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Greeks claim ‘grman forces decimated in one area; Admit loss of two fortresses but claim new positions inf holding. BERNE, April 8—(Tuesday)-—(AP) -- German lnnored divisions and parachutists dropped behind Greek lines were re-

ported today to have broken through to the Aegean Sea in west- em Thrace to split Greece from her potential ally Turkey.

With this southern anchor,

Nazi troops were strung out in

a long irregular line extending some 750 miles northward to

Yugoslavia! border with Hungary and old Austria and the vast

bloody battlefield threatened to engulf every Balkan nation. Counter-attacking Greek units captured many parachutists.

Greek reports said western

Thrace was being evacuated-

that only delaying battles had been intended there to protect a solidifying north-south fronhalong the Struma River valley 10o

miles to the west.

ATHENS, April 8—(Tuesday)—(AP)—An of- ficial spokesman said early today that Greek troops counter-attacked in Macedonia, “capturing many

German parachutists." “We have destroyed

tanks, we have resisted

heavy gunfire, we have counter-attacked and we have‘ captured many German parachutists,” the

spokesman said.

He added that the main German attack “seem- ed directed toward Belles and the Strynion Valley.”

ATHENS, April S—(Tuesday)—(AP)-German tanks were blasted io

bits while crossing a bridge blown up by the Greeks and others were destroyed in attacks on Greek fortresses, the Greeks announced early’

today.

in hsnd-io-hand fighting, the announcement said, German troops

were decimated while. rtonruingfhe thori fortress.

underground galleries of the Peri,-

On the Albanian front, the Greeks announced the capture of strong

Italian positions and 500 prisoners.

ATHENS, April 8—(Tuesday)-(AP)-Thousands of

British Empire troops,

including the Australian shock

troops who broke the Italian tide in Northern Africa, went

into strongly entrenched German battering ram a Bulgarian border into Greece.

(A British Broadcasting London heard by Columbia

“English, Australian and New Zeal participating in the heavy fighting Siruma Valley rind must be credite d capture of a large number of

cess for the destruction an

defences today to confront the ttempting to sweep across the

Corporation broadcast in Broadcasting System said and contlngents are now going on in the d with some of the suc-

German tanks and prisoners”)

Fully equipped with

United States could provide.

Gen. Sir Archibald I’. Wavell’s Imperial arm

were accompanied by British

the best weapons Britain and the

the Australian veterans of y of the Nile and New Zcalmd troops.

“They are all shock troops," a military spokesman said in disclosing that the troops entered entrenchments dug

over a large part of the Gree the Nazi thrust.

The outnumbered Greeks reported to be holding their the German invaders and the

the Royal Air Force and Greek

planes in a smashing victory battlefront.

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in the Struma valley were gainst wave on wave of British commandannounced airmen shot down 11 Nazi

high above the Macedonian

Most of the British equipment was glistening new, bill

there also were reconditioned ton

in the Libyan campaign.

Gen. Waveil was reported to have remained in Egylii

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ting all Middle East and Balkan

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' Boosted to 50 per cent, to Meet Cost of War.

C Press Staff Writer iouponi‘ April ‘L-(OP Cable)- Ths Government boosted the

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war.

r Kfnﬂslcy Wood. Chancellor of bhelllxchequw, estimated the year's expenditures at the record figure of 54. . . ($18,721,150, ) exclu- slve of the costof ma to from the United States

The , in presentin his budset. slashed 1 exempgions to income tax. meklnk millions of additional wage earners sub to the can. and invoked e form of co - pulsorv saving applied to individu- als. This un ented move in- volves plaeing pert of the income tax payment to the t, of the taxpayer to be drawn on after the war.

lie announced that supplies or- dered in the United States in the fiscal yea-r ending March 31. 1942, will far exceed 5000000000 ($22.- 250000.000).

