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Formal agreement on St. Lawrence development signed By Canada and the U. S.

Dy O. l_ BLACKBURN Canadian Press Staff Writer (yrIAWA. Munch lft-(CH-An immediate start on tho vlel Great “use. Lawrence Blur basin power and navigation projeetwas agreed

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' ‘“"'“ . s. March io- Q3X, N uegisn merchant wins has suffered hes. 105565 m the Nazi invasion o Norway hljjle situation is not alsrmlns. mo, Arne Sunde, minister of ‘may and shipping in the R0351 Igfwpgllirl Government told news- stn on his arrival here tonight- llalor Binnie is here to confer iiili L. A. Devoid, representative lhe Norwegian supply and 501D- .. ministry in London. » ut 300.000 gross tons of ship- t: ivere lost out of 3.800.000 t-~- ions tinder control of the .. egian Government in exile can April o. i940. and Dev- 31-

f _ "ihese losses are hea ." l“? L , "but not at all alarm ng. We re control cf 8'13 ships, and with hrwholcrs nearly 1,000. ‘The iuconte derived from the lat has enabled the Norwegian ommmont to tnke an active part the allied warfare with s mili- expcnditure about twice as t as in times of ace. sup- ; n navy in Brit h waters t-t on convoy duty, an army in lwilsnd. . nnid the tlraiiging and Milling up o an ar orce mm»

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IARCH 20,19l0—-8ixty British ncs bombarded Zeebrugge, g considerable damage and ' llesihyers chased three Ger- » ifftyets into the Belgian severely damaging one. Ger- sttacked Avoccur Wood and H, i I04 at. Verdun.

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International Rapids section of the St. Lawrence was placed gm,l’lo,0il0, but additional works be curled out and expenditures ‘ma’ made. mcymiln‘ Cqnldfl 1132-1100000 for the Welland CaunLare ‘ ed w “m; total coat of the whole project to approximately $500,- MM. filmed by the two count ' -

A [M1113] agreement was signed by Canadian and United States ' uni-lo; this afternoon and announced a few minutes later by

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m ("lawn and to Congress In Washington next Friday afternoon. will also table commit-hues with c ' do and Quebec ch '1" I .

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The formal slgflihll 09mm"? W“ quietly held in the office of the Prime Minister. Previously. a Dom- inlon-Ontarlo agreement was com- pleted covering the cooperation which wilLbe necessary betwfvn the two governments. with .he United States government. in car- rying out the project.

Mr. King, as secretary of stale for external affairs. munitions min- ister Hows and John Read. legal adviser to the external affairs dc- partment, signed the international agreement for Canada. p

J. Pierrepont Moffatl. United States Minister to Canada. Adolph Berle. assistant secretory of state. and Leland B. Oids. chairman of the federal power commission. sign- ed for the United States.

At the request. of opposition lead- er Hanson the Prime Minister said

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llrged instead of Convoy system

By TAYLOR HENRY Associated Press Stuff Writer

NEW YORK. March 19.—-(AP) — Shipping sources reported indsy that some United States experts had advised Britain to abandon the con- voy systemumd establish a lane of destroyers across the Atlantic in an effort to thwart the increasinfl Ger- man threat an viidi war supplies from America.

American .-hipping experts were understood to have told British authorities that the convoy system would have to be revi ed the steadily mounting toll of shipping‘ losses was w be out down.

American —and to some extent British-criticism of the convoy sys- tem has been based on two point‘:

1. It bunches groups of ilriade- ouately protected shins into a moss. target" for Axis air. surface and un- dersea raiders:

2 It reduces efficient use ofbsd- lv needed bottoms since fast mer- chantmen lose days while waiting for convoys to as emble and then must reduce their speed to that of the slowest unit of the convoy.

In brood outline the new plan would call for a constant some 50 destroyers elonx miles of great circle mule Labrador to the British Isles. They would be rotated in duty so that 40 always would be on watch while 10 either would be in port rcfuelling or enrcutetotiteirpostsfors wo

ks tour.

Walloon or these 40 destroyers would

trol a 50-mile sector of the M» nntlc l0 times a day. Ostdbllshifll lane across the Atlantic every inch of which would be policed bv s war- ship every two or three hours.

