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_,. Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

nflgflflo Guardian, Two 00100. [9:31]] (l-u-udln. landed Ill’!

Wiiciinuizrn Tiiii FCRCE

IJritishA Bomb Harigars, Ships

Take offensive-action

in battle of Atlantic;

Rhineland visited also.

Iiberals vote Against probe 0f liabilities

In the Legislature on Thursday. 111st before atomization. the Camp- bell Government anti its supporters deraami an Opposition amendment w have the report of the Pilblic Accounts Committee referred back to the committee with instructions.

mi That they include as liabilities, -. srifléal”

' t Dec. ‘o . . °“§§.”~‘r1ii"a?sri3w investigate and as- certain the amount of unsettled claims against the Gflvemllleflii i" respect of lands tie-ken for hlehivay mid other purposes. find cs. and ixnclude same as ‘.1 P‘ n e.

‘gholovamctgidmcnta dmgveiiléiiy Mr.

Pl n secon e v . - yhicarpleewgs defeated on a stffl-Igflt

rti vote. nail-ifs original report of the .Public Accounts Committee. IIIOVBG by U19 chairman, Hon. H. H. Cox. was adopted on the same division. It was siencd by Messrs. Cox, AnneanBak- er. Robinson. Matheson and Must- aid. mid reads:-

"Your Committee met and exam- ined the securities held in the Sink- ing Funds. the Teachers Summon“- ation Fund. the Carnegie lllndoiw- mcnt Fund and the Charlotll-IWWH Hoiuiiig Account of the Province. and. vour Committee finds that the said securities correspond with the lists as shown bv the Public Alc- counts for the year ending Decem- ber 31st. 1940.

"Your Coirrunltlee further examiin- P

ed the books and records oi the Government oi the Province and ceitii_v' that the gross funded debit. bank overdraft and loans from the public on deposit as appear in the Public Accounts for vearendinu De- cember 31st. 1940, are correct: the total liabilities of me Province as at December 31st. 1940, are 89.435.823.- 1."

Nazi-inspired French stand?

PARIS. (Via Berlin), Aprl 5 —- (Delayed) —<AP) -The newspap- or Le Miitin adviscd Frenchmen today that when spanking of the United States lo distinguish "be- tween the America of Roosevelt and the America ii the Latins.”

"It. is only with pain and irritat- ion that we sp:..'!. of the America

of Roosevelt," the newspaper as- serted, ridding tlza‘. the United States has commit-ted two acts

which "cannot be too severely criti- cized."

Le Matin said these acts were the freeing of gold transferred to the United States by the Bunk of France and the placing of guards about French ships, including the lllant liner Ncrmaiidic. in United states ports. The laitir move, the flew-sooner added. anxirerl to the prelude to confiscation.

Coming Events ~43" Rafe for Notice: in this column 3 cents per word.

"illyllltl Plus Monday at Fred-

§"l_°‘°ll- Paylllil l5 cents ii. pound J°l Piss u to 30 pounds. Knud "Benssn- L-raa. “Kirk ‘Theatre nights April “'45- ' L-803-4~l2-1i. a 5'1 0- D. . Rummage Sale. Ma l - ‘ n-aoa-i-iz-i.

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lirwk Baptist urch ril 14m, '-3° “lock. ‘L-ai -4-12-2i.

"Cake Bale at Hol Easter Saturday. aid of st. virggenifi Orph- "W- L-693-4-S-l0-I2.

0oz‘ An l Ami imam. nggaegasifrlrldgiaalg. we L-750-4-10-l2.

mrgeserve Easter Monda night Wteigvdaariiiedgiari-Iiirsiieflaslfiaii Ifilliaflivg; Dent miss it. L-iiaaii-i-s-a-ir-iii‘

"Come to the dance in North gig/bl" Hull. Easter Monday u! . A ril 14. under the auspices

e omen’: Institute. L-Wl4-l0-Il. "Dance lo the tune f Don Meuat all‘; his Islanders at OB. I. B. Hall mhllfliilqinméiiiint. Siliturdly. "5 “llls- L-vsii-a-io-ia. $000k Market-till BOATG i2 ‘”° m‘ “Wrfiffi m... Iofenoq}

M1 Cfiill SUI“. n" "l" ln charge. r-ooo-i-ia-ii.

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Aloohtod h‘!!! lhff Writer LONDON. A sin‘: rein! anew a4: Germany's battle of the Atlantic. it was an- izhit mobabl damaging

11.-(AP)- Birit- bomiben have struck

was

ed to have wrecked a seehlm. oil

Dusseldorf‘: industrital district in the ove .

