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EALLIES .10

British,

Planes

German

Fight

Brief Battles‘

Enemy Causes-fie Loss In Raid On Scapa Flow- Convoy Escapes Undamaged.

Australia To But Heavily lln Canadian Fish

(B! R- K- Carnegie. Canadian Press Staff Writer) CIITAWA, April 2—(CP)—F1~0m the salmon caluieries in British Cohmlbla to the sardine and kip- pered herring plant; of New 13mm- Wick. new Australian import; re- strictions affect Canada and Syd_ 1'18 despatchcs estimate ihey will Ixfqrllllgel‘ Cgynlldlltlogt Sittllcs in that d0- ‘ r la lnnuauy- 9 I1 $3.000.000 The restflctiom are designed u. have more sterling exchange available for war purchases and one Canadian trade official said will?“ "1959 and other similar rwart ms measures are hitting Cun- adas trade on many sides. 115-59 Year Canada sold Australia ‘$32,000,000 worth of goods and Ollsht only $11,000,000 from that mum-Pi’. This heavy balance of trade nsalnst Australia frequently has been the cause of protest, from Australian statesmen who urged Canada. to buy more from the sis- ter dominion, Canada's Australian imports 1111i"? been gaining somcwhut but 1E Kwwth has been slow “m1 3mg. "PTdF-y the Australian restrictions 10 itfoifict the sterling reserves in London wen/t into effect, slicing Canadian trade with Australia. Th6 liéfllh Mes includes the ynited Ki om, Australia. Now l-elmid. South Africa. mam and the colonies. It is one unit for emhlmoe purposes and tho drain fln the reserves is the same whether gironztlizyers are in Australia or the

om.

Canada sells this area much more than the dominion buys from it and accordingly there is a m... mm movement of sterling to buv Cartsdisn dollars. Tho new y.“ striations result from n. general Illlhtenl"! ‘ll-D so that more ster- ling mill. be available for wurtln-lc

Norwegian Tells 0f North Sea Battle

COPENHAGEN. Dcnmurk. April 2--(A.P)—'I‘he Danish radio iv- ported tonight that the captain of a Norwegian ship, reaching Bor- gen, told of witnessing u battle bo- tween iIwo large cruisers in the, North Bea Monday afternoon.

The captain was quoted as sny- fng that the two cruisers, about five miles apart. fired at least i2 shots at each other. Ho said hc

(By Pat Usshcr) (Canadian Press Staff Writer)

‘Ought brief give and take bat

numerous raiders.

bombers came over the Orkne lands at dusk. The all-clear pl was sounded 45 minutes later.

tense anti-aircraft fire; than explosions of bombs.

quick

Wwflrd the sea.

base. ‘The Ministry announced:~

attack on Scapa Flow at dusk. Ql www- und batteries.

was hit or damaged gunfire."

beaten off with no British losses.

Criticism 0f British Food Policy

LONDON, A ll 2- O _ Criticism of thgrGovelfnrzllerl-liblfecgod policy, particularly concerning Con- fldwn bacon. was voiced in the House of Commons today by John lllflrféflll. Labor. who began a. de- bate on food prices and the cost; of living,

M1? MQTBun asserted the head of the bacon department was a mun who hud sought previously to se- curc control of the Bacon Board to prevent the cooperative move- "Wllt setting a license for its fac- tories. It was u mistake to intro- duce into the bilsbnesg a man who was in charge of the gonad,“ Bacon Board before the war, he ltrgucd.

X "We are surrounded by gonad- um bucou, some of which 1mg, gong 51111153’ he declared, while at the stunc time a deputation of Danes has been confronted with a Gov. cnnlnl-nt Cl(‘Cli~‘lC\' to cut their 1m. ports by 30.000 hundredweight

was unable to identify the cruis- ers or to see the outcome of the , fight, because he rushed his Slilp 1

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Coming Events

r0- Bato for Notices in this column l cents per word. CO ‘P’ V? I ini‘? shallot-Yin?“ mm“ °”§-1§35l-1§Z“ilI "$00111 Milton Womcns Insti- tute cake sale at llolmans Satur- day, April 6. _ 1,47,

"Loadln live hogs at North

m. until 1 p. m. Rcguh Bagnall, Mervyn Bulman. L-4o-4-3-2i_

"For: Meats-Ground Meat 5c. Horse Meat 5c. Beef Tri e Sit-c. Hog Pluck; alto. Island old Storage Company.

“Buying live hogs at Alb April 4th. Friday April Ethanllt

GPGCD.

