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PHICB:
I
CENTS
ha.
berlain
Defends
His
Actions
RMANS
PUSHING
FORWARD
To
Be
One-Third
Of
Way
k.
II.
J
I
n
It
...
1
nodo
Reports
Conflict
:
:
May
7
1
CP)
Through
and
over
mountain
roan
troop
which
start-1
'Hi
Namso
and
Oronc
ted
Mosjon,"
said
a1
T.m
unique
at
Berlin
to-(
-
aim
tf
true,
means
Germans
have
traversed
h.rd
or
three
hundred.
vc.
Namsos
and
Nar-'
r
drive
on
Northern
.
J
the
effort
to
get
re-
j
t
the
beleatuered
i
:
Narvik
Other
report'
'
Germans
had
reach
-:;er
than
Moajon
at
miiiury
circle
deny
urrmans
have
advanced
Namsos.
declaring
that
v
;;.ans
Lre
still
reslst-'
v
around
Roros
and
f
d
and
Norwegian,
for-
.
iimg
to
head
off
the
-.
vc
u
retnforee
Nar-
v.
are
now
eo-ctabllh
an
air
tyC
which
u
about
110
.ti
f
Nrvtk
This
would
p:
.b!
for
bombing
make
raids
on
Narvik
'
Y-
'-r
n
A
AAA
flArtnan
-nues
with
Al-
parting
from
thej
bombardment.
Th'
Ocnnan
force.'
.
cintr&;
H
the
I
Fwdnh
lr
i;
mines.
J
i-nmumtlon
and
to
"
'!
belni;
trapped,
t
War
Of
lice
aaid
v..nK
part
:ular
to
.k
where
operations
There
was
"slight
'
by
the
enemy.
tshstig
in
reinforce
-
:
ai
Norway
where
:.
Norwegians
f
Norwegians
are
'-
lied
Into
Sweden.
British
hospital
unlt
i
for
there
being
'
to
whether
Itj
-
i
r
evacuated
with'
'
-.
one
Norwegian
Miccrs
and
200
ol-ro
to
the
German.
German
claim
that
jrce
had
proven
lt-
r
the
world's
great
.igh
the
sinking
over
of
a
battleship
of
:i
Queen
Elisabeth
cruiser
of
York
i
r
h
submarine.
two
i
sinking
or
damag
es
iirr
naval
vessels
off
Narvik
with
loss
of
t
nd
destruction
of
50,-'
raft.
London
already
'v.
.r:
on
Page
Three)
norma
otes
Today
i
rimarirs
Are
ncing
"tld
in
Pacific
Coast
Stale
"wiiviiuw
Mflv
7
nai
mm
i
tlM.w
ii
r
.
i
-
juaevcu-
ana
a&rner
rae
Wine
they
will
be
vlrtnrl
bui
:.he
matorltv
nf
roituai
'mn
tavorlng
a
"third
term"
(I
believed
to
hp
a
mulhili.
"
1f
Renubllr.nna
plvlntr
Viu
'
w
K
.
...
UUI
T
.
W
.
.
twmer
rresiaent
Hcr
'
"Kciy
he
would
run
person-
Eastern
Mediterranean
Is
More
and
More
Armed
Camp;
Italian
Move
In
Seven
Days
ALEXANDRIA,
May
7:
(CP)
Feverish
preparations
for
defence
against
war
hit
a
higher
pace
in
Europe
today
with
the
entire
Mediterranean
area
fast
becoming
an
armed
camp.
British
official
circles
hinted
that
any
future
change
in
Italy's
status
as
a
non-beIli?erent
ally
of
Germany
would
be
expected
within
seven
daysj.
Meanwhile
Roumania,
determined
not
to
bp
caught
napping
was
putting
finishing
touches
to
her
internal
defence
plan
which
provided
for
immediate
stamping
out
of
any
"Fifth
Column"
activities.
