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CI-IARLOTTETOVVN, CANADAIFIIIDAY, MAY 24, 1940 I

Jnuunl Bnbncrlvtion Delivered 5.5.00 My ll|\.l|-l'.l'I.l. l

.000: (nnutlu mill I 2 aiii-i)

General Estimates

. Slashed To

Provide

For TWar Expenditure

Public Works-Frojects

lrges Canadian Firms Speed-up liar Production

grrAwA, May 23 --(CP)—'I‘he munitions and supply’ derx-irtment u no set objective for stepping pproclilciion of aircraft in the bnilnion bu‘ urges manufacturers ‘osicp on Lhc gas and push their ion to flle limit.“ a department- jofifelal sriid today.

lii London, Viscount Caldecote, oinlnious Secretary. In a message ttlif‘ Domuiions, said "one air- line immeduiiiiiyi is worth l0 in r mom‘ ."

The Depiwiuient here is request- giucreasi- in aircraft production lIl0il! the line. ironi parts to mpjmn fighting planes, and snuiaciurcrs are indicating their sire to Slflie to meet demands.

leterans Home iuard Formed

TITAWA. May 23 -_—(CP) -—A oe oi ox-service men to be known "the irctcrzins home guard" for tPIOlGCIlOH of military property i"auy other purpose that may f0ll7id necessary,” will be cs- illshed immediately Defence

ulster Rlliicrs told the House of '

iimous tonight,

ir. Rogers said the veteran

re would be uniformed and arm- as a military force andavould

under command of officers who veterans of the First Great

r.

i the inltinl stages the force will slit of l2 companies oi 250 each, ted in each of the military dis- t! and 1o be orzanlr/il by the riot officer commanding.

he Gnvcituiicnt believed this e, totaiiu: 3,000 men. would be itiate for tho needs now envis- d but that it ivould be enlarg- .i neccswirv,

E. I. Included Mail Subsidies

ITAWA Jilly 23- (CP) —'I'h€ f ti-‘lllllfllvfi. tabled in the ie of Commons tonight by Fin-

Ml-lllfivl‘ Itulston showed $1,- W in be asked of Parliament llllill subsidies and steamship Plllh ii dccrcase oi $372,-

‘ _ t. 50 was approp- viliich ivns not required for land the other decrease $640 in administrative owls ircie estimated for the "I veal" at $0.060. Iislsfliwilllizvniuil subsidies and ‘d’ b sulncnt-ions were In.

ash §fllirls and the Magdalen >eiD5iUHC€ between 337.500; a “fwd T-“lflllrl and Nova i Beriice between $30_000_

Dropped And

O'I'I‘A\V.A. May 23 —(CP) -Fstl. mates tabled by Finance Minister

Riilstou in the Commons tonirht and corwizi: alI requirements ex- w» tlic v ~ ioi-ilisd 5448055805

and the min.sici' announced hc dirl not. expect any supplementary or special cstimntrw, ' int! these estimates with . iuinplciiieiitxiry’ and spe- cial estimates your, there is a. reduction of S 17,785 "Public Work i‘l have to take a

holiday.” the minister (‘Xlildinrirl Not. only will there be no new works but manv works already; started will ' nniintieri

The mu" sod the hrynq in a press thnt the pub-

. 'l llc would reiidiiy lillt up with the inconvenience in thcsc critical times resulting from dropping Pnbiji; Works yirojects,

‘The only national defence ex- penditures proviiicrl for. are those for purpcscs “rv-hci- than \l'"il‘ " ‘These esiima =: amount to $170,470 com. pared ...i 503000000 in the i030- 40 estimates. llwreascs iii tho estiviiafi‘: were recorded In nII liui seven n! the Governmoiit lirnrllitxs for which aw- pronriatiovs arc |ll‘l"l‘. Thcs» vrre Civil Service Comiiilssi "l, F‘ . lkprirtmcnt. (‘inner ionnrul nnj Licutcnunl-(‘iovoriio Natirna‘ Re- ‘scnue, Postnfllcc, ___ no .\ilnls‘ci"s office and Privy Cuncil,