"Associated study Clubs Pownal Garage Hall. Friday night at B. Messrs. Wright and Lmckerbv will Ilve addresses. L-33-4-3-li.

"Buy P. E. l. coop. Hatchery chicks. Special i040 tiriccs, hatches 60min: out twice wcckly, ulso spec-

prices on brooch-rs cquipmontl (Signed) P. E. I. Coop. Chick Kitchen. L-zoc-l-l-tl

"Loading live llOilS 'I'hursdn_v. Allril 4 as follows: Kensitiqtml till 3 p. 111.: Bummerslde i0 n.m. till I

-1'11.; Mervyn Iluhnzin nnrl Rnv,

Blhall. Hunter River Friday till . noon. Mclilwcn and Campbell. | L43.

wovkiy lo mrize room for Canad. inn bucrrli,

Glosemliontest t In Alberta Seat I

EDMONTON, April 2—(Cl'-‘)—L M. Day, Liberal, edged in front by

one vote today in Acadia where

the closest contest, in the Domin- ion election still is undecided, When the active service votes were counted earlier in the day and with five civilian polls un- "Ported, Day and his New Demo-

cracy opponent, Victor Quelch,

were tied with 3,731 votes each. 911v went one vote up when the 109th of the 203 polls reported.

Explosion In T. N. T." Plant Kills Three

LONDON April 2 —(0P;1 —.An card l0

earth-dunking explosion

ii lull th d fir] es away cd reetmrsgpsnarli?

lured five today in gicunt of a munitions (actory otlan

d. Fire followed the blast, the fifth

in British powder and anrlsment works since the outbreak of the war. ‘Thirty-three have died in the

five explosions

Lute toni ht the fire was extin-

uished an one or the bodies had eh recovered.

BACK ll YEARS FOR CAUSE

ISLINOTON. En innd —- (OE)- Henry John Grl iths, 74. died of rs received in on accident 16 vcnrs ago, a coroner's jurv dccldllg

injur when he smothered himself

BLONDON, April 2-(0? Cableis. iltlsh and German air romeo ties

across the North Sea fpday we (“P1111115 drvnplns bombs in a’ new nmd on the naval anchorage at

Soaps Flow and attacking a Brit. ish convoy, while the Royal Air Force let fall a new shower of bombs about patrol boats off Ger- "WHH Sylt Base and attacked

Air raid sirens howled when triage gnsl l, Yer about five minutes civilians lVIlg near Scapg, Flaw hezfig

British fighter planes went up in l vFfrsuit 01f the raiders, which made 9 Y.

Th o f Nazi 1.123.’. ifiiltlhlia°imllfféffiuilf b9}, were encased in the attack.

_ ie manager of a public works project suld he saw one o: the German Dlnnes spiral downward

The raid appare t big as that of M8T€llul6w0ValI8Il"%9In"-s ‘mm-g “linked 5951-28. Flow and Sllficlvd a reprisal folow by the 30ml Air Force on the Island of Silt. where bombs rained for sev- cn hours on the German seaplane

"German aircraft carried out; on

Thcy weratdrlver of! by tho rm-

“Bombs were d ed, which fell on ihercsllilare. Ngnihlg

"One Germ ~' 7ft; .. ed to have bah allitciltlght Lliopwerllegy

Earlier in the day a. German air raid on North Sea convoys tvng

f‘

MARTIAL MANEUVQRS —- New troops of the British Army are shown loading a ZS-pounller as 3 brigades took port ln the largest maneuvers held in ill-gland since the beginning of the war. The men took part in these grim training "games" over a 2 mile fromt

OTTAWA, April 2——(CP)-Ba1lot boxes were formally opened today by returning officers, the Active Service vote was added to civilian totals and the clean-u of Cau- adafls wartime general e ectlon en- tered its final stages with a scat- tering of close contests providing the only features.

The overwhelming election- nlght srveup of Prime Minister Mackenzie Kings Llbcrul follow- er; has been undisturbed by de- velo tents and not in the least by t. e votes of 30,942 soldiers, sail- ors nnd airmen in England and Canada.

While the Active Service vote made a few close contests closer and favored n. majority of Na- tional Government candidates, the record Liberal representation in the next House oLConunorls was iuutffccted.

About 90,000 in the army, navy and air force were eligible to vote and the comparatively light bal- lot, was apparently the result of many men being stationed in their home constituencies where they voted as civilians.

