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[UGOSLAVIA TAKES PLIINGE 8f JOINS AXIS PQWERS

Rapid Break - up l

Of Fascists In Albania Rumored

Italian soldiers cross into Yugo- slavia for internment after smashing defeat by Greeks.

l (B! Robert 8t. Jllhln Alsociated Press Staff Writer)

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, March ao-(Ay)...'1\|¢|nu o; ‘ guhau" Italian rout in Albania gave rise tonight to predictions that Hitler might |trlke at Greece at any moment and thna set off the Balkan war he

M ripen to win without fighting. German sources here admitted

that reports of British troop land-

[ngs In Srllonika nlilht also spur Germany to action.

Fleeing Italian and Albanian soldiers brought stories from the war nae today that the Fascist divisions are fast disintegrating after the illlure of the March offensive which Mussolini is reputed to have flig- nied on the 81'0"“; that some units were in wild and headlong flight

inward the Adriatic coast.

"Then is little discipline left," they added,

Tl" "mm" W". "m"! [will which fled across the border into Yugoslavia and laid down their arms. Simultaneously there were reports from the Albanian frontier that Tepeleni, central Albanian town d5- lrnded by the Fascists since mid-December, finally had fallen to the

Greeks.

Greeks capture _ v ll lluce’s cousin

ATHENS, March 21.—(1i‘rlday) - lAPl-Cuprure of a cousin of Mus- l0iiili and repulse of two strong 1g- illan nlracks supported by tanks. Ierc announced early today by the Greek government spokesman

~ "ullllllfilidllllhfl salcrtllcre was no wllilrnlatloll of‘ foreign reports that the Orccks hrrd captured Tepeleni, llnlteulc Albanian town which the Greeks have besieged since early in January.

"Among the manv Italian officers tfbturcd dill-lug the recent opera- 110115 nus u cousin of Premier Mu, - l0lllil, Lc-Ccl. Tuverl Ciglic, cum- mandlrrr: officer of the 53rd Bat- ilill0ll of the 26th l-ollion of Black- lhlrls." the - keslnan said.

tapture of llheren closer

CAIRO, March 20 —(AP) -Brit- itli S0ld;€l's br-sicging the important Brllrean city of Cheren moved clos- tr to flint. Fascist citadel in the lice of "heavy enemy‘ counts;- M. lulu and with the elp of Royal

Force dive bombers, the Brit- lih command said tonight.

A gcncrrrl headquarters communi- que szllfl Italian casualties in bit- ier rlclicrl Wednesdr, were "pay. tlcularly ircnvy,"

The British forces, moving in on

llan Positions in Ethiopia, con- "lured tirclr advance “satisfactor-

, l‘. ihc command said.

T?" R-Al“. also attacked Asmara tllllllll 0f Eritrea, dropping ban)»; °P the Wlceraph office, one lam {hllglrlés and the railway stations

Other raiders attacktld enemy iffgurucs in 'I‘rlpoil‘tania and on ihrr. struck at shipping in Trip-

arbor‘.

IS INDUCTED

‘lvvglouro. March 2o.- (or) _ And-re rrrrlcsMcNeili, fornlcrly of 8t. 40mm“ 5 Plfilbylerlan Church at St. yme-T tonight was inducted w o! P cronto Presbytery a; Minis- D, Mcrffgmililgnmllbyierian church. “m! sung“ try hens com-

Coming Events

late for Notices in this column 3 eents per word.

It

Concert at Hartsville i-l ll. Sat- "hlev. March 22nd. L-173l-‘3-21-1i.

0R _"_“" "l wrlfiirrwm$bf sfif?

14-131-8-10-31-22-94. "Annual Meeting Central Club.

hdllbane March mil t ‘clock. ' firglrlners invited. L: Bimflgaman. llw- L-lBS-B-Ql-Bi.

‘mm!!!’ double-headerat New 3W tonight. nope lllver vs. n iii-wow; Hunter River school

Rlistlco. 1519a

i. "lamina ho r M Har-

flchlflflrch Lh ' m??? River w. a filth. Grandvlew March 27th. l cnklns. b-lai-s-al-ll. ‘l

Plliluoned annual meeting of h cslriotletown Mug ,, - , u. h endors Association. Friday

cilltarai

. 21st, h," u 8 pm. m

"lie". Secretary.

