MERE MAN

n h wm-ry not work that wean.

Bennett Suggested ‘To Head Probe Into‘ Aircraft Production

II‘. HON R. B. BENNETT

ost while iving convoy

n'lack was driven off. posed of.

communique gave

is. tEvrrinor. i100 tolls. laid down under the command Lt-Cmrll: ll. T. ilsrmpard. RN. the ls ttrc Lilith destroyer to be i since tho war bcgn“, inclutf. the two Canadian destroyers. r aloe and Fraser, lost. in in.

Aden, c}... liiil eave Ankara

British Ifiroa tonight repol the Italian press that the Italians may wltlidriiui frcm Eritrea and It- alian Soinalilaird."

was quoted as saying that

AWA. Feb. (OH-Ro- call Rt. Hon. R. B. ennett from London as head of a committee to investigate Canada's aircraft pro- duction was suggested today in the H9151}? of Commons.

s proposa. made b John Diefenbakcr (Con. Lake yCentre). came at the end of an afternoon sitting almost entirely devoted to discussion of aircraft production,

Earlier T. C. Douglas (C.C.F. Weyburm had urged creation of a fie-negate ministry of aircraft pro-

ic on.

Munitions Minister Howe. who now has Jurisdiction over that

hase of the war effort. said he

ad an open mind on the sugges- tion and would raise no objcc ion if Prime Minister King decided to adopt it.

Mr. Dlcfenbaker said with Mr. Bennett's business experience and his intimate association with Lord Beuverbroolr in the ministry of Aircraft Production in Britain 1w would know what. was required from the Canadian industry.

Opposition leader Hanson sug- gested the appointment of an air- craft production head with ex- traordinary powers. but he stop- ped short of suggesting a separate ministry

33 trainees For Beach Grove Inn camp

OTTAWA, Feb. 28 -(CP) _Inie 4.690 men 21 years of age being called tip for training on March 20 under the four-month compulsory military training plan will be dis- tributed among the Maritime camps as follows:-

Yflrmolii-h. N. S. 128: New Glas- EOW. N. S.. I04; Fredericton, N. B. 139; Edmundston. N. B. 46: Beach Grove Inn (near Charlottetown) 33.

Jap Envoy At Vienna

BERLIN. Feb. 28.—(AP)-Arrival in Vienna of Hitler's Foreign Miiris- ter and the Japanese envoy was an- nounecd amid a deepening feeling among military and other observers thrttdmportarrt Axis military and political events are imminent.

Vienna was alive with rumors that Bulgarian leaders would turn up there tomorrow to out. their country into the German-Italian- Japancse alliance.

"SHOIIIG one should be put on the ob. Mr. Hanson said. "He could- e made responsible to the min- istl'Y——I agree that should be done —-but. he should get results."

‘The House, in committee. s nt the afternoon on finance minifter Ilslcy‘s resolution preiimin to introduction of the war appropriation

the next fiscal year.

‘s1 300,000,000 bill covering

istcr. and Lt. Gen. I-Iiroshi Oshima, the Japanese ambassador to Ger- uglttglvé had reached Vienna. Rave 1.0

British planes

Budget Anticipation

During question pcirod Mr. i Ilslcy. replyln! to a question from Mr. Hanson. said it. was hoped ire i would be ablo to bring down tirei budget as soon ns ilic war ap- propriation measure hud been dis-

A suggestion to the House by Mr.

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Admits Italians g lliay lose Colonies

IONDON. Feb. 28 -(CP) -Tile “ ' Ming Corporation ‘ant admission by

€

Tire new paper Popolo D'I"ililln “the

Feb. 28—(AP) - The

lowlands of Somaiiiand and Eritrea are hardly defensible against mod- crn attack and that both may be

i - leadsrs wlzh the announce- that the two aovcrnmerits

‘s paper lWmalte fastilcsscs of Abysslnla. where ade- quate defences are po sible."

...' lllil ll tirrough Bultia .a

l it and tizc Mediterranean. ‘

that Anthony Eden. c

would visit Athens

lsrilish assistance for fulfil-inn. sir John Dill.

"102 DJll. by spec r no

5111M! leaviur. Mr. Eden talked at Sluttord Crisps. the

British use New type Warplanc

dor to Soviet Rus-

_ _said illfillltill." and added that ‘ lnlllld the Soviets

fell in London tonight. from Ger- man aircralt which thick mist and high winds over the Dover Strait to renew the ' upon Britain. I _

were dropped in southeast blllllflllfl. a brief initial raid. but late in the night for another stab-

halted last."mf!ht~bv'l'i‘8l¢l over the - grlnnlnneé, ltsgtsiuriirg the day it was

sc use a shorltl Stirling bombers. amonal irvlqartres. had been sent attain-it i310 Nazis for the first time a ni hts BIZO."

for Noiiccs in this column

Jar-n‘ strawberriec.

that the craft. along with Win10 merits in planes from the United States. would "make DQ551518 "W" intense attadts on selected objec- tives" in "the heart” of

te ltDliV.

