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Greek Mountain Troops Scatter Fascist Attack’

‘Heavy losses’ reported inflicted

on Italians; Art Greek positions

VICKY MAY RETURN llllll TO AMERICA

European reports indicate that Georges Bonnet, above, former French Ambassador to Washing- tcii- may be stilt to America by the Vlrliy govcfllfnéllt in an oili-

tlel capacity; possibly replacing lll&_ present Ambassador, Gaston llmry-l-laye.

Willkie sees Nazi raids on Tour of London

LONDON. Jan. 28—(AP)—Minus llu hat. Wendell Willkie plunged elieerlullv about London today through four air raids. acting as if nothing out. oi the ordinary had hippened and permitting nothing to disturb his strenuous schedule. la the first Nazi visitation of the day, and the first he had ex- perienced. he was caught without he steal ill lmct he brought from the Uultcd states-and he like- Ilze succ-rded in entering the House or Commons without a gas mask, ordinarily required equip- ment for all admitted there. lie inspected the bomb damage opt. Patti's Cathedral and called ll ‘outrageous?’ talked with Mon- e Norman. Governor of the ﬂk of England. conferred with 5|!’ Klussley Wood. Chancellor of llie Evxchequer; sat. for half an hour in Commons listening to de- Wl-‘i had a half-hour's conference with Arthnr_ Cardinal Hinsley. Ro- man ca holic Archbishop of West- nllaster.

GIFT FROM CHURCHILL

DONDON, Jan. 28.—-(CP)-—W€n- dell Wlllklcs visit today to the.

h‘ m, luonblo construction

“hospital attacked bv Italian

illery pounds withoutsuccess.

-(AP) — Greek mountain troops shattered two fresh Italian counter- attncks north of Kllsura yesterday and inflicted “heavy losses" on the Fascists. a Greek government spokesman said early today.

“Our shock troops pushed the en- emy from its defence positions and took another ‘l0 prisoners including a captain and considerable war ma- terial." he said.

"The day before the Italians used tanks in one of their counter-at- tacks. but lost three 0f them on the spot and a fourt-li was in flames as

i l swarms. Jan. 29.—(Wednesday)

BITOLJ, Yugoslavia (near the Albanian Frontier), Jan. 28. — (APl-Italian forces have been attacking heavily since early morning along the Northern Alhunin front. from the region of the Slikumbin River to Luke Ol-hrida, border dispatches re- ported.

Fascist artillery was said lo be ,oundin.g key Greek positions. but the Greeks were declared to be holding firm and inflict- ing heavy losses.

Despite heavy attacks in the Dcvoli Valley, supported by low-flying planes. the Italians were reported to have been un- able to break through.

it turned and sped back to the rear. In the last (cw days we have taken lit. least 100 prisoners including an Alpini major."

The Grcck high command

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cHARLoTrnToWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1941

Murder case Opens in the Supreme Gourt

Seven witnesses gave evidence miah Dowoette cf wharged with murder, when the case opened yesterday in the Su- preme Court with Mr. Justice A. C. Saunders presiding. Cross ex- aminatiori of the seventh had not started when Court. adjourned at. 5.20 pm. to resume at 10.30 this morning.

The prisoner is charged that on or abrut the 14th day of July i940, Jeremiah Douoette did unlawfully kill and murder Isidore Douoctte. After twenty Jurors had bren challenged by the defence and one by the Crown. the following Jury was selected: Colin D. MePhail (foreman), Meadoivbank. John E. MOGHHSYIQY. Green Road: Camera Robertson, Birch Hill; Percy Mc- Donald. Churchill: Harry Clark Victoria; Hazen Howard. Cornwall; J. Austin Trainer. City; Edwin Bell DeSable; Neil McDonald. West Royalty; Malcslm McPhall, North River; Tripper Strong. Long Creek; Gordan Newsorl. Kensington.

Before being sworn the jury was advised by Mr. Justice Saunders that if any of them were related to‘ either the accused or the deceased‘ ma" "WY were not to take their

seats in the jury box. ,1 Mr. C. St. Clair Trainer. KC.

and Mr. J. J. Johnston. K.C.. rip-

peared for the Crown. and Mr R. . R. Bell for lite secured. . Mr. Trainor in opening the we explained the nature of not CHQPgQ against the accused. Ho said that on the morning of July l4. a pr- Fon cumin‘: aim! the street h. .| seen a man chasing a. wctnnn. I-Ie went up to asslst and saw a. man lying 1n the gang-way of a ﬁrrum 217 and ?l9 Fltzi-"y Street. The accused lived at. 219 and evidence

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Eire Gov’t

nounced two Italian planes were shot down. One person was killed and ten wounded in a Salonika military air- craft. said the Ministry 0f Home Security. The British Royal Air Force an- ‘ nounced “several direct hits" in at bombing raid Monday on military] buildings and stores at the Italian‘ base of Elbasani in Central A‘bania while Greek troops fvllllht the counter-attacking Italians.

