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legin iiitlil pray’ Democrat urges House

, N, M‘ 5—-(IMP)—A WQiFZLNSZC.’ e atlnited States fidlpsort to convoys to i; IIIP‘ my; beleaguered i? "f"

dm [he House 01 3997959“ a‘ iii"

may‘ are going to con- ‘ ; , iplir. away." wit! fidlfiflliiillttc L. Colt, GEOYElR

Deiinglglliieelitativc Hamilton Fish B, .yy_i rlfliflflfCd that convoys l .1 war. lii- assailed Wendell . gay“; l)0t'1ll..\(‘. lit‘. suld_ Willkle hld Amnlle out loi- convoys and thus f0- udiaied l‘\'.l‘\' siaziriucnt he made loilie Anicrnxiii llmillfi" t m Ilie lioiisc has (ii-hating a o my; i bill cuipoivcring the Presl- nnt to tnlcc normal possession of ma!“ 51W, nit,- in American ports p4,,“ ma“. Li) uric. when the con- " l m5 r ~cd, Represen-

Britain Demands‘ Iraq Resistance

Be Disc

ontinaed

British rroopfiiiia Basra and Habbaniyah airport;

Destroy many

LONDON. May 5—(CP)-—Inltlal Turkish efforts to settle the flag] W" l" Irlq came to naught tonlgh with Britain and Iraq each demand. ing withdrawal of the forces of the other before any attempt is made at peaceful settlement.

In an authorized statement Brit-

5

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gl_;.1 a‘; li (Dem-Ill i, , oi illi‘ bill. remarked tlirvt lli it gsoiucisii for convoyiui ii inn bill would help, 0i inc war." , n. an lntorvlew,, l \‘lll.HU‘ll of the House c orciarcd that if. .<i to act war ma-l ~ con-

crille irant to fake necessary to britain et-

Brltiiin ls not

Ill.

lilCdilS iirid would ‘Ilirll biillfiS took all ‘a gci supplies.

lliiliSii discusses llslsyi budget

. _ 5—1_CP)-From ‘u; llllllllS of view - tlu: iiircc opposition

1i Finance Minister in the

Z‘l‘{l<‘y group. rcp- ll‘ Qdillilll (N. D. . rho first formal ‘ (;iivcriiiiicnt's fin-

by moving an .i amounts to a

' (‘l i-onilrlcnce. vri ll‘iil’iL‘ lcader Han- ‘.l'(l more drastic eco- iitiii-iyai" governmental

is. bu’ ziniiounccd his wvoziid c.iici' no amendment ii inc barlurt proposas ll J. Colrl-zvcll. actlliLC. C. F. kinanivas w-iili-wl of many of the lift.‘ iiixcs iiiid fax increases. The New D ‘iiCy amendment Rid: "This li o regrets the llhiife oi lllf‘ Goi-crnnicnt to es- iiblish eiiz-riivc control over the B“? "l "Pill? by tho chartered Willi io tho Hlil ‘that, the amount ii which llll‘ procccds from reas- “ibli ~11 and sale of inter-

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(Coiiiiiiuod 9, C91 7) lenew Cape

Briton coal liine strike

ithe Baghdad radio

to_

I, _ I n. its l.l00-mnn working kiatly-iiiciir-cl n strike that started Tn .

‘iqiggiirrs iicrc protesting new iirimiirdsrl." rmlnccth“ Wm‘ lm‘ admit ilmbflnng- m” dead‘ mm .~ ic (lay to return in

n the fir}; pending neiotlation

Coming Events

. “'0 it for Noiicc;

In this '

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‘I bu. _-_.___ rsmggmitoinvi McKlnnaifs Sale.

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n!“ p L-353- -ii-ai.

..i""i.:i~r-i. no» “or

i140, phom‘ Georg/hire “service.

I "m L-sso-s-s-zi. ~ bek l.

harbor-g ‘gqvc/tihimcgigtionl District

at Alb traps C

C Green. Emer-

w ""1"" River Dramatic

ilicir 3 act plav gran m" iii limiter River fibers lll id T“°~‘diiv. MBV 0th ‘ lg i oi Red Crnsii. Spec-

l in ” Minn “Pruitt

pénfséfllfi of candyirliilanisston

aln declared "an essential prey-g. quisite’ to gcilations wlth the government of Rashld All Al Gull. ani must be withdrawal of his troops noiv encarn ad about Brit- ain's alrdrome at abbanlyah and cn aged in showering the base with ar illc fire.

