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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA WEDNESDAY, Aiiiiii. 1., 1941

Annnni lfublcrlptlon Delivered, $0.00 B! uh“! l’ E. L. ‘L001 Clllfmlu unil U. B. $5.00

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ENEMY BREAKS iuiicucu viinrriiss I

British View One Killed As Libyan Situation Schooner Topples

N (‘LBEEBF Allied Line Gr: Right Holds As

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TAxis will not Win war by Balkan successes

lciiy Council Transacts Routine business

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m” City Com-mu mt “Wm i“ the the Balkans and North Africa. al-

lax monthly

“m” d m” "s" though extensi ~d 1 e meeting held in thg Council cham- u V“ “*1 ‘mwe ‘wmei o b“ SHELBURNE. us, April 1u.- W} never Win the war for the =- Qllt at Salumv 22 Axls bow“... sremukscameneu <<rP>—<>n;ni»a-on w» mil-a mu “any Galina" A“ Powers vim“ "alim- breached; Greeks faced ‘

lanes, 15 tanks destroyed.

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Yugoslav Resistance ls strong

coupon. Ami] 1s Acct-Th B!‘ ~l

, Broadcasting Corporation .m i": quoted Ankara radio as 5...... thin. "the extent of Yugo- a... insistence is shown by m: fact :hn.' German armies operatiiul in {ho Balkans have been increased ‘rcui 3B divisions to more than 60.” ‘Fzic broadcast added that coun- Hncks had been made by avs in "various parts of the

Bome reports» licuble Italian- (iffensive opens-

ROME, April 15.-(AP)—A double itnlinu offensive attempting to re-

inquer Albania and subdue Greece“ ,0‘ F8505‘ '

. shape tonight. with rc. ire toward Amirocastro. 0X1 i110 Qlilllvfll front, matchlnd l-he drive Ill ‘ "

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Lclies from the war cones- of the newspaper Ii Giron- that the n9

lcpcleni. (vhlch an n. zm also has managed lo hold.

‘fiu- northern Italian drive is aim- ca. lairsicria, across the ($166k lfCl for a junction with the (lrrntm troops who are smashiml down from Yuuoslavia through B llll.) ill the western flank of the mum British-Greek line. Italians acknowledged today’ Rovii. Air Force planes raided -i iiuii the Albanian Dori. o. V Numerous German nlimcfi llliltf been reverted based at Brin- tilt-l.

ll. S. plans new Moves under Lease- Lcnd program-

NASHINGTON. April i6—(AP)—— Bi i and Uni-ted States KOWYB’ nifcals are considcruig es- iii fllliig‘ a huge trans-shipment “bile in the Narragansett Bay area

munitions and supplies for d i‘. Britain, it. was disclosed t0-

lzrst hint of the project which, it wi:»_iiiidersto:d, would be financed. llhly fi"cm lend-lease funds, came (lull President Roosevelt who stat- fll ti. might be advisable to ro- viuc additional shipping facil ties 1n pie Narragansett Bey nee w I-‘sist in overseas shipments.

with c. largs Part of the United slilva Atlantic feet operating from ‘h? Newport area and coast defence mus protecting Narragansett Bay. flu rulders would be blocked from "Wlerlna with shipping until it had l good’ start.

Coming Events

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Rate for Notices in this column I cent: per word.

.1 halve lvrested Corlzza (Korltza) s

(By Eric Blgio. Associated Press Staff Write!)

OAIR/O, April lb-(AD-Fight- lng raged back and forth through the Egyptian border village of Buium tonight while, 80 lnles to the west in the beleaguered Libyan port. of Tobi-uk, the British gar- rison announced it had stayed off heavy attacks by destroying 22 Axis planes and 15 tanks, iin at least 100 of their enemy an capturifl! 200 Germans.

The impression prevailed here that the swift BOO-mike Axis Ml- vance across North Africa. had a1- most spent. itself when it reached Baium.

