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‘ I I Yugoslavia slgns on dotted . e e e line as Junior Axis partner. i B: ROBERT srr. JOHN Aseochted rm- stm wum ‘ \ BELGRADE. March lb-(ll-Pl-Ileoulsvh lgned with the an. b. pnsndiikeseperkinnpowerbcnsetheseteeteflgperiqurymmg gplosiva demonstrations in many part; q m, "my; Police strove to halt the ecricu Icperoupflong I, min,‘ m”. u._ mt! of hundreds of new" h Dfllvinciul cities, 1s schoolboys, am,

puanil, Communist: and flue reincarnated Comltaj (committee of dis- flw-n-stemming beck to Ihlrkieh empire days-gave r131"; ygnf y,

heir anger tonight.

The gray-haired K000i POND“. old-time Comitaji leader and hero p! the Snlonika campaign in 1918, was reported to have sped out of Bel- ‘all: for Southern Serbia to recruit the sons of his first Great War re- plnilonlrv comrades for a new firht against the might of Germany.

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their government has cast its lot. Britis

Young Serbs stormed the Greek and British legations, demanding transportation to the Albanian and African fipntsw battle against the Axis forces with which

h. Polish and Greek Nation- als jammed the legations. seeking to

CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA wapuaspav, mancnuiei1o41

Freedom-loving Nations seen

At Pilgrims Dinner.

NEW YORK. March M.—(C)—A world-wide community of freedom- loving nations. pledged to co-operation 1n economic welfare and defensive strength. was envis- aged tonight as an aftermath oi the war. by Viscount Halifax.

The British Ambassador to the United. States sketched in broad out- line his conception of the world of tomorrow when he spoke before the pilgrims of the United States at a. dinner here. The speech was broadcast. Establishment of a new interna- tional order could not be accom- plished by one nation and as far as Britain was concerned. “we for our part are prepared to loin hands with any state which genuinely seeks the peace and prosperity of the world . . . "

The itish Commonweath of Na- tions “has taught us that nations differing greatly in numbers and wealth. in race and social structure. can yet freely associate together. "What has been possible for them is not impossible for others and the

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Huge money Bill passes At Ottawa

(Yl'l A. M h 25.——(CP)—~ PlVC weeks “lifter alt“; introduction. the largest money bill ever Dresenlled l° a Canadian Dorliament passed l3" House of Commons tonlkhi-

the

Provincial Legislature.

Hmong emphasis on the need of remedying farm conditions in this Province, and of obtaining oppor- tunities for war production, was paced by Hon. m. w. J. P. Mac- Mlilan, leader of the Opposition, in speaking in the Legislature yes- terday on the Draft Address

Dr. MacMillan was preceded by Messrs. Alex W. Matheson and George Kitsch. 2nd District of »Queen's, who moved and seconded the Address. He was followed by Hon. Mark R. McGuigan. Minister {of Health and Education, who ,moved the adjournment at 5:30 p.

Men in Maritimes

leave the country.

Pamphlets scattered on Belzrade streets proclaimed: "Russia. is defi- nitely against German expansion in the Balkans." and the newspapers pointedly asked: ‘(Was Russia noti-

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OT'1‘.»\\\".>\. March 25 —(CP) -0pposilinn leader Hanson to-

become the brid

tlsb Commonwealth quality of its resolution. bastion of world defence today may well, by its geographical dispersion. ge of greater world

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hi by‘ It was the slfiooyoomooo war up. m., the House then adjourning un- s the

- hm f m 515cm yew-till 3 o'clock this afternoon. fdgfillrtltlcgiio pasosled vsithout a re‘. corded vote although the"? were l 01mm"! “Emmi! few shouts of “nay?

day asked the government for assistance to Maritime province potato growers along lines simi- lar ta llmt being given Nova Scnliu npplcgrowers and west- rm win-at producers.

The xiisrusslnn arose when the llousn, in committee. was ronslllvriug the Sl,800,000,000 war zlpproprintion bill, which authorizes expenditure of $7,- '7.5 for agriculture. Agrivullurc Minister Gardin- er said nun-h of this would be usrd in assisting in disposal of surplus products including No- vn Srolln upplcs for which the vale is about $1,200,000.

llr. Gardiner was unable to Irply to lllr. Hanson's suggest- iinn at (be moment ‘ . the discussion was ruled out of or- der as having nothing to do with that part oi the bill then under discussion.

For 10 years, “with one or iwn mccptional seMous in be- inrr-n," potato growers in Prince Edward Island and New Bruns- wick 11ml suffered for low prices for their products and bad mar- Irls. lllr. llanson said.

