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Training Troops

Royal Air Force continues far

pattern of

violence in Germany.

By EDWIN STOUT

i Associated Press Staff Writer _ uyflpoN, Mhmh l4.—(AP)-—'l‘he Boys! Air Force's powerfully w”.

w.‘ bolflbml M

hum] inst night and eerly today, and mops of its own are being druipped against the day when the

t

.. mey challenge the Nazis on

‘ve qsreed I hr pattern of violence in Germany

disclosed that in-

the Europe an continent.

l n. llnrdiest and sum soldiers of the British and allied armies are y,‘ membled and uracil-II! trainee m- armored barges. each iitted “ p, wry so fighting men and protected by e shield oi steel slittcd u]; prtholcs and guns. an observer mid. ' no details oi the tralnirq and equipment of these Erlgiish Channel (mops cannot be published. Nevertheless it. is pcnnissihlc to re- p“; they have extraordinary fire power and that in a recent test of these units made a forced march oi 20 miles and were able ‘ durge a hill at the end o‘! the manoeuvre.

bile wcst country. r

tamed to llmmand lltal area

' IDNDO March l4.-—(CPl—

.flTha Ad .lty announced to-

‘flght the appointment oi Ad- lini Sir Percy Noble as Com- miller in Cilici of the western wmhcs to Britain, the vital Iml defence area in the em-

"flrfs iiic-or-dcnth struggle Ilill Germany.

‘unlmand oi the main British hill forces for the "battle oi beAtlllntlc."

;. Admiralty officials did not

- the alumna-cement or disclose where Sir Percy is sta- tened but intorrrlcd sources said lie western zlpp -hes com- und has long existed but has Icon extended to meet the Ger- nnU-bont threat and u. new title has been given to the post. The Press Association com- muted:-

"ihe appointment menus that lit Percy will lead Britain's nml farccs in the titanic strug- Ill to be rvllged against enemy who’?! hurrying shipping in the

c .

Sir Percy. til, is reputedly Britain's best-dressed Admiral. lie joillrrl the navy during Queen Victoria's rcign and has

I lid diversified sea-going nnd _ llimlnlstrntlve experience, lie rrtunlrri to Britain short- . lllfter thc outbreak of the war an relinnuisllin command of the - Wine situation.

tierceihhsnt-in llanish plant

By John Lloyd Associated Press Stuff Writer

livable. MurCh l4—(AP)--A more rlcull 4H!) itljilrcd 11nd 2.5m ccuutrd in this city

t [Spun tonight as the 0 an exlp Jslon 01ml.

“ltd the Sillllfi Barbara powder

“the. hundred workers’ homes m d<m llFilt‘(l and concu son Mined wunri-cvs and wrecked

‘°l mo"! iwusss on the edge "it 01b‘. A iuciory being built

All are trained to gut. along on from 24 to 48 hours without, sleep and to live for dnys on minimum rations. -

In this aerial war the Air Minis-

CHARLGTIETOWN, CANADA sAruliioAvfll/IVARCH 1s, 1941

uuz-Wlucurns nous: INGENBIARIES m

Fish. Game Assn. to seek License system

‘m6 principle of issuing license; to anglers and gunners, mo; r351. dent and non-resident. was appl-ov- 61:01.5 111st. n quarterly meeting of the m and Game Association held in

e Board of ‘Trade Rooms last eve- 111ml with President Arthur Gaudet in the chair. There were about 30 Sportsmen present at the meeting.

Much discussion arose over the matter. but it was finally passed “mmlmvvslv by the nteeting with M1" EM“ 108$ Slillsesi-lnlr that e concrete plan be drawn up and pye_ sented to the Government by a com- migteceafl representative of the Fish a1’! Ass .. mcrs’ Ilxlrjsiltuteimmtion um the F“

A Siiklellstiorl that Willow Ptarmh can. from Newfoundland. be intro_ duced into this provincet was con. Iljlifitéd in a letter received from Mr, 1 . W. Shaw. Si. John s. Newfound- and. a native of this province and now Superintendent of Education in the Ancient Colony. It. was felt that. the bird. would be ideal for this climate due to their hardy type. Mr. W. A. Gaudet also sullkcsted that; Prairie Chickens be tried hem,

Principle purpose oi the fish and game permits would be to better fish and some conditions in this Pro- vince. both for residents and as an

Sneakers heard during the meet-

Yugoslav Leaders OpposeNaziA ims

Postpone projected flight to Berlin. To discuss pact with Axis Powers.

