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BritishSaccessful In Fierce Desert

Battle fr: Africa

Fort Capuzzo

by British; Royal Navy backs up lan_<_l__forces.

[By ERIC BIGIO, Associated Press Staff Writer)

CAIRO. April l8-—(AP)-A lightning-like British blow at the ner- mrrii-ltiillrrn rear in Fort Capuzzo and hrrnd-to-hand fighting just "m; the lmrder in the Egyptian village of Salum, both backed up by glills in‘ the Rflyal Navy. were announced by the British command today with irrtimations that these desert outposts might have been wrested

from the Axis. n; forre—itf least for the moment

the East African wilderness or to- womcn and children.

Nazi bombers Wreak havoc iii Ito. Ireland

BELFAST. April

suffered by British midla ds.

tiian atroyed and considerable

pa; reported.

w m‘ of bomb shelters, homes, iv. churches, a moving picture theatre llllfl library here indicated casual‘ s were heavy.

Phys fans and nurses removed

. from a hospital wing and lil es‘ ironic struck by bombs. Irr- lurcd patients were more missiles fell about them. Many persons were killed when t bomb struck a shelter. . Numerous fires sprang up, but they v re reported curbed by tool-es of firemen, with the help of whom s sent from Dublin, cap- ital of neighboring Eire_

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Iiol. ilaiston’s Program today

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1m. Rzfston is scheduled to ar- Slgg atcliarlotoetown by plane at -Y»°i'l~lewilllns tthe

ry Benet; Grovg wilti- .i i i: cenr n c- "Iltks Girard. Thenealiout noon he

r111 1 n égfipkvmblglne aeain for Do-

r. .. ' $132301. N. S?’ liyrlom an» Nigiw itwpilillfi were not qu‘te ..efinite, mo“ Tamed last night. He plans

oirtiigule cn to the Nova Bcotlan

Coming Events

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‘"1 for Notices In this column l cents per word. "W" forget on. ‘ "The Tami %g°.""§"-1io& léedeemer

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miiiluides. Lo “m”! i100! at Alban every -, afternoon, Pr] a g until 11:30 a.m. C C. C. Green. Emer-

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"B: the W 1th‘ U Plirlrdsle Seclrool. t o'clock.

m-(Cm-Be- tween "no and 300 German bomb-

a raid Stlifl to be as lnten e as any

Hundreds of homes in the work- ing cl s area of this city of more .000 population were de- loss of life llPl"? and in surrounding towns

‘no workers digging into the

Entire Italian

Con voyDestroyed By British Ships,

Five Axis cargo ships and three destroyers blasted from Water at cost of one BritishdestrQyer.

is re-taken

Miliizrry circles expressed the' view that the Nazi-Fascist blitzkrieg “on; llif‘ nnrrow strip between the desert and the

Simullarncously, Ilritish headquarters announced that m, nuke 9g Aosla. lidlillll Vicerfly 117 Eihifiltla. had sent an envoy by plane to Dire- dau-a. lt wrs not known here whether he sought to negotiate for the surrender of the 40,000 Italian and 86

The Admiralty announced the

banded from the sea, west of Salum where the eivposed atop the palisades.

Ell Gazala alrpor west of ‘robruk. In addition the Royal Air Force

Fort Cabuzzo and another- at Der- no. A British Ministry of Informa- tion arinouncement, first made pub- lic in London, said “in Libya our forces have successfully attacked the re-a-r of the enemy position in tho Cspuzza area, where enemy ve- gicles were shelled and set on re. '

. rsources here said the much-ha. Italian fort facing lhg Egy- tian frontier had changed hands f. e after time before Bri- tish forces grabbed it. It was not made clear who twlds it at the moment. British military circles remarked that the German advance elements had been at the Libyan-Egyptian border for three or four days with- out showing signs of attempting to progress farther east, Also supporting the British view that the desert blitzkrieg has eased off, they said there has been no new attack on Tdbmk, 80 miles in- side Libya, where a British. gar- rison stands firm as a threat to the German-Italian communication line.

sea has about spent

.000 native troops etill at large in 111111186 f0!‘ the Withdrawal of Italian

Gervnans and Italians were being "constantly and successfully" bom- particularly

road is

A curio of the war was the de- struction by naval cannon of at least five Aids Planes parked at

destroyed four German planes at.

lying“ 'hesr g on a charge of murdering

M!

