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LONDON, April Zk-(Arl-eflritaln credited her sea man with a co-crdinated series o! blows afainsii the cross-Mediterranean connections, with these pfnclpal results:-

si); supply ships and a destroyer _b.i_t and vast destruction wrought hare in o 42-minute bombardment of Tripoli, Libyan capital, by the

Q! . . 15-inch guns of the bat-ale fleet;

Threc ammunition and supply ships, totalling 23.000 tons, ‘wrpcdocd

by naval aircraft.

Four troop transport planes shot down at sea;

‘Fiery damage done to Tripoli and other Libyan ports and alrdromel Alorifnpuzzo, Bardia, Denna and Ain El Gazala—by the Force and Fleet All‘ Al!!! Simultaneous! with the naval shelling.

British battleships and lighter units drew up at 5 am. Monday be- (ore Tripoli. principal African sup- ply bnsc of the Axis, and" cast big shells into the harbor and port in- siallatons. the Admiralty an- nounced. _

Dust and smoke rose in blindln clouds. but observers saw that a least seven vessels in were hit; that n large fire was started liear an oil depot; that the rail- read siMP-ll was in flames: and that lhc Axis naval headquarters. military stores depot, power plant and qiluy were struck. ‘

Only ineffective opposition as encountered from shore batted’ , the Admiralty stated.

At the some time. the RAJ". and‘ aircraft from the fleet were drop- Eng more than 10 tons of bombs in Tripoli,

The Mediterranean Oom- mcuder in Chief. Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, also re- ported his aircraft torpedcsd 10.000401: and 6.000-ton supply ships and a ‘MOO-ton ammuni- tion ship which blew up with such u. tremendous explosion that fire roared 8,000 feet into the air.

The only British loss-one naval plane-nus suffered in this engage- ment. ’

Prime Minister Churchill, address- lilg i110 House of Commons. sn- nouncerl the 'I‘ripoll bembardment ""115 “been end added that naval

1 lllancs had shot dcwn in flames

four of live troop-carrying planes.

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Standing in Man. election

Elected Leading

Coaliionz- s s g. ,3 ,2 llcfcnco Minister 0C u? 2 3 Returns to Ottawa Ind-L 9 1 5° 2-26 1-23 -———— Oppositionl- orTAwA. April 22-—(CP)—De- fence fvfnister Ralston returned to g0 0 2 Ottawa today from e tour of mil- 0 1 ltary centres in the Maritime Pro- yc 0 1 yinces and a visit to Prince Coun- TM no 1-5 ty, Prince Edward Island, which he 1P ""18 1 represents in the House of Com- °“‘1 t5 mons. =~__

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' Withholds coi-Ilqlwent on Balkan campaign; Many factors in- volved, Co__n_1_mons told;

and Ill‘ units to- . lnerable Axis

Royal Air

Pays tribute To Municipal Authorities

Bore Brunt of Resist- ance to Air Raids, High‘ Commissioner Says.

OTTAWA. April 22.——(CP)—M1_1ch of the brunt of resistance to air r i’"‘b’“n“"‘"“°l”ii’°”y°n“’ m c cu o e . on. -_ calm sirlcpannafgrltillrmsh o . mlssloner. told the annual confer- ence of the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities at adin- ner tonight.

‘.We owe the survival of Britain these fateful times in larae measure to the municipal authorities.’ he mo. "We owe u. too. we new regional organizations which have been interposed as a link betwee the central government and. the local authorities."

Much of the work of local outhor- ities went unobserved because ir. was not desirable to tell the enemy fhat damage was done. what was not done or how quickly it was repaired.

If a town's water supply Were ill- stroyed to the extent of four-fifths and half of it were restored in ~18‘ hours and all of it by the end 01 the fourth day. no notice of this was published in the newspapers lest the enemy raid the town (main.

“The list of stricken towns 110W is a lone one." he said. ‘London. Glasgow. Cardiff. Coventry, ingham. Liverpool. Newcastle. Ports-

nuth. Bristol and a treat host 0! others.