Crown
Prince
Umberto
of
Italy
conferred
for
an
hour
last
night
with
Premier
Mussolini
following
an
audience
with
the
Pope.
FINAL
BULLETINS
ISLAND
LOGGER
KILLED
DirUional
headquarters
of
Provincial
police
are
advised
that
Carl
Johnson,
a
logcer.
was
killed
at
the
J.
K.
Morgan
Lotting
Co.s
camp
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
UUndi
yesterday.
An
Inquest
is
beinc
held
at
Queen
Charlotte
today.
SWEDISH
NEUTRALITY
STOCKHOLM
It
is
disclosed
here
and
at
rterlin
that
KtacVGusUv,!
Swedrn-and
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
of
Germany
hate
signed
an
acreement
whereby
Sweden's
neutrality
will
be
respected.
Sweden
guarantees
not
to
help
the
Allies
against
Germany.
HRITONS
RETURN
HOME
LONDON
Major
General
Bernard
Paget
and
British
forces
returned
to
a
northern
port
jesterday
from
the
campaign
in
Norway.
They
were
welcomed
by
General
Sir
Kdmund
Ironside
who
read
a
meage
from
Secretary
for
War
Oliver
Stanley.
Don't
think
for
a
monfent
you
were
driven
out
of
Norway.
You
were
ordered
out."
said
Ironside.
The
for
res
told
of
finding
spies
everywhere
In
Norway.
Lvery
move
they
made
was
betrayed
to
the
enemy.
One
veteran
of
the
last
war
said
shellflre
and
machine
gun
fire
of
the
Germans
were
not
so
heavy
as
In
the
last
war
but
the
air
bombing
was
variously
described
as
"fearful"
and
"terrific'
That
the
Allied
forces
had
withdrawn
In
disorder
and
heavy
losses
was
denied,
several
boatloads
of
Norwegian
refugees
have
arrived
at
Lerwick
in
Shetland
Island.
Other
refugees
had
been
bombed
from
the
air
by
the
Germans
as
they
left,
It
was
reported.
WHAT
MOSCOW
SAYS
MOSCOW
A
Moscow
newspaper
said
last
night
that
the
British
fleet
had
left
Scapa
How
for
the
Mediterranean
in
order
to
get
away
from
German
bombers.
DUTCH
LEAVES
CANCELLED
AMSTLUDAM
All
Dutch
army
and
navy
leaves
have
been
suspended.
No
reason
Is
given
except
that
the
order
is
due
to
the
present
international
situation.
Leaves
of
munitions
and
defence
workers
arc
also
cancelled.
ON
WESTERN
FRONT
PAK1S
I'atrol
activities
cast
of
the
Moselle
Itiver
on
the
Western
I
ront
have
been
to
the
advantage
of
the
Allies,
it
Is
claimed.
YUGOSLAVIA
ARMS
BELGRADE
Official
denial
is
given
to
yesterday's
reports
that
two
Italian
planes
were
shot
down
on
the
Yugoslav
frontier
Today
Italian
soldiers
arc
reported
to
have
been
shot
after
crossing
the
frontier
into
Yugoslavia.
Guarding
the
frontiers
with
300.000
veteran
troops,
Yugoslavia
tonight
called
additional
men
to
the
colors.
AGREEMENT
REACHED
ULRLIN
Germany.
Italy
and
Russia
are
reported
to
have
reached
agreement
in
regard
to
military
solution
of
the
Balkan
question.
HEAVY
GERMAN
LOSSES
LONDON
Heavy
losses
by
Germany's
merchant
marine
In
the
Norwegian
c.mpalgn
are
reported
by
the
Admiralty
as
naval
M.urces
Indicate
that
the
Navy
has
driven
all
German
warships
The
Admiralty
declares
that
Nasi
merchant
from
around
Narvik.
shipping
lost
300,000
tons
since
April
1,
mostly
around
Norway.
