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THREE ISLAND

Vliiots Flare

In Yugoslavia’

Wholesale arrests fail to halt series oLQutbreaks.

l! IOBIBT IT. JOHN

Amedated Press Staff Writer

nEmlADl first: '4—m)-—m geplm gpfl u" 31mm, (my efflaralfiawheraastudnt esmfln tauehed ellu iket GraatWer, wmtheseeneatoulchteiviolentetreetriotaledlergelyhystadmtaia- flamed against Yarpelevh’: new membership in the Axis. in Sank". where Gavrio Prlneip asmminated Archduke l-‘reux Fer- diuend sf Ankh-Hungary h illi- more than 1,000 rioters battled with you“, who tried to put down deasoustraiio fight started when Nltheologlcal students paraded, lnging eld llevic

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Hare lu Belgrade, police battled with " ‘ points. making many arrests, notably emery dissident students and the nlnflgorllcd 90ml!“ Ii old-time Serbian revolutioneriu. '

Soldiers and police hastened to [lard against threatened bombing of the bridges ecoea the Danube end the Suva rivers, which meet here.

llaine visited by. Freak storm; N. B. hit too

BANGOR, 16.9., March 26 -—(A- P» —- Scores of iinesmen, some of them brought in from Musacbu- sells and Connecticut, battled to- nigln to restore communications disrupted by a freak sprine stem that dumped up to l8 inches of soggy snow on northern and central Mame.

In the worst hit area, s belt a- tress the north central part of me hale, the heavy snow. driven by a. wind that blew as hard as 46 miles en hour, carried down hundreds oi telephone, telegraph end power

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Otherwlse there was little party ‘am reported, and trans- natlon was affected lms than Eylgrevious storms of the winter. ere were no casualties report- ed in Maine, but at lldmundstvon, N. B. across the international bor- der from Madawaska, one railroad m-"m was killed and another injur- ed by a freight locomotive they had failed to see through the thick mow,

Roario Soucyrkil. who had three children, died instantly beneath the engine's wheels. and Lucien Labosonlere, 25. lost. his right foot.

The storm, itself, which struck last night and continued lsoutllern Maine basked in bright sunshine. was virtually over tonight. but telegraph and telephone wire chiefs estimated the task of getting their lines back into service would last throughout the night, at least.

EDMUNDSTON. N. 13., March 26 4GP» _Thls part of northwest- ern New Brunswick tonight was iiizring out of one of the worst mowstonns of the seasn. Ten inches fell last night and early this mom- lng and more descended today, "Bikini: s total of it inches. Traf- llf.‘ was disrupted and the usual daiiv run of the Mlscouche express from Riviera Du Loup, Que, was

cancelled.

Says lied Gross lirive unlikely

REGINA. March 26—(0P)—'I‘he Resins Leader-Post said today it

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until Monday.

In manv others cl

ibes at Germany

the diverse elements in this

onstrations, particularly in Cetlnje The gcvernment

Word came by telephone from neutral diplomats in Sofia, cap- ital oi German-occupied Bulgar- ia, that despite Yugoslavia‘: in- ternal stresses the Axis align- ment might per-suit a German attack on Greece this week.

They said the German drive southward originally was stt _ for April l, but might he hasten- ed by several days.

The Yugoslav temper was heightened by a radio broadcast in German that Nazi troops would enter the counll’? l" “protect Yugoslav indepen- dence” under the Vienna treaty terms if the demonstrations con- tinued. The station was believed to be n "bootleg" transmitter.

(The British Broadcasting Corporation, quoting the Ger- man radio, said thnt German troops would march in “if move- ments of revolt become a fill!- iance to Germany?)

write about the disorders. telephone connections to countries were cut cfi all day.