A_t t e same time the German

radio was heard in London quoting that I also héxfd rejected the Turkish med atiun 0 9|’. ‘Ilia broadcast claimed Irnq felt a settlement could only be discussed after British troogs left Iraq terri- tory. and flint ritalnfis attitude made an agreement impossible.

Cairo dispatches said the Egyp- tian government. as one Arabic- speiikiiig notion to another. also ap- pealed to Iraq to scek a peaceful cnd to the hostilities. 'I‘he action was taken after a long cabinet meeting.

Meanwhile it was announced the Royal Air Force had wiped out the greater part of the ill-equipped Iraq aviation force.

British troo were said to be en- trenched soil ly at Basra port at the head of the Persia ‘can. amt still holdlno Habbiiniyd airdro . west of Baghdad. after British planes knocked out Iraq artillery which began shelling the airport four davs ago. Casualties at the air- port wcrc said to be "very few."

Turkey Concerned a

Because of hcr geographical po-'

sition between oil-rich Iraq and oil-i hungry Germany Wllfifio troops now‘ occupy Greece and Bulgaria, Tur-

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Two Canadian Navy men Wounded

planes.

ll. S. plane Production Shows increase

WASHINGTON, May 5-(AI') —The office of production management announced today that United States aircraft manufacturers delivered 1.427 military airplanes during April. Tho types ot’ planes were not disclosed nor would officials say how many wcnt to the llnitcd States armed services and linw many went to Britain.

The number represented an Increase of Zll over March when 1,216 planes were deliv- cred.

At that time the O.P.M. dis- closed that 1,014 of the planes went to the army, navy and Britain.

Plane delivery since Decem- ber when fgures were first made public weren-

Decembcr. 799; January, 1,036; February, 972.

fLabor officials in conference

OTTAWA. May 5_(CP)-Doinin- ion and provincial labor department representatives were in conference; licrc today to review questions in- ciiiding tho minimum age for em-i plovmcnt. hours and wages on war‘ contract work. industrial standards lcifslatlon. accident prevention. and frccdom of association legislation. i

Representatives were present as mcmbcrs of the Canadian Associ- ation of Administrators of Labor, Imwislation and were welcomed by; Dr. Brvcc M. Stewart. deputy Min- lsici- of Labor.

Thc mooring will continue for iivn days and ii conference will;

Ynbcr Minister McLartv will hold.

Those present today included: Maritimos: l-lcn. I-Iorce Wright,

OTTAWM. May 5—(CP)—Two' men were listed as wounded tonight in the Royal Canadian Navy‘s ii ihl casualty list 0f the war leaving w-i tal number of dead and missing: reported by the navv since the start of the war at 337.

Following is the latest list of cas- ualties with official number and ncxt-of-kiiu-

Wounded in air raid-

Dickson. Colin F., CPO. R. 0. N, 40385. Mrs. Ida B. Dickson (mother) New Westminster. B. G.

Wounded.

Carbonncau. Peter, 0S. R. C. N. V. R... V3448, Mrs. P. Carbonneau, (wife) Halifax. (Wounded April 23.)!

president cf Prince Edward Island Council: l‘). A. Pvivves, acting deputy labor minister. Nova Scotio: H. R. Pcttlirrovc. director of labor and Douglas Cochrnne. acting fair wage officer. New Brunswick.

JVIALAYA COMMAND CHANGES SINGAPORE, —-OP-— Lieut- Gen. L. V. Bond, general oiiicer commanding Mariya. since 1939. is leaving shortl, for Britain to trike up anew appo ntment. His sucoeswr will be Mal-Gen. A. E. Percival. fomar general staff officer at Malaya and recently attached to general staff Aldershct command

SYDNEY iiiiuics us May s- ‘ p‘ m“ ‘n b zflogakdlspiiic ovcr timberln up-

i o core e w z s “- Piinccss Ccllzeryl

O N ' .

