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“Or Lost In Big tlantic Battle

Churchill deal;- defeat of Hitler and

Mussolini certa

tribute to British morale.

(Bv Harold Fair, Canadian Press Staff Writer) LONDON, April 27 - (CP Cable) - Prime Minister

Churchill said tonight that

piac d filed; to victory lies in the

Atlantic.

“In order to survive we have got to win on salt water jugtilS decisively as we had to win the battle of Britain lost August and September in the air," the Prime Minister declared in an international broadcast.

But he said the eventual

lini is certain in view of the declared determination of the American democracies and contended that

British and “nothing that is happening n yithihe dangers through wh

Paying warm tribute to the morale of tlfe British peo- pie the Prime Minister declared: “This is indeed a grand and heroic period in our history and the light of glory

iilines on all.”

lie defended the decision illil asserted it “would be fut

Empire," not to have done so.

‘lie declared that instructions to

W! to liotrol the waters of the western hemisphere would enable Bri- " - to concentrate on protecting horjorces more upon routes neon-ci-

ome and to take a far heavier toll

“Though the battle of the Atlantic will be long and hard and lts hue by no means yet. determined, it has entered upon a more grim, but lilmns to me a far more favorable phase," he said.

iieicrs to lazi menace

ISTANBUL, npi-ll 28-(Mon- lilll-(API-‘lurirish newspap- ers for thr first time in months liiiiiie openly today of a Ger- man menni-o to this country, especially oi threats seen in the hssl occupation of Greek il- and! close to the vital Dardun-

es. “dim Sflifl- “we can not help lemming that we notice a dil- flencc between Germany's ll- "! to Turkey and her sol.- ln occupying four islands which lie on the way to the rails." “Ollr jzovr-rnment," the news- rper tatan said, "ls prepand "Wilt cvcn the smallest de- mands as a declaration of war." “President lnonu was believed hndiplomatic circles to be in tlfs if (Smyrna) region on an Dection trip close t0 the Aegean islands now occupied by the Nazis.

liar-ZS Years V Ago Today

(By The Canadian Press)

‘lbw-Germans re- Wsizoils fro-m the Rus- ‘em 13a Vllna region on the M Mllflilllt. Br.t.sh (orcesln “m i?“ Pillilired ammunition {iii-R's at Kondo cairangi.

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“iltctiim ‘C 26 t“ Nifty 3. Silver . cine. L-QIl-i-Nd-ill.

e in the Balkans, that British forces in Libya had suf- “vexaiious and damaging defeat,” but declared that

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“great disasters” had taken

winning of the battle of the

defeat of Hitler and Musso-

ow is comparable in gravity ich we passed last year-"

to send military aid to Greece al to the honor of the British

the United States fleet and flying

of U-boats there.

“No far-seeing man can doubt," he declared. "that. the eventual and total defeat of Hitler and Mussolini is certain in view of the respective and declared resolves of the British and American demo- oracles."

In a grim 30-minute review of the entire war situation. broadcast to the Elmplre and to the United

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ALLS T0 NAZI ARMDRED Lesions

Hamilton Steel workers Go on strike

HALIIIIIION. Ont April l’! _ (OP) - Steel workers organizing committee late today ordered a. gen- eral strike at the National Steel Car Corporation lant here to take effect at 11 o’c ock tonight. The plant employs 2.700 workers.

The strike vote was carried un- anlmously si; a union meeting at- tended by more than 200 Workers this afternoon and S.W.O.C. rep. resentalives said in announcing the strike that a majority of the \v0.k- ers would recognize the strike.

A picket was organized to report at the entrance to the plant at 1o P. m. It was said "orderly picket. ing" would be carried on.

R. S. Hart. vice-president of bhe gtjimganl’. said when interviewed in

s ome that the lan wo as scheduled. p t um Open

Nazi reports 0f warfare In Greece

BERtIiIN. April 2'1 — (AP) —- The German huzh command claimed to- night; that Hitler's legions swept southward into the Peloponnesus, the last tip of unoccupied Greek territory, in sursult; of remnants of Greek and British forces after planting the Swastika atop tile Ac- robalis at Athens.

The spearhead of Nazi armored forces rolled into Athens at 9:25 n. m. (2:25 a. m. A.S.T.), just three weeks and four hours after launch. lng their Balkan “blitzkrleg" against Greece and already vanquished Yugoslavia.

There was no indication here whether fighting occurred inside Athens or whether it was necessary to shell the city. It was assumed by Germans here that it was un-

damaged. .. . .

Correspondents of D. N. 13.. Ger- man news and propaganda agency. said Greek civilians received the Nazis in silence.