By ROBERT 8T. JOHN l — W‘-

, ___._ Associated Press Staff Writer Rumors iiamwks En route to I Middle east

o- slavials leaders was postponed lio- day-indefinitely so far as could be learned-and despite the enormous and continuing pre sure oi the Ger- mans and their partners thiscoun- iJy still remained outside the Axis. Premier Draglsa Cvetkovic and Foreign Minister Alksander Cincar- Markovlc had been scheduled t0 leave in the morning. Noon came. LA LINEA. Spain. March 14 -

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Urges further "Revision of Training plan

OITAWA, March 14.- (CF) — Further revision of Canada's plel for compulsorv military training was urged in the House of Commons w- duv in an afternoon 0f question. comment and criticism on the lor- mer 30-day plan and the present iour-lnontll training period.

Conservative House Leader Han- son urgeci introduction of the sklec- Live imrlclple so men ensued in es- sential war work or needed on farms would not be called and suggested men who undergo compulsory traili- mg .hould be liable for service over- seas as well as in Canada.

Hon. J. G. Gardiner. Minister of National War Service, said new reg- ulations t0 cover the four-nlonlh training period pian would give ad- lnillistrative Boards discretion in crises of hardship but made no pro-

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Two German

By ALFRE

raiders dropped clusters 0i fire early today in a renewal oi tllei The Nazis struck heavily, t

l-rbwrlntlon Delivered. en.oo l P I. l». “.001 Canada Ind U. l. “.00

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Capital therRaidl

In New Qffensive

raiders sh

t

down last night.

0 E_ WALL

Associated Press Staff Writer LONDON, March l5.~—(S3llll'(lZi)')——(.'\l')——- Gt-rumn

all‘ bolllbs on London 121st night and r nocturnal assaults 0n lllc city. o0, at a southwest coast town.

Those incenrlizlries which fell in the streets of London were

attraction for tourists. it was sold. “m?

and with it the explanation "maybe Monday."

L-ntcr. the day of their probable departure was put at Wednesday. By nightfall, Yugoslav informants mentioned no date.

A report that. Berlin had refused to discuss Yugoslaviws proposed compromi e-that she be not requir- ed to loin the Axis at once, but merely to declare her friendship with the notion oi’ sllming up inter r trying to appease pro-British sentiment here—appea.red to have

tAPl-Various officers attach-act to the Canadian general staff RlTlVCll at Gibraltar today, according to reports reaching this adjacent city. The some sources said a contingent nf Canadian troops was expected shortly en route probably to Libya.

(Last Wednesday in London lhc Dominiclls office announced lllill Australian and New Zerllnnrl trout» had been sent. from Britain to flgll in the middle east.)

try MiPOYl/Ul today that s me o',L',,

H. included Hon. W. H. Dennisrlhlmi-leiheverymmg

the most vital pomts in the Naz. war macllllle—Hclnburg.Br<nlen and Emdcn-wcrc i111. in OVPYIIlRhl ot- LBCKS. along with vit-nl objectives in the occupied Netherlands

Heaviest Assault

The assault on Hamburg was d9. scribed officially as the heaviest in all the long 592.05 delivered on that, major city. Bcmb explgslns and mat ilrcs were declared to have left the shipbuilding yards, the docks and uni-e trolls-cs in a red chaos; to have nddcd rubble to iihflt left in a similar ruld tho night before. _

Off the Norwegian coast. n German supply ship was said to have been hlt Sqlillioly on m.» Stem and ohhrr Nazi vessels in that, are“ fmlclllrle-gunnvd.

01f the Fhfslnn Islands. near the Nirih Sea Coast oi Holland and Germii-‘il’. Pl 3.0004’!!! German sup- ply ship wus sunk by a (hr-perk, lnimcllcd by n British. plane, the Ministry nddsd.

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Forecasts Momentous Bharges in Japan

TOKYO. lvinrcll I5.—1Snturdny)._

—(AP)-—“Monlcnl.tltls" political and governmental changes for JBDllll are expected April 3; the newspaper Asnlll clzllnlcd today. with Premier Prince Fulninlzlro Konoye heading a

"grout cast A>ln lcugim" in u pro-

grnm described as "distinctly Jop- anesc” although bnsctl on models originated bv Gcrlnuny nnd Italy.