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Halifax-Boston Service?

HALIFAX March 1B - (OP) -—.- Possibility in air servicebebetween Boston and Halifax wouidt estab- lished this summer was swede“ yaesterdsv by Premier A. l. sc - n in an interview. Conversations had been carried on with the Presi- dent of Boston-Main? Airways Inpa he :sld. but man dl ficultlesuW0i;r_

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WINS MILITARY CROSS

Award of thedvfilltary Cross m Major Robert Williams, of Toronto, camp commandant at Canadian Corps headquarters in England, is announced in London. He becomes the first Canadian to win the deco- ration in this war. The presenta- tion by the King at an investiturte at Buckingham palace results from the brilliant work of Major Wil- liams in “covering" the Allied with- drawal from Namsos, Norway,

Australia is Excited over ll. S. Ships visit

SYDNEY. March 19 -(AP) — Sydney was agog tonight as it prepared to welcome seven Ameri- can warships which are to arrive here tomorrow for a three-day visit as part of a. training cruise. More than 500.000 Australians are expect- ed to take part in a tumultuous ov- ation for the 2.000 officers and men of their crews.

Members of Parliament and gov- ernment ministers are arriving from Canberra by special train and there has been an influx of thou- sands of visitors from other states determined to demonstrate Austra- lia's appreciation of American aid and friendship.

Quebec Nouse to Debate seaway

QUEBEC. March 19 —-(CP) Premier Godbout announced in the legislative assembly today that the House will resume debate tomorrow on the development of the St. Lawrence deep waterways project.

The Premier made the announce- ment after the opposition Intro- ..uced its eighth successive motion to have the House resume immed- lately a debate on the development project.

Premier Codbout, speaking before the assembly defeated the opposit- ion moiion by a vole of 51-14. said that tire development of the St. Lawrence will not only affect. Que- bec. but will affect the whole coun- try and “we want to cooperate with all." The government will find a solution which will satisfy all the people, he said.

Prior to hearing Mr. Grxlbout. the assembly heard Mr. Duplessls state brat “no mortgage on the province of Quebec would be worse than the canallzation. The Quebec government's altitude is downright treason-tacit if not expressed."

5,000 recruits 0n move to begin 4-months training

By Edwin Johnson Canadian Press Military Correspondent

OTTAWA, March 19—-(OP)— Nearly 5,000 recruits, advance- guard of Canada's new army in the making under the lour-monts erm-

"Wl pulsory military training plan were

on the move tonight.

Tomorrow these rookies, ell of whom cIme within the 21-year- old age group will begin concen- trating at the 29 training centres scattered B07063 the Dominion. Call- up notices were sent out to 4M0 mcn comprising the first class to be trained under the pln:i_ extend- ing from the eriginal 30-day plan and envlsaging s. turn-out of sp- pnroxlmattely 60.000 graduates with-

the next 12 months.

By provinces the inaugural class l; distributed as follows:

Quebec 1,440, Ontario 1,430, Su- lratchewan 440, Alberta 3B0, Manl- lobs 315. British Columbia 28d. Nova Scotla 232. New Brunswlc d Prince Ergwardlrlsla-nd

On reptr ng a e rospec ve camps the new recruits wrll be given s thorough medical examin- ation and if found fit will be launched uprn their military life.

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ll. S. Navy to Supply small Craft to Britain

WASHINGTON. March l8 (AP) - Col. Frank Knox, sco- retary of the United States navy, said today the navy’! first aid to Britain under the lend-lease program would be to supply light surface vessels, such as submarine ‘ . mu- tor boats and other "mosquito" vessels.

At the same time. he disclos- ed that the British overnment had asked to use U ted States navy yards for the repair of war-damaged vessels. No act- ion, Col. Knox said. had been taken on this request.

The mosquito ‘ , he told a press conference. should be useful In comhattlng enemy craft in the English Channel and for general inshore work.