The city of Corinth, once thriving commercial centre. and the canal we're taken bv porachutlsts. the Germans claimed.

The hllzll command claimed also that a British cruiser was sunk. two cruisers damaged. four trans- ports totalling 22,000 tons and a mcrchantmnn of 5.000 tons sunk and 20 other ships totollln 155.000 toms damaged in Greek wa rs Sat- urday and today.

('I‘hese claims have not been sub- stantiated by London.)

States. Mr. Churchill acknowledged the German victories in Yugo- slavia and Greece and predicted:- "We must now expect. the war in the Mediterranean, on the sea and tn the desert, and above all, in the air, to become very fierce, varied and widespread. . . - "War may spread to Spain and Morocco. to Turkey and Russia. The Germans may ls their hands upon the granules o the Ukraine or the oil wells of the Caucasus,

Strike pariey With ii. S. miners Collapses:

WASHINGTON. A rll 27 - (AP) —'I'he defence m efforts to settle the United Statics cool mine stoppage collapsed today and board of lclals said that it plans no further action.

W, H. Davis, chairman

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of the

said it had recommended unani- mously tiiat President Roosevelt's

I I Nazi raiders proposal for reopening the mines be

I Are active

' ' unfilled’ mendstion was oooe t- ed by ilhtactllnilltled Mine Workers lo.

I. O.) and the Northern Bitumin- ous Coal operators, Davis added. but rejected by the southern operators, Davis declared that "tilcre is no? further fitep for the mediation board

to .

The negotiations, which started here Friday. _ over the southern operators insist- ence unnn retention of the north- south wage differential, the princi- polnt in dispute, slthoukh there, was no statement from the confer- ees immediately on this point.

Ncavy rain Storm here

Heuvv rain yesterday and lost night. ended what promised to be a below-average April fi"om the stand- point of precipitation. Eight hours after the downpour started more than an inch of rain had fallen. M1‘- Warren Burns. weather observer at the Charlottetown Experimental Station said last night. A wit! driv- irg northeast wind accompanied the rain. The temperature was seven degrees below freezing.

The rain was welcomed by some as s. “clean-un" agent but others. whose work takes them over dirt roads in the province snw it mak- ing travelling more difficult. Until now, however. warm weather sn_d high winds have been drvlns T05“ room and as soon so snow drifts mel motor traffic was DO-“ibie-

Fanners said except for some light. snow inst week and two nights on which the ground from slig 11y, thereby retarding drying; agricuh- ural operations would s general this week. Now. Lhev ilredicied it would probably be

DONDON, April 28—-(Mon_day)— (om-Heavy expiosyes booms and n, large numoer of incendmrles were dropped last night and early today‘ on a south 0085i- PJW", ‘*5 59mm“ raiders)‘ gofirlgd wxle-dlfefld W" ‘Aggie bombgr was shot. down- 1t crashed in flames-

London had no night slsrm but raiders were reported" over t/wo drill; trlcts of East Anal-o and 1° bombs were dropped on northeast Scotland. ‘

SOUTH COAST AREA 0F ElicihAND. Aprl128—(Mondsy)- tori-German sir raiders swims their attack durlnl the blfmdmlt by Prime Minister Churchill. in- rlcted one or the Worst laid-t ‘t’ the Wfll‘ cm this region lull. ntllhi and early today.

The Nazis dropped many incen- diaries and" followed them will. im- usually heavy explosive bombs.

Business and residential 881M011!‘ of a city in this area wt!" bid" damaged.

_ There was an undetermined num- ber or casualties.

Former P.E.i. liNoman heads Maritime club

MONTREAL. April 27 —(CP> -

"Rd-"VP ~"*—- Mrs. George R. Macleod was eie t- ' ‘tiny ill’ Wilm-‘Siifll’. Jilly 16th. ed president of the Maritime! about the all: to 10th of May be- “inns” °°i0rful s-lsnermens Women Club of Montreal at the fore fields will be tit to cultivate lid 3M5 "i Pioeiic. Proceeds for annual meeting ssturday. she for- On some farms in low lying sec- ‘ Y "def of committee. meriy resided at Vernon Brldse- tions it. would be ""1011 15W "l!" 14-1104 P. E. I. ' that.

ithe wing was torn from one ma-

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_ eers, artiilerymen, ordnance troops.

Large Contingent‘

Of Canadians Land In England ‘

By Pat Ussher Canadian Press Staff Writer

A BRITISH PORT, April l7 —(CP Cable) —Thousands of Canad- isn fighting men, including the largest force of Canadian-trained Im- perial fliers yet to reach the United Kingdom. have Just disemburkcd in this busy wartime port. eager to slign themselves with other Imper- ial forces in the Empire's struggle against the axis powers.

