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Move To Front In Greefi Area

British answer

ports B.E.F. quitting country.

(By The Canadian Press) ' The British Broadcasting Corporation announced dur- ing a (ierman-language broadcast Monday night. that new contingents of Empire forces are landing in Groom and

folloived this up by another

British reinforcements are now moving up to the front

lilies in Greece”

'l‘his was London’s apparent answer to Nazi claims that the British forces were engaged in a “double Dunker-

que" evacuating forces from

tack and from besieged Tobruk in Libya.

The Nazi claim did not indicate why British forces should be evacuating Greece at the present time since Ber- lin admitted at the same time that the going in the Balk- ans was not easy. Furthermore, Athens said that there had been “heavy losses" for the Nazis on the Greek front, and

Cairo said there were similar

ll was possible that the Nazi claims were made in ac-'

rordance with the familiar

pagunda ministry-to create as much confusion as possible abroad as to the progress of the conflict, while keeping the

home front “reassured.”

Germans admit British raid

iil-IRLIN, April 14-(AP)-'l‘ho crew of a British destro er landed at a Norwegian fishn: village north of Tromsoe Satur- day night, occupied a. bulldin used for packing fish, remove supplies and burned the bulld- lng. it was reported today by D. NB. German news agency,

The agency use weather prevented an attack b! the German air force and that the destroyer departed at dawn.

STOCKIIOLM. April l4 — tam -- Norwegian volunteers manning a torpedo-boat ba- lievcrl to be the 597-ton Nor- wrglun Sleipner landed at a small harbor in northern Nor- way Saturday and destroyed oil stores, n fish food factor . and cut communications. t was reported here today.

German guards also wera taken prisoner and Norwegian “quisilngs" were routed from the vicinity in an undisturbed raid that lasted several hours.

R.G.A.F. Members" Escape in Forced landing ‘

YSACKVILLE. N.B., April 14—(CP) '~vlill\’("llli)llll)0l'S oi the Royal Can- Br: u Air rwrce at one MOITCLOII ‘ill-NHL; school. escaped uninjured lwllv after the engines 0f their tiaiuuuz plane went deacl over the Tiiuuamar ciykelands. They B sur-reunul forced landing on the liuzu o. Lloyd Miner, near the New B.uus\\"ii:k-Novs. Scotlo. border.

\V.th us wheels onlv partly lower- ed. tin: plane landed on 5082M ill.ll:>.l..lil(l and dragged for about. a uuiitri- oi o mile. The (mly appar- ilil (liliililI-ZC occurred when the ship Biiliflt a tree and lost three feet of ‘he Fllzht wlmt tip.

Italian troops Take over in Occupied France

Brlifilioon. April lL-(CP) - The m fish Broadcast-ink Corporatlcntm K ll quoted a report by the "1nde- ancient’ French news agency that . "min troops in occupied France Po bclna replaced bv Italians.

the coast. kVlcl-IY. April it-(Alfi-Travei- P first from the occupied zone rep-ti.- mk odnv that. Italian troops have S" W! place of Germ-an ciruilii BBQ?“ ggtyat Iii ltfhnmdm sna n e e- "llrcation line.

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Bncrald until S?“ Albflfli‘. G. 0. Green, hner-

to Nazi re-

announcement that “strong

Greece under heavy Nazi at-

severe losses at Tobruk.

policy of the German pro-

Yugoslavia broadcasts said that the major part of the Yugoslav army had fought its way out of German encirclement and 1t was clear they were bot-h harassing the Germans in the region of tine railway junctions of Nls, and were giving the Italians serious trouble in two regions in Albania.

London admitted that British Imperial forces had fallen back to new positions along the northern Grecian battle line, but made no official answer to the German claims that an evacuation was lr progress.

However. the Greeks had been

warned against German pro- Eaganda designed to split the al- es-a. familiar Nazi tactic.

The Nazis made similar evacua- tlonk claims at the end of last wee .

