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Giant Minefiel

Seals Skagerrak 1T0 German Ships

Royal Air F or-c-é-Carries Out Series Of Daring Raids Tak- ing Heavy T2_ll_ Of Enemy.

(By PM Usshcr, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

l-QNDON. April ll-(CP Cnblrt~Tiie Royal Navy today sealed the Slirigrrrak with a giant minefield willie the Royal Air Force dealt smashing blows at Germany on land and sea in the drive to thrust the Nazis out of Norway.

A Reuters News Agency dispatch quoted Norwegian sources as - stating the German battleship Gnelsenau, a 26.000-ton modern giant,

hall been sunk in thc Oslo Fjord.

T111‘ All‘ 0111115111!’ said the Royal Air Force lost eight planes in the ilay-‘s engagements while searching Danish and Norwegian waters for hits of the German fleet returning to their home bases. Earlier the ministry had said that five bombe . included in today's total were downed in a single engagement with two warships in Krlsttansand

_ Fjord. Another air battle was fought near Stavanger. Two British planes aliglited on the sea. Their fnte was not disclosed.

The Ministry also reported that four Dlessersclimitt fighters were shot down, two more German fighters were believed destroyed and others were damaged.

Along the wesiivull the British and French armies stood ready for any fresh blitzkrieg Germany might launch.

The field of deadly explosives sowed by the navy was believed to be the largest in history. It extended 420 miles northward in the North Sea between the Dutch and Norwegian coasts and embraced all the Skagcrrak and the north half of the Katiegat, linking up with fields laid off the north coasts of Germany and llolland by the Germans and Britons early in the war. " i " ""4 ' fl The liiincs will prevent Ger-

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strengthen‘ the. Nazi forces lit-hung horwegluil ports un-

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Sivcvlir-li criclcs in Lolulviii salt‘. they hall no iiitovnizitioii about

FIORWE

Germany Admits Difficulties With Norwegian Gov’t

B Alvin I. Bteinkopf ted Prue Staff Writer

BERLIN, April 12—(AP)-—Ger- many admitted tonight. she was making little headway in her ef- forts to festiion c. protected king- dom out of Norway through the existing Norwegian government.

Aiuiihonaed witrces said the Ger- man government was abandoning

Germany's wtng.

Two main developments marked the war in the air:-

1. D.N.B. the German News Agency, claimed eight of Brltrllrs most. modern bombers were Slat down by German fighters in an at- tempted ratd on German bases on the Norwegian coast. tonight.

(The British Mr Ministry saril five bombers were loit and at. least two German fighters were shot. down in a Royal Air Force attack on two German warships in Krist- iansand Fjord.)

2. Germans claimed British planes bcmbed an unnamed ral- wily station in eastern Sclileswiz- Holstein. in Germany south of the bcrzler wttli Denmark.

Well informed Germans deckirrd

als if firs is a. "new British adr policy." The British bombs were ~ald to have been the first. to full on a German rail line distant from the front.

(London sources denied any such raid.)

‘Holland Floods

Strategic Areas

5M5 ERDAM. A -ll 12 --fCP - H&\’t1S)T-—Tl‘i€Nfitllgllilllflh 181113113 flooded strategic areas lli the ut-

WASIIITNGTUN. Aiprll IZ-(AP) -Dlsiplaylng a deep interest. in (ircenlilnd. President Roscvelt dlS- closod today that. lic is ready to ill-patch Red Cross relet. if lircd be. to the 17.000 inhabitant: of the inc Danish island. cut off f.olii llit‘ mother coilmry ns a result 0i fist-many’: hive-ion of Scandinav-

the reported German demand to Stimliliolin to permit Nazi forces t0 traverse Sivedisll territory‘. (It was stated ill Stuclclivilm no sucii request had been iiiadc.)

The Admiralty statement an- nouncing the extent of the mine- tlcld made it clear that no mines were laid in Dutch or Swedish ter- ritorial waters. A channel 20 miles ivlcte was left clear to enable neu-

'l‘lie President, at. a press con- fcrrnre, placed Greenland in the western hemisphere gczzgraplical‘ '. Iiloiijever, he bijushrrt n=i"c queries as to whether the United States ivould invoke t-he Nionroe DtTLFlZlO

l.' Gemiany. havng token control ggfzdolrlulm me west “out of ct‘ Denmark. should move to as czt British Mrcm“ m "m"

control of Greenland also. smog of daring “m!” sank an

ammunition ship and damaged a supply ship in Danish wat- ers. shot down at least two airplanes in Krlstlansan’ l-‘jorrl. and destroyed a number of grounded planes at the stavziiigcr, Norway, airport. The R. A. F. lost five planes in