Police raided homes oi many citizens suspected o! sympathy for Britain and the United States. and there were unnumbered secret ar- rests during the day as e prevent- ive measure which failed to prevent. the outbreaks of the niiht-

Vice-Premier Vladimir Maoek hurried to Zagreb to try to placate lenders of the independent demo- cratic party. who are said to have ordered all their membrs to resign from local government; of Croatia in protest against Tuesday's capit- ula ion to the Axis. Rankovcl, the Nazi Croatian or- ganizatizn, celebrated the pact, in Zflkreb b shoutinz. "our time has come at ast." ‘Tin, Jewish population of that city in the northern portion of tne country was reported panicky, fear- ing persecution.

Witnesses tell

‘Itselr other

The

in at least eight separate

All-day disturbances among stu- dents resulted in closing of schools In one school the students heaped up their benches end. burned them with torches made of ugihotngraphs of Hitler and Mus- so

. assrooms my mmumque__W€l'8 lost. were wrecked and walls were dam-i?“ w“ “w” ‘ co

ont-enegro one 4f king- dom of ancient races, creeds, huts and loyalties, told of vigorous dem-

press office call- ed all British newspaperman in to tell them they would be elected ircm the country if they continued to

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA THURSDAY, MARCH 27. 1941

ERS LUST AS NAVAL VESSEL QURNS’

[British Vessels Beat Off Series Of E-Bolt Raids

i Small German craft tried series of night attacks on convoy in North sea

lBritish reveal Nazis operating In Libya

Assault on British In- vasion Spearhead is No Indication of a General Offensive.

By I810 llGlO Annotated Pftaa Bill! Writer CAIRO, March 26.—(AP)—Brltlsh

hafddquarters anggimced uotggsialxlrt GT9 I??? B01116 111181’! _‘

' echanized detachment Y r _ - - . . _ iivlxlflch last fiend“ occupied B, AF, I_.OI\DO.\. “arch ZG-(CP) Britush war vessels shep heila. westernmost Dolntoithe arn- herding convoys through the North Sea heat off a series

filzi-‘ieugfillly gmlib ‘l- “dufgfifmf night attacks by German torpedo boats and shot down

ments in the vlcinlw digctly west-f a German plane with a hit full “in the nose”, the Admiralty "afqlks L‘ bv m men“ an mdicauqnl announced tonight. of a general German-Italian atktiacnl . _ m iifélégaagflulwfph “gjzitainh answer to German extension of the Atlantic coun- Germans landing at spiny. tar-blockade lS a swarm of big United States patrol bomb- §lglfimulgfipléfgflylitmxed b; ers that. comb the seas for Nazi craft as far as Iceland- the Royal Air libroe: M n“ |o00 miles from the nearest Scottish cape. mfiiggtgg; ,§§§3,j"g$,3§w§,,,,§= Lockheed and Qonsolidated “Catalina” bombers bear ‘the brunt of the aerial scouting. The Admiralty said “light forces” hit several of the

and explosions among government buildings and harbor works. speedy German E-boats and that it was probable some

‘The bulk of the Axis detachment? in El Aghella Ls Italian. British patrols withdrew Sunday before the

the point. where the victorious Im- perial y 0! Nile halted its westward drive.

British officers said the tovrn was of no importance: a mined mud fort. a. few bad wells and having a peacetime population o! about 20. amides. its position is exposed mill-

rily.

In Eritrea and Ethiopia. but spots oi Italian resistance in East Africa. the RAF. re rted widespread air raids. partic arly at Cheren. in support of the land forces’ efforts to take that Italian stronghold which guards the route to Asmara.

v Italian prisoners and eon-

siroyer Versatile, built during the First Great War. No damage was suffered by British craft, the Admiralty said.‘

Earlier officials announced a British plane had tor-i pedocd and sunk a 6,000-ton German supply ship today off; the Netherlands coast and the Admiralty said the British} submarine Sturgeon torpedoed and sank an 8,000-ton Ger- .man tanker off Norway.

German activity over Britain was light today but two i southern towns reported industrial buildings damaged byE German aircraft. l

Mm One German plane was downed by ground guns, an- sidernble equipment were reported

other by fighters. fiiiwgliull" égoiilfggfagggwgiggf}, The Admiralty, describing the

0115 . . . Ii “pulsed 5 want" ‘nut’ su rlrglgingt (‘irrfid her torpedo “fr:

mist and rain. There was an ex- plosion and when the visibility cleared 20 minutes later the stern of the tanker could be seen pro- truding from the water.

