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lhlllorfBriiisll’ Bruiser headed For U. S. port

BALIIIVIORE,‘ March l8. -— (gy; The Bultimo u Sun said tonight it had been advised by a. usually reliable ltllllllIfll-l! u“! l "British hcavyk cruiser is head- p.‘ for N fo . Vi». nlvv yard for rellflll"

"Tho source, refusing to be quoted. sllnl it was possible the warship uouid anrive then to- orroir morning. mAt Philadelphia, Crndr. D. D. lllcrcer, Ailmiralty attache of the British Consulate. will he 1m] heard frumors” a. daznaged liritisil l'l'

he kin-w nothing fur er. (‘onlelllniiitg on a ROI": radio hrouih-ast heard by the Nationa- sl lirnllilcasiinlf 0017113511)’. Cmdr lllercll- siliil he did not know of any ltrilish do troyer or cruiser undergoing repairs at Chester,

|The broadcast chimed a l0.- oou-ton ilrltish "destroyer" nam- cd lhr- London had been towed into lhc American llort of "badly in need of re- pairs“ as a result of a clash with l (icrrnarl submarine.

wanes fighting ships lists s IMO-inn British warship Lon- ion. but classifies it as a. cruis-

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Cmdr. Mercer said tholport of Chester "might euilv re er" to Chester. N . instead of Cheat- er, Pa. "l c Sun Shipbuilding llltl Drydock Colipflny is locat- ed lli ('llt‘.\l(‘l‘. Pa.

All narr and maritime sources slung lhc Delaware River de- clared no foreign warship had (one up the river to Chester.

The llritish freighter Narra- gallscl. is now undergoing re- pairs at (‘ht-ster. Pa. Members of lhc rrr-lv said the ship, which come into port n. week ago, was shelled by at submarine.

iegi lature- To open today

The scrotal session of the 42nd

general llhsljllllllt‘ of the Prince Ed-

Ward ls and l= lllv opened W106i!‘ ilv

Governor B W. IePage. 0i honor will

Horse bnnll will be in attendance. mi: will he lllc first time in the

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111' ir first appearance in the Ieciioh

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"Weds Llent Allison MacMlllon.

‘Coming Events

U0 for Notices in this column

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nslaturc will be form- illlS afternoon at three lllh‘ l-lonor Lieutenant- A guard be drawn from the lcrulls lloulc Guard and will

rwllll moat. Allison MucMillan.

‘lhc Prznm- Fxlward Island Light

lcrv of the Province for a guard honor to be compo ed entirely of

s5 in replv to the speech '- llllflfit‘ will be

and

of Queen's. For both men it ‘Tllcv were elccbed in last slimmer. Btritcnnt-at-Arms session i

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f Lieut. C81... Allen .D.. of Hortavllle. who

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be in its lubricating system. The other fzmmflluivu by Captain J. J. {eight-

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LONDON, March 23.——(CP) —The greatest reserve of bomb- or: and fighters in history is . secreted in “storage houses dis- tributed everywhere” in Britain, Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Aircraft Production, announced today.

In s broadcast, the Canadian- born publisher who heads Brit- ain's plane production, said a tally had shown that the aircraft assembled, “all ready for action, ready for immediate operations. is n record surpassing anything

the history of aviation.”

At the same time, Lorri Beav- erbrook’s Ministry announced that huge far-flung four-motored bombers had landed in Britain from the United States, presum- ably for use in the battle of the Atlantic.

Lord Beaverbrook said the tally of reserves was made last Wednes- day and disclosed these technical gains in aviation:-

l. In the race for altitude, Bri- tish scientists have "watched Hurricane and Spitfire (fighters) being lifted up and up until now

these airplanes ride high, wide and handsome:-

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WJYQS Read by Everybody

Island Like the Dew

[P.E.l. iiighlander Bios at Halifax

HALIFAX, lPte. Claude Francis the Prince

tory hospital today of illness. A native of Portage,

Pinion! will morning front an un l0: here. With full

Prince Edward Isllm

Mciiaughton Makes plea For war services

LONDON. March 23 —.(CP) Lia-Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton, in a broadcast address carried in Can- ada over a national network of the Canadian Broodcstlng Corporation

that has gone before, anything ifgonlsht urged strong Support 0f the

5,500,000 national war services fund campaign opening tomorrow in the Dominion.

No matter how well equipped and highly trained an army may be, said the Canadian Corps com- mander, it still has to face prob- lems arising from the varied per- sonalities and different individual requirements of its membership. It was in this field “of useful and constructive effort" that Canada's auxiliary war service organizations had "sought and found their op- portunity for useful effort.”

