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‘the Germain-heir] port 0f'B4lIll-‘ mic.

Door-s and windows of houses lfi the Kent roast were shaken is the RQVLIT Air Force bomb- ers dropped their explosives on the olten-boiulied iirench port, lusts few mile away.

"Jeieved 20.000 men now were at

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CCNVOY THREAT IS NEW BRITISH PROBLEM‘

Urged

OTTAWA, March 1D. —- (C?) ._. Protests that greater use could be made of shipbuilding facilities on both the east and the west coast; were made in the Commons today. end drew from Munitions Minister Howe a statement the government intended pushing the shipbuilding program as far and as fast as the lbillty t0 produce allows.

Howard Green (Con. Vancouver South) spoke for the west coast and was followed by V. J. Pottier (Lib, Shelburne-Yarmouth) and A. J. Brooks (Con. R0 a1), who said more rtlixlliqps should be uilt in the Mari-

es.

After the dinner recess Conserve. tive House leader Hanson urged cabinet ministers from the Marl- time Provinces to get together and see what coud be done to put Nova. Scotia ack into the ship- building business on a basis which would enable it to continue in the business after the war.

Mr. Howe said Canada would build "a fleet of boats" but added that neither he nor anyone else could say how many would be built on a Canadian program in sddifl tion to present and future com- mitments ‘for Great Britain. He said shipping conditions at Hall- fax were not yet ,wholly satisfac- tory because, repair and overhaul facilities were not sufficient and. owing to lack of manpower, it was impossibe to operate the loading docks 24 hours a day.

Earlier in the debate Mr. Howe said the shortage of skilled men was a big factor to be considered. There were too few available to keep shipbuilding plants operating “at anything like capacity."

The Minister told the House he

work, and the shipbuilding program was expanding. Eastern shipyards were in need of more skilled men than they could get, and the vern- nient had found it imposs ble to keep Halifax and Sniut John, N.B., shipyards on a 24-hour bssi. for this reason.

"I believe," the Minister declared. “that there is not a shipyard in Canada, large or small. that has nct been offered all the work it can do.”

“At. the beginning of the war one of the first things we did was to

During the afternoon . ,. no opposition was met from German planes. lrut there was hear»- airti-riirt-rzrft fire which brought down one British fight-

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livid flue-lies of exploding tombs nrt-rtmprmietl an almost unbroken rumble like distant thunder whirlr wn-= still rolling ‘leross iilt‘ sou neufv an hour liict the lliilltlk slur-ted,

lelieve fast Italian cruiser is torpedoed

Zlfarch 10—(C'P)—'I‘he Iliiillfid today that

. . lest cruisers was n.y sunk by a submar-

. iiy said that an v cf the Cond-tt eri li.p of the’ Bar- . winch was e-unk_ ucnn battle last V. irJOli lorpedced. ap- mmil‘ ‘rur- Mediterrsmaii. "memori- of Italian destroyers ‘iiebeliu in have 'p.ck.d up '.1li.fll’i survivors. ~ min Ozllesni and her 5-514‘! 1p, tvere Meters-red "B31," i‘; the iiuicst cruisers in ‘°l~ t‘ Bartolomeo Colleon.

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Britons to aid Construction 0f destroyers

OTTAWA. March 10—(CP)—A few experienced British shipbuild- ers now are on the way to Canada to assist in construction of de- slrcyers—s program that is being "pushed along" as quickly as pos- sible, Munitions Minister Howe told the House of Commons today.

Mr. Howe said the Government had not liecn lzlle in the matter of destroyer" construction. ,

“We now have obtained our de- tail sheets; our plate specifications are here and our plate sizes are here," he said. "We have explored the equipment market and we know exactly where to place orders ‘for equipment.

"We have been able to obtain a few experienced men from Eng- land. though the British Govem- mem was reluctant to spare them. However. they are on their way here now."

’ link ias- J\1.y l9 by the Aus- Cl‘l.ll.~'-.l' Smney and British ; “rem. . T"! ouier three shl of the e it‘: the Gnvanni cili Blando who A.b i-io Di Giussano Ind hlnlnnll-irbsfirf. alll c1! shone tens - e1 .'»" - , v "To built Tn 103 m ‘um T tors m7 coin SIIAVEB gnffgfiourzo -tOP) -w1ui ,6 mi-illlwd in Geman oc- M 5i“- mflfit of the "hot" ~ mill told wsler. If lucky. one F. “'0 s bar-bei- shop where

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Roosevelt's Emissary Returns from China

BAN FRANCISCO. March 10. - fAPr-Rreturning from a flylfltl trio to as personal emissary of President Roosevelt, Lauchlin Currie. agmirtilstrnglelaetwrsgttgltlltsallr?‘ ill-mm- s en . DI ' oo todav on his way to Was-him“!!!-

Ourrie. s native of Nova Scotia... spent three weeks in Chu w!!- ferrin with Genersllssimo O isnl Kai-B k and other leading execu- "r- c’ raisins. erso s u ~ ‘ tsry traiafng school; and lndustrlri co- porn ves.