Unemployment Problem up- For discussion

wa This Month.

Details have been received by His Worship Mayor Holman of the A- ' gerida of the fourth annual confer- ence of the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities which talm place April 22-24 at the Cha- teau Laurier, Ottawa. The agenda tentatively provides for considerat- ion of the following matters: civ- tliari defense and protection meas- ures; wartime housing; direct un- employment relief aid; the Rowell- Slrois report; rehabilitation and post-war h. adjustment; mu- nicipaiitles and the war.

A representative group of Ma ors of United States cities, tnclu ing Ho F. H. LaiGuardia, New York. wil present and will participate in the discussions.

Rt. Hon Malcolm Macdonald, High Commissioner to Canada from the United Kingdom, will be the guest speaker at the conference

inner on April 22.

A pre-conference meeting will be

of the executive committee, the cen- tral management and national ex- ecutive committees and the region- al chairmen have been invited. Mayor Holman is also in receipt of an appreciative letter from Mr. George S. Mooney, Montreal, execu- tive director of the Canadian Fer‘- eration of Mayors and Municipriii- ties. Referring to Mayor Holmurfs attendance at the U. s. Mayors’ convention at. St. Louis, Mr. Mooney writes: "I can reassure you that there ts much tangible evidence that these reciprocal visits of Can- adian-American mayors are of first- ranking importance in the relation- ships between our two countries, particularly during these days."

Subject Included in Agenda of Mayors’ Conference at Otta-

gue held on April 21 to which members {the graduateb c“

iFirst Graduates From S’side Air School get Wings

Two Island Airmen included in class; “Bad news for Hitler”.

. An event of historical interest 511d 011a which is unique in the annals cf Prince Edward Island t°°k Place yesterday when Hon. Col. Rois tired tamed gings" a ua c at gig training school

Germans claim Yugoslav: perish

COL. J. L. RALSTON Minister of Defence for Canada

250 shipbuilders Strike at Halifax

H. C. A. 1". at. Surrmerslde. It was a proud mo- mcnt for the boyswhen they were carted up to receive their wings. C°1- Misti)“ spoke a. few words to each lad as he performed the “Emmy and tho happy smile that lit up the faces of the boys showmr ‘how Proud they were to receive the honoru‘. Two Island boys were in the class. one. Preston Barlow, is the son of Mi‘. and Mrs. How- ard Barlow of Weldngton, and a

LONDON. April ltL-(API — The German radio claimed to- night that a plane carrying six high Yu oslav dignitaries. mem- bers of e ther the government or the Royal family, had crashed in Bumania. killing them all. They were said to be “en route to the east with important docu- merits." Two airmen also were

said to have perished.

C. McCuliogli, assistant

fax Shipyards. Limited. James Wood, president

body of Mrs. Loretta Fee-

frcm every Province of in. Domin-

n and even one young man l!‘0m California. which is "ample proof the i901’! B01055 the line are svm- Dathst-‘c to our cause.” col.

uates from Newfoundland.

He. conguitulsfed the Ccmrnand. lng Officer. Wing Commander Fullerton. his officers and men on their exceedingly smart turn out achieved under difficulties. He also congratulated ing Commander Fbilerton and his staff on having the first class ready in so short o 808cc of time and as he wel knew. the difficulties that handi- capped iLlICiy efforts. the weather in particular was most trying To the men he said he was proud to

ed. Mrs. Feciian. a native of Sav- age Harbor" P. E. 1.. (led at. Brock- line Tue_~da.y.