The part of the income tax which Iwill be credited to the taxpayer is the amount of additional tax pay- able through reduction in earned in--

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Nazi Balkan Armies claim. Advances

BERLIN. April 'l—(AP)—-The German Balkan annies claimed general advances tonight against both the Yusoslavs and Greeks. whose fortified points were declared to have been broken in sum-p as- saults, but the ~ ublic was warned not to expect e quick and sense.- tional successes of the French cam- peiim.

claims of clearly forward movements cams in the evening, supplementing earlier statements that. Nazi troops had thrust into Yugoslavia to a distance of 18 to 25 miles and were bitterly engaging the Greeks along the Slmlma, River in the regions of the Greek-Yugo- slav frontier.

Gerxrum bombers supported the advance, it was stated, by attacks on airports and transport facilites. “Important stretches” oil’ railway were reported destroyed by di ect. hits in Yugoslavia, where there sic comparatively few through lines. ‘Ilia high command itself an- nounced that “stuabbom reststance" was being met; the press and radio argued that in the difficult terrain of Serbia lay Britain's "only hope." "Mountain warfare." observed the commentmk Dienst Aus Deutsch- land, “is no blitzkrieg."

The dmtmctlon of 98 Yugoslav planes-Sb in dogfight-s and 68 on the ground-was claimed.

. (There was no Yugoslav com- ment, on biieseclalfns.)

0.1. 0. calls 0ft big Steel Workers strike

The congress of industrial organi- zatibns recalled Monday its order doi- a work stoppage w‘ midnight tonight in the great plants of the United States Steel Corporation,‘ engaged currently on millions of tdlollars worth oi defence produc- on.

The action followed by a few hours an announcement from the White House that. Philip Murray. head of the C. I. 0., was expected to confer with President Roosevelt today on the general labor situa- tion in the United States.

There was no elaboration, but it presumed this would include . I. 01s contract Wtistions

es by itls

was the 0 with United Steel and s unions in various industrial plants.

Prom Detroit, meantime, were reports of progress toward settlement of the For: Motor Com- pany strike, and in Milwaukee the C. I. O. United Automobile Work- ers local ratified an a ement. end- ing the prolonged str e at the Al- lls-Ctialmers manufacturing com- pany, holder oi S45.0tl0,000 in de- fence contracts. mainly for naval machinery.

Sarajevo In ruins

NEW YORK. Apiil '1 -(CP) - 'r|~ti-, German radiossid tonight. the! Sarajevo. where the assassination n! Austrian Archduke Frans Ferdinand touched off the first great war in i914. was mostly in ruins as l. result of German sir

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coma eminent of reserve sinking funds

Application by the Campbell gov. of tome $80,000 to reduce last year's us. icit was revealed in he legislature est ey by Hon. Dr. MmcMlllazi, seeder of t Op @1011, in speak- "R on the Blldse de. u. m. Mac- calculsted that ﬁlm ggﬂug] e icft on ordinary account last ven- Waa about $225,000. e also re. vealed the application of some 8105,. 000 sinking funds to produce a lic- titfous estimated surplus this year. Dr. MacMiilan first dealt with the fiasco of Dominion-Provincial conference on the Slrols Repcriaand indorsed Premier Campbell's critic- ism of the attitude taken by the governments of Ontario. British Coi- umbia and Alberta on that occasion It was. he declared. s. disgraceful spectacle at a. time when national lmiiy was so desirable; and it was one which reflected anything but credit upon the Liberal party. He dealt at length with public health problems. stating at he was in full accord with the roposed tobacco and liquor tax for he pur- pose of raising revenue for health purposes. He suggested that. if’ the anticipated revenue meterializes. the financial needs of the hospitals should be given consideration. At p.m.. D1‘. MacMillan ad- loumed the debate. when the House iigépprned to meet this morning at

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OTTAWA, April 7 - (C?) —— Agricuiture Minister Gardiner told the House of Commons today the British govrrument will require a‘. least 28,000,000 pounds of bacon and hams from Canada. this veer in addition to the amount contract- ed for in the bacon agreement eon- cluded last fall.

