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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADAHFRIDAY, CFEBRUAkY 21, 1941

Hanson Denounces

Federal Aircraft

Production Fa {lure

Releases statement to press after it had been ruled out of order in Commons.

orrlwA. Fcb- Ill-KIPJ-Onnosltlon Leader Hanson, mitt lioiiilcd to the press late today, said he understood that a. report [mm executives of six airplane manufacturing firms to the acting Min- m-u Munitions and Supply, (lion. Angus L. Mocdonald) early in iiniury recommended that Federal Aircraft Limited, a crown company,

he dissolved.

This nus the statement which Mr. Hanson tried to read in the House oi Commons this afternoon but which Speaker Glen ruled out of order.

illr. Hanson's statement:—

‘lrise for the purpose of requesting from the Minister of Munitions m1 liipply a public statement with respect to a matter of vital public Importance, namely, the present unsatisfactory state ‘of aircraft pm. liirtion in Canada. and particularly with respect to tiie alleged failure of the wholly government-civned corporation, Federal Aircraft umlgu],

to function.

, ‘a "a COMPLETE FAILURE" ' , i '

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‘i make this request at this stage and in this manner rather than inthe form oi‘ a motion for the adjournment of the llouse to discuss this iefinlle matter of urgent public importance on the ground that we have

lo wish in the world to embarrass

llction cl aircraft, that it is quite apparent that the Government's an.

rounceil program, made on several

nonths, has been o. complete failure.

Serious dispute Between Japs, French reported

iIANOI, French Indo-Chins, let. 20—-i.\l’)- Reliable sour- ces reported tonight that a serious dispute had arisen be- tween ‘the Japanese and French outiiorilics over Japanese de- mands for $10,000,000 worth of United States and Chinese- owned goods stored in llalp- ilﬂll iviirohous

_ . .aid Japanese military authorities demanded that the l-‘rench requisition the

goods ai tlicii hand them over l" the iii»- but that the lrencii i ‘fused to assist

"in any unfair d that if the Jagu- neie wanted the oods _t e {oust seine thom orcibly an tile the responsibility them- Rim.

Till! Supplies include Ameri- fin trucks. tires and other ma- Ctlill! which were en route to Iiliiiﬂ Wilfll the Japanese cut l-f the Haiphong-Kunming Note last September.

iiwns reported that the Japa- ooe linvo sireviwilicneil their Illlrris _riroiiiul the warehouses, preventing removal of anv sup- tllrs. even those I ' "" ’ l tile :‘i'i'llt'il.

.9 dlluinesc. in making iiitll‘ demands. were said fto n,“ lllvuui ‘by stressing their RM‘ :0 ilircct lurid-China's ‘QunTmVCIiIiIIIifS because this m‘ vii“ ililli- 0f the "greater oiJ.?.Il-.l"'iii'.’§"‘” ifi"""""' ‘Pllilfrnt that tit? Jdtemrfg: ﬁr" ‘llflliﬂe a close grip on Mllrilsvyivti-vl mm,“ m (ha), llii sem- iiir-m nuickly in the

"Int or lliil‘ in tho Pacific. ._.____

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Coming Events"

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llllr- Proceeds for mi L-im-r-zi-ti.

ts requiring undue sacrifices Pt!

in a state-

the Government's delay In the pro- occasions and as long ago as nine

“Federal Aircraft Limited was set up by the Minister as a Gov-. eminent-owned corporation to co- ordinate tlie construction of Avrc- Anson planes. and it assumed cer- tain important functions with re- spcct. to procurement and later the manufacture of certain essential parts. invoivinq an expenditure of 350000.000; but for some reason or other unknown to the public, the efforts of this corporation have not produced results.

Chaotic Condition

“I am advised that around the end of the ear, the acting Minis- ter of Mun tlons and Supply re- ‘quested an opportunity to dscuss airplane production problems with manufacturers interested in Anson bombers and met representatives of leading firms and learned at first- hand of the chaotic plight of the Avro-Anson program: and re- quested the manufacturers to give him their specific suggestions as to how this situation. which was the respoiislbilitv of Federal Aircraft Limited. might be remedied.