Big liner ls reported Safe in part

Lennon, Jan. zs-(ori-Naval authorities announced tersely W‘ day that. the Canadian Pacific lin- er Empress of Australia is "safe in port," and one source suggested that radio messages reporting her torpedoed and shelled lfllﬂhi/ ha“? been "a German trick.

The messages were received last night by the Miami, F'la., station of Tropical Radio, which said it had no way of telling whether they were genuine. Beginning at 11:36 p.m. AST. the 11165558951 W" a period of about 2o minutes. gave a staccato account of a torpedo sinking, of boats being lowered, of “deck awash" and of "being shell-

licuse of Commons without a gas‘ ‘ "

mask-normally a requirement for edTliggmga-ve the position: "about 1 :il!IlIllﬂl_l(‘8-—bl'0llgl‘lt a lzcsturc of 209 mﬂcg from Dakar" (Senegal, ‘irtllendshlp from Prime Minister French was; Africa), 1 »ur°h"" In loss than nine hours British ‘ t" M“ i‘ Package "m" “hlflllauthorltics announced the Em- llllllllftl three gas masks and six‘

ﬂed lit-liners. They were ‘lHISlQYS gift to Mr. Willkie. t. Elltilds who accompanied him TWIN‘. John Cowlcs and Landon‘

"l"! and to three newsoaperrng W» also flew over with him.

INDL-TS ENLISTMENT

DELHI —(CP) -—One thousand 3:“ hi“? "luiiicd the colors" in Iii-l

since the cutbrcak of war. Sept‘; .1939. and 60. 00 have procedcdl

Werseas to “India's outer bastions." __________i__

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press was “safe in port". They de- ‘

‘he Prime ‘cllned to comment in any way on i “m the reports of an attack. and “if

was noted that. the announcement said nothing about the ship hav- ing “arrived in port

Subsequently. unofficial infor- mants said the Ezmpress limos- certalnly was in rt at the time

of the alleged stack: that she could not have reached Freetown. the nearest uscable British port. in less than nine hours and that it was possible a German shiP 0F shore station. somewhere. had fak- cd the calls in order to trick Bri- tish authorities into giving out the Empress’ whereabouts.

Predicts Britain ‘Gan and will’ win

VICKY, FTBIIOG, Jan. 2a —(AP)— Admired William uahv. United Stalks ambassador to France, 8811i in a statement today that “it is my personal opinion tzha the British government can and will prosec the present wai- to a. successful con- olusion."

The statement follows;—

"I have noted that Belgian news- papers have published a statement. that. the American ambassador to France is of the opinion that the British will be defeated in t-hé Pr?!‘ ent war.

“I should like. in the interest or truth and accuracy. to take this opportunity to state ,t.hat. the above mentioned report, published in Bel- gium, ls completely false. and that it. is my personal opinion that the British government can and will proserute the present war to a suc- oessful conclusl

on." i

Eire Government has established press censorship. forbidding corres-

event-s connected with the war.

ed to have happened in or the state or its territorial waters" —is similarly learned in London.

Eire Government. warned that "serious consequences". would follow the regulations. '

mire by “llcst. telegraph or

phone or other menus. messages in-

tended for imz to anv gfzlfllflﬁflfﬁd with. the war or inter- or is allowed to have happened, 1.. or over the slate or its territorial waters. or relating i0 any or alleged attack on the state. or

the state. without first such message to

Establishes Censorship

VLONDON.

Jan. 28—(CP)—T'lle ll

iits to send out of the conn-

ponde t uncensored reports of any

.1‘y

Ncwsubearing on internal public ordcr— which happens or is alleg- over

restricted, it was l

EYUEPEBDCY Powers order by the‘ it. was learned.

failure to comply with

They forbid transmission outside tele-

nuhlicatlon and relat- evcnt arising out. of. or public order

which happens.

actual

to the supply of commodities in submitting any authorized person for censorship and having it (thus) passed."