Enemy planes "Raid Malta

ALETTA. Malta. April lt-(AP) _ a gouowuig communique was issued here Monday:

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ll. S. policy Unchanged by» Latest pact

Cordell Hull Declares Russian - Japanese Pact can be “0ver-

estimated.” (By I. O. Stack. Associated Press Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, Apri lb-(AP) -Pollcy of the United Statcs in both Europe and Asia today was declared "unchanged" by the new Russian-Japanese "neutrality" pact. which was viewed officially as merely formalizi a relationship long existing be een the two eastern powers.

State Secretary Cordell Hull ex- pressed the Government's attitude towards the pact in a fonnal statement which declared its sig- nificance "could be overestimated" and that it came as no surprise.

"The agreement," he said, "woul seem to be descriptive of s. situa- tion which has in effect existed between the two countries for some time past.

“It; therefore comes as no sur- prise, although there has existed doubt whether the two govern- ments would or would not agree to say it in writing."

to its effect on the United

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Island Native Dies in New Glasgow, N. S.

NEW GLASGOW, N. S.. April 14 —(CP) -—Suddenly stricken this afternoon, Samuel K. Blggaf‘, 52, New Glasgow dry goods merchant. died at his home this evening.

Mr. Bigger was a native of Brad- albane. P. E. I.. and came to New Glasgow about 25 years ago when he went into business with G. Fox. He was paymaster at the shipyards in Trenton during the last great war

He was a member of the Masonic order and of ‘Trinity United Church.

Surviving is his wife, two sons, Roy and Earl at. home, his mother Mrs. J. D. Biggar who resided with him. A brother Stanford and sister Mrs. E. D. Crime, Charlottetown, and two sisters, Mrs. Howard Park- man and Mrs. George I-Iickox, Ja- maica. Plalns. Iong Island.

Pending the arrival home of rel- atives funeral arrangements have not yet been completed.

“A larize number of enemy 81f- craft, mostly Junkers 87's and 88s.; came in in waves at intervals last; night. ‘

"Seai-chllznts were vsrv active and. the ground defences encased the, raiders with results not yet known. 1

"Durham done was sllwht althouifh; some houses were estroyed. and. one person was seriously hurt and others injured slightly. l

"Early this mornlml enemy Offen- sive and reconnaissance planes. ao- companied by fighters at a. ilreat going’? were enlzasod by our around

a. es.

"Two civilians were silently 1n- iured olchowzh no bombs were dropped?

Nazis claim Forces firm on Egyptian soil

BERLIN’, April lk-(AP) — The Nazi command said today that the German African expeditionary force lslflrmlv established on Eruption so

siu .- on one western amt-ton bordel-mwith Italian Ldbyfl. ha! 73°99 occupied ilfidmaeflfltdllpefléfgilgelal-Yfifi f tthea Dmtm 8 um “haulers, are headlnn east-

ward, it was cl . It a neared that the GIFHIIBJTB mfg

u. c of obruk. "n33. “ii-iii bgseogrrasmbetsileled Q land and a di-spl Mano?’ Dllmfll‘

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(digital. dispatches said s. Nazi tank attack on Tobruk was BBB-WIT off).

In Greece. a line which ran routin- ly from Gannon-occupied Salonélm westward alona tine nortnem bot‘ 01‘ was balm consolidated bv the Nazis. Whether in can i-eizlon or fut-h" south tiherswastcboaclaatiwit-h .34.: forces in Greece wasaouol- on expected to be s-nswered dill"!

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bulldin lant. Cons motion be- Lgan only Jan. 30. 4

Athens radio Tells of air Attacks on Nazis

IDNDON, April l-i-——(0P)— The Athens radio was heard to _an- nounce tonight that Royal Air Force and Greek air squadrons are "mercilessly bombing and ma- cnine-gunnlng" Germans in the Monastlr tBltolj) area. where the enemy appears to be concentrating troops and supplies.