Before her marriage she was M155 Loretta Doyle of Savage Harbor. daughter of the late Joseph I“ Doyle and his wife, Mary Mooney- She had resided in the United States for several years, foilowung the death of her husband. Joseph Feehan.

Surviving are four sons. Clifford minor. who is ewompanrlna his mother's body to this province.

irho quit." Mr. Wood said.

t-d in the Halifax yards.

union 01.’ marine workers. men were on strike.

s... Island Man's knife not Lethal» weapon

HALIFAX, April 16 —(CP) —Dr. F. V. Woodbury, medical examiner. expressed belief in court today that a clasp knife found in the posses- sion of Poe. Clarence Sanderson of Morrell, P. E. I., could not. have inflicted the stab wound that resulted in the death of David Smith of Winnipeg, wireless opera- tor in the Royal Canadian Air Fiorce.

The medical examiner was testi- at Sandersons preliminary

Sextus Ebehan and Vincent Feohan . in the navy and Michael with the Prince Edward Isand Highlanders, y

James Doyle of Savage Harbor I Raid alarm

and Desmond Doyle of Mount Stewart, are brothers. Funeral services will be held Fri- VICHY, France 17 —(’I‘hurscIay> —-(AP) — Vichy, temporary capital of unoccupied France. 11nd an hour-

day morning from the Roman

Catholic Church at St. Andrews long air raid alarm last night for the first. time since the French-

Buriel will be in the cemetery be- G-ermrin armistice.

Side the church. The ulrrrm sounded at 1:20 p. m..

D p D ' I t (6:20 p. m. ASTL and the all-clear I O rliflLlllle at 12:20 a. m. 17:20 p. m. AS- . .i rl I tT'"c dispatch said nothing about born“; bring dropped.) T

have the honour of conferring their wings upon em

The Weather was perfect and many vis"tors went out to witness the impressive ceremony which was rbxeldsin front of hangars No. 2 and

o. .

The airmen famed a square with -i"_'

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aft . Iolzl r.’

‘he bombing of Bordeaux

Smith here March l5. The hearing

IJONDON, April l6 -—(CP) -—An entire convoy of three Italian de- stroyers and five axis cargo ANN. bound for Africa with munitions ’"“..'2f°“““‘”°‘i ""'r'"'e.:..:s

r s - iim nndv fie beotrhgen Sicily and ‘Ielpoli ‘by a British Mediterranean squadron Tuesday night, at the cost of one British destroyer.

The admiralty disclosed the news of this action tonight in a com- munique which followed announce- ment that the Mediterranean fleet is continually bombarding the Ger- man and Italian troops. ""9"?" and forts along‘ the Libyan shore m irépport iii the ard fighting Imper-

duer armies.

Thus units of the Mediterranean fleet freed 1mm convoy service to Greece. returned to the 10b 01 blocking axir supply lanes to Af- rica. It has been generally bclitved that Gennan mechanized forces

Andrew Cunningham's fleet was engaged 1n protecting the transport of Ilmperisl troops, and vast quan- tities of supplies. from Africa to Ore

ece Two of the enemy stii sunk last night were of about b. tons each. heavily laden with motor trans- ports, the admiralty said: two oth- era of 3.000 tons each. "probably transports" were blown up: and the fifth, a 4.0004011 ammunition ship, blew up with a terrific explosion. Conveying these ships were three destroyers. the Mia-fan Luca Tari- go and two mailer craft which t?“ not mentioned by name. All

rec were sunk.

