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Military observers believe enemyis patrol activity is aimed at picking out weak spots.

(By M, Reilly 0'8uiiivan, Associated Press Staff Writer) ATHENS, April 13—(AP)-Gerrnan mechanised forces felt cau- tiously today for Weak spots in the Greek-British main defence line while the Royal Air Force lashed out at troops on the move behind the

Nari lines.

Advices from the front said that after the Germans were repulsed with henvy losses in the ill-mile stretch between Phiorino and Vanitiia, two minor German attacks were tried and also failed.

A Greek communique reported “restricted contact activities", pre- sumzrhly in the Phlcrina-Vanitsa area of the northwest and in the

Yurrinr Vuiieycn the northeast.

,\ British communique likewise said “our patrols have been in touch with the enemy in the Monastlr (Bitoli) gap area " but added there was no report of further British-German fighting.

humour Sends message To Yugoslavs

LONDON. April l3—(CPl—Prime Minister Churchill tonight broad- pcas‘: n message to the Yugoslavs ' lthat the “British Empire is fight- l/lng with you and behind .us is the proof. democracy of the United Sinus with its vast. and ever-in- creasing resources.“

lie told the Yugoslavs they had been attacked by a “ruthless bar- barons aggressor," adding: -

“Your capital has been bombed. your women and children brutally murdered.

"Our cities in England. too. hive been bombed by the same insen- snte foe. Our women and children have been murdered.

"Our sympathy for you. there- fore, is heartfelt. for we are shar- ifig the some sufferings."

The Prime Minister said the Yugoslavs are makin heroic re- sistance against formidable odds and thus "proving true to Your grent traditions.“

Yugoslav Premier Replies

NEW YORK. A ril 13-(AP)— The BBC said ton ght that the

Yugoslav Premier, Gen. Dusan Slmovlc. replied to Prime Minister Churchill's broadcast of encour-

agement with a declaration that Yugoslnvs “do not entertain the lileu oi surrender." i

"We shall fight to the and for our freedom for Balkan unity and lords Europe oi free PEODWS." he

id . CBS heard the broadcast.

Americans to Leave Istanbul -

ISTANBUL, April i3-(A.P>-‘1‘he American consulate is drafting new instructions to Americans who can lcnve the Istanbul area, it was loomed today. About 300 Ameri- cans are still in Turkey, mostly in (he Istanbul area.

SERB ARMY INTAQT .__s.__._

YSTANBUL, Turkey. April i3- (APr-A Yugoslav spokesman in Ankiun said today 95 r cent of W’ Serb army was sti intact and continuing to fight. One fourth of the‘ Cr'oat armies also are still in

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These advices, military observers_ said, meant that the Germans had barged up against an obstacle and were now trying to find any_soft spots while bringing up more masses oi men in southern Yugo- slavia for their next attempt.

These reinforcements, however. were subjected to a pounding from the air, particularly in the vicinity of Bitolj. Yugoslavia.

The British air command said many hits were registered on Ger- man motor convoys around Bitolj while another RAF. formation dealt out the same treatment to motor vehicles proceeding toward the port of Valonn, in the Italian- held portion of Albania.

Dispatches received during the week-end said the hard Greek armies of the allied left lank had battered heavy German attacking forces and thrown them into re- treat in the first real test of the Greek-British defence line thrown up across northern Greece.

0n a IZ-mile front German pan- cer divisions-tanks. armored cars and machine-gun motorcyclewfol- lowed by motorized infantry, broke against the Greek lines.

“They were repulsed and retreat- ed, suffering losses," the Greek of- ficial spokesman said.

This action took place Friday and. from the tone of Saturday's Greek high command communique,

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General Captured

IDNIDN, April l8 —(CP) —The war office announced last night that Mai-Gen. Adrian Carton De- wiart "has fallen into enemy hands whilst on his way to the middle cos ."

The announcement gave no de- tails, but; military sources said he was en route to the middle east by plane. They said tlfey did not know how lie come into axis h .

Gen. Dewiart led the British for- ces in Norway last year.

Cermkzns Make Rapid Drive To Egyptial Border ‘g

Axis armies drive to near point where, British offensive began last December

To evacuate

From Eire towns

DUBLIN. April id-(Ciu-Prlme Minister Devalere raid in o. broad- cast today that plans for the eva- cuation of women and children from Eire towns must be complet- ed without. delay.

"Death and sufferin not be able to avoid i we are ct- tecked," he said. "but we shall be certain that they will not be in vain by completing and perfectin the organisation and training o our manhood in several notional services. ' ‘

“if we have to take up arms-we shall know the cause is lust.