19h: President's emissary. W110” duties m China were contoured if

hose of irmv Hopkins during '1," 055"‘ '5'.” hdf.'i"ll-r.‘lfi°lllt o?

use e conditions as he found them 1o LONDO-

Japs may be Key factor in- Axis strategy

Jap. Foreign Minis- ter's Visit to Berlin Rome, May Have Far-reaching Re - suits.

By J. I‘. Sanderson Canad an Pres; Staff Writer

The forthccm trip of the Jap- anese Foreign inlster, Yosuke Matsuoka, to Berlin and Route and possibly to li/Lscow, may prove to be an important factor Ln deferm- ining Axis strafe this year.

It has been sta d the purpose of MaiSHClkll/S visit to Berlin is to discuss matters relating to the three-way Axis but it is fair assume Hitler intends to find out, Japan's plans for driving soutn in the Far East and. if’ possible , to persuade the Japanese to time any move toward Singapore and the Netherlands East Indies with a. German attack on Britain.

In Better Position

Having patched up peace bdtween French Indo-Chizia and Thailand, and, apparently, obtained naval and military bases in the former Siam. Jfl-‘piln is in a better strate- gic position lo launch the drive to the south. There remains only Ja-

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Will report 0n Ferry plans At meeting

Messrs. George J. Tweedy and‘ S. A. McLeod returned here last night from Ottawa where they were discussing plans to have the Wood-Islands-Caribon ferry service inaugurated this sr.

Mr. y sad he was "quite sure" the service will begin this year but so far as a boat for the li-mlle route is concerned nego- tiations are "still pending."

-The whole matter will be dis- cussed at a meeting of the North- umberland Ferries Limited. Com- pany with a contract for the ser- vice at a meeting this week.

Negotiations are under way, too, for a settlement with the Federal Government for two steamers se- cured by the Company for the Wood Islands service and later re- quisltioned by the Government for war purposes.

In addition to the two resentativcs of the ferry company Premier Thane A. Campbell was present at Ottawa while discussions were proceeding with Federal auth- orities. Tlie Premier returned here last night also.

War—-25 h... r Ago Today

MARCH 11, mid-German troops gained round in surprzse attack near eims. Russians occurred Kerind, Persia. British drcve Turks from advance post on River Tigris, Mrsoptamia. Germans dislcdged from Kitovo Hills near Tsveta. East Africa.

Two German Planes Qowned

Enemy concentrates on

glish Ciity

second successive night.

LONDON. March 1l.—- (Tuesday) ~—tCPi—'l‘wo German raiding 011m- es were downed in flames early to- day cs a Nazi attack on a south coast city ran into the twin de- iences of niilht fiflhters ‘lid anti- alrcraft cannon.

The Germans concentrated on the unitientlfizfifity for the second suc-

ess ve n i .

c London itself had four alarms. two before midnight and two after- ward. but saw and heard no plane."-

wnetnei- flghtcrl or round cum got the pair of Nazi bombers was not. specified. but fighters were said to have been extremely active at the time.

The town was rcaorttd to h! fiigered li ht casual u. but built

were -

German planes also rwcre Kaolin?!

over East Anglia. N0 t land. Liverpool and another north-

cst cit . WA forlsnatldnof l2 Messeixohmitta swept in a wide arc over the south coast. countryside dutintr the evening but llmlrently uiev wen 611m o! bv anti-aircraft fin

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Reporting‘ on the result of his recent visl to Ottawa lest night's monthly meeting of the

Council, His Worship Mayor

t° H0 man said he regarded this visz:

as of paramount importance. and could now definitely state that Charlottetown is about to receive: "l. A munitions c ntract for bombs. In this case pro uotlon must be speeded up and if the product is successful, which I have no doubt it will be, the orders will be con- _t.inued for the duration of the war.

"2. I have been practically assur- ed that on the opening of navigat- ion here, shlp repair work will be arranged to the extent of the abil- itiyiéif our local firm to take care 0 .

"8. I am confident a re-vote for waterfront wharf w L be made. as this is still under sympathetic con- sideration by the Government. We have and will continue to stress the necessity of this as s war measure to aid production of food and mar- keting. We must. not over-empha- size the future or anything apart from War requirements. However. we have more than reasonable hope of the grant, but man? other places are calling for aid. But we do know that we have a case.