The admiralty did not specify whether the eight vessels were de- stroyed by gunfire or toroedoes.

was adjourned for a week. Dr. Woodbury said Smith's death was caused by haemorrhage from a stab wound in the thigh. He ex- pressed the opinion the injury had been caused by a sharper weapon than the knife which a city detec- tive had testified he found in San- derson's possession after his arrest Dr. Ralph P. Smith. provincial pathologist, testified today ho had found traces of human blood on the knife. The Prince Edward Island soldier was charged as the result of an al- leged stabbing affair on Harrington Street. Witnesses at previous ses- sions said they saw sanderso . with a‘ knife that morning just before Smith fell, but the soldier appear- ed to be trying to get away. One witness said Smith aimed a kick at the accused. “Defective James Baker said "a

i-ge clasp knife and a small oen-~ knife" were found In sandersqnis possession i

Dr. Smith testified that as a re- sult of tests he made he was "able to state that on the inside of this knife there was human blood."

Dr. Smith on cross-examination by J. T. MaeQuari-ie. counsel for the accused, said he misc examined the contents of Smith's stomach and found traces of methyl and ethyl alcohol. Methyl alcohol was not usually found in ordinary liq- uor and its effect was to make a person "berserk." "I didn't pay any very particu- larr attention to the wound and I would rather not state whether tho: wound could or could not have been mgéle by that knife," Dr. Smith so .

Potato stocks Show increase

OTTAWA. APfli i6—(OP)—'i‘tre Dominion Bureau of Statistics rl- portod ma. y that farm stocks of potatoes in Canada Mord: t1 w- tailed ranozooo hundndweight, rep- I resentin an increaae over the farm potato s ks of the two previous years. and being about equal to the stocks recorded at March It, 1980.

81 potato tacks totalled 9.087.000 hunched- weight. About l8 per cent oi’ the 1940 crop was reported lost th

columns smashing through the heart of the central Greek- British front threatened today to outflank the strong allied entrcnchments thrown up on the slopes "of famed Mount. Olympus on the eastern coast.

one column entered the upper valley of the Aiiakmou River in the region of Grevena, 60 miles south of the Yugo- slav frontier in a drive toward Kalirbaka which is the en- trance to the plains of Thessaly.

'ane plateau to the east also crossed the Aiiakmon River.‘

This drive was toward the western slopes of Mount OIym-i (Associated Press Financial writeri pus which forms the eastern anchor of the allied defence’ Iine- Obviously this eastern column intended f0 skirt Mount i Olympus and encircle its fiercely fighting defenders.

German forces which penetrated the upper valley of the Aiiakmon River on the west.

Trinkkala and connecting with Larisa, Athens and the main Greek rail network.

crossed to the south bank of the Aliakmon from thci heights of Komne. u n amost 04 for each mmi, women; town of Kozane. The Aiiakmon describes a sharp V rand mid in u... Unlfgd granny across the Greek peninsula before emptying into Saionika‘ against this German Bay. 7

Italians were acknowledged to have taken the Klasma Marlt (apparently on the Devol River.)

said the information ted that turai after enforced evacuation and transfer of defensive

heavy fighting was in progress In several sectors of the de- ~ fence line the allies threw across the Greek peninsula tori a decisive stand against the mechanized hosts of the Nazi invaders.

Central Front

"r French information office Fierce battle in pro-

i . f Bordeaux were destroy- Bd riirl windows, doors and chim- neys of several suroundlng houses were damaged, the Information of-

‘ flce claimed. In] contrast] to Saturday night's " Bor eaux o _ w rich now has - - r led 15 d d d tl 2O (By Edward Kennedy, Associated Press Staff Writer) ,_h§“ ,,§‘§,,.m";§’,'0°n “(Ygfice

ATHENS, April 17—(Thursday)—(AP)—Two German

claimed. only a few persons were sliltziitly" hurt in Sunday night's rad.