War Effort Extra

The estimates do not include ihc war effort exiwiirliiuro which arc cove-rod by the 8700000000 resolu- tion now before tho Timur‘. Ad- ditional exnenrlituv on th~ Rovril , Canadian hfuuntcii Police is also taken out of lrc ivnr vote The entire cos’ of tho Depart- If of hiiniittons and Simply is tot-on out of i‘|» war vote. The m"ii=tci~ o:I'\‘."ln£‘i'i that of the MHOCOOJIPO "i l-H.‘ vr-aris mulu esti- mates, $200000 00o wins uncon- trollnlwle fill’! 500000.000 was for salaries so "n rv,“\' place ihcv could he wlfltlcd to nnv crcat ex- tcnt ivns in tho rivndlniiic @0000"- (‘00 and in contolohfe votes In the sunplemcntiirics. i In the case o.’ "larics some rc- ] ductinns hurl ‘no '''' possible in ll‘-'\l'l<- l

fcrrlnrz rffi ~ '\' civil posts to ‘ those l'\ w: a " . ' t‘~ and riccriid- ingly llll'l(‘I‘ tli.» war vote. The ‘For-

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"idly. May a4 ii-ru-s-za-zi is Wllishirg pf Mmm I layers resent i-isii ““"-i‘;‘$;i.§?ii‘i!it an“. (Jllll-OQJWQ!‘ Horilldfltlfille? m’ 73th. Admission 10c and -*- I.i—'lI8-5-24-27. "m" River and an» m Chiba "mile lion: until Juno 4m.

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VILLAGE CHURCH.

By GREGORY CLARK

cq-yyflghfl 1940, stai- NeWSIXiPBT 5W1" honors the British and French ennies nothing can outslilne in the eyes 0f

both armies in handling with un- ity the cruel and coldly ealculavxi German

coupon. May Qfi-Whmvel" are about to {melon m their colors, hlsixiry the glorious perionnance oi failing patience and human weapon of refugee columns.

The Germans handled every road junction Ge refugees into the fields. Belgium I interviewed refutlfflfl W escape by German controlled roads. me this terrible stoiy:

"I had sent my family by truck country by back roads. I oerne to

hard along it until I saw at an intersection ahead a 81'9"!) 04 Gfimfi‘ who beckoned me forward. 'I‘hey had a machine-Kiln lef- °1l l’ e l e

of the road.

"They ordered me to pedal back the WHY I had come and wam all civilians off the wads iiiw the fields. been passed along anyway. for the road was abandoned and refugees were toiling over the fields and woods. but I came to a mill l wife shoving n push cart. Among the bogizaeo were two wounded chil-

dren anda dead baby. I pleaded wit iered to help Lliein, but they pushed trig that surely no human being coul where help would be got.

"I heltlfll Flirt of the way arguing with them until I felt I dare 110l- Prom the roadside I watched them Ip-

gocompnny them any further. pmach the intersection. ‘They were 1 Iieard a machine gun. beneath it. "l‘lii- machine gun fired t when I siiw two iii the scnirieii Slllft row I turned and fled.

"'I‘tierc were no other refugees 1n sieht whom this might llflVP been meant as an object lesson. it was merely curiyiug out orders. I took

Refugee Columns. _ To Block Allied Traffic In Murderous Nazi Push

—

i .~~~ . i, mus iioimizii \ND MACHINE}- “milililulfvhifpnful rffiliTiln-nnoonizn DIGILIRIGIIATION - iivaiiiuirv or FRENCH AND iinmsn moors 1N rriuicuvo CONTRAST-PITIABLE scour; IN

their road problem in German fashion, at rman traffic police with machine-guns forced all

In seven or eight 5098mm D5115 0! “an” “d ho in the early confusion had tried t0 An cldcrly Belgian GarnBPInB-fl W14

I sew the barrow stop.

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Decreased

Expenditures Provided For In Other Departments.

cign Exchange Cont-ml Board un- dci" the Bank of Canada, now a large organization is self support- ing through control of excharge.

N0 estimates were possible for losses on wheat, bonus ou apples or assistance to the lobster indus- try the minister explained.

The Imtiter business enjoyed by in the estimated cieiiclt for the Canadian National Railways, placed at $15,-

the rziilivxiys is indicated

000.000 last year it. was 343.750.0130.

The minister expressed the hope the vote for relief of $20,266,000 would not all be required.