GEORGE
LANSRURY
DIES
George
Lansbury,
former
leader
of
the
LONDON
Rt
Hon.
ot
Common,
and
life-long
pacifist,
Labor
party
In
thcUouse
died
loday
at
the
ate
of
cighlyonc.
STATUS
HIGHWAY
Member
For
Skeena
Writes
To
Chamber
Of
Commerce
And
Urges
Continuing
Work
In
reply
to
a
letter
from
the'
secretary
of
the
Prince
Rupert
'
,
Chamber
of
Commerce
E.
T.
Ken-'
ney
M.
L,
A.
has
given
an
outline
of
the
present
status
of
the
highway
work
lr!
the
interior
and
his
views
on
what
should
yet
be
done
in
a
communication
read
at
he
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Withdrawal
From
Norway
Was
Sensible
Course
In
View
Of
Situation
Which
Was
Found
New
Settlers
Churchill
Given
Wider
Powers
Time
For
Failing
and
Tired
Men
to
Step
Down,
Says
Atlec
Sinclair
.
Urges
More
Action
Arrive
TodaY
LONDON,
May
7.
Voicing
a
stern
warning
that
ev-J
en
the
British
Isles
themselves
faced
the
possibility
of
a
lightning
attack
from
the
enemy
and
that
Great
Britain
commerce
dinner
meeting
last
numberlng
93
individuals
who
should
not
yield
to
any
temptation
to
unduly
disperse
her
night.
W.
M.
Watt
presiding,
as
t,
,
,
,u
h
forces.
Prime
Minister
Neville
f!hnmhPr1nin
farwl
i
follows:
Lai
dutrict
arrived
at
Burns
stormy
Parliament
this
afternoon
to.
justify
his
govern-
Tnasmuch
as
the
survey
of
the
.
Laiu.
today.
Ten
carloads
of
nr.nt's
actions
lr,
the
Norwegian
.
gap
has
not
been
eritlrely
com-
,,,
jtier,-
effects
arrived
on
the
campaign.
Fighting
for
his
own;
pletcd
the
exact
untouched
por-
f
Mmt
traln
Tne
came
political
life,
the
Prime
Minister'.!
I
IIV
KIT
T
,w
HT
tkm
is
not
available
but
a
censer-
fro:n
me
of
the
drled
out
4,
expressed
his
determlnaUon
to
stay
VJUIl
1
lVJll
1
"u"
6uCM
woura-
iw
Saskatchewan,
1
tlons
of
mately
now
25
miles
remaining
to;
be
built
between
Usk
and
Cedar
vale.
"The
road
now
Is
constructed
6J4
mile
east
of
TJek:
In
this
section
we
have
encountered
the
,
heaviest
portion
of
the;
whole
project;
that
is.
we
had
one
stret-h
'of
approximately
a
mile
of
solid
rock
and
some
of
the
side
hill
or
PRINCIPAL
RUNS
AFvlOK
'
m&nrv
to
eo
on
wltn
U
not
verv
i-
ru
.
n.n...j
-
k.
in
altiee
anrf
tn
kwn
Plrtt
Trrf
it
the
Admiralty
Winston
Church-'
4'
in
in
even
more
active
personal
direction
of
the
war
at
this
Im-j
portant
time
when
Great
Britain
'
IN
DUBLIN
was
faced
itself
with
the
possibility
Irish
Republican
Army
Members
01
an
intensive
aiiacK.
Tne
Prime
.
Minister
also
turned
down
Op-'!
nosltion
demands
for
a
secret
ses-'
slon
to
discuss
the
war
effort.
I
Mr
Chamhrlain
nair!
trIViuto
in'
Mf
iit.
r..
kVi
rv.i.
.-
,
.
.,-,..,
.
..
.
r-
-.
.
Blamed
For
Wounding
of
Two
Detectives
DUBLIN.
May
7;
(CP)
Two
de
-
rour
acn,0,
uil,cla,s
"
rasaaena
u
gaUantry
and
skin
of
aU
r
.
tecUves
were
wounded
In
a
machine
V.l
.