“At the request of the Minister. on or about the 7th of January the manufacturers submitted to the acting minister a unanimous re- commendation as to what: should be done. I have not. been able,tc gel il copy of this report, but I understand that it urged:

"l. Tlvit Worleral Aircraft Limit- ed be dissolved;

"2. ‘rival. the l-Isvillniid Aircraft of (lnmriri he asked to manage or flfli""‘i“i"l‘. in" the Tlcperimeut of hlunitlons and Supply. the Avixi- Aiison project. taking over the per-

(Contlnuecl on page 9. Col 4)

Partisanship in war Gov’t

OTTAWA, Feb. 20--(OP)—De- mands for elimination of partisan- ship in wartime government were heard in the House ominous today from three Conservative members as debate on the $1.300.- 000.000 war appropriation measure continued.

Howard Green (Con. Vancouver south) called for the creation of l. "victory ministry" mode up from all parties in the chamber, and de-

groups in the House criticize the war effort. John Blaclcmore, lender or New Democracy group. criticised the Government's financial meth- ods ond forecast that. the bulk of the money to be raised would bs obtained by creation of new money. .

He denied that the Social Credit theo involved inflation and de- clare it would be ssibie to fin- ance maximum pr uction without by the

ople.

Arthur Roebuck (Lib. Toronto- Trinity) wos the only Liberal speaker during the afternoon sit- trig. He advised the l-lcuse not be too overcome by the size of the proposed war appropriation.

to‘ aid and

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District, Balucbistasi, was shot deed a Jogusol

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ment officials in the hone tha re-

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in: on questions of lenerizuyollcy’. numerous ielatlvoiv minor wobleme anal}:

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Speakeﬂs ruling Blocks talks

OTTAWA, Illeb. 20 —(CP) —An effort by Opposition header Hanson lo loimch a. discussion on Ifedeial Aircraft Limited and aircraft pro- duction generally, in the House of Commons today was blocked by rules of procedure, but Mimiuozis Minister Howe promised to give u, “full and complete" statement at an early date. .

. Hanson had repared s lengthy statement wbi he ropos- ed to read as a. preliminary ask- s. ior a statement from Mr. Howe. He said there was evidence that the government's aircraft program was a. "complete failure."

Mr. Howe called to the attention of the ipesker what he thought was a. breach of the rules, claiming that Mr. Hanson was making s. speech instead of asking a question. .

Speaker Glen ruled that the ques- tion was only to obtain a. state- ment on the aircraft production, and needed no elaboration.

Mr. Hanson then sB-id he would ask for unanimous consent to read his statement, “and lf I dank‘. get it I! gill give it to the press." he ad- G . Prime Minister Mackenzie King 801d he believed Mr. Speaker had given a proper ruling and added that while lvIr. Hanson was free to give anything to the press there would be plenty of opportunity to discus: this question in the House.

“If we have w have this exhibit- ion of steam roller, pii right." Mr. Hanson exclaimed, while Liberal membe teered.

"And I am not to be intimidated by“ back benchers," said Mr. I-fan- s .

The Opposition leader then made the formal motion to adjourn rho. House for discusLion of "a. matter of urgent public importance." a method provided in parliamentary procedure for initiating unschedul- cd debates.

Sneaker Glen examined Mr. Han- son's proposed statement and ruled that it was‘ a question llist could be dealt with in the regular order, imd would not accept the motion The subject was then dropped.

U. S. Air Arm In Pacific to Be strengthened:

By i.’ c. STARK

Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.--(AP)—- Swift steps will be taken tostreng- thcn United States air power in the Pacific. it was reported here today. while sliaiiizhsl accounts told of new Japanese military movements southward.

Both army and navy fighting panes of the latest type are to be dispatched the llaclfic fleet. n. GecrizeC Marshal‘. United States Chief cf Staff. was said to have disclosed tc the Senate Mili- tarv Alfons committee at s. secret session. Same committee members said he I described the Far Eastern situation as “serlcus" and also said army and i navy chiefs had no intention of stripping American defences i speed up war equipment deliveries‘ to the Britis ' Reinforcem its in the Pacific and. legis on: lust passed by the House for build . lng up “ fence outposts at far-away I

Guam and Samoa were renarded in

some circles as parallel to recentl British moves to strencthen de- fences at; the Singapore naval base and in the northern Malayan Pen- insula. As uncertainty over Jop- anese intentions kept. Far Eastern tension high. Ambassador Rights?‘-

aome points of frlctign

of

Amour: these were belie to

fmm the nlooanese war.

GXI non-Japanese siilnninu from the Yenatao River. and a dis- be over pollglraig thou‘ ‘ motioned

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_ illﬁ. President Roosevelt's special representative in Britain, declared: "l know that the vusi. majority oi‘ my countrymen carry for vou in their hearts and prayers the confidence and the assurance of ultmiite victory over your enemy", Mr.