Quoting the Greek ministry of war communique, the radio said:

"Failure of the Germans’ to ef- fect a break-through during the first days. together with continuous and effective reinforcement of al- lied lines of resistance. has con- firmed the general conviction that. a very strong front has been es- tablished, stretching Adriatic Sea to the Aegean.

“The positions occupied by al- lied forces are natural strongholds which do not all lend themselves to tactics of mechanized blitz war- f

are.

"All reports concur that the sit- uation may be considered as high- ly satisfactory.

"The morale of the army is even bettcr than at the time of the It- alian aggression.

“British and Greek soldiers are impatiently awaiting the first op- portunity of getting at the Ger- mans."

The Greek radio comme oawr, attributing his information to the press ministry, reported that 1n Yugoslavia it appeared that "the great bulk of the Yugoslav army remains intact and has retired to the mountainous areas where it is edgy to maintain the and whence it. could constltutcma -

manent threat to the v 91"! i if."

181x111 northern Yugoslavia‘, the sit- uation was d ribed as obscure

esc

ed" in Ln south, it was

ffiahfmfil! Gbnnansehad been un-

able to use their mechanized army

gzgjngf, “the definitely superior serblan infantry."

Yugoslav troops were said to have opened a spirited counter-of- fonstw 0n either bank of the Moravia. river forcing the Nail to regdtithwest of Nis. it was stated. the Yugoslav; recaptured the town of Prokuplje. It was believed ham that the main Yugoslav force was concentrated to effect a push to- ward the south with the object of

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Ghincsc Communists Stunned by Moscow Pact

CHUNGKING. April lt-(AP) — Chinese Communists appeared today to have been stunned by the Japan- ese-Soviet pact of neutrality siimed Sunday in Moscow.

Their eventual reaction was await- ed with interest by observers in China because they always have in- sisted that a Japanese-Soviet agree-

heir oo-operatlon with General Chiang Kai-Slick on a common an-

CHUNGKING, April lL-(AP) The Chinese Central Daily News in an editorial for publication tomorrow concerning the Japan- ese-Soviet non-aggression pact. said,-"\ve consider the pact are- grettable action and severe blunder on the part of Soviet Russia."

ti-Japanese prozram.

Chou En-Lal. the Chinese Com- munist leader. was unavailable for comment today. and. lesser officials

plain the Moscow move or to predict likely to adopt. '

nient was impossible, and have based at Bebe

indicated they were unable to ex-_

OnAir Graduates

At Summerside

Col. Ralston to be present: at first ceremony of kind. held in thihsjrovince.

OITAWA, April l-t-(dPl-It- inerary of Defence Minister Ral- ston’: visit to the Maritlmes was announced tonight by the Defence Department Just before the Min- ister left by train for the east.

Col. Ralston wlll transfer to plane before he reaches Moncton tomorrow. and fly on to Summer- side, PEI. later in the day. for a visit to his constituency of Prince.

0n Wednesday Col. Ralston will inspect the service flying training school and airport near Summer- side and confer wings on a grad- uate class. In the evening he will be guest of the city at; a supper meeting.

Thursday he wlll fly to Char- lottetown to inspect the basic training school there and other military units. The military camp rt, N. 5.. will be inspected Friday morning. The Minister plans to spend the afternoon of that day and possibly part of Sat- urday at Aldersnot camp. He goes to Amherst. N. 5., Saturday even- ing and leaves there on his return journey Sunday. April 20.

WAR VETERAN PASSES

HANTSPORT, N. 8., April 14- (CP)—-R.andolpn Winston Church- ill, 55. a veteran of the First Great War and grandson of the late Sen- ator Ezra. Churchill, died at his home here today. He returned with the rank of captain after serving at various times with the 112th ' laattallon. the Royal Canadian Ar-

wnat. course the Chinese group was; tlllery lgd the Royal Canadian Regimen .

