the pCFlilOll through a 5.1V Italian counter-attack and tvlo heavy bombings.

An unstated number 0! P115911’ 4-1-5 were trikru. it was announced t1"at i7 snlrlicrs of the Iiallnn 10th‘ deserted during the engagement.

The Italians occupied the town

LONDON, Nov."1.—t-‘\l.') -— ‘the government made it clear today that Britain would "reserve iuil liberty oi flCilflll in regard to 1201110," since

don. This unamplificd observation on

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supreme couit lllflli$1.lllQilICi' triti1iii_ ' lstaff at the conduct. of operations

Ftcllrll and Gel“, 1 piece ls much usi d to" "hanzioiuts," 1 and is worth about two cents.

“WHEEL Offensive Thrust 0n Sudgn Front

Liberals Returned In By-eleetion

son and Geo. Kitson

Elected in Second Queeifs. Yesterday's rovlneial by- ‘ “m

i Upen ing 0f

New Session

Messrs. Mathe- P a t

Early Action On Sirois Report Forecast In Throne Speech.

in the Secon District oi’ Queen's resulted in a victory ior the Liberal candidates, Messrs. A. w. lvlatheson and George Kitson, over theirCon- scrvutivc opponents, Messrs. R R. Bell and Philip Matheson; Mr. A. W, Methesoms beiniz 34. and Mi". Kitsoifs 108,

The total votes polled on property and franchise ballots were fewer by 366 thnn in the provincial election iii M113’. i939.

Following are the results in de-

2ND. QUEENS

Mflivfilv for A. W. Matheson 34. Majority for George Kitson 198.

Criticism 0f kdmiraltylloiced

LONDON. Nov. 7—(CPl—Crltl- clsm of the Admiralty was voiced in the House of Commons today bv Cominanrlcr R. T. Bower who claimed that "there is definite disquiet about the Board of Ad- miralty as a wholre" and said that

Sh" Dudley Pound, Britain's First Sea Lord, is “not the man he was."

Cmdr. Bower charged that het-

was slnmtcd to an infcrioi" ap- pointment 111 the Iiil\'_\1 after writ- ing to A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, that “crave con- ccrn was felt among many rc- sponsiblo members 0i the naval

in Norway and also in connection with the loss of the Glorious."

Ml‘. Alexander promptly denied that there was "any victimization" of Cmrli". Bower and declared he had "no reason not to pay tribute to the service capacity and pai- rlolic devotion of the First Sen Lord."

This exchange occurred durln‘: a brief discussion 01' the sinking of the aircraft carrier Glorious during the Norwegian operations with the loss of 1.200 men.

INDlA'S SPARE-A-DlblE

DELHI -—tCPl ——The Indian might-unfit 1010i‘:- will hcnehfottli b: made with lcss s 21c , a= 1'. govern- ment ccoucmy: 'i'11_~ Piiill-lllllél

shortly after Italy entered the war.

‘The raid on Brlndisi was the first- there. Naples, across the peninsula, has been bccnbed thrice since tlie Greek campaign began.

A communique said the Briudisi raid took place Tuesday night, and reported that bomb bursts and steady fircs were observed in the naval clockyard, destroyer and sub- marine pens, the mnin railway junc- tion and railway sidings.

Assab, in Eritrea. also was raided. the communique said, the bombs

starting a fire visible 40 miles a- '

way. The nnmy command also re- ported lair pressure by a British mobfe force on nn Italian detach- ment or. the Stidanesc -Eritrenn border, near Kassaln.

The R. A. F. sol"; that Italian

"Meeting Place

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Eire Rejects Refueling Bases For British

DUBLIN, Nov. 7 -—(CP) —Prime Minister De Valera rejected l/Odif the suggestion that parts of Eire be 01x111ed as retuclirp, bases for Bfiilzll \\"ar.~.hips 1111c‘. 11.a11es patrol- ling Atlantic commerce lanes.

M1". De Valera told the Doll tPzirliiint-nt) that t-hcre could be "no rmasiioii" of handing over or leasing the ports to Britain "un- dci" any conditions whatsoever" as 1011i: as Eire remains neutral.

He said Eire intends to stay out 0f war, but declared: "We Shflli de- fend our right, whoever shall at- tack us."

‘The Irish leader said his state- ment was prompted by o British pi"c.~"s campaicn -"i"e-echoed in the United Slates" —followlng Prime Minister Churchill's statement Tucs- dny that the ban against British fiolillas in Irish ports was "a most. heavy and grievous burden" on the British effort to combat U-boats.

A "most extensive system of coastal observation has been es- tablished." Mr. De Valera. said. He implied that the Free State's abil- ity to protect itself was impaired by difficulty in obtaining military supplies.

'I'l1e ports in question had remain- ed in British control, with British carrisons, fi"o1n the time of the 511111111; up of the Irish Free State in 1921 until the Anglo- Irish treaty of 1938 nndct- which the Chamber- lain g1iver11ment withdrew’ from thcm at. the some time that the A11gln-Ir1."-:1t economic warfare was ended.