The Short Stirlint! wore said to be able to carry biz loads and oower- tui defensive amiament. h speed.

___-_ Hospital Cake Sale,

-____ r coal Saturday - 1118!. Mt. Herbert

are‘? tint l. h l‘ at {I'D m I-Ial

“' V. In aid of Md 1.-

adian air officers will conduct an investigation into the cause of cra h of the bomber on Newfound- laird‘ cgastnwhich dcarried Sir Fred- an Sign deaalfilrsliglt. was learned multim-

asked Canada if it could loan of- flcerc to conduct the inquiry and Canada has consented. ‘three orfic- ergdhaveubeen chosen —Air Com- gmdztvli. O. Adam: of the Roya Canadian Air Force and Stewart Graham of the narunori Depart- moat.

m. Everybody we].

w . nfihlkehousc at. Al

st. by the fortunes of war."

The BBC added the Rome news- “suggcst that Ilrily will lier stands lri the mountain

LONDON. Feb. 28.—(CP)—-Bombs had breasted

assault

Other explosives

The raiders departed London after returned

British offensive ODQTBUOII! We"

new four-motored

most powerful

few

e makazine Aeroplane stated roe-

German

at ltlh

Canadian air Officials will Ptoho crash

orrawa. Fieb. 2a 40v) -—Can- the

two others to

‘The Newfoundland Iflvefmmm‘

V. Walsh and Will

11.5. observers See show-down In Balkans soon

Balkans secured at hand as this Wis written. southeastern warnings fluttered from every post cf observation.

military activity pointed toward c. Nazi mar-ch, perhaps already in pro- gress. into Bu i-Zflfiil.

Britain. due to Foreign MinisterAir- thonV Eden's reDOTWQ understand‘ lng with Turkey, holds a stron trump card. . whether or not that includes a Tur- kish commitment to loin the ilict atiainst Germany ill event 0f l Nazi incursion into Bulgarl

T

that ‘Britain I

wer mi; $5 Q1130 Nazi armies that collie off from Rut-Iranian bases. find B150 upon Rumanian oil wcLs. T11 llffit pflghed battle of a new war in the Balkans well might come in the air over Ploesti. the nerve centre of the itumanian oil ind

time that the Royal Al!‘ 1'07“ isaoised at Greek bases vwithin twd

k its al sma h there. ilviguiil havemd double Svaiue strategi- cally. igy‘: 911i.“ ISKIOMBUIRBIIB to aid Italy much oi it must. be retained the“ wfinrd that prime Nazi oil source.

and the Danu oil is transported to Germany l0 grease the Nazi western war mach- ine. are vulnerable They would afford an even more al- liifllllll target to British airmen than mi-‘bggh Bulgaria until ouch forces had reached the narrow Bu‘! 5i gnaw-clogged passes throuah ttc Balkan and Rhceore mountains.

le r-cut reason for forcinfl the is- sues with Germany in the East in part. it must be to weaken the force

of

the British I510! lanes in the months lust ahead. It seems probable. ish strateirv is i. major air offensive aaainst. cl sources in Romania would seriously

Ilown 30 Italian craft

ATHENS, Feb. 28 —(AP) _. British planes shot down more than 30 Italian warplanes over the southern Albanian battle front today without a single loss to themselves, tile Greek com- mllnd announced tonight at. the close of four months of war.

This extraordinary aerial suc- cess --the biggest victory ever reported for a single British squadron in the Greek-Italian svlir-wzrs raid to have parallel- cil local succcsscs for Greek ground troops.

Italian tank attacks were re- pulsed, the Greek command rin- nourtccd, and one tank was ile- stroyed.

The British command ha an- nounced rizrlicr that 2G Italian pianos -in fnnnnif-in much big. gcr than tile Royal Air Force attécking unit — were known to have been destroyed and that nine others were crippled.

By KIRKE L. SIMPSON Associated Press Staff Writer A Nazi-British show-down in tie

Rumor ran riot throuim Europe. Warstornr

of German

Everv fresh report

There seems small doubt ihati

Only time can tel

CDIII

a. however.

here seems no GIJQSUOH. the

has iiillv paved ul air counter at.-

8

u ry. There seems everv reason t0 u-

from Ploestl. Wvllld

Whatever strenrtth the Ger- iu Rumania

inc lines. railroadl

e welm river over which

to air attack.

Nazi armies thrustinl

Britain must have had some

the Nazi air andaxsfia altltélok 8g:

however. mat Bri.- baseri on belief that.

crlp le the German war effort on ti" itali ionic. h“

[/ /// -

The People's‘ Paper

Premier Hepbu

day to a story in the Toronto ‘mie- n gram which linked the transfer

from Toronto of F0. Allan Ilampo of Liberal M.P.P. for Toronto St. Da- vid's, with his remarks on Henry Ford in the debate on the reply t0 the throne speech yesterday.

hearted

tnnfer to a Nova Bcotia training centre today silenced Flying Officer A. A. Lam rt, M. P. P. for Toron-

story which Premier Hepburn read in to the House. Lamport said today llNQ had been transferred to Deoert.

