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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1940

NEMY MOVE ALL

British

Airm

en

StrikeAt German

Bases In

Norway

R.A.F. Scores mtstanding Suc- cesseS On Widespread Front.

LONDON, April 12—<Fr force, striking for the second

iday>—-(CP)-The Royal Air successive night at German-

lfvld fllrllflrls l" NOPWIIY. carried out two attacks on Stav- flllilfl‘ Birdrome 'l‘hursda_v night, setting fire t0 a gasoline dump and damaging Nazi bombers drawn up 0n the land-

ing ground.

An air ministry bulletin a formation of British bomla and that one failed to return

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issued early today, said that ers took part in the attack

“if scone HEAVILY '

Yesterday the Air Ministry estimated that during the

last five days the R. A. F., s

coring outstanding successes

over a far-flung air zone. had destroyed at least 19 Nazi

planes while losing only six. One and possibly two m

officially. BOMBERS

ore German’ machines were

"shot down yesterday, but these had not been registered

DOWNED

At leTst seven German bombers were downed and two

others gravely damaged by fi

ghter craft and anti-aircraft

batteries during Nazi raids on Scapa Flow and a convoy in Moray Firth Wednesday. The raid on Scapa Flow was

described as the most

important attack on the British

Isles since the war began, with about 60 German warplanes

sweeping over the naval base

Premier King Plans Vacation

UITAWA. April 1i. —(CP)-l"l'ilnc Minister King, in a prepared state- iucnt tonight declared "the Cllllilil- lan government has no thought o! attempting to intervene, directly ‘( r indirectly. in the utliurs or policies o1 the United status."

The statement was, issued, Mr. King said, because "in view of re- cent public slittements I wish to make clear the position of the Llan- adlan government on the oucstion or the attitude cl" illl‘ United States in the present war."

Mr. King issued his statement in the course of a press confercnce at uhich hesald lie hoped w act uwnv to Virginia for a holiday, pombly m. the end of this wee-k. Ilo said he hoped to spend a dav or two in ulashlmzton and itiight call on Prer- ideitt Roosevelt and Cordell Hull, secretary of state

The Prime Minister expresscd pleaurc at the report front the U I'll Slates that President Roost‘ had told reporters he would be Vl-"(l

to have Mr. King (fill on him if he came to Washington.

"But I have made no arrange- mciils to call on Mr. Roosevelt or

Mr. Hull." the prime ntinlstcr said "in fact I have no definite plans at all. I hope to get away tor n itcodvd rest and will probably go to Virginia

War- 25 Years q Ago Today

(By The Canadian Press)

APRIL ill, loin-Activities ln- mfilrcri in the Ncnr Efsl and in lvoi Africa. Ales opened bittLc iiuzuust. the Tuiks at Sha-tbi, <\lF'-~‘ll0t-iim:a. and began advance

2n Yuunde in the German Camer- ens.

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M ., __, ___ . _ I "Please remember Rita's Beauty

5110b opens May lst. Murra ltlvei". 14-15 "Pill-iii.

“Farmers get our twice 0n clover B8603 before looking else- ohere. McGuigan & Boyle.

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"Cake Bale 5 A. MacDonald's Saturday, Apll 13th. Children's table. Kings Daughters.

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“Fm Mcals-Iurotind Meat 5c. liOF-se Meat 5c Beef 'l'ii|ic 3'19. Holl lilufks Alto. island Cold Storage Company.

"The ad ourned Annual Meetlnil of the Stan ev Bridge Dal-v C0- Will be held in. the Masonic Hall, stan- lcy. April 16th. i940. Cheese vs- Butter main topic for discussion. A~l

successive waves.

A German Dornier sea- plane was down in the North Sea yesterday after an en- gagement lasting less than a minute with a British Hud- son reconnaissance craft at- tached to the coastal com- mand. An R. A. F. rescue boat was sent out to pick up any German survivors. The navigator of the British craft came from London, Ont.

At the same time R. A. F. general headquarters in France announced at Paris that a Royal Air Force pur- suit plane yesterday inter- cepted a German l-ieinkel flying high above the Eng- lish Channel near Cape (lris-Nez. The British ship attacked and the German machine was last seen div- lug into the clouds with“ smoke streaming from its lcft motor. Cape Gris-Nez lies southwest of Calais. The Air il-linislry disclosed

that llrlllsll plattcs bombed a

in

strong naval force off Ham's liecf, near the Netherlands coast, on Sunday.