Work On Airdromes T0 Begin Shortly

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tral shipping to reach the Northl

,recht. frontier region and concen- trated strong forces at Lunblrrg’ and Brnbant as mysterious uelnlail troop movements colilllllwd fltwee

lthe border.

v Heavy gunfire was heard during the night and an unidentified snip went down near the mouth of the Sclieldt River. \\'lllCll cuts Linens" [both Dutch and Belgian territory-

A Belgian naval vessel put. out early tcooy to investigate and cnlr across a great Oll-SlICK uncle uni- ldentlfled vpeckasq was f-enlthg- 1W

,bcdles wcr seen in the water ulld

-no further details ivcre avalliwlc.

Some easing of tension ivas seen

,1n an announcement that normal

llvetherland passenger railwnv sched-

ules will be resumed sunuay. _

Res dents of this capital will heal |the screeching of 80 air raid sll-lm tomorrow afternoon when n precan- lttonary drill occurs wllli A1-L“..li‘ll

41nd passive defence personnel LOLp-l

eralting.

At Brussels. foreign minister Polli- Henry speak. outbned to the cab- ,lnet war front developments since the German push on Denmark and

hope of being able to come to any ' agreement with Premier John Nygaaxsvolds ministry for a "fric- tlonless“ administration under

that England might expect icpr:s-'

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Ailcthcr feature ivas tlini. "this ’ Dlflu rcmtircs the Di‘f‘Y\"l'1-‘tl"-II of n went numbe" of flfrfli‘f‘.lll“=." P‘-in< 7'11‘ New lill‘("l‘f‘l1"‘ were .\' l1'"v m‘ \".".l‘1fl lrc r."rlrl\ months. lie salt‘. Tt l1"'t'rl ill‘ work of rlcvc‘ "Fug u‘ i. of tlic airdromcs would 1*" v" l"- i‘1<'11 as soon as the frcst was out.

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‘ Coming Events

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‘ffiumlnnge sale. St. Javincs Hall. Ailrll 27, 7 dclock. - '

“Bean supper. Bsyuc Lodge . llall, Tuesday. Apill 2.». 4:30 to T l1 I11. 25 cents. L~193-4-ll-2l.

_ "Girl Guide Rumnliuze Solo ‘frill- 111' social Hflll ivClfiiLV. o r \

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The (‘,1 i'- " ,, 0 B. b till. T? "lliiiilzlhsclghelnn liigmlrzrlgi lli EAu Knmmlsflnd Fjord where Brmsh N rw Y 98 Mm-(inncc M", n m. “Hwd bombers attacked two warships. AI

_ “imp M. Vice NEWS...“ C, M communique said the aircraft en- (froil. cluef of t“? air stall‘. the muniifTed '1“‘a"3/' lllltbfflmmxt “re ' m, q] Canadian A“. perm“ mid yo_ unrl tzqhtei- opposition. At least l <1’ and in some roses ll. has ltezui W" G'*1'111“11 “Slims crashed l“

tlomcs and others were damaged] I . freight Gusts 1.0m; range fighters and bcmb-

N's comvblncd in a dot-int! 5°11“? raid on“ the ‘Stuvangel; tllFPOIi-i’ OTTAWA, Alprii 12—(CP)—Mlil- ers and railway representatives conferred here today with Dr. H. S. Barton. Deputy Minister of Ag- riculture. and other government officials concerning costs of stup- plng miilfeeds from Weitern Can- ada gratnflelds to lvmrltlme Pm- vlnce otnts.

Mill eed costs have been under investigation for some months by a silb-commftee of the Wartime Prices and 'I‘rade Board. Waldo Walsh. chairman of the silo-com- mitltce. iodov.