RIGHT, with square-cut Mr. Churchill in the CENTRE, and a. British nova;

Ranoania Calls Reservists -UPf

i Urgency seen behind move since peasants are to be - taken from fields.

By ROBERT ST. JOHN Associated Press Staff Writer

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Feb. 20.--ir\I')-Rumanla has called nearly 1,000,000 army reservists to active service, effective Mai-ch l5, diplomats both hero and in Bulgaria were informed today, presumably to relieve the large German forces now standing at her frontier with K055i“-

Two possible explanations were offered here-

The first was that the Nazis, while fearing no Soviet thrust, are as- signing the Rumanlans to occupy that flank, while the Germans hit to the south at Greece to reach the Mediterranean-

The second, and more generally accepted, was that the Germans arc getting ready to give away more of Rumanirfs territory to the Soviet and fﬁure that it would be easier to do that with llumnnian soldiers on the frontier than in the presence along that frontier of Nazi troops who have been formally pledged to defend it.

That the call-up held a certain urgency, was illustrated by the fact that most of those summoned are peasants who ordinarily ought to be in their fields.

Discussion of the new Turkish- Biilgsrisn iion-B/sllresslon agree- ment continued tiuring the day. U19 Tunklsh press dcclsrms that in would impede rather than aid ELY German scheme of setting no

Greece.

The Germans were said still to be carrying on their campaign to end the Itallaii-Gieek war and were un- dersi/ood t0 be seeking the Grctk government's rerms. The Nazis. tr so run the available accounts iieie, were telling the Greeks that. no». even with British help could they hope to hold the front before Sal- on ka Mtulnst the biz Ger-man forces mused at the Rumanian-Bulgarian

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Germs: sources also alleged that. there was in Greece a strong minor- ity opinion that favored mediation pol-mu" and Japan bases presum. if emetic’! Irltmiiers We" Full-rim‘ ably for llainan lslii-nd or French

- Indc-Chlna.

""1" Plelllll"! 6"" WASHINGTON - United speculations that the Soviet was

international At A Glance

CAnu) _ l-‘orcign Secretary An- thony l-Jdcn and lmpcri Gciiorul Staff Chief, sir John Dill, arrive in Egypt on mssiuu believed con- neotcrt with uncertain Middle East situation; lliritish troops cross lube River in ltaian Somalllrnd.

SHANGHAI — Japanese trool) transports reported en route from

states

clsred the people had lost confi- bum Nomura. was reported t k no“, ,. m, B, Rm clflc fleet lmmerl-alcly with MW deuce in both Parliament and the nol back definite proposllb for §,‘§,‘;‘,,,‘_°,,,"§,,,f,,§ m: grown“ o; Phloem odm1ni;trat1nn_ unprov Japanese relations with Moldavia _ we“ based upon the

T. L. Church (Con. Toronto- he United States until o more fav- widelymu suppwmm m“ 8mm BELGRADE -- Rumaniu calls Brosdview) and Gordon Grsydon orabie opportunity arose. nod helped get Turkey so come to nearly 1,000,000 reservists to anny; (Con. Peel) urged a clia in the In dl loinatio circles. it woe te- mm‘ with Bulgaria and that u,“ move presumed to relieve large administration that woul retrieve 0011M! I 89% 0f 80601111! ll- job hm a 9mm German force standing on Russian the party tinge and enable nil sues to discuss with State De ch sud the newspaper pol-dc‘;

e pa Vokit. in fact was insurance against

LONDON — Germans raid South Wale. coast for second cnnsccut ve night; London has night alarms.

(Continued on page o, Qol s)

Little activity in Albania

ATHWS. Feb. 20.—(AP)—— Little activity ivas reported today from the c. lbliililail Will‘ front; in Albania

"c 1t for: artillery duelling and

consolidation oi minor Greek gains iii central sectors. '

The Greeks organized new ad- vance positions there, it was said. and mapped up nests of Italian re- nivillllilt) which remained alter lust u-imks oiifnsive. But despite this thrust, the Albanian fipnt has not ilil.llil.;\ .1 iililizcrsl-iiiy for weeks.

One trout line report said Greek artillery fire capsized boatsinwhlch

Jtzilinir uni ivere retiring across a ' ier. S: -s diuripecl from boats ‘i\'i.‘l‘tJ drowned.