No Supplementary Estimates

All expenditures not connected with the war are Provided f0!‘ l" the estimates tabled today. In oth- er years the normal govemmental expenditures were covered in what were known as the main estimates _“-inu; spFClill stipniem-ent.ziry' esti- mates were introduced to certain expenditures such as those for unemployment relief and relief -<, bonusrs, stibsicilcs of a Lem- poi ‘v character and the C. N. R_. flf'll('ll'. Then stimioiiiciitalii‘ (‘Sil- uuitcs were lnfrociucied t0_ take care ct‘ (‘Xl)\‘ll(llllll'(‘5 not. dccidcrl upon at the time the main estimates were, compiled. _

Today's estimates. it is expected. will fake the place of all three and the only other moneys Parliament will be called upon to vote will be for war iilirpcscs.

Ordinary account. 3303367393: capital account. $3455.. _, special‘ account $34.00l.0i7; government-

owncr entemriscs. miilnlv ‘Canad- ian National Railways deficit. $16.-

171173

Tlic total oi s44s.oss,aos a classi- fird as folows: _ _

IlllPlfiCFl on public debt Sfiii-Iufmfl: Old Azze Pensions 370L700: Wfll’ veterans allowance $800000‘. Pcst. office, and a-nd laud mail services

$l.8.‘i0il‘l7; opc-sutton oi airways and airports imrlcr the Depart- mou‘ cf Transport 53ft? 7W’

"F110 not dcrrcuse of 217.783 is the cxiciit to which l. i’. rlcPP-ifivfi effected in other services exceed tiirsr- increases

Principal dccrenses. bv !Il"I‘.l<, arc: Atrriculture 54827000

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and followed on o. bicycle across i dbsfirléd iiiehwev ml vodelled

The message had BIYPBFBIIl-ly and his

n them to leave the road Mill 0f- iiheiid in tragic desperation. Ml- d bar their passage to some town

00 moire-s from the corner when I l saw the figures drop lii- Inna-ts llI iill at iiiti-i-inls. tiitii milking casually iowiirils tlii- bar-

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c. . TURNED THE ATTACK

Germany's furious mechanized u- sault staggered and paused when faced by such guns as this one- a French ‘i5. These weapons, which won fame in the world war, have been used effectively at point- blank range against the ponderous 80-ton German tanks.

Canada Offers All Warplanes Ready To Allies

UPTAWA, May 23 —(CP) — Spuried by the message oi Viscount Caldecote, Dominions Secretary,

that "one airplane immediately is

crnmcnt and. aircraft manufactur- ers will co-operate to push produc- tion of fighting planes to the limit in Canada.

Aircraft firms in many parts of the Dominion immediate! respond- ed today to the request,» Hon. C. D. Howe, Minister of Munitions and Supply, that they introduce clay and night shifts and work a seven-day week to meet the need for planes.

Printi- Minister Mackenzie King told the Commons that the Gov- ernmcnt made an offer to the British Government last Tuesday to “forward at once to the United itiugzioui all the planes oi a. oer- l ifiu type now available in Can- aria."

" ' ier steps oi a similar nature it would not be expedient ‘i0 be publicly, have also been he added,

tiikrii." Viscount CZlldt?C0l,C"5 which was reported from London

ITIGSSHQC‘.

to have been sent to all British Dominions. pointed out the import- ance of <.‘\'(‘l‘_\‘ effort to produce silnvlifis and emphasized the im- mediate need for war planes.

?Polioe Seek Missing Man

Royal Canadian Mounted Police _ l>._z.in n search for Mi‘. W. F. Mc- llugh, Saint. John, N. B. yesterday ‘ afternoon when a. coat and hut, be- l lt‘\'l‘il to be owned by him, were l found at the head of Bruce Stew- ,‘ art and Co's wharf.

Correspondence in the pockets of the coat. indicated that it. belonged l!) Mr. Mcliuuh. a commercial traveller who came to the Province mi a business trip. He arrived in , Charlottetown. May 15th.. and reg- ‘ isterM at. the Queen Hotel. Prior

to coming hcre. the missing man visited Summcrside.

Fnllowinu the discovenv 0i the clothing. in the afternoon, drags:- ing operations were commenced by the Police and were continued ivuhout success until dark last iilizhl. The search will be continued today.

The missing man was a patient in the City Hosipital for a few days and retumed to his hotel Wednes- day. He left. the hotel at. B p. m. yesterday and did not return. Po- iico report that the missing man was seen on the wharf at 9 0 yes- terday morning,

Iii the pocket of the coat fmind on the wharf were telegrams and copies to and from the Pratt. Foods Co.. Guelph. Out... the New Mack Mis- Om Brldsewater. N. B . and the‘ Union Products Co. Mont- rcn .