Tieing the government's wheat. acreage reduct on program to the need of getting coarse grains to feed Canada's expanding livestock population, the Minister disclosed that. threeway food supply discus- sions haye been in progress between the Canadian, British and United States governments.

Because these nerrotiations were in progress, he said, it was not possible to disclose the govern- ment's full reasons for the wheat acreage reduction plan when the plan was announced a. few weeks

ago.

The plan includes a bonus of $2 an acre to western formers on land taken out. of wheat and sown to oats, barley and other coarse grains. It. was necessary, he said. that Canada. obtain more coarse grains to feed the larger numbers of hogs, cattle. and other livestock now car- ried on Canadian farms. It. was a1- so neoosary that the price oi coarse grains should not be forced up by scarcity to a level which would be too high for livestock ploducers to

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Under the bacon agreement of last fall, concluded during Mr. Gar- diner‘s visit. to the United Kingdom for consultations with British su- thorities. Canada agreed to supply 425,000.01!) poimds in the year start- ing Nov. i, 1940. The additional n.- mount now required brings the total anticipated shipments to Great Britain for the present vca-r

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Cites Evidence Of Extravagance

In Budget Debate

Opposition 143531» deals with alarming financial situation under the Campbell Goy’t.

Mexico rejects Axis demands

MEXICO CITY, Apri '1 —(AP)— Mexico ﬂatly rejected tonight re- quests of Italy and Germany for the immediate surrender of the 12 axis merchant ships seized in Mexi- can ports.

The German request became known only tonight when a foreign office statement shoied Germany had filed four separate protests.

In almost identical notes to Ger- man Minister Rudi: Von Ccllenberg and Italian Minister Count Alber- to Maiehetti. Foreign Minister Ezequiel Padilla declared:-

“To withdrew from these ships and place them, without- restric- tions, below the authority of their captains, not only would involve danger for the security of these vessels, but. would represent a threat to the safety of this coun- try's Maritime traffic."

Because of these considerations. Padilla concluded. "my government cannot satisfy the demands" for- mulated by Italy and Germany.

Britain Requires tional Bacon, Hams From Can.

Agriculture Minister Gardiner announces 28 million pound increase in overseas demand.

Fear N. S. pair Are drowned

LIVERPOOL N. 5.. April 7-40?) “TWO iwl-ﬂged boys were feared tonight to have drowned when their sailboat capsized on the Mer- sey River et Townsite. 16 miles up. river from here.

The overturned boat drifted B,- shcre s. few hours after Villgggn, had seen Donald Stewart. 15. and Willard Ball, 13, taking it out for a sail t-h‘s ottoman. Lat/er, caps idenﬁfied as those worn by the boys were found on the river bank.

Searchers under the direction or

Role.‘ Canadian Mounted Police began __gi'nppliug for the boys‘ bod. ies l-lls evening and were to con- tinue trmcrrow.

Marlntimers Get Wipgs

MONCTON. N.B., Ajril 7.—-(CP)\. The first winils parade at. No. Bser- vice flying training school at nearby Lakeburn was held today. when e ionic Rraduates received their Winks from the officer com- manding. Wing Cmdr. W. W. Brown.

liLS. approves Drift of Vichy, Moscow Gov’ts

ﬁ l. O. ITABK Associs‘ ’ Press Stuff Writ-u-

Wuhintton. April 'l.—(AP)—'l‘he United States took approving notice today of what were termed encour Hazing. and important “straws in the wind from the Russian and Vichy governments.

In comment on two developments which may have n. vital bearing on the future course of the was‘. State Secretary Cordell Hull said:

1. That the recent friendship and non-stmiesslon pact betwee l Yugo- slavia and soviet Russia ts encour- nsinll as a sign that. more and mom nations (obviously including Russia) were becoming acutely aware of the world-wide nature of the movement of conquest now in progress.

2. That he considered important an assertion bv Marshal Petain the French Chief of State. that France's honor forbade her to take any ac- tion against former allies.