The British command, therefore. viewed the situation in Libya. with more o tlmism than at any time since he advance began three weeks ago. Fighting continued around Tobruk and snlum. but re- ports from the front indicated a. stabilization of the situation

Nineteen of the planes downed at Tobruk were Qennan dive bombers. the British air commend said, while the Royal Air Force lost only one bomber and three fighters in far-ranging bombard- ments of airdromes and troop con- centrations in Libyan Olrenalca and Iripolltanie.

Military buildings were destroy- ed, dispersed aircraft were hit and heavy ex lesions caused particu- larly at c Axis centres of Derna, El Adem and Gambut. the R. A. F. sold, while in Tripoli one ship was et afirc and others

At salum, which was said to

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Claim Nazis

"Ready to drive 10a Gibraltar

JERSEY CITY, N. J., April 15- (APl-‘Iravciiers arriving today in the liner Excsmblon from Lisbon

said German troops are ready to

march into Spain and Portugal

in e. thrust intended to caililllw

wGlbraltar. Capt Will-am

At the same time W. Khune of the rmerican 6X11“?- liner said a ship which he believed to be a German freghler equlcoed for raiding stopped his ship a dav out from Lisbon. Passengers who had spent six months or more in Portugal said

"evezy fifth perscn was a. Gestapo agent and every fouzth persorrlm

in

They said a noticeable infux 0f Gemini-speaking tourists had oo-

a German soldier

clothes."

curred in the last twtfmontha

Mexican

s damaged. Many casualties were inflicted. "

e meeting at which e full coilncll board was present. “A

~ great deal of comment had

heard regarding unemployment," His Worship stated and in this

ectlcrn he reported to the Goun- cil that, he h“! contacted" the man- ager of Bruce Stewart a 00., Ltd, yesterday and as a result could re- port regress to the meeting with sortie ing more dedinite to heard on this matter very shortly. His Worship concluded his remarks by stating that he thought all should do everything they could in obtaining employment for those at. present unem. loyed.

Routine ‘ occupied the ct- ientlcm of the meeting. In the mat- ter of bills Councillor R. C. Chand- ler stated that 88.00439 had been paid out during the month: a sum of $8,118.46 in unpaid bills was yet to be paid, In the matter o! relief bills $461.00 had been paid out with a balance to be paid of $461.64.

In the absence of Dr. Keeping: {he health officer's report was reacr by City Clerk. James A. Fullerton.

Communications

A letter o! appreciation wa< mad from Councillor Dr. F. C. Dcuaan re Council's kindness during h:s recent. bereavement; also a letter of ap-

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Armistice talk Bnly propaganda?

BUDAPWT. April 15—(AP)—A report that Yugoslavia has request- ed an armistice of Gewnanv came from Hungarian quarters here to- day but nothing was published to that effect. '

(Shortly before this dispatch was received. rrrlitaiy and diplomatic sources in Berlin denied knowedgc of such a. request, although first reports of it were attributed to

German sources. (In London. informed Britons

termed the report "a typical bit

of Goebbels propaganda"). Hungarian goveznment

peace bid today.

War—25 Years Ago Today

(By The Canadian Press)

APRIL 16, 1916 —Advancing on the Black coast, Russian troops forced passage of the Kara Dere east of Trebiaoind. Italians prepar- ed for offensive in the Guidlcaria and Eugene. valleys against the

city of Trent.

l City

In Ruins After Severe Quake

Large casualtylist in prospect; Heavy property damage.

ll.A.F. Pilot hits Munitions train

,A'I‘HlIlN5. April 16 — (Al?) - 5

Royal Air F0 sergeant p110‘ "M wok inltlieemkion the Bollo-

pert actual-is. would veal-I We! W“

OO CITY. April 15.—(AP)—l-’

d tlm bid l. Jill fiai-énsaiiiducithc: destruction here in the cent l.

to tructlon in Oollmc. about 8'76

many of lie 15.000

clrcles said they had “confidential infor- mation" that Yugoslavia moxie the

several schooner tonal during launchln: ceremonies

av.