None has been transferred yet, Knox said. and he declined to discuss the questions of transferring destroyers in ad- dition to the 50 traded for At lantic bases. He said he had not heard of reports that cruis- ersurinlighi be turned over to the

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lie said the navy “ought lo get pretty fast production" of the "mosquito" boats hence- forth. because manufacturers had virtually completed their period of preparation for mass production. lie said the navy had on hand "about a dolen". motor torpedo boats already In commission. ‘ lie added that the navy had “some” facilities for repairing vessels such as the damaged British craft, explaining "we fllWeys do" have such facilities. _ The request had been made In the last three or four days, he continued, but withheld n"- thglzl information.

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Null pounded In heavy raid

HULL. Ms h l9.— __ Tms English east dgast tectlollgnand ship- ping city or 3uu.uoo population elem. e“ u” m?‘ Wreckfllie today oi one of the ncuvlest Uerlnan night attacks on British provincial centres.

‘inro teddy waves of hundreds of Nazi raiders poured dov. ' d1 lull-h explosive bomllslncen m and

Melly persons were killed. The exact number was not announced large numbers or Seriously 1mm“; filled the city's hospitals. 80mg we" dull out of the smouldering ruins 12 hours after the attack,

M811 0f the casualties were cans. ed by ts on air raid shelters,

1n one shelter the oniv survivor Wes e year-old baby. In another the casualties lncuded the wife and daughter of tlae chief o! Hull's de- tective force,

Boston Navy Yard damaged In explosions

BOSTON. March 19.-~(AF)—'I‘hc communication and power system of the Boston navy yord was damaged today by fire. punctuated by s series of explosions which blew out msn- hoie covers in a conduit under a io- comctlve shop and threw sections of the plant into confusion

Faulty insulation was blamed for the fire. but water poured upon the blaze short-circultsd other Lines. shutting off power and telephone communication.

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Raid on Empire Capital said. heaviest this year.

LONDON, Mar. 20—(Thurs-‘

air armada dropped thousands of bombs over a broad area of Lon- don in a six hour overnight raid, dealing death to uncountcd num- bers in the city's most thickly- popuiated districts, and remind- ing Londoners oi last Septem- ber's terrific raids.

It was the heaviest raid of this year.

Rescue squads, augmented by soldiers, dug for hours to save people trapped in new ruins as London once more took its turn in the Nazi raiders’ city-u-nigltt raid tagiics. l. . A hotel was partly wrecked; four

hospitals were hit: homes in sev-I eral areas were destroyed.

In one hospital physicians and nurses removed several hundred Du- tients when it was damaged by a‘ shower of bombs. Other patients were expected to be removed ciurnzg:

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Another ho pital was damaged by; two heavy bombs. Its maternity ward. in use as a temporary lust-i. aid station. was wrecked. Nursesb sleeping quarters were damageli “lne patients. in another part of the. building escaped unhurt.

One of the hosbitas hit. housed 1,200 patient.

The bombs broke _a gas main in one district, but soldiers and emerg- ency squads continued rescue oper- a ans.

The all-clear sounded hbellt 2-39 a.m. (9.30 p.m., Wednesday, AST.)

At the same time. the southeast coast shook to heavy ekplosifmfl 0f] lonR-ranlle gunfire from the French) shore west of Boulogne f

German air activity during the; daylight hours was summed up by the Air and Home Security Millie-i tries a". follows:— l

nVery few enemy aircraft crossed our coasts during daylight today and; none came for inland. There was no report of any bombs dropped. 1

The Ministries said two enemy, aircraft were destroyed. one a, bomber, shot down off the east coast‘ the other. a fighter, destroyed off the southeast coast.

N. B. Farmers Favor Central Potato Agency

I-IARTLAND, N. B.. March iii- (CP) —Upwa.rds of 500 formers are expected to visit Fredericton soon and make representations to Agri- culture Minister Taylor concernrng exports of New Brunswick seed D0- futon.

Decision to organize the mass delegation was reached this week when representatives of agricul- tural societies in Victoria and Car- leton counties met here. They went on record as favoring a central agency lo handle all seed potatoes ‘or export from the province. Price-cutting and shipments of llarge quantities had "demorallzed" the South American market. and many of the potatoes could not be sold at any price. it was claimed. gAnother allegation was that . ‘shipments violated regulations of the provincial department of agri- ulture.