R.A.F. smashes-a-itScharnhorst

and Gneisenau

armor-piercing

Spanish army Man named to Important post

MADRID. May 5- tAPl-Col. Valentin Galariio Morante. of tho army general staff. tonight was named Minister of the Interior, one of the most important posts in spsin.

The powers of tho post previous- ly had been held personally by Gen. nancisco Franco himself.

Galena’; appointment was the first change in Spain's cabinet since Sept. i1 when Ramon Serrano suncr. Franco's brothcr-in-law. took the post of Foreign Minister.

Onlai-za now has control of the police. press and communications.

Prior to today's appointment he

with bombs.

By Louis Iluntcr Canadian Press Staff Writer

LONDON. May 5-40? Cable) — British airmen scored direct hits with heavy armor-piercing bombs on the German battleships Scharn- horst and Cineisenau. berthed at Brest, last night, the air ministry. announced today.

It was the 15th attack on the two canon-ton surface raiders and the air ministry raid their presence in Brcsl. through five weeks of such assaults bore out previous belief they had been so dmmtfifid thit- they could not be taken to a safer

haven.

‘The battleship; originally sought shelter. the mini-try said. to i-cfuei and inkn on llh'i'iilll‘iitl0tl—k 24-hour job at the most

Today's communique was ilie first announcement of direct hits on the ships, although n previous cltiition for it Royal Air Force pilot receiv-

was under-secretary to the presi- apanisb cabinet. ._

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. vulnerable to attack, at Boa orus bottleneck

Nazi subs, sneaked through Dardonelles. or sent overland, could ioin planes in raiding British shipping have

RETE

To ovoid slow-down clash with Turks, German may fry to capture or desIroyiN

Brltll been here and force fleet into western Mediterranean, then sand troops by sen lo Syria for push east

, Getting‘, past

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__. to Nazi aggression. -

RDERS SPEED ~ llP IN

An um refuses pan go, Na may und troops by plane and ship to invade northern, western coasts,

Ii from three directions, and toblish rapid supply lines

CYRUS ' :

w I Erlpoliw u:

sh thelmGncifewoy to (‘he Near ‘Ecisij Black Sea

Turkey has on her side modem, mechanized army of more than million men,

plus mountainous terrain

= Small French 5"" II- here unlikely to ,- —" offer opposition __

filly,

Haifa‘ ‘

ipelines from Iraq oil fields I - ' | PALESTI" m! D N l llllilzlllelll

' sh resistance, hard desert fighting conditions, tough da- fanses or canal should slow German Quid d a on Sue:

the straits of Bosporus and Dardanelles, gateway to the Ncar East, ls next Nazi problem. it Map shows how Germany may vary her strategy to avoid costly clash here if Turkey refuses to submit

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iii bfidrwaymaiils Lofoten islands

LONDON. May s -<cr~i

of h

Ge nan authorities on residents the Lofoten Island; “as a. Duiii" merit for their welcome to B" and Norwegian forces ivlm r rl the island recently." but the NlZiS have ordered that; llir‘ gi is criutnt be accepted, the Erliisli Broadcast- lncr Corporation said today.

The Nrvls harp decreed fPni the

fine must be pfilrl by additional taxation on evcry citizen, the BBC adrlctl. '

75 Military Personnel feared Lost in sinking

OTTAWA. May 5—(CPl--Niivy Minister Maodcnald announced in the Hcusc 0i‘ (Lninion; late today that it ls fcaicd 75 “military pcr- sonncl" iirc amcng those lost in the sinking 0f a ship.

H9 said flic ncxt of kin oi eas- ualtlcs and those who have been reported sale have been informed.

At the time for Mr. Macdonaldk statement to the House. no official list of casualties or survivors had bccn issued.

(It is bclicvcd Mr. Mncdonaldfis announcement COHCDFIN the snk- lng in which Sam Roircrtson. Lon- cn Superintendent and Wnr Corres- pondent of Tlic Canadian Press. iviis officially reported Sunday be- lievcd mlssuac as tin,- rcsuli of cn- eniy aciion during n sen. voyage.)