Canadian Air from headquarters said today the tramfci- of F0. Al- lan Iiarnport, Liberal member of the Ontario legislature for Toronto-St David's from Toronto to Nova 8co- tla “was not the result cent Fmd

Mel's-def Read by Everybody

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

CAIRO. Ilbb. 28 —(AP) —Briti.ah headquarters announced new suc- ces es today on three widely separ- ated fronts in Italy's dwindling East African empire.

In Eritrea. they said, a British column reinforced by free French forces completed “a vigorous ad- vance" from the north to establish ‘contact with enemy troops hold- trig covering poitions north of Clrercn."

Cheren. key defence on the road to Asmara. tlte Eritrean capital 42 miles to the southeast, has been under British attack from the "vest

southward in Italian Somaliland, the Italians were said to be with- drawing inland toward Ethiopia a- ilcng the valleys of the Juba and .Wcbbc Shlbcli rivers.

CHARLIITTETOWN. CANADA. SATURDAY, MARCH 1, i941

On the Kuba River. which Brltl h troops crossed after fierce fighting, West African Gold Coast forces were reported to have crushed an entire Italian division. capturing at least 3.000 men. including three brigadiers.

The South African air force. fly- ing more than 250 miles north of Mogadi cio. captured capital of It- alian Somalliand, reported machine- gunnirlg Italian transport moving up the Webbe Shibcii river, des- troying six trucks nd damaging oth- ers.

In Ethiopia, British headquarters announced that. “in the face of in- creasing pressure" by native pa‘- riots. the Italian". were withdraw‘- ing their garrisolrs from the Gojlacir region in the northwest.

Charge Bill Opponents try Filibuster

WASHINGTON. Feb. 28 -‘(AP) —A charge that opponents of the lease-leuid bill were rcsortlnfl i0 5 filibuster was flung into the Sen- ate ciebate today by Senator Walter George, Georgia Democrat and chairman of the chambers foreign relations committee. It was denied by Senator Burton Wheeler (Dem.- Montn, a persistent foe of the aid- to-Brltaln measure.

The two had fallen into a fur- iou argument as to whether Presi- dcnt Roosevelt could arbitrarily un- dervalue existing military equip- ment to keep transfer to Britain within a $1,300,000.000 limitation prescribed by the bill. Sounding a few feet apart, both talking £6- once. Wheeler maintained that e President could; George that he could not.

"I don't think the Senator wants to make a foolish spectacle here on the floor," George said. "He. can ii‘ ire wants to."

Again both Senators began talk- ing at once. with Wheeler finally a sci-ting that:-

"I have the floor."

"Yes," George retorted. “and you've had it for almost two weeks.”

"I'll have it for two weeks more, if I want it."

"Then it's a filibuster."

replied. This Wheeler denied.

George

Hepburn has Comment on Flicr’s transfer

TOR/ONTO

lieb. 2t! —(CP) — m drew the atten-

tlon of the Ontario legislature to-

rt the Royal Canadian Air Illorce.

Lunport called Ford "a black- uisling." "A su den unexplained

‘a3’ said the Telegram!

. B. OTTAWA, Rb. fl JON-Royal

of his re- "apeech referring to Henry

Headquarters ma the Lam n nsfer had beendecidql on

fer "forceful action"

but thcr cations t at airy in Indo-China would be delayed.

not be confirmed, Japanese naval patrols numbering 5i vessels of various classifications were in t.lre Gulf of Siam and waters off scuttl- ern Indo-China.

have in northern Indo-Cilina, aside from air the 6,000 t-racps allowed under last September's aczord with the French —these ostensibly for of the war with China-and the airfield China, is said to have been con- verted by "nucleus" alr base.

(In Vichy. alter a French cabinet meeting. it was announced merely that the French position in Ind - China has been decided, During tire meeting. however, an official spokes- man said France "is obligated to conserve the integrity of her pine by the terms of the armistice“ l -—with Germany.)

mediation delegates would be vited to hear- the French explain "their silence.

the price to: high in called final compromise offer to settle the territorial dispute between Thailand and French Indo-Chlna.

as a halving of Thailand's origin- ai demands for 60 per cent of’ the Indo-Ohina provinces of Leos and

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Fire sweeps Institute for llcaf Mutcs

ore h! spoke

REES.t%'51"il'.‘é“li§zf‘ti%l%ii§'.i‘ its, J (1 p U l t i m a tum Expires But No Action . Taken

French Indo-China officials. remain silent —- Next move up to Nippon.

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- . By. lllax- Bil} >- Asscciated Press Staff Writer