Vanetta Atkins. 13-year-old Shel- burne girl. died of a fractured skull while being taken to hospital at. Bridgewatcr in an ambulance. Shel was struck by c. falllnk eight-inch timber upright.

The 132-ft. banker had ilist b08131

W to move on the skidways when she

crunched through her cradle and toppled on her side. More than half a dozen of the 100 persons who lined her decks were tossed over her side into the ivater. as‘ scores chm! to the rail after sliding down the angled deck. l

Terror-stricken spectators andj workmen scrambled for safety as the vessel fell. A sand bank prevented. her from falling further and crush- ing several persons.

Edward Johnson. 19. plunged ful- ly clothed into the water between‘ theschooner and wharf to rescue; flve-year-old Ten-v Ycuniz- The child was one of those thrown over the rail when the vessel fell l

Many other persons suffered minq or cuts and bruises. i

The vessel had been oiuisiened Eileen C. Macdonald. by Senator’ William Duff, of Lunenburz. ill-it before the accident. She was built as an addition to the Lunenburfl fishinil fleet, _ _

Boss builder James Harding Bald he Iacllcved the large number of i persons aboard during the launchw ing inav have caused. the accident] He 5am they rushed to the rail as‘ she started to slide down the Wfl.l'5'l possibly unbalanclni! he? and cum" inc her to spread the cradle and

cm. ouiiiii Cleveland and Sw- Mm Duff, both stiarehoidei-s in

i

might have caused the mishap.

Federal Gov’t

To continue

Lobster plan

QTTAWA, April 15—(CP)-Fish- cries Minister Michaudsaid tonight continued federal participation 1Y1

ducts during 194i hasbecn made

on sales 01f‘ ctgnned lobster in Euro- r c .

pellllli. ‘lizlfllchauffs statement said tilt

PCSlTlCblIILi imposed last

canning industry would be n "position of very serious fflculty unless a special effort is made to develop North American business.

Dr. n. B. Finn. Deputy Minister of Fshcrles, again Wvil] act as cou- tr;.ller for canned lobster under this year's plan, He, is emPW/emd (o buy up to 30.000 cases of 1941 canned lobster at prioeS rallklflll. between $15 and $20 L859 Yea-T; priceg paid ranged from $16 foil" standard‘ to $18 for choice.

Des mfleg gquzhw&t 0f M08100 Gilly, WM the government Dress

oflioeln $1.»... Qofi

Mr. Michaud said the price to be‘ paid for the lobster wzulci dependl on an examination of the PPM!!!“ by the controller or L115 officers although fiziu] grading would not be completed until the purchase agreement had been made.

“All canned lobster which‘ the controller puts on the market, now- ever, will be thoroughly ilisiwctcd and graded in accordance with doi- inlte standards scientifically estab- lLshed before it is offered to con- sumers," the Mini-Ste! 88-111

Purchase prices qlwwd‘ $0 can‘ ners will be on the basis of 4B- pound cos-e delivered at the con- trollerfla warehouse. pier N0» i- Halifax. Seventy-five r cent of the price will be pay ‘.e after the lobster has been accepted by the controller and the remaining 25 per cent following a second exam- ination 60 days after acceptance of the product.

Mr. Michaud" said last year's eon- trcl had a "stabilizing effect“ on the industry and that plants now wer in operation which otherwise would have closed. This control also showed the possibility of de- veloping satisfactory markets in Canada and‘ (he United States.

"There now is d reason," he said, "to believe t’ at, with. properly directed effort, markets can be built up on this continent which will take care of our probable on-

crnft. also believed the large crow '2

marketing of lobster cannery D70“. necessary by wartime restrictions.

ear were , still operative and that V-e 10115”? in a

Planes over Britain

LONDON, April 16—(Hcdnes- day) -- (OP) -— German bombs flfflflhed in one London district Wlr today. traumas: several Persons In wreckage and caus- l"! some casualties.

One German raider crashed in flames in a south 001151 arr-p,

Th0 btllnblllg little was [he second reported in a night, m". "l8 which German ritlrlcr; were heard over most of’ Eng. land. The other bombing was at a south coast town, where vhm. 38c was reported not serious.