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(The following story is by Dail- iel De Luce. dated Press cm‘- respondent who k o. small fish- ina boat from Greece to TurRBY l! the Nazis marched through north- ern Greece. With De Luce were four aviators and two sailors de- mobilised by the Greek government Friday. The boat reached the Is- land of Chios shortly after that island's streets had been machine- gunned by German Timbers.)

l; Dan De Luce Figs Si!!! Wfitfl I3 (Sm a). . A rll fi ) s-Ci. r-ZFKZ. Rn s fighting in Grcicc ma! h! et- tributcd to the fabulous courage of allied troops with their h in a 11

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADAWWBDNESDAYJAPRTL 23.1941

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Annual Bubsrtptlon Delivered, “.00 B; llnlli l’ ll 00.001 Canada and U ri 6.3.0.

Confcrcncc a 0f Mayors At Ottawa

Urge Reconsideration

On Relief.

orrnws. Anni 32.—(GP)—-Plans', for the rehabilitation of soldlersn B81101‘; and airmen into civilian life‘ after the war were Timed by speak- ers at the annual conference of the. Canadian Federation of Mayors and‘ Municipalities which opened hereto ‘ ay. ' " bresentatlyes of some munici- nefigtes still confronted with the‘. nrobxem of unemployment. urged re-i conszderation o1 the Federal Gov- ernments decision to cut of! relief nts to provinces at March 31st est. while others. expressing fear of a post-war recurrence of unemoiuyz- ment. mired preparation now of machinery to provide opportunity for ex~servicernen after the war e meeting heard Joseph C. Piuuott of l-Iasnllixm. president Ofl the Government - owned War-tithe» Housing Limited. outline arrauzze-l ments contemplated to nice‘. a! shaves? qfi housing in centres of‘ w r ial activity I

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A deieaation of a dozen mayors o! United States cities arrived tonight‘; to attend the meeting, but Mayor-l Ficrello LaG-uerdiu. of New York. who was expected. did not. come. Cal ed to Washington. reportedly in connection with a high post in ‘her Unite Staiesfirovemmenfis defence organ zation. r. laGuardia is ex- pec d to fly to Ottawa tomorrow 1n time to deliver a luncheon address.

Leads Criticism

Mayor Meclrean. of St. Boniface. Man" led the criticism of the cui- tinu off of Federal relief xrants. 1 Support for Mayor Macbearrs TE-g solut on sskina the Federal Govcm-l ment to reconsider the decision. came from Mayor Holman. of Char- ottetown. He said Charlottetown

ad no war industries to take up

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City discusses New agreement With Theatre Co.

The City Council, at a special meeting last night. decided to ac cept the offer of the F. G. Spencer Company. Umitcd. to remodel and decorate the present entrance and stairway leading to the Strand The- atre; modernize. renovate and dc» curate the theatre proper, resenting the interior to a capacity of 600,. and lnstallin new lighting. t

All this is be done at no cost to the city. In return the Councllwasf to assure the Company that the pre-; srni. lease. ‘which gives them thepuse of the theatre for the next eight years. be varied to ive a renewal privilege of six addlt onal years.

At a meeting held to discuss the proposal last Friday. it was embodi- ed in the agreement that the City make the whcie entrance and stain, way to the theatre solely available to the Company. construct a new? entrance to the west end of the market. close up the doorway 1ead-. imz from the present entrancemakei availablo two toilets on the

theatre. level. and install new heaters. at at maximum cost to the City of $1500.‘

Councillor Stems. chairman c! the. special committee appointed to deal with the matter, received a phone! call yesterday from Mr. . G. Shem; oer. who is in Saint John. N.B.. -, visinu him of the new offer. Mr.| Spencer explained mat the Com-, nanv was anxious to szct started as: soon as possible to renovate the the- atre and did not wish to be held up.‘ as it would take some time to have chairs and other articles landed heref For this and other reasons he allreed , that the Company would. pay e11] expenses. The work would be done, at no cost to the Cll. ‘

City Recorder. K. M, Martin. draw up a new a reement which was ap- proved by he Council alter two changes were made in its clauses. This will be sent to Mr. Spencer for his consideration.