_|.rrlved here by special train

____ Mfume to Harfsville School Var- led

This last story was related b travellers arriving from the Greet town of Phlorina. There was no confirmation from any other quar- ters here or in Athens.

British bombers were declared lo have ferrlfically pounded the Fas- cist-defended stronghold only yes-

The German prediction of all early thrust against Greece was evoked by mports from the fron- tier town of Djevdjelila. Yugo- slavia, that great. numbers of Bri- tish troops arrived yesterday at Salcnika.

For several days Britain has been pouring advance units of a force expected ultimately to reach 300,000 men into five southern Greek ports, but today's account was the first that they were dis- embarking at Balonika.

This backdoor to the Balkans would be a. main objective of a Nazi thrust into Greece.

‘Illrkcy, Britain's non-belliger- ent ally, meantime, has massed 100,000 mcn alon her frontier fac- ing Hitler's 240. Nazis across the border in Bulgaria. The Turk- ish National Assembly prepared to step up its preparedness program further through a. big defence ap- proprirltion.

Greece is understood to have moved a large part of her 800,000- man army u the Bulgarian border. Yugos avia. is said to have 1,000,000 men under arms.

ROOSEVELT IN FLORIDA

PORT svnnompszs, Fla... Mar. 30 —(AP) — President Roosevelt lace today, bound for a brief fishing trip in Florida wafers.

The President sought rest aboard the presidential yacht Potomac, our it was not disclosed whether he would angle in Bahamian waters or sail around the lip of Florida to the Gulf of Meidco.

tel-day. .-

Prolllems of debt And financing

UITAWA. March Zlh-(Clfi-Dlis- cussion of financial problems in the House of Commons today brought from Finance Minister Ilsley the

assurance there are no reasons for "abject fear" over the rising na- tional debt.

Mr. Ilsley replied

to QUEstiODS

at earlier all: of the

means to be adopted to meet debt

repayments. and on methods adopt.-

ed in mpatriatlrig Canadian securi- ties held in Great Britain.

He said Canada would always

meet her obligations either by taxa- tion or refunding, and would al- ways havs the resources to do so. Revenue was now coming in at the rate of $900,000,000 a year and would increase. the Minister said. A general dlscuslon of money problems followed, with Victor Qllelch (N.D. Acadia) advocating complete nationalization of char- tered banks. Two Liberal members, Raw. Daniel McIvor. Fort William, and Olof Hanson. Skeena, protested against the prolonged debate on the resolu- tion and held up as an example ec- tlon of the United States House of Reprlesontativm in passing a $7.000,- 000,000 defence appropriation incu- ule in about four days.

Mr. Quelch contended that the government, since the war. had sold 000.000 worth of its own securi- tle: to chartered banks and had thus created that much new money for government use. That was an in-

laticnary ur- dure. he said.

Interest Charges

He asked why the government did not sell its securities to the Bank of Canada. government-owned. and i031; the money without; the interest." charge it must pav on securities sold lo chartered banks.

M1’ Ildley replied that if the bre- sent procedure mentioned by Mr. Queicll was inflationary, then the proposal to deal with the Bank 0f

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loss of three British freighiers Reported from N. Y.

NEW YORK, March 20—(AP)~_ Maritime circles said today w rd had been received of the destruc- tion of fhrce British freighters and the {mil-ton Finnish freighter Wlrlsa, which was wrecked on the Iceland c-‘ast while en route from Baltimore and New York to Pet.- Samo with a cargo cf sugar.

‘Rio loss of these ships totalling 19.926 tons followed upon yester- day's reports of British Allied and. neutral losses of i4 s ps totnlllng 80.586 t ns-a two-day total which gave added emphasis to the stop. pcd-up wal- at sea. Most of the 1d vessels were gunk this month,

They said these British frclghters had been added to the lost list:

Ticlawny, 4,689 tons. sunk be- tween Boston and Liverpool; Cope Nelson. 3.8M tons, sunk between Philadelphia and Llverpol and the City of Bedford. 8.402, lost en route from New York to England.