"I many timcs have warned you or the dangers which threaten us Although we wish well m nil peo- plec, we have no desire to quarrel

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1Popc Pius Renews plea to Warring ilations

Urges All Catholics To Redouble Pray- ers for Early and Just Peace.

Bylklchard G. Msscock Associated Press Staff Writor

VWPICAN CITY April l3 -(APi Pope Pius XII besought the bel- ligerent nations in an Easier Sun- day message to refrain from using "still more homicidal instruments of warfare" and urged all Catholics to redouble their po-ayers for an early universal and lust peace.

He likewise urged upon "the pow- ers cccubylnr territories during the war" that they deal “justly. hu- manely and providently" with the peoples under their domination.

‘Prudent and helpful hilmanitar- ianism is the commendation and boast of wise generals." he observ. ed. "And the treatment of prison- ers and civilians in occupied areas is the surest indication and proof of the civilization of individuals and nations.

“But above all remember that “Don the manner in which you deal with those whom the fortunes of war put in your hands mev depend the blessing or curse of God upon your own fatheriand."

The Poniiff spoke for 20 minutes. beginning at 1.03 p. m from hi; Dill/Hie librsry after cancelling his cirstomary Easter Sunday nnnenr- nnce on the St. Peter's Locéir: for all? dehvefy of the Easter blessing.

‘re benediction like the messzvzc. was broadcast over the Vatican gitv rodio. Afterward priests rend trans- lations of the message in French Enirlish. Spanish, Portuguese, 591-1 man. Polish. Dutch and Hungar-

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Nazis claim Capture of ' Belgrade

BERLIN, April l3.—(AP) mim Panzer units rolled into Bel-. grade. Yurzoslaviols abandoned cam-l tel. shortly after dawn today, the Nazi high command calmed. lust a; week to the day after launching itsl twin campaign irizainst that Balkan country and Greece.

The entry was reported in a com-l munique which claimed other Axis,’ victories in North Africa. l Nazi mechanized units from the south moved into Belgrade, the high command claimed, after small groups of storm troopers from the north had entered the city.

(There has been no confirmation of this clnim from Yugoslav sources». The high command. still silent on land operations against Greece, claimed that. at Nazi-occupied Zag- reb, capital oi‘ Crontio. 22 generals. including two armv commanders. 20ft other officers nnd 12.000 men nod, been seized. _ lThis cnim, too, was unconfirm-

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it claimed Italian occupation of Llubllana. capital of Slovenia. Hungarian troops were reported here to have broken through Yugo- slav bc-rder fortifications north oi Osiick, a town on the Drava River. 20 miles below the border. and be- tween the Danube and Theiss (Tlsa) rivers. (Reports received in London from Yugoslavia told . ct. successful coun- ter-aitaclts against the Germans by Yusnslav forces Bi‘. various points). Other Axis successcs— Domination oi Bardla. Libya nort 10 miles from the Ezvrotinn border in North Africa. and the sinking of 15 British ships, totalling 75.922 tons in the Atlantic, __wem' claimed in special common»,

GU85. 1 ('I"he claim that 1s ships were!

OTTAWA, April lit-—(CP) - The year s first survey party of gcologhis to hunt for new mineral deposits W111°11 W0ll1d help Canada's wan- ef- forts is already on its way the Northwest Territories. It is headed for a location north of _Yellowknife and tiw 1111115113113; eaiiv start has been made so the

SIllll-‘fi lids not been substantiated in. Oil Oil .

There were renorlo hm? °T “ew around cluhes between German and British troops in Greece. but the high command shed no light 0h them.

party may reach its destination be- fore the scrim: breakup. thereby‘ fiilnlinr more than two weeks in the‘.

l The party is headed bv A. W, Jul. liffe. geoloizist of the Department of 1 Mines and Resources and is the first, of more than 50 parties which will do out across Canada as soon as the warm weather sets in. Department spokesman declined to make public the‘ mineral outcrop- Ding that has taken Mr. Jolliffe and his associates nori-h at so early a dole. but admitted if the geologists found favorable indications there a development would follow that would be of considerable assistance in war-

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Bardis, reached the _ tian-Liizvan border. and are figh in the area around Sclum. informe smnoessc-id

'I‘hus the Axis force has driven to within a few miles of the point from which British forces launched their Libyan offensive lest Dec. il- an offensive that carried tlrm well beyond Be ssi.