"Farmers of Eastern Canada who grow potatoes as their principal crop nrc just at the end of liii-lr tether," he added.

‘_'ln addition the price of fer- tilizer bud steadily increased, tspvciflll)’ as s result of legis- lnllnn passed by this govern- mcnt in the “baby budget" Inst fall. The rnst oi exchange has inr-reusul and ingredients of the irrlllizcr have to be imported.

‘The potato farmers see their (‘little growing) neighbors in the Annapolis Vnley being- hon. Ilsed. Tin-y sec that our friends ibr WllPiIi farmers of the west llnvr at lrast had their prices ‘lllhllllfll. no matter what the °Phll°11 may be as to the ede- illWy oi the price —but not one word from this government ‘ml "Nicol to the farmers of the Murillmc Provinces aside from the apple-growers."

llo said he believed the gov- ernment could go a little farth- fl‘ and assist the potato men. _____________

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AUCKLAND. N, z_ _.(cp) _.3pjd . l-lu- first British soldiers in 22;] WI‘ ‘o wear straw hats. New m and Terrltorials have received ma’: "R an official government

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fled (of the Axis membershlpll)“ Unrest Increases

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monstration in this, one of the lurg eat cities and home oi

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Local man Fatally injured At Halifax-

sel at the pier. work as s steyedore.

ship and apparently failed to the descending slin him a heavy blow on the chest.

was expected home to visit his mo- ther who is seriously ill in hospital at Charlottetown. family were looking for his arrival when the news of his injury and death arrived).

(sxamlner. said Poulton suffered se- vere chest injuries No pmt mortem was conducted but an official in- ouiry into the tragedy will likely be held.

The body was removed to the fun- eral parlcrs of the Nova Scotia Un- dertaking Company. Maynard Btu pending arrangements for forward- inglifl. to Prince Edward Island for bur a .

Willkie takes Montreal By storm

G Kitchen Cnneglyln bird: Staff Writer

MONTREAL. Mach Alt-WP)- Wendell Willkie-sbly assisted by Mrs. Wlllkib-fook this cit by 5mm; gods , flailing his WHY m’ 5th: m ohrsyone-day W111’ "hm wok him through crowded sheets to the cityabsll. tom address W0" 1,500 in ontreals Canadian Club. and 1am m e visit to war indusw

lants here. p 11., cry of ‘Willkle, Willkie." went up the crowded streets lmd Wm!‘ broke through police 11ml. M01)‘- itpg ioudgdka lgglzuglfld of Americas

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llbey thumped him on the buck. shouted ‘good cld Wendell," and li- norod the orders of cocistsbles who solllht to clear s mo!» for the 011'- Thst welcome rlvslled the wfilllm ct the Canadian Club. when Mf- Willltle warned that the leldm 0f the democracies would be brushed aside" by people if they did not measure up thq crisis facing the

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But the protests swelled beyond mere hope of help from the Soviets.

Trade Academy students obtained a ed it t0 the

here was a. strong anti-Axis de- Premier Rizfigisu Cvetkovic, who signed the

gent. who reluctantly placed his

HALIFAX, March 25—-(CP)—Wil- fred Pouiton, 19, of Charlottetown. died in hospital here tonight a few hours after being struck by a sling of pulpwood being loaded on a ves- Pouiton came to Halifax four weeks ago and obtained

He was wanking in the hold of the see g which struck Surviving are his parents. Mr. and Mrs. James Poulton. and two broth- ers and three sisters. all of Char- lottetown

(It was learned the young man

Members of the

Dr. F. V. Woodbury, city medical,

unity tomorrow " I.n a reference to Anglo-American oo-operation. Lord Halifax said he hoped "that in this as in other mut- ter; our two peoples will appreciate

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Discuss egg Export plans

OTTAWA, March 25 - (CP)— Members of’ the executive of the Canadian Produce Association met here today with Agriculture De- partment officials to discuss the egg situation in the Dominion. Part of the discussion, it was understood. concerned possible in- crease in export of eggs. Last year some 360,000 cases were exported. Those attending the meeting in- cluded John I. Brown, secretary of the association; Q. Henderson and W. E. Reid of Montreal; L. P. Marshall. F. A. Wissins and E- Runcy of Toronto; W. A. Land- reth of Winnlpe!» E. E. Buckiield of Vancouver and H. s. Johnston of Lindsay, Ont.