No details were available.

RAJ: Bombers In Fiery Raids

' Strike at 001.755». and U-boat

base at Lorient France.

Nazi propaganda Naril at work

ey- desel-lbed the present heavy air raids on Britain ls a prepara phase of Nazi mllit action, a big news- paper banner- no fold Germans of an Italian-reported rumor that the lint allipioad of armaments to since the Bill had Ger

start for Britain age of the Lend-lease

been sunk

t“ whlrrilitarvhacomrlrlentiehrs

runes a was DDEXIM 0

air over Britain might be evaluated

by a study ofdmhaé German mili-

. Nor- way and France.

Previously. if. ayes stated. the air force always ha reps-red the way for the ground an naval forces: "soften" the opponent before usinl land and sea units for a decision.

“it would b5‘ said ‘tnhe

nunentary ens tech! gin assume that the Luftwaffe, with prolonged bolnbardmcnis. is ex- pectlnll a direct and immediate de- cision . . . Submarines also are at work. Submarines and warplanes always are a cart of German strat-

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arm i3‘t"ile"é'rll°rri°da"'$ti

LONDON, March 30 -(APl — Royal Air Force bombers struck at the Germans with fiery overnight raids on Cologne, the Nazi U-boat base at. lorient, France, and air- dromes in Belgium and the Neth- erlands. the air ministry announced today, even while Iondon under- vgeqlit its heaviest aerial assault of

Factories and oil tanks strung out along the east bank of the Rhine were set ablaze. munitions stores were blown sky high and communication were crippled in this latest attack on much-bombed

e

United Stat“ 001W"

Participating pilots said their "short but very sharp" attack with- in a single hour Wednesday night caused u much destruction as any of the previous longer raids.

still other R A. 1". units raided alrdrcsnes hi the low countries where German aircraft were tak- ing off. and at a Netherlands base silatfaring explosions were followed

to by countless smaller ones.

The Nnai air force, following up the Wednesday night attack ml London. came bark today to make

4 sporadic raids on the southeast

coast.

The admiralty reported a Ger- man dive bomber was shot down in an atlaclr on a naval drifter and a yacht, carrying away the misaen‘ Eat of the drifter in its plunge

them- ll

house debates l. Airman Fram

School Killed I1 Crash‘

Lac. W. S. Murray from

S ’side

B. (l, crashed

N. B., in blinding snow squall.

ii. S. Senate Passes huge Naval bill

WASHINGTON, March 20 -(A- Pl-A $3,446,9B0,044 naval approv- priation, the largest in United States peace-time history, was passed by the Senate today. On the other side of the capitol in- formed legislalors reported final. the navy is planning to build live 00,000-to 65,000-ton battleships, big- gest warcraft ever to sail the seas. The navy bill, carrying funds to operate the navy establishment. iii the next fiscal year and to proceed with the building of the two-ocean navy, now goes back to the House of Representatives for action on Senate amendments.

Included in the measure are: $1.- 515,000,000 for new ships. including six battle cruisers of 20.000 to 25,- 000 tons and $350,372,000 for alr-

planes. Concemillg the ftvc super-dread- naughts, Representative Melvin

Maas (Rep-Minn), senior minority member of the House naval com- mittee, said he understood that when fully armed and armored they would dispiaco 65,000 tons. Mass believed the contract for the ships almady have been) let and that they would be named the

shire and Louisiana.

There have been reports that Japan is building ships of more than 45.000 tons, but. so farlas is known the world's largest capital ship now in commission is the Brin- ish battle cruiser Hood, 42,000 tons. Maas asserted the big ships might carry 18-inch guns as compared with the present 16-inch maximum. or they might slick go the 16-inch weapons but carry a larger num- ber of them than dc existing craft.