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1 coupon. March l9 w?) —K’-el taud Wilhelmshaven —-German sub- marhis bases —were subjected t0 violent and effective overnight bom- bardment, the air rnlnlstfi’ "W5 service declared tonight. b60311" they play such vital roles in the life-or-dealh battle of the Atlflilile "our aircraft were able to drop great loads of high explosives and mcendlarv bombs on docks. Shi'i- buildlng yards and industrial cert- tres of these ports." the news ser- vice pronounced

Through rifts in the clouds over Kiel. the British aviators said they dropped incendiary bombs first. end these started fires which made beacons for tt-e succeeding waves "f bombers.

1110p followed the rumble and rosr of explosions as demolition bombs were dropped. The ministry said that returning filers could see the bright glare of fires in thi- sky for miles along the hcmewsrd jour-

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Al. Wllhelmshavm. bombers could see the burst of many high-explo- Sh’!!! on whsrves and shipyards where fires large and small quick- ly sprang up.

In addition. overnight raids were conducted on Elnden, oli storage t-nks at Rotterdam, a "target" not

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LABOR. LEADER DIES

Tom Mann, veteran British labor loader, died March l3 at the age of 84. Born in a ling district. Mann began work u farm at the age of nine, and two years later went into the pits, where he worked until he was 14. Then he learned to become a journeyman engineer in Birmingham and at the age of 21 settled down in London, where he became active ln the then infant trade union movement.

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As Balkan Areas Await New Storm

Greeks to thrcmialf million men against Nazi in- vasion; Reservists equipp- ed by Britisl_1_s_upplies.

(By Robert St. John, Associated Press Staff Writer) ,

BELGRADE, March l9-—(AP)-Lines for the threat- ening battle of the Balkans drew taut tonight with re- ports that Britain is flying United States-made aircraft lo Greece and that both Greece and Germany are massing ad- ditional troops along Bulgarian frontier zones.

A well-informed Greek source said that, .of a total army strength of 800,000, the Greeks would leave 300,000 men to fight the Italians in Albania and would throw 500,000 along the northern front, where the British command ha! brought up supplies to equip every reservist. Enormous

New seaway to Bival Panama Canal in size

Expect U.S. to Pa‘; the Lion’s Share of the Cost.

By J. C. STARK Associated Press Staff Writer

WASHINGTON. March 19 —(AP) —-An agreement to start the long- debated Si. Lawrence scawnv nnd power protect at once was signed by the United States and Canada today lll what President Roosevelt called a vital Joint defence move. .

Subject to approval bv the Unit- ed states Congress and Canadian Parliament. the revived. 15-year-old wlnn envisions a giant St. Lawrence River. It would rival the Panama Canal in magnitude.

The cost was e timated by en- uineers at $226,170,000, most or all of which is expected to be paid by the United States.

The agreement. will be made pub- lic Friday. when it is submitted to Congress by Mr. Roosevelt with s reiizuest for the necessary appropri- a o

n. Unlike the treaty proposing a similar project which failed to re- ceive the necessary two-thirds vote

of the United States Senate in 1914. the agreement will require only mzilflrltl’ vote in ‘more s.

The agreement was concluded; after negotiations on a revised Am- erlcan proposal mode in 1038 under! which the United States offered lo‘; undertake and finalise the Interns-t tionnl Rapids section, permitting» Canada to wait until later to carryf out her share of the project.

What specific agreement was rear-lied on the financing was not, disclosed but. the engineering report; embraced cniv the International.

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Storm warning Io shipping off New England

BOSTON. March l9.—(AP)-—Win-. iry west and northwest wind-‘whlcht carried n renewed storm warning to New England shipping today. have brought velocities ranging up to 128 miles on hour atop Mount Washing- ton in New Hampshire, accompan- ied by cold us low as 26 below zero. Within a, few miles of Boston, at the Blue Hill Observatory. udnds attained BQ-lnile-au-hour violence. Strong winds. which the weather, bureau said would be measured at gale force oft southern New Eng-l land. continued to harass mariners, off thl. coast today. '