Capt. J. L. Read ‘Noads Federation 0f Agriculture

The organization meeting of the Prince Edward Island Federation of Agriculture lock place in the Agricultural Hall, Charlottetown, yesterday afternoon. Dr. J. T. Cru~ icau presided over the meeting which was attended by rcprescnlu- tives of ten agricultural organiza- tions. They included. who Central Farmers’ Institute, the Cmdtt Un- ion League, thc Swine Breeders‘ Association, the Sheep Breeders‘ Association, the Horse Breeders’ Association, the Co-opcrotlve Live- stock Marketing Board. the Potato Growers’ Association. the Canad- ian National Fox Breeders’ Associa- tion, the P. E. I. Fox Breeders and llbrihibitors‘ Association and the Dairymens Association.

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The third reading stare brollilhl the House its first run-dress division since the session resumed February 17, however, when an amendment by M, J. Coldwell. ctinil C.C.F‘. House Leader-designed to_ write endorsa- tion of the principle of interest- free loans into the bill-was defeat- ed by a vote of 167 to eight

Conservatives. Liberals and New Democracy members voted aaains

OTTAWA, March 25 —(CP) L-The Senate tonight followed the House of Commons by P355" lng without debate an interim supply, bill aluthnrldugdellllfilltll . ture of one-sixth oi the main 1941-42 estimates — 337.725.- 5507 ._.p¢nding approval of the estimates as a whole.

'1‘)... measure wu. pennlt "w government to carry on its busi- ness after start of the new fis- cal year April l. The measure l was approved by the Commons this afternoon.

the amendment, but Mrs. Dcrise Neilsen (Unitey North Battleford): votod for it, with the CXCF. Kroiib- I At the afternoon sitting. a similar; amendment by Mr. Coldwell was} ruled out of order, but by chansivfl the wording his second amendment‘ was but to a vote at the night BIL-l tink- i A New Democracy amendment to; Mr. Co.dwell's new amendment. DIO- posing that sums not raised by PBX- ntion and interest-free savilnif cer-, tiiicates be obtained from theBanlc of Canada. was ruled out of order. j

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l In his opening remarks Dr. Mac-

iMillan complimented the mover {and seconder of the Address (Messrs. Matheson and Kitsch).

The former in particular, of whom much was expected, had done him- self and his district much credit. It was a unique distinction for any district to have both its members figure in moving and secondlng the Throne Speech. second Queens was undoubtedly a unique district: it had occupied more time. been given more attention. and had been the cause of more litigation and suspicion. than any other sec- gtlon of the Province.

"It has been the cause," said Dr. MacMillan, “oi two judges making decisions, by which decisions Lib- eral candidates were elected to this House. ‘fliere is only one as- sumption which a layman can draw, and that is that one of those decisions was wrong. It was found in the course of the hearings that the election officers appointed to conduct elections in this district were not very competent in arith- metic; that there were such grave discrepancies in their figures that the result had to be submitted first to a. Judge, and then to the Supreme Court of this where naturally you might expect that a decision would be arrived at. But nol We learned something about. procedure in the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island when our judicial measures bogged down; came to a deadlock; and no further could we go. Then we had the remarkable solution-that this House had to deal with the

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stitution and by-lnws and elected ‘oéflcersand an executive connmit-

0.

Captain John L. Read of Bor-

den wos named President with Mr.

JJ. ‘rralnor of Bedford as vice-

president and Mr. W. R. Shaw sec-

retary. Members of the executive

committee include, Wiley Gibson,

Marshfield, A. Unccln DEW-sf‘, New

will and Allison-Profi-tt, Hee- n

In addition to fiie ten organiza- tions represented yesterday it was said the Women's Institute would be in the Federation. It was not possibl to have a member of the giroup present at yesterday's ses- son.

Each organisation will have two inem a in the federation, it was e

Temporary plans are underway for s. general meeting of farmers sometime early next summer.

The groundwork for the Onninlwi- tlon of the ilbderaticn was made at the meeting of the Dalrymenzs As- sociation in Charlottetown recently. A resolution deciding on me form. etion of the llbderwon and nam- ing a committee to do prehminary organisation was passed. Ya. tepdcys meeting was s follow-up of that move.

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PORTLAND. Ore, Much I. — (AP)—A terrific blast today levelled . the recently-completed It. N. Chip- man Chemical Company factory end killed one workman. Harry Ray. 82. ‘The plant was being converted to the production of explosive

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Nazis Declare Iceland Zone Of War Operations

Claim British using area in move to overcome men-

ace of U - Boat attacks.

BERLIN, March 25.—(AP) -—Germany by proclamation to- night included British-occupied Iceland in its zone of war oper- unions.

Navigators were warned against approaching the island, which British and Canadian troops oc- copied last May at the time of the German invasion of the low countries.

The proclamation said the step was taken because Iceland was being used ss s base for British "efforts to run the Gcnnan counter-blockade."

