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EIIOTMAYE

At Nazi Bases

Activity seenfi Drive To Soften German Defences As Prelude To Allied Push.

LONDON, April l-l- (CPl-The

Royal Air Force, after pounding

Saturday at German arsenals and uirfields on Norway's coast, attacked Biol-anger, Norway, at dawn today, damaging a hangar, g fflnwlly 5nd I “number 0f enemy aircraft“ in the German-occupied Norwegian port.

ALLIED PUSH

FORESEEN

This attack, and the others of the week-end, which included bump. i": 0i’ Gefmim shipping clustered off-shore, were seen as part of a drive to soften German opposition prior tn a possible big Allied push aimed at knockinl the Nazi invader out of the Scandinavian country.

Italians See Gountry in War Soon

ROME, April I4 —(AI‘) — Authoritative Italians tuduy ex- ljcssed the belief that all coun- l'll‘.S of Europe, including Italy, would be drawn into the war. From one newspaper, II sllggero, came a. warning to neu- irais that they now know v.‘ road low, implying- that ii. wag the example of Denmark in accepting Germany's "protec- on

Giovanni Ansaldo. newspaper writer who often reflects the views of the foreign minister, (‘ount Galeazzo Clano, told Ital- inn troops in a inoudcast that. the wurfls sprrod to Scandinavia. during the week showed that ‘no people in Furopc can isolate itself from the conflict."

Ansaldo said lialv is ln-r herself "for the q as the moment Wlll"l\ will be lnost opportune for ll."

"Thilf occasion and this minn- "ll. which a month uen may have been very for off, now may be much nearer tillln is believed. This is a terrible wllr. which ut a certain point strikes everyone Rho thinks he is staying out oi’

"All Italians who think our country can remain out oi‘ llll‘ present conflict no to the l-nd nre mistaken and dcludr- lhcm- llrlves just as those nrc mistak- en and dr-ludc themselves who think that our country should Seek nothing lint earning J, little foreign money."

N. S. Legislature Is Prorogued

HALIFAX. April l4—fCP)-Att.*r blaring 88 bills on the stature limits and givmg the govrrrlnlent nlllhcrity to make the highest ex- pcnrliturs ill the ll slTry of the Province, Nova Scstllrs legislature “M prc-rcglled Saturday".

_Sir Joepil Clrsholnl, Cllci Jus- llcc and Adlrvnstratrr (i lhc government during the l'ln. s oi LlcllL-Gcv. Robert Ilwlil. raid tile F-lrrcii frcm tile thiore which rc- vgclvetilhe events 02 the i940 ses- slcn. ‘

ll. expressed pleasure in the res- °1mi°h passed by llle Hrllse test- ifying to its loyalty :0 the Crrvvn "lid devotion "to the ld-suls curl iirinrvlies which are being mall- lrvned and defended in fir". war.‘

The number of bills passed wit‘; the lowest in many yea. s. 'I‘lle scnion lacked the spectacular de- bate of previous ycnrs as membvs hlcdlzed themselves lo llV0'd polli- Pfll recrlmlrnt-irns out ri’ dcfrlwnce to the nation's stzle of emergency.

Coming Events

"ii-B for Notices in thin column I cents, per word.

"Hunter River Glub will not 191d hogs until Tuesday, April 23rd- L-26ti4-13-3l

"F0! Meaty-Ground Meal. 5c. Horse Meal. 5c. Beer Trlpe lilac. Hog Pluck; one. Island Uold Swffliltl‘ Company.

"Garden seeds. All the newest and best varieties Send for free 115i. Arthur Vescy. York.

L-2ti3-3-ll-Mtf. "Bu in live ho s at Albany. April Gtlgl. Friday gA rll 19in nl mil-amid unlll noon lgncd G C Jreen.

"Adjourned Annual Meeting (I the Btanlelyulirldge Dalr lug 0a.. wlll be held esziny, Apr 16th at. 2

H. S. MacEwcn Seaman‘. L-zol-l-ls-n.

|Alrdrome “with salvos of

The air ministry, in announ- cing lodzlyk raid. issued the following buliclill:—

“Operations and reconnais- szlllcc by aircraft of the R.A.F. over tilc North Sea and the Allrlvlcglan c o a s t continued lillrlllg lllc last 24 hours.