It was aid that n single political party was likely, stclnlning from the imperial rule assistance associa- ticn. which Knnovc heads.

Ill lilo new nrrangcnlcnt some minor crlbillcl lllungcs arc probable but high sources said Prince Konove llinlsiF-‘i ililil/Dlllllfltliy would remain, since he i. rcputvti to have the full- cst. confidence 0i thc Emperor, and no one is in a position to be able to replace him.

Asnhl said Count Yoriysatl Armi-

mrl nnd Gcnernl Shigvru Holllo were,

expected to l)f‘COlll(‘ vice-presidents of the Great East Asia league.

British have 20,000 Italians “0n the run”

rviinister of Agriculture, Mr. W. R. Show. Deputy Minister oi Agricul- HXYEJSDQCIB] Coll table Spurgecn Jenkins. Mr. R. E. Mulch. ester ACQY". 1530f“? 11188. Mr. McLaren and Sgt. Major I-l. Vessey,

1!! 1115605811’!!! the Home situation on the Island. Constable Spurgeon Jenkins stated that he had been in several localities since the sleet

(Continued on page B. Col 4)

Heavy decline In milk cows In P. E. l., Man.

OTTAWA. March l4 (GP)- Canada's cattle population was one per cent higher at. Dec. l. 1940, tllnn at the same date in 1939. the Dominion Bureau of Statistics re- ported today. Cattle on farms Dec. 2i, i940 were estimated at 8.315.800 head compared with 8.244.100 on the some date the previous yenr.

Increases were shown in On- tnl-lo. Saskatchewan. Alberta and British Columbia. but. slight de- clines occurred in Manitoba nnd Quebec rind “more substantial" re- ductions were noted in the Mari- time Provinces.

Number oi milk cows declined sllghfiy. the report. added.

Greniost- dcclinc in milk

COME“

wnrri Island.

Number of sheep on farms Dec 1 was 2.688.800. n gnin of 1.3 p01‘ cent ovcr the 2.653.000 on farms at. ‘Dec. i. 1930. Declines occurred in ‘ii-he Maritime Provinces.

An increase .oi seven per cent was shown in number of hens nnd chickens 0n itmus. with all prov- inces recording gains. The turkey pflpllllltlflli. was 2.8 per cent great- er.

Halifax to he Terminus for T.0.A. planes

(YITlAWA. March i4.——(CP) —Be— ginning 0n or about. April 1. planes of Trans-Canada Airlines will fly from Montreal to Halifax instead of making Moncton. N.B., their east/em terminus. P0 tmsstxzr General Mul- ock announced today in the HOB-W “(Ictoxltlvifiorllgb-fiwd later that while planes from Montreal will fly on t igcilities for the line will remain at

was ill Manitoba nnd Prince Eri _

Halifax, the hangar and repair_

_ UITAWA, idarch 14 —(CPl r The German response to this ef- Mal-Gen. H. D. G. Crel-ar. chic‘. fort. oi Regent Prince Paul and his cf the general staff. tonight said he advisers was understood to hive lhad "no comment whatever” on un- been an objection that e mere de-‘confirlned reports from La Linea, claratlon of friendship would ilOlilspaifl, concerning Canadian troops contain the essential “military overseas, dauile"_mesumably 9- 131mm? re‘ All Associated Press dispatch qulrlng Yugoslavia to demobllizellerygrom La Lin”, Sam reports “new “Tmv mid Rive the N5“ fight 0t ing that town were that various galidué 5mm‘- at G799“ u they 5° officers attached to the Canadian ec e . .. ~ . n». Bur-r» cam-i i1» r&‘§t“‘..if.“§.'..§€.il"t€. *:*..§':::::1::: patches‘ anparently inspired by mains saying a contln erlhoi Cinqdiln Axis. alleging that the new Govern-ltroonfi w“ expectgfl ghomy- in

0r oi Grecian ace might formlmute probably to Libya

a separate. autonomous government‘ there favorable to the Germans -—a sgfiiztisititiixrll that the Nazis murht be Seek early . . Gluslng of N. B. I Liquor stores