With one seat doubtful, the present party standing compared with the standing at dissolution in January fellows, figures being only for major grou

1355- Toniglit Qt dissolution - 169

Liberal 177

Nat. Govt. 39 88x C. C. F. 8 '1 N. Democracy 9 15:

x-Conscrvntivc. i—SOCiBl Credit,

Doubtful Seat

'I'he doubtful seat is Acadia in Alberto where A. M. Day, Liberal, and Victor Quelch, Now Democracy are running nock-and-neck with

four polls still to hear from. Day

led by one vote late today. Jules Castongusy. chief electoral officer who announced details of the. Active Service voting this m0l1iillll. said about 80 per cent of the civilian ballot boxes were for- molly opened across the country today by returning off era- who results

started preparing offlci

for forwarding to Ottawa.

Official figures may decide the number of recounts requested by defeated candidates. From the un- official counts it appeared pos- slble there might be about 13- two in Nova Bcotiu, three in On- tario, three in Manitoba. one in Saskatchewan. two in Alberta, one In British Columbia and one lu the Yukon.

However, while the results were close in the 13 constituencies, it was not known whether defeated candidates were considering rc-

cvuuts. _

The close contests. with corn- lele unofficial couutlhfl Ilniflhfiil. ollowed:

Cape Breton South-Clair Giilis. C.C.l"., H.533; D. J. llartigan. Lib- eral 11363- Clyde Nunn, National Govcrnmen . 9,823. . Cumberland-J’. C. Black. Na- tional Government. 8.066; K. .l

Cochrnne, Liberal, 8,048; Guy D011;

National Govit Candidates Cet50 P. C. Soldiers Vote

Election NigFResuIts Un-

disturbed As Soldiers, Sailors,

Airmen, Ballots Are Added To Civilian Returns.

nings. C.C.F., 1,369.

BrunwG. W. Wood, Liberal, 4,- 677; Sylvanus Apps, National Gov- ernment, 4.597.

Huron North-L. E. Cardiff, NB- tiunul Govcriuncnt, 5,942; R. J Deuchmun, Liberal, 5,902.

Petcrborough W c s t — Gordon Fraser, National Government, 9,- 600; R, M. Glover, Liberal, 0,448.

Dflllplill‘l—~w, J. Ward, Liberal, 5.052; L. J, Bowman, National Government, 5.901; R. F. Moore, C.C.F., 5',l20.

suuris-J. A. Ross, National Gov- ernment. 4,940; G. W. McDonald. Liloeral, 4,821; A. H. Parkes, C.C.F‘.,

'8

'Wi'nnlpe% North Centre-J. A. tvcoctswclil ,ICLC.F.1, ll,'1$24l;J9A. MILCCiOIIOI . .l‘cra , l. i ; . Stcfmlsson, Notional Government,

5,412.

Maple Creek-C. R. Evans. Lib- ci-ul, 5.160; H. H. Kcmpel‘. Qc-F» 5,104; F. E. Wright, National Gov- eminent, 3.185,

Acadia (four polls unreported)—- A. M. Day, Liberal, 3,730; Victor Quclcli, New Democracy, 3,730; George Smith, C.CF., 7B0.

Jnsper-Edsoh-Waltier Kuhl, New Democracy, 6.365; A. A, Kni ht Liberal, 6.282; Hugh Cribc ow, C.C.F.. 2,087; S. Bomber, National Government, 1,081.

Kootenay East-G. E. L. Mac- Kinilon, National Government, 4.- 395; J. H. Matthews C.C.F., 4,- 211; s. K. Stewart, Liberal, 4,024. Yukon (seven polls unreported) -George Black, National Govern- ment, 892; Charles Reid, Liberal,

807. In the Active service vote, No- tlnoai Government candidates

s- cent of the total. Liberal candi- dates polled 235472-41 per cent- and the bulk of the remainder went to C.C.F. candidates with 3,- 032 or as per cent.

QUEENS COUNTY

The official returns, combined civilian and active service men's votes. were as follows;

MacMillan ..............--.105lg

24.538 civilian electors were on the list, which indicates that about 80 r cent voted.

ese flgum compare with the following retums in the i985 elec-

tion:

Larsbeo Sinclair . ............10003 Myers ... .

Manure ...

H03)!!! .. ..... .............. 1001

Total ballots cast in i935 were 113178.576, with 38,476 electors on the

Ceosunttiirlisg the 110i service men's vo your e comps“

with i995 lncleites m incmue of roushly 2.000 in the total vote l-n

nwontlnuédilfiflifl l» 0d’ 1).“ .

meznlbers o! the Is nd and Develiitprnclit Council, an or- ganization composed of citizens of Charlottetown and vicinity who, on lines independent of poiitzcui racial or religious affiliations, huvo ,

1010941 together to consider, alter »

“refill SW60’ and resettrch, by l v what means the economic Cflllfill- “la H.

tions of Prince Edward Island can ' "'4' -“‘ be so better-ed that the pezplo generally will be enabled to enjoy l. larger measure of prcspelxty than has been their lot during the past fifty years.