Britislillommons Tries Another

NEW YORK. NOV. 7 —(CP) — Vernon Bartlett, member of the British Parliament. disclosed in B. British Broadcasting Corporation broadcast. heard here tonight by the Columbia Broadcasting Company, that the House of Commons sat lo- dny in a plazc other titan the liuusc of Parliament.

Bartlett's hiortricast said:—

"As an c rcritnent and as a pre- caution agi 11st increased bombing. The House of Commons today’ m»! in what I can only call another place.

"Thai rzreat and fmnous build- ing, the Ilouse of Parliament by the ‘lhamcs. is a very conspicuous tar»

act. and it inicht get knocked n-- bout. So we fried an alternative buililiitgn. .

"In this, I think and hope it's fining to be very difficult. ln'1'\e:i. fcr ll." 1" or stilt-r (Ierniun to drive the motiiei" of Parliament in exile."

Prolects Exempt From lllage Act

OTTAWA, Nov. 7-(CP)—In order to speed up construction oi the 39 militm-v training centres for men called up under the Mob- ilization Law and some other military projects. provisions 0i the fair w "es and hours of labor act 0i 193.1 were stispendcd in re- lation to them.

An ordcr-in-council tabled in the House oi Commons today exempts the yirojects from the act which requires the maintenance oi cer- tnin wnce and hour standards on

By C. ll. Blackburn Canadian Press Staff Writer

OTTAWA, Nov. 7 ~—tCl-‘) liameut was launched toduyr on

legislation strengthening

fecting tions. Tue Earl of Alhlonc read throne speech, not-Pic because failed to mention any specific leg-

Dominion-pmnnciiil

formalities which took in the House of Camtntins:

1. The throne speech measures necessary for “the pro- secution of the war to the utmost of our strength"

2. Prime blinister {Mackenzie King announced in thc Commons his in- tention to call a Dominion provin- cial conference in mid-January to deal with recommendations in the Sirois Royal Commission report.

Failure of the throne speech to contain the customary" outline of the government's legislative program was believed to be p" ally explain- ed by the fact the.‘ 5- Dominion- provhicial confereur: will be hell before Parliament gets down to real work.

In it clear voice the tall and

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' Big Suspension

Bridge Plunges Into PugetSound

TACOMA. Was-in, Nov. 7 ~'API -- The third longest single suspen- sion span in the world, 111.: $0,- 400,000 Tacoma Narrows bridge, cracked up and fell with a roar 1:10 feet into Puget Sound tudin after swaying ci" ' y in a high .v1n;l. It had a ccnti span of 2,800 feet

The bridgcls last D1'Cll1)".lll'., Leon- ard Coatsworth, a Tlacuma Tribune 1"cpoi"i.a=i", lcapcd from his automobile after the first. cable broke and crawled 500 yards safely while the structure tilled at a ‘IS-degree angle. The cur, occup- ied by Coatswortlis (log, plunged into ivalers of the sound.

Officials sold the structure was insured against “all risks" and that the stale and bondholders would not lose. The span, completed onlv last Jilly, was built by the Stale Toll Bihzge Authority", u. division of the state government. It was financed originally through a $2,- 900,000 pubic works administration grant and $3,520,000 in bonds sold to the Federal Reconstruction Pi- uance Corporation.

'i'11e bridge shsrtcnetl the distance between the mainland and the Ol- ympic Peninsula.

The wind was blowing at about 35 uilcs-an-hout" when the bridgi- suited to break up.

Siiortly h-rfore noon the gin.‘ structure's two 11700-12111 li|)1)l‘\).\l'ilL‘> m1 either end began to give iviy. cracked up in stuall pieces and fe

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A IOU-foot section was the first to drop, folovcd by a weird roar as the rest of the suspension crack- ed 1111d fell into the water.

Tiicentiro b1"l(l~,o_ except the two 45-foot sfcil town's sunk (M01111 below the ivaler. collapsed.

Gov. Clarence D. Martin, who came to view the wrecked strivi- ure. sairi it would be rebuilt im- medintely.

C. E. Andrew", chief of the bridge, said the coL-npse mobably was due to the fact that flat, solid girders were used on the sides of the bridrze, offering rcsiflance to inc wind. He said originally plans call- ed ior open trusses but that plans vmre changed by another engznetrr.

Professor R. B. Vrtn Horn of the University of Washington Ilngiuccr- lug School at Seattle explained that the pecuiiar topography of the Nar- rows, over which the bridge was built, virtually doubled the wind velocity. creating a sort oi wind

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place first in the Senate chamber. and later

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Conference lit Ottawa In January a

21v (‘arl Reinke Canadian Press Staff Writ"

OTTAWA. Nnv action (:11 the v.1 1 (lotions cf 11111 R _\- DCmllllGll-Plkfllk. 11; Wllcd b.\' P111110 R I i" .\Iuci: King in a call scrip out ior n D11.- minion-Piovincual CLIIICICIICC in January.