Believe

Brest after R.

nlrzONDON. April 14.-(CP) — Be- f.‘ night by qualified sources that fail-

26.000-ton battleships, the Gneisenau; and Sclmrnhorst. from their bomb- scarred berths at Brest. France. indicated both vessels had. suffered damage.

Observers pointed to British an-k nouncements that bombs were drop-, ped near the two ships in six separ- ate raids ln two weeks. and said that, if the battleships had not been; damaged “the only sensible thing", for the Germans to have done would‘ have been to order their removal. 'I'hese sources said, however. that the Germans might still consider Brest safer than other harbors, OI" that. damage to the harbor of Brest might have prevented the ships from

leaving. ,

The Air Ministry and the Ministry‘; of Home Security. in a loint com munioue, said there had been "ratna er more daylight activity" over Great Britain todav than of late. and that bombs dropped in widelv separated parts of the country caused few casualties but some dam one which “was nowhere very great. "rhiemy aircraft" was reported over Northern Ireland durlnR the day, a joint: communique of the Nor- thern Ireland Ministry of Public Se- curity and the Northern Ireland

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Sofia Bombed

BOFIA. Bul arts. April 1i—(AP) —Airplanes ascribed as British and Yugoslav raided this city last night, a. Bulgarian air defence communique said today.

The communique said the raid was "another attack on non-mill- tary objectives" and that "victims

Craft Damaged

. Two big Battleships remain at bomb-scarred berths at A. F. raids.

was expressed in London tc-l ure by the Germans to remove their:

German

Blackout of

Athens radio

YORK. April l4.- (CP) --

lPackcd Nousc Greets Easter Monday Play

Rollicking Comedy, “You're Telling Me” Keeps the Audience Thrilledl.

Packed houses yesterday after- noon and evening greeted the pres- entation of the Easter Monday play "You're Telling Me" staged under the direction of Mr. J. B. Richards. C.D.A. 'I'iie performance was staged under the auspices of the St. Char- les Auxiliary Society in aid of the Charlottetown Hospital and was under the distinguished patronage of l-lis Honour Lieutenant Governor B. W. LePage and Mrs. LePage. the Honourable Premier and Mrs. Campbell and l-lis Worship the Mayor and Mrs. Holman. Unavold- ably absent, the Premier was rep- resented by Hon. Mark R. Mc- Gulgan and Mrs. McGulgan.

As advertised the play. a three act comedy by Wilbur Braun. kept the large audience in gales of lauohter thrniivholtf each and ev- ei-v scene of the nerformance. Kit (‘oi-stairs is determined to rise a- bove the reality of an empty poc- ketbock. A family who have re- cently come into a fortune are anx- ions to get lntn society although being far from qualified. Kit is ask-

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Turks plan To remain in Neutral class

ANKARA, April l4 --(AP)’ Turkish intentions to observe strict neutrality unless attacked - A increasingly 11-19939"! m the 1X95-

tod’ ‘.

lids British ambassador, slr Hughe M. KnaLchbull-I-Iilgcssen. saw ‘Turkish foreign minister Sukru

' Soracoglu today after visiting Pres-

ident Isnoet Inonu Saturday. but the nature of the talks was not di- vulged.

Widespread air raid CXBTOISSS which included drOPPIIIE 0f pam- eliutlsts yesterday in the Istanbul

area. were pronounced a complete - for trans-Atlantic flights. the min-

success.

“Germany is using very 50ft 11ml!- uoso to "turkey." the newspaper Ik- dam said, “We are glad 0 this but lb doesn't lullusto sleep. PerhB-Dfi Germany is sincere but leifs be We" pared for the worst."

Another newspaper, Aksad. de- clared‘

"Turkey's non-belligerent attitude is for the Allies‘ good as well as her own.

. "There is nothing in our obliga-

tions which directs Turkey toward WM; 11mm is no position in which we could effectively help our A1- 1 .