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mans have considered the whole Atlantic as a war some, and only recently Prime Minister Churchill said Nazi raiders were operating on the western side of the Atlantic.)

Some observers believed, however that the formality was taken part- l_v to attempt to take advantage of the United States neutrality law which forbids American vessels from entering the war zone. Unit- ed States drips have been plying to Iceland, whch has been used by Britain. it was said. as one point from which American cargoes were (runs-shipped to Britain.

(Nani reconnaissance planes have flown over Iceland on s number or occasions.)

The proclamation defined the new

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Tells of attacks By Nazi ships

NORFOLK, Va, March fl-(AP) —Crewmen of the ZSSG-ton Nor- wegian freighter l-Iade County ro- ported on arrival here Monday that her voyage in convoy to Bri- tain was marked by a brush with submarines and that surface raid- ers dispersed the convoy on the return voyage to America.

The Bade. County, operated un- dea- the direction of the British Admiralty, was in s. convoy of 45 ships Exigland-lbound when sub- marines attacked in the North At- lantic. the seamen said. The sub- marines were driven off or sunk by guardian destroyers.

"We are certain at least one of the submarines was sunk," one member said. “We passed within 50 yards of a. huge spot. of grease on the ocean surface. We saw a huge bubbling mass as if a ship was trying to come up to the sur- face and could not make it.

"We were told that all three oi the U-boats were sunk."

On the voyage home, he said. none of the Hada County saw any raiders but o. wireless order was given to break line.

The seaman said he did not know how many ships in the con- voy were sunk “but we know that many got away."

After breaking convoy. the Hada County made for Norfolk.

Probe increase In Halifax Soft coal prices

OTTAWA. March 25-—(CP)-In- creases in the price of soft coal at Halifax are receiving the atten- tion of the fuel controller and the Wartime Prices and ‘Trade Board with a. vievw to determlnin whether the are justified, Labor Minister Mel-arty told the House of Commons today. He was answering a question from Gordon Isnor (Lib. Halifax) ’who said although the price of coal at the mines was not chang- ed the prices of‘ soft coal at Hali- fax sold by the Dominion Steel and Coal Company had been in- creased by 25 cents a ton.

Mr. McLarty said a conciliation board had recently granted the mine workers substantial increases in wages and he understood the mine operators were now suggest- ing increased prices on certain grades of coal.

Admiralty Tells of drop In ship losses

LONDON. March 25.—(CP)—The Admiralty louav announced a. sharp? drop m blllilllllll! losses for a second SUCCXBSSIVQ wcck. while the House of Commons heard an appeal for the government to apply the block- ado ruthlessly against unoccupied France. ;

An Admiralty report said. British. and allied morchantnien lost Ln the um l~1 (‘llutfi March 16 were 23 ships iol .1113; 71.773 £0115, compared with‘ (lush anon of 98.832 tons the previ- unt-k and 141,314 tons the week.

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cwuten were British ships to- tal 1m: (£0,670 tons. and the remain- lLllE six allied losses totalled 11,103‘

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1m: Admiralty listed no compar- able Axis losses for the week ending‘, March 16. but said

destroyed 300,000 tons of enemy! shipping compared with 410.000 tons lost by allied and neutral shipping.

The British blockade was describ- ed by Hugh Dalton. Minister of Ec- onomic Warfare. as "useful only if it is applied ruthlessy." in a statement answering a, Commons member's ap- peal to applv the weapon as string- ently to France as to Germany and territories she occupies.

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GRJNDQIONE, Magdalen Is- lands. March 25—(OP) — Rescue crews tunnelled through the work- ings of a manganese mine tonight or a miner trapped more than three days ago in the collapse of wooden scaffolding 35 feet beneath the surface.

With no indication of whether entombed Albert Pettipas still clung to life, follow workers kept up the weary task of clearing away debris while they awaited the ar- rival of rescue-trained draegcmien from Nova scctia who had taken part in the saga of Moose River five years ago.

An airplane was to bring draegennen from Stellarton. N. 8.. tomorrow to this isolated little ls- land in the ice-choked Gulf of St. Lawrence tomorrow. soon after the arrival of the Nova Sections, ex- perienced in mine salvage oper-

Pettipas, dead or alive,

(It was learned at Charlottetown plans were under way to have a plane leave the airport there curly Wednesday and pick up the Draeg- crmcn. 'I‘iicy would be flown direct. to the scene of the accident at thel Gulf Islands, it was learned. It was not known whether the rescue work- ers would be picked up at Tormen- tine or on the Island side. Weather conditions were not favorable late tonight, but it was hoped flying weather would arrive before noon on Wednesday).