Th riti command acknow- Germans en Bardic. 10 miles west. of the Dimi- tinn frontier. and that firrhtintr is going on around Tobruk. 80 miles wmt of Birdie--

The Royal Air Force said that its fighters and bombers etteckqi end dispersed tanks and other Acds ve- hicles drawn up for attack near ‘Ito-

brglhce the Germans star-bed their - counter-drive. the British command has strennihened its forces consid- erably in the western desert. it was felt hero also that the fleet». which helped rout the Italians. would play

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rem, April 13 —(CP) " RglEgiNOI Manitoba's confirm“ 8°" . men; in me April Z12 provincial teelenction ivns ossliffii “W11 0mm“ nominations closed yesterday ‘ma; iii of the 5a lcgislniure seas em by ncclamoiion. 1111 11V lmermfilm supporters, and only 20‘ ohm up cnndidatesg in tlée field or mll-lgiingJriihnseiklrackcn. Diem"?! cm“ . . _ _ , tinuously 51h“ 1921 “'1” remngd] by acclamatlon in The Pas. “'1 '1 he represented from i922 to 1933 B5 a Progressive and since i932 as a ‘Liberal-Progressive Five 0W" $25 inet ministers also were ncco to the 1c elected with- out opposition, a total of 9i can- didates filed nominationnaaiwrs ycgklfdfly. Sixty-six of ihficfil alie candidates of various politica a ~ filiation supporting welliivn- Tim‘- ty Qppose the non-partisan 80V- ernment and eight ha" 5931M"! pit-Wives neither for norr agains- fll ton. coFollowing is the division by PM" ties of the 16 candidatu, all coal-l- ticm government suPDOTl-flfi W110 were elected by acclamation. Liberal-Progressives .. .. 10 Conservative . Social Credit .

NOVA BOOTIAN! IN B. O.

HALIIMX, April is -(or=> -One of the reasons why more ships are not. being built tn Nova Septic. is because so many Nova Bcotisns are building them in British Columbia. Tom Reid, ljyrai member of the House of Commons for New West- minister, said on his crrivsi here

R. A. F. continues pounding aimed at putting Scharnhorst

_-Ger_ to the Spanish border.

Single raiders dropped bombs on n g south coast town and in the South-

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out of action.

LONDON, April 18 —(CP) —Stlll seeking to knock out the German raider warships Scharnhorst and Gnelsenau, British fliers bombed Brest today but reported the re- sults of the raid "were difficult to observe."

Besides Brest, British bombers at- tacked Lorient in a continuance of Easter weekend forays against Ger- many and German-occupied terri- tories from i-he North Sea almost

Large fires were reported 110119, the Lorient (locks and at the port's submarine base. The naval ord- nance works were said io be "burn- ing fiercely."

No Alarms In London

London had no alarms during the weekend and Only minor incidents were reported in the provinces.

Wales area. Saturday. causing in- significant damage. Two German fiohters were shot down in» Sat- urday. one by a British fighter over northern France and the swoncl near the French coast.

During Sunday there sits slight enemy aciivi-Lv over the ""1111 and cast. coasts. BomRs were a/bolnt on the Eirst An

~ nor damage. An enrmv bomber ivos shot down by Royal Air Fonts fighters off the Cornish coast.

RJLF. Raids

Daylight. raiding Saturday: result- ed in the following attacks on onc- myd objectives, the air ministry a .

s . Shipping o’ the Netherlands

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Housing contracts Let in Halifax

CYFTAWA. April l3 —(CP) Contracts have been let by War- time Housing Limited for erection of accommodation for 600 men in Halifax. Munitions Minister Howe announced today. The program was called "a step towards relieving the serious congestion which has exist- ed ln the busy ensiem Canadian port since last fall."

The program calls for ion‘: staff houses and 225 single family units. but it is probable more staff houses will be oddcd shortly.

Halifax project is the first to be initiated by the new crown company headed by Joseph Piggott of Hamilton, Ont. Mr. Howe said necessary sites were being ncqulr- ed in Halifax and construction will begin soon.

Salvage Drive begins This week

OTTAWA, April l3 —(Oi’l —\VIH‘ services department. officials said tonight, on,tlie cve oi lnuiv-hmg of the DfilllllllOll-Vllidt‘ salvage cam- paign. that United States offrcinls are interested in forming a similar policy appllcdble to that country.

"The United States department" of production management is great- ly attracted by Canadian enterprise in this matter," William Knight- ley, campaign supervisor, said. "They are therefore watching Can- ada's campaign to save waste mat- erials to see how public co-operat- ion i.s achieved, to loam the most economic methods of collection and

to discover the ways in which waste cm be turned back into tn- duslrrtei channels."

Tomorrow, the cam offic- ially gets under way wt meet-

ings, pandas. end other activities in all sections of the country. To aid in the task of selecting more useful waste materials, pamphlets have been circulated by the depart- ment, containing a list of mam-- leis necessary to war industry and giving details of organizing. col- lecting. bnd disposing of salvage.