RESEARCH & IIEVELBPMENT

PLANS MllllTE

Delegation From Newly Formed Council Interviews Government.

A Ill-TEE deleflfition representing a newly formed organization oi citi-

Z9115. the Island Research and Dc-

velopment Council, yvaitcd upon mo.

Provincial Government last night 11x13 gftigented a Callliplfillltll-EIVC bricl w c ‘v b-l . - w a list of iligutiirltgb" “mm “uh- memlberssThe delegation was court. 305w received and assured that e r presentation would be Early consideration. The text of the

bfluf follows: Charlottetown, P, E.

I. March 25. 1940. l Honorabl Thane A. Cam l Premier, g pbeu i Members of the Government 0i’ Prince Edward Island ‘ Honorable Slrs: 8.5 Oh

We come before you today 1&1 Belem"

Starting six months ago in a

@1011 WW. alt a meeting called to consider the exceedingly unsatis- factory conditions prevailing in this City. iihe association has expor- "mmd I- Fi/Bfldy and natural growth, so that today the members feel that the foundation has been laid for an organization capable of province-wide expansion and from which many benefits will enure to the Island as a whole.

At the outset ll. considerable di-

(ii/NEGRO? of views existed, but, om‘-

id dismiss! -n and the bringing to

1's and chum-x‘ lBl-itlsh naval unit; alrc;

given '

Ready For Test Voyage

llevla. April 2 -—(AP; , man freighter Ankara, loaded with

Gri'lii.uiy"s ‘.\'.ll'Llill(‘ lluiuslrics, 1O(.ll1_\’ prepared for :1 lost voyage lhl l"l1 Italian and Yugo crs hoping to establish a blot-kittie- proof route for Geriiizuiy extending all the way {torn the Black Sea. German sources said that if the

Ankara were successful in reaching Trieste. Italian Port from which subli- c1111 be slipped overland l0 G r‘ ' mole t ian 1200 Gf‘l‘lll.lfl s rusting in llahun Adria-l

BRITIFII 0N PATROL

LONDON, April 2 ~iCPl -—Ull- confirmed reports tlllll"lll sitld

IYUllIILI lllk Atirlullc on .

for (lei-in ~ ;ll‘l‘f‘lillilllllt‘ll plying out 0f Y v and Itnlltln ports. Naval! nl llcfu refused t0

reports» but s

‘tortillas Midi tin

or French warship. s bl: fullv \\'llllil‘l the l‘l,, ts rlf the uvo powers as low: as thmr nulls OIIPTQE- ed outside l.t‘l‘l‘lf0l'ifll waters.

Mrs. wiiliEe Camp- bell Speaks Before 300 “Iorkers Herc.

“The women of Canada demand ‘,

ll work tilcv are l cioinl: m! _ more," Mrs. Wnilacc Campbell. National Chuimmn of

the Vvonlctrs War lvork Ccmmlt- l "

ice and Proficient oi’ the Rod Cross l Society of the Ontnrio Division, , Fiilfl in an adclrcs. ut the Char» lottctowlt Hotel last nisrht. l

Clot‘ to lilron hundrcli wcluen workers uttctidcd the gnthorrlg 1

6760?}? I Rumanla To

Meet German Export Demands

my

BUCHARJELST April 2 ——(AP) *- In moves to satisfy export demands, cluetlv ircln uertnany, and to kut.» 1940 arm production normal Ru- mania, announced today that d.- 000 000 of her youths would be draft- ed into a vast agricultural rmny.

Diplomatic sources vicwcd tho pro- jccl. us an unsuor l0 u Gcrnum rc- quest that Rlllllllllla, reduce hcr _l - 000,000 nrmcci lorcos bv one third

,ln order to release mun for gram

production tor the Reich. _ The German SUIJBEPSLIOII wits said to have been ztrcontpuliicd bv nil

offer to send 6.000 Nazi ngricullusil l experts into ltilluaiuu. to speed up‘

cereal production.

Under the governments piotlrnnl, many stildcnts will be released lroln school for n two-week period ior work on farms.

Although the original German ric- mobillzatlon propose-l has become a pivotal point in the current Gcr- man Rumatnan economic talks. Ru- liinlilans hold that it would not to safe to reduce the armed slrutislh 0'1 this Balkan kingdom at present.