Invitations to take part in such

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t: On lite cciiiiiiiss: . rcpuit first time sine 11 was last Mill‘. thr- Pfllllt.’ Minute!‘ (it'- clarcd it "(Tllllllltlltis itself snout;- ly to our jurlqcmr-ut" and 1.1111‘. '10 time should 11v 10st in arrnug ,, a conference l'l‘l:{ ing 1L.

1 he vie of the BOW ~ lent

151mm“ 1° be mtmduced b5’ 111° that ZICiOIILZCII of the conm en's govemmenl- _ __ recrmmendations " to

But there were two significant put o“, Cumu- to announcements during the brief pursuo a p01 (1,. ‘v1.16, “.31 59W.

the maximum wn" the some time. t\1u datirn foi"

effcrt

_wordr1<1 iCtlCl‘ to Premiers.

Mr. King recallcd statues under ;ien wz1~ zippolnrrtl in. 1937-“130- cause of grill-rel iii faction in respect of l) min n-Provincial relations and arrangement-s, e dis- satzsfaction “"114; reached a crit- ical stage duriiv the depresdoti.‘

“The war 112s intensified me prnbicm and (umhasizcd the ‘.5- ucncy cf its mu." Mr. Kmg wrote. "W111 ~ co<t of unem- ',pln_v111c111 1"e..ef 1111s been reduced. the war 1111s cast adclitzonal burd- ens on government. and tax payers alike.

"lt has inevitably increased the competition between govcrinuents to secure YQVPIHIJS and has avera- vaied the overlapping, cumll and dzsriniiuatoiqv chzirocri much of cut" tax structure."

If the sizuation continued.

circum-

rite "hicli the cr‘iiiin' s-

the war effort itsif wuild he hamper-

cd. Uniler w _- '

piecnt ecu sible to altan - (‘1"l.‘.llL'/.fl1i(‘ll of . tionni resources- aitd it'd} (quriizty sacrifice.

“So 1:11;; as they continue. we will not be able to put forth our moxi- mum productive effort to win the war llOl‘ (listribute its ccsz justly and fairly." his lrzter said.

The first. duty was to win the war but Canada could not afford to neglect, 1111c future. It should pine/e itself in position to provide ior the "more ihoroutzhing scoial, econ- mic and fiuanqial adjustments which will be necrssaryr after this war."

The ccmm"'s~iou's report resulted from two and a half year's work by a four-man commission and a sntff cf economists. statisticians and histrrians. Its rcpcrt advised a T/Pflffélllgilllfilll ti‘ the basic public finance scheme 1 down at Con- fcr1eratio11_ cpn. in the divis-

na- 0f

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Roosevelt Returns To ll. S. Capital

By ltl(.'ll.i\lll) L. TURNER _1\§\ll('lilt.L‘l| Press Staff Writer wasi-iuvtrroiv, Nov. 7,1119»-

Fitciut: the bu: questions of 1111111" taxes. an increase in the national ueb". limit and tiic whole subycli 1i irlciicc and i sisianec lo Lireat Lifliillll, Pltlfiltitiiu icoustwetrcttiih- cd to livashinutcn today, l'€Ct‘l\'\"(i. ti roaring ivclcomc and engaged in e. ions: series of conietenct-s.

l-lc talked with thc Defence Com- |11is..1011e1", Willi Arthur B. Purvis, f/l.;11ii"("-.\l hcucl of the "itish Pur- tuusinu Commission, rPLclVCti u lei- lcl" ut resignation from lnzt-ricr zscereiaiw" hurold lckes — tendered to aye the Prtsldeiit a i111‘ 118ml it he Wishes to reshape his cabintt —a11d iounri himsi-ll at once lilCllllZ a light 011 the tiucstion of debt lini- itfiitlll.

Trcasurv Scc1"etar.v1‘1°111'.v_ Mor- geiitii..ti. sll_\'.li'.1 that "\\L‘ W‘ 11151119" Run t0 rcarin." announced that. 1.111 Tl‘885lll',\' would request that the Slaillitliy rcsiritiioli lipfli tile $4.0 of the debt be raised from 540.001).- 0011,0001.» $co,00o.0uo,0no o1" $11.1.- 000,000,000. Senator l-iarrv F. b.1111. Virginia Democrat, said iinmeti lv that a rise of more than 5.i_u.._0_. 000.000 at this time wou-d be iouilfll-

Meanwhile, the extent of the Pre- sident's election sweep was reduced with late returns iruin Miclnilllll. pushing thnt state acress the 11111‘ and into the Willkic column by some 1.51.11 votes _ _

Al. of the state's election (lislricts had rvnprrtci, and a retabuiation cf their figures was in m"o;;i't~:.¢<. ‘

Unless Michigan chances aizaiii, the rcsut of the election stands: 38 states and 441) electoral voles 101‘ the President and l0 states and H2 electoral volts for Wit kic. 131011011- ular vote. with 120.33.’: of the ccun- tryls 127.2411 districts ccuntrrl, \ s 26,151,038 for the President, 2Z1.” 147 for Willklc.