The arrivals included large groups oi’ airmen, soldiers and reinforce- ments for the Royal Canadian Navy. Word of their landing was not dis- closed until the men had dispersed to their camps all over Britain.

The Air Force draft under command of Fits-Lt. Rod Maclnnes of Ottawa was the largest group of Commonwealth Air Training Plan graduates ever to land in England, considerably larger than the contin- gent which arrived two months ago.

The complaint must frequently heard from all these airmen was: "If the war is going to be ss quiet and dull as the crossing it will not be very exciting." leagues now in uniform.

'I‘rile to the tradition that once a newspaperman always a newspaper- man, Pilot-Officer Jack Calder of Goderich, Ont, former member of The Canadian Press staff at Toron- to, appeared on scene with notes jot- ted down during the trip.

“Always like to hcln out an old friend," he said. adding with a smile: "And all I want. to know is

No enemy U-boats or hostile craft were sighted during (‘e long cross- ing in a convoy heaviTy guarded by warships. -

The boys in khaki included engin-

ancillnrles for Lt-Gen. A. G. L. Mc- Nnughtons Canadian Corps, and al- so a party of Foresters.

Officers and men of the Royal Canadian Navy will reinforce units in service in British waters,

Flying-Officer W. A. Bentley 0i’ London, 0nt., in charge of the ia- dio experts, sold it “ivns a, sudden move for us but: we are here as tech- nical officers ready to help the Em- pire air forces anywhere, anvhoiv."

Canadian newsman doing the rounds were kept so bllSy that they had to solicit aid from former coi-

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“Two Killed In Ari-er i €ollisir>n

Fliers from Slmerside Schoo ;

set here is as beautiful as Sunset over Lake Huron,"

Sgt-Observer Lothlan George. formerly nf The Canadian Press staff in New York and Toronto. a native of Devonsllire returning to his own country after four years in Canada, said: "The sooner I set my sights on s German target the happier I'll be."

are victims of accidentSaturday; l

Two others ‘bai_l‘ out’ to safetyd

whether you can tell me if the sun-"

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; llnd no idea how it starred

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“Prince Nova" E Leaves for Herc April 30"

time "Prince Nova" car 10117. scheduled to operate between Wood Islands and Caribou. N. s.. ll W pected to leave her berth at Lake Erie for this province Wednesday, it was learned last nlltllt from Mr. R. E. Mutch, Charlottetown, Presl- dent of the Northumberland Fer- ries, Limited.

The boat. was scheduled to corn- mence running on May 1 but will not reach here in time to belzill that day’. Normally it would take the craft about four days to make the trip here. Ice in the lakes and St. Lawrence River nlay retard her progress on the voyage. It is possible that the boat will call at; Charlotte- town before procecdmz to her new berth at Wood Islands.

Captain Charlos O. Magulre in- formed Mr. Miltch of the sailing date by wire over the weekend He also suggested the possibility of taking s. cargo of automobiles here on the trip, Mr. Mutch instructed him to make his own decision in this matter bllt if it was seen that taking this CEIFEO would delay the sailing, it was llot to be done.

The trip from Lake Erie is ap- proximately 1200 miles and the boat

iLittlei News 0f British Units In Fierc_e_ Battle

Rearguard action in pro- gress While main units prepare to evacuate.

(By J. Wes Gallagher, Associated Press Stuff Writer) ._. ATHENS, April lei-JAPJ-Athens, one of tho grout cities o! mi quity and the governing sent of modern Greece, fell to Hitler today sled 21 days of fighting. The vanguard of Nazi motorcyclists roared into the centre d the city at 9:30 a.m. (2:30 mm. AST.)

This dispatch was the last received from The Associated Press sol- respondent in Athens. It was filed only five minutes after the German! entered the city. _

lt was assumed the German censorship had immediately clamped down on outgoing news dispatches.

A Reuters news agency dispatch, however, said s large body of Nwd troops followed the advance guard into the cit st 11:11 sm

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Lonely fog Alarm station

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Tile last p" ‘\'l'l\ '" report from the battlefront siiJl n lnl force of An- zacs was IlgllLllg rile German Pun- zer units at Mount. GllBTdIICJl, 25 miles west or Athens.