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International At A Glance

(By The Canadian Press)

LONDON — Britain mines Skngcrrak and ltattegiit; eight imiiiorrs lost in battle near Siavangcr nnd raid on two Ger- man warships off Kristiiuisaiid: liliiiish ships described as "technic- ally" of enemy character, but will

be iveicomed under Allied flag; :1.§;.‘.§.:'..f'"':.§"":.:'.:'..ni@ ‘for: 511811811 Palm iv c ve ermans . . cur-

‘ Feel Pinch

STOCKIIOLlVI-Norwayli fighters to complete ring of steel around (lermiin-heid Oslo; seven German warships reported bottled up in

ignpon, Kilt-ii lIL-tsutilrday") .40‘? UABLEl-Jnviision of Ner-

attendcd the conference‘

_ motorized equipment passed.

u —--— _ Oslo Fjord; Premier llansson reaf- Rescrvc April 27th fur Pliilntlica i "imfl Sweden's determination to Rummage Sale. Balm-ll H1111 ‘defend ho: neutrality: unconfirmed

L-24‘1'4-13'11-treport says Norwegians sank re- “ —— _ , t maining four German destroyers at 1__1‘1\"11@r Ell/Pr C1111) “"11 "Wtrlnrvlk: Norway announces Nari ‘ 51 1102s until Tucson’. 1111111 . TIGJIDO-ton battleship Gneisenlll 11d- L-ZoJ-t-ld-Sl. ~ sunk,

STC-lke Sal-e s A. liiacDonaYY-fll NEW YORK —Dlflllll consulate “Andi-v. Ap ll 13th. Chm-recs isays all Dlflilll nup- now on able. Kings Daughters. I I I thigh scar to go to neutral ports. L-lzi-l-s-el niziuxu-

H“F‘cx Mute-Ground Meat 5c._-ou'.rcs admit Nazis making little g “we MEAL 5c Beef Tl‘! e Illa-L‘. Bu! l hr-adivay in efforts to fashion pro- “k-fl 31.! 1818M 91d swine trctcd kingdom ln Norway with

N Government.

Authorised German

c Wmw-W- ' .l present

way. cult-ing ofl" Britain?» news print supplies, will cause A decrease Monday in tzlic sire of newspapers, aiready reduced l-tnce the wnr be- gan. and will boost newsprint prices which now lire nearly double those prevailing before the Will‘. ‘Ihe News Chronicle. the on? morning paper to comment. on the situatlon, announced that it will. in common with other papers be reduced to l0 gagls, with a fizrthcr rcduct" l‘ in t. e near fillllrt‘. 7'11" ’I“mes rml The Daily Trlemnpli have been running to nearly 14 rages and other Inndon papers to

iuvlvilv M n v: v A v HASTEN CRISIS

Government Said Ex- pecting Stiff Ger- man Demands.

(By Robert St. John, Assoc- iated Press Staff Writer)

BUCHAREST, April 12- iltumanla tonight suspended tthe loading of freight cars for Germany at the same time that it became known

leral days. , Foreign diplomats express-

ied fear that the move may {speed a crisis in economic trelatious between Rlllllilllltl =and the Reich as they felt !the_ action might amount t0

"a virtual embargo 0n exports ito (icrmanyn

the loading of Danube barg-I cs had been stopped for sev- .

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. . 1 1 Silspension of freight car?

1 loadings. it was learned, fol- llowcd presentation by Ger- lmany to Rumania of a long list 0i‘ commodities on which the Reich is placing what

amounts to an embargo against shipment to Ru- mania.

The Rulnanizul general staff met witin» Premier Georges Thtaresou wniglit.

'l.‘lle cabinets economic council.

conwgzn (‘ti of t‘ Ministers of l“.- iinlllrc, Dom and Fore gii Tlauc. will plepare a list; 0i Ril- manlali raw materials which will be ' lgacd as vital for the count own use. ’ In in l‘lll(‘d quarters. it was said

gtlie govcrlrlneitt is ecting to re- tccivc stilt‘ (lelnzili. . olu Germany ‘\v.t.‘.illi t-llc next few days.

1 n. is llz-‘icved m ixifcrmrd circles

that. (‘rlmany will demand that Utilmnuia. as pirt of the Reich's ‘Lcbcr. u rlvug sv-nccl, direct hcr c , ; allucst. wholly to the

to t!" point. cf cutting her

L. v wiiii the Allies. t Souitcs close to the government n)" llicre new ls littfc doubt that ell dcurluds w-ill be turned down by Klllf! Carnl nnd his ilwvernment. | The of cal explanation given lfor u= cling oil barcc loadings _i_s that water at Glurgiu made 1c for the barges to con-

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it. llnpo-sib ncct wit-h the loading racks.

First Veterans 1Arrive Nome

VANCOUVER. April 12-(01?) — VHIICCLHCFS first. “vctczims ’0f the sscoild Great War. privates Fred A. Rogcrs and William Hobbs of the Slatortli Highlanders, today ivcrc catching up on friendships they brake off when they went to I" land with the first; Canadian U. l0ll lest DCCCllllJCf.