Bundles od high explioeivearvpeat- edlv straddled the drydock alt which the Bcharnhmst is tied up u/t , French naval base, the Air Ministry said. Others sprayed the Quayside mooning oi the Gneisenau,

There is "every reason to think that last night's attack must have basin damaging." said the Air Minis-

It was the 52nd attack on Brest and lathe fifth since March 30. when e Royal Air Plorce first reported the warships tied up there miter con- voy-smashing raids in the western Atlantic. Following a raid onApa-i 4. pilots said they believed they had damaged at least one of the ships.

Report Turks Declare State of siege

LONDON April 1l—(CP)—An Exchange Telegraph ncy dis- patch tonlght quoted e Turkish ress as reporting that a state oi’ siege had been declared in Turkey and civilian evacuation oi the Dardanelles and a large part oi European Tin-key to Anatolia has been ordered.

straws In the Wind

GENEVA, April li-(Am-The Berlin correspondent of the news- paper Tribune de Geneve claimed today that it was believed Ger- many would demand irom Ankara. "henceforth isolated", the ri ht oi

assage across Turkey to ga n the

I-l

‘ osul oilfield; and move toward Syria and the Suez canal. The corres ondent was com-

mentin on e reported evacua- tion parts of ‘Purkish ‘rhrsce and Istanbul.

The newspaper said the cam- paign would be rapid because the Germans would need to cIOSS An- atolia before the rainy season be- gins next month.

The Berlin correspondent also claimed it was reported in Berlin that Yugoslavia would capitulate sunday or Monday.

ISTANBUL. April l0—(Delay_- edl—(AP)-—It was understood here today that the Turkish Govern- ment, expects to evacuate some classes oi citizen: from kish Thrace as well as from Istanbul.

The Government already has announced that many of Istanbuls 150,090 population, especially wo- men, ch ldrcn, the aged and r- sons without useful ocoupl" 0M. would be removed across the Bos- poru: to Asiatic Turkey at govern- men expense.

The Turkish radio said the evacuation was a " refifl-"MOYIBYY measure directed C85 118i B01193’

Diplomatic quarters said Ger- many's ambassador. Franz Von

n, had assured rureiizn Minis-

P tegagllkfll sflmwfll“ m!" Gflmmy ‘Ontario. Quebec. New Brunswick.

h d no aggressive intentions to- ward Turkey and would not put troops on the Turkish-Qt!‘ 3 der ‘for the time being. _--——-—-—-—-'i'

Soviet army Organ on ~ Balkan war

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09m . il u —(AP) Jrhe at‘... Rlfiiagprli-Tmy 0Y8“- R“ Stair said today that Yvcwlflvl“ “d Greece stil‘. maintained possibilities to resist despite German Adi/Bowl; L088 o! Falonuwhcmnob‘ hi-ue + gffljgigfigfif’ (.1111; adrift‘. said. Ind even though YHBOBWVI“ ha: g’? split from her allies by ‘ “In man armies. she still can mo? contacts with Britain and Chew! by sea_._____________

runes Ion PEACE

JERUSALEM, April ll -(APl— ‘Ihe Holy band observed 0005 Friday with fervent pure-s for peace. Pllrglms wal ed the Path taken by Christ in t ie narrow, sac- red viii Dcioroso and PTA/fill It stations of the cross leadmii from

m reported moving

the.

the scene of his prison alum the windi lane into th clLui-ch ‘of the Hoy Srpulchre. h 9t I09 before mounting Oelv . _.__.,.. J

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA SATURDAY,’ APRIL 12, b11541

lleinforcements Move into place In Libyan area

Second Battle of Circ- naica Shapes Up Against Axis Army

BV I|0 Alloolltod Prfll Staff Writer

CAIRO. April 11—(AP)—Rein. iarced British Imglerial troops were to position; east

of Ilibya/s Gebel E1 Adidai- moun- taln Ilglfe tonight for ii. second

battle Oirienaica with the re- surgent Axis army. Veterans of Britain's swift con-

quest oi Italian East Africa, many oi whom had been withdrawn from Libya following the collapse of Italian resistance there early this year, were pouring through Egypt into the East Libyan sector, Premier Humein Slrry Pasha of Egypt d1..- closed in an interview today.

He said the British high command has absolute confidence in the out- come of the new Libyan battle, de- spite recent demon-Italian claims which Prime Minister Churchill has termed a threat to Egypt.