In one of the ntost flaring

raids of the war, the ministry ZllSO said, a lune British recon- naissance plane destroyed or damaged a number of German planes 0n a Norwegian airfield Wcdiicsilay and seriously dam- a;r_cd a Junkers it engaged

Confer 0n Possible Action in Greenland

OTTAWA, April 11 —-(0P)-Oo - munlcations have n curried on between the Canadian and United Kin dom goverments over the p058l- ..lllt es o! action which may be nec- essary in Greenland because of the German occupation of Denmark. grllilltlfnlbflhllf/él‘ Macke ‘ King said

ng .

Mr. Kin? was queauoned on the attitude o the ovemment toward the situation in a Danish colony, and which owes its ullegi Dunuh. crown. in view o! the poa- slbi itv of German occupation. ~

"We are in common cation with gtovemment on that

in al I can so at the moment"

. a further question. the rne Min oter said he anticipated t re would be communlcnt ons with the United

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SALARY BR SUBMITTED BY P. E. I. TEABl .8

An increase 1n teachers’ salaries on I. sliding scale, based prunariiy

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lleputy Minister To New llept. ‘ls Appointed

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UITAWA. Apnl 11-40?)- Gcorge Kingsley shells, director of iAdm-IHSEFHMOD of the War Supply ‘Board, was today appqmmq pep-

uty Minister of the newly created .Del>ai'tincnt of Munitxins and

on length or service, was requested Supply.

in _a brief presented to the ltov- Announcement was made by

lncial Government and Legislature Pylmg 313115;,“ MacKcn-m, Kn. A a!

members yesterday by a delega- tion from the Provincial Teachers‘ lveueiatlun. The Government promised to give the request earn- véi consideration.

The following he delegation:

Mr. Edison MacDonald, presi- dent Prlnce Edward isnmd Teacu- ers’ Federation, Mr, Reginald Mat-- Donald, general Secretary for the Federation, Miss Jacqueline Mac- donald, Prince Street School and M1‘. Herbert Murphy, Queens Square School.

Text of Brief

Following is the text of the brief presented w the Government:

Honourable Thane A. (Junlpbell

Honourable Members of the Leg-

la re.

Sirs:

Last year we were promised by the Government, that a complete overhauling of the School Act would be commenced at the next meeting of the Legislature, and be- cause we are firmly convinced that in changing the School Act the most important matter to be ad- justed is in relation to teachers‘ salaries, we respectfully silbmit tlic following for our consideration.

In‘ present ng this casc- ‘for a sliding scale of salaries for ‘he teachers of Prince Edward Island, we wish to stress at the outset. that it ls not alone from a desire to, insure our own competency that‘, the teachers are pending for an immediate solution to the saiarv question, although that in ifs should constitute a reason siif cnt to have our request grnziicd,

who said Wallace R. Campbell, chairman of the War Supply Board since its inception, was returning at once to hr; responslbilttaes as head of the Ford Motor Company of Canada at Windsor, Ont, but would assiirt the tiew department in an atlv$ory capacity.

lift". Howe ivas RSSLLABCLl with the Printe Minister in his announce- ment tcnxght. He said W. C. Wood- ward of Vancouver, l), member at the board, would remain in the new department and he was hope- fni that Liz-Col. W. A. Harinson o]: Saint John, N. B, and C. E. G11!- vel, Montreal. the other members of the beard, would also remain.

M-T- 3110115. the 110w Deputy Miri- istcr is a native of New Brunswick. He. i; n V"CF‘l'£‘ll ct‘ titr- frst Great; War, having eitllated Aug. 6, 1914. He served l-lll1llL’,ll'?liL the calli- paism and retired with the rank at‘ captain

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PARIS, ,A.pril ll-(CP Haves)- Flxalu-c tunctllccl urniy lcuics t0-

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comprised

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but that we have in mind Pnr- uislit axlcr a seiics o1 conlcrcnccs _.. ._ iich mi in aiitl poli- . and a “rt front an . . military source that —i-————— German preparations for attack haic been absolved along the Rn‘ —MC""lle front. o n t 1 uh military attention

' " 1d on the \l'(i.sti‘l'll trout, whcrc A.l.etl troops by the hun- dred thousand»; inan the great Ma inot (iclcnccs, I-‘rench citizens eagerly followed reports of the great naval action ll\ the north. Prom-er Paul Rcynaud told n. cheering Chamber of Deputies that: (Iclliiazrv lulu lost iii SlllPS, 12 of t ilOCpSlllpS. compared with , four lost by Britain. No French ips were stink, he said. l-ic added, as the Chamber ap- ,plaude;l: “Tile difficulty at sea llg not to begin a battle but to

Belgium Ready For Invasion

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AMSTERDAM. April ii -(CP- i-Iavtis)- Belgium and the Nether- lands tonight completed all pr paratlons for defence against a We" slbie Nazi invasion of their eastern 4 _ " borders, lllillfill it.