Police have found that his home address is 22 Peter Street. St. John, N’. B. His car is at, the Queen ilntol. (Thurlottotown. He is ma’- rlod. about. 55 years of one and has been coming to the Province for several years.

(‘ensors Take Mail From U. S. Clipper

HAMILTON. Bcmiudn. ‘Nniy 15- iCPi-Oanaoirs removed H bu: d’ madl today from the Pam-Amerzoan Atikmtic clipper. when was forced Imtheirefrun the Awircsbyhigiti sons ins-i. night mi her eambmind tbrhrt from New rm.

Six nwiii his! wen- deoi-icied for Qemiaoiy, four for Italy. (my; for Pirflillmll. tum fur SWIl-ZQTEIIIII and one cam for Denmark, sivmm, Greece, Spain, Norway mid me Aromas

Meiifuirtremrd u» Bflfiiin mi Mk “l! @II$IG

worth 10 in six months," the Gov- _

Lapointe Tells” 0f Fifth Column Counter-moves

Parliament T 0l d Ofi I

Moves T o Safe-l guard Defence 0f Canada. _1 UITAWA, May 23 -(CP)- Pre- : arranged counter-moves against pos- i slble filth column activities ensue-e Canada against espionage, subver- sive movements and saint-age, Justice . Minister Lia olnte assured the couiifl try today rough a. lengthy‘ staie~. inent he read to the House ol‘ C0ui-‘

mons. When war broke out, said Mr. La-l pointe. the government acted nixinl

by a government committee pointed to studv what should no done in regard w persons oi enemyi nationality. l Moreover, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with a uiiiioini‘ strength of 2.4.50 and still PXPBIKF; mg, had been "watching closehy t‘. ei activities of iorcigru-controllcd ganizatlons in Canada." . The minister declared a Special, committee of Parliament would established to review the szilcguard-l lng measures taken by the govern-i merit. and to make rccoriimendm‘ tionstsfor changes and luiprove-_ en . '

16.648 Aliens Registered

registered in Canada. and 261 ferried. The latter included Nazis. active Nazi sympathizevs, and per- sons suspected from their rccorts as likelv to be active in Nazi pro- paganda or hostile acts. Bulk of the aliens, however. were allowed freed- om and protection of tihulaw so long as they pursued their ordin- ary avocations. _ Mr. Lapointe also referred briefly‘

Communist I

meiit dcelarinu t..'.t* party of Canada an illegal Ofgltfll-

icbritihue cit m

92,030 MCII f Enlisted In Canadian Foroes‘

OfITAWA. May 23 —(CP) —~A total of 92.030 men had enlisted in Canada up to May ll for gen- eral service and overseas. ccssary, according to a reply tabled , in the House of Commons today

crs to a question by T. L. Church iCon. Toronto-Broaclviewi.“ A total oi 26.279 men had gone overseas Enlistments in the Canadian Ac- tive Service Force by military dis- tricts ivcre: No, 1 iLozidon. Ont.) 6,751: No. ‘.2. (Torontoi 17.500: No. 3. (Klngstoni 13.385; No. 4 (Mont- real) B,345; No. 5 (Quobeci 4.910: No. 8 (Halifax) 10.721; No.

peg) 7,099; N0 ll IVlClOTlRi 6,- 848; No 12 (Ricglnui 4.718: No l3 (Calgary) 6,04l~ and military dc- ionce headquarters, Ottawa, 1.285.

The minister told H A. Bruce (Con. Tbronto-Parkdrilci that all men in the ist Division were‘ physically re-examined before go- ing to England. Those who ivere not, X-rnycd upon enlistment. have since been X-ruvcd. and dnrinq the period between Sept. 1. i930. andi Dec 31. 1939, 1.339 cases oi chcstl conditions were admitted to Iiospit- 1 al.

27 Airmen Cet Wings

CAMP BORDEN. Ont., May 23-

(CP) -.Alr Marshal W. A. Bishop pinned today the golden wings oi the Royal Canadian Air Force to the breasts oi 2'7 iledglings from all rta oi Canada and two from 1mg and who became pilot officers ln a ceremony before 1.000 of their comrades. After they had received their wings, the pilots were told by the Air Marshal, an air hero of the‘ first Great War, that the some s irit that won supremacy of the ies for Canadian airmen in the last. war and enabled them to smash the German Air Force in the dark days of 1918 again would bring an Allied victory.