The nli-clerr sounded in 1A.". don following n long quiet spoil after the bombing,

New raids ‘on Nazi Battleships

LONDON. April i5_rcP>__'1'h.= All‘ MlYll-‘lll’ todav announced new bomb hits on or near Ciermanvs two 26.000-fon battleships Gnelse- neau and Scharnhoi-srbgrrhed M Brest. and the destruction of three Nazi aircraft with the loss of one British plane. .

The two German battlcshipsj lVlYlQ in the much-bombed Hench. nort were targets of the Royal Air. rce last night in their offensi-ve»

ovei-“tl-ie" ‘invasion poflg,‘ Brest was attacked for four hours.‘ flllflll! Vlllilvll hundreds cf bomhc- were dropped onvthe docks. but, owinir to nonr vfsihilitr" it was not] ascertained whether m" not the‘ biltlleshlfls were actually hit. l

Power stations at Huarlem and Leiden. in the Netherlands. alsn‘ were bombed. British aircraft‘ bombed and machine-gunned n‘ conyov of Nazi supply ships with, an escort of fighters and naval: patrol vessels which ivas sighted’

rlands

and attacked off the Nethe coast _Monday. it was announced.

While visibility was poor during: this operation. it was seen thatl one simply shlD of‘ about 4000 tons l was hit and "loft with clouds of‘ steam escaping."

Announce Loss of new

‘British Cruiser

LONDON. April lfi-wCPl-‘The Admiralty announced today the loss of one of Britains newest cruisers and destruction of a 10w; 000-ton enemy tanker bound for a. Nazi-occupied port in France.

The 5.450-tcn cruiser Bonaven- ture. completed in the 1039-40 pro-. gram, was struck by a tcrpedoi while on convoy dutv and sub-i sequently sunk, the Admiralty;

said. 1

The date, location and number of casualties were not disclosed.‘ The cruiser was commanded by, Capt. H. J. Egerton. a navigatloni specialist. grandson of the first‘ Lord Brassey and husband of a] sister of Mrs. Anthony Eden, wife of the Foreign Secretary. r

The submarine Tigris. under Lt.- Cmdr. f-l_ F. Bone. came upon the 10,000-ton tanker bound for a port in enemy-occupied France and sank her. the Admiralty said.

The usual weekly announcement of British allied and neutral mer- chant shipping losses was ebon- doned b the Admiralty in favori of mont ly re rts.

The Admlrat said monthly to- tals would "ma e it. more difficult for the enemy to deduce the pic- portlon of these losses due to sub-

marines, airplanes raiders and mines," and would obviate revis- ions caused by late reports from

far-flung areas.

It was explained that e. week's losses of 20.000 or 30.000 tons ten- ded to cause undue optimism and make people imagine that the battle of the Atlantic had been won, while a week's loss of 100,- 000 or 200.000 tons tended to cause undue pessimism.

Britsh Ambassador to the United States. declared her tonight.

The former British Iibreizn Sec- retatv counseled the English speak- ing union at a dinner, to look at larva-scale maps and take IQng- range views when assessing the diiv-ts-day developments in war zones.

The result of the Balkan and North Afrfcan campaigns has bflgn to fore.- Hltler "to send his legluhs into fields in which. whatever sile- cess h‘; may win. he cannot achieve

that success against Great Britain.‘

which alone can win the war."

I He sold nothing could be gained ti! underratiml the grave reper- cussions caused by the events of the last few days in the Bdkans and North Africa.

"Let H5 lock at them straight‘

for what thcv arc—blac" spots in

the nlctire of the War and. having: cape 31.9w“

in protest FFK€Ctlll'v'B'S reported acceptance cf

rimir that. trike a general view of the whole stuetion."

miners Strike in Cape

day to suspend

with threat from Italians.