Germany, II. S. Reduce holdings

A Greek high command communique disclosed that

HALIFAX, April 1e --(CP) -_ J. to the

Grandson of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. ' chief conciliator of the federal la-

ggrka“? sugiigteeigide-oogli: n lgéir-‘driletprirtmcnt, was en route here - - - - n o

u... M... Remopxfim. Island Native o, is. roars:

ed on the wide representation supbuudlng “vorkers M the Hau-

of the boilcrmakers arid iron shipbuild- ers union of the Halifax trades and labor council, said he had receiv-

Rfll" m9 ed a tcie-rrn ' t ~ ' ' ston was as 1e ed t t th t! him. 4'1, will arrive here £01115?“ - m m‘? 1m”? mm °f ‘he there were aolaiiigeilliumlgrngfegrag- from Brookiinc. Mass. it was Icflffl- Concmamr 5 Gemini?”-

‘iAs for us I know, none of mi;- uniorr men are in the strike (‘Ind I am comp c\'f‘l'_\'iililig possible to persuade them anninst joining those

l-Ic sriid his" uiiinii represented a. millflriiry of the 1,000 men employ-

James O'Connell, jiresident of the congress of industrial organizations and shipbuilding said some of his unionis

OFFWAR:

German

LONDON, April

fierce anti-aircraft tire sma early today for capital.

Stick after stick of he and crashed into buildings a

(At 4:22 a.m. London

porztry (lciny ill commririicat

bloiv yet loosed on London.

their heaviest raid of

Associated Press office me.

Anti - Aircraft Fire Gets One‘

Raider

Casualties ‘fea

red heavy;

High explosive bombs range in size to “super-calibre”.

r7—(Tlrursday>—-(CP)—- Ger- man bombers diving low in a. steady procession through

shed at London last night and

the war on the

avy explosive bombs wiristied nd streets of the sleepless city,

and csariaitjes and ciamage were expected to be heavy.

time (11:22 p.m. AST) the ssaged that there was a tem- i0llS, recalling a similar inter-

ruption during the devastating attack last Dec. 29, when the Associated Press building in which the offices of The Canadian Press were located, wins destroyed by fire.

Seasoned observers agreed that this was the heaviest

London early today after an hour's

LONDON. ADrIl l7——iTh“rsdakil—-((7P)—The all-clear rounded ll

long raid by German bombers.

Casualties were believed for hours without a let-up.

sleep this night.

an endless stream.

Will‘.

It was the first big assault on

heavy. The raid thundered on

The tirrob of low-flying planes mingled with the crash 0f guns so noisily that Londoners gave up all thought of

The raiders appeared to race over in a wide are to drop their bombs and scurry away,

followed by their mates in

The concentrated raid was described by some as thl heaviest 0f this year, by others as the most. severe of the

London since the Royal

Air Force made their heaviest raid on Berlin April 9,

after which the German press

Nazis would “retaliate.”

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published threats that the

Inoome tax i Deadline is Drawing near

OTIIAWA, April 1B—(CP)—'I‘he final day of rack for some. 500,000 Canadians liable to income i tax on 1940 earnings is approach-I ing. All income tax returns must be In by April 30 or the penalties provided by law are apt to fail on‘ the delinquents. i

Today the Department of Nation- al Revenue reported income tax collections for March at $39,958,806, an increase of $34,061,886 over March, 1940.

The incrensc was a reflection of the higher rut-cs and lower exemp- tions applicable to 1940 incomes

—_.._~- '-:;;; 12M

DEAD MEN Tau.

No TALES Bu?

‘THE HEIR$ OFTEN DO

than t0 1939. as well as to the new; installment plan for payments in- augurated this year. ‘

For the fiscal year ended Marchi, 31 income tax collertions totallcrl‘

At rapid rate

The other column plunging southward from the Koz- 1

By Charlcs n. Ilarneri I

NEW YORK. April 16 -— IAP) - Responsible firriiricflwl authorities- IliSClO-iln that the United States arid Germany are reducing their Invest- ments with euch other at a mte unnaralleed in history.

Since the war begun. Germany is estimated to have withdrawn 25 fir cent of her fnrricinl holdings