The air ministry news service. in its announcement of the sinking; of the 6.000-ton German supply ship, said that the vessel was creeping along the Netherlands cogs: under covet; of“: bheavy mist].

t W85 squares’ y an eerie . a dalep - ; lggafdwndcitgrf: $151121; bywg: Jagds, March ilti-tlgifis-People 1Z1. '- l! 5a z istan ulf of t. Lawrence so taken by surprise they did not kepg glgging tsday for Al-; have time w lire a single Bnti- bin Pcttipas but no longer with‘ aircraft shot. ime thought he might have sur-i

On ‘Tuesday, aircraft of thelvived s. manganese mine cave-in‘ Icustomers buy papers and throw bomber command intercepted and that trapped him Saturday at thei ‘them on the ground and stammbombed a small enemy convoy ofi bottom of a 45-foot shaft. on them. I don't understand why."]. flied NflllleflilftlldSxCOdiiit. 0g Ame- , odPettipabsec died. it‘ became llrlrxlpwn , , an an an -a rcrn - s lp was g ay, ause o e s ace idamaged and near Borkum n naval movement of about 30 yards of _‘xat.rol vessel was bombed. mine muck. apparently shame . While on patrol Tuesday an the tlmbering of a wooden plaza latrcraft of the coastal command form On which ‘he was working.

attacked and scattered several en- Irons of earth plunged down on top

emy mil esweepeis. f0: the broken wood. .

That Britain is not neglecting A similar fate was escaped by" the use of small boats was demon- other members of a mining crew. struted during ‘the day by British none oi whom suffered injuries;

I I Tribute paid To late Senator J J troops in training for an invasion ?Officials said the mine had been ' ' oi Europe. ‘repaired and that they expected? They used assault boats re- to recover the body late in the,

_ __ sembllng in design the birchbark day. ; seggAgjgk Mfgghmg xégllngngiwar canoes once used by North‘ Exhausted miners. handicapped.

Abandon hope For- Magdalen Islands miner

Yugoslav news Vendor puzzled

BEIGRADE, March 26-08?)- An illiterate woman news vendor. whose wares ln the last few weeks told Yugoslav; of the momentous. events occurring. asked an Assoc- iated Press correspondent today what the papers were saying. She complained:-

“Fcr two days now many of my

. ‘American Indians. ,by their inexperience in rescue m?" bms m“ “dwlg lhe 31300-000" Indication of the effectiveness ‘work, hoped throughout the day 90° W“ “Plmiprmmlms m°“5"'°"of British raids on Berlin was for help from Nova Scotinn;

and heard a resolution by Senator}

Ammr sauve (Com Quebec) “rgknmgiven during the cia by an eco- draegermen but it did not come.

nomic warfare min st official‘. (in Charlottetovm. bad fl in ' Bwemlnmtlacti?“ P3P"? asfplvho said that bombirlgs duringgconditions grounded a CBilflglB-gf “l-ugnllhlllllflm agogrs ggdflfikv December and January penetrated Airways plane that was prepared to ‘ uoo w . gome. 311i lion - idgBei-lln underground railways. One fly two Stellarton miner; to 391mm’ ally“ "erou ‘l’ bomb blew the roof off a movie ‘Grindstone. The draegermen. Jack

gkeufigfglelzfiilg sfigulselgzilggibrllllalftheatre, while hits were made on Simpson and Gcorge Mnrcll were‘

These reports were issued as reliable sources said Bri- 1'11

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Speculate on |litler’s next Armed move

Three Possibilities are: Seen for Next Nazii

19 Mem Canadia

staff \grlter)(cp c b: ) fl LONDON. Marc 3- a e ‘ I/l-litler. with most of the Balkans: in his grasp.‘ may leave Greece alone for a nme and zurn his war. machine loose elsewhere. inform" ed sources said today in specular» ing on the wars next stage. These sources listed three pos-. slbilizies: i A thrust through spain to Git»,