"4. Training o mechanics here is not likely to happen at this time ac they claim in Ottawa mcn were sent here to investigate, and found that there were not sufficknt tools, and then again they feat there would be s. small number of appli- cations, as there ls a feeling here that they cannot afford to draw any more young men from the farms.

"5. Other projects were discussed but at present I am tot at liberty to state the nature of thcm, ex- cept to say that if they should be started they would be an aid to agriculture.

"The Dominion Government have definitely told us that they will not

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Italian offensive Bogs down; Greeks Made advance

ATTIENS. March 10—(AP)--'I'he Greek High command said tonight its forces in Albania had seized strong Italian positions and taken 300 more prisoners in the face of fiercely extended attacks which cofit the Fascist forces a heavy o

The Italians‘ offensive started Sunday, the Greek command said failed to score “any success what- ever."

The Greek air force was credit- ed with helping to check the It- alians with bombs and machine- gun fire, and one Italian tank was reported destroyed.

These announcements followed reports during the day that 2,500 Italians were taken risoners yes- terday in a Greek c urge up the craggy heights in the Tepeleni sec- or

The Greeks said Tepelenl, held by ‘the Italian 11th army since De- cember in the face of repented at- tacks. is likely to fall soon.

Greek Premier Alexandros Kor- izis declared in an address to workers yesterday that the Greeks are “determined to die rather than be subdued."

NOW- JIEOHANIZED EXAMS

firicmfih "‘°a dflmmr.‘ w a es - gtlon papers a m nut‘. abolishin! I drudgery of teaching, is being uscd for schools here. It is eisctrieal and the pupil uses a high ITlPmW ¢°"' tent pencil.

_Is Assured Of War Contract For Thi City

Mayor Holman reports re- sults of visit to Ottawa follow- ing his attendance at U. S. Mayors’ conference in St. Louis.

12 firemen Bic in blaze,

BROCKTON. Mass“ March 10- (AP)—Death of l2 firemen and injury to 28 others early-morning theatre this industrial city's fire merit crippled tonight.

Names of 10 of the injured were on the danger list at Brockton hospital and slim hope was held for recovery of one of them.

State inspectors opened an in- vestlgatlon inw the collapse early today o! the snow-covered Strand motion picture theatre roof during the height of the fire, plunging dozens of firemen from a. balcony

Well known Ch'town woman Called by death

After an illness of several weeks Mrs. Richard Dougan. (nee Mar- garet Jane Cummings) one of Charlottetowrrs old and most re- spected citizens passed airway at her home yesterday morning, in her 77th year.

Born in st. Peter's Bay, a daughter of the late Angus Cum- mings and Mary MacDonald. she lived a number of years in Georgetown, where her husband was employed as a C.N.R. locomo- tive engineer. and where numer- ous friends will regret to lenrn of her passing.

Since her removal to this city the late Mrs. Dougan, by her kind and affectionate disposition, quick- ly acquired a large circle of friends who always received a warm wel- come at her home.

The late Mrs. Dougan was a member of the Altar Society and the League of the sacred Heart of St. Dunstairs Basilica and while her health permitted was a daily attendant at Holy Mass and re- ceiving Holy Communion.

During her illness Rev. Father Louis frequently visited his mo- ther, spending his available time at her bedside.

There are left to mourn the loss of a kind and loving mother, the following seven sons and one daughter: F. i... Dougon, District Passenger Agent, C.N.R., Halifax; Thomas, California; Richard. C. N. R. engineer, city; Rev. J. E. Doug- an, Halifax; Joseph, of the Post Office Department; Coun. Dr. F. Charles and Rev. Louis A. of St. Dunstan! Basilica staff, city, and Miss Marlon, at. home. Her hus- band predeceased her nine years

depart-

ego.

Her two sons. Rev. Emmett and Frank arrived last night from Halifax.

The funeral will be held Thurs- day morning at 8:45 from her home to St. Dunstan! Burial will be in the Roman Catholic Cemetery.

Fruitlcss search For missing man

YARMlOUTH. N. 5-. March 10- toPl-mysl Canadian Mounted Police officers tonight. concluded n. fruitless three-day search for James W. Jeffery. 27. Kemptville. N. 5., in a desolate heavily-wooded district 25 miles northeast of here. Jeffery has been missing since Jen. 3. but his disappearance was not reported until last Friday.

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Still in Britain's corner is Pres- ident lsmei lncnu of Turkey, above, even after rcceivng note from Nazis promising to be nice.