Swedish ship Fired: Others Believed lost

NEW YORK. Jan. 28 --(AP) - The Belga, chartered by Sweden to transport 200 Swedish sailors from Great. Britain to their homeland. has been set afirc by air bombs and six crewrnen are missing. the Sued- ish foreign office reported today.

The American-Swedish news ex- change saki the foreign office re- ported that the 2.023-ton vessel was bombed while en route from one Biitl h port to another for repairs. Apparently the sailor-passengers had riot boarded the vessel which had been guaranteed safe conduct for the voyage by belligerents.

LONDON. Jan. 28 —(CP) -— A Stockholm broadcast heard in bon- don today said two Swedish vessels. the 3.'l.‘i9-ton Valparaiso and the 4,575-t.on Sturehoim. were overdue and presumed lost.

The Valparaio traded between South America and Sweden before the war and when she was captured by the Germans in November, i939. with a cargo of newsprint the City of Lima. Peru. was faced with a seat-foils shortage. Bite was released

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The Btureholm was one of 38 ships ln a convoy attacked by n German raider in the North Atlan- tic Nov. “ll. She escaped when the auxiliary cruiser Jervts Bay sacrific- ed herlelf to protect the convoy.

CURBTNG INDIA PRESS

DHUIFA. India --(CP\ --A0"ll§¢d of orirtlna matter toxin-dry to the India Press Emergency Powers Ad. m‘, 50mm.» h/crnment demanded from Publisher Abail Kllledar one lalrb or ruoces (sarnfoi security against repetition. 1

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The People's Paper

in the case of the King vs. Jero- Charlottetown,

newed shelling across

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Covers Prince Edward

For the third successive year, His Honour, Judge H. L. Palmer, was elected President of the Pro- vincial Council of the Boy Scouts Association of Prince Eidward Is- land at the annual meeting held last night in the Hotel Charlotte- town. f-iis Honour, Lieutenant Governor B. W. bePage was nam- ed patron and Premier T.

Campbell, Honorary President.

Mr. K. M. Martin was named ‘Provincial Commissioner to suc- ‘ceed Mr. J. J. Morris who acted in that capacity for the past five years. Mr. Morris became Vice President. of the organization and Mr. Harry Sear, Honorary Secre- fury-Treasurer.

_Along with the above named of- ficers, the following make up the executive committee for the com- lug year: Messrs. J. R. Burnett, J. P. Simmonds, H. F. MacPhee, A. P. Ccretti, A. R. Brennan, A. G. P. its. V. A. Aiusworth. R. L. Mol- lison, Leonard McDonald. J. W. Dixon, Rev. R. W. Nice, Rev. Dr. P. D. McMahon.

The following were named mem- bers of the Council: Messrs. J. R. Burnett, J. P. Simmonds, H. F. lifncPhee. A. P. cerettl. A. R. Bren- nan, A. G. Parks. Major J. R. Pa-

V. A. Ainsworth, R. L. Mol- lison. Leonard MacDonald. J. O. I-ivirdnran, N. C. Davidson, Rev. R. Moorhead Legate. Rev. A. LeDrew Gardner. Rev. E. M. Malone. Dr. W. J. P. MacMillan, Justice A. E. Arscnault. Rev. W. A. Patterson, Rev. Father McNeill. Frank Pid- geon. W. J. Lidstone, F. Arnetlt. Rev. Father Butler. J. LeRov Hol- man. V. T. Curry, Dr. A. S. Palmer, J. A. Bernard. J. A. Thompson. Father W. Monaghan. Dr. P. D. McMahon. Rev. G. C. Webster, Rlev.

Island Like the Dew

year; Magistrate K. M. Martin

becomes Prov. Commissioner.

iFierce fire in Ottawa Hotel Under control

OTTAWA, Jan. 29—(Wednes- dBYl-—iCPl—Cil.y firemen early today brought under control a fierce blaze which brake out Just before ll p.m. AST Tucs- day in the Queen's Hotel in 0t- ttuvafs lower town and for a time endangered the lives of occuiiunts of its 27 occupird rooms.

Half a dozen persons were carried down ladders to safety as the flames roared through the structure. believed to he al- most a total loss.

Shortly after midnight. fire- men sald the blaze was under control. but the fire still was burning brightly.

Island Flier“ Receives wings

SASKATOON, Jan. 28.--(CP) —-The third group to graduate from No. 4 service flying train- ing school here slnoe it. began operations in September, rc- celved their wings today. Most. of the school graduates were from Wwstcrn Canada. Others included L. S. Loni, Liverpool.