By John LeB/onc Canadian Press Staff Writer

liar;

An attempted invasion of Bri-. HALIFAX, March Z6—tCP)— c ' : ~ agl". the least likely. a movement} .of troops to North Africa to seek

i; restoration of the Italian Poei- to death today. Flames suddenly OHS.

sbrangeb.’ the” Me some who t enveloping H.M.C.S. Otter, Io ihlllk Russia may; be the next vic- i‘ putrol vessel, drove her crew m- rim. bu: ma: view finds little sup- h.’ ‘he “febocns o” Hum,“ and

men of the Royol Conodiun Novy

Waterman pressure on n is only_22 of her complement of 4i 222.“: bu: swears. .....‘33é‘.*"""@d == who Ail-ek-

Two officers cnd l7 men were

_ w“ is 15o mugs southwest _ The plane-_-a lllesserschmitt IIO-was shot down "hen ggreigageriaisigpagdmber of German drowned o,» died o; shod. and u- of Bengusi on the on: of Sidra. n it made a daylight attack on 8 convoy guarded b the de-. 30.6.?“ “n.5,,” Rum 5w posure, the Department of Nov-

‘rano suner 1s an outright Nazi cl Services announced here to- ‘Slmpathize’ and l‘ l‘ “id m“! night. Two officers cnd Z0 men iwere saved by a merchant i and another wor vessel. Seven of the lost seamen hod next of kin living in Nova Scotiu; four in Ontario, three each in Quebec ondlPrince Edward ls- lond and two in Manitoba. The dead officers were Scotions.

ship (Conzinued on page 9. Col 8)

Convicted for Allowing aliens To send messages

ifax. commander c! the converted

MONTREAL. March 26.—tCP) -— yacht. was saved in the hamrdou; Caixam Maurice Lslonde. prosecut- re that. sau" 1ifebosts of the ing officer for courts martial in the 5g n; meygnanguqn smashed 8g- Nfcxurealgnéicgucbtglc miliim‘ Ciifi- {er one o! the 0t: t‘; lifebzats had lriCis. sai ay at a non-comb" _ A5 . missioned officer and a soldier-nave ken swmlped and “ occupm“ been convicted of allowing enemy aliens to communicate outside their civilian imernmenl: camp.

The two soldiers. whose names were not disclosed. were guards at an lzziernrnc-ilt camp. The officer was interned for l2 months and the soldier for four months after con-’ viction by a court martial.

In announcing the sentences. Cep- tam Lolonde said:

"I hcpe ma: this will serve as a lesson for other guards. They must undersiaxid that such things are "not permissible."

Gov’t seeks to Stabilize farm. Prices, reveals

OTTAWA. March U — (GP)-

Airways plane ls ambulance

prevented by weather from taking. rescue workers to the Aiagdulcn ilslands ywsterdayr but it became e ‘f1 dig antbularice to bring a l6- iyenr-oid girl. seriously ill at her home in Wood Island. 35 miles from here. to a Charlottetown llOB- t pital. The girl, Miss Kathlecni biacmillnxz. daughter of Mr. and 1.\lrs_ Alexander MacMillan. arrivw ‘ed here in the afternoon. She was under treatment in hospital last: night where her condition was‘ drscrlbed as hir lBTne plane; agar: piloted‘ bg Oarl‘ i urke. He an ed on a lei near Agriculture Minister Gardiner told the girl's home. ‘ the House of Commons today that Earlier in {he day m; same. farm prices in Canada are not high ‘pilot and the same plane, a “fin. Pilllilgli but the Government is d0- engined Drngon. llnci been soiled- "i8 R11 D055lb19 l0 Siflbillll! them uled to flv two clracgcrmcn to the ill i‘ Feilsfiflilbl? Wiel- blilgflill9ll~l§l.lfldS where n miner The Minister spoke in the ions- was imprisoned in n cave-in. High PXPWifli dfibfli? 0Y1 8909791 BKTl-twinds and rniu prevented the alltuiresercxondgéolnsualmllgiélligd as‘: gtake-bff, héux-tlrcrhu until afécr di: - ~ - -was earne zre ner was en . E- E- Wile)‘ lc°ii~ QWADPf-‘ilel Willi! When the wcrizlier clears-cl ifl it" iimflldmeiil l0 the million lflfthe nfieruoon the cmcrgcncv flight hilt the House in committee of to Vliood lsl ids. uzis carried ouz.