'I'he Dutch Army was on a war ; The Premier predicted that the footing while Belqian Defence Mln- German venture into Norway must ister General Henri Denis warned end in “dis-aster." that "if a pofezitlal invader studies One tenth of Germany's total the chances of crossing Belgium naval tonnage went to the bottom. successfully, he will sec that the » he said, with the suiklng of the possibilities are problemat-ical." l l0.000-tol\ cruiser Bluecher and the

the famous "Schlieffen Plnifltfor _._’_____ h h th l . l in ‘iddlfelaltldoflhzta uafiingl’ dill‘? Y“ I ggcgpilugggg gl;8¢_9._§___8)

International At

A Glance

(By The Canadian Pres!)

LONDON-British Navy fight! on in Norwegian wilful; whim" Churchill tells of successes with more than l8 German ships flunk. 5,000 German llvea estimated lost against four British dfllflll"! In" lets than 1.000 men loll; l" "I'll!" continue across North Sea; Fllfl Lord lays Hitler blunflflld like Napoleon.

BERLIN-Germany claiml 905l- tlons "consolidated" in Norway? charges Britain planned Norwegllrl thrust ahead of Germany; elulinl six Allied destroyers sunk. ""1"" carrier and cruiser bombed.

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in Pretoria uud I of that

PARIS-Army leaves cancelled agilnat polslblllty of Gem-inn push on western front; Reynaud. "m?" ed in chamber. tells of Allied vic- tortu-

STOCKHOLM - Norwelllll el-

villunu rallymto 10in "will 101"!‘ nun; on successes u-lnlt l"- era.

Both countries feared that Ger- i coco-ton cruiser Karlsruhe by many, to retrieve reported set- ; Norwegian coastal batteries and backs in Scandinavia. mlizht revive y mitics.

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lslsarsri | R, NAVAL BATTLE m HllllRY

Enemy Losses Placed At Least 18 Ships Sunk.

(By I. F. Sanderson, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

LONDON, April It-(CP Cabley-Brilish and Frctich forces stood‘ at the alert t0-

lllglll aioitg illc western front in amicipalion that lliller may attempt a big scale offensive to divert Allied naval and air force pressure from his cap- tured Norwegian bases.

While the slcclc, grey war- ships of Britain's navy cut through the waves and power- ful bombers flew through the night on the errand of finish- ilig off tiermanys sea power in the Skagerrak and Klutegat, the conviction grew in London and Paris that llitler is ready to strike in the west.

The North Sea naval and air battle, the biggest _c0mbiucd sea-air engagement m wQrId

hlsmry. Still raged on after L series of short, violent actions. ivltieh scut at least IS Nazi ships to the llllllillil. The Royal, Navy, in registering this crippling blow at Hitler's sea strength, so far has lost only four destroyers-the Hunter, Hardy, Glowworm and (inrkha.

To Hunt Down Nazis

Winston Churchill, Britain's man

of action, told the House of Com 1110115 that the navy has orders to hunt down every Gennan ship in |the gateway to the Baltic in an effort to destroy the Reich's sea power and isolate the Nazi gar- rismis in Norway.

While Admiralty officials dir- ected from long range their arm- ada of fighting ships, military leaders tumed anxious eyes on the western front where there are definite indication; Germany is

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Sweden Fears Invasion As Nazis Trapped

GOETEBORG, Sweden, April 12»—(Frlday)—- (C?) l-lavas) — Reports reaching here today from the Swedish port of llalni- stad on the Kattegat, said that an air raid alarm had been sounded there. Rumors current here were that the Nazis may invade Sweden later today.

Malmstad is 76 miles south- east of Goetcborg and only 60 miles north of the Island of Sceland. on which the Danish Capital of Copenhagen is sit- united.

Succcsses of the British Navy against the German Fleet, com- bined with reports that German landing forces at several points in Norway ivera in danger of isolation, aroused gravest fears that Adolf Hitler was about to attempt dispatch of reinforce- ments via Sweden.

While Swedish officials for- mally denied reports that Hit- ler already had demanded the right of passage across this country's territory, it was noted with anxiety that the Admiralty announced a. blackout of all lighthouses between Talloe and Tistlana and ordered mines laid along the west coast facing the Kattegat.

The Norwegian Admiralty similarly ordered its lighthouses darkened on the eve of’ the Nazi invasirn. it was recalled.

in Goetehnrg. more than 1.- 000 air raid shelters ivere hastily erected and the city was plunged in darkness all last evening.

At 6 P. M. authorities ro- "ulsltinncd all vehicles to en- sure facilities for transporting troops. if necessary.