Rzitlrnrrl home because of ill- ucss along with tlvo other men and thruo officers of the first div- tsioli. i.llC‘\' arrived here last night. Rogers Sfilfl 415 of 867 members of the S...ortlis were in hospital at the same time during an influenza epidelnic last winter.

E Danes Accept‘ i New Situation

i COPENHAGEN. April 13 -—(AP) —-The German occupation of Den- ‘mark wcnt forward steadily today. ‘ Troops from the Reich were been amen: the crowds on streets and in rcslail ants. The Dans-s sccmed to be accepting tin soldiers as s. part of _the street scene but still displayed great curiosity when

Afternoon newspapers warned the citizenry against spreading rumors. Disreeardlliiz its own sug- aestion on l‘llmfl'S. one paper. how- ever. prlntcd one to the effect. that bscr may be restored b_v Saturday.

Since the German occupation no alcoholic llqilors of any been sold. As u. result. most, of the 'llfglii. clubs of the citv. among the gayest lll northern Europe, have been closed.

Al-YTIIOIPS BIRTHDAY

kind ha ve

TOROIYTO. April l2 -—fCP1 -_- Marshall Saunders. one of Canadas foremost. women writers and nuthcr of 27 books including "Beautiful Joe." will be 79 years old tomorrow.

Miss Saunders ‘n a blrthdav inter- view urged young authors to write of Canadian life. "There areso many stories of Canada ii/lilch should be Lgtven to the yon-Id,"

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Neavy Gunfire’ is Reported

LONDON. April 1S -—(Satur- d! l — (OP —-'l‘he Exchange Te egraph, British news agency in a S oekholm dispatch ear f today said heavy gunfire was heard last night off Goetebor , Sweden. where units of Britis and German fleets are believed stationed.

26,000 Ton Nazi Battleship Sunk

TROMSOE. Norway, April 12 tCP-Iluvas) —- The 2.0,000-ton Gennan battleship Gnelsenau was sunk Tuesday in Oslo Fjord by Norwegian coastal battcries, the Norwegian Government an- nounced tonight in the first of- flclai broadcast from a. new radio station opened here.

Tile Gneisenau ivas one of Germany's two 26.f!.00-tnn bat- tleships in service. The other is the Scharnherst, damaged in an engagement with ll. i\I. S. Renown this week. The Gnels- enau carried nine 11-inch guns, 12, 5 9-inch guns and six 4.1- inch anti-aircraft batteries. Her normal crew was about l,- 600 men.

Italian Fleet To Nlanocuvre

ROME, April 13--(Satur- day]-tAP)-—Naval sources I'l- ported early today that the Italian fleet is gathering to start manoeuvres Monday.

The manoeuvres were de- serlhcrl as “regular spring ex-

ercises." Because of the war, unusual secrecy cloaked the naval activities.

Concentration points were not disclosed but there has been k in naval circles of

préparrtioiis at Taranto. great seaport in Southern Italy, and other points for the annual manoeuvres.

It was assumed that naval reservists hail been called to the colors for their usual train- ing period.

Would Follow Nazis Into Red Ports

rAms, April 12 —(CPl —A IIavlis News Ailflwy dlsiiflifh from London said tonight that “authoritative British sources" predict that if German war- ships now bclng pursued by Allied units in the far north seek refuge in the Russian port of Murmansk they will be fol- lowed into the port by their pursuers.

lllivas quoted these quarter! as saying the Allied warship! would not hesitate to take action inside the Russian port if Soviet authorities failed to carry out the regulations of_ in- ternational law by interning the crews of the German ships and dismantling their guns.

British dinlomuijc circles were quoted ‘by [lavas as believing however. tlierc was little likeli- hood Russia would intervene in Scandinavia to aid the Ge"- mans.

llavas also said the Allies were watching Italy closely Just in case Premier Mussolini launches an adventurous move in the Mediterranean to talio advantage of developments in the north.

Vatican Press Pays Tribute To Norway

VATICAN CITY. April IZ-JAP) __I,‘Osservntore Romano, Vatican (my newspaper, paid tribute today to Norwegians resisting the Ger- man invasion.

“vVhatlever may be the still-un- decided outcome of the naval en- giluenient and the coilpglous re- sistance of the tiny army which seeks to defend its roads and cities nlid which already has sacrtfied many lives." the newspaper said. "this defence cannot fail to be re- garded with respect by Norway's enemies themselves."