International At

A Glance

'(By The Canadian Press) LONDON -- German warplanes

raid British naval base at Scnpu

Flow, Air Ministry lnnounces mul- ers driven of! without hitting or damaging any ship; Prime Min- later Chamberlain tells Commons

of new anti-Nazi trade agreements with neutrals, pacts to be used to

push economic war against Reich; munitions factory blast kills three.

BUCHAREST — Romania an- nounces draft of 4,000,000 youths for vast agricultural army.

PARIS - Interpellntlon of Rey- nwd Government postponed llhtll after secret Senate session next week; ulr battle! over western front.

BERLIN-German News Agen- cy claim: number of British wnr- s lpo "effectively attacked" in Soaps ‘Flow raid.

SAFER IN LONDON

his parents here H

.8“ , _ lltltlllelosglllnt bov is fe in Lon con? than mhgweden. J

and llulplllTl aticlltivrl_v' to the. ‘ Vlflfiplfillt: words of thll- ](‘€l(it‘l‘. t,l~lnn. Dr. W, J. P. ltfnclvlillan mom- 'lx=r of the Executive Committee oi‘ l

..l‘.ic Canadian Rod Cross Sorletv l l1111l1Fl*‘11

jprcsicied and introtiticcd the speakl- 1131'! _ r3, virtual

l cl". | Mrs. Cnntpbcll expressed her} ‘ t ill!‘ \\‘0ll(lf’!‘illl wurl:

itho wvmcn, who are working uh- .(lcr rlifficillfivs.

She lit-scribed in detail the set- ting up of a Rccl Crns Columitnel: in London, Ehuiuud, uticior tho .cllzlirlii:lll:~lilp of Rt. H-ni. R. B. Iicnnvtt for the bonciit of Canad- ian soldiers.

Tho llcd Cross Society is the 0i’- firinl holly for distrlbutrtlg tinrccls to prlsoilrvs of Will‘, ihc National lllllilll mill her mlliicncc.

ll‘ flf‘:€('l‘.|ll"(l ihv opt-zillion 0f ll oi’ the sub CI1lllllllll.(‘(‘S 1n

l and give some illustra- tions of illl‘ \\'0l'l( iiicv are (icing. Tlif‘ SDPLHIFI‘ (ll‘(‘lfll‘l‘(i that. it was

lilill mt .11 the nnnlrs oi’ all nllllu lnl-n lll the ltoxui - not rculstcrctl as Cinn-

Drscrlbcs Ilospltnl

i DUBROVINK (Ragusa) Yugo- --'l‘he Ger-l

bauxite, it mineral important to’

it, . tic p.11. would be put llllO S(’l'\‘lfi(‘. l (14,. ]_ 1:_

‘Buckingham Precedent is lShattered

i= '

tilrrllnlily, jilzicirig slate in an (‘CHHUHIZC (luzlrrlluuic, shut oil fnun world

vunliguous llclllfllls‘. .- llc (icclzlrcrl ill lllc House 0f Comlnons that lllc

I try lll the

.thrc:lt over ,.tral stwtcs

‘Cltlinlililli lfiigllt. h» l-ie "v Niven of Ca. _ \\ the Dlstill u.» cd

Fmpirc would he cut off unless ‘l ‘are prl-pnrcv] p. gllfll'<'llli<‘(’¢ ns i1» 0f tlluir future lrnlle with (lor-

Tlie Prime blinlsicr gave no dc tails of a. general plan to be placed m. vlwrution lay" the A ' ‘is rthought those ‘mum tolttures:—- _ 1. Shipments of Swedish the prlvmlr-qc of serving and I om I Norwegian tron ore to ahilltrrl or thc quality-and quantity wvill be sioppl

‘.11, and vfiulKil rite gmoug the most ex a .tors. Stunning; nt one r .1, by u“, Row, Navy IlJOW room they ‘sh and Lil-cinch nav- G

m

. 1'05 l daddy,‘ .

- l ~60, the Unl- l lllwlly. “lite lulu llJtJnLJu S" ius and SON h. American and 1 was very till’ , _'.$. European neutral states, pay- ffldift OBEY-WWI”. ‘liculnrly illL‘ Balknlls, will be told 5

sl

ll Elnpircs hull: wartime lll'.\ll1/]10l)',

0d on across (‘anndzt ov- T0 ('11111ll<"1~"l1‘ Nfllllillfi

To compensate th fltr as pisslblo, 13""

. . i - . Force linslnl r l

thcir procinrts w

keys llll\Vlllll.£Il|".\$

the Rod Cro.=s.(

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