On developments in the Balkan theatre of war, the state depart- ment was still without, news from its envoys because of the disruption of communications.

War Briefs

LONDON. April 8—-i'I‘uesday)- (0P)-An unconfirmed dispatch to the independent French news agency in London from Athens said early today that Yugoslav troops have penetrated Bulgarian territory near Tornizza, capturing several tanks and prisoners.

SIOCKHOLM. April '1—(A.P>— Three soviet Russian planes pass- ed north of Gotland today and were chased away by e Swedish neutrality patrol, it was announ- ced ronlghtfGotland is a Swedish island. in the Baltic betwe Sweden and Finland and about. 1 0 miles north of the German coast.

BUDAPEST, April 7--(AP)—'I‘he British Minister notified the Hun- garian (government to my thmhls Governmeht had deci ed to resk diplomatic relations.

NEW YORK. April 7-401’)- Winston Burdett, CB3 correspon- dent, reported tonight in a broad- cast, from Ankara, that according to rumors circulating in Turkey the Yugoslnvs today occupied the Italian cities of Flume and Zara.

He said these reports could not be confirmed.

LONDON, April 8—(Tuesday)— (CPl-A Reuters News Agency dis- patch quoted the Ljubljana, Yugo- slavia, radio boday as saying Yugoslav troops entered Scular in Albania, at 10 p.m. lest night. (fl p.m. A.D.T. Monday.)

ATBENS, April ll-(Tuesdayp. (APJ-An explosion on u munl. tions ship iu Piraeus harbor near here caused “considerable dum- age" yesterday. the Greek home fit-outlay ministry announced w-

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"Many explosions occurred. and one very large fire and several 5m?ll.8I‘ fires were cmu5ed_

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be hurled into the ciriierbogtﬁel-“f

munlque added. Then. tuiuung home. the British planes dived into low to machine. eun German troops pouring into the Stﬂima Valleyi

was not. t 1e first evidence that Britain l5_ backing her promises of Balkan aid yvith steel: indeed. an earlier middle-eastern R. A. F. com- mllmqlle told mrseiy how a small; force of British 1121114315 tore into al bll-Z forinationof German pnnesover‘, Bllilmria. downed five and. ilainaged others. getting away unscathed. ' Another R.A.F. bomber formation bombed the Italians in Albania.

Secrecy Surrounds Army

As for the Imperial Army which stands in Greece the existence of which the British Government on- nounced Sunday night any dis. patches received were kept secret. likewise there was no news of the whereabouts of the diplomatic and military mission headed by Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Gen. Sir John Dill, chief of the imperial general staff. which last was report- ed in Athens.

There was no comment either on the whereabouts of Gen. Sir Archi- bald Wave-ll, commander in chief of the Middle East. but some British

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Three Airmen Killed in Two crashes

TRENTON, Out]. April T-(CP) -Sgt. Pilot V. J. Parker, of Rcginrut and Sgt, Pilot L. A. Broad of Bclie-. ville. Ont.. were killed instantly iaie

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BATAVIA. Netherlands East Indies. April 8. — (Tuesday) (AW-Japanese Foreign Minis- ter, Yosuke lliatsuokuﬂs “sudden" departure homcwurd from the European Axis capitals was coupled today with reports that Thailand may join the Axis and sharpen the crisis in the Pacific. centering on Singapore.

(Mnlsuoka was in Moscow to- day, backtracking the route he travelled to visit Hitler and Mussolini at the time of Italy's Ionian Sea disaster in an en- gnment with the British navy nnd Yugoslavia‘: stand against the Axi .

Observers here said Mntsuoii- 5's departure from home was "sudden" rind that it’ Tlmilund

The school. a unit in the British signs the Axis pact, tension un- Commonwealth All‘ Training Plan, qucstionnbly will incl-else in the was opened officfali in January. Far East.