City Council licltis regular

Following is the report brought in by the Police Commission com- posed of Mayor" Holman, City Re- corder K. M. Martin and Coun- cillor J. E. stems at lust night's City Council meeting in regard to arrest last Sunday night of two men:

“'l‘lie Police Commission has in- vestigated the arrest and‘ brief de- tention of two young men brought to attention by protest of letters solicitor.

"lt 51s found that the police of- ficers acted unavoidably in com- pelling dispersal of a crowd largely gathered from mere curiosity, but insisted on remaining against police orders and to the disturbance of the pence and interference of passage on Sitmlay evening.

“The officers were unable to make any ITlZiilllCilOD of responsib- ility and compelled to act on mere refusal to move on as directed. It is unfortunate that two persons so innocent (‘f intent and unconscious o1 wrongdoing slioifri happen to ‘have been detained but that elr- cumstance was recognized by their prompt ‘release.

The citv Police Report was read by Councillor Stems; the Health Report wris read by City Clerk J. A. Fullerton: the meat and milk inspectors report by Dr. Croken, all of which were adopted as read. Councillor Lzrptliorn reported for the Relief Committee; Councillor McDonald for Fire; councillor Mc- .Kce for Tenders and Councillor

Monthly meeting.

By Robert Okin Associated Press Staff Writer

VICHY. France, March l0 -tA- P) - The French government rerv-

WASHINGTON, March l0. — (AP)--In the face of French threats to arm, or convoy sup- p._v ships through the British blockade, the United States raised the question of food for unoccupied France with Britain again today, but without any apparent re ult

Viscount Halifax, British Am- basszidoi" to the United States, said the matter arose during a. brief conference with State Secretary Cordell Hull, but he indicated Britain has no inten- tion of relaxing the blockade further in favor of the Vichy gov- ernment.

ed cmpirritic notice today that its navy would convoy merchantmen if the British government persists in its blockade of France.

The Vichy regime's attitude was set forth by Admiral Jean Darlsn. Vice Premier and Foreign Minister, to United States press representa- fives in the presence of Marshal Petain and the minister of food supply, Jean Achard.

"If the British continue this block- ride, which I consider idiotic. 1 will be obliged to ask permission to pro- vide arms and protection for our merciiantmen" Admiral Darlan

said.

"I will let nothing stand in the way of the French people's eating. The Germans are more generous and more comprehensive of the Reeds of humanity than the 15mg-

s i.’

(The British Broadcasting Corporation commented on this: "ft must have been news to any part of occupied Eltropc that generosity is any part of the Nazi plan, and it ls not difficult to see that their (the Gem-ans‘) real objective is to provoke a clash between France and Grent Britain.

Will Continue

(British quarters intimated flhat the blockade would continue to be enforced. regardless of any pio- teciion for French merchantmeu.) With the arrival of the United»

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Non-aggression settlement said acceptable” t0

BELGRADE. Yugoslavia. March TO.--(AP)~~G_CTIHHTTY was reported, in authoriiinive diplomatic QUAIIEIJ! tonight to have dashed Yugoslav, hopes of :1 Qmirpiomise understnncb, inrz with the Axis and to have de- manded full alliance in the three-i Dower pact.

confirmed reports , Driiglsa Cvetkovic and Foreign Min- istcr Alksnnderi" Ciucncmarkovie will go to Germany tomorrow or later in the week t0 loin Bulgaria. Slo- vakia. Rumania and Hungary in the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis

On the eve of the day, it had been reported Yugoslav statesmen would go to Berlin to signafriend- ship and non-aggression ailffif-‘mellt with Germany". the Nuzi Mini tcr Viktor von Heeren was said to have called on Cincar-Karovic and de- clared such a compromise was not acceptable.

ff German occupation becomes the lot of Yugoslavia, the operation may be not without difficulty, for reports here told of undewuvcr movements in the provinces to re- organize resistsnce among PORSCMTS and veterans of the first. Great

ar.

One organization was said to be led by Kosch Pecanac. W110 hPlP- ed direct Serb resistance to Ger- vrnw- and Austria-Hungary ln iii-

This‘ organization. known as "Cetnik." w-ns enrolling veterans as well ns youths.

From Rumzinln came the news that Germany's submarine assem- biv plant. ut the Black Sea port of Constants is working day and ‘night _ assembling irzrinlonzls of small

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compromise “not Berlin.

BlockaJefTo Be Continued; Is London_’s_ Plant

Not opposed to aiding unoccupied France; Danger to France also.

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British comment 0n llichy threat

LONDON, March l0.-KT?)- A spokesman for the lllinfsiry hf Economic Warfare said in a statement quoted tonight by the British Broadcasting Corpora- tion that “if there were , means of htlpinlr unoccupied France without helping Ger- many. the British government would be prepared to consider them, but so far, no proposals have been nut forwar ."