;Bcrhn cabs u Halt to collect liiaiiicgrams

NEW YORK. Feb. 20.— (Q?) — Bcr in tonight culled “'nufi_i

‘Ihc Columbia li-‘rcacicastinir SYS- tcm reported that the German wireless announced that a deadline. 1 a.m., AST. Sunday. Feb. 22. has

_ been set for the end of its of-fer to

pay for collect coblcrrrams from the United States.

For six (lays the messages. in an increasing volume, have been pour- ing into Berlin from the United States in response to a German ol- fer last. Friday that. it would re- ceive on a cohect basis radioirrams ironi Americans iziviiiu their pie- fereiiccs for radio programs. Am- criciiiis bv the thousands seized tne oimcriuiiily‘ to send insulting mes- siiucs to Nimliiiicl at German cx-

Dense.

‘tonight. CBS. said. the German wireless siild it had been “shower- ed" with messages and admitted "not. all of them" were compliment- ary. The German announcer sold the radlogi-zims were sent. "in I iﬂtilCl‘ amazing mixture of good American slang." fairly bad German and coccclient Yiddish."

"My! It was fun to read what Americans had to say!" the an- nouncer was said to have exclaim-

reportcd planning ‘to reinforce Pa- ed

Claim Potain refuse Escape to Fascists

LONDON, Feb. 20 —(CP) —'I'iie British Brosdcatlng Corporation tonight quoted “leper-ts circulating in Vichy‘ that chief oi state Mar- slial Petairi has refused a request by Mussolini that Italian troops in Libya should be allowed to use Tu-

‘ riisia "a a way of escape."

The BBC said the request was made through Gen. Francisco Fran- co of Spain at his recent meeting with Marshal Petain.

"In addition, Mussolini is said to have asked Gen. Franco to permit his lroop_ in Libya to go through Spanish Morocco if the British push them out. of Libya," the BBC said.

"Since this would mean the: the Italians would hove to pass through Tunisia. Mussollnrs propo liion was. according to the reports. put. zip to Pctnin. The Marsha is said to have refused on the grounds that. under liiicriiiiilimal low the defeated

' French would be obliged to disarm

their conquerors."

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Repentance is heart's sorrow and clear life ensuing.

Annual By llrell

Gen. Dill

At sea; New

SHANGHAI, Jan. 2i." (Fri- day -— 1A1’) -- Japanese troop transports were reported steam- ing southward today -irom For- mosa and Japan herself. head- ed presumbaly for llainan Island —a likely way station in any drive that might be attempted against Singapore-or for nor- thern French lndo-China.

Thestory was heard here with

out confirmation but, comin as it did so soon after the arr val of heavy Australian reinforce- ments in ingapo e, it was ac- cepted in some quarters as indi- cating a, Japanese answer totlse British action in strengthening that vital Pacific base. Small contingcnis of Japanese troops in recent weeks have been steadily entering Indo-China. which lies next to Thailand. a country which in turn dominates the land approach to the Malav Peninsula and Singapore.

(in Inndoii the British Broad- casting Corporation attributed to the Japanese news agency a report that representatives of the govern- merit and the Japanese high oom- mand had conferied over “the lat- est developments" in international relations).

the military and naval situation an- oeared extremely fluid.

lndo-Chinl. Pro-British

Bangkok, Emil-arid. reported that 15 uni of the Japanese fleet were known to be in the Siamese Gulf. The Japanese themselves said Dro- British sentiment is rising within Indo-China with some Indo-Chinese trying to start a boycott. of Japan- ese commercial interests intended to

(Continued on page 9. col 3)

London has Three raids

By GODFREY DEBSON Associated Prose taff Writer LONDON. Feb. 21.—— (Friday) — (AP)——German planes returned to London earlv today for the second time since midnight and the third attack of the night. Anti-aircraft guns immediately went into action w the alarm ris walled. but early reports ' dlcated the main effect of tire bombinn was to rob ‘Londoners of

their sleep. This third alarm came shortlly 11.30 pm., A B .

before 4.30 am. t Thursday).

The second alarm came ahortl before 1.30 am. (8.30 um. A S Thursday) and the all-clear was sounded about two hours later. with

little action being reported. Over the Channel, as on previous

swept into snow-ﬁlled skies to in-

tercept the German planes en route

to their attacks over British soil. London had an earlier alarm. but

‘made a heavv attack on a iOWll in South Wales tlwfililllﬁ SWtlllSVil. iuuam), coming over in u s1 v ‘stream and tlrobning a iaiwze num- rv boml». folhmid by hitfii exnirsives. Tlicy were l!‘ ~v by intense anti-aircraft fire.