“.\l dawn this luorlling Stav- nngcr airrlrolue was again the target of a low-flying attack by our zlircrzlil. Salvoes of bombs were dropped and the 1111112111". runway nud a number oi enemy aircraft drawn up on ihc airdrolne were damaged. “Anti-aircraft fire was encounter- cd but. our aircraft continued on their way ulld delivered a further attack against the enemy in Hats Fjord where they machine-gunned a nllmbcr of seupllrnes moored on

the water and silenced an enemy machine-gun post."

New Air Exploits

Allied plans for military land action as well as the actual move- menis of their naval forces remain- ed military secrets, but the Fleet. air llrm and Royal Air Force Sat- urday recounted these new ex-

st— "

Bombardment of the Siavanger heavy bcmbs." with heavy damage to a

Germans Say North Sea Battle Continues

l!_ \lvln J. Steinlwpf Assol-ialtbd Press sour Writer

BERLIN. April l4 —(AP) —Cau-

tluus disclosures b the German high colllmand m lcated tonight ;lhal. Lin‘ vast battle of the Nolth

stllll WAS Llllgillg, wit-h both Sides tll lll lcuv_ ows.

' Alcbrnlngvw this lulu-told awry. thc Gerlnulls claim six Brltlsn (le- l strcgers have lzolle down in the scat- llercd, gvc-llnd-take ilghtink be" {tlvecn Brltuvh and German sea fol"- .ccs illlflill: the! last six days along l the coasts of OrWfl-Y-

' Besides. nlore formidable British fighters, like the bottle cruiser Re- llown, an aircraft carrier and l "cruiser of the Glasgow class are listed hv the ‘Germans us dgmigfigi

'l‘;(i:l_v‘s l 1 common e - qllc sa d: "I is impossible at this tulle tn gel. a complete picture of the total losses to the enemv m‘ t0 our own forces."

There was every indication that. today-six days after the Germans moved into Denmark and Norway; — title fnrflung, lnaeglrmttéent conf gts o S09. were con n .

‘file Germans claimed that there hnci been no large-scale action vslving head-on colllsnns of grand fleets.

Mackenzie King Arrives In South

VIRGINIA BEACH Vim. April '4 —(APl-Prlme Minister W. L Mackenzie King of Canada, arriv- ing here today for a three weeks‘ rest, said he was delighted to near of the British victory at Nlu-vlk but declined further comment on

the

the war, L. C. 'I‘llbbo, represenlln the United Slates Depertmen cl’

State. and Mr. Mackenzie King's secretary accompanied him here. The Prime Minister admitted he wo- "tired".

lion. '1‘. A. Crerar. Canadian Minister cf Mines and Resources, Senator N. P. Lambert and C. W. Jackson. chief assistant. executive ciflccr of the department o! mines

and resources, lrrived at 01d Point (Pmfclt. Va. Saturday for n week or l0 days‘ vlcntlon and sighlseetng.

G. A. S. F. llnits To Take Over As Royal Guards

(BY Sam Robertson, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

AI-IDWHOT| April 14-—(GP Goblet-Fishing men of the 1st. Division. Canadian Active Ser- yioe Wm. will pflrade through the heart of the Empire" for the first time when detachments of the Royal 22nd and Toronto Scottish regiments go to London to take up the 011W of mounting glisrd over the Royal Palaces. Buckingham and St. James’s.

Details of the signal honor be- inlz paid the division commanded b" Major-General A. G. L. Mc- Naughton ns announced todgy ape reveal that the Canadians will fur- nish Royal orderlles and cyclists for iii? King's personal use and will be assisted by two of the most renowned bands of the imperial Forces in ceremonies connected with guard duty.

Enemy Fails In Assaults 0n French Lines

(By John H. Martini (Associated Pyess Staff Writer)

PARIS. April 14 --AP) German infantry units tried n- guln today to force the French front lines in furious fighting west of the Vosges Mountains but the French High Command declared they were repulsed with losses.

The German troops were sup- ported by a heavy artillery bar- rage at different v-olnts ln the urea roughly between Bitche and Saareguemincs. French casualties were not disclosed.

The attack followed bitter- fighting Saturday near the Luxem ourg frontier in which the Germans were reported to have thrown a full company of ‘nfuntry, at the French.

French dispatches said the body of the German officer who led an unsuccessful attack against the French-occupied Island in the Rhine near Hun- ingno early Saturday had been recovered from the river.