Gen. McNaughton praised work of the Canadian Legion, Knights of Columbus. Salvation Amiy. Impor- ial Order Daughters of the Em- pire, Y.M.C.A. and Y. W. C. A.. the six organizations which will divide

2. Two new lanes “at this mo- ment are pass ng from the de- velopment stage to production” 11nd behind these are several other

(Continued on Pflae a. Col d)

Says sabotage Responsible for Banting death

mow YORK. March 23.—(O‘P) -- The New York Herald ‘Tribune says in n newscasts story today that s. re- port is current in aviation circles, "credited bv reliable informants as~ authentic." that, sabotage caused the crash of a. Lockheed Hudson bomb- ing plane in which Sir Frederick Ban and two other persons were king‘ eb 2t. in Newfoundland.

" e method by which the Am- erlcan-built bomber was brought to grief is said to have been the intro- ‘ duction of a small amount of sand - and gro a in the oll suppy of each engine.” says the newspaper. of these. according to the story , heard here. ‘burned out’ and failed

‘lasted long enougl. to bring the ship back to the Newfoundland coast where it also ‘froze!

“In the resultant ‘deed-stick’

‘services provided "ln overflowing

the money collected in the cam- Paton.

"From personal observation over many months. I bear tribute to their work and to its great bene- fit to us all," he said. Lack of the special type of work carried on by the auxiliary organ- izations would constitute a “ser- ious neglect" of the duty owed by Canada to those who had taken up mus in her defence. Regular ar- my services looked otter food. cloth- ing and other basic needs of the soldiers, but the auxiliary services had tackled the fvastly different" problem of "wholesome use of leis- ure and satisfaction of individual And personal needs," he said. Mobile canteens, clubs and hostels for men on leave, motion pictures, sports. assistance with personal problems, education and writing rooms were some of the auxiliary

measure" by the organizations, he said, and the air force and navy benefitted along with the srmy.

Britain seeks To influence Yugoslavia

landing, which was attempted o frooen lake. all were killed accept the pilot. Joseph C. l/fackey. of Kansas City. . .

after examining the engines )f

_up at all the airports where lLe - |Jl8ll0 stopped to refuel en route to‘ Newfoundland from the LOCkHCCd factory at Btu-bank. Calif. The re- suits oi their investigation have not rlunoxs U0 being circulated 1n Canadian-Arn- ericm féying circles-without receiv- mg mu credence in responsible

helped sabotage the ship wosclvirht

other was lured over from the United States and dealt a

similar s. .

Killed with Bil’ Roderick, oo-dls- oovorer of insulin were nevi utor William Biro mo wuasmsm um, radio operator.

Airmen tolls of - Block barrage

IONDON, arch n-(or) - A Royal Air Ibrce ni ht fighter who got. caught in one o Britain's block barrage: said today that my Ger- man who goes through such shelling b tmbcglventholronOros-s.

pilot. identlt not disclosed. was quoted by the is

as dying he not into

M

m rbMin _ Hymn e arrsgew he tried to engage s Nut fighter at 1.000 feet. "The guns below suddenl opened up. and I was caught in e bor- rsgo," he said. "Shells-there seam- ed to be hundreds of them - were inn up o! -- . I went first g: nlorythf k153i? the out and around the commas.

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show-d mo Dr's}: (By Herold Fair. Canadian Press

IDNDO "British and Canadian outhoritres —Britaln ls adopting every means theof diplomacy and propaganda to d 1 m u tn“ d ‘cjtmylnce Yugoslavia of}. thentgpl m Ml Elli-Is n eo a .011 saw-s n any a rcemen w e "l MT- GQOTRe Kltsorxboth. cred to trace the origin bv u check- Kn g g urns of the second dls-. '

Axis. qualified sources indicated tonight. The British Minister to Belgrade,

Ronald Campbell. has been ferring with Yugoslav Government leaders and British bi- adcasts have been directed which is described hero as "llglitlgfi middle of s first class r s s.

quarters here-that one man who °

' d ma; m. has been underlining to Yugoslavia and shot m Canada an me border the significance of the Greek stand against invasion as compared to the way in which Rumonlo and Bul- garia opened their doors to the in- vsdors.

been reminded of Anglo-American promises to help the nations which 099068 l8

turs of lloreign secretary Antho Eden's conversations with Turk! leaders and indicating the firm Anglo-Turkish solidarity in the face of the Nazi Balkan menace.

the reported proposal to al ow Ger- man hospital trains through Yugo- slav territory. One mented that it wss highly possible -in view of the previous record of German fifth

that the Germans would enter one end of the trsin heavily bandaged and emerge at the other end fully armed. ready to country.

ernment in handing former Premier. Milan orounq me and I rcal-lgzltihaflnafme l‘ apfmuch to he situation. It ls regard-

Staff - Writer) N. March 23—(CP Cable)

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Britain, the same sources say.