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N.S., and E. B. Muttart. Curl-

Fire Bom

End

London ’s Respite

Nazi raiders r e t u rn to attack after four-day quiet; Long range

shelling across

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By William W. While Associated Press Staff Writer

LONDON, Jan. 28 ~(AP\ —Ge:'- man bombers today ended Lon-- devil's fou dny respite from laids with a wer of lncendiarles inzl explosives which caused consider‘ able damage to houses and broilgin. the cityls anti-aircraft defences into vigorous action.

Gemian long-range guns also re- the Doier

Strait tonight.

The four alarms in London were trc first since la t. Thursday.

Bombs landing in a fCS-dilli/dl area killed one ivoman. but other- wise there were no reports of ser- ious casualties.

Three bombs fell in another dis- trict, one into a playground 20 yards from a childrens shelter.

Sheets of gray metal resembling part.‘ of a plane wing or fuselage fell. lending to the belief that at least. one raider was shot down or damaged by anti-aircraft fire.

Planes were reported to have ms- chltnc-gunned a train in Easern England and droppgd fire bombs and explosives on villages whose III- habitants were fired upon when they fought the lncendlaries.

GTRIIS DEATH WATCH

LYNDHURST Enﬂland —(CP) — 1m’ a day and a night an elim- sr-old g‘rl evucuee my“ B10119 l: a house with the bodies of her! hoats- -an aged man and his 1and-, lady. killed by fumes from a I854

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External affairs Secretary passes

OTTAWA. Jan. 28-(0?) —— Dr. Oscar D. Skelton, under secretary oi stale for external affairs, dicll at the wlieel of his cur at. a busy street intersection today.

The scholarly official, one of the busiest civil servants in Ottawa. was returning to his office from lunch “then he suffered a heart at- tack. l-fis car ran slowly into a street car and attracted the litteri- tion of a constable who rushed him to a hospital where he was pro- nounced dead.

For the past 15 years Dr. Skel- ton had been permanent head of the Department of External Af- fairs ‘within which Canada's

rowing diplomatic service func- iilons. As such he was a close ad- viser of the Prime Minister and won the respect of both Prime Min- ister Mackenzie King who pointed him and Rt. Hon. R. B Bennett who headed the Govern- men for five years.

Dr. skelton was 62 years old and suffered a severe illness about two years ago. While it was known he never fully regained his strength he carried on the increased duties of his office in the period prior to and since the outbreak of war with cheerfulness and diligence.

OTTAWA. Jan. 28—(ClP)—Nor- man Robertson. counsellor in the Department of External Affairs. has been asked by Prime Minister Mackenzie King to serve as acting under secretary of state for ex- ternal affairs, the Prime Minister's office announced tonight.

l Hanson urges l War Cabinet

WINNIPDG, Jan. 28 -— (GP) Hon. R. B. Hanson. Conservative leader in the House of Commons. today urged the federal government to QSIB/bllﬂll war cabinet. “adequate in size for war purposes," and charg- ed the government is not taking the war and its ITSIlOILSlDllILIES “ser- iously enough.”

Mr. lrinson told a. meeting of _Con ' .tlves here that tile Domin- ion-Provincial conference in Ottawa two weeks i180 failed "because of a lack of national leadership on the par. of tzie Prime Alinistei" . and because of a subversive element tvilliin llic Liberal party,”

ier Nlackcnzie King; lackczl i(".l-’l[‘l'- sliip in the fact "tile immediate tluty of tile hour i.» 1o sll‘(’ll'§tillill the gore-fitment."

He said ltie Prime hliiilstei" zxad IIIl.i.lll("l])l'€iLd national unity.

" . liOilnl unity is IIIISJOII trust King to mean the uni: .cr.il party." Mr. Hanson charged the \\'ﬂl‘ is being conducted by ii party government. directed by a pir ' head who "always thinks of ilariy first and country

;SuppHes‘leak" ‘into Germany; ,

t iiiiulil. be clirtuilctl further (Llllsh olficizils asserted tliat

taut llil‘il.ill'v' supplies wele “lea. nu" into Germany through Russil

Russian purchases of cotton in the United States. which amounted lo amiroxiniatrfv 140.000 bales dur-, an: the last. three months of 19-10.. anneal-ed to be Britain's chief con

citing through

‘t Rilssi; ‘ after ' l

clcsul that. it wa diplomatic cznvvci. duce traffic.

‘Prelillors ‘should dlave asked ‘llvilere from here

i TORONTO, Juli. 2li_—~tCPl _ thnr \V. ltoc-Enlck. Littoral incn of P_'-i‘.l.‘.lll.‘llb ‘.