The only important chantoe made‘ in me o; me t. was the addition of a clause r0 idlnz first the six- yeu- renewal opi- on would b6 mot- ed only if the cvmpanv mead pay for the additional cost oi fuel 159d durlniz the next eilrht years. based on the oversize of the UB8‘ "W. years.

' ‘This clause was inserted in m! agreement after considereble d1!"

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To takc position M liiilliliili Military College

Lt-Col. L. W. Lrowther of Char- lottetown will take over a position

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LONDON. April Zib-(Wednesdayd German bombers struck. at southwest coastal areas of» p t n last night and early today] in two destructive attacks.

A number of persons were believ- ed trapped m a shelter at one point, and several casualties were reported. A number of lame stores andahos- uital were among the buildings re- ported dammed. l

One Iilld ended before midml nt, but after a quiet interval. onetime: wave of Nazi raiders arrived tocast cyeu heavier bombs the same area.

(The section may have been Ply- mouth which was raided heavily on Monday 1112111).

The bombers came in from over the calm sea and-with their usual technique dropped flarcs. followed up by explosives and HKIGITGISIJY» bombs.

‘Ilie Germans also raidedasouth‘ coast district. but authorities said most of their bombs fell on open‘ ground and caused no loss of lite.

London had two short alarms but‘ the only “incldents" were bursts of anti-aircraft gunfire as the raiders sped over the capital,

Hitler's iormcr

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Britain winning

TTHZONTO. April 2Z—'.CP)-— Hitler's only hope for ultimate vctary in the war is to defeat Britain by invasion and‘ such an invasion will fail. Dr. Otto

Says British Chip Malaya

i craft into the

Strzsser. once one of Hitler's closest friends, said irfnn .’nter-" view here today.

= Now one oi’ the Nazi leader's most implacable enemies. Dr. Strasser is on this continent.

he stlid. todo all in his power y

for the overthrow of’ Naziism. , Ills mixion in Canada is j found the nucleus of a “Free 1 German“ legion which he hopes E to t'e in with revolutionaries in 3 South Amcricn, the United States and eycn with‘n Ger- many and occupied countries.

lie has approached the Can- adian government and is wait- ing for official sanction to his schem .

Dr. Strasscr became Hiticfls enemy when his hrotlrr Gre- gor, was kflcd during the 1934 blood purge.

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Admiral ilarlan To discuss terms

VICHY. April 12—(AP)—Vice- Premier Admiral Jc*n Darlnn plans to leave for Paris morrou‘ for a

"w. climnary discu Gomez: iillllS for cl: ." m oration will: Vlfih!’ which pro-G an elements

'11 both zones of the country argue is lncvilable after nllicd reverses in Greece and North Africa.

The Admiral was uncle s'hcrl ti. have established touch wilh former y ce-premier Pierre Laval, whose friends in France are campaigning for co-oneration vrllh Germany.

T or" were "ucrzrfirxmni repiris lrcm the neighlvrhood of Layers chatcxu near Vichy that he mad ‘time more l0 facilitate contact with Darian

There also were widely circulates I reports in neutral dplomatlc circles , 111i. Otto Abclz. Gcrmcn Ambyssa- ~ do‘ to Frnricc. had crossed into the , free zone for conferences with Dar-

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Strpikcqiiicsebp Princess Colliery

SYDNEY MINES. N8" April 21-‘, (CH-Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company's Princess colilery. em- ploying 1,100 men. was ted up to- nlrzht when the working orce struck in sympathy with 16 men who wire

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n. operations.

‘The mine had returned to work only yesterday morning with ll’ other Cape Breton pits paralysed by a strike of 10.000 workers since iss Wednesday.