In addition the Yugoslavs have

British tressing also the satisfactory ne-

Brltish sources are are tieal of

column methods-

Munch 58-61’)- Adoms. H. of Edward Isllmd Bigh- died in Cantp Hill mili-

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boheldtomorrow

dextsking por- militsry honors, the body will be brought to the railway station to beiforwarded to

gression. diplomats are said to be 1a

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Take strategic Way to Addis

CAIRO, March N-(AH-Bri- tilh forces driving north to Addie Absbu from Kenya. Colony and It- alian Bomalllund have captured the strategically-important south- em Ethiopian town of Neghelli, n communique announced today.

As the fast mechanized col- umns which started the north- ward march from D010 and Megs early this month closed in on Neghelll. planes of the Royal Air Force and the South African Air Force raided other Ethiopian towns. bombed and machine-gun- ned trains on the Addis Ababa- Jlbuti railway. and pounded at the Marda Pass defences in the Jlnigo. area south of the railway. The communique also announ- cecl local successes in Eritrea where British troops have besieged the railway town of Cheren. barring the road to Asmara. the capital. In the urea or Jljiga which Bri- tish forces captured lost week. a fresh drive was going on toward Harar, provincial walled capital. In western Ethiopia. at Gondar. north of Lake Tana. British bomb- ers started fires among barracks and warehouses.

At least. one train was destroyed 0n the Addis Ababa-Jibuii rail- road. the communique said. when lroiombs smashed it and set it on re. Trains also were attacked at Afdcm and Goto. with machine-gun fire. a large concentration of It- alian motor transport was bombed and machine-gunned on the road between Urso and Awash. while another attack was made on Ital- ylan positions in the Ma-rdo. Pass

area. In the aerial campaign in Eritrea. the communique said. lFasclst positions around Cheren were bombed, the railway station at Asmzira attacked. and two It- alian fighting planes shot down British troops took 130 prisoners in the Cheren area. (In London the air ministry news service said the South African Air Force had strewn wrecked Italian aircraft all over Eritrea. and that one squadron had destroyed near-

CHARLOTTETOWN. QANADA MONDAY, MARCl-l 24, 1941

town on _Ababa.

Jap Minister At Moscow

By Henry C. Cassidy ted Press Staff Writer

MOSCOW. March 23 —-(AP) Yosuke Matsuoka, Japan's foreign minister, arrived here today for a one-day stop-over en route to Ber- lin and Rome axis conferences. and said he would fire to stay longer "to meet 108.813 here" on his return trip to Tokyo.

Mlatsuoka spoke at an interviev: in the Japanese embassy three hours otter receiving a courteous but unostentutious welcome to tia- Soviet Russian capital.

Some Japanese authorities sug-

gested before hls departure that he continue his trip from Berlin and Rome to London and Washington. Matsuoka said. but he added that "I do not have that in mind." "The tri-partite pact is the great- est foreign instrument for Japan, Motsuoka said. “Japanese foreign policy will revolve around it as a pivot. "Now. it is natural for the for- eign minister of Japan, who had something to do with conclusion of the pact. to meet and know the leaders of the other countries. That might make a big difference in car- rying out the pact in the future"

War-25 Years Ago Today

MARCH 24. MUG-English Chon- nel steamer Sussex torpedoed off DwPDe with loss of 50 lives. Rus- sians attacked st several p lnts along the Eastern Front and re- pulsed German attack near Jacob-

ly 80 Italian planes in Sudan.)

French

LONDON. March 23.—-(CP) —'I‘hel Royal Air Force rode the wind down the French coast from Calais to Britain todav fora smashing attack on the port of Quiberon, close to the Nazi submarine base at Lorient. I

An Air Ministry communiqucsald. high explosives destroyed a Cvermanl bnrraclc block in the town, while! sllntl l‘ bomb was sent cra hinginwl G. lllEill escort vessel- an unti- airclaft shim-near Brest.