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LONDON, April 8 -(Tuesds!) — (GP) -—R»euters‘news 889M? 0M1»- ed the Breslau- German radio sla- tion as saying early tixiay thli "in fierce fighting storm troops of the German army suppflfwfi b! l!" . Luftwaffe. have captured the sna- ‘ mv's frontier fortifications."

l (The frontier forWicatlons were loot identified ll either Greek 01' 5 Yugoslav.)

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WELLS. B. C. — (C?) ~ Whcu Dr. Frank Olacke fractured his leg he made a lot of money for the war. ellort by letting poops autograph the cast to purchase war savings stamps.

today “T1011 a. Royal Canariinti Air Pkwrcc i-iniiiiiin plane crushed sly iiulcs iiorlli of here.

Leonard Mlfiyfl and flurry Semple. workinaz on the farm on which the inane crushicl, stud. one ivinri felll i, auay from the machine. \\'ll1l€ it still i, iiroiuici.

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(lion Air Force ulimo crushed inln a bush between Caimhnnu {lit and suburban Ciizizoaucuav late today.

Witnesses said the cuume oi the plane appeared to uo dead before the ship glided into a ill-toot bush anti buried its nose in wet earth.

LAC it. L. W. Orchard. 0i New IZcalanii, wtis shaken ulitl hruisei’.

l but his condition was not considered

serious. Sgt. Harris died in iiospitl-l a short time atwr being admitted.

Wide interest ,

in Australian Balkan front

SYDNEY. April T-(API - The announcement. that Australian ltroops are with the British army in the Balkans provoked wide in- iercst. in the Commonwealth to- rlriv and brought from the acting Prime Minister, Arthur W. Pad- den, the statement that, the Aus- tralian forccs have an important share in the defence of the Bui- kan front.

l-fe said that after the Germans entered Bulgaria the British Gov- ernment. consulted the Australian and New Zealand Governments and linri sent. an urmy into Greece composed of British troops and soldiers from the two southern Dnmlnlnns.

Mr. Faiiilrn suiil Australians had been guru a ulnar of great honor

iu the Libyan campaign imti had ‘bronchi art-n: riislixiciirm l0 them- lselves and their country. "Doubt- Jcss." ho said. "in tho new theatre ‘of war they will prove themselves ‘a solid ioice oi men fighting for the future and solely of the de- mocracies."

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and major base for the attempted

Announcements issued tonight here and by the Middle East Royll Air Force general headquarters in Cairo described a raid in force lad

ntrationn in the city. They told o!

thunderous explosions and bright fires at the main railway station, rall- way Junctions and yards, warehouses and motor-transport shops and I devastating assault on a big Nazi-controlled factory.

Every one of the raiders returned safely to base — presumably ill

' ' ‘ y called the raid u quick r0-

Yugoslavs Capture tanks

NEW YORK, April 'I-»—(CP) --A

French language broadcast» of tho British Broadcasting said tonight that "another 12 heavy German tanks have been captured

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by the Yugoslavs and their crew! taken prisoners."

The broadcast heard here by the National Brcaclmsiiig COlTiDiiIly did not. locate the sector but said the tanks were taken in rcpulslng a. heavy attack on Yugoslav in- treiicliments.

“A large number of Germans have been taken prisoner," the announc- er said. He added that another German attack in an adjoining me- tor had been repulsed ivith "ap- palling" losses to the Germans.

Merchant Seaman The ‘unsung heroes’

TORONTO. April 7 - tor»- Nnvy Minister Angus 1.. hiuciion- aid in an address to the Toronti Canadian Club today praised the men of the merchant service as the “unsung heroes" of the war.

"We must not. forget in our ail- rnirat-ion for the nayiy." he said, "that other group of seafarers who man the cargo ships and freight.- crs crossing the seas in dunno; from submarines, suifatre-raidc-rs or airplanes as ivell as the ordin- sry erils of the waters."

" ey wear no uniform and they receive all too little attention but there is no group of men who are making a greater contribution titan they are to the prosecution and the winning of the war."

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