Reports-precise origin notknmvru -were put out to the effect that the Croats, who live in northern Yugotravia. wuuld----nnt~~reslslr~arly German military ore sure and might even ask the Germans in if they were promised independence. The Germans medlcteri that Yu- goslavia would sign. and. within a week: that (geece thusdviggldmbe r o eace an - ww- Qfflit“ m commune any aggfes- FREDERICTON, March l4.-—(CP) SM: acuony. —A resolution favoring the closing ___ of all liquor stores in New Bruns- wick no later than 6 um. every week- day except Saturday and no later than 1 pm. on Saturday. was puss- ed unanimously in the Legislature today. This would applv for dur- ntion oi the war. ‘The resolution was moved by op- position lender Hugh Mackay. sec- {élcifd by F. C. Squires (COILCHYIB- n .

Premier McNalr said he had al- ways been sympathetic toward any _ move to keep a check on the u c of

liquor. There had been a proposal

OTTAWA, March l4 -—(CP) - for the sole oi light wines and beer

‘ppcsition lender Hanson charged in hotels, but this was something . the House of Commons today with which he could nevvr agree. out a large portion of lumber re HE Offered to support thc reson- quired for building (he Dgbeyg, N, tion if its preamble were clcleicrtns s" military camp was mug-m, he considered it not in nccor through a Truro, bL 5.. insiu-ance agent, H. J. Mackenzie who was in no um" interested in the lumber business.

"And llc was my honorable friend's campaign manager in the last Dominion election," he added, waving his hand in the direction 0f G. T. Purdy (Lib. Colchesterl.

"I would ask my honorable frlcnd to withdraw the statement that Harry J. Mackenzie was my ".?\lllll"l_Q'il manager," Mr. Purdy in- tcrjecfed.

"All right. if the honorable nlem- ber denies that. he was his cam- paign manager I will take that back." snld Mr. Hansen. "But he Wfls a life insurance agent."

Mr. Hanson said that an expert

llanscn charges Patronage in Lumber contracts

Present closing hours for the liquor l. ores in range from 6 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.. said the Premier.

Roosevelt to Speak tonight; Aid on way

By J. F. SANDERSON Canadian Press Strait Writer WiASHINGTON. lviurcll l4.—(A

W‘ nously.

(Continued on page a, col a1)

llear vessels Arc sunk

P)

terms of the Lease-Loud Bill Dre- ceded today an announcement President Roosevelt that he

Britain

vision tor cxelllprions.

Along with his suggestions, Hanson W8.._Sl11i.l‘l)lY critical of tile cost of erectlnll training centres iur

Resources Mobilization Act, stunmer.

He snid that in the haste to get .111) centres uptrutuli." no wizard was uni to lilo interests oi tile tax- l-nf/ers. Llilil “'21s particularly critical pi. tile cost of the reserve armv iralnlnlz centre at Fredericton and he active army camp at Debert. N:

last

Mi‘.

mun called up under the National

doused by lire watchers with the practised ease of a mun stepping 0n a nlutch. Other bombs put rooftops in flzlllles, but they also were soon extinguished.

In a short Wllllfi, London was quiet again.

By midnight, two German raiders had been reported shot down Irrirlay’ night—0ue into the sea off the east coast and RnOlllCfl For the defence oi Thurii

day night e record score of L h d Nazi raiders was tallied-in- t 3 eluding one destroyed by an s unexplained method of defence. British authorities said the Ger-

iact Messrs Macknv nnd agreed to withdraw the preamble,‘

and the resolution carried unnlli-

New Brilnsuiick

-A government tatcment that war hattlrirmt. cxhortm supplies from the United Slams are on their way to Britain under the d

by would broadcast a 30-minute address to- morrow night on defence and aid to

Henry Stimson. Secretary of War.

I I n Need Selective Draft "'I‘hc:c should be .ome form oi sc- w. our ..' A s ' s - arm ‘ . who can not be spareglircm bongo‘? Opposition to Drflhibltion “as being salt.‘ tile Opposition Leader. ‘anti-social and morally 11115011116 Mr kiullsor salu he ecllslrieredthe was expressed today in a memor- fonl-nuanrii plan 1m improvement anclum laid before the Dominion over the 30-day plan. because ltwus Government by the trades and 1a.- unsctlnr‘. to give a man partial train- bor congress oi Canada. mg anu then return hlm b0 civilian The memorandum said: fe- “While we believe t at this is s matter that lies with n the Jim!- cllction of provincial governments.