International ' At A Glance

(By The Canadian Press)

BELGRADE — Italian soldiers fleeing into Yugoslavia say Mus- soilni‘s anny in Albania disinte- grating; British troops reported in Saionlka: Germans threaten to strike at Greece at once; Yugosla- via reported yielding io axis on all points except troop passage.

ALEXANDRIA — Five loaded lt- ailan supply ships and transports torpedoed; aerial hits scored on big ‘Fascist warship.

BAIGON — Japanese reported planning to send 100,000 troops in- o Thailand; far east speculates

Montana, Ohio. Maine, New l-Iamp- "

that motive may be to menace Sin- gapore or to cut Burma Road sup I plies to China.

nonpon - German and British l bomber-s continue duel; ll. A. F , attacks Cologne and Nari U-boat‘ base at Lorient. France; raiders‘ hit southwest coast town. I

l

War-ZS Years Ago Today

(By The Canadian Press)

MARCH 21, laid-German forces captured Avccurt Wood. Verdun, and attempted encircling movement south of Malancollrt. Sir Sam Hughes, Canadian minister of mil- itia. conferred with lard Kitchener in London.

Pledge for War Savings

"SALAIIA"

, TBA

near Sussex,

. An airman killed in the crash of a Harvard training plane near Sussex, N.B., yesterday af- ternoon was LAC W. S. Murray of Chiiilwack, British Columbia, Wing Com-under E. G. Fullerton, officer commanding the Service Flying school at Summerside, said last night.

LAC Murray was on a routine cross-country training flight, the common’ . He left the Summerside airport early in the afternoon.

SUSSEX. N.B., March 20.—-(CP)— Tho single occupant of a. Royal Clin- adian Air likirce training plane from Prince Edward Island. was killed in- stantiy this afternoon when the plane crashed in a blinding snow-_ storm at Smith's Creek. a rural community six miles from here.

Identity of the pilot was unknown here immediately. The plane was a Harvard trainer believed to have been from the raining school at Summerside. PE. Island

An army ambulance ‘from Sussex brought the body to this town fo- nilzllt. _ _

The pilot apparently tried to fllrd a landing place when the storm blew up. but there was none in the immediately vicinity, said Miss Phyllis; Buchanan. a. resident of the

c .

'I‘here was a shattering crash. The descending plane cul; off the top u! several trees before dashing it elf to pieces on the snow-covered wood-

nd.

Residents who heard the crash and finally found the spot, discover- ed wreckage strcwn over a wide area. The badly injured pilot. ap-

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Many Airmen taught in Brief squall

MONCTON, N. B., March 20 - D. J. R. McMsrtln, Montreal, a student instructor of the Mohctcll flying club, bailed out of his br- plane during a heavy snow squari this afternoon and escaped witll a bruised hip but the plane was badly wrecked in woods between Moncton and Cook's Brook.

McMsrtln fool: ho his parachute at an altitude of only 300 feet.

Three other planes of the Mone- ton flying club were in the air at the some time but managed a. safe landing at the Lakeburn Airport outside of Moncton. Two planes from No. 8 service flying training school here also were caught in the sudden storm and put down at a field in Amherst, N. S

The squall was over in a few min- utes.

{Rome posters lPili ii. S. in

War with Axis r

ROME. March Z0 — (AP)—' Posters linking the United States with Britain in a "great eon- flint" with Italy. Germany and Japan appeared on the walls of Rome today.

Referring to the journey of Japanese Foreign Minister Yo- snlle Matanolla to Berlin and Borne the broadsidea declared the ‘open and cynical Inter- vention" of the United States ‘has provoked the lilrest inter- est of the empire of the rising sun."

“A great conflict is thus de- llnested."

Investigation of

member of the Wartime Prices and Trude Board. who

had been received

many staple

appear to be out of line with prices e necessary a new o malnt preven

and the Dominion as

tile situation is vestigation."

.British Rip New

British convoys Reaching Greek Ports daily

Italian Navy Makes no Move t0 Stop Traffic In “Our Sea.”

By Larry Tliien Associated Press Staff Writer

WITH THE BRITISH BATTLE.‘ FLEET SOMEWHERE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, March. 20- (APL-Long strings cf British con- voys are steaming to and from the Greek ports dail under the pr.- tectlon of this feet.