War- 25 Years Ago Today

wnrrtiips and airmen but damage neglgihie. Germany scvrred di-

ncl (ivrrp us they with fighting in Boulogne and dunner reported threat- ening ('.'ilais. And to west. of Britain the Govern- ment said it the possibilities" of a Ger-

ES COUNTER - ATT

FrenchThB-ritish: Dent Nazi Held Salient

Allied Forces Hurled At Enemy In Great Pincer Movement.

(By The Canadian Press)

FRENCH FRONT —French crack German f‘ lent, reach Amiens; British-Belgian-French troopsi‘ battle Nazis between Cambrai "mmmmdflllmls “1“°“"v l"'°l>"§;-ffj French repulse attack in Aisne sector.

sal-

and Vaienciennes;

B. E- F. FRONT —B. E. F. repulse German at- tacks on the Escaut (Scheldt) positions. Belgians say Nazis thrown back at Audenarde.

NORWEGIAN FRONT -Norwegians take Lilie-‘sm: "l-i ballak and Kobbefjeld. British sink Swedish steanz-itvorme u» ma.» in» ship Balticia with German prize crew aboard outq

side Stavanger.

IN THE AIR -—R- A. F. launch mightiest aerial

offensive of war,

smash Nazi Wieadqtiarters, blow up munitions train.

armored division

ENGLISH CHANNEL —-Prime Minister Church-

mm were mm enemy amt}? ill says fierce fighting underway at Bouiogne; an-i nounces Abbeville retaken by Nazis;

Alfred Duff

Cooper says Calais threatened.

(fly Henry (I. (lrISSllIy, Associated Press Staff Writer)

PARIS. I\I:i_v 2ft-(AP)—ln a double counterpffensiitc ‘muxlulvgij n c . on the Somme and Flanders fronts the Allies rallied to- l o ‘lllfi be

and bottom

to the Ontario Supreme Court judo-l night against the Nazi march to the H011. (leniini: the German salient __,.-._—,_~,I France like a pistol levelled at Britain.

on top

which extends

The central forces, in a furious push northward on the Somme, announced they had reached their first objec-

tivc-Germzin-held Amieus.

The northern aria)’. meanwhile. had

StIUlflWZlYd t0 the outskirts of Cambrni in Flanders fields.

PINCER MOVEMENT

The German salient, jutting west to the channel. thus ' was imperilled by an Allied pincer movement from north I

and south.

Only a thin line of German armored columns extended lldlilders inciiidii f between the northern and central Allied l‘ m‘; the hole broken between Flanders and the Somme. A French military spokesman by Deietioe Minister Norman uoa- through this hole additional German units had filtered to- ‘ day in the direction of the sea.

On the northern side of the salient, pitched battle raged tonight with the

forces through

siiid. however. that

in Flanders, a Germans fighting

stiff iii-itish-lfrenl-h-Ilelgizin counter-attacks. I ()t_ the details of the fierce strugjuli- mi the southern stile. little could he learned beyond the fact that the Ger-

7 I mans were being pushed back at ‘imiens. (Saint John) 4.411; no. 1o (Wlnnl- ‘ ___H___

Struck Against Fifth Columns

Many Are A-r-r-e-sted In England. British Troops Fight “Great Odds” In Flanders.

LONDON. May 23-(CP) -le_v. —Ilriinin stecled herself to- night against possible vasion from the chalk cliffs of Dover to Ireland, fngainst possible enemies at i home.

in-

thc shores of and struck hard

Across the English Chan- stand where

never stood before.

the

was “alive to

iman invasion of Britain t Mia‘ 124;] 19in Germans. Mtmii- , through Ira-Inuit. .22. ...i.i:. iizn; in blew-i sieensnuine and Yprvs. u.~iiiiiii “We -'tl‘lli'l\ "llillll-Hf. possible mast cities attacked by Austrian "fifth i-d-flmln" |hreats_

Numerous raids and arrests

i-eiouono win-i new. livere made. Sir Oswald Mos-

nrisiocraiic leader of the British cislfi. and (‘nptnin Archibald ltamszvv. Conservative mam.

LONDON. flay ltd-il-Yldayi- t(‘I'i - Strong British navnil tori-es patrolled the English (‘haniicl and troops were rush- Pd to South (toast towns during the night as precautions against a possible surprise German in- vasion arms-c the Channel,

At oni- point holiday makers were clerrcd from u liter which

heavily armed naval units oc- cupied Immediately. Troops began erecting sand-

Imggcd machine gun posts on the promenade.