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Death of Mr. Borden A. Box

Borden A. Cox. 29-year-old Ohar- lotmtovrri. man died unexpectedly at his home, 262 Grafton Street, Sat- urday evening. His passing come as a great shock to both his Saintly and to a wide circle of friends and ac- quaintances.

He had been complaining of feel- ing unwell Saturday but continued at his work. that of city salesman for o. wholesale mercantile firm. He continued at work throughout» the day and had returned to his home and ivus preparing to partake of his evening meal when he was

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Mr Cox ivns o. native oi this city, the srrn oi Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Cox. He resided here all his life and enioyed a wide circle of friends l-lc was prominent in local spur: cirlcs. playing at different times on buscbrill. hockey. football and bask- ctbfll and bowling. Only rr-reniljv he played with the Grads Brisket- ball team and was slated to play a- gain Saturday night.

lie irns a mrmbor of No. i‘ Dis- trict Signals. R.C.C,S., (Reserve ar- my) nncl rwmpicicd n training COUTIQ litre I i winter.

Surviving nrc his wife and three . small children. His parents. Mr and ‘ Mrs. Reginald Cox, Ch-nrlottctovim.

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Miss Marjorie Cox. Mrs. Harald iloiratt. Frank Cox and Leonard Cox. all of Chnrlotletoivn.

Funeral services Will be held from St. Paul's Anglican Church, follow- ing a private service at his home. i311“ ‘"111 be in the people's ceme-

Says no knowledge 0f plebiscite at St. Pierre-Miquelon

HALIFAX. April infcrunirnt in Sr. Pierre-Miquelon cabled The Canadian Press today that ncihuig was known of a re-l port-ed plebnciie to determine whe-1 iller the islands would give alleg- iance to the Vichy government or the Free French movement.

(Ed Poulnlir, City Clerk of St. Boniface, .\Iflll., and a nnizvc nf St. Pmric-lvizqiiclori, said April l0 he 11nd received a letter from there saying a plebiscite on the question was being taken.)

"Such news should not be taken seriously." said the cable received

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KINGSTON, Ont. April l3 —(C- P) — Lac. J, M. Reardon of South- port Lancasliire England was kill- od instantly curly today and Flt. Li. J. A. Tmne oi London. England. was iniurcrl sm-iousiv when their training plnuc crashed nenr hero.

Both were Rcival Air Force men tralninc in (‘annvla under the Brit- ish Commonwealth air training plan.

'l‘hc training pinne- rvns over Co‘.- ill‘. i near hcre when the cork- nli lw-l‘ i’fl have cuuoht fire, T‘: wn Il§l'l“"-"lllll' nlionmtvd to lmrl the burning plane but it crnsliwl about n mile from the Nor- mrm Rogers alrdrome.

WWNNIPEG, April 13 ._rCPi Lac. A. F‘. Lloyd of Chcltenhom. Ens- was killed instantly yesterday when his lvirvnrd training nlfme crashed durlnz acrobatics nbou’ lhirec miles west. oi Firdnlo. \i’n.n. iOO miles west of Winnipeg. Rove‘- Canndiwn Air likrrcc officials an- nnimrcri._

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Visit Roosevelt

OTTAWA April l3.—-(CP)—Prime. Minister Mirckenzle King is expected‘ to icave Ottawa early this week for! l-lie southern United Siuics to visit‘

No definite Lillie had been iixed todav for the Prime Minister's de- nurture. but it wns believed he would leave not later than Tuesday.

InlDori-nut IlIPVCiODIIICIIIS in Cana- (lllill-Ullli-Pil States relations may follow the convcrsziiions bctwceutlle old friends.

Mr. King has already told nears- prmcrmen he and the President will talk about "everything under the,

Bu! the occasions on which tllei tlru have mot lll recent years. both‘, in Cnnnda and the Unite-d States: always with an outward appearance.

of casual, friendly interchanges‘. brought discussions on one viery l specific sub ct — the defcncc ofl

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ST. JOHN'S. Nfld., April 12-- iCP CubicivCol. hinurlce Welty commander" of American forces in

hero in reply’ to a query by The Cllllllfllllll Prcsa “No knoivledgp of any plcbiwitc to be hold hcrc,“ the cubic added.

(Communication with Si. Pierre- Miqirelon, controlled by lite Vichy government, is subject to French censorship.)

Newfoundland, lauded “the cor- ' relations bctircen Uniict: siuivs and local uufhurilics nnu the pleusnnl associations cxisimi: DPIWIRPll we Americans and tiu i gPllPYfll iluhliiz" in u slauuncut is- I sued lOtlill‘. It. was prompted by