Informed British sources added that imperial troops were man- oeuvring east oi’ the Gebe] E1 Ach- dar Mountains toward Axis troops also on the move.

"British imiperial forces are ar- riving daily in increasing numbers," the Premier said. ‘This flow can only increase after the latest vic- tories in East Africa."

Intense aerial activity by the Royal A12‘ Illorce foreshadowed the battle. The air command announced destruction of 34 Axis planes, in- cluding 22 in an “amazing two days" during this week,

Axis forces. spearheaded by Ger. man mechanized divisions report. ed to number as many as five, with- in three weeks have thrust the Bri- tish forces more than 400 miles back across the Cirencian hump from El Agihiela, capturing Bengasi and Derna.

‘Ilheir retreat, the British coin- mimd has explained, is chiefly a withdrawal of light covering forces to a place of concentration roi- a, major battle.

will’ the Site new has been selec , on the table lands lying between Tobnik and the Gebei E1 Achdar range, w-here the Egyptian Premier pointed cut. the British command has a “perfect knowledge" of’ the battlefield.

Axis planes Destroyed

VALETA. Malta, April 11.-(CPi_. Two German Messerschmitts ivere short down and one Junkers 88 and two Italian CR-42 fighters were, probably destroyed in air fights over this island fortress today. a corn. munlque announced.

To stop Cheese Moving from East to West

OTTAWA, April 11 — (C?) — To avoid what might become "lost effort" the dairy products board

TU. S. Takes Vital “Step To SpeedAid To Midile East

Roosevelt re - opens Red Sea and Suez Canal To America shipping.

sso,ooo fire_ At Sydney

WASHINGTON. _ The vital step in AglxfigfiéiltiniApglqg ilifvmellt 0i war supplies to the dde East area was taken by Pre.

sident Roosevelt Dodgy m the Red opening United Stgefgs firing?” cm“ t”

With ih ', gnniiled srrfeififipdiiffdaiifiéiégété wth materials awaiting British shiljs

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SYDNEY. N. s... a ril11-(CP)- W" them lwross the Atl‘ t -.

A $50,000 fire destroped a business Amem“ shim ta-klna sunoife? 1:1» the Suez cam]

block in Sydney's owntown sec- w“ "e exllfifilfid w

tion toda . i i . m“ “h” Sllllmlv longer but rela-

ing stores? v35’ nlavfmtoftfzlzsclztllfd Lively g€§’“,i§,,§‘§°‘§j.° rm”?

fem; apartlrnents. m b um Suez C8nal._e n°“' mmled W

1e ear morn laze forced ‘ . _ .

occupants y of theg upper-floor er; mmnflmpvsfifivlfffilwg 913w”

apartments to escape in night the Indian Ocean the?) Smile (‘in 1d

clothing. None was injured. and into the Red. Sea must? Aqgn‘ The three-storey building own- distance is approximately ezisdii“

‘tzttaitallaylolgs. Erllfghaglggl llirrtici: tguglflgcgfdrm iixffrcduent h"

walls standing. Cause of the fire. Ocean. this routeers the Indian

whticllg started in the basement, was lill/gvelsvr safe. t

no nown. . om wes coast orts via Those burned out were: Bernard Panama- Cflllfll into triple me

MacAulay and Moses Spinner, ‘Mm "mund We CW6 0f 500d Hove

clothing stores on the ground floor; and "l" Oil Alma 1M0 the Iiidiiui

Finlay MacDonald, K.C., city so- OWE-n and “P mrmlgh the Rfd 59B

licitor and former Conservative Th“ mute *5 “Dmmilmllwly 141399

member of the Home M commons miles to Suez and would expose

for Ca Breton um ships to South Atlantic raiders oif

P9 S0 , and S. J.

Khattar, law offices on the ground me ma“ of Mrwa‘

floor. and ‘hose m the apart” 3. From New York or otliercast-

mung ertn ports down through the south The tenants saved a few personal A ‘mwkffj’ the same mum‘

belongings, but ever thin l mm‘ the Red Sea‘ me 5mm was destroyed_ Hume: fought en: could unload supplies at the port iii

Suez. at the south end of the canal.

blaze four hours. Nei hbouring m- wnmm mm the can,“ f - as buudmgs were (‘Emailed l’ SW01“? ISXIIBUXB.—§IB only turning 5.1m“? for "l4 Wlllel- ships in the canal. Port said ls at

the northern and Mediterranean end of the canal. but. whether this would be considered in tine Mediterranean combat zone has not been clariiieo.