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Plymouth May Be Raiders Target

Heavy attacks reported 0nd 0f Federal Decision Southwest Coastal areas.

Swastikzfs Shadow hangs Over Spain

Observers Believe the Next Axis Move May be Towards they

West. (By Harold Fair. Canadian Press Stuff Writer) LONDON. April 22-(0? Cable) —'I'he Swastikzfs shadow hung

Chascd Nazis

FORT ERIE. Ont» April 22.-—(CP) —'I‘he British battleship Malaya en- gaged the two German battle cruis- ers Gnclscnau and Schurnliorst in

the Atlantic some time ago. Petty‘

Officer Tczl Hannall, of the Malaya said here today.

ljianneil. who is on a visit to Fort Erie. said last Sunday that the battleship chased the" two Nazi French harbor of Brest, where they have been under bombardment by the Royal Air rorce.

He elaborated on the action tcd. y but did not sa-y where or when it 100k place. He said the heavy guns of the Malaya outfued those of i116 two German ships.

“I'm not going to say what han- pencd in that brush, but the fact re- mains Germans are both in Brest harbor right now," hc said. "Whether aerial bombs will bring ‘em down or not. l‘. also do not know brcause a battle cruiser can sland a 1110i". of pounding. I know the Malaya

us."

Hannall is here visitiunz Miss Florence Naylor. who left her name in auuir of socks she knitted for (he R/scl Cross and which were issued io the petty officer. He act the op- portunity to meet her when i-hc Malaya put into New York harbor for repairs after beimz struck by a torpedo. '

May send ‘ Destroyer after Nazi prisoner

HERON BAY. Ont.- Anvil 22 - (CP) — Col. Hubert Steinem. dir- ector of lntcrnmenl ova-rations for Canada. szfd tonight that. Bfl-lSh and Canadian authorities would be prepared “to send a destroyer" af- 101' Bvrcn Franz Von Worm. ‘Whvsv

escape from (he United States has born zcported from Wushinzton

He sakl that such an eventual- ity had been covered in previous ncicfiaiions bctwcen Canada Brit- ain owl the Urfted States and lh=l if. had been arranged lo have to intercept the shin on which he escaped.

(The Wmhlugtcn dispatch said that Von Werra apparently had

gone to Pcru. The dsuatch did not

slate what means of transportation he used.)

C21. Steinem here directing a search for six Germans who re- (nain at large of 28 who 950111911 from a nearby 1132111111811! camp early Saturday. said that the act-

ion nf Von Worra lumping bail on.

which he was held under protect-ive custody in ihc Unzted States may be an aid to Cailadn in the future.

i-le said word in tho effect that‘

United States immigration offwfs and attorneys had been instructed to oevent further similar circum- stances may assist Canadian offic- id's in bringing escaped men back lo Canada should ons- cud» pur- =uezs and cross th" Tinted States border at any fulwc tmc.

rl..?;o|| iragc In llcw England

BOSTON A9111 22 —— (A?) Scores of fires continued to ravage New England woodlands tonight. leavin in their wake a Steed“ mount ng toll oi loss. already well above the $1,500,000 mark. Cloudiess skies and the weather bureau offered no hope of im- mediate relief through rain, the weather bureau romlslng only the possibility of ligiPit showers Thurs-

day. The Messac useits commission- er, Raymond ney, said that 25

to his attention today.

700,000-acre White Mountain nat- ional forest in Maine and New iiatrapshirs closed that area tOhighi, un further notice.

over Spain tonight. A Nazi diplo- matic offensive was reported un- der way to bring Spain "into tne Axis so the Germans can try to invest Gibraltar and establish Mediterranean and Atlantic bases 1n an effort to sever Britain's east- ' crn lifeline. l Although there was a flood of rumors of Nazi intentions. it was ‘believed that this would be the glWXb stage in Hills-rs campaign. ‘some source-s thought. it might be accompanied by the application of ypressure on Turkey for a non- aggression pact to permit the Nazis to pour toward Suez with the ob- ject 0f gaining control of the enstein end of the Mediterranean and bottling up the British fleet. The Nazis were reported putting pressure on Vichy for permission to move six divisions through un- occupied Franco into Spain and meantime Hvrlolf Hess. Hitler's cic- luuty in (he Nazi nartv. returned , to Berlin after giving Gen. Franco