French and German guns unleashed heavy artillery bar- rage; west of the Vosges during the morning. The cannon roar- ed after the French patrol raided what the French said was an important sector jutting toward Zweibrurken.

Military advices said the French penetrated a German outpost in l dawn attack and brought back some information

on German troop dispositions.

Defence

ed Country As

(By I. Norman Lodge, As-' aociaied Press Staff Writer)

SFOCKHOLM, April 14-» (Ci’)—l'avored by a snow- storm wilicil llzuupcred the Nazi airforcc, Norway's lleterlllincd defenders tonight were report- ed forming a continuous front northeast of German-held Oslo.

Advices from Norway said lhc situation in the Oslo scc- lor was on the wilolc lulcllalng- ell lull lilat a Norwegian (ic- fcllcc line was lacing establish- (‘ll southward from lnkc bljoscll lovrzlrrl tile Swcllisil border.

Ilaluzlr, the first the Norwegian Government when llle German troops look (loin last" Tuesday, is nil lilc

refuge of

‘No rzuegians

lake, about 60 lllilCS lll)l'lll of Oslo.

(An exchange telegraph dis- patch from Stockholm to London slid report: current in Stockholm

will 0t m, attack by 20.000 N01‘-

nnloilzll lnzls AVANGE

in lylnll

' Swedish And Finnish

Volunteers Arrive To Help Norweg- ians.

(liy Robert Rieffcl, Havzls Staff Writer)

STROEMSTAD, Sweden, NEAR THE NORWEGIAN BORDER, April l4-—(Cl’- }lavzls)-Motorized German forces reached the southern- most sector of the Norweg- izln-Swcdish border tonight at Korusjoe, tightening their hold on the urea southeast of Oslo.

German detachments from the fortified railway junc- lion of Holden, captured Saturday without resistance, took over the Kornsjoe (Norwegian) customs sta- tion only a few miles from. this Swedish town.

T e Norwegian command

‘an ounccd‘ tonlizhbthat 'Ge1"=

man reinforcements had left Oslo for the northern port of Trondheim and dis- closed that Swedish and Finnish volunteers have arrived i.o join the Norweg- ian forces.

The communique said three German airplanes had been shot down and the 10 men in their crews captured.

In the north it was report- ed that Narvik was sur- rounded by troops of the sixth Norlvelzilln division, and that the momentarily expected to be- gin landing troops to oc-

cupy the town.

The German drive southeast from Oslo to the Swedish border was ln- terprclcd ns ilaving two possible nleanlngs:—-

1. That. the Germahs want t0 assure a line of retreat into Sweden if they are beaten by the Norwe ions and British.

2. That t lcy may intend to vi-

_ olatc Swedish_ n_eutrallty____und__

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Lines

In Sn 0 w St o rm Weather Aids-T-‘Elops In Invad-

Continuous

Defence System Formed.

wvsimw against the German for- ccs in Oslo. No details were avail- able.)

In n communique covering Bat- llrllzlys fighting. tile Norwegian urlny commander said his troops had retreated from Hcnefo. north- west of Oslo. after flirting the Germans lost night. he com- munlque also said the Germans occupled Kongsberg, nest of Oslo, Lflfviil. at the entrance of Oslo 00rd. and Setesdal

The fronts ill Olstfold and Akcrshus, in the Oslo area, and in the north lvcrc practically un- (hanged. the report added. Ger- man planes were said u; have lnkcn troops from Oslo to the Trolldeiag l-UFB near Trondheim. on the western coast.

The communique sold that the. Norwegian naval commander had reported naval forces shot down lll flame; three German planes and captured 10 members of their crew's. The planes made forced landing; ut Stortoscll.

A (lei-mun Junker plane made a forced landing today north oi Grebbestad, in the province of Bo- huslaen on the we‘t coast of sweden. The crew of three was

"lcssnlrrezfircssu?been?

British were |

i

British Submarine Makes “Successful Attack” On

Lia

II. A. Scott, new secretary of the Supervisory board of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.

King George Give Encouragement To King 0f Norway

LONDON. April 14-(CP)-—Kin|z George VI assured King Hankon of Norway Saturday night that the Allies “are bringing all help in their power."

While Royal Air Force bombers and warships attacked the Nazi invader, the British Ssvcrelgn ad- dressed a, message of cheer to the Norwegian monarch.