The northeastern tip of See- land lslunrl is separated from Swedish territory by only three miles oi’ water. On the Danish sirle at this point is the town of Heislnnor and on the Swed- ish side lics Ilr-lsimzboriz. This is the narrowest strip of water thc Germans would have to negotiate to lend troops into Sweden.

Non. J. A. MacKinnon To Neaii Department

OTTAWA, April 1i —(CP) —Hon. J A. MacKinnon (Lib. Edmonton West» shorttv tvili be made head of a department, Prime Minister Mackenzie Kilt said tonillhli~ H‘?

i has been minis er without portfolio

for u. year as ‘Alberta's representa- tive in the mllilSilfY. Mr. Kim: did not indicate which geyzgrtment Mr. McKlnnon would 9 .

NEW ZBALAND ATRMEN

UITAWA, April il —(CP) —The

to be trained tinder the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan will arrive in Canada toward the f this year. group Captain L. M. Isltt of the Royal New Zealand Air Force said today on his arrival here. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Air Training Plan and will remain in Ottawa indefinitely.

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- Russia Reported Con- centrating Troops On Romanian Bord- er.

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any country fruit tnc It!‘

COllbtLiUfUu juun . i. .. ported reliab y 1.. southeastern hiuopean capitals today.

A Gerlnan ncvrs bullctlxi issued in the same capitals also slated the Nfllls, had reached a full under- standing with the Dllilllljliln nations. particularlyltuniana, that “river shlppnt: \\‘l.l tic rlln guutucil with all means."

The Reich has demanded the rlrzht to send its KUlIlJOElB down the riv-

BELGRADE, April 11—(CP-§ llavcis) --.i'oliri: said tonight‘ they believed an intense Nazi» propaganda campaign designed to confuse Yugoslavia and ter-‘ rily the pubic “as tinder way, hora flllltflllllif tho dropping of hundreds ol‘ mysterious pi-o-' (lei-man leaflets in lli('_5lTlS(‘fS of the capital. ,

Police have arrrsteil 200 per-i salts su. tccti-il of complicity lnj Nazi activities, it was announ- ced. , The leaflets ivcre dropped to-i day from n liirucblacklimousine‘ which sprd throne-h the streets. They warned that "ivilhout friendship for the llt-icli. peace and liberty are impnssiblc."~ l

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c * c Hungarian frontlengnd near 200.000 more at Craemv, in_ conqueror‘. luv-And.

bord e r.

Adding to the accumulation of alarm along ilw Danube. caused

| by these tii-vrioyitiiinls nlul the Scandinavian iiiv In was the killing uniiw ' ’ ~l‘.\ lrrh of Triumph of

egoririilv in " _ ot er foreign ponct.

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o . ‘Irlllie trade warnitirr \\"‘."- delivered 1 verbally. it W115 rcvvz“ . hv Nari‘ {representatives to tridc leaders of ~the Bulkalts, mlhcr than to the gov- ernments themsvhes. _ ‘, It was \ttt(li'.l'.~;lotul the Nevis let it< be understood that nnv (‘l)'lllll'\' leit: i -lng itself be caught "unneuiral would be inviting action ivhlch might extend to the military sphere

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Stockholm said tonight that according to information reaching Uddevnln from centres in outer Oslo Fjord, British vessels were observed at sev- eral polnts along the cost apparently landing troops.

STOCKHOLM, April 1I-—(OP-HBVIS)—-Illl(?0l’lllI‘llll3(l reports to- night uald German troops were being landed in Norway from planes and that 20,000 German troops were now assembled ln southern Nor-

LONDON, April li-(l-‘rldayl -(CP) —A Reuters News Agency dis- patch, quoting authoritative Norwegian circles at Stockholm. said today that British fol-ecu were understood to have offer-lad a landing a short l distance south of Nurvik and were endeavoriug to join up with tho Nor-

Reuteru said that according to the snmi- sour: 1w British and Nor- wegian force! were already "in close contact" near the key Norwegian

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Parliament .To Open 0n May 16

OTTAWA, April ll ~10?) - Parliameilt will be Opened a‘. 1'00 o'cfoc.k on the afternoon o: JAY | 3b‘. Prune hlinrst-cl- Illtclzulzle .3 announced tonight but, lll kecpng with tradiuon, members oi in: senate and House 0f Ccinmotls v.. nleet at 12 noon to enable Ulc lat» ter chamber to elect a new 522031401‘

'Ylll$ will be the first session of ,the lllth Parliament since Curried.- oration witli u. new’ Home 0f Comr- ‘ lnons returned in the tlozuinioxi ‘el- i cottons of hiarch 2b and a nulno of new senators appointed to fl vacancies caused by ileum.