x .. Annual Subscription Delivered, $.00 B, Iseilx P l. l. ‘L00: CGIIIGI and U. B. B-fi

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Lieut. Denis 8. Mossmen of Ha‘.-

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A Cimfldiim Ai-rvlaw Ilium’ W“ Board of Trade in an address m.

bers Of l n Navy

On CasugltyList

Attempt AgaiiiSiG-l- Twenty-tum saved from Britain. v .' 1 . (By Herold Ffianadlen

converted

yacht in sudden outbreak.

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Casualty List

IIALUAX. March 26-—\CP)- Fbllowzng is the lis. of casualties and survivors aboard HMCI. Otter, which burned off Halifax today‘:

Dead, with next of kin:

John A. Graham, Able Seaman. A4001. Mrs. Annie Graham. (mo- lherl, R. R. No. i, Montague. P. l. L

Daniel l. Gllils. chief motor usechanir. A-S-il. Mrs. Viola Gillie (wlfel, 83 Cumberland Si. Char- lottetown. P.E.l.

Elmer A. Mabcy. tel phist. V- 1&9, Albert Mlboy lather) HI Prince Street, fharlottrtown. .

Lieut. V. R- Walker Halifax i Chief flipper Andrew 1'. Parker, R.C.N.V.R.. (tempornryi Airs. vilda ;Parker (wife, Parrsborc. N. S.

Alan 1f. Walker. R. C. N. (teznpcraryl. Mrs. Joan (vvifai. 142 lkiwnrd $2.,

(Continued on page l0. Col 4)

QB. 0. plans to lleducti taxation

VANOOUTER. .\l.uc‘n 26.—(OPl-- Hon. John Hart. Bfllifih Ccxium ll hiirusrer of Finance. wdav anno " ecl plans for reductions in perso l income tax, Abolition of the surml on income taxes and e special de- preciation allowance for new plan and plant extensions constructed : handle war contracts.

Elnnphasizlnz importance of the financial changes in today's war eta fort. Mr. Hart told the Vanccuv.

payment of 325364.636 in rnatun I

debentures this year would release funds for re-investment for we! purposes.

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' "ll l0 I m: drive but did not in: use of "some that was Th‘ l‘ M and‘ mould be Bv J O STARK -e move which mi ht at the e m“ blwllhl’ l‘ Plmpl ‘hlmmiel “mm ommals enmmwtud m“ ll ‘m’! t0 be placed n; the POAlt-ion comlm in" ‘They sal they sew u“ m L "was “l u“ mm“ °" Associated ‘mi. staff Writer ‘time relieve the Brlllsh v “m from the minister. .G‘Ti"'"~'"1‘ “Tiiiiii "i" ili<‘\‘~“i l°°<i f 35 °l “Alina to abandon an Farr escortlnlf McDonald awev from W" ‘Ymm- ‘h’ °h°ml°fl °°"" wssumomu March 20—-(AP)-blem a wwcnn 1w ‘Alli’? “i; Mr. Gardiner denied there v.'as‘-‘l“i”“°m*- but that ii I11" dwi- 3‘ as mil when the Saskatchewan the harbour front tilrough Pier 28. Pmlw" f‘: “gig! ‘gllaulfgd ‘Olaf - A United States answer to Ger-| wig aclogs the At shift?” u ‘a any such reduction and added é"“i‘°-*~‘g‘3"-H"°‘l“‘~‘“i°" mm" FQ[([-‘(‘\<1‘