He expressed his "profound ad- Imlrntion and um. of the whole

British Commonwealth for the dignity, collraqo and tenacity :5i10\l'll by Your Majesty and your people."

"Deeply swnpathlziug with Nor- way In her hour of trlal. I assure Yol.r Majesty that my Government. in full cooperation with the French Government, are bringing all help in their pc-wer m Norway so that, Allied forces. fighting side by side with the Norwegian. may prove this latest, outrage by Ger- many to have been RS rash M ii’. w“ wicked," King George said.

Public Aid To Transportation lipsot Balance

WASHINGTON, April 14 —(AP)

--Joseph B. Eastman, chairman oi the interstate conllnlssipll, contend- edtoclay that. public ald to trans- portation ill the United states, io- lal lng many billions of dollars. had resulted in a surplus of iuclllnes. and hall proved, in many instances. of "little public benefit." His comment was contained ln a. four-volunle report 0n public aids to mil, water. h ghwuyv and alr car- riers. The studv wns begun several years ago when Eastman was fe crnl coordinator of railroads.

Furthermore, Eastman snid these aids "have set. up repercussions lell. in mrlnv parks of the transportation structure. and created n demand for further public aids to olvctlthc ef- fects of those already given.’

Nezfvy Loss In Golon Fire

COLON. Panama, April l4 -(A- P)—-A slow alarm and a shlftinil wind todav were blamed for the s leed with which fire blazed through mcnt section of Colon Sat- ght, leaving tn its wake $4.- n damage, 10.000 llomeess 11rd of the cltv in ruins.

The slow alarm had brought the fire department on the scene only taller two buildings already were lost, and the changing wilul swept. the blaze zlg-zngglng across the city through an area 16 locks wide.

Ill spite of the heavy mater a1 losses, no casualties were reported. However, the canal zone red cross and all medical llnits from toc RWU zone and Panama. were mobilized.

CHARM OF OTHER DAYS

BOWLING GREEN. KY. ——(CP)- Oldest watch fob on the continent is in Campbell Jones‘ pocket. It is a petrified triloblte -long-exnn't shell-fillh-estlmnted to be 18 mill- ion years old.

zLPoc/zet Ba

Wegian Forces

BOO-mile sea death trap in th after shattering German naval sinking seven destroyers.

extended from Kiel Bay to Li

Llllea port route.

of the Baltic. BRITISH SOLDI

were told tonight as the Allied

supply bases in the Reich. The British Broadcasting

sent of the Government, br

wegian trade unionists.

ttleship

Germans Lose Seven Destroyers.

At Narvik British And Nor- Said In Passes-f Si0n or Far North Port _ EX; peditionary Force Announced.

(BY J- F. Sanderson, Canadian Press Staff Writer) LONDON, April M-JCP Cabie>_'1‘hc Royall Navy laid an unprecedented minefield far into the Baltic today-a

An Admiralty announcement said the great minefield

blocking German access to Swedenfis iron ore through the

Observers here said this zlclion gives llriialill control

“British soldiers are coming,” the Norwegian people A nllvics continued their slow ‘ but sure process of isolating German garrisons from their

the Britons were coming on behalf of British and Nor-

ALLIES BLOCK GERMANYS Y MINEFIEL

c Nazi Reich's lmekyzlrd- forces at Nllrvik Saturday,

thuanizfs territorial waters,

ERS COMING

Corporation, with the con- oadczlst the message that

transport and supply ships

four captured. two scuttled

Norwegian port of Narvik.

probably had been hit by mo

Norwegian coastal batteries.

LONDON, April l-i-(CIU-Anoiher of Germany.» prized pocket battleships, the been “successfully attacked" and ill lezlst 20 (lermzll:

Admiralty announced tonight. Listing 10 German troop and supply ships sunll.

four others hit by torpedoes, the these did not include the seven sunk in the Arrlit

Whether the Admiral Schccr was clear, but the Admiralty said the llhlillli-lon wnrshiy

the British submarine Spearfish.

It also said the submarine Truant sank ihe 6,000- ton German cruiser Karlsruhe, which Germany ul- ready has acknowledged but which shc zltlriiluled to

Aflmifill Scheer. has

sunk or captured, the

by their owll men, am.