British troops apparently hail given up tile delvnce of Athens and stationed themselves on the moun- tain to protect the Corinth Isill-

ilanadians from Armored corps

‘Gutted by fire "r R939" England The Geniin high command ‘

claimed that tClis force north of ti}? ' __ A =1 Gull‘ of Corinth had been cut o —-1(\I(%RJIE\§V(DSX§DFDL§KKlQKIiI ilcfrrpllodll’; by a ])f1l‘<'l('l‘i\lLt! force which seized that the f0" alarm station and a the Coriiiil‘ Cami i" the Teal- nearby (‘wining M lonely Cape TllFYQ \\'.'ls a possible enlharkolion Norm 1m 11,110,, norm of hm-L. m, point. in" lllvln, however, at heavily- the tip of Cape Breton Island, were Donlbgd Mlgam ‘m ‘he Gun 0i CW‘ gutted by fire last Wednesdav. mth- _ , Peter MacLeilnall, the keeper, A semi-official v was brought. to hcspitnl here by a said that the last-tilted govcrnnlellt vessel. He suffered the Australianswest of the I severe burns. capital war. dcsigiled “to gain time

MacLennan and his two assist- i061;igesfgfifivgviijiisl 1°Y¢C5 i" 5P9 N. B.

ants, John J. Young and William British Communique -By

Burton, escaped death when 212.000- gnlloil fuel tank exploded as they’ fought the flames. MacLennan ea d SAINT JOHN, N. B.. April "'7 -_. " (GP) -Because New Bru suuci:

imports eggs a recent federal ord- __ y, __ i er- n-council passed under the ivar 119M915 115 all Ailimim“ “i” “"95- l measures act and dealing with rho

SOli/[EWHERE IN ENGLAfi April 27 -- (CP CableF-The i’ representative group from the Con. adlzln armored corps and n road construction unit of the Royall Can".- adiarl Engineers, oqilinpccl with liq own steamrollers and tractors. are anlolu.’ reinforcements which have Joined the Canadian corps after Q I-YIIlJt from a northern debarkation no .

announcement stand of Greek

The British command at. CGiTOi i-siled a terse csmmunique Sunday; saying,’ “our t 0am are contlnlrng their witllclra .

A mystori is broadcast from Athens by a woman identifying

roof of the alarm station. but he

located other

The Cape North light. about 100 yards from the illlllfllllgs escaped damage,

Pilot Officer P. Kennedy-Allen » of Vancouver and Lac. K. L. Anson , of Kingston. Ontario were killed in l

a training plane collision in midi _ To take Nazi

Navy ordered

air 20 miles west. of Summer-side Saturday afternoon The men were flying out of N0. 9 Service TTlIllil- ing Flying School near Summer- side. Occupants of the second plane involved in the crush. Flying Officer G. A. Wagner and Ac. E. H. Martin bailed out and landed uninjured.

It ivos not known whether the two men killed were fata‘ly injur». ed in the collision or whether they

NEW YORK, April 27 —(AP)

. —-British and Free Netherlands "W? units have been ordered to capture Capt. Felix v0" Luck. ner, German raider of first 5"" “'3' 51185. a National

apparently collapsed ,

lation board's machine before it landed.

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Broadcasting Company corrgg. Ilondeht in Manila reported to-

wcre unable to get. out of their I "ism in s broadcast from that

Residents in the sprlnghlll dis-l

trlct where the plnne crashed saidl, “$5,, NBC cnrmponden‘ mm

Von Luckne was reported in command of l2 armed mer- chant ralders in the Souiiv Pa. eifle and believed to be opt-mi- ing from Japanese bases in the Caroline and Ztlarshcii ls- lands.

chine in the collision. They said.‘ the two planes, Harvard training, planes, were flying in company " One seemed to be slightly above, the other. Then they heard wliati sounded like an engine sputtering,‘ and backfiring. suddenly the up-| per plane lost altitude and seem- , ed to "dive into tllP other."

wndent" claimed British troops, rcstricmm o! 5m. ,1“ {Va-e evacuating Greece "in lltilifl- l affect this Dr£§fi€e‘ Hilifivufl‘ ‘ rcris and lllOllbilllflS of little gas-f mnnngpl. of the New fir“ " OllHC ships and sa lbrmts vrh ch for‘ Com 5,.) n .0 C,“ L“, u ‘i S1,J_,__

SMALL LIGHTS COUNT

LONDON - ycey - Ilmcost a bils pilssoiigel" six shilling slxpsilce

($1.37) fne to discover that even flashing a cigaret lighter in o, public convoy-once was against i blackout regulations.

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LONDON, April 2‘7—(CP|—Tlle Royal Air For e dumped cargoes of

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occupied lllinm , Green Tile other mnrhlilc crashed; to a small swamp three-quarters of a mile away. Springhlll is near the auxiliary;

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a raid half-mile mass like a volcanic eruption."

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(Trembles Under British Raid

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