'l'iic British fliers skimmed the»

that lhcv could see French fisher-f mcn and people on the beaches lock. . up and wave “chceringly" rectumzzd the British markings _

There was some aerial activity

mcnt aid “two enemy bombers”; were destroyed. one bv anti-aircraft. fire in North Scotland, the other by Royal Air, Force fighters in South‘ o Erlclnnd. d Another raider crashed in flames n

crcwmen W€l'8 lIIlDTlSDIlCO.

Some homes on the south coast were damaged bv bombs in the cvv- ning ivhen four raiders tried tocross the coast.

In Plymouth. which suffered heavy. rrtids Thursday and Friday night, demolition, salvage and rescue squads still worked to unebrth dead under the debrlr.

Air observers sold variable flying weather over northwest Europe might impose a serious check on thel German bid b0 back submarine and» surface raids on shilminl with‘ "Blitz" raids on Britain's ports

SOLDIER. KILLED

LAWRENCEIOWN. N. 8.. March 23—(CP)—Lieut. Harv T. frey of this town has accidentally while sewing in Eng- nd with a Nova Scotia unit, his mother was notified soturday. The 34- ear-old officer died after on accdental ex loslon. He Joined t e army as s. private ot the outbreak of war and re- commlssiou only e

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The action of the Yugoslav gov- over the Btoyadln- regarded here "comic

added a opera"

so paradoxical for s neutral

but sim lyled tr n the terrifyB-ig country to send its notional to s fifdfli 22TH ihwlewt- i

malrhic» but Buhinq Bnoud

R.A.F. Pounds

Fascist. Press, in it, daily atten-

,. Lion to United Slate. aid for Brit- Bzrttnnv coast at such low oltitudeia1n_ Said m effect énturday that time axis lmpzcrs are out to over-

_lllow Amer can as well as British as ‘heyidcmocracyl. i

over Britain itself and an announce-I Y/Pll-Collflvflf-‘d Relflzlqfll IntBY-Nflb lnnall of Milan, "o-ill not forget at the opportune moment President Roosevelt's action and from now

near Arlmdel. South England. Tuo g1..- lnr-rcss the ocean."

Dutnlio" yunntcd war and ma" inns! 1li"iCl(‘l'-

revolution, begun today I World revolution."

iias sleeping Sickness again

. . wcdgeport. said the attack was similar o the previous ones. known cure for the disc

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America too. is Axis plan

ROME, March 23

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"The new Europe," declared the

n assigns its powerful anns In the nly of liquidating vrlth its victory- vcz- the London cielnocracy nlm spurious democratic remnants

Said the newspaper Il Giurnnlc "The democratic powers

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British raid 0n Berlin

NIW YORK. March 36-01m- dow-(OP) -—- The Gennon radio. in a. broadcast heard here eary to- day by the Columbia Broadcasting System, said British planes drop- ped fire-bombs from l1 8T9!“ height on the diplomatic of Berlin during the nlsht. but claimed little damage was caused. “Single planes succeeded irr reaching the centre of the city. the broadcaster sold. “and in 5WD- ping incendiary bombs from a great height on the diplomatic quarter of Berlin. They did not cause much damage. mil/eve?" The broadcast claimed that anti- alrcruft fire drove away the rest of the raiders.

It said also that incendiary and explosive bombs were dropped in the outskirts of Berlin but con- tended they did not cause “much material damage."

The broadcast began with the announcement that “British bomb- ers during the night of March 24 flew into northern Germany and itried with a'l the means at their disposal to attack the German ‘cnpitrl1." l It claimed that "according to re- ports at hand llp to now. the M- tack can be considered n failure."

Free meals in Bombed P-lymouth

PLYMOUTH, Ninrch 23 -(CP)-— Thousands of free meals were (i15- tributed today to residents of twice- bombed Plymouth. some of whom took to the fields and hedges a- round the city Saturday night after undergoing the two straight nlgms of furious German raids. _

The government was spending rehabilitation work along with the food, Trucks equipped with loucl speakers toured the city, telling weary townspeople where they could

s Paces

Government leaders, beset

plans to scrambled zlgain. Regent Prince Paul,

tired shortly after midnight

Instead. a spokesman sai

turned off.

boning t0 German pressure, the names of the new cabinet

But the

this morning there still reach Vienna by the hour set

But in view of the evidently in-

get food and offering financial aid. With the coming of dawn. those who fled to the fields nrnd hedges came back to the city and its ruins, and some were being removed to other nearby towns by trains and buses.