""
'I
uir
snoi
aoq
branches
bJ
the
fijhtlng
forces,
gun
batUe
with
a
gaiig
which
mw
au
tht
remaining
portion
is
not
SrriouUv
wonndni
ll
-JL
as
difficult
oras
expensive
1
"At
present
the
prospect
for
SOUTH
PASADENA.
Oal..
volving
i
1.
them
from
any
w.
blame
.
thorttfes'beUeve
.
to
have
been
mem-
or
resperuibilitjr
for
the
'
setback
bers
of
the
IrUhRepubUcan
Army.
.waj.
n
jiwcway.
ine
wunarawai
iroia
tone
gang
man
was
also
wounded.
arWe
J
Nerway
had
imji
been
uctu
by
uy
no
nu
means'
means
w,i
Hair
Half
-
a
,Wr,
dozen
men,
armed
.ui
,
-
.
.iu
fu
-
entouraclna
and
I
woifld
uree
it,at
.
u
h
with.
.your
Charober-of
Ctonmerre
to
BaTHnpef.hrafoWsasl
paraW.wtth
.v,
G,atoUtjtnQlWhlnt
.
I
press
ror
the
completion
ot
mis
Pasadena
Junior
Hh
School
prtn
30JBOQ
aen
having
been
Involved
.
T
To,
r
VT
"
,
ap
whUe
the
present
contractor
clpal,
ran
amok
yesterday
afteVl
The
Allied
losses
had
not
been
n
h
Slr
tof'e
peal
jls
on
the
ground
with
first
class
njot'l-hot
and
kUled
four
school
heavy,
those
of
the
Germans
in'
representative
to
the
Eire
'equipment
to
do
it
with.
His
eon-
officials,
shot
two
others
seriously
shins,
airplanes,
transports
and
BOvermnent-
Itract
wlU
expire
or
be
completed
and
then
turned
the
weapon
upon
men
having
been
much
more
sri-1
-
'
-
-
tote
In
May
and
a
decision
should
himself,
being
now
In
hospital
In
os.
jy.
AtIee
praised
the
t
f)r
Ibe
made
before
he
pulls
out
as
It
a
serious
condition.
When
the
Prime
Minister
rose;
the
manner
in
which
they
had
can
be
done
much
more
economl-
Spencer's
first
outbreak
was
in
to
speak
he
was
greeted
with
cries
withdrawn
from
Norway.
It
may
Ically.
and
I
have
every
reason
to
meeting
of
school
officials
of
-Resign!"
and
"who
missed
the
have
been
a
wonderful
feat
of
arms
believe
that
thU
contractor
would
where
he
shot
and
killed
the
sup-
bus?"
from
Opposition
benches
but
it
was
a
setback.
He
charged
be
agreeable
to
take
B.
C.
bond!
erintendent
of
schookf
another
but
government
cheers
overcame
!
the
government
with
overoptlmLsm
and
complete
the
road
through
to
principal
and
a
third
official
as
such
cries.
After
the
Prime
Min-
and
complacency
and
blamed
it
for
r.VS
a
fourtjLb"t
'
Wer
had
Emitted
that
the
with-
over-statements.
Chamberlain's
ex-
federal
,
also
,
Then
he
to
his
"The
government
fatally.
proceeded
drawal
from
central
Norway
had
piana'Jon
savored
much
of
excuses
should
be
pressed
to
continue
their
school
and
shot
two
other
per-
come
as
a
profound
shock,
there
The
public
was
greatly
dlaappolnt-nlg
?l.
.stiU
K
!ed.
What
provision
had
been
made
.a,c
i.j
j
...v.
opeaKer
naa
10
mtervene
to
re-,
should
Germany
strike
back?
Were
Incorporate
this
project
with
the,
store
order.
trnnn
n
.h..i.
defence
scheme
of
Prince
Rupert,
.