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service club at fl ‘ _ , though the YEJUCIIDZI or the aUOIS lOllOfi, was "inevitable! he Lhmlelhl llllll- lvi.t' Prime Nliilislvfs assembed at the UoClllllUliI—})l'O\‘lIIClﬂl confer- ence iii U.l.ll\\'..\ might have fisliedl "\vii=‘.l(.‘ (.0 xv: L10 1W1" “CW7

lie cpl-cs cd regret at the tall- ure of t.:o Jan. 14-15 conference "not mi- iw iciiistil to implement the ions Ol Llic Slrois re- main, realise of 11s fa; i to lltrappl‘: \\' h me problems of pli lic iiinaiice v.'..il~.li cannot. be solved by ‘simply being ignored.‘

H.- Piljlllflll Britain holding a gangster llilLl0ll at bay Willi ‘D116 bloosicst 1e in history now pend- ing, UIILL. tlilsc circumstances, he Jllll, "one could hardly imagine the l‘(‘é‘l0ll.‘»l'.).t‘ lllllllb’. s 0i the ufOWfl lI'U.ll all Cdlliliill .i.‘~.s(:iii‘.>llllg in ccfn- leiciice and Ilieii tiisuandiiig with

inclining‘ to tilscu-s." p _

‘ 1n a "post-inortein" discussionof tile report of the refill 001mm 51°" ion <1oinlnioii-pr.i\iticlal reloti0n5. Vfr. Roebuck slid Canada's FY0519?" lads not ll. co.. iiioiial one but

.on oi money and still more

i An idea that provincial lndcbzed- ,ne.~s should be transferred to the ‘Dominion. as proposed in the re- port, iould be permanently di lcarc. ‘so we may turn our atten- tlon o the real problem, that oi iwar fiiiailce." i Tile Dominion lihgnlefl more and more money by taxation to carry 0n ,the vial" but ll could not get. n. by cililliiiing ])1‘O\'lll(‘llll revenues, nec- c sary to carry on soeizi-l services. "It. is not my purpose to attempt [a 101mm“ for ‘l solution of this |prcb1ein." he .. . "It is the duty of those responsible to eliminate unesseutlal cxpciidliiirus wherewr they may be l0llllll, to settle what expenriiturts should be continued ‘and to so adj st the heavy tux bin"- ‘dcn that it \ ll be mo t Diildllclivf‘ and at the same time lciist harmful in its effect. Teamwork is required. such as can be secured only by men lof goodwill laboring in conference.

‘Loss of Sub ‘Announced

l l . i LONDON. Jun. 2a_ (C?) - The ‘loss of the submarine Triton uvas announced toiilglil. by the ndluiinl-

l. .

yThe couunniiiqiiv: merely slated the vessel is ov-crrlue and Hill-‘i b9 considered lot.

Inst. April the Triton attaclztd a convoy of German supply ships off the Norwegian coast. the admir- alty announcing at t-he time lnat

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.\'.\l(j0, Frcncli lirdo-Clilus, Jun an —l\\‘r-tlilcstla_vl -l.~iI'l __- .]l‘,\ll('5¢ troop transports were reported sighted off the con t south of here today as new Japanese military moves in In- (lo-(‘liiua ovcrsliiilloivctl the ii- olalilin oi‘ tlic ‘l‘lirii-liido-('liiiia armistice aigrr-cmcnt for which each side blamed the Miler.

In uorllirrn Tonking province Japanese troops occupied the lmporta t market town of Hai-

. (luring. 5 miles cast of the l capital. llunoi, and on the road to Ilziiiihnug —cliief seaport of the region. ‘This occupation was said to violate the September‘ agreement of the Japanese with the Hanoi government which

did nnt provide for a base in

Ilziiiluong.

B.~\.‘\Z(il{Ol<I. T 1 ‘. Jail. %—- (AP) ---- Hell '_ illilg developed anew Ltlflli" border between Thailand anz. tench Iiiclo-China Today. [If Thai liiuli command claimed. as a rc. lt of ' at it a» ‘ serlod were cont r -- xlike 0p- crations" by the French after the

cease firing dcatiline stipulatzl in a JacrtticsP-zirraiiaeti truce.