Breton area

GLACE BAY. N. 6-. April (cm-Delegates from 13 1008 (he United Mine Workers of Am- erica voted at. a meeting late to- oneraticns in_ 12 colliorles at midniilhfi against their district

The Ambassador said that mend.“ report o; a wage arbih-atjqn

and munitions are being rushed to the Middle Eaast to take the place

Qf the annv of the Ni‘c transferred . m the Bllkims m help Gwece and l are operated hy Dominion ‘Company and the other tWO b!‘ We [Nova Sctoia Steel and Coal Com-

Yllwslavia. and there was no rea- son to suppose the position in Eavpt would not be held.

Lord Halifax said Bhflilt kne"! l“ would i

at the outbreak of war ii be at least two years below ha; full strength could be gathered together.

Hitler's Worry

“Hitler ls now faced." 10rd Hali- fax_ declared, "by the spectacle. which is for him a spectre, of the "rowing productive strength of the United States and the British Commonwealth, reflected in the inn-easing military resoumgg gimp, ore being steadily marslialled a-

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Vichy implicated In moving Nazis To North Africa?

LONDON, April 15-(0? CABLE) ---The possibility that Vichy was

implicated in the German success:

in transporting mechanized divis- ions to North Africa was hinted by two London newspapers today. The Star, posing the question “how have the Nazis managed to get dlvsions across the Mediter- ranean?" said it was suggested in 521119 quarters that. the transports used French territorial waters off nisia. “Ir the French authorities were

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implcated, we should know," the paper said. The Daily Mail remarked that

the danger.- rf the sea journey from Sicily would have been much re- duced if the German convoys were able t; hug the Tunisian coast.

"Have the Germans been success- fu1 in Clrenaics with the conniv- 311:9 of Admiral Darlan (Minister cf Marine in the Vichy govern- merit)?” the paper asked.

oard. About 10.000 men would be af- fected. Ton of the mines invcéweld

any. r-Ixr-O of the pits. Dominion cocks nos 12 and 16 at New Wat- erford, were idle today. Without

GLACL BAY, N.S.. April 16— (Wednesday) - (CP) _ The midnight deadline set in a strike cull to workers of l2 Capo Breton coliierles passed with only uric mine adding it- self’ l7 riy tnflay to the fiwo that hiui been idle before the call

Night shift workers at Do- minion Coal C mpcny’! No. Z mine here joined those of the company's Nos. l2 and l6 pits at New lvzitcrfnrd, whose full- ure to rvnrk yesterday tied up fhcsr- collicriirs. Operations con- tinued on schedule elsewhere through the coalficlds.

s strike having been called for- mally. the working forces failed m report, apparently in protest ag- ainst the wage report acceptance. Three thousand men were idle.) The 47 delegates to today's cori- vention, called by union men in the Glace Bay. Now Waterford and North Capo Breton sub-districts of U M. W- dlstrlct 26. demanded the district. executive submit the ques- tion of acceptance of the report to a referendum of the membership. The executive did not sponsor the convention District President D. W. Morrison said last night that under the union constitution, a sub-district convention could be called only by the board member

for lhc district concerned. This had not been done, he said. President Morrison was not

Nianicn in England

LONDON. April l5-—(CP)—HOn R. .1. Manlon, former

meeting mlktaijv

renewing acquaintances.

Arrives ‘On Visit To This Province

Defence Minister will present- Wings to graduates at

Summerside School today.____ Rides ‘freight’ (Tc enNst

Col. J. L. Ralstcn. minister of

lilefence, taking advantage of the 1 Easter recem of Parliament arrived

at, Summerside last. night in the course of a tour of inspection of Maritime defence establishments. He arrived by plane late in the da and was the dinner guest of of lcers of the Royal Canadian Air

Canadian" Conservative leader. in England to survey Canadian auxili-azyi war ser- vices, spent a virhimvmtl doy .0da.\‘ authorities and

_____ By Edward Kennedy Associated Press Stuff‘ Writer

AWEEINS, April 16—(APi-Gcr- man troops smashing deea into the Allied left and centre on e north.- ern Grecian battle front reached the western outlet of Siatista, Pass today. a Greek government spokes- man announced tonégtit.