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The Athens radio. customarily on the air with a hhzh command com-z munlque and a mllltarv review be-l l-WBCH 7 and 8 p.m. AST., was not heard in New York tonight by the Columbia Broadcasting System's listening station. ,

Previous ‘blackouts’ of the Greek radio indicated Athens was under an air raid alarm.

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NEW YORK. April lL-(CPJ —‘1 Martin Agronsky. National Broad-a casting Company correspondent inl Ankara, said. in u broadcast tonight] from the capital that Turkey wouldl not be surprised if Germany proffer-a hei- a non-aawresslon pact. in the mar fixture. l

He said that the ‘Ian-ks are watch- imz developments in the Balkans closely and seeing the "familiar slan- posls alone: the cynical Axis road ID"

persist in calling ‘order’ " countries they have invaded. I-le added that Franz von Papenm the Nazi ambassador. "has not seen President Inonu lately. nor has he offered a ncn-airmcsslon pactosvet. The Turks. thoutrh. won't be surpris- ed if the Nazi ambassador does show up with offers from Berlin 1n the,

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Mexico's Minister To Germany returns

MEXICO CI'l Y. Piprll 14 —(AP) -—-Gen. Juan F. Azcarte, Mexico's minister to Germany, arrived here today by plane, and ivent. directly to the national palace to confer} with President Avila Camacho. ,

Foreign Minister Ezequiel Padilla ‘ called Axcartc home last week toj inform the government on Geri man-Mexican relations. ‘

The outstanding issue betweenl tho two governments is Mexico's re- l cent expropriation of two German and l0 Italian shim in Tamnieo and Vera Cruz harbors.

International At A Glance

LONDON-Report more British troops going into Greece. retire- ment o British forces to new positions along Grecian battle line acknowledged.

CAIRO -—- German forces reach Salnm on Egyptian soil; British Tobruli garrison in sharp battle

' ‘ Axis forces.

CIIUNGKING -- Chinese Com- munists left on limb by Soviet- Japanese neutrality treaty may have break altogether with (lpmlntern to continue supporting China's nationalist forces.

ATflENS- German moves par- "icd in opening of battle of Greece. iircek officials say.

MOSCOW — Ja an. Russia tn iron out other prob ems in wake of neutrality pact.

WASHINGTON-Hull says Itns- sian-Japaneseract must not be "over-estimate ."

LONDON — Failure to remove (ineisensu. Scharnhorst from Ilrcsi held to indicate German battle- ips damaged.

tide in Desert

causes dismay LONDON. April 15-- (Tu British Imperial troops are b East African front to Egypt

today.

Sir Archibald P. Wavcll, faces ed east of Salum-

zire on the march toward the

in Britain. could hold and defeat the Axi Any British naval suppor

tacks, it was said- British sources said that

iAmerican Bombers Break all records

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LONDON, April l4-—(CP)— The first lot of American-made Boeing B176 bombers, just arrived in Britain, broke all speed records lsf. of aircraft production ton ght.

The big bombers have a speed of 300 miles an hour at 25.000 feet and a flying range of 2,450 miles with a “very heavy bomb load." it was said.

said

Will urge Road to Alaska

WASHINGTON. April l4 _ (AP) — The AilSlEiTl international high- WBV commission decided today to urge the United Slates War and Stale Departments to take imme- diate steps to expedite construction l of a $25.000.000 road from the United Stat-es through Canada to Alaska.

Th‘. commission members decid- Bd to ask the state depfiflgnan; to expedite nczotintlons for a treaty with Canada for the joint coilstruc- lion 0f tn» load.

Report Poachers, Trappcrs clash

THE PAS._ .‘\lun._ Apil. l4.—tCPl— Rovsl Canadian Mounted Police said 131A? toduv they are ill\Cbll},'.lllll‘-l w- Doris of a clash between alleged furl poachers and trappcrs DiltYOUllllZ Lllel boundary of the suminerbeny‘ niuskmt preserve. ~l0 riiiles southeast of The Pas.