(pointing
out
that
it
would
be
Nparrhirior
rnr
I
easy
enough
to
cut
the
rail
con-
o
tact
with
Prince
Rupert
which
IT
J
T-lIr-iwould
more
or
less
Isolate
that
11311(1
1
rOlicr
'point
but
If
we
had
the
highway
General
political
feeling
appears
to
be
that
an
early
reconstruction
and
properly
equipped?
Why
had
the
Finland
force
been
so
soon
of
the
war
cabinet
Is
Inevitable,
(dispersed?
The
Premie.
AUee
said,
More
rowers
For
Churchill
l
Wide
powers
of
supervising
day
rnmn
pim
in
1
prrara
n
fnmn
......
...
wj
wuiwuj
ujci
tx
ljuii
m
rrr
.
talked
about
missing
busses.
He
and
his
associates
had
missed
all
the
peace
busses
but
had
caught
the
thV
2W
They
d
been
wrong
In
Uhn
navigate
rtm
11
,
Churchill.
Isary
done'
"SJ
annUMed
the!Jd
that
te
eoidd
to
Rupert
as
this
was
?.hamberlain
during
the
recen;
flood
when
all
nue
answering
criticism.""
,J
u
'Jz
the
supplies
came
up
river.
'
KIHlKANMaT
f
the
gveramt's
direction
of
-tton
should
w
not.
he
felt,
be
KrcHIKA.
lIay
7
7.-The
The
coast-
coast-
I
left
In
the
hands
of
failures
or
tee
Norwegian
"I
think
the
time
is
w
opportune
opportune
for
ior
p
wz
Ruard
conducting
a
search
for
PHm
DeoDle
who
needed
a
rest."
Back
Mir,i..
Prtme
Minister
t
uno
neea
a
rest
uacs;
to
both
with
federal
gave
a
long
re-
you
press
your
.hp.
,,
hnTV,
trr
whn
h.
Heber
Re"'
hand
trollr
wno
nas
.benchers
even
of
his
own
party.
Al
and
provincial
members
.mK.
to
take
cltal
of
northern
fnmt
rtiffimiti
been
missing
for
several
days.
una
jufciiMuy
piujrtv,
acjiuuMy
ana,
have
It
now
completed
while
the
.contractors
are
on
the
Job.
Mw
DwUl,
"May
I
again
repeat
how
much
1T1U1C
iJlllldll
we
appreciate
the
co-operation
of
11
r
1
4
,
Prince
Rupert
and
furthering
the
WarSnlDS
At
construction
of
this
gap
and
al-!
1
.
lowing
your"
own
highway
to
not
AlpYannria
be
pressed
too
vigorously
In
the
niCAaiiU1
a
meantime.
and
aDDealed
to
th
nnMnn
tr.
lee
asserted,
had
been
too
com-
'
stand
united.
He
declared
that
the'Placent
about
the
leadership.
"To
campaign
was
not
yet
finished
In
Norway
but
warned:
"There
are
t
other
fronts
which
may
at
any
moment
blaze
Into
conflagration."
I
In
the
face
of
noisy
Opposition,
win
the
war
we
need
the
right
people
at
the
helm."
Given
that,
there
would
be
no
fear
of
losing.
Sir
Archibald
Sinclair
For
the
Opposition
Liberals,
Sir
'Chamberlain
admitted
that
the
Arriba?
Sinclair
said
he
did
not
southern
Noway
campaign
was
a
reBfrQ
egiari
nappenings
as
a
:faih.rP
and
th
ahim
ist
nr.
major
military
disaster
but
he
be-
Perhaps
you
will
also
permit
!
ALEXANDRIA,
Egypt.
May
7:
tlge.
He
said
that
the
withdrawal
Ueved
the
'oo
of
the
reverse
was
...
'
j.lGreat
Great
Brltalns
Britain's
effort
not
be-
be
i
u.