British Generals Captured in Gangster fashion

could be unloaded from ships at the port of Suez or even fin-titer south in Africa. and flown llD to the Suez. From there. they miRht be flown Greece or other points in the Bal- kans and Near East.

American vessels and the Danish and Axis shins seized. rocciitlv 11V the United States government can be thrown into the traffic of carry- ing arms to ELQypi, lessening the shipping crisis to that extent.

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Nazis claim British order Withdrawal

BERLIN, April 11 -<APi — The

CAIRO, April 11—tAP)-Bi"ltish sources tonight related the stories of the capture by German forces ofthree Generals and three Brig- adiers, and likened the seizure of some oi’ them to “a Chicago gang kidnapping."

A German motorcycle patrol. wielding tommy guns, literally held up and captured Lt-Gen. Sir Nugent O'Connor and lot-Gen. Philip Neame. two brigadiers and three staff cars on a moonlit road early on the mornin of April 7.

Gen. 0‘Connor. rig t hand man of the British Middle East com-

mander-in-chief, Sir Archibald _ , Wavell, and Gen. Neame left Germans claimed tonislll m“ Maraua headquarters with their British forces occupying secondilfy

lines of defence in northern Greece had been ordered to withdraw.

D. N. B., the German news and propaganda agency, said this me.- sage to the British troops was in- terceptcd by German foi'ces:—- _

. "Left wing threatened-with- draw."

(This report was without any al- lied confirmation.)

Nazis claimed the remnants “of the south Serbian army —-a force which the high command claimed is for all practical purposes "(les- troyicrl" were being iuopped up.

staffs and aides de camp late the night of April 6.

They headed for Derna in four cars.

The Generals took a short cut to the main road and about mid- night came upon a convoy of Bri- tishd trucks delayed by a. blocked roa .

The staff cars were threading their Wily slowly through the con- voy when a single German patrol motorcycle appeared, an eye wit- ness related. \

A German soldier alighted from" the motorcycle. drew his tommy‘

was given authority by an order, published today to impose checks-g if necessary. on the movements of‘ eastern cheese to the West.

Under the iegirlation. cheddar‘ cheese in quantities greater than; 50 pounds cannot be shipped from’ Nova Sootia and Prince Edward Island to Manitoba. Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia Wilb- out authorization.

An agriculture department oiiic» ia.l said it sometimes had develop- ed that eastern cheese was moved to the West and Western cheese to East. The West had come to the point where it e0u‘d almost fill its own cheese requirements and the board wLiied to exercise control over any wholesale move- ment which might result in cheese stripped Wm havin to be rc- turned Bast for fin sale.

"We simply wish to prevent lost

effort," he said. Firm,‘ proposing shipments great- er than M unds must submit

the dairy products g the weight planned for shipment and the provinces of origin and) destination.

n by the N-Rulatlon.

applications board statin

To protect Italians

IBNDON. April il-(Clfi-Im- m! ilbr-ces in Abyssini still are g measures to protect Italian civilians "against any possible not of vengeance from Abyssinian na- tives," the British Broadcasting ration said tonight,

Two South African armored oars and a nurmer of trivia returned m Addie Ababa tcdu irom a recoup ex- pedition to a town 1o mila west of the capital, winging Lack 140 "pon- ic-rtricken Italians. uaT-‘ZF’,

peoples have in common."

In the south of Yugoslavia. ‘i0.- 030 prisciicrs ivt-fio riiiiliiiivtlbfllfillg ap mired and was ‘with 200 PWCCS ° l“ “YY- f‘ “f? bypyhe GennDfL ‘central front. 10.000 new llllgflllflfs

The otlior guard, who told the I were said to hale beenseizef. story, was forced to take cover as; One of the strong flgl-lllli; Olcfs the rest oi the German patrol ar- I remaining in southern Serbia was rived on the scene simultaneously partly wiped out Mil Illlrlll’ like" with the Generals and their staffs prisoner yesterday nerir Krivoliio

They were promptl tamer: 011:, by one German ddiir/Iilsiion.‘ the h1g4}; by the German pa w. W c1 a command c ame . l5 s some seized the staff MIPS- iniles north of the Greek frontier.