OTTAWA, March l4 —-(CP)

The plnn was still weak be- cause thc Government retained

mans had dealt damaging blows Thursday night to the silipbtulci- ing centre of Glasgow. and b0- nigllt the Royal All‘ Force was called upon w fight off new st- tecks as air raid sirens sounded in London.

A hint. that Britain has de- veloped a “secret vrezlpon" to illS< courage night bombings was seen in an air ministry communique which said "no less than 11 of the enemy fell to our fighters, one was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and one was destroyed by othcr

we reco nize that, nevertheless, cer- tain nu hority might also rest with the federal government.

For this reason we desire to pre- sent the decision of our last con- vention which was that we reaf- firm our opposition to prohibition "as being anti-social and morally unsound."

British plane Lands at sea; Pilot rescued

DUBLIN. March 15 ~ (Saturday) /(CP) —Tl1e government informa- tion bureau announced early day that n, British plane made a forced landing in the sea near Dublin about l0 p. m. Friday and that, the pilot was rescued lminlur- ed

~0reeks cut up l

no right to use the services of the men who would be trained “Wilt ill Canada -— and the front line, according w the Govcmmcntis own statements. was overseas.

"Whv hasn't the government had the courage to go the whole way and retain the right; to the services of these men for the defence of Canada over there?" he asked.

Crlticizing the cost of the camps. Mr. Hanson said much oi the lum- ber for the Debert project was bought from an insurance agent hauled Mackenzie at Truro, NS. He described a price oi $35 per thou- smul feet paid for hemlock lumber as "scandalous?

Construction of the Fdederlcton camp, Mr. Hanson :aid. had been placed in charge of Hayward Allen. “n Libcrnl zone captain."

“To tell me the camp at fTedel-ic- ton cost $254,000 is to advertise to the country government incompet-

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This was the second such incl- deut in 24 hours. A British plane eshed Thursday night in county Louth, Northern Eire. and the pilot was injured.

During the day yesterday. Eire anti-aircraft batteries fired at an unidentified plane which flew over Dublin Bay.

Prime Minister Eamon De Valera told the Dnil of this neutral coun- try yesterday that "if circumstan- oes got so baxl that SllPh steps were needed. the govcmmen might have to examine its right to direct the use of private property." He spoke in connection with the increasing problem of supplies.

iilydeside has Damage from raid

0f Fascists

By J. Reilly O'Sullivsri_ Associated Press Staff Wrltm‘

ATHENS. March 14-(AP)¢- Tlle Greeks said tonight that their defence against a furious Italian (ffonsive had cut ulp five Fascist divisions in the 1115i. 16W days and that Milssolirll, who allegedly 07d‘ cred the drive. mil-St 80 bflvk i=0 Rome from Albania "covered with shzlmc." For patches from the front, _ disclosures by Italian prisoners.

have said that I1 Duce was at the his men t0 ry by Satur-

several days Greek. dis- based on

. l GLASGOW, March llr-(CP OABhEl-Jllhe Clydeside was recov- ering tonight from a heavy air st- tack which rendered many home- less, damaged industrial property and caused fires.

Bocrl-bed-ouy, victims were accom- odated tempwarlly at rest centres. A majority hope to be able to re- turn to their homes soon.

(lcllvcr n decisive vlc a

“Iyt urns stated here tonizht. MW“ ever, that tho Greeks not onl have beaten bak the Italian attnc s but; also have made local gains after in- flicting great losses en their ene- mles.

means." "Other Means"

Official quarters wen tight-ll - ped about. the significance of t 0 words “other means“. While some sources said it might simply mean the air ministry was not certain how the 13th raider was account- eri for. authorities are known tn have been working to perfect s device they describe as something-s tremendous forward in licking the night raid-

Two hints of its nature have been offered publicly recently. references in Parliament to bar- rage balloons which fly higher and carry "lethal" cables. and pub- lication by the Press Association Thursday of what it called on it- allan report oi n "new English

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ANGELIES. March IL-(AP)

LOS disclosed that transfer of wnr ma- —F. Floyd Soto. shiuDinR aitentsaid

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