Mr. ltlictioiiiilrrs announcement was as follower-

"Mr. Spvnkcr. I have an an- nouncement to miikc to the Iioiisc. I regret vcry deeply that I snoufd have to make it and that it should have to be 11 such terse form out that is tho. form in which the riri- tlsli Admiralty desires that it. should be mode. 'I‘iiis ls the announcement s5 author-rod by the Admiraltyi-

"information has been XHIEIWK! that a ship which included among its passengers a party of military pcrsonncl tins been sunk. It is feared that among those lo=i arc 75 niiliiiiry personnel. The next of kin of casualties have already been informed '

“I may add that the next of kin of those who have bccn reported safe also liavc bccn informed by rho Department of National De- fence. I havc only t0 add my 0W" great pcrsonnl rcgret at this loss. I am sure cvcry honorable member of this House shares that regret with me, and would like to have the relatives of those who have been lost. realize how dccply the sympathy of this House goes ou to them in this hour." __

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Nazis unleash New assaults In air hattle

LONDON, May 6—-(Tiics(lny) — (CW-German raiders unleashed. more terror from the ‘air last. n\"!l]\v and early today, Sl-rll-(llig for rhc fifth consecutive night ovcr the Mcrseysldc, the Liverpool nroa.

The attack was by single niches which scattercd_ explosives in a number of districts, Early today one germ“ bomber was shot down in flames and its entire crew was kill-

o fl-

operations wns shifted somewhat and g number of high explosives were dropped on tmvns in control and west Scotland where teliviiiPnhi and shelters were hit and rescuers worked frantically to exiricate cas- ualties while the invaders film"! bombs down i100“ mem-

Durlng the daylight hours BTSi-ijl’; (lav the raiders were report/rd ine- Bclfast apparently to observe iii!‘ results of Sunday nights long iit- tack which caused heavy damage to commercial, industrial and rosi-

ldentlal property in Northern Eiig- i

‘I land.

BAKI/yf;

Us‘.

The centre of the Nazi somber‘

The garrison erected new barricades Sunday after their air forces had blasted German and Italian troops and transports mov- ing up for an attempt to smash through Toliruks pcrlincter of defences.

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Counter fAt ack Smashes Axis ‘drives ‘ Plans " '

British strengthen their Tobruk defences.

-=-_ (By Eric Bigio. Associated Press Staff Writer)

CAIRO. May li-MIU-Bcsicgcd Britons have thrown up new works opposite Axis troops occupying the southwest fringi- of Trllvfilllffi nntcr iiiics. British shattered German-Italian preparations for a fresh assault on the Llh-

aourrcs said tonight, and

la nd and

Military circles said the Germans and Italians had occupied only about 2,000 yards of the original outer ilefcncc ring and that to a slight

Heavy casualties were inflicted on Axis forces outside Tobruk dur- lng the counter-attack, the Middle blast commands

COIflIHI-l llt! IC-

Whllc this operation was carried out, British bombers attacked Axis transport and mechanized units in flic hluriiua ari-ri on the Circnal- can plaicau to tlic ivcst. ilic it. A F. (‘illllilllllld rvpurtcd.

A number of vehicles and tanks were damaged, and casualties were said to have bccn inflicted on troops destined to reinforce the Tobruk-dalum spcarhcads of the Axis.

Fires and explosions also were reported to have followed British uir attacks on the Bcnina nir- dromc, iicur Bcngasi, and on the nearby Dt‘l'lli1 alrdromc. Four large flriifl also were caused at l1 military‘ ll(‘l\fl(]llil.l'l€l‘S sciiil-lieiist of Tobruk, tlic communique add- ed.

British mechanized forces were said to have successfully engaged several Axis detachments in the area of Salum, Egypt. where the AXL; thrust toward the Suez has been stalled several weeks.

While the British command re- ported contlnucd progress against isolated Italian resistance in Eth- iopia. Emperor Hiille Selassie was declared on route on a trluinplial return to his country's capital Adclis Abnbu.

The Fascist post at Ambit Alnli 280 milcs northeast of Adciis Abnba. ls under steady pressure of British troops and a large num- bcr of Italians were reported to have surrendered.

Darlan Hasteus To Return To Paris

VICHY. Mny s-rAri-vicc-Pi-c- l

r\l(‘l‘ Joan Dorian loft uncxpcctcd- for Paris by special train todiii" "s than 24 hours afici- rciui-nirir. i‘ Vichy to confcr wli-h Marshal flcfaln on rcsillls cf his confor- nce with Oitn Abciz. l-Illlcrs Pails =nvo_v.