Moi-Gen. Grimmer-Parry and in the Valley of the Vnrdar. the third Brigadier taken prisoner germ,“ skid the remaining for- were captured}! at‘ Mgeichlle. Elli-leg ces in the south were largely Croats left Pill? 5°“ ° “mi w” an e claimed these were shov- the British command said was pddmmuge from m bem- ghe Mung vi€d9d only KIWI‘ inflicting hCB-VY of the battle (or {he Barbi losses on the Germans and Italians. (Nam sources have been auempg- lng to accentuate Serb-Croat dif- ferences since the Balkan crisis be- gan, and even before.)

FATALLY INJURED

KEINTVHLE. N.S.. April 1!—- (GP)—€hii-ley D'Adder. l3, of Kent- villg died in hospital here today of injuries suffered yesterday when she was struck by on automobile. Witnesses told police She ran from behind a parked car into the path oi’ one driven by Joseph England ad Kentville.

iiissoM

CANADA

im on a truck driver and ordered film out of the cab. A truck guard promptly shot

Shows promptness

, April lb-(OPI-Bri- tish sources said today that o n- ing of the Red Sea. and uul oi Aden to Uni-ted States shipping ahoived "the promptness and the effectiveness of American assist- ance in the cause which all the free

FLCILIR

m ankle» boil llcikinq Bireud

O

1s considered rc- i

Ctmceivably, American-made planes

ilxiwn during

Teachers seek Revision of Present system

Want Immediate Ac- tion in Some Phases.

Elected President.

Several reports were forum on curriculum changes held and election oi officers held at the concluding session of the Teachers Convention held here Thursday morning, _

Agnin heading the federation Ls Mr. G. EKIISOD MacDonald, Char- lottetown, re-elected to the position for the second time. Other officers ilnCIUdB, vice-president, J. Pius Cal- tlaghan, Charlottetown: general sec-

vofiirv. J. Reginald lvfztcdonald, re- olectedt secretary-treasurer. Miss Jacqueline Macrionald, Charlotte- ‘ownt recnrdlnz secretary, Davis Lidsionc. Summerside.

The report of the Resolutions Commit-lee was also brought in and following resolutions were passed

, unanimously:

WHEREAS excellent results have

been derived from the work of the education committee of last vear be ‘ it resolved that this committee con- tinue its activities for the ensuing year , WHFPEAS some teachers have ihad difiriiiltv in DYOCllPlIliZ reduced ‘rates c’ transportation to attend ‘his convention he it resolved that ‘he executive arrange for the "lis-

tribiition of properly executed vouchers to ensure reduced rates ‘to nil.

BE IT RESOLVED that the ex- rcui-ive supervise arrangements for suitable entertainment oi’ the teacn- ers in convention to the purpose ‘that visiting teachers have an on-

t (Continued on page 15. Col 5)

Civic tax rate» Set at 2.85 Per cent for ’4l

A by-law levying and specifying a tax rate oi 2.85 on real estate and personal property received first and second readings at a special meet- o-f the City Council held i:i the Council Chambers Thursday night. In the absence of His Worship Mayor B. R. Holman, Deputy May- 0r J. T. McKio presided.

Another by-luw with respect of establishing tlii: installment of ci- vic assessments and to fix the rate of discount thereon also received first and second‘ readings. Both bills will receive final reading at a meeting of the Council to be held on Saturday morning at 8.45 am.

The new tax rate is an increase oi .350 over lost. year's rate. In respect to this a discount cf three per cent will be deducted from each install- ment paid on or before the due ditto thereof but only if no previous- ly due installment of the same as- sessment be then in arrears in whole or in part and if the DPTSQYI iii-SAPS- ed be not in arrears for payment of poll tax, which was again fixed at

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REACHIWALLIECLINE

Second _Thrust Against Creek- British Right

Italians claim their troops effect junction with German army.

(By The Canadian Press)

hicchiinizcd German forceps have broken through the puss of Bitolj, Yugoslavia, and reached Phlorinii, the west- ern anchor of the main allied battle line across northern Greece, the Greek command acknowledged early today.

The thrust was carried out in co-operation with a sec- ond German offensive coming down on the British-(lreek right above Mount Olympus.

A new meniice appeared added to the British-Greek position by Italian claims that Fascist troops advancing from Albania had occupied Ohrid, Yugoslavia. hardly more than 40 miles northwest of Phlorina itself and had formed a junction with the Germans.

The Yugoslavs acknowledged German cleanup advances in the country's north and middle sections but scattered for- ces ivere reported still fighting bitterly in the south in an effort to impede the twin Nazi thrusts at the Grecian line.