London heard the alarm several hours aftcr blackout time and lite clear signal shortly before l0 om.

The night raiders came alter sporadic day attacks on four . England towns bv lone aircraft, two of which were shot down. No damage was reported in the towns.

Nineteen dead and 52 ivouiidul were removed from ii lurirc London municipal hospital. onc wing which was blown apart bv a direct hit. last: night.

Patients were killed in their beds and others were found trapped in the wreckage. Some DRIlClTTS had to be removed from another iviiig in ivhlcli ii delayed-action bomb lcdiled. -

A lew poisons were killed in other places in London and there ivcre

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(Continued on page 9. Col 4)

War-—25 Years Ago Today

(Bv The (Ta-rfrdi-an Press)

FEB. 21. iQlti-Gci-mims launched hi airy attacks in Verdun arcs, and captured 000 yards of FIﬂlCll f‘ line positions in‘ Ariols. Rusiari

Jap Transports

Nazi invasion.

In all, the uneasy Pacific ares,-

xeceiit evening raids. night fightcis,

it was over at l0 pm. inst night,- ‘ t5 om. AST). S7011 alter iiiuiitiiill. the raiders

Zeppelin destroyed by French antl- sircrofi. fire near Rcvigny, Russian troops on the E-isiern Front cap- tured German trenches in Snorgen , area.

Subscription Delivered, “.00. I l’ l9. L. ltotii Canadu and U. B. 83.00

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See Visit B; Eden.

To Egypt

Very Significant

Problems to be discussed are military ones is belief.

ti)‘ Dill-Al AilDlJLi-YIWL‘! .\" trit Pres.» Lawn‘. r " rr Losiu0rd, rcu. '.:u—\.».m--. orciiin crctsrv Aiiuioiiy iiliiiill out. Con. Sn John Dill, Uiuef oi the lmpeiuol General Stall. weie ubcicsed l0- iiight to be in Egypt on a visit deemed highly significant lll view of the uncertain aotiaude of Turkey and Greece toward the threat of

Although pledges made ho Britain by her allies, the Greeks and Turks. have caused no expressions of con- cern bv the British government, rneutral diplomatic sources said ithere has been a. feeling in Iiondcn that a show of arms bv the Ger- mans in Bulgaria might force the grtlaeks into peace negotiations with.

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Such a move by the Germans. is was added. certainly would lead the Turks to believe that their national cause would best be served by “watchful waiting" on their defen- sive lines in Thrace. ,

It is to gather wgetlsertbestrizias of British diplomacy in the Baika and Middle East. it is felt: here the. Mr. Eden has been sent to Cairo.

Gen. Dill, neutral sources say. llrobably will assure both the Turks and Greeks that Britain's military resources, in: from being exhausted by the Libyan campaign, are strong enough to open and unaintaln a new front in the Balkans.

. Every assurance is understood M have been Riven to Greece within tiielsstowoweekuthetﬂsmlnb

(Continued ou page 9, col o)

Mass hysteria tiauscs 34 To collapse

by Fire Ivilenxdeiteyer ton-taint to the oollwso this

women employees of the Webster El futon have.

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'i ORONTO, blob. 2t)—-tCPJ~—i\’l.iii- mum and mlximlln tenvpcrarures.

Daws n 22B 8B Victoria 40 52 Edmonton 19B 3B Rrgina. 401’. lfiP Winnipeg 25B 2i; Ottawa l 20 Montreal ‘i i‘) Quebec s l) Saint John l5 27 Halifax l9 28 Charlottetown l8 30 Gulf. Bay Chsleur and north .

shore: strong winds; mostly iloucly. with light snowfolis or flurrics: no much change iii temperature.

‘FORECAST

Maritime Provinces; Strong winds ior moderate gates; mostly cloudv and cold with light snowfalls or flurries.

High licic this morning at 7.02 and this afternoon st 0.26.

Sun sets this nftcmcon at 53s and rises tcm rrow momirtg a- 6.52

New moon I-‘lcb. 25, 11.02 um.

Summersldc tide l8 minutes lat- er than Charlottetown.

CAR. FERRY SAILINGS

Leaves Borden 0.4!) AM. 1.00 PM. moves Tormentlne ll.00 A.M. - 8.15 P. M.