WILL RESORT TO cozvvo Y5

5R0

will aid in carr t0 Axis nerve

WASHINGTON, May

by the democracies may be a

Axis countries.

expansion of plant facilities

l mocracics are gaining ln the force. We must see to it that i that the democratic superior lute."

Mr. Roosevelt directed the Was Sefirfltihry to "take whatever action is needed" to obtain a. rote OLpYO- ductlon outlined in s. private me- morandum vrliich was not made public,

Defence officials reported coin- cidentally that plans are under consideration to enlarge an $11, (HXLOOO xnrplane plant at Ypsilanti, hficlu, so it can turn out com- plciod 21~t0n bombers instead of mcrcly’ air framcs. The plant is being built by Henry Ford. It was emphasized that this plan is in the discussion stage rind that con- tracts for the plant have not yet bcirn cirrificd.

Airmcii familiar with develop- ments irxiorcsscrl belief that. a monthly output of 500 heavy bombers would represent an offen- sive weapon which the Axis could not mcct. such a production rate coiilrl not be attained. howcver, for more than a year. they said. The phrase "heavy bombers," as used by military men, refers only to lIll'_L‘,'[‘. foiir-motoreil craft. These flTB being turned out now in only two plants on the west coast. Two other plants with a rated monthly

capacity: of 50 each. are being built n! Tulsa. Okla... and Fort Worth. Tex. The army has con-

tracted for a third at Baltimore and three others are provided for in a 31.500.000.000 fund for muni- tlons fricriilcs which Congress has iipyiroprliifcd.

H0.\'_v' bombers. hccausc of their wide range and heavy armaments. arc being llifll more and more by Britain for scat convoy work and anti-submarine patrols.

Germans admit U. S. aid will Upset plans

BERLIN‘ Mny ry-rliPi-Jiitlers hint in his Rciclising arid?!“ Sim‘ (lay that the iviir mlfilil "i" mm 1942 pi-ouibly was based on ‘ calciilutcd cifccis oi American 1n- tPYVOlII-ltlll." the commentary D1955‘ Aux, Douisclilririd said tonight.

Earlicr, Nazi FIJOKPSIUP" "iw i"

that.

and Amc; icon prnpa urinrlii" this

lllriiniii had but to hold 0i"- 1 vcwr in iviu the wiir.

l Tho coiiiuiciiiary, which has close forciizii 0mm 0°"“"“l'l°“5~ cnnivuilcrl iliaf. proioiirzaiion of tho war could not nifoci tlic finnl out- conic of n Gcriiinn victory.

HlllPFs cmpliusis on Germany's (lfilflflltllllillflll io hold U10 1PM iii "history's gri-aiiwf rirniniucni. race" lll(lll(‘("(l many Gurman lcadcrs to concidcr the iwrosyscci. of a prolong- icrl conflict. with more r-nouilcs. liizlvi-‘s §"l"lllf‘ill on the arma-

uiruts urn iirr-‘irin. accepted as Ger-

Tlie new objective was reported range, four-motor bombers a month, the craft to be the United States and Great Britain.

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l-liilcr‘; mention of arms for ‘next. your" only rm HPSWPI‘ to "El\(IllSll‘

UTPiil

‘Plans '65?! For Production Gf 500 PeLMontff

Big four-motored jobs.

ying War centres.

(By .l. l“. Sanderson, Canadian Press Staff Whiter)

' 5-—(CP)—Prcsident Roosevelt tOIIIIIht ordered a general speedup ln the United States production of heavy bombers so that command of the air

chlcvcd.

Lust week it was ships-ii 2,000,000-ton pool of shipping to assist Britain and the other fighting democracies win the battle of the Atlantic. This week it is heavy bombers, big four-engined jobs to strike back at Germany and Italy, bomb the submarine bases and the industrial

life of the

In a letter to War Secretary Henry Stimson, Mr. R00» velt ordered “a substantial increase in heavy bomber pro- _dllCllOl‘l‘" The letter indicated new priority arrangements,

and new building programs.

“(Ioiiimzind of the air by the democracies must and can be achieved,” the President wrote. “Every month the de-