1.1.66.1...» row BRAVERY

IDNDON. April 12 -(CPl --'I11e Captain and the rear gunner oi’ the Siuiderland ‘flying bntlleshipwvhlch on April 3 outfought six German aircraft near the Norwegian coast. have been decorated for gallantry. it was announced tonight.

The Captain, flight Lieutenant

dlsttnguished flying cross. willie rear gunner corporal Wil.iam Gray

Idlllc will be awarded the dis- Ab!‘ lqtl. .

Thrown

(BY Tllolurls F. Ilziivkiiis, As-

SOClIlltXl Press Staff \\'ritci-)

S'l‘OCl\'ll()L.\l, April l2—- iAP)——5lrtiggling zigaiust time and the invmler, N0l'\vay's army tried tonight to complete an inlpcnctrnble riim of slgfl around Oslo, the (ieriuan-con- quered capital, ivlicre sewn Nazi warships are reported bottled up.

'_ “"1 l ll Norwegian forces mlngiilg to [iosltious along Oslo FIOHl, ilzlrrmv \i'flit‘i‘\\’lly lead- "bZ i0 Oslo, a defence semi- circle already “as rcponed es- tabllsliell running from Moss 35 miles t0 tlic south, thence WW 111d 1101111 to ilaldmi, 0o I1_1I1Ps away. To conlplete the ring, fortifications were beinp thrown up in the broad valleys 0i the northwest.

Elsewhere, the Nnrwcgtnn m,“ ernmcnt conceded that the Ger. maris were in control of Kristian- Sand. on the south coast; Stavan- ger on the soiltllcast coast; Ber- ygen. on the ivest. coast. and Nnrvlk,

on the northern coast,

The Stackllilm new: 0.1m‘ D,]g_ ens RTvlic-ter repQm-q jqoywgmnn officials here had received infor- mation to the etfect that four Gama" destroyers. the last Nazi warships remaining at; Nat-wk, “we Sunk 1115i fllfihii by Norweoiari forces. Tllcrc ivns no confirmation of this report and no details

M11111"? secrecy hid ti-e sit- llflilim at Trondheim, above BQFLTPII- Frrlgml-ntar-y reports from that port said flvc Ger- mnii warshirs. including a pocket battleship, ivcrc observ- ed off shore and that the Bri- tish Navy had concentrated l.

fierce naval and air attack

there.

Taking to the radio. Premier Pehr Alblti I-Iansson of Sweden

tonight: reaffirmed Sweden's de- termination to defend her neu-t trniitly at. all costs and declared 1 flatly that’. any demand bv the} viral-ring pcwers to use her temtory | would be rejected,

I-Iansson said no such demandl 118d Wt been received. He said that I Sweden would conrnue to follow| a strict hands off policy in what‘

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Canadian Gov’t Plans To Conserve 100d Liver 0il ,

OTTAWA. April i2_vcr=i - Asl a rcs-illt of the German lnvlislml- of Norway. the Wartime Prices and ‘Trade Board announced tonight. that the Government has taken: prompt. steps by order-ln-councll to conserve Canada's domestic sup- ply of cod liver oil bv prohibltgg exports of both cod livers and iivepdoll unless aygsoved by the

0a .

The action follows efforts by the board during the post five months to increase the domestic production and to encourage tihe use of sub- stitutes for animal and industrial needs.

Normal consumption of cod liver oil in Canada is about 460.000 gnl- lnns a year; of this amount 76 per cent normally is imported. Im- ports from Norway tn 1939 totalled 95,000 galkms.

War- 25 Years Ago Today

(By The Canadian Press)

APRIL i3. l9l5-MySi43T10lJ3 ex- plosion wrecked buildings near the Bi-lttli naval station at Ierwtrk. wetland. German reinforcements checked advance in Uszok Poss.

Prank Philips. is to receive the

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Seven German Warships Re- .

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S. Woman i Describes Nazi Air Attacks

WASHINGTON, April l2—(AP) —'_I‘lic ilizst-lillnrl account of term rlflc Gunman nlr l"tl('§ in Norunv was Still. ‘.0 tlu- b. i. Ulililfllllllllil. ‘07111-‘111 11.1‘ Ml" mice JAlu-ay Hllrriliian. Ullltucl Slates Nlllilster l Wllo discioszetl that she herself him‘

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been in the thick of the danger‘ zone.

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