Some convoys have been bombed from the air, but all thus far have reached lfielr destinations safely.

Italian naval vessels ‘have not attempted to crash through the British patrols along rile gateway waters leading to the Dodecancse Islands and Tripoli.

A fcw small Italian torpedo boats have bcen sighted but. they sped away when the British flrcd at them. Vessels such as cruisers and destroyers have not been se€n in these close-in areas.

British sources says unofficially that this is because of the big gaps 1:1 Italy's cruiser and destroyer squadrons during nine months of war and becausc the battleships Cfilllllcd at Taranto lost N.v. 11 are still our of commlsslsn.

In addition, they estimate that 30 or more submarines, composing about a quarter of Italy's submar- ine strength, have been destroyed.

To ~|ii‘0i10 food ‘ Prices in Halifax

HALIFAX. March 20 — (GP)- food prices in Halifax will be undertaken in the next few days by F. A. McGregor.

arrived from Ottawa tonight.

Mr. McGrcgor said complaints from consumers here that prices were higher on products than in other Canadian cities. Information reach- ing the board through its own

channels tended to support this claim. he said. “Prices on many food products

in other cities in the Marltlmes a whole." Mr. McGregor said. “I want to get information to determine whether such that the board should make a fuller in-

slavia world probably next week. one

Internali

Looms;

I Trouble‘

Invasion‘

Of Greece Now?

Yugoslav Government says pact modified form of union; Greeks dumbfounded by move

ISTANBUL, March 2l—(l='riday)—(AP)—A traveller

just

arrived from Greece claimed today he saw "large numbers" of British troops leaving Athens on trains for the north, presum- ably bound for the Bwgarlan and Yugoslav frontiers.

BELGRADE, March ZI-(Friday)-(AP)-Vi<>leni ob

jeciions by cabinet members who predicted sci-ions inter- nal disorder were reliably reported early foiirly to have arisen from the Yugoslav Crown Council's approval of a program described as a passive but effective alliance, which would clear the way for Germany to attack Greece as soon as signatures are affixed in Berlin, possibly ni-xi week, was approved by the Council late last night.

The cabinet and military chiefs were asked to initial the

scheme without discussion, but three ministers were said to have raised vigorous objections.

Their resignations were considered likely. Political quarters pointed out that. the Regent Prince

n this pro-British country.

Paul then would be free to find a cabinet which would ap- prove a German alliance, but they agreed that action might well bring to a blaze the smouldering passions

such alt

Such a reaction was predicted particularly among the

peasant population.

The three objecting cabinet ministers were Dr. Srdiall

Budisavijevic, Minister of Social Cublriovic, Minister of Agriculture and leader of the Serif Peasant Party; and Prof. Miilajlo Konstnntinovic, Minis-

ter of Justice. ..

Seemingl confirmin that Yugo- slgn wih the Axis cabinet minister declared when tile meet- ing broke up aflcr midnight:- “Becouse of Yugoslaviefis dell- cate foreign situation, it is neces- sary that her position of strict neutrality should be modified in some way so that she should be- come more closely connected with the Axis. Because she is surround- d on all sides by Axis troops, it is for Yugoslavia to form reign policy in order t0 n her independence and her from being involved in

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Holes In Italy’s Dwindling Fleet

Three vessels sent to bottom; Possibility two others a1- so destroyed.

ALEXANDlllA, Egypt, Mar. '-

20.—-(l\1‘) —- British torpedoes by air and sea have ripped new

;il0l€S ill Italy's baffle, transport

and supply fleets, the Arlmiraliyr alrnolrnccrl tonight, with three

. vessels llcfiirifcly sunk, twu oth-

ers placed in the “almost certain" category and undciailcd addi- tional damage wrought 1 The latest exploit disclosed was‘; that of the iorraeflo-cnrryiilg‘ British swordfish plalrcs, wllichl launched their self-propelled en- gines of destruction in the Alba- nian ports of Vaiona and Dur- zlzzo on three successive nights, March i5, i6 and 17.