.L
,r,.
j
.iii.j
.u.
,1...
ivi
1-
war
war
effort
not
me
to
observe
that
with
all
of
the
CP
A
new
squadron
of
Allied
was
the
only
sensible
thing
to
do
extra
work
being
done
In
Rupert
cruisers
and
auxiliary
war
craft
because
of
German
air
superiority
now,
by
way
of
defence
projects
arrived
here
yesterday.
The
dem-that
the
construction
of
your
nstratlons
of
armed
might
around
highway
would
be
more
ad
van-
the
Eastern
Mediterranean
con
tagcous
at
some
later
date
when,tlnue
uninterrupted
so
far.
work
may
be
scarcer.
j
"I
feel
also
that
with
the
com-jNrt-
VJr
Qflr
pletlon
of
the
gap
in
our
highway
neW
I
OHi
OlOCK
mat
wie
wnoie
interior
wouia
n
1
.
r
1
.
speak
as
one
In
demanding
that
Market
JDriPIlter
the
road
be
extended
from
Terrace
1
.
.
0
to
Rupert
or
from
Rupert
to
Ter-1
1
racCi
.Improvement
Showing
Early
To-
"If
I
can
be
of
any
assistance
Ih
day
A"er
SeveraI
LlstlMS
this
matter
or
supply
any
further
sessions
InformaUon,
I
win
be
pleased
to
hear
from
you.
!
NEW
YORK,
May
7:
After
sev-
In
to
"ai
QUii
as'
ne
ew
iorK
reply
a
question
by
C.
G.
and
availability
of
supplies
and
reinforcements.
The
primary
reason
why
troops
had
been
sent
to
Nor
way
at
all
was
an
urgent
appeal
made
by
the
Norwegian
commander-in-chief
for
an
attack
upon
Trondhelm.
They
had
been
withdrawn
when
a
successful
attack
was
found
to
be
Impossible.
The
Premier
made
It
clear
that
he
was
by
no
means
unyielding
against
reorganization
of
the
war
effort
or-ganlzaUon
or
administration.
Opposition
Criticism
ing
sustained
In
every
government
department.
Sinclair
did
not
criticize
the
wisdom
of
the
withdrawal
from
Norway.
His
chief
criticism
was
that
the
war
administration
had
ever
got
In
the
position
of
having
to
withdraw.
Military
consequences
of
Norway
could
not
be
compared
in
seriousness
with
some
that
had
been
suffered
in
the
last
war.
The
most
serious
loss
had
been
In
the
economic
field
since
Great
Britain
had
lost
its
supplies
In
Scandinavia
and
the
Balkans
were'
now
"sealed
against
us."
Face
had
also
been
lost
with
the
neutrals.
Af-
'
ter
all.
It
was
a
war
and
people
looked
at
the
results.
The
war
ef-
Mlnns,
S.
E.
Parker
reviewed
the
stoc,c
Exchange
was
somewhat,
The
criticism
of
the
Opposition
fort
had
fallen
short
of
the
ruth-stand
taken
b?
the
hhthwav
com-!
brighter
and
more
active
today(
was
opened
by
Clement
Atlee,
La-jlessness
that
was
required.
Sir
Ar-
mlttee
and
unrrd
that
nn
th.iwlth
trading
for
the
second
hour
Usk-Cedarvale
gap
Is
completed
Uamountlns
to
220.000
shares.
.
The
may.
be
possible
to
get
a,
five
dol-''1"11
average
was
up
.41
at
147.74;
rails
up
.05
at
30.84
and
1
(Continued
on
Page
Two)
utilities
up
.47
at
24.86.
not
satisfied
that
the
present
war
Sweden,
for
instance,
that
Nor-
cabinet
was
an
efficient
Instrument
weglan
airdromes
had
been
attack-and
charged
that
young
boys
with-
ed
after
the
German
Invasion
while
out
training
had
been
sent
to
Nor-
those
of
Germany
had
not,