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Coalition Cov’t Takes lead in Manitoba Election

AWIENNIPEG Apii] 22 - (GP) — _Sl_x supporters of Manitoba's Coal- diticn eovcrnruent had been elected lvfllllllfi two hours after rum polls ,c1cs<*d' in lilo provincial election. ' the 1G C: ‘ d by ocvla ration. , In two se».1(:< Coalition Independ- lcnts mmie gums from Coalition ,1Libcrzl-Prugrcssivcs but in only l t\vo_ s nglc-membcr iiclings were 0p- positgon candidates in the field,

1:1 Mcrris, J. C Dryden. Coalition Independent. defeated Leo Slater. Conliton Liberal-Progressive, for ihc scat vacated by the resignation of W. R. Clubb, former min‘ster of public works, to accept chairman- 5111!) n! the Manitoba Liquor Con- | trol B0 <1. l

In Ibcrvile Arthur Boivin. Ccal- ' iilon Independent. defeated the LLberaI-Progrcssive nrmhcr of the

last‘ House J. S. Lamont Six members cf the Coelithn llovernmczi 1-, includ inz Premier

Bracken. yvrre returned by dcclalnn- tlon April 12 when le-electhn of the government was as=urcrl by election of 16 of its supporters without opposition.

Another cabinet member, Hon, N. L. ‘Iurnbull. minister without mirt- folio. was returned by a wide may- R111 in Honnota in ionizhfs count- ing. rn- defeated William K. Fraser, Cililllblflll Libcral-Pmgzcssive

A clnsc fight in Norfolk upset the last. member. J. P, Law-rig (7931- lltion Consenvntlve. on the basis of ‘Jbc unofficial count. Laurie com- rpilcdyl-fiilfi voles in the comnlole- unofficial count while John Mulr- hcarl, Conlffion Liberal-Progrcssive had 1.278. This was the first Lib- erol-Prcgressiyc 125.111.

An opposition Conservative, D. A. Best. took a lead in Assinibola over James Aiken. Coalition c, (t, ‘P. premise" of the last Lelzfslniurv. a ncllmsz- 1-782: lo 1.631 with 29 of the Q37 polls reported.

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Expect German Attack Soon; Shippingjom bed

Nazis concentrate on isolating Greece from overseas contacts.

ATHENS, April 23.—(Wednesday)—(AP)—SouLhem Greece R110 ships leaving Greek ports are being pounded by swarms of Nazi pianos ub- Fiéking ahead of (Iicrmanys Panzer divisnons, Lhe goyemmcm. sun. ozrly 0 21y. _ _

In Athens itself sirens scrcalncd air raid alarms seven tllllxui 24 hours up to last midnight. but the Gcnnansappcared to be trating on isolating Greece from overseas contacts.

Vessels in the Gulf 0f Athens were bombed and machlne-gunzxc without regard for their size, and there were considerab-e casualties en damage in the coastal raids.

Scores of plat in Southern Greece were reported attacked, but Nazi attention cmued on ships leaving port. and unvc after wave of German planes lmmmered vessels off the southern ccast.

GREl-l ‘E. April 22.—-(AI'J -'l'hu of its material were fully which the Germans were

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\‘l'|'l'll 'l‘lll.~l BRITISH FORLES 1N entire British expeditionary force and _must established tonight. in new defence lines expected to attack soon.

The (Herman advauc turcd Larisa. Tlic port of V0105

Early arrivals ill the new :1 termincti resistance us tlicu‘ coinra

e on the new lines continued south of cap- was uncoupled by the Nazis today. llieri lino already had dug in for 11e-

dcs were completing a methodical withdrawal under, covering forces.