Atllllil'llli_\' sllir

sunk was nu‘.

re than one torpedo from

Royal Navy's weekend, laying

meant hazardous work no one

Britons, living these days in an atmosphere of glorious

adventure, interspaced with lo

decidedly agreeable:-

ton battleship Warspitc, veter

sides from her 15-inch guns,

but not seriously. Bottle Up Nazis

2. The navy has bottled up | the entire Baltic coast of Germany with a new mine-l field which with the North Sea mine belt will act as a giant explosive barrier from Kiel Bay lo Lithuania. The entire coast of (lernlan-oc- eupied Denmark is now rim- med with mines which not only will make it perilous for Nazi ships to leave their

The message asked the Norwegians to give every as- sistance to British troops, feed them and because they “are coming to assist the Norwegian people in their resistance to the invaders."

SPECTACULAR FEAT

Although destruction 0f seven Gcrmlln destroyers zlt Narvik was regarded as the most spectacular" feat of tile

tic was described by some military oilscrvcrs as. the great-

est strategic accomplishment of the war thus far. How it was done was a strict naval secret. but that it

veyed the weekend features of the war and found them

WEEKEND FEATIQRES

1. The Ngyy smashed its way into Narvik Fjord Sat- urday and there sank seven destroyers. Led by the 31.000- r

into action against the German them one by one. Three British destroyers were damaged.

shelter them

of the nlineiicid in the llni-

doubted.

ng periods of suspense, sur-

lPOIUAPYClL 0r (liners ill the iSlntes Clovernmeul,

Speculation Rife As Premier King Visits ii. S.

OTTAWA, AprlL l4—(CP)—Prl:ne Milllsier hiuekcllzie King wlluy l;r_-- Pull lIlS Eolldnv the Vl lla c.» n; \\ll.il' ch... rl

Oil

lle lll O. w 1 s" llliicalzel. ii. illJ be attached lo ills plupcsz-rl uni» at IIIC Whine

House and Scale Dc-purnnenl. in Washington llcxt. week. \ ill (‘lllluull alra A \‘ l‘ of l1;

ll .. attaches to the lo coming mectin: between heads lhc two Governments.

' Mr. King was about his plums rlll\\'i‘l so fur lls meetings with

ill- lle they _CO£l—

very when

Plx-sluezlt Ullrcd he was lllosl. defllllte in his declaration mm ills v‘ ‘ should not be interpreted as a more l0 (tllllst United States sym-

pathy; ln the Allied ca _ This docillrulioll bl.’ Prune hIilllsll-r rlprescnls the 2 ll< P U10 1m" ‘ill C1O\'t'l‘llll\('il'. ll lllacn since the outbreak of a It is bzllcvcrl here, he» er, that. auy meeting betlvecn Mr. King!

rl President. Rocselrcit. I10 mflW-‘I’ l lv lllfornla‘. or llll','ll1\llll“(l. ("l - no‘. fllll in result if ill" lvmosl flfll 111M. Oh»:- mutter twill likely to a- ualt dlscussons between the Pr nlc " . L011 Imihinn, Bl'l'l.’"f\ Ami» ssador in Washington, a cl l1~_-r'-.~=r‘.cl~.’ Ilcvwcw- d5 the gnarl:- l

ill <'1lll\‘4'l‘.\'.\1.0.‘..§

swfétlé 5H5... Gown Two Nazi Planes

STOCKHOLM, Hllvllsl --’1"wo Gel shot down by ‘ craft ‘lll-"l-"ics ‘.0 crossed l...0 Sal‘ i'l!l<ll'4'(l wllrlllllg batteries.

Three German the

slois from _ plntles f‘ '"

frontier and bllttczlc-s l opened up o ' lllli a s .

ill. lhl m.

null era ~l allcl lln- Slllfl

limo . ‘

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Press) H and maxlmlun temper-am

Drlvrsull ‘IAIICOUVEI’ ljhllollloll

an of Jutland, which silen-

ced the German shore batteries with devastating broad-

the dcstlover flotilla went naval units and sank

home pol" or strike for them, blll blocks Germany from Swedish ore supplies by either the North Sea route or tile Gulf of liolh- nin.

3. The Royal Air Force continued lo work in close conporlliioll with lllt‘ fleet lnomllinu planes, l"ull\\.l_\.~'. hangars. and Nazi shipping.

Pcllowim! up Saturday": ores-nu" to Norlvculalls Th5‘

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FORECAST

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