For three liours after the hostili- ties were to have stopped at l0 a

.m. (and lglll. A.S.'I‘. hiondayl the ‘Frciich ept up their violation of ‘the irr the lilQll command clairv-

ed. Tli- , it claimed. Thai ‘roogs ‘neirnn fighting xigaln “in retalia- Saiuoii, F‘rench l

Indo-China. said the hostilities were ltalrcd on srlir-rlrlc and that ‘l-he negotiation would begin under Jip- nnta-e flllSFlmfW f"mo"ro\v aboard one of txvo Japanese cruisers ivhlch stormed toviirli ‘l .' IJirln-Chinese poi": this afternnzii from Cap Saint Jacques»

ihillffily River llian survives Ship ‘sinking

l AN |."As'r (‘o T (‘ANA- i DIAN l’OI‘.'1‘.Ji\n. 7Z9—(Cl’l—- Twcntv-livo (‘anadian survivors of a ship lost in European wat- ers two months ago arrived here to lny. They Included Archibald Iloopcr. 2I,lnf Mur- ray IIarboiir,,I'. E. Is and. Survivors said thcrc were 292 men nliorrrd the ship when she tvns Inst including 40 Cana- dians. The mime of thi- ship was ; not made. public and it was not i disclosed how she ivns lost.

liayria accuses ll. S. of ‘threat To Europe’

ROME Jun 3B -tAPi _-Vlrginio Gayda, tho highly-placed Fascist

editor, ilt'f'.l.‘~ll’i filt‘_l."l‘.l.lld States (today of planning in establish air 'aud navalbarcs in the Portuguvle- owncd Azores n, ll "threat. to Fhir- . ope."

Gaydll claim-bl Italy and Ger- many arc paying "much attention to nciv lliovos by ihc United Slates w‘ icli are filming toward the A- mores."

He n sertcd the United States has ‘been showing n suspirioirs luﬁu-rst

in the islands, (‘Oleil them as r-ifrt of her "vast, mililaiz. tic, imperial offensive" plan for "permanent

armed vlrrilatice 0\'f‘l' the continent of Europe." _

lVi"tlII\\'lIili' foreign observers spec- ulated on the poi ‘

tiny of a "wr- .n1an lundirisz l'i\ Nnrill Afixci in an attempt to t - :l uw-dga hl-tvsecn ;u<\n_ 5i;- /\“l"l‘.ll).’ll'i f‘ \V:\v:~'ll‘- Brit- .i.<h army n lll)l.l and the nicﬁi ‘oi the lﬂazivli YlFll) aoreriimclit to the \\'¢'.~'..

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lifzlr -— 25 Ago Today

(By “lie (‘ovmdalvi Press)

four of her torpedoes had “found t

their mark." _

She is the 25th British submarine lost since the war beaten. Britain had 57 submarines at the start. of the war, plus an undlsclo ed num- ber being built.

The Triton, of 1.579 tons. nor-marl- ly carried a complement of 53 men.

Annual ilubncrlptlun Delivered, $5.00

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GETTING READY FOR TiRAB’ N IflDO-BHIflAY

Prov. Boy Scouts Council Elects

Slate At Annual

Judge H. L. Palmer elected President for third successive

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Carrying Ships Reported South 0f Saigo

Heavy fighting develops anew on Thai border; Each side blames other for breach of armistice.

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LION OF JUDAII Eirupcror Halli Sallclssic raised ‘he ﬂed, yellow and green ‘lug o1 his

llormer kindnm in a lIlC-(lf-ll incur.- tain clearing somewhere in Eiiii- opia. He then set nff to the in- terior to head British-aided tribes- ;rnen fighting their Italian eon- iqucrors. ‘The emperor crime back to lEthiopla in a Brill h army ,)l’ili0. .He flew from Iiliartoum in the lSouclan. Accompanying him were is lBritish liaison officer. Ras Cassia, his former war minister, arid a high Jdignitary of the Ethiopian Church.

lWealthy Rumanian Tried for revolt

BUCHAREST Jan. 28.-—fAPl - The Rlllllfllllflll government nui AL Mrllaxa. wealthy munitions manuu facturer, on trial today on ciizirucl that he furnished the tanks. arml and munitions which the Iron Guard nscql in its abortive revolu- tior. East ucek.

Premier" Ion Antone cu. confiired to his home by illne" directed lllS new military government to do whatever is necessarv to Ruaranteq maintenance of order throughout! the country.

ARMY POT$ FOR. PLANEﬁ‘

LONDON -( CPI —-Fivc hunched tons of aluminum pols and f!“ from army kitchen; are to be hunch ed over to the air ministij: fvr n35 in aircraft